The Invincible Overlord of Heroes.

Although Xu Lai was accustomed to killing people, since the other person was willing to surrender, there was no need for him to kill him.

Of course, people don’t have to be killed, but they must have value.

Otherwise, he would not let go of a wolf rider hero who was already capable of standing on his own and had awakened his talent.

Unlike local heroes, advent heroes have space backpacks.

All the local heroes have to do is take off their equipment and the space ring, and the rest of the ransom will be free.

It’s different for the advent heroes. The equipment they wear can be stripped off, but there is only one way to take out the things in the space backpack.

Therefore, in most cases, it is difficult to forgive a hero unless he can provide unexpected rewards.

Get closer to what they promise, and maybe you'll get more by killing them.

Moreover, most of the heroes who come here are alone, and even if they are imprisoned, no family members will be willing to pay the ransom.

In order to save his life, the orc hero activated his diplomatic ability and was willing to pay a ransom of 50 gold coins plus an important piece of information in exchange for a chance to live.

No matter how good Xu Lai's character is, people would not easily believe that Xu Lai would keep his promise.

By using diplomatic skills, he could at least ensure that Xu Lai would not be able to harm or arrest him for a period of time.

As for whether he can escape during this period of time, it all depends on his own ability.

This guy was using an important piece of information in exchange for a chance to survive. Xu Lai didn't know whether the other party would tell false information.

Therefore, Xu Lai also needs diplomatic skills to ensure the authenticity of the information said by the other party.

The two sides quickly reached an agreement and made a deal through diplomatic means after paying the ransom.

Xu Lai let the orc hero go, but only kept his ordinary clothes, gave him seven days of rations, and then stripped him of all his equipment and even confiscated the wolf under his crotch before letting him go.

During his absence, if this orc hero dares to take the initiative to attack any forces affiliated with Xu Lai, it will be regarded as a violation of diplomacy, and Xu Lai will not bear any punishment if he kills him.

Of course, Xu Lai’s people cannot take the initiative to attack him, otherwise Xu Lai will be in trouble.

So he left this guy a flag and a sealed document with a deadline.

If he fails to leave the country within the specified time limit, Xu Lai can catch this guy and kill him at any time.

After watching the orc hero go away, Xu Lai pondered for a moment and asked Tahan and Yan Feng:
"Do you believe what that guy just said?"

Yan Feng spoke first: "Since you have activated your diplomatic skills, then the news he passed on to you must be true."

"No, the news is not necessarily true. We can only say that he actually received such news, but the news is not necessarily true.

The battle on the front line just ended yesterday. Maybe the Beast King did back down, but I think they are definitely unwilling to leave like this."

Tahan quickly added.

Yan Feng scratched his head and smiled: "That's right, Tahan is much more rigorous than me."

Tahan and Yan Feng were born almost at the same time, and were also Xu Lai's most indispensable right-hand men in the early period.

The most important thing is that they have already been leading the team independently, working on their own, and have a certain degree of self-judgment.

Unlike Roland, this guy is only interested in how to protect Xu Lai. It is best not to ask him about other matters, as you will hardly get anything out of him if you ask him.

The orc hero told Xu Lai an important piece of news, which was also the latest news that had just been conveyed.

Beast King Sachs, unable to contact Kenro Hag last night, directly gave orders to all the heroes in the Wolf Rider Corps.

Sachs' order was for these wolf cavalry commanders to return to the camp immediately.

If it is inconvenient or impossible to return to the camp, just find a way to take a detour and return directly to the wilderness through the Pingfeng Mountains.

This posture clearly shows that they are planning to retreat.

The orc hero was also afraid that he had misunderstood, so he specifically asked the priest who delivered the message for clarification.

Heroes that descend are generally good at dealing with people. Even if they are not good at dealing with people, they will find ways to take on quests and increase their favorability.

As the few spellcasters in the stronghold, most of the priests, high priests and the advent heroes have a good relationship.

So the other party revealed a little more information, saying that most of the chiefs were in a bad mood because of a defeat in the daytime.

The vast majority of chiefs have expressed their intention to withdraw.

Even the commander of the second largest tribe in the stronghold (York) and the patriarch, the Cyclops King, have made it clear that they are determined to take their people away, regardless of whether the Beast King agrees or not.

Of course, the specific losses of the orcs will not be revealed easily.

Therefore, the orc hero did not know the exact number of casualties.

However, Xu Lai had a rough idea.

Reina had already reported yesterday's battle report. In addition to her own casualties, there were of course also casualties on the enemy side.

However, the enemy's casualties only count up to the moment the battle report appears. Any subsequent deaths will not be included in the battle report.

Moreover, as long as you are not dead at the time or have left the battlefield, no matter how seriously injured you are, even if you only have the last 0.1 of your health left, it will not be included in the statistics, after all, you no longer have any experience.

In addition, it is 8% certain that the orcs have no ability to resurrect, so the actual number of casualties will only be more than the 6 reported in the battle report.

With nearly 100,000 casualties, if Xu Lai were the tribal leader, he would also be angry.

Especially among the orcs, I don’t know how many of them died in this year.

With the whole camp's strength combined, one hundred thousand orc casualties are indeed nothing, but the casualties in the past year have exceeded one million.

The vanguard corps formed by the orcs was almost completely destroyed, with hundreds of thousands of casualties here alone.

Xu Lai's attack resulted in millions of casualties among the ogre tribes. Even if only one-tenth of them were warriors, there would be tens of thousands of them.

Not to mention the ogre tribe. Even if we don't turn every citizen into a soldier, there will be no problem if half of them can be combatants.

Just as they crossed the Pingfeng Mountains, they lost tens of thousands of flying troops.

The greatest losses occurred during the poisoning and night attacks, with casualties totaling over 100,000. In addition, the lack of subsequent medical treatment resulted in the deaths of tens of thousands more.

The siege resulted in another loss of 100,000 men, and the loss of a Wolf Cavalry Corps, with even the commander being killed on the battlefield.

Despite such continuous and fatal blows, many clan leaders and chiefs have not impeached Sachs yet, simply because the Behemoth tribe has not suffered any serious damage so far.

This is also the only thing that many clan leaders rely on.

If the Behemoth Legion suffered further losses, with the hundreds of thousands of soldiers currently in the wilderness, I'm afraid they wouldn't even be able to defend their hometown.

A large amount of territory was divided up among the animal trainers.

Another key point is that Behemoth is not very helpful in siege, and using it for siege will only result in a wasted loss.

Based on these analyses, Xu Lai also judged that the orcs would most likely withdraw.

But Xu Lai was not sure whether they would do something else before leaving, but he highly suspected it.

"Well, Tahan, Yan Feng, each of you will lead your knights to drive out the wolf cavalry in other locations. They should have received the order to withdraw, so they will not stay in the rear any longer.

If you show up, just keep them at a distance and monitor them, there's no need to fight with them.

Especially you, Yan Feng, don't think of taking advantage of your speed and horse archery by deliberately getting close to you to gain advantage.

The wolf cavalry's assault speed is not low, especially since you cannot use equipment and props.

None of us knows what equipment or props those wolf rider commanders are wearing.

In short, you just need to hang on from a distance, intimidate them, prevent them from continuing to cause destruction behind us, and witness them leave.

All our current strength must be preserved to cope with more dangerous wars in the future."

The hunt for Kenlo Hag was enough to make Xu Lai heartbroken.

Whether it was the previous attack by the Flying Corps or the sneak attack at night, his losses were not great.

But in yesterday's battle alone, more than 300 knights and knights' squires were killed.

Fortunately, Xu Lai now has enough priests, and the injured knights can receive proper treatment.

If those 3000 wolf riders had stayed to fight instead of trying to escape, Xu Lai's losses would have been even more serious.

After all, the angel army is gone, so once dead, they are dead and there is no way to resurrect them.

Tahan and Yan Feng looked at each other and bowed together, saying, "Yes!"

Originally, Xu Lai did not dare to divide his troops, just like the wolf cavalry that was dealt with today. No matter how many people there were, they were all led by a hero.

After the division of troops, not only did Tahan and his men not have an advantage in terms of manpower, but without Xu Lai's support, their strength was greatly reduced.

Once the troops are divided, the cavalry he has trained with great difficulty will probably be wasted.

But now the latest information is different. After receiving the order, the wolf cavalrymen probably don’t have much will to fight.

As long as Tahan and his men don't act impulsively and don't take the initiative to fight against these wolf riders, there shouldn't be any danger.

By doing this, they don't have to run around all the time, and it can also deter the orcs so that they don't dare to continue plundering along the way.

They acted right away. Xu Lai and the others took a short rest and had lunch, planning to set off in the afternoon.

After a while, Su Ya, Jian Yuan and others also rushed out of the city on horseback.

Jian Yuan and other scout knights were notified by Xu Lai to come here to lead the way for Tahan, Yan Feng and others.

Su Ya heard that Xu Lai would not even enter the city, so she came out to visit Xu Lai.

During this period of time, Xu Lai has been living outdoors and sleeping in the open air. In the past three months, he has had very few opportunities to take a shower.

Although summer has not yet arrived, the exposed skin is still under the scorching sun of the grassland, and it is difficult to see the fair appearance of the past.

His hair and beard were all messy, and no one had the time to take care of them.

After seeing this, Su Ya felt so distressed that she almost cried.

She immediately took charge without saying anything and cleaned Xu Lai's face. She then watched Xu Lai lead a group of paladins and gallop towards the direction of Stone City.

Without Xu Lai, even if Lena knew that the orcs wanted to retreat, she probably wouldn't react much.

Her main task, and a task that cannot be missed, is to guard the Stone City.

If the orcs try to retreat in order to advance, trick her out of the city, and then engage in a decisive battle in the wild, Stone City will be in danger of being destroyed.

On the contrary, she just had to stay in Stone City and remain unchanged in the face of all changes. If the orcs wanted to take over Stone City, they would have to suffer at least hundreds of thousands of casualties.

If Xu Lai were in Lena's position, he would definitely make the same decision.

But Xu Lai was really unwilling to let the orcs go like this.

After he arrived there, he could leave Lena to continue to stay in Stone City, while he would take some troops with him to take advantage of the orcs' retreat.

Apart from anything else, this time we must beat the orcs so hard that they will not dare to attack humans again for decades or even hundreds of years.

Xu Lai didn't need to tell Su Yaming about his thoughts at all. She would understand everything if she came over to take a look.

After days of running around and continuous fighting, the morale of the Paladin Corps, which had won consecutive battles, dropped to around 90 points.

Recruited soldiers must be forced to rest for 8 hours every day, otherwise not only will their physical strength and endurance not be restored to full value, but their morale will also continue to decline.

This time, when returning to Wanshi City, there is no need to be as anxious as before. Xu Lai can take as much rest as he can on the way.

The angel troops, which have completely seized air superiority, are constantly hovering and conducting reconnaissance near the orc camp.

Elvy and her companions were afraid of the wolf riders' nets and did not dare to get too close to the camp, but because of Elvy's presence, the orc flying troops did not dare to leave the camp.

The two sides were in a stalemate, and the situation was ultimately favorable to Xu Lai.

Even though she didn't dare to get too close, she had the advantage of high altitude vision, so all of the orcs' specific movements fell into Elvy's eyes.

However, according to Elvy's report, the orcs did not seem to have any plans to evacuate.

Supplies from the rear continued to be transported to the camp.

The orc troops not only had no time to rest, but they were also taking the time to train.

The purpose of the training camp is not to cram and try to advance the orc army at this time, but to restore morale.

Elvy and Lena did not think that the orcs had any intention of evacuating, but Xu Lai became more certain of his judgment.

As expected, no real fighting took place between Tahan and Yan Feng.

After seeing the large number of imperial knights, the wolf cavalry immediately fled without any desire to fight.

As for Sachs, although the training and supplies continued, no new troops entered the camp.

This means that there are no new recruits arriving from Pingfeng Mountains.

Without new recruits, morale cannot be improved quickly, and the orcs do not have enough troops to launch a new offensive.

So Xu Lai was not in a hurry to go to Stone City, but contacted Lina, the former leader of the Sixth Knights.

Invite her to cooperate with him again to intercept the wolf cavalry driven away by Tahan and Yan Feng.

Lina responded directly to Xu Lai's invitation: "Knight Commander, please give us the order directly!"

Xu Lai smiled slightly and did not continue to be polite. He ordered Lina to continue to encircle the wolf cavalry troops on three sides.

So he stayed outside for about three more days and surrounded and killed three more groups of orc wolf cavalry.

At this point, there were more than 2,000 wolf riders led by Adjutant Kenlo Hag.

All the wolf cavalry that Sachs sent to Xu Lai's rear were wiped out by Xu Lai. (End of this chapter)