The Invincible Overlord of Heroes.

"Beautiful little Naga princess, Her Highness Emilia:

It has been more than two months since we last met.

In the past two months, I have been thinking about you all the time..."

"I say, are you writing a letter or a love letter?" Xu Lai complained to Yu Lan helplessly.

Yu Lan pouted and said, "My dear husband, can't you see that I think that little Naga princess is quite interested in you?

If you say a few nice words to them, it will be easier to succeed when you ask them to do something for you."

Xu Lai smacked his lips. It wouldn't be a big deal to say a few nice words, but the problem was that it was a little bit ambiguous.

If Emilia were a human, Xu Lai wouldn't care. At most he would just have to sacrifice a little bit of his looks.

But Emilia is a Naga, with a snake tail, which really doesn't fit Xu Lai's aesthetic taste.

“I’m afraid that by then, I won’t be able to give her an adequate response.

Write a new one. Don't give any hope to something that you can't do, otherwise you will end up being resentful and gaining an enemy for nothing."

Yu Lan smiled bitterly and said, "Well, I'll rewrite it. I think it should be more official this time."

Xu Lai shook his head and said, "No need. Give the official copy to her mother. The one for Emilia should be more personal."

Although the Naga clan is cooperating with the Tower, Xu Lai doesn't mind prying their support.

Even if the corner cannot be pried open, at least Xu Lai and the deep-sea Naga tribe where Emilia is located have a very close relationship.

The two sides signed an alliance agreement and are allies of each other.

Before, Qingfeng City was just a city, barely considered a force that controlled the grassland.

Now that Xu Lai has established the Eagle Kingdom, he wants to go a step further on the basis of the alliance agreement and strive to sign an all-weather strategic alliance agreement.

An alliance relationship only stipulates that when both parties are attacked, it is necessary for the allies to provide assistance or shelter.

For example, when Xu Lai was attacked at his stronghold, Emilia personally led a team of 3000 Naga people to provide support.

However, although the Naga is an amphibious creature, its speed when walking on the ground is not very fast.

Besides, generally speaking, there was no emergency situation in Wanshi City, and Qingfeng City did not have many troops at that time.

Therefore, this Naga reinforcement army ultimately just stayed in Qingfeng City and did not participate in the actual battle.

As for the deep-sea Naga tribe, Xu Lai would be even less able to support them in fighting against other aquatic tribes.

His people were either herders or recruited soldiers, and ships were needed for battles on the sea, not to mention battles in the sea.

At best, Xu Lai provided material assistance to the Naga tribe.

Of course, material assistance alone is enough for Naga.

The Naga's combat effectiveness is not weak. With enough supplies, they can breed more people, enslave more murlocs, and create more and better equipment.

Relatively speaking, the Naga will suffer a loss in the alliance agreement signed with Xu Lai.

However, Xu Lai had already given enough compensation in other aspects. For example, for the summoning stones of the water qilin, Xu Lai paid a commission of 9 gold coins for each stone, which was not less than a penny.

Of course, the other party was not willing to take the money and not do the job. A total of 30 Water Qilin Summoning Stones were purchased for Xu Lai.

Moreover, the price of each Water Qilin Summoning Stone has been reduced to 50 gold coins, almost half of the original price.

On the one hand, Xu Lai was buying in bulk after all. At the price of 90 gold per ball, 30 balls would cost 2700 million, which was really too exaggerated.

On the other hand, we have to thank the Deep Sea Tribe and the Naga Queen.

Both companies were interested in deeper cooperation with Xu Lai, so they gave him a little face.

That was why Xu Lai paid the brokerage fee of 9 gold coins per summoning stone, and did not pay less just because the summoning stone was cheaper. Both parties signed the alliance agreement as they wished.

The Nagas mainly live in the ocean. No matter how big the Hanjiang River is, it is a freshwater river and is not suitable for the Nagas to live in for a long time.

Of course, given the physical condition of adult Nagas, even a freshwater river would have little effect on them.

At most, it will have some impact on the newly born Naga cubs who lack resistance. It is not a place suitable for the Nagas to live and breed for a long time.

But for the Nagas in combat, the environment of the cold river is not much different from that of the sea, and it is also an area with extremely abundant water elements.

Another point is that the Nagas are good at amphibious warfare.

Normally, you can attack the enemy underwater. If the battle is won, you don’t have to wait for the ship to dock, nor do you have to go through the trouble of getting on and off the ship.

They can swim directly from the shore and chase the enemy, and the multiple arms can also make them more efficient in killing the enemy.

The demons have lived in hell for a long time and are accustomed to the life scene of fire everywhere there. It is normal for them to hate water, but this does not mean that they cannot fight on the water.

After occupying the Western Empire, Hell captured a large number of humans. Most of them were kept as food and sacrifices, but many with certain skills became slaves and survived temporarily.

These people included blacksmiths, carpenters, and shipbuilders.

A cold river can more than just isolate the Hantan City.

The Hanjiang River runs all the way to the Northern Empire. Along the way, there are at least dozens of towns and villages of varying sizes, all protected by this Hanjiang River.

How could Hell bear this? They had to build a ship.

Even if Hell looks down on these small towns and villages north of the Hanjiang River, what about the Northern Empire? The Northern Empire also has a big river.

The Northern Empire doesn’t care, but what about the Southern Empire, which has the most developed economy and the richest resources?
The Southern Empire has not only large rivers, but also countless small rivers, islands in the lakes and on the sea, all of which are rich in resources.

Unless Hell had no intention of favoring the rich South, they would have to build ships.

Relying solely on flying troops, it might be possible to capture the devastated Western Empire, but it would be impossible to capture the vast Northern Empire and the vast waters of the Southern Empire.

Relying solely on the strength of Hantan City, whether it is the speed of shipbuilding or the speed of training navy, it is impossible to compare with Hell.

Ships are not like warriors. Even if there is no recruiting building, warriors can be recruited by relying on population.

Even if the militia and infantry recruited are not very strong in combat, at least they can use slingshots, crossbows, artillery carts and other facilities for defense.

Ships are strategic resources and must be stockpiled in advance, otherwise they cannot be replenished immediately after being consumed.

Even if we don’t build a cruiser, building a long-distance gunboat will still require 300 working hours.

It would take ten professional shipbuilders at least 20 hours to build a long-distance gunboat, and they would have to work without eating, drinking or resting.

By signing a more in-depth strategic alliance agreement with the Naga, Xu Lai can borrow the Naga to help with the escort.

At the same time, when the Naga needed help, Xu Lai, who had his own fleet, also had the capital to go out to sea to fight. The key is that as the overlord of the deep sea, the Naga basically has no enemies in the ocean.

In other words, most of the time, their tribesmen have little chance of fighting.

In order to grow into a Naga Sword Master or a high-level Naga like the Eight-Armed Naga, one also needs a lot of experience and battles.

On the contrary, as a race that can live in the deep sea, no matter how powerful the Hell camp is, it is impossible to harm these deep-sea races.

Unless Hell can build a submarine one day, there is almost no innovation for those demons who only know how to destroy.

Xu Lai had little confidence in his literary talent, so he asked Yu Lan to write for him and help invite Emilia and her mother.

Matters like strategic alliances must be handled by the clan leader himself.

Time flies, and another two weeks have passed.

In the past two weeks, only one major event happened. After the Hell troops were assembled, they officially launched an attack on Lionheart City, the former heart of the Lion Empire.

The Lionheart City Congress, in the name of Congress, issued a rescue order to all cities in the empire.

Although the Northern Empire was recognized by the Church, they did not establish their own parliament and remained affiliated with the Empire until the fall of Lionheart City.

The same was true of the remnants of the Western Empire, as well as the Southern and Eastern Empires.

Therefore, except for the Eagle Kingdom, which did not receive a rescue order, all other cities in the Empire camp received rescue orders from Lionheart City.

However, there were almost no cities or forces that responded to the rescue order.

According to the news from the temple, Duke Yuwen of the Eastern Empire has dispatched a griffin army of more than 10,000 people.

Unlike Xu Lai's Qingfeng City, the Eastern Empire has a history of griffins for hundreds of years.

Here at Xu Lai's place, the griffin can only be upgraded to the highest level, the 6th-level royal griffin.

In the Eastern Empire, a Royal Griffin upgraded to the top level can be combined with a few knights to become a 7th-level Griffin Knight.

However, after becoming a griffin knight, because it carries hundreds of pounds of kilograms of kilograms, even if it is a higher level, its speed is far slower than that of a 6th-level royal griffin.

With the addition of an extra knight, the melee combat capability in air combat is increased, but the dive attack on the ground is lost, and the lethality to ground troops is greatly reduced.

Of course, this griffin force of more than 300 people are not all griffin knights. There are only more than griffin knights, all of whom are officers who control the griffins.

To be honest, this griffin army was not sent out to rescue Lionheart City.

Like the Northern Empire, they could not save face for the Temple and symbolically sent a small number of troops to reinforce.

The Northern Empire sent a slightly larger number of troops, totaling 5.

3 infantry plus 2 archers, with an average level of only 4, is basically better than nothing.

The Northern Empire and the Eastern Empire at least sent people to provide support.

As for the Southern Empire, however, there was no movement at all. It was said that there was not even any unofficial support from civilian armed forces.

The teleportation array between Qingfeng City and Hantan City had just been opened, and the Crimson Archbishop Light, who was stationed in Qingfeng City, hurried over in person.

Xu Lai knew very well what the other party was here for, and Yu Lan directly suggested that Xu Lai take a boat out to sea to avoid the other party.

The distance from the grassland to the imperial capital is extremely far. Even if Xu Lai, who has a natural talent for speed, goes there personally, it will take a month or two to get there unless he brings knights with him.

By that time, all the opportunities were gone, and the most likely possibility was that Xu Lai couldn't even get in the door.

Now that Lionheart City has not been surrounded by the army of Hell, there is still a way to enter the city, which is to fly directly there on the teleportation array.

It is easy to fly there, but it is not so easy to leave Lionheart City.

Once Lionheart City was surrounded, not only the teleportation array, but also Xu Lai's space-time gate would be useless.

Moreover, Cregan was personally in command and it was said that he had mobilized millions of Hell troops, so Lionheart City had basically no chance of winning.

Once Lionheart City fell, Xu Lai and the hundreds or thousands of personal guards he brought with him would have little chance of breaking out.

However, the temple supported Xu Lai so much that it would not be inappropriate for him to come here. The only way was to escape to Hanjiang, where he might be able to avoid Wright.

After thinking for a moment, Xu Lai finally decided to reject Yu Lan's suggestion.

From the bottom of his heart, it was impossible for Xu Lai to send troops to support Lionheart City. He simply did not have the capital to do so.

But he couldn't refuse, nor did he want to escape, so he simply met with Wright. It was better to speak frankly about everything.

As expected, Wright came here to ask Xu to support Lionheart City.

However, he also knew that it would be too late to rush from the grassland to the imperial capital.

Therefore, he did not ask Xu Lai to send troops, but instead asked Xu Lai to go to Lionheart City to take charge of the situation.

There are only generals in the temple, but no heroes. Lionheart is a big city, but there are also heroes and great nobles.

However, Wright did not trust the heroes who came, nor did he trust the dukes and marquises in Congress.

"What are you talking about? Just because you say you only trust Xu Lai, are you going to throw Xu Lai over there and bury him with Lionheart City?"

Yu Lan was so angry that she almost started cursing without caring about Wright's face.

Wright also knew that his request was extremely unreasonable, so he was not angry. Instead, he said with a look of shame:
"Xu Lai, if you are willing to go to Lionheart City to take charge of the situation, I guarantee with my life that all the troops in Lionheart City will be under your command.

As the capital of the empire, Lionheart is the most defensive city in the world.

And even if we don't count the reinforcements coming from other places, just Lionheart City and Holy Angel City can organize an army of hundreds of thousands.

Add to that the mercenaries in the imperial capital and the private soldiers of each family, even if the military strength is a little weaker, the difference is not big.

With your current level and ability, you are not much inferior to Kerrigan. We also have the advantage of city defense, so we still have a good chance of holding Lionheart City."

Xu Lai remained silent, but Yu Lan said:

"Even if your Lionheart City can withstand the first wave of Hell's troops, Hell's reinforcements will continue to appear. Will your Lionheart City still have reinforcements?"

In a word, Wright was left speechless.

Yu Lan immediately added: "Let's not talk about whether Lionheart City can be defended. Even if it can be defended temporarily, what about the Eagle Kingdom?
"When we get back, Kerrigan will send an army to attack the Eagle Kingdom directly. Without a leader, the entire grassland and the believers you brought with you will become sacrifices to hell."

Just as Xu Lai was about to speak, there was another report from outside the door.

But before the person who reported it could finish his words, the man rushed in. It was another Crimson Archbishop Durr of the temple. (End of this chapter)