The Invincible Overlord of Heroes.

In a sense, Sandro still values ​​Xu Lai very much.

In other words, Sandro values ​​​​the Seraphim and the Royal Griffin Legion under Xu Lai very much.

They are all air force, so if they rush to provide reinforcements, it will definitely take less than half an hour.

The fastest Seraph Legion can even fly to another battlefield in just a few minutes and directly engage in battle.

The bone dragons are not very afraid of the giant dragons of the Barrier. The two sides have been fighting for so long, and the number of giant dragons of the Barrier has become fewer and fewer, while the number of undead bone dragons has increased.

Especially Sandro, who dug several dragon cemeteries one after another, sacrificed a large number of low-level skeletons, and summoned a large number of high-level bone dragons.

One bone dragon might not be able to defeat one green dragon, but what about two? If that doesn't work, use three, since Sandro has all the high-level bone dragons in his hands.

On the other hand, the elves’ high-level combat power is not as many as the undead, but they are still well preserved and the gap is not that big.

The key is that these dragons, in addition to the Elf King's Court that the elves must guard, which is the main body of the World Tree, are also distributed in the other four sacred tree cities.

There is already a huge gap in numbers. In addition to the undead having the initiative, the elves, as the defenders, have to share the manpower.

The most important thing is that in the other cities, there is no one like Xu Lai who can completely suppress the undead.

In other words, the outskirts of these elven cities are all shrouded in dark skies.

The undead can hide in the dark and gather their forces without restraint.

Bone dragons are a type of flying troop, and with the dark sky blocking their way, even if there were fearless rangers who took the risk to pass on a message to the elves, they would not be able to detect the gathering of the bone dragons.

Sandro took advantage of this and gathered a large number of bone dragons and ghost dragons to catch the elves off guard.

From the surprise attack launched by the Undead Bone Dragon Legion to the heroes in charge of guarding Shenmu City confirming the situation and assessing the war situation.

Then send a distress report and pass it on to the other Shenmu cities.

Finally, Xu Lai received the information, but more than ten minutes had already passed.

At this time, Xu Lai and Modo were fighting fiercely, and Elvy and the Seraphim blocked most of the sky.

In order to hold Xu Lai back, Modo not only sent out all the vampires, one of the trump cards of the undead, but also added a large number of ghosts.

This thing is inherently restrained against physical professions, and Xu Lai doesn't have many mages on his side.

Only the Seraphim who has activated the sacred flame can kill these things quickly and effectively.

Besides, Tree City already needed the support of Shenmu City at this time, so it was even more impossible for Xu Lai to send Seraphim away.

Without Elvy leading them, how could a group of recruited griffins fly to Shenmu City?

So, Xu Lai refused the rescue without even thinking about it.

He didn't know what happened afterwards. He waited until the battle was over and the undead were completely driven away before he had time to ask.

The answer was quite unexpected to Xu Lai. Shenmu City was actually conquered by Sandro.

Deep down in Xu Lai's heart, he actually didn't think Sandro's sneak attack would succeed.

Flying into the city from the dark sky on a flock of bone dragons did help him avoid a large number of long-range threats.

But the elves' defensive ability is not to be underestimated. Take Mordor as an example. Under the protection of the ancient tree elves, the interior of the city suffered almost no damage.

What Xu Lai brought with him was less than one-tenth of the strength of Shenmu City, just the elite among a small part.

The city that the elves are responsible for defending is definitely better equipped than the one Xu Lai has.

Those ancient guardians can attack the air and the ground, have high attack and defense, high health, and can quickly restore health.

Apart from magic, Xu Lai couldn't think of any other way to quickly kill these guardians.

However, Xu Lai overlooked one thing, something he had never worried about, but was very fatal to the elves.

Morale. The elves are generally in low morale now, but the morale of elite troops like dragons can still be maintained at a passing level.

Other elven warriors, such as the elves' only meat shield, the Sword Dancer Legion.

Due to heavy casualties and countless defeats, the morale of the Sword Dancer Legion was less than 30 points.

This kind of morale value is basically equivalent to having no combat capability, and the kind that will be defeated if hit just twice on the battlefield.

So now the elves can only rely on tree men and dwarves, and these two types of soldiers move extremely slowly and are only suitable for defending fixed locations.

Therefore, as the actual main race of the Bastion camp, the elves always fought with their own sword dancer legions in the early stages.

In fact, no matter what type of troops the elves use, they have fallen from a huge camp that occupied an area not much less than the Empire to a camp that now only has a forest of the World Tree and needs to be rescued.

This huge gap, as well as the fact that countless elves were killed by the undead and turned into corpses controlled by the undead, was an almost devastating blow to morale.

Therefore, when Sandro led the Bone Dragon Legion into the city, he encountered almost no resistance.

Except for the dedicated ancient guardians, the elves were completely defeated at the first blow and were unable to form any effective resistance at all.

The morale of the soldiers was already very low, and they were attacked by surprise, while the front wall was filled with archers without heavy armor.

In addition, Sandro had a clear goal. Not only did he take action himself, he also rode a bone dragon directly into the city to harass the civilians in the fortress.

Led by the centaurs, elves and dwarf civilians, the army struggled only a little before fleeing in a swarm of civilians.

All I can say is that the fear that the undead brought to the elves was too great.

Even if some soldiers would rather die than surrender, they will not be able to resist the recruitment of soldiers, and their morale will automatically collapse when it drops to zero.

The collapse of morale will trigger the herd effect, also known as the herd mentality.

Once this phenomenon occurs, even the most capable commander will find it difficult to remedy the situation.

The good news is that Sandro led a group of bone dragons to launch the raid.

Once the elves and centaurs scattered, Sandro would not be able to hunt them down one by one in the dense forest.

The only thing he could do was to control the group of bone dragons and kill the largest and most numerous elven troops that posed the greatest threat to him.

With the help of the dragon army sent by the Elf King's Court, most of the elves in Shenmu City successfully escaped.

Another good news is that Sandro intends to use the sacred wood city as a springboard and as a base for attacking the Elf King's Court.

So, this time the undead did not choose to directly destroy the elven city as they did before, but chose to occupy it.

This may be dangerous for the elves, as it means that the undead will bring a large number of siege equipment, and the Elf King's Court and the World Tree will face greater threats.

But for Xu Lai, it might still be a good thing.

He wanted to win the battle quickly, but the key was that it was difficult for him to find the main force of the undead.

Even if they could find him, they might not want to fight him.

There is no benefit in winning, but if you lose, you may lose all your capital. Only a fool would do such a deal.

But now it’s different. The undead cannot have any transportation equipment along the way for hundreds or thousands of kilometers.

They must have wanted to use local materials in Shenmu City to build siege equipment.

This means that the undead need to transport a large number of undead craftsmen and various precious resources.

This also means that they will not give up this city easily.

Moreover, the city was now in the hands of the Undead, and the advantage was also in their hands. The attackers were Xu Lai and the elves.

With the absolute advantage in numbers and terrain, Xu Lai didn't believe that Sandro would still be unwilling to fight head-on.

If that was the case, Xu Lai would give in and entrust everything to Lena. He would go back to Qingfeng City as soon as possible.

Of course, even if he wanted to go to war with Sandro, Xu Lai couldn't rashly take his elite men with him as he did now.

Sandro is not Mordo, and Mordo is just one of Sandro's more capable subordinates.

What's more, the elves had just followed his advice and built the tree city.

In any case, Xu Lai had to continue to stay here for a while, and consider other issues after the defense of Shucheng was established.

And the elves also need to think about what to do next.

Should they continue to stay in Shenmu City for defense, or should they withdraw all their forces and gather them all in the Elf King's Court.

If he chooses the former, Sandro will obviously no longer care about the other sacred tree cities, but will concentrate his forces on attacking the World Tree.

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The number of elves' fighters cannot be compared with that of the undead.

If we continue to divide our forces, the outcome might be the same as that of the Shenmu City, which was destroyed by a surprise attack from Sandro.

But concentrating the troops is not an option, because the elves are not like the undead, they need to eat and replenish their energy.

When the undead are motionless, they can just lie on the ground. If the elves lie on the ground, they are just waiting to die.

If the undead really gave up all the outer territories, they wouldn't need to do anything else but surround the Elf King's Court.

At that time, there was no source of supplies and they relied entirely on the World Tree. The elves could be declared extinct without even fighting.

The elves were also undecided and were not very willing to concentrate their forces.

The royal court was already overcrowded with people, and if more people gathered, there would be no place to step.

But if we don't concentrate our forces, both the elves and the dwarves will feel that they still have a way to retreat.

After all, there are three other sacred wood cities. Even if the undead attack the royal court, they can also run in other directions.

The morale of the Barrier Army is already low. If they are not allowed to fight to the death, I am afraid they will have no fighting power at all.

The day after Shenmu City was captured, the Elf Queen personally teleported to Xu Lai and had a detailed communication with Xu Lai.

"To be honest, I can't give you any advice. After all, this concerns the life and death of your clan.

You may not necessarily adopt any advice I give you now, and even if you do, you may regret it in the future.

All I can say is that as an ally, I am doing my best to help you.

But your future destiny must be in your own hands."

The Elf Queen, who was only dressed normally today, sighed:

"If it were me, Your Majesty, what would you do?"

Xu Lai smiled bitterly and said, “I can’t do better than you. I don’t like to sit and wait for death.

If I do nothing, I will surely die a slow death.

If I were you, I would find a way to fight the undead, and I would definitely fight.

Avoiding battle and waiting for the undead to attack are both undesirable.

Just like what happened in Shenmu City this time, the undead took the initiative to attack, either as a test or they had already made all the preparations.

No matter what the situation is, the initiative is in their hands. They can fight when they want to and retreat when they want to.

We are in a passive position of being beaten. Not only will our morale never be restored, but it may even decline more and more.

So, not only do I have to fight the undead, I have to win.

If I can't win by frontal legion combat, then I will think of other ways.

For example, this vast jungle is definitely an advantage for the elves, while the undead are limited by the number of high-level undead and are bound to be bloated.

I will try to expand my reach, taking advantage of the excellent mobility of the elves and centaurs to launch small-scale attacks in multiple areas.

No matter what, we must first boost morale, otherwise even if we fight to the death to defend the World Tree, we won’t be able to do so.”

"So what are your plans next?" the Elf Queen asked after thinking for a moment.

Xu Lai smiled and said, “I plan to let Reina go forward to guard this new city.

On the one hand, it will thoroughly consolidate the territory we have occupied and expand our living space.

Secondly, to clear out the remaining undead in the surrounding area and find opportunities to continue building more elven cities.

Or, find a way to recapture the old city that the undead didn't destroy.

As for me, I want to see what Sandro wants to do.

He is the root of the undead. If we don't get rid of Sandro, the undead will never stop."

"You want to change the situation of the war by assassinating the Undead King?"

Xu Lai nodded and said, "This is almost the only way to win now."

The Elf Queen sighed and said, “We have tried, and the ranger troops out there still have the primary mission of finding the undead hero.

However, Undead heroes are extremely difficult to find. Since the start of the war, we have only killed more than ten Undead heroes, and most of them are new heroes who have arrived..."

The Elf Queen wanted to continue complaining, but Xu Lai suddenly asked:

"By the way, I don't know the detailed information about Sandro yet. If you have any detailed information, please let me have a look.

Also, although yesterday’s battle was not ideal, we still need to summarize the experience.

I wonder how much strength Sandro deployed yesterday."

Xu Lai's question once again touched upon the Elf Queen's sore spot.

She sighed and said to Xu Lai, "I will have someone send a detailed profile of the undead heroes to your majesty later.
As for yesterday's situation, there's no need to bother anyone else. I have a detailed battle report here.

The battle report showed that the Undead Legion had dispatched a total of about 100,000 troops. Although the number was not large, they were all flying soldiers.

Among them, the lowest level is the bone dragon, and its number is about 8 to 9.

The number of higher-level ghost dragons is about ten thousand.

There aren't many highest-level shadow dragons recorded in the battle reports, probably only about a thousand."

Xu Lai was shocked and said, "In other words, these 100,000 are all from the Bone Dragon Army?"

The Elf Queen nodded and said, “These were the only troops that participated in the battle yesterday.

But we all know that Sandro must have more than just this much power.

He now has control over Shenmu City and can move ground troops into the city at any time. "(End of this chapter)