In the sulfur mines, in addition to the escaped demon soldiers, there are also countless miners such as monsters, monsters, imps, demons, etc. who are mining.
A conservative estimate is that there are more than 100,000 demons in the mine. It may not be enough to kill them one by one by the thousands of knights who squeezed into the mine. It may not be enough to kill them all for a day.
Finally, it was discovered that to kill these demons, it was most convenient to use fire spells.
In Xu Lai's scroll, there are fire wall spells, as well as ice magic ring, thunder ice, thunder lightning and other destructive spells.
For demons with fire-resistant skin, the ice magic ring is obviously more lethal.
The only drawback is that the Ice Magic Ring is a regional spell. Because the mine is small, one Ice Magic Ring can only cover a small part of the demons.
In addition, as a level 3 spell, the mana consumption of Ice Magic Ring is also relatively high.
Taking it all together, it is not as cost-effective as Fire Wall Technique.
The scroll of Fire Wall has not been upgraded. It can only cause 30 points of fire damage per second and requires a full 30 points of mana, but the key is that this thing can last for an hour.
Xu Lai spent time and released the fire wall technique at multiple nodes in the mine. As long as the knights drove away the demons, they would keep shuttling between the fire walls.
Moreover, the sulfur mines were all supported by large wooden pillars, which could not withstand the flames.
The sulfur in this world is different from the sulfur in modern society. It has certain same properties, but most of them are different.
The biggest difference is that the sulfur in this world has magical power.
But what they have in common is that they can all be burned. It is just that the ignition point in modern society is higher, while the ignition point in the magical world is lower.
Although the ignition point of magic sulfur is low, its power is much more terrifying than the single sulfur substance in modern society.
When the support structure inside the mine also began to burn, everyone exited the mine and blocked all entrances and exits to the mine.
Magic sulfur and sulfur also have the same characteristics, that is, they smell particularly smelly and are highly toxic.
Therefore, Xu Lai and the others did not stay too long in the mine. After collecting the loot and sulfur resources in the field, they took the initiative to retreat away.
Before evacuating, Elvi took three archangels and resurrected a total of 3 knight retinues and 3 trainee knights.
The amount of resurrection has not been completely consumed, but the remaining amount is not enough to bring up even any low-level knight. Maximizing resurrection can only be like this.
After adding these 6 resurrected knights, Xu Lai lost 5 knights in this battle, and Lina's sixth knights still suffered 10 casualties.
In this battle, not counting the 6 people who were resurrected, there were a total of more than 20 casualties and more than 300 bottles of healing potions.
However, the results were huge, at least hundreds of thousands of demon units were killed.
The specific number cannot be calculated at all, and even first-level little monsters and little devils are very valuable to hell.
Ordinary slaves cannot work in sulfur mines at all. Other species, including humans, will be poisoned to death within a short time of working.
Only creatures from hell can live and work in sulfur mines for a long time.
Besides, even if they are not required to work, they can be brought to the battlefield to attract firepower and then transform into horned demons.
It definitely cannot be used now. Even if it can be used, the devil will not be able to gather so many evil gods at one time.
So this is a big win without a doubt.
So, when Xu Lai asked Lina why she did not care about the casualties of the troops and fought so fiercely.
Lina replied: "This is a war, not a game.
I saw the opportunity and didn't want it to slip away from my hands, so I rushed in without hesitation.
Even though this It took a little sacrifice, but compared with the results achieved, I think this sacrifice is completely worth it.”
“It is precisely because this is a war, not a game, that we, as commanders, You should be more responsible for the lives of the soldiers!
You have said before that you don’t like and don’t approve of Christine’s approach to the Fifth Knights.”
Lina nodded and said: "I do not approve it, and I even hate myself now.
However, there is no way. Even if the bishops do not approve it, they still let him take charge of the Fifth Knights, and Give him most of the resurrection slots.
Why? Because every time he fights, although the casualties are relatively high, he still makes money. No matter how many things are helpful, no matter how big the sacrifice is, it is worth it."
Xu Lai was not satisfied with this answer, but he could understand it.
In the final analysis, Xu Lai doesn't have much pain. The country has been destroyed, and the people have become breeding vessels for demons and undead. It has nothing to do with Xu Lai.
Therefore, Xu Lai can understand people like Lina and gradually become radicals.
Anyway, Xu Lai will not lose his own interests for anyone who is not his own.
There was no way to have a good rest in the lava land. Xu Lai and the others kept walking back for a whole afternoon and stopped when they arrived at an imperial city.
The priests in small villages and towns were recruited by the temple, but there are still a certain number of priests in the city.
If all the priests in the city are drained, major cities will inevitably riot. Without the comfort of these priests, the people who are already on the verge of collapse may have unimaginable consequences in the next second. Moreover, there are countless tasks to be performed in the temple and countless information to be obtained. It is impossible for churches in various places to be abandoned.
So when Xu Lai and his Knights of the Temple approached, the bishop who was responsible for presiding over the work in the city asked the guards to open the city gate.
When he arrived in the city, Xu Lai had to do two things. One was to provide supplies and rest. First, let the soldiers have a good meal.
After two days of continuous fierce fighting, I have only had one serious meal, let alone sleep. It is also necessary to have a good night's rest after eating.
The second step is to dispose of the loot and save the rescued bodies again.
After 12 o'clock in the middle of the night, the mana values and spell casting times of Elvy and the Archangels were updated, and they once again gathered 8 knights.
There are not even enough corpses left, and there is almost no chance of resurrection.
Before entering the city, the battle settlement fell.
Xu Lai and the others killed a lot of demons. Although the level was a little lower, the number had increased after all.
Especially those in the mine, most of the experience went to Xu Lai, causing his experience bar to skyrocket, and he directly passed the level 25 level, adding a little more agility.
In terms of specialization, one is the ultimate leadership skill, and the other is the intermediate earth magic.
There is no need to hesitate. Xu Lai directly chose the ultimate leadership technique and obtained the final effect of the ultimate leadership technique.
[Ultimate Leadership Technique]: The morale of the entire army is +10, activation effect is 4, advanced units (7, 8, 9) will not flee even if their morale is 0.
The final effect of the ultimate leadership technique is equivalent to a guarantee. As long as you bring enough high-level troops, no matter how morale collapses, there will only be negative bonuses and no escape.
To be honest, this effect is generally not easy to take effect.
To be satisfied, at least two conditions must be met.
One of course is that you must have high-level soldiers, because this effect is only effective for high-level soldiers.
The second thing is that your morale will be beaten to 0 points, or even lower than 0 points.
To be honest, at this time, there is basically no hope of a comeback, because as long as you can beat others and kill more people than yourself, your morale will not drop to 0 points.
What's more, although it says that you won't run away after your morale reaches 0, it doesn't say that the negative effects will be eliminated.
But it cannot be said that this effect has no effect.
After the morale collapsed, the troops fled. The most helpless thing for the commander was that the troops no longer obeyed the command.
In game terms, these soldiers have lost control.
That’s not all. After the retreat, the soldiers became neutral.
Commander, go look for them. Maybe you can get some back before the fighting situation disappears.
But as time goes by, it’s hard to say whether people will recognize you or not. Anyway, if you don’t have diplomatic skills, there’s a high probability that they won’t recognize you when you recruit soldiers.
But if there is this ultimate effect, at least the high-level soldiers of levels 7, 8, and 9 will not be out of control.
As long as these soldiers can be commanded, whether they are assigned to break up the rear or assigned to protect themselves and escape together, they can still be of great use.
To sum it up in one sentence, this ultimate effect is equivalent to helping the commander reduce losses and increase hope of survival after defeat.
In addition to Xu Lai, some of the experience was eventually transferred to others. Xu Lai's two paladins, one angel, and most of the trainee knights and knights' retinues all got the opportunity to advance.
Not only Xu Lai, but also members of the Sixth Knights.
They should have also benefited from Xu Lai's credit. It is said that they have accumulated enough holy light energy this time, and many of them have met the advancement requirements.
It is also easy for them to advance. By praying or killing demons, undead and other evil creatures, they can accumulate holy light energy or merit.
After the conditions are met, the Holy Light will be directly transformed into their bodies, giving them greater strength.
Of course, they also need to pay a little money to upgrade the corresponding equipment.
It is unrealistic for them to rely solely on them to accumulate merits and pay for equipment.
Of course, it is impossible to count on Xu Lai as the group leader. The temple can only be responsible for the big head, and they will pay for the small head themselves.
So they must find a church large enough to receive the transmitted equipment, change equipment and upgrade.
The upgrade of Xu Lai's own troops also cost a lot of money, and he happened to have obtained a large number of rare resources, equipment and other materials.
He didn't have time to deal with it, but rare resources had a fixed value. They couldn't take away much of the load, so they would definitely pick up the ones with higher value.
This batch of equipment is at least level 4 or above. There is a lot of it. At least it can be used to hand over to the temple to complete some logistical tasks.
Not all of the credit for the victory in this battle belongs to Xu Lai. He simply waved his hand and used the merit exchanged from this logistics mission to directly hand over the merit required to upgrade the equipment for everyone. (End of this chapter)