The death of the commander of one side means that the battlefield controlled by the yoke of war has been released.
And because of the death of the commander, the morale of the black dragons instantly dropped to zero, and they lost the restraint of their leadership skills. They almost dispersed in a hurry, no longer willing to stay in this terrifying place.
Xu Lai, who was covered in blood and whose physical strength had been exhausted, let out a long laugh and simply lay down in the blood.
The entire Mingyue City can no longer be seen as a city. It is either stained with blood or burning with flames.
Xu Lai has fought dozens of battles, large and small, and this one is undoubtedly the most thrilling and exciting.
Elvi's potion has entered the cooling period. If Moriel finds another opportunity and takes out a terrifying spell scroll, Elvi may really die.
Once Elvi is killed, the combat effectiveness of the Seraph troops will drop significantly.
And Moriel cannot escape from the battlefield, which does not mean that she cannot avoid the battle.
Just like Xu Lai's knights, the swordsmen retreated to rest and restore their health.
If Moriel was not blinded by the name of War Shackles, she could also go into other underground passages.
Although their speed could not match the angels, except for Mingyue City, the rest of the place was pitch black. Even if Seraph could catch up, Xu Lai would not be relieved.
So, as long as Moriel is smarter and avoids the battle in time.
If she continues to use her powerful spell scroll reserves to launch large-scale spell attacks on Xu Lai and his troops, victory will definitely be hers.
Unfortunately, Moriel gave up the idea of escape after realizing that she could not get rid of those angels and could not leave the battlefield.
Fighting with a giant dragon is an extremely physically demanding task.
At first, it was okay to just fight the summoned black dragons without any effort.
Later, it turned into that kind of wild black dragon, each of which was very tricky, difficult and laborious to defeat.
However, these guys also have strength bonus. Even though Xu Lai is amazingly powerful, he can't suppress these giant dragons without using all his strength.
Xu Lai, who fell to the ground exhausted, was too lazy to pay attention to the black dragons that were fleeing in all directions.
Anyway, the black dragon troops belonging to Moriel escaped because their morale dropped to zero. They will most likely become wild monsters in the future and are unlikely to return to the dungeon.
And those wild black dragons who have their own opinions are completely oppressed by the Dragon Queen Moriel.
There is no way, this woman has absorbed the genes of the dragon kings of the four races, and has a strong oppressive effect on the dragons of the four races.
With how stingy Moriel is, after transforming into a dragon, she continues to absorb the dragon family's love for treasure genes, and it is even more impossible to share it with these black dragons.
This is such a great opportunity. If these black dragons don't take advantage of the opportunity to run away, and instead go to someone's dungeon to be a dog for others, they really have their brains squeezed.
And it is said that Moriel has no heirs. Anyway, after transforming into a dragon, it is impossible for Moriel to give birth.
Besides, even if Moriel has an heir, if the queen Moriel dies, will her underground nobles, who have been oppressed, be convinced and obedient?
Xu Lai, who was lying in a pool of blood, began to think about what to do next the moment Moriel fell.
He originally just wanted to take advantage of the last half year that the Western Empire had to wait to unify the grassland area first.
Looking back, thinking about it, the troops and resources that can be accumulated by relying solely on the grassland areas are really too few.
And without the queen in the underground city, maybe we can take advantage of this opportunity to occupy many underground cities.
The underground resources are not rich, but they are relatively stable, and although Xu Lai, a soldier in the underground city, is not needed, he can directly destroy the city in exchange for a large amount of castle hearts and resources.
He doesn’t need too many, he just needs to occupy Mingyue City and all the areas near Darkhor.
If there are more, even if he can capture it, he really won’t have the manpower to collect and dig.
After all, the underground is not suitable for human survival. Except for recruiting farmers, how can other normal people be willing to stay underground for a long time.
Suppressing bandits is one idea. However, all the big bandits with names on the grassland are already in Miner Town. The rest are mostly small characters and cannot catch too many people.
"Master, why are you lying like this? Get up quickly."
Without any explanation, Su Ya helped Xu Lai, who weighed several hundred kilograms, with difficulty.
Like Xu Lai, Su Ya didn't get much rest, but her level was lower and her attributes were relatively poor.
Thanks to her top-notch equipment, ordinary black dragons can't do anything to her, and she can rely on the Vulcan Armor to be immune to fire damage.
Xu Lai smiled bitterly and said: "It's finally over. I just want to lie down now."
Su Ya shook her head and said: "This warrior's morale has been greatly damaged. Fortunately, we have won. This is the time for you to boost morale.
With this great victory, let's not say that we will recover immediately. All morale can at least be raised to a high state.
And the dragon corpses here are all top-quality treasures and materials. If you don't collect them while they are fresh, they will deteriorate later. Don’t regret it.”
The dragon’s treasures, from dragon blood to dragon meat, from dragon scales to dragon skin, to dragon bones and dragon tendons, whether it is for making high-end supplements or weapons and armors, They are all top quality.
Just like this ballista, if it is made entirely of dragon tendons, its power can be increased by at least 50%, and I don’t know how much pressure can be reduced.
Dragons were dead everywhere. Xu Lai glanced at it and said helplessly: "Let's wait until those black dragons run away and the battle is settled.
With so many corpses piled together, it will be useless to clean them up later. . "
When the battle is over, the corpses and blood stains of the black dragon will inevitably turn into white light and fly away. After that, it will be just a waste of time to clean up.
But Su Ya is right when she says something. If you don’t take advantage of such a big victory to boost morale, a lot of the flavor of this victory will be lost.
Xu Lai is not a very eloquent person. When Reina gathered the troops, Xu Lai didn't know what to say.
In such an occasion, it would be a disgrace if you stopped and didn't speak.
After thinking for a while, Xu Lai cleared his throat first, then leaned on the bloody long sword and said:
"You are brave enough to kill the enemy, and I should stand before you.
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This battle is a great victory. Anyone who is injured or disabled will receive a bounty of 100 coins, and the city lord's palace, that is, myself will pay for the treatment.
For those who are killed in this battle, the families of those who died in the battle will receive pensions. 500 gold per person. If there are elderly people over 50 years old, children under 18 years old, and women who do not want to remarry, the city lord's palace will also fund the maintenance.
The elderly provide for them until they die, and the children allow them to attend school.
Those who have no family or family will also be sent to a specially built cemetery after thorough purification. I will personally erect a monument for them for everyone to worship and nourish.
Here, I assure you that as long as Qingfeng City remains, all the war dead and their families will receive the best care.
All the injured will also receive the most appropriate care and strive to leave no sequelae. Finally, for all the brave warriors here today, you will receive a reward of 50 gold coins each to reward your bravery today.
Now, please work harder. We have dealt with these giant dragons. When we go back, I will treat everyone to a feast of dragon meat! ”
Xu Lai didn’t know what to say, and he didn’t know how to boost morale. Although leadership skills had encouraging effects, he felt that cold skills were not as useful as substantial rewards at all.< br>
Xu Lai, who was once a social creature, is no longer moved by a few words of praise and encouragement.
In his heart, the most appropriate behavior is to recognize the other person's efforts. Reward.
The casualties in this battle were not small. Xu Lai lost 9 of the Archangels alone, as well as a Seraph.
If you include the black dragon summoned by Reina, dozens of high-level troops were killed.
In addition, the heavy shield soldiers who were too late to leave, the gryphons who died in a dying counterattack, the pikemen who fought bravely, and the crossbowmen who were targeted.
After the war, an inventory showed that more than 1,000 soldiers were killed in the recruitment alone, and more than 3,000 soldiers of the Qingfeng Legion, including the logistics soldiers who controlled the crossbows, were killed.
According to Xu Lai's promise just now, the pension for these 3,000 people alone is as high as 1.5 million gold coins. If the subsequent support of their families is included, it will probably be doubled.
Of course, there is no need to pay for the money immediately. The only things that need to be paid immediately are the rewards for the more than 20,000 remaining soldiers of the Qingfeng Legion and the more than 1,000 disabled people.
For ordinary injured people, after the battle, it is basically possible to remove the forbidden magic ball and call in the priest army from Qingfeng City for treatment.
These are not the disabled. The real disabilities are those whose limbs and limbs were severed in battle. The ordinary priests cannot treat them and require high-level priests to regenerate their limbs.
Of course Xu Lai can't let those priests work in vain. Some high-level magic also requires casting materials, and their treatment cost must be more than 100 gold coins.
Escape with these millions of gold coins. Even if Xu Lai is not short of money now, he will also spend a lot of money.
But it is all worth it. You must know that what the Qingfeng Legion faces today is a Black Dragon Legion led by a very high-level hero equipped with several artifacts.
Today they dare to fight bravely against the Black Dragon Legion and will not retreat until death. Tomorrow they will have the courage to face any enemy, even the Burning Legion led by the Demon King of Hell.
Xu Lai believes that as long as he does what he promised, even if his morale is lost during the battle, at least there will be many people willing to fight to the death for him.
“Long live, long live!”
The effect of encouraging without activating the inspiring ability may be much better than Xu Lai expected.
After he announced his decision, he didn't know who took the lead. It should be people like Fang Chao, otherwise ordinary soldiers wouldn't shout like this.
Xu Lai waved his hand again, and all the soldiers kept up with the clockwork motor and rushed towards the outside of the city tirelessly.
The battle is over, and the corpses of the black dragons recruited have turned into light and disappeared. In addition to leaving behind a loot of one or two hundred gold coins, each black dragon also left behind many high-end weapons, armors, etc.
These are all level 8 black dragons. Either leave nothing, or at least a few hundred gold, or level 8 equipment.
Level 8 equipment, even a whiteboard, is worth a few hundred gold. If it is a magic equipment or weapon, the value is ten times at least.
The recruitment of more than 2,000 black dragons alone saved Xu Lai from the loss of at least more than 500,000 gold coins, and the real big deal was the corpses of the black dragons that had not turned into light.
Take dragon meat, draw dragon tendons, peel dragon skin, and pour dragon blood.
Every soldier, under the leadership of their respective commanders, is completely tireless and does all this excitedly.
Soldiers who are not professional dragon slayers certainly cannot be perfect.
When removing the skin, it will inevitably be broken, and when scraping the scales, you may accidentally injure yourself.
Dragon blood can be stained accidentally, and dragon tendons can even be broken.
But in front of this huge number, these small imperfections are completely unimportant.
The dragon is so big, and one piece of skin can be used to make many clothes and cloaks.
After the death of the black dragon, the dragon skin may have lost its original level 1-5 anti-magic effects, but the anti-magic properties must still be there. It just depends on the tailor's ability and how much can be retained.
With such a quantity, it is of course impossible for Xu Lai to process it into finished products. Anyway, it has to be cut separately according to quality and sold in batches.
The best piece of skin, that is, the dragon skin that protects the dragon's heart, and the teleporting reverse scales, are the most elite materials on the dragon's body.
Coincidentally, Qingfeng City's auction house was still in the midst of publicity, and Xu Lai planned to ask the soldiers to bring these dragon skins and dragon meat to cut them up in public.
It is not false that Xu said that he would treat all the soldiers to eat dragon meat.
Everyone knows that dragon meat is a great supplement. Qingfeng City recruits soldiers regardless of their origin, so it is impossible for soldiers to get enough nutrition from childhood like nobles or wealthy merchant families.
This collective intake of dragon meat will definitely greatly increase the soldiers' physical fitness, improve their qualifications, and gain opportunities for further advancement.
Even if Xu Lai doesn't understand the market very well, he knows that the sale of such dragon materials will inevitably cause price fluctuations in the market.
But Xu Lai could still easily calculate that the profit from selling the dragon skin alone could cover all the expenses he had just promised.
Moreover, such a unique opportunity will definitely never come again.
Even though there are still red dragon legions and poisonous dragon legions in Moriel's city, some black dragons have escaped.
But the next time we encounter them, the enemy will probably never be of this size again.
If you include the more precious dragon blood, dragon bones and other materials, it would be difficult for Xu Lai not to make a fortune.
If Xu Lai is willing to wait, maybe even the undead in the cemetery will travel thousands of miles to come to Qingfeng City and get some black dragon bones back.
And even if it is not sold to those undead wizards, grinding the dragon bones into powder and soaking them in water can be a high-end tonic that can greatly enhance one's physical fitness and abilities.
As long as Xu Lai can control the quantity of this thing, judging from the huge size of these more than 2,000 black dragons, as long as Qingfeng City is not destroyed in the next few decades, there will never be a need to worry about no merchants coming.
The additional profits that can be brought over the past few decades are far beyond what can be measured by hundreds or tens of millions of gold coins.
The only pity is that after Moriel was beheaded by Elvi, there was no dragon corpse left behind, only a dragon head.
Moriel's body turned into a human form again.
But this is good news for Xu Lai, because it also means that he can directly take off the opponent's equipment, and can easily remove the opponent's two huge space rings.
There is another good news. I don’t know if Moriel is afraid of trouble, or if these two artifact-level space rings are special.
Anyway, these two rings are all unlocked.
This means that a large part of Moriel's collection over the past decades has fallen into Xu Lai's hands.
This is the truly terrifying harvest. (End of this chapter)