Although there was a slight repercussion for the establishment of the Eagle Kingdom, the several envoys who attended the ceremony were extremely shocked.
But in the whole world, the movement is not that big.
What shocked the delegation was not the scale and grandeur of the ceremony. In fact, the founding ceremony held by Xu Lai was very simple.
The expenses spent on the ceremony are not even one thousandth or ten thousandth of the reward for the soldiers and civilians.
However, at the founding ceremony, two camps actually surrendered directly to Xu Lai, which is unimaginable.
There was not much movement outside, because everyone felt that the addition of a small kingdom to a small grassland was not a big deal at all.
However, if they knew that this small grassland country actually defeated two entire camps, they would be shocked.
After the wedding and the founding of the People's Republic of China, officials at all levels returned to their respective posts, and Xu Lai also enjoyed a rare honeymoon life.
The identities of Yu Lan, Giselle and the others were revealed. Although Xu Lai's impression in the hearts of the people was reduced a bit, Yu Lan and the others were deeply moved.
Xu Lai is really living a good life these days.
It doesn't matter what kind of clothes he has to hold out his hands and food to open his mouth. His good life is that the king will not go to court early from now on.
Jiuchiroulin is still too exaggerated, but these women are really obedient to Xu Lai these days.
Especially Elena, this beautiful flower has been watered almost every day for ten days.
Not only has she grown more and more beautiful, but she has also successfully given birth to a new life.
Originally, even in a modern society with advanced technology, it would take about a month to determine.
However, in the world of magic, especially priests who are extremely sensitive to life energy.
The moment there was a life reaction, it was almost certain.
This is good news for Xu Lai, the entire Eagle Kingdom, and even the temple.
For Xu Lai, he may not be able to accept that he has offspring so soon.
But with his own bloodline, he will have a higher sense of integration with this world and this current land, and he will be more accepting of this place.
At the same time, this also means that the Eagle Kingdom has its own heir.
Even if something unexpected happens to Xu Lai in the future, the entire kingdom will not fall apart at once.
Of course, the child will still be born in nearly a year at this time. Even if he is born, if something happens to Xu Lai, the child may not be able to grow up healthily.
So for Xu Lai, the responsibility on his shoulders has undoubtedly become heavier.
Elena, who was successfully pregnant, instantly became the most precious treasure in the palace.
The little blue dragon, who used to be the most naughty in the palace, was kicked out of the harem and was only allowed to move around in the front hall.
News also came from the temple, saying that the God of War personally sent an oracle to exempt Elena from praying for the next year.
Su Ya even ordered that all chefs and servants in the entire palace must be on call 24 hours a day to provide services to Elena.
Su Ya and the others were unable to give birth to an heir, so the blood of Xu Lai in Elena's belly became their most precious thing.
A few people even went to Elena's room when they had time to watch Elena personally and not let her do anything.
With such a treasure, Elena was also under great pressure and even became a little panicked.
Xu Lai also couldn't laugh or cry, but he had no good solution. Several women wouldn't even let him get involved.
Every day, he had to try his best to take out time to accompany Elena around, relax with her, and comfort this girl who was still a little girl.
Of course, he didn’t relax for long.
The first three months of pregnancy are extremely unstable.
But in the world of magic, after a month, the body can slowly accept the nourishment of divine power.
Although Elena is not very old, she is already the archbishop of the temple. She is extremely accomplished in sacred magic and her body is full of sacred energy.
Any woman in this world may have problems, but Elena is unlikely to be in danger.
Staying in the palace for more than a month, Xu Lai rarely handled many government affairs.
Of course, his so-called handling is actually to see how Su Ya handles it and occasionally give his own opinions.
He stayed in the palace, mainly waiting for the reorganization and reorganization of the Knight Wind and Qingfeng Legion.
All major cities in the Eagle Kingdom have formed their own security teams and city guards.
Although the number of people is not large, it is enough to clear out the nearby wild monsters, newly born horse thieves and the like.
The two legions currently have no internal or external combat missions. They mainly focus on training.
After a month of training, each department is already familiar with it. Even if the orders and prohibitions are not fulfilled and the queue is strict, at least the superiors and subordinates are familiar with it.
And Xu Lai couldn't wait any longer. The best training was actual combat.
What's more, Xu Lai has never been a passive waiter.
When we know that the boss of hell will launch an attack on the Eagle Kingdom at any time, we cannot sit still and wait for death.
Towards the southeast of Qingfeng City, the land covering more than three hundred kilometers in the past is within the borders of the Western Empire.
The castle-level cities with relatively strong defensive capabilities, such as Conaston Castle, Midheim, and Bretonia, are relatively close to the Northern Empire.
If the army of hell attacks and heads straight for Qingfeng City, there will only be two or three base camp-level cities standing in front of Qingfeng City.
No castle-level city can give Xu Lai much sense of security, let alone an ordinary base camp.
It is too late to urgently strengthen it now. Stone City has a ready-made castle heart. It has been strengthened for more than two months, but only one side is usable.
And on that side, the number of arrow towers and city defense facilities is not enough, and there are no protective magic circles or magic towers.
Although Xu Lai has now established a magic department, Nofa is also actively recruiting more mages for Xu Lai.
But even if they unite with the local magic guilds, they can only support the construction of the spell tower and protective array in Qingfeng City.
The good news is that this fixed spell protection formation is much better than the one they arranged in the camp.
The first protective array in Qingfeng City is naturally the flame protective array that is the most restrained to the hell camp.
At the stronghold, it can only have an average protection effect of 10% at most.
But Xu Lai chose the best and most advanced materials at all costs, and Qingfeng City's flame protection array was able to offset 35% of the fire damage.
Of course, this comes at an additional cost.
Because the flame protection array is spread out too widely and occupies too many spell positions, the protective array can only be arranged one more layer at most.
And this layer, no matter what the price, the effect is naturally more than half worse than the first layer of flame protection array.
In addition, because the first layer is a flame protective array, the second layer must not be equipped with a frost-type protective array.
Xu Lai thought about it and chose the more general protective circle for the second one to prevent long-range damage.
The plan for this second layer of protective formation had just been finalized before Xu Lai led his army to leave, and was not built yet. Undoubtedly, Xu Lai chose the most expensive and most difficult solution.
According to Nofa's estimate, the entire protective array, even if it is fully constructed, can only protect 18% of long-range damage at most.
However, even so, Xu Lai still needed to spend more than 5 million gold coins in resources, and required hundreds of mages such as Nofa, and a full two months to construct.
Both the construction difficulty and the cost are far higher than the first level of the array.
There is no way, this is the second layer of protective array, the only way is to repair and fill in the foundation and gaps of the first layer of protective array.
The above are just construction costs.
After the formations are built, they cannot operate naturally. Running them requires a lot of energy.
There are two sources of energy. One is energy stone. Energy stones of various levels can be used, but the higher the energy density, the longer it lasts.
Secondly, the mage provides energy by consuming his own mana to maintain the operation of the magic circle.
The mobile protective array at the stronghold uses the three shamans and hundreds of high priests and priests to provide energy.
The advantage is that the magic power of the wizard can be restored, and the wizards can follow the magic circle to move to a certain extent.
The disadvantage is that during this period, the mages can't do anything else.
Xu Lai chose the former method.
Enough energy points have been buried at the beginning of the construction of the magic circle. When the time comes, all we need to do is arrange for ordinary soldiers to replace the energy stones.
This is not because Xu Lai has too many energy stones and is burning badly, but because the spell tower built by Qingfeng City also requires mages to provide energy.
And the energy of the spell tower can be provided by energy stones, but its use and control can only be completed by mages.
Nofa and the others calculated that if both arrays were running at full power.
One hour is enough to consume tens of thousands of gold coins of energy.
This is because Xu Lai formed an alliance with the Nagas and was able to obtain the deep sea crystal at cost.
Especially the second level magic circle, although the effect is much worse, the specifications are the same as the first level magic circle, so the consumption cannot be less.
Because Qingfeng City lacks high-level magicians, especially a magician of the level of a great wizard.
Therefore, Nofa and the others estimate that the best effect is 18%, and the worst effect is 12%. The fluctuation is quite large.
But even if we take a middle value of 15%, and with the blessing of a capital-level city wall, the ability to reduce long-range damage is frighteningly high.
Unfortunately, the no-fly magic circle cannot be added no matter what.
If the ability to fly can be further restricted, even if they cannot all be banned from flying, it can greatly reduce the pressure against Hell.
The fire elves, winged demons, and demons in hell can all fly.
Let’s not mention family matters for the moment. With Su Ya helping him hold the battle, Xu Lai didn’t need to worry too much.
But even though Qingfeng City was fully prepared, Xu Lai didn't want the enemy's troops to come to his doorstep.
Today’s Qingfeng City is no longer the original Qingfeng City that had nothing.
There are countless fertile fields, pastures, and manors just outside the city.
Just outside the city, Xu Lai also built a large trading market, with tens of thousands of goods traded every day.
Once Qingfeng City is besieged by the army, how can these facilities and manors outside the city be saved?
By then, the blow to Qingfeng City, especially the economic blow, will be catastrophic.
Even if he can win, it will be a miserable victory, which is what Xu Lai least wants to see.
Since Xu Lai doesn't want the battlefield to take place on his own land, because fighting here, Xu Lai will suffer no matter whether he wins or loses.
Of course, Xu Lai set his sights on the land of the Western Empire.
There are still several cities on the border of the Western Empire that have not been captured by the hell troops.
These cities, whether they have been seized of power or not, have been continuously building up their defenses for more than a year.
Because they all know that others should not be allowed to snore on the side of the bed.
The key is that Hell is not very willing to accept surrender, or in other words, if you want to surrender to Hell, you must switch sides.
Not only must oneself become a human being, but the entire city must also be transformed into a hell city.
Many nobles in the Western Empire chose to surrender, and their fate made the descending heroes even more frightened.
In short, they were not willing to give up resistance easily, and the construction of city defense never stopped for a day.
Of course, due to limited resources, their approach was the same as Xu Lai's original approach, giving priority to strengthening the side fighting the enemy.
In other words, if Xu Lai attacked from behind, the pressure he would face would not be great.
In addition, Xu Lai urgently needs a place to train new recruits, and wild monsters are in groups, so training is a waste of time.
Those cities on the border of the Western Empire are just the right places.
Since it was training new recruits, Xu Lai did not bring too many troops.
He only brought the Qingfeng Legion, the newly reorganized 50,000 recruits, and the Chivalry Style that he personally commanded.
Use the style of chivalry to protect the new recruits in the wild, lest the other party jump out of the wall and risk their lives with him.
After all, most of the new recruits of the Qingfeng Legion are first- and second-level infantry who have just joined the army, plus some third- and fourth-level warriors who came out of the knight style.
The average level of 50,000 people is no more than level 3. Even with a superhero like Reina leading the way, the danger is extremely high.
In addition, Xu Lai also brought some siege equipment, at least to smash the catapults on the enemy's walls.
The phantom shooters were all pulled out.
From the 6th level Phantom Marksman to the 8th Level Phantom Marksman, there is a huge gap, and no building can directly improve it.
Moreover, Xu Lai also needs to use the ability of the phantom shooter to clear the enemy's long-range advantage.
The city wall puts no pressure at all on the phantom shooter.
Finally, there were priests, priests and angels. Xu Lai pulled out a total of 5,000 people in one breath.
Since it is a military training, of course there can be no casualties. What else can guarantee more casualties than priests and angels?
This time, the commander of the army became Xu Lai.
After Xu Lai became the commander of the army, only perverted abilities such as the Angel Alliance, Holy Blood Bottles and God-level offensive techniques could cover the entire army.
Leina leads the 50,000 new recruits of the Qingfeng Legion. She specializes in defensive skills and can also cover these recruits, making them less likely to die in battle.
On the contrary, the style of chivalry is only used to suppress the formation. Whether it is covered by specialty-level defensive skills is not a problem at all. (End of this chapter)