The existence of advent heroes has always been an extremely difficult problem to deal with.
On the one hand, he has a sharp weapon and a murderous intention.
Xu Lai himself is an obvious example. He didn't have much ambition before, he just wanted to have his own territory so that he could live a leisurely life.
However, the uneven and unstable situation did not give him the time and space to relax at all.
In order to seek peace, Xu Lai had to be pushed step by step to reach this point.
How could he, a man without ambition, be like this? What about those who are ambitious, unwilling to be inferior to others, and who are princes and generals?
Hero specialization is their killing weapon, and level is their sharp edge.
But on the other hand, these people are also the most motivated and hard-working people.
Even if you only give them a piece of land and a low-level castle heart, they can build a huge village from scratch.
The conditions Xu Lai gave them were more favorable, because there were existing villages and land, and there were even a small number of refugees nearby.
The reason why the Advent heroes are motivated is because they feel that the harvest belongs to them, and at least they can get a big share of it.
What Xu Lai needs now is their subjective initiative, so the share ratio requirement is not high.
Xu Lai's only restriction on them is the issue of upgrading.
He didn't even want to control the expansion of the army. As long as they could support their own army and did not tax civilians more than 30%, Xu Lai would let them expand the army.
Even after the empire was unified, there were countless horse bandits, bandits, bandits, and thieves.
Coupled with the underground passages that pop up out of nowhere, the underground residents have always been hostile to the people above ground.
Although Xu Lai attacked the dungeon, he could only threaten the big forces.
How could Xu Lai, a small force, be able to control it? Let the underground nobles be responsible for restraint. He also had to figure out whose territory these small forces were on.
Therefore, even for a village, certain armaments are needed.
The only thing Xu Lai wants to limit is the scale of their development.
It has to be said that the old nobles of the empire are already very experienced in this process.
They know that as long as they control the size of the territory of the Advent Heroes, they can control their development.
After all, without a large enough territory, there will not be enough food, economy and population.
Without these, we cannot raise a large number of soldiers, nor can we fight large-scale wars, and naturally we cannot rise in level.
Although Xu Lai's level has soared so quickly, he may have fought more large-scale battles alone than the entire empire combined.
Xu Lai was worried about them, so he concentrated all the limited people he rescued into the cities under his control.
What Xu Lai gave them were all empty towns with nothing.
No matter how it develops, Xu Lai will always make money.
At that time, Xu Lai felt that he would even hope that these heroes would be a little ambitious, so that he could legitimately take back the towns he sent back.
There was no advantage in attacking the city, so Xu Lai simply let the Qingfeng Legion surround him and launch some crude trebuchets that were quickly made to blast a few times every day.
Anyway, angels can resurrect their own losses, but the devil's losses are real.
He camped on the spot, handling government affairs while gathering intelligence from all parties.
Jian Yuan was originally Xu Lai's intelligence officer. Now that the war is over, he has temporarily relieved his burden and resumed the banner of intelligence.
From the grassland, from the caravan, from the intelligence spies who were originally sent out, as well as from the temple, several nobles from the Northern Empire and Xu Lai who were friendly.
By summarizing their information, Xu Lai was able to obtain several extremely critical information.
First, Lionheart City has not yet fallen, but news of it was completely lost a week ago.
Second, the Northern Empire has also begun to actively mobilize the army.
Whether King Aled decided to go south for rescue or not, he at least made plans to fight the devil again.
On the contrary, the news from the merchants of the Southern Empire seems that there is still no movement from the Southern Empire.
Xu Lai knew very little about the intelligence of the Eastern Empire, but he seemed not as optimistic as before.
The Eastern Empire originally joined forces with the Bulwark camp to fight against the Cemetery, and initially had an advantage.
The forces of the undead are huge, and there are several emperor-level superheroes alone.
Before, they refused to obey anyone, and in addition, there were not many undead that came to the Engeta continent at the beginning.
But now there are more and more troops in the cemetery, and several big guys seem to be showing signs of joining forces, trying to take down the Eastern Empire as the base camp of the undead.
Whether you want to compete with the devil for territory or continue to cause trouble with the barrier, you also need a stable rear.
The Eastern Empire was having a hard time, and if they were to negotiate with Xu Lai now, they probably wouldn't be able to show off their previous arrogance.
But they did not ask Xu Lai for help, and even sent griffons to support Lion Heart City.
On the contrary, Xu Lai did nothing. At most, it only involved some of Kerrigan's energy and troops.
Xu Lai was alone and was really busy, so he had to continue to transfer people from the grassland.
Not only did he transfer Jilong over, he also appointed him as the deputy administrator of the Western Empire. Together with Arvid, he jointly managed the government affairs of the Western Empire and was only responsible to Xu Lai.
Of course, it was no longer called the Western Empire at this time, but the Western Province of the Eagle Kingdom.
Giron has made it to the top in one step, but his main role is actually to supervise Arvid, and he can only be regarded as Arvid's deputy.
But even so, with the current shortage of people in the Eagle Kingdom, if the Western Empire can really be defeated, a provincial general manager in Jilong will definitely not be able to escape.
This appointment not only made Jilong extremely excited, but also the old nobles in the grassland area.
After all, the old nobles on the grassland were closer to Xu Lai than those in the Western Empire.
People like Rio Canal, Mao Shan and others, either big lords or nobles with close relationships, almost all came over at once.
Not only them, Luo Mingru, Zhang Zhiqiang, Qin Laoliu and his brothers also ran to the front line, trying to find some opportunities.
Anyway, Zhang Zhiqiang and Qin Laoliu all have many brothers. They let their brothers take care of their own villages, and they continue to go out to expand their territory.
After Kanal, Maoshan and others handed over their castles, they actually no longer had much rights in their hands.
For nobles, they have no rights, and no matter how much wealth they have, it is just a wedding dress for others.
If Xu Lai doesn't touch them now, it doesn't mean that he won't touch them in the future. After all, they don't accompany the emperor to conquer the world like the nobles in the feudal dynasty.
Without Po Tian’s meritorious service, relying on the title and salary they received from contributing to the castle, they could not live comfortably.
What's more, they also have greater ambitions. After all, even a county may not actually be able to get much income.
Perhaps for an ordinary family, the salary of a viscounty, let alone a county, would be enough for the family to live a wealthy and luxurious life.
However, for large families that already have a large family, they are still used to spending money lavishly. There are really too few families that take face as big as the sky.
Even though they are still receiving a job salary, what Xu Lai gives them is leisure and retirement, or some positions that are not very important.
It is conceivable that when their generation passes away, future generations will not even have such a leisurely position. And everyone can see that Xu Lai is not a stingy person.
This can be seen a long time ago.
Whether it is civilians, merchants, the army, or nobles who have taken refuge in Xu Lai, such as Jimmy and his son.
All of these people have benefited tremendously from Xu coming here.
Therefore, as soon as Jilong's appointment came out, they either came directly, or asked Jilong and others to send a message, wanting to come to the front line to practice.
Xu Lai also expressed his welcome. After all, just as they suspected, Xu Lai indeed trusted them more.
The most important thing is that the Western Empire is really short of people.
Luo Mingru, Qin Laoliu and the others are okay, at most they can bring some younger brothers and guards.
But after all, it also has some functions. For example, in those towns, Xu Lai was really distressed to have heroes he didn't know.
But there are not many living people in the entire Western Empire. Even if they are all filled into the city, it will not be enough.
Therefore, there must be a large number of towns that must be controlled by these heroes.
Instead of giving it to a strange hero, it is better to give it to Luo Mingru, Qin Laoliu and the others.
After all, we are all old acquaintances and have worked together before, so we all have experience and tacit understanding.
The nobles like Kanal and Maoshan are even more extraordinary. With their status, they all come here to serve as city lords.
And Xu Lai has already made arrangements for them. Those who used to be in charge of the base camp have now been upgraded to castles.
The Marquis Castle that had not yet been conquered was handed over to Canal.
When Kanal and the others came to serve as city lords, they first had to bring their own guards, and secondly they had to bring their own servants and some of their relatives.
Finally, they don’t have the ability to do everything well on their own, so they have to bring some helpers.
For example, they hired mage consultants, riding instructors, and handy followers and officials.
This is a large group of people, which will not only allow the officials Xu Lai sent to the grassland to better control their power.
It can also allow cities that are now so poor that they can almost only use temporary elected officials to have as complete an administrative system as possible.
These are all beneficial and harmless to Xu Lai. Why should he not welcome them and why should he disagree with them?
However, these people are bringing their families, so we can’t count on the speed.
Even if you are impatient, it will take at least a week or so to start working on the teleportation array and fly to Glory City.
After more than half a month, the reverse restoration project of the Brilliant Territory has been basically restored under the leadership of Archbishop Duer.
Next, the Crimson Bishop Duer will lead the priest group to advance to the Paphex Plains.
Over in the Burke Territory, the damage was not very serious.
Because along the river, the population loss was also small, only about 60% of the population was lost.
The actual losses were higher, but there were also many refugees fleeing from deep inland.
Overall, it is better than Brilliant Leader.
With such a large population, Duer only sent one archbishop to lead more than ten bishops and more than a hundred priests to preside over the ceremony.
Pafix Plains was once one of the great granaries of the empire, so the original population here was extremely large.
It is precisely because of this extremely large population that the devil's transformation is proceeding very smoothly, and the city of Kasay has been completely transformed into hell.
If the Paphex Plains were completely transformed into a hellish terrain, then it would be useless to use the restoration ritual, and another method would have to be found.
Of course there are methods. After all, the world was in chaos at the beginning.
It’s just a price, it’s far from being restored by holding a ceremony and calling a group of believers to pray every day.
At that time, gold coins were needed to pave the way, rare resources were needed to build bridges, and top-level resources were invested in an unlimited amount.
Or, through subtle ways, spend a lot of time slowly transforming.
At this price, maybe Xu Lai would prefer to maintain the status quo and treat it as an alternative spectacle.
But no matter what, Duer's group of priests is about to arrive in Kasai City.
And Xu Lai has even promised the lord of Kasai City.
We can’t really throw a demon city to others when they come over.
Furthermore, Xu Lai has been besieging Kasai City for more than half a month, and it is time to completely solve it.
If he tries to think of a way to threaten Kerrigan's base camp, maybe Lionheart City will really be defeated by Kerrigan.
The most important thing is that Xu Lai did not wait in vain for more than half a month.
He finally received the good news. Tahan, who had been in a coma for more than half a month, finally woke up.
This time Tahan was a blessing in disguise.
The Will of the World, through the hands of Tahan, destroyed the Abyss Demon God who did not belong to this world.
What remains in Tahan's body is the most original and pure energy of this world.
The will of the world at that time transformed this energy into lightning that was extremely powerful against demons.
Now, these lightnings have completely integrated with Tahan, transforming him into a hero with a unique profession.
Tahan's own attributes have not changed much, only his physical fitness has improved by a full 10 points.
The effects originally obtained by being named a general were all forcibly forgotten. The identity of the hero was far above that of the general.
His level has dropped a lot again, to the current level of 38, but it is still an extremely high level.
The most important thing is that Tahan's specializations are all empty, and the two specializations he comes with are all top-level.
One is the ultimate offensive technique, and the other is the ultimate air magic.
A full-level specialization requires 5 levels, and Tahan also has 37 opportunities to upgrade his specialization, and can also exchange for 7 and a half ultimate specializations.
In addition to becoming a hero, Tahan's fearless knight profession has also been retained, becoming a fearless knight above ordinary knights.
This is equivalent to Tahan's own combat strength not losing at all.
Not only that, Tahan also gained the ability to wear equipment and treasures, and his personal strength was also a huge improvement.
Of course, the most important thing is the two talents Tahan obtained.
For ordinary heroes and nobles, being able to obtain a talent is considered to be a blessing.
Even if you have the same luck as Xu Lai and get some special props, the talents you get will never be too powerful.
But Tahan's two talents are both top-notch talents. (End of this chapter)