Overlord: Start from the Goblin Lair

"We have no right to interfere with the students' family business." Elden, who was half full after eating, put down the tableware and took out a good cigar from his pocket to light it. "War always brings all kinds of problems. , there is nothing we can do about it.”

"But the purpose of my coming today has nothing to do with this. Let me introduce to you, these are the two most outstanding students among the latest batch of students in our academy: Shiva and Gordon."

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"According to our training plan, the top ten students in each batch will get the opportunity to go out for practice during the summer vacation to assist the instructors in completing the projects. The first and second students in this batch are from me. Lead the team and choose the place of practice.”

Elden said, taking out a stack of documents and handing them over: "This is our application for permission, the specific content and planning process of the project, and the final evaluation criteria."

"If you are interested, you can fill in your comments and opinions on them in the 'Anonymous Evaluation' column on page seven of the document after this practice."

"Anonymous..." Ron looked at the female student Shiva, and then at the boy Gordon - they were all sitting at the same table eating, how could they remain anonymous?

Mr. Ron, a delusional lord who wishes to remain anonymous?

And this subject... Ron's eyes shifted to Elden, trying to see some joking meaning on the expressionless dwarf's face.

"The target you are planning to research is the hag?!"

"Exactly," Elden glanced at Ron suspiciously, "As the lord here, you should have had some dealings with this kind of creature, right?"

"In the papers published in recent years, I found that there may be a gathering of hags here in the delusion land - a small group organization composed of three hags - they have become more active in these years. I hope to be able to help you with your work. Do some research on them with help.”

"I think this shouldn't be too difficult, because we are not planning to trade with the hags or dissect them. If we just observe and communicate briefly from a distance, it shouldn't be too dangerous, right?"

"What does this expression mean?"

Elden may be a very rigid and rigid dwarf, but that doesn't mean he doesn't know how to watch his words. Seeing Ron and his companions' expressions getting weirder and weirder, Elden couldn't help but ask questions.

"You shouldn't... have hired them as your consultants, right?"

Thinking of the young man in front of him having a fierce fight with a group of goblins, the dwarf had a vague premonition and quickly added: "Don't worry, you can read our plan and other documents carefully: we have absolutely no intention of harming them. Meaning! If you really recruit them, we can pay an extra fee..."

"Mr. Dean, this is not about money," Ivy started talking, with a troubled expression on her face, "It's just that the hag you are looking for, they may be... gone."

"No more?"

Shiva immediately raised doubts: "But, this is impossible! Although hags will change their life forms to adapt to the environment, or move locations based on the form they want to change, they usually still live in a fixed place. It will take hundreds of years or more to accumulate the materials needed for the next transformation!”

"And that document belonged to a scholar from the year before last. No matter what, there is no way the hag will leave within two years, let alone a whole gathering of hags!"

"The literature from the year before last, even if it is experimental, is likely to be overturned, let alone the observation of living animals." Ron snorted, looked at Elden and asked, "Your Excellency, with all due respect, The document you found is no longer current."

"Lord, didn't you listen to me?" Shiva stood up excitedly, "Maybe you are a spell caster, but you have not studied in the academy, and maybe you do not understand a series of properties of documents - after Elden The contents of the literature reviewed by the academy and published within one or two years are very accurate and there will be no problems! ”

"And," the female student took out her own notes and showed Ron the several pages of references at the back of her unfinished paper, "please take a look! This is the work of dozens of scholars over many years. With so many expert perspectives supporting each other, how can you question the 'timeliness' of our project?"

"Of course, I'm not criticizing you, but you are not an academic, and your understanding of the research field really needs to be improved..."

"Not academic?"

Ron was so angry that he laughed. He stood up and looked at the student in front of him who was five or six years younger than him. He felt that it was extremely absurd:

He has spent almost half of his life in the academy. If it hadn't been for the explosion in the laboratory next door, it is conceivable that this proportion would have continued to increase!

Isn't he an "academic"? !

"Shiva," Elden motioned to the students of his college to restrain themselves. In any case, Ron is the lord here, and he himself had fully learned this lesson last time. "Your Excellency, I apologize for my student's mistake. Apologize…”

"It's okay, it's okay," Ron waved his hand, "There are times like this. I just remembered some similar experiences in the past."

"Your name is Shiva, right? What you say makes sense. After all, I have never read your documents. I have no say in these articles."

"But I know a little more about the current situation of the witches than these documents," Ron sat down again, "because just a few months ago, the so-called 'witch gathering' you mentioned no longer existed."

"Three, actually four witches, now there is only one left. I had a short cooperation with her, but because of her breach of contract, she is now hiding in the depths of the fantasy land. So Ivy is right, the witches you are looking for are indeed 'gone'."

"Only one left?" Elden was a little surprised, "Are you sure? The words of the witches are not credible. Did you hear the rumors from a witch?"

"When the witches are alive, they will deceive people with words, but their bodies will not after death," in front of the three "academics" who came from afar, the lord of the fantasy land crossed his legs, "not to mention the most powerful one among them, even the body is gone."

"You mean-" Gordon widened his eyes and pointed at Ron with a trembling hand.

"Yes," Ron laughed after glancing at Shiva who was a little confused, "The deaths of those witches are directly related to us. We are witnesses and have been deeply involved."

"Miss Shiva, now you should understand that your documents are indeed out of date, and it happened in the last few months."