Overlord: Start from the Goblin Lair

"Did you...really kill those witches?"

Perhaps because the two of them, as well as the research of the respected dean, had gone to waste because of Ron's appearance, Shiva and Gordon had great distrust of Ron's statement.

Shiva also tried to convince Ron with some rare examples that witches were not easy to kill, and Ron and his team might not have "eradicated them completely". But this set of rhetoric was quickly denied by Elden, who ordered the "excellent student" who was still trying to argue to go back to the room immediately.

Gordon, on the other hand, was more restrained. He did not choose to confront Ron, but chased him after the dinner and asked questions non-stop, trying to find evidence or loopholes in Ron's words.

In comparison, Ron, who was annoyed by the questions, even felt that Shiva was easier to get along with than Gordon!

"What state did they appear in when they died? Giant view? Or--"

Ron snapped his fingers with a dark face, and Gordon immediately seemed to be strangled by someone, and could no longer make a sound.

"To be honest, these two students can be seen to be taught by you," Ron sighed and looked at the embarrassed dwarf, "Have you ever considered adding a speech course in addition to the diet and arcane courses? So that they won't be so... endless?"

"I did consider this before," to Ron's surprise, Elden actually frowned and answered this question seriously, "but the teacher in charge of academic affairs believes that there are already many courses for them to learn, and it is not appropriate to add additional academic pressure."

"But you are right, these students have too little contact with the outside world, or even with things outside of books, they do need education in this area - but this is a bit off topic, the main purpose of our visit this time is to investigate the ghost woman in the delusion land."

"I've said, I don't have a place to find a ghost woman for you." Ron frowned. This dwarf seems to have improved his fading disease a little. Could it be that he is still the same as before?

"Didn't you just say that? The witches in the Delusion Land have not been completely exterminated. There is one who hid to avoid you," Elden took off the cigar in his mouth and looked up at Ron, "I plan to hire you and your companions to help us find this witch."

"After all, the academic community doesn't know much about the preferences of witches in hiding places, and this is also a topic worth exploring."

It must be said that Elden, who met again this time, was much more sophisticated than the last time. Although his verbal rhetoric was not enough to make Ron and his team go through the mountains and plains to find witches, the real objects he took out immediately made Ron believe that the research of Elden Academy was indeed very reasonable and necessary.

"What benefits did that old guy give us that we must go on this trip?"

The next morning, Driver, who was not present last night, received Ron's call and prepared all the supplies needed for the adventure and was ready to set off. Although he would not question Ron's decision, the goblin hunter was indeed very curious about what price the dwarf Elden offered.

"A contract, drawn up in advance - he must have planned it before coming." Ron put an arrowhead for a short bow into the quiver. With the increase of his skills, he needed to prepare more materials when going out. The days when he used to go out with empty hands and a schoolbag on his back were gone forever.

"He proposed that in the future, students who graduated from Elden College will be given priority to be sent to us, and their college will bear 40% of the salary."

"Those academic nerds?!" Upon hearing this, Driver was immediately unhappy, "He might as well give us some gold coins!"

Ivy was dragging her new tower shield at this moment, and immediately reached out and knocked on the goblin's head: "Are you stupid? The students of Elden College are all spellcasters. Do you know how much it costs to hire them outside!"

"That dwarf treats us as a training camp, but we also need these mages - no matter where the construction needs a large number of spellcasters, we are making a lot of money on this deal!"

"It's just that the price is a bit high. I'm afraid we will have to drill around in the damp and dangerous swamps in the next few weeks." Sylvia was feeding a night hound. Although these guys can hunt by themselves, it is necessary to maintain a master-servant relationship from time to time, especially this time they are going to track down the relatives of their former owner.

If it's shopping, Sylvia and the others have a big difference with Ron: the girls are more inclined to visit almost every store, while Ron prefers to buy things with a clear purpose and leave; but in the swamp deep in the delusion, everyone prefers a short and fast trip.

After all, this kind of aimless search is really exhausting.

But compared to this, the extra parts of the items Ron prepared attracted the attention of the vampire more: "Benefactor, don't you bring too few bows and arrows?"

"Although I'm not familiar with bows and arrows, Driver usually brings two pots of arrows, which is about 40 arrows. And you only brought... a dozen?"

"You haven't said yet, he didn't even know the specifications of the arrows," Driver laughed, "Ron, you use a short bow, these arrows are a little longer, which will affect the feel and accuracy, change them quickly, I have spare ones here."

Ron looked at the quiver handed over by Driver, and then at the feather arrows in his hand. It was indeed as the hunter said, his arrows were few and unreasonable. If he was a regular shooter, he should have followed Driver's advice.

But is he a regular shooter?

"Thank you, I'll take this bag too," Ron took Driver's quiver with a smile, "but my arrows are equally important - they are specially made. I asked Sebach to help make them after returning from the maze, and I processed them myself. Until today, there are only so many in stock."

"Enchanted spells?" Sylvia joked, "Don't say it's light magic again!"

Ron's enchantment study is slow, which is a fact known to everyone. So far, he has made only a few works that can be used in combat, but the lighting facilities on the trading post are becoming more and more complete.

"Well, let me keep it a secret for now," Ron smiled, wearing these special arrowheads in the most convenient position for use, and slung over a short bow also made by carpenter Sebach, "but I can reveal one thing: they can indeed provide lighting."