Overlord: Start from the Goblin Lair

The truth was just as Ron expected. When Ron and his companions showed up at Carolina's welcome banquet a month later, Daniel and Leah did indeed appear among the guests, and the couple was walking quickly towards him.

It's just that the latter is full of joy, while the former is filled with sadness and anger.

"Ron!" Before his wife could speak, Daniel put his arm around Ron's shoulders and pulled him aside. This middle-aged man seemed more haggard, but the light in his eyes was brighter.

Seeing no one around, Daniel lowered his voice and growled in Ron's ear: "What kind of tincture did you send to Liya! Do you know that your alchemy potion is very harmful to people?!"

"I ask myself, I have never provoked you, have I? How could you harm me like this?!"

Although Ron had made an accurate guess in his mind, he was still pretending to be confused on the surface: "Uncle Daniel, where did you start talking about this? I also think about your happy marriage, how can it harm you?"

"You kid!" Daniel's face twitched. After not seeing each other for such a long time, his eyes seemed to have deepened. "Did you know that your Aunt Liya used to ask for it twice a day? Less than a week after you delivered this medicine, I At least twice as much work!”

"Fortunately, you still have some conscience. If it hadn't been for your visit to Carolina this time, I'm afraid I would have died young!"

As he spoke, Daniel looked at his cute, sweet, gentle and virtuous wife with lingering fear. From Ron's perspective, Liya looked cheerful; but in Daniel's eyes, he could faintly see a hint of darkness hidden between her eyebrows.

These days, he has been using the excuse of fatigue to reduce his "share" to half of the previous one, but when he arrived in Carolina today, Daniel estimated that he was doomed.

"Uncle Daniel, what you said is so serious. How could you..."

"Stop talking nonsense!" Daniel glared at Ron fiercely, and stretched out a hand to Ron's chest, "Do you still have the alchemy potion? I'll give you ten gold coins, give them all to me, hurry up!"

Ten gold coins? Not to mention the cost price, even the materials are not enough!

But Ron still obediently took out a cardboard box from his backpack and handed it to Daniel: "Uncle Daniel, there are twelve bottles in here. Each bottle is about two weeks' worth. You can save some energy." It took almost half a year—"

"Save it?" Daniel laughed twice, "Hehe", "I'm not using it for myself, I'm trying to avoid future troubles!"

"The level at Fernando's house is not good. If I sell this to him, I will definitely give him a good deal!"

"So that's it?" Ron suddenly realized, and immediately expressed his regret to Daniel, "That's such a pity. I was planning to give you this as a gift, but Fernando and I won't deal with it. I think Let’s forget it…”

"Bonus? What's the bonus?" As soon as Daniel heard that there was a gift, he immediately dug into Ron's backpack. Ron didn't mean to stop him and let him take out a small green bottle from it. , "Is this? What is this?"

"The tincture to restore physical energy can be used to make up for the shortfall caused by the previous potion," Ron shrugged. "Originally, I was going to give them all to you, but since those potions are going to be traded, I can only give you this. One."

Ron looked up at the ceiling and counted with his fingers: "As for the others, let me think about it... How about pricing it at 100 gold coins each?"

"...You know alchemy." Daniel rolled his eyes to the sky.

"Don't dare."

"Okay," Daniel threw a bag of coins into Ron's bag and took away both potions. "Give me one night. If it works, I'll come back to you."

"If it doesn't work, you probably won't be able to see me tomorrow morning."

After Daniel left in a hurry, Liya also chatted with Ron. Compared to her husband, the longbowman was very gentle to Ron. However, after expressing some of the elders' concern for the younger generation, Liya suddenly snorted:

"Ron, I'm afraid you didn't come to Carolina for some nonsense like 'peace and friendship,' right?"

"Where did you start talking about this?" Ron was surprised. "The grievances between Carolina and I were all caused by the villain Mindatis. Now that he is dead, the conspiracy has been wiped out, and we can be regarded as neighbors. How much should—”

"You can deceive those fat-headed slave owners, but don't deceive yourself." Liya shook the wine glass in her hand and glanced at the guests at the banquet. "Are you really that kind?"

"I saw that you have been paying attention to the bald mage just now. You are here for him."

Ron blinked: "Is it so obvious?"

"Nothing within hundreds of meters can escape my eyes," Liya retracted her gaze. "Others can't notice it, but that doesn't mean I can't notice it either."

"But, I really don't have any other intentions."

"It's up to you." Liya, who didn't get the answer, immediately lost interest and turned around to leave. "Anyway, just call us if you need anything. As long as it doesn't cause too much trouble, we can all help."

"Thank you, and thank you Uncle Daniel." Ron said this sincerely.

"Don't thank us, Ivy is still with you," Leah waved her hand casually, "but there is one thing I want to remind you: the necromancer who appeared is not his real body, and the surrounding environment, his interaction and his identity are obviously inconsistent."

"What?!"

Ron was shocked. He had just observed Henry Robertson for a long time, but he didn't find any trace of illusion!

"Don't rely too much on magic. If magic can solve all problems, there will be no need for people like me, right?" Leah left Ron after reminding him and went to talk to her daughter.

As for the other two Rose Parliament members who received the letter, Hendricks and old Faber did not take the time to come, but they also sent people who could represent them. The one sent by old Faber was naturally Carlos's eldest brother. The two brothers had been separated for several months. If they were concerned about the occasion, they would have wanted to get drunk.

The spice merchant sent an elderly halfling butler. According to Constance, this butler Thread was a great contributor to Hendricks's success. Although he is now basically just living at home, he can still represent Hendricks' will on various important occasions.

But for some reason, when Ron gets close to this butler Thread, he always seems to smell a familiar smell on him.

Old man's smell? Perfume? Or the smell left by soap? After a brief hesitation, Ron gave up tracing the origins of this halfling - Hendricks undoubtedly has some secrets, but he needs this ally, and the spice merchants are mainly active in Rose City, so even if there is any problem, it has nothing to do with him.