Overlord: Start from the Goblin Lair

"Still no response this month?"

Even today, when natural disasters are approaching, spring will still arrive, but it will be several months later than in previous years.

Ron stood in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling window of the conference room, looking at the newly sprouted buds outside, adding a bit of bright light to the gray vegetation.

It's just that at this time of spring this year, the summer in Dreamland should have disappeared.

"Yes, sir," the dwarf Rurik stood behind Ron and responded in a low voice, "Since Caogha escaped with Evandel two and a half months ago, the one who came to make deals with us has been Avner. The devils here are the subordinates of the famous Grand Duke Zariel."

In any case, Yuan Yin is very important to the devil. Even if there is some unpleasantness on Gracia's side, Nine Prisons will not give up this strategic resource easily.

Ron needs this deal to transfuse blood into the territory. This is a large sum of money, enough to maintain the operation of the territory and support several high-level spellcasters to do research.

"Then this is over?" Victoria was a little dissatisfied, "They broke the agreement and then just pretended that it never happened?"

Yelena sat on the windowsill, leaning against the light and playing with the thorn chain on her hand: "Otherwise? Do you expect them to apologize? Even the Heim you believe in may not have this accomplishment."

"And if we follow their terms, it's unclear who is right and who is wrong."

"Of course it's Gracia's problem, or Caogha's fault," Ron turned to look at the factory not far away. Unlike most of the ones he usually knows, this small factory in Green Marsh Town There was no billowing black smoke covering the sky, and there were not so many coals here to burn it. "The emblem of the Lord of the Nine Hells actually appeared on Constance that day. Gracia was right, could it be? Is her 'father' wrong?"

Hearing Ron mention this again, Constance, who was sitting with Ivy, couldn't help but shrink her neck. Although everyone deliberately pretended that nothing happened afterwards, the half-elf girl herself felt quite sorry for everyone.

But she was also a victim in this matter - she didn't even know when she got involved with that existence! Could it be that he is his adoptive father...

Constance didn't want to think about it anymore, but the situation now was obvious: she was no longer just herself, nor even just representing her spice merchant father or the Rose Council of the Rose City. A pair of eyes, a pair of eyes from hell. The innermost eyes are peering through her perspective at everything in the material world.

No one knows what the devil's god, who is so cunning enough to deceive the gods, and even extremely lawful creatures, has in mind. Maybe he is just monitoring his daughter, who is not very worried, or maybe he has other plans.

But at least so far, He has not shown any considerable malice, and everyone can only comfort themselves in this way. After all, the place of delusion is not a crack penetrated by the abyss, and presumably it will not affect his grand plan to rule the entire universe.

"Let's report next." Ron sighed softly. The sudden appearance of the emblem of the Lord of Hell scared away Caogha who had changed his mind, but it also made them suspicious for several months. Even the threat of disaster in the north was similar to this. Bidu seemed less urgent.

"I'm next," Gilenis stood up. As the magical energy gathered at her fingertips, Ron turned around and saw one of the three ash runes he gave to the moon elf for study. One, "Sir Ron, Mr. Elden and I have made some progress regarding the Ash Rune."

Gilenis changed her hands into several postures, and the runes immediately changed accordingly. After switching back and forth between several forms, they finally condensed into a ball of runes that Ron had never seen before.

This is the Ash Rune, Ron can be sure, but it is not one of the three types he can use. When he retrieved the memories of expelling the runes from Exuri's body, he was surprised to find There is no similar shape there.

"Its core is still the principle of the Ash Rune, but it is not part of its system," Gilenis explained. "After some tests, we found that the power of the Ash Rune is not suitable for frequent use. , which may attract the attention of their real owners. In order to reduce unnecessary trouble, we have re-'copied' a set of runes with similar effects as a replacement. "

"Because we used Common Language, Elvish, Dwarf and other common language systems when describing its profile, its power will be slightly weaker than the original runes, but please believe that they are still very easy to use. This You can confirm this after the meeting.”

"Of course I believe in your and Elden's achievements," Ron nodded. Over the past two months, he had begun to learn higher-level spells and principles, but this did not give him much joy in "becoming stronger." , on the contrary, as his power became stronger, he became more deeply aware of what kind of existence his teacher was.

Ron even suspected that if one day he reached the level of mastering nine-ring spells such as the wish spell, he would still be unable to see the difference between Gilennis and the accumulation of time in centuries was far beyond the ability to simply fight. Measured by ability.

But compared with her, another senior with seniority is different. Elden seems to have been troubled by fading syndrome for a long enough time, so that even though his life may be longer than Gilenis, his actual knowledge and strength are much weaker than those of the moon elves. Ron feels that There is still hope that he will surpass this dean in his lifetime - of course, this lifetime refers to the life course experienced by a normal human being.

The Terminator, the master of the Death Realm, seems to have a certain degree of goodwill toward Ron. He probably would not be willing to see Ron transform himself into a lich or other creature, and Ron would not dare to try this. idea.

Shaking his head, Ron forgot all these things and looked up at the others: "Where are the others? Is there anyone who hasn't made a routine report? If nothing happens, just leave and complete it according to the established plan. The next phase of the mission.”

The coldest winter has passed, and the construction of the territory will naturally start again.

"Yes, yes." Sitting near the front, a fat figure stood up hesitantly and showed a slightly embarrassed smile to Ron, "Sir, I have two more things to do here. I need to talk to you.”

This is Victor Fromm. After Evandel was taken away, he and his townspeople were naturally taken to the territory by Ron to start their lives again. The mayor who no longer had a town naturally also Became a member of Ron's "parliament".

"One is from the City-State Alliance. The proposal for you to replace my seat has been approved. There will probably be news in a while. You may need to go to Rose City and attend a meeting to confirm your position. "(End of chapter)