Overlord: Start from the Goblin Lair.

Chapter 123 All tactics changer
It goes without saying that it must be Mindatis again!
"That's not the case," Driver confirmed the news again, "They seem to have been repelled, but they are still blocking the south of the Delusion Land, and harassing the trading post and the village from time to time. Seymour and his men had to tighten their defenses, and the construction of the village was forced to stagnate."

"South, then it seems we have to go meet them," Ivy looked at the goblins, "Do you have a specific location?"

"No, but they left a mark nearby, and we can see it when we get there."

Knowing that there was a fire in the backyard, the few people naturally could not move slowly anymore. Fortunately, when they arrived at this town, they were not far from their dream place. One evening two days later, Ron and his friends followed the marks left by the goblins and found the location of the bandit camps.

"They are more like competitors than bandits. This place is more like a rough version of a trading post than a bandit camp."

Sylvia looked at the three-meter-high wall and muttered, "It seems that the elf is preparing to play a protracted war with us."

"I won't allow this," Ron said, looking at the door that was wide open. "Let's go and meet them."

Just as Sylvia said, this place was more like a trading post than a bandit camp. When Ron and others walked in, a bearded, shirtless strong man greeted them warmly.

"Welcome to the Land of Delusion!" The sturdy man shouted in a hoarse voice, "Our boss is the lord authorized by the City-State Alliance. It was those bandits in the north who stole our home!"

As he spoke, the sturdy man took out a bunch of messy letters of appointment and legal regulations and showed them to Ron and others. However, he himself seemed to have no idea what was written on them, and they read confusingly.

"What nonsense are you talking about—" Andre was about to explode on the spot, but was stopped by Ron.

"You said the people in the north are the robbers. Do you have any evidence? I think the construction there is much better than yours."

"We built all of that, us!" The sturdy man waved his arms angrily, "They stole it and used it as their own base!"

"What's that phrase? Yes, the cuckoo occupies the bird's nest!"

"It's the cuckoo taking over the magpie's nest." Ivy couldn't help but correct.

"No matter what kind of nest it is, it's our nest anyway!" The strong man led Ron and the others inside. "As for the evidence, I saw them hanging out with a black dragon with my own eyes. What other evidence do we need?"

"What did you say?"

Ron was stunned. Black dragon? Shouldn't Exuri be near Green Swamp Town? Why is he running around?
"Black dragon!" The sturdy man gestured, "And there's a group of dog-headed men! Tell me, who are the robbers? Is there any need to say?"

"If we didn't have the help of our friends from the Western City-State Alliance, we wouldn't even be able to gain a foothold here. Come on, let me introduce you. You are also from the south, so you must know our friends in Carolina!"

The sturdy man pushed open the door as he spoke.

Western City-State Alliance, wait, Carolina?!

The moment the sturdy man pushed the door open rashly, both the people inside and outside the room were stunned.

"Ron!" The middle-aged woman who was the leader of the group stood up and looked at Ron and the others with shock and panic in her eyes, even the slightest hatred was suppressed. "Bakoyannis?!" Sylvia was even more surprised. She didn't expect to see an old acquaintance in such a place.

"When did you come back?!"

Bakoyannis was about to cast a spell while speaking, but Ron was faster. A bolt of lightning instantly formed in the air, and the two load-bearing pillars of the already shaky building were instantly shattered.

"If you don't want to die, get away from here!" The sturdy man leading the way hurriedly tried to take off the hand axe at his waist, but a sword blade with a blue-green glow was already on his neck.

"Hey, okay!"

Seeing that the situation was not good, the robber did not resist, but half-crouched down smoothly, then ran out of the gate.

Meanwhile, Bakoyannis and her men also started fighting with Ron and his men. The constant clash of weapons and magic made the sky above the camp as bright as day.

After Ron gave Bakoyannis a way out, she obviously worked hard. However, she never expected that Ron and others had made better progress than her. In less than five minutes, her men and some of the stubborn bandits fell down like leeks.

“Don’t, don’t come over here!” Bakoyannis leaned against a broken wall to prevent a repeat of the tragedy of being ambushed by Driver last time. “If you dare to take another step forward, I will tear up this fireball scroll and we will all die together!”

Bakoyannis held a scroll emitting red light in his hand and pretended to tear it. Ron and Sylvia could feel that the fire element in the air was quickly gathering towards her.

But threatening to destroy an entire team of adventurers in good condition? She was really confused.

"Command: Put it down." A red light flashed in Victoria's eyes, and countless silk threads suddenly emerged from nothingness, binding Bakoyannis' arms and hands layer by layer. In the face of irresistible power, Bakoyannis had to humiliatingly put the last chip in his hand on the ground.

“No, spare me, spare me!” Bakoyannis looked at Sera in panic as she approached her with a big sword in hand. “I was just following orders, just following orders!”

"Orders? Whose orders?" Ron signaled Sera not to do anything and walked in front of Bakoyannis. "How much benefit did Mindatis give you to let you help him like this?"

“I don’t know,” Bakoyannis gasped. “Really! I’m just an errand boy. Those things are not something I can touch.”

"But I heard that there seems to be an elf up there who has a good relationship with Mindatis, so she insisted on it. And you killed our entire death squad and attacked our team everywhere. The higher-ups don't intend to let this go."

"Then what is the purpose of sending you here?"

"The higher-ups thought you were the ones behind the goblin army, so they wanted me to take advantage of the situation," Bakoyannis said hurriedly. "The people you left behind were not enough to fight us, but just when we were about to occupy the entire trading post, a black dragon suddenly rushed out to help them!"

"I originally occupied your newly built villages that were not yet inhabited by people, but after the black dragon appeared, kobolds started to attack us every now and then, and even a giant appeared once!"

"As you can see, we finally had to retreat here - and then we met you again!"

(End of this chapter)