Overlord: Start from the Goblin Lair.

Chapter 33: Cloud and Mist

Halflings, these petite people usually take care to avoid attracting attention and getting involved in meaningless fights, and thus survive in a world full of larger races.

But if the town of Fromm begins to be surrounded and attacked, the fact of leaving the city will be obvious enough, and hiding yourself will be useless.

"What about you? How did you get out?" Ron asked hurriedly.

"I used a silencing spell at night so that they couldn't hear me," Boone explained, and then she became sad again, "I should have followed Lavinia, so that she wouldn't be caught alone..."

"If you two act together, your goal will be even bigger," Ron said, "Can you still move? Let's go back and save her."

"I don't know if it's too late."

"There are still... three days left," Boone calculated, "The kidnappers gave us five days to raise a hundred gold coins, otherwise they will kill me."

"Why don't you just give it to them first?" Ivy asked, "Lavinia is a wizard and she also runs an alchemy shop, so she should be able to come up with the money, right?"

After all, life is more precious than property.

"In terms of value, it should be far more than that," Boonie smiled bitterly, "but the problem is, these can't be converted into money in this town!"

"Except for Lavinia, there are almost no people who know herbology and alchemy. In this period, everyone is desperately trying to exchange unnecessary things for coins. Who would spend money to buy such things?"

"Looks like there's nothing we can do," Sera pulled out a giant axe from under her blanket, "Chief, when you give the order, we'll go and blow those kidnappers' minds!"

Sera had no interest in who kidnapped whom or who Ron knew. She only knew that there was a fight to be had, and that was the most important thing.

Her daily routine here these days is basically hunting herbivores (other goblins are hard to mess with), and she is almost going moldy.

"Victoria, what do you think?" Ron consulted the last member of the team for his opinion. There was no need to ask Driver, as this hunter had become increasingly estranged from his previous job, and even Kalade could hardly use him.

However, the hobgoblin didn't feel anything about the loss of a goblin, while Ron thought he had gained a reliable helper.

"I can go anytime," Victoria nodded, "but it's better to let Bonnie rest. She's too tired and a little exhausted."

So two hours later, Ron temporarily handed over the affairs of the camp to Kalade, and set off with the team members and Benny.

"Just ahead, see those smoke?"

After almost seeing the town of Fromm, Bunny raised her hand and pointed to a small hill in the west: "That's the camp of the kidnappers!"

It was dinner time, and the high ground was covered with haphazardly built fences, with iron wires and ropes twisted together to form a sparse camp. As Ron and his team approached slowly in the shadows cast by the setting sun, they could see the kidnappers sitting lazily around the campfire, boasting about how their weapons had killed many screaming victims. The camp was in chaos, and there was no order at a glance.

"It's really strange. The vast desert in the west is not close to the town. Why are these people here?" Victoria whispered in confusion.

Being in a remote area, Fromm was not a worthy target. "Remember, Mindatis said that the criminals at the banquet that day also came from the Gobi Desert," Ivy reminded.

"You mean, this is also a trick of that elf? But why?"

"Because we have to go back to help. Otherwise, once the town falls, the establishment of the base will become meaningless," Ron lowered his voice. "If he wants to rummage around in the Delusion Land, we who are also exploring the Delusion Land will undoubtedly be the biggest obstacle."

"The longer we are held up, the greater the chance that he will be able to find those relics."

"But he doesn't know that the most crucial piece of the puzzle has fallen into our hands." Ivy chuckled.

"Then let's make a quick decision!" Sera carefully observed the position of the bandits in the camp. "We can go around from the other side. There is a gap in the fence there, and there are only two people guarding it."

"If it's possible from there... Ivy, why are you looking at me like that?"

"I'm surprised you actually use tactics?" Ivy looked at her in amazement. "Shouldn't you suggest grabbing weapons and charging in from the front with 'Wa ...

"That's not impossible. I'm just considering your feelings..." Sera curled her lips, "Or should I really rush forward?"

"Forget it, let's be safe," Ron quickly held down Sera, who was about to move, "There are hostages inside!"

Mao-style rescue is not advisable. If it weren’t for saving Lavinia, they wouldn’t have come!

"Driverdo, are you sure you can handle those two people over there?"

"No problem!" The goblin grinned, "I learned a few new tricks while hunting recently!"

Driver raised his hood to cover his face, then drew a pair of daggers from his waist and ran to the back of the camp with his back crouched.

The goblin was short in stature, and he hid himself deliberately and skillfully, so the robbers who were not paying much attention to the lookout did not notice his presence at all.

Only from Ron's angle could they see Driver's actions, but...

How about Driver?

Why did a thick fog suddenly rise behind the robbers' camp?
It was almost impossible not to attract other people's attention with such a change. The robbers quickly moved over there, and the two closest robbers were instantly swallowed up by the thick fog and never came out again.

"What is this kid doing?!" Sera was shocked, but it was definitely not because of Driver's "trick" - he had alarmed everyone in the camp!

Why would a cloud of fog with a diameter of more than ten meters suddenly rise up from a bare hillside? Anyone would be suspicious!
"It's come to this," Ron sighed. It would be better for him to assassinate Driver with his own skills. That way, the chance of success might be greater. "Let's charge in from the front and head straight for that tent!"

However, as his teammates stood up and attacked the robbers, a question popped up in Ron's mind:
Isn't Driver a rogue? How come he suddenly knows how to cast spells?
(End of this chapter)