Overlord: Start from the Goblin Lair.

Chapter 79 The troops are divided into two groups
"Oh, you're willing to take me with you?" Sylvia looked flattered. "Thank you so much!"

"It seems I can only go to the second team." Seymour said sourly. He hoped that Ron could take him with him. But what others said was right. Compared with having one more wanderer, Sylvia obviously meant more to Ron.

Finally, Team Two finalized its members: Kalade as the leader, Seymour, Andre, two spellcasters who knew arcane magic, and the former mercenary, a total of six people.

"You really don't need me?" Boonie asked, "I should be able to..."

"We need you more here, Bunny," Karad interrupted her, "Don't worry, our team is definitely supporting the operation. We won't have such a dangerous mission, and we don't need to trouble the priest to take action."

"Karade is right," Ron nodded. "My plan is that the two teams will take turns to go out, and one team will always stay at the base to deal with various special situations that may occur. Now it is mainly Mindatis, that grandson has already planned a counterattack. Our team will explore first and generate a report for archiving. The second team will clean and inspect the area we have explored again and submit another report. After this, the two teams will rest and gather at the base for the next exploration."

This approach can, firstly, put the main combat pressure on Ron to protect Team 2; secondly, it can ensure that nothing is missed in the exploration; thirdly, if one team accidentally overturns, there will be backup to support them, so the entire army will not be wiped out.

"Besides that, I have another suggestion," Karad stood up after Ron finished speaking. "Ron, your strategy is safe, but it will become less efficient as time goes on. So I suggest that the team that comes back to rest should not sit idle. Lead a team of builders to build outposts, strongholds and settlements in the explored areas, and attract outsiders to settle here. And our focus should also gradually shift inwards."

"Did you say before that there was a black dragon in there, occupying the ruins of a town?"

"Yes, Green Swamp Town."

"Very good," Karad nodded, "I suggest that our initial goal is to expand there. You go and negotiate with the Black Dragon, and we will rely on that piece of ruins to build our next large base, and radiate in all directions."

"You can have this."

The entire race of hobgoblins are natural soldiers. Kalade can take into account aspects that Ron cannot see, and in this regard Ron is very happy to accept his advice.

"But we don't have that many people now," Andre asked. "All of us refugees from the natural disaster in the north are basically here. If we just expand blindly, will it be..."

"You underestimated the attraction of delusion to the surroundings, kid," Kalade always showed his sharp teeth when he laughed, making himself look majestic and terrifying, "and you also overestimated the stability of the surrounding city-states."

"Although the city-states south of the Delusion Land are nominally united, I have asked many caravans and found that they are just a loose alliance of hostile tribes that have come together to keep each other warm because of a greater external threat."

"We don't even need to resort to plunder and conspiracy to kick a kick! As long as we show that we can gain a foothold here, a large number of people will come to join us with their families!"

"We only need to select the young and strong among them to form an army and train them. I dare say that it will only take a few years to conquer all the surrounding city-states--"

Karad spoke generously about his grand blueprint, while others hurriedly changed the subject. This hobgoblin still had the blood of a dictatorial warlord in his bones. Although the current conditions did not allow it, Karad would show his fangs to the people around him at any time.

If they really did what he did, they would soon become the target of public criticism. "Ahem, that kind of thing can be put aside for later. Don't forget that we still have urgent problems to solve. Laying a solid foundation is the most important thing."

Ron nodded to the people around him and said, "If you all have no questions, then please prepare yourself. Ivy, you guys should take a good rest these two days. We may need to go on a long journey, and the distance will be about the same as the Black Dragon's Lair."

"Why?" Victoria asked curiously, "We don't have complete control over our surroundings yet?"

"One of the clues in the message left by the golden dragon points to an abandoned old mine," Ron showed the golden scales in his hand, "There is nothing worth hiding in the message he left me, so I think the clue is likely in the mine."

"understood."

Several companions nodded and dispersed. Only Sylvia followed Ron back to the room. She was going to start teaching arcane magic to this young man who had good talent but had almost no systematic training.

Before formally teaching the arcane system, she also had to teach Ron some language and writing so that he could understand the corresponding knowledge related to history, nature, arcane and religion.

Only when you master these can learning spells become easier.

"If you want to get closer to magic, the best way is to learn Dragon Language. But unfortunately, most humanoid creatures cannot pronounce Dragon Language normally. Dhampir can probably master 70% of Dragon Language vocabulary, while humans can only master 40%. I only learned 20% because the old man who taught me only knew that much."

Sylvia sat across from Ron and took out her spellbook. Her spellbook was bound with a stack of waste paper and usually kept in a private place. "If you want to understand natural history and human history, Elvish and Dwarven are very important. These two races have a long lifespan and their language systems have changed little. In addition, they are also the main languages ​​of some minority races, such as orcs, half-orcs, dwarves, etc."

"And if you want to learn about religion, you mainly rely on the common language and human language."

"I can understand Common Language, after all it is very widely spread, but why Human Language?" Ron asked curiously.

Sylvia thought for a moment and said, "Maybe it's because humans believe in all kinds of gods."

"You can imagine that even dragons only have a general faith in Bahamut and Tiamat. Elves, dwarves, halflings, and most other races believe in their own pantheons. Only humans—Helm, Ion, Bahamut, Tiamat, Grom, Lolth, and even Baphomet and Zariel—have human believers. You name any god, and there's almost no god that doesn't have human believers."

"Uh, Magrubiye?"

Sylvia: "...Anyway, Human language is the best and most widespread language to carry faith."

(End of this chapter)