Overlord: Start from the Goblin Lair.

Chapter 161: Tides of Puppets

Silence fell.

More than a hundred pairs of Saran's eyes looked at Ron and the others in confusion. There was no fear, no shock, no despair, and not even anger.

It was as if they had known this would happen and were not at all surprised by their own "resurrection".

It shouldn’t be!

"No need to play tricks on me. We know your background in general," Ron said, looking at... just a random "Mindatis". "I'm just a little curious. So there has never been a person called Mindatis from the beginning? Has he always been just your puppet?"

“No, no, no,” Saran laughed triumphantly, “Mindatis is a descendant of the Ryan family. Many years ago, he went to Green Swamp Town and found the hope of reviving the Hailan Empire there—that is, myself.”

"I had intended to absorb him into my army until the very end, but unfortunately, you killed him in advance, forcing me to obtain this body sooner."

"At last, earlier?" Ying Ling looked at Saran who was everywhere at a loss, "What are you talking about, cousin? Don't you want to revive the Hailan Empire..."

"Ah, I know you, Yelena, right? You are a descendant of the von Richthofen family," Baron Saran Lane nodded at her, "Mindatis mentioned you to me several times when he was still 'really' alive - you decided to follow me after listening to his story, didn't you?"

"Your loyalty will be rewarded, but you should report to me before bringing outsiders to me," Saran Lane's eyes focused on the shadow spirit Yelena, "In this case..."

"I can then consider letting you enjoy a free and powerful life first."

"No, you shouldn't do this!" Yelena saw these Mindatis, how could she not know the meaning of "enjoy it for a while"? "What you should do is to revive, to--"

"I don't need you to teach me what to do!" Saran Lane's face turned cold. "You are just like Mindatis and the elves in Green Swamp Town: self-righteous and greedy!"

"I am the wisest person. You should all obey my instructions and complete all orders according to my wishes!"

"So..." The "Mindatis" in the cave sneered at the same time, "Why not just give up on themselves and use more efficient puppets?"

"Individual abilities can be completely sacrificed, while the collective interests will be preserved and further expanded!"

"Look around you. Tell me, which city-states around here can resist my army?! Once the scale expands further, not to mention the army, even merchants, craftsmen, farmers and civilians can be completely eliminated! The reason for the fall of the Hailan Empire lies in its system and policies. It divided the Empire into various classes and levels. The contradictions between them have rapidly deteriorated over the past three hundred years and are ultimately irreversible!"

"And in my kingdom, there will only be two kinds of people: me, and my servants who belong to me both physically and mentally!"

I have to say, when so many people speak at the same time, no matter whether what they say is right or not, at least the momentum is huge enough. However, here, some people don't buy it.

"So, this is why you collude with elemental creatures? Let them help you control the rest of the people?" Devin Booker clenched the trident, "Do you know what the consequences of this will be!"

"Tsk, fishman," Saran looked at him with disdain, "After so many years, you haven't left yet?"

"You and your companions have caused me so much trouble! My rituals were disrupted, and even my slate and the gems on it were lost! One of them even fell into the elemental plane - you are simply unforgivable!" "You, damn it!"

With the roars of a group of "Mindatis", these elven puppets rushed towards the Holy Knight, Ron and others like a swarm of bees.

In this environment, Ron subconsciously took out the lightning gem.

"Are you trying to use my magic against me?" The Mindatis rushed to Ron but were blocked by Sera and Ivy and laughed, "Do you know that I am their master?"

"return!"

"No!" Driver screamed. Not only the lightning gem in Ron's hand, but even the strong acid gem in his arms flew out and returned to Saran's hand.

And on Devin Booker's body, an ice-blue gem also rose up, and together with the fiery red gem thrown by some unknown Mindatis, it rose into the air.

"Only three, one of which was taken away by the giant water elemental spirit," the Mindatis looked very unhappy, "Are these the only ones you found?!"

"How dare you challenge me! Why not after you have gathered all the people?!"

"Shall I give them to you after I collect them all?" Ivy swung her sword and knocked down a Mindatis. Although these guys were more flexible and agile than those "Wilsons", they could not use spells or tricks, so there was nothing particularly troublesome about them.

If I have to say, the number is just too much!
On the other side, the furnace that had been stagnant suddenly started up again. More Mindatis, Wilson, and even Spike swarmed out of it and launched a siege on Ron and the others.

"Boom——"

The fireball in Ron's hand exploded in the crowd, but it could not hinder the enemy's attack at all.

"This won't stop them at all - that sorcerer, can you please stop hiding? Where's your leader? Pull him down and beat him up!"

"Are you stupid?! He is my lord, can I just ask him to come down?!"

The shadow spirit Yelena had no intention of helping either party and simply slipped away. She was deeply hurt by the elf whom she had to call her cousin, and Ron and the others were not in the same group as her.

But Saran obviously had no intention of letting go of this cheap cousin who had come to her door. Those puppets would not bypass her at all, but would target the Shadow Spirit as well!

"Break out!" Devin Booker, the holy knight, resisted the most puppets alone, but he was already injured and the previous battle also made him exhausted. Under the siege of a large number of puppets, he had a large number of puncture wounds on his body in a blink of an eye.

"Remember to bring those land people with you!"

“Then what are you going to do?!” Sera didn’t want to let a fish-headed guy steal the limelight, so she rushed to Devin Booker’s side and relieved his pressure. “You have to come with us! Don’t even think about being a hero in front of me!”

(End of this chapter)