Overlord: Start from the Goblin Lair.

Chapter 168 Five Gems
"In short, this gem is what you deserve." As if he had finally made up his mind, the golden dragon moved his eyes away from the gem with difficulty, "And now, you should have four gems."

"Five," Ron examined the pink gem. "Before facing Sera Lane, he summoned some water elementals, and one of them also had one."

"The one from the elemental plane," the golden dragon nodded, "Then there are only two gems left."

"Speaking of which, what exactly did the Hailan Empire make these for?" The five gems rolled back and forth in Ron's hands. "Obviously, these gems and the items stored inside them are rare treasures..."

"Of course, it's for collection," Jin Long said, not seeming to care much about it. "During the time when their empire lasted, countless legendary figures appeared. Some were talented people like their chief wizard who devoted themselves to the empire, while others were heroes who started a rebellion and even nearly overthrew the empire's rule."

"The Ryan family had almost the same respect for these two groups of people, so they created the amethyst stone plate and selected seven of the most representative figures, sealing their relics in it as a memorial."

"As for how Baron Green Swamp got it, we don't know now, but I think he used the excuse that he didn't want the pearl to be covered in dust."

"Rather than looking at their history, let's look at their abilities first!" Driver couldn't wait any longer. "Can I have another one?"

"Don't be too greedy," Sylvia tapped the goblin's big head, "Victoria and Ivy haven't gotten anything yet."

"The power of these gems corresponds to their colors," Ron opened the foreword of the weaving method. Although he could cast identification spells without the inherent ability of the spell book, he would never waste a spell that did not consume materials. "This flame gem can allow the holder to release twelve scorching rays every day, and both the holder and the items he wears will be incombustible."

"If that Luo Wei had been wearing this, we wouldn't have been in such a mess," Ivy thought of the human-shaped self-propelled fireball in the cave and couldn't help feeling a little scared.

It wasn't because of how strong she was, but because they were at their weakest at that time, and the appearance of that crazy warlock was tantamount to a death sentence for them.

"Luckily that big fish head came," Driver danced with joy, "and with a bang, he blocked her!"

"What does your plight have to do with that sorcerer?" Yelena, who was tied to the ground, was unhappy. "It was obviously——"

"Just shut up!" Ron aimed at Shadow Spirit's ribs and kicked him. Can you please stop talking about this? As a wizard, he injured everyone including himself. This is simply the darkest history among dark histories!
If he were a warlock, he could explain that this was due to wild magic, but what should he do as a wizard?
"You should keep the props for attacking and casting spells for yourself," Victoria glanced at the flame gem and then looked away, "We don't have the hands free to cast spells."

Using magic items such as scrolls to cast spells can certainly skip the tedious steps of spells, gestures, and materials, but at least the caster has to have one hand free, or embed the item in the equipment in her hand like Ivy did before - but she can't unleash its full power.

"This one controls water three times a day, and the holder won't get frostbite." Ron picked up the ice-blue gem again. "Saran Lane didn't use these two gems at the beginning, probably because they were also exhausted."

"Otherwise, Devin Booker would have had a hard time fighting to the end," Sylvia said, "This gem should have helped him a lot."

"Then there's this one I brought," the golden dragon said, "This mind gem allows the holder to cast the Terror Slash like a paladin. I think someone here must be able to use it." "As for the stone tablet... I wanted to bring it to you, but Exuri bared his teeth at me for that! He said his treasure house only belongs to him and you, and no other creature can set foot in it."

"Oh, except for those two Mimics."

Ron was very moved by the black dragon's dedication, but when he thought about the fact that they would have to crawl through the swamp for a few more days for this, he didn't know what to say.

"Well, we'll just have to make another trip for this then."

After a feast in the evening, Jin Long stood up and was about to leave. With his appetite, it would be impolite to stay any longer. At this moment, the shadow spirit captive called him.

"You're not just a dragonborn, are you?" Yelena stared at the golden dragon with sharp eyes. Its gray-white skin seemed translucent under the light of the fire. "Can you do me a favor?"

"I can see that your identity seems to be very unusual."

"Do you want me to let you go? Unfortunately, that's impossible." Jin Long shook his head and took another step. "You are Mr. Ron's prisoner. I don't have the power to do that."

"No, you don't need to let me go, just ask him for mercy on my behalf," Yelena said quickly, "I want to go to that Green Swamp town, but Ron won't allow me... Do you know that place?"

"Yes, that's where I came from." The Golden Dragon opened his mouth, but in the end he did not choose to deceive the Shadow Spirit. "Why do you want to go there? To pay your respects? Or do you have a more radical purpose?"

Shadow Spirit was once an elf, but the Golden Dragon didn't think she would have much affection for a group of elves - unless her last name was von Richthofen.

The motto of this family of elves, which has a history that cannot be any longer, is "knowledge, power, and bloodline". The von Richthofen elves will do anything to pursue the first two, even willing to change their own life forms. The third one makes them consider themselves members of this family no matter how thin their bloodline is.

"I am one of the von Richthofens."

The golden dragon heard the words he least wanted to hear, and the dragonborn's face suddenly darkened: "I'm sorry, I can't do anything. Goodbye."

The members of this family have neither a good nor a bad reputation on the continent, but this is definitely not because they are unknown, but because they have participated in too many major events, so many that other people simply have no way to judge this group of elves - not even a dragon like him can do it!

"Wait," Ron, who was still at the banquet, caught a glimpse of the conversation between Jin Long and Yelena, and suddenly remembered something, "I say, have you been to the Nine Layers of Hell?"

(End of this chapter)