Overlord: Start from the Goblin Lair.

Chapter 224 Following behind
Just as the ghouls stepped into the range of the warning arrows, the arrows inserted into the cracks in the rocks rose from the ground and flew towards the undead creatures, making sharp explosions.

The sudden noise and attack not only caught the zombies off guard, but even the hill giant who was mining was startled, causing his half-raised pickaxe to fall to the ground with a bang.

I don't know if it hit his feet, but the roar of the giant was enough to make a deaf person hear again. But this was also a good thing, because his shouting just covered up the noise caused by the sudden alarm on Ron's side.

The five zombies that came together were caught off guard. Before the giant could reach out to grab them, the undead creatures turned their heads tacitly and disappeared into the darkness in less than a few seconds.

"They went downstairs!" Driver closed his eyes tightly. His senses were connected to Baymax at this moment. He followed the zombies that failed to steal the ore all the way down. "It seems that we were right not to show up directly. These guys were caught off guard and ran straight back to their lair!"

The mine was a complex environment. If these ghouls were to run around like headless flies, Ron and his team would easily lose track of their target and would also alert the enemy. However, spells like the Warning Arrow would not give them time to react. In addition, Dabai was tracking from the dark and was not easy to detect. Ron and his team were able to successfully find the lair of these "resurrected from the dead, reborn from the dead" ghouls.

Anyone can see that if there were only zombies, it would be impossible for them to do such a strange thing as stealing ore. There must be other beings behind them directing them.

"What I'm most worried about is that it might be related to the Abyss," Ron frowned. "Both the ghouls and the Abyss Silver Ore have the background of the Abyss, not to mention that there is a Abyss energy leak in the deepest fifth layer."

"We have been destroying many demons recently."

"There are countless more demon lords in the Endless Abyss than the Grand Dukes in the Nine Hells. The one we provoke may not be the same one," Sylvia "comforted" her, "and even if it is the same one, it may not survive for long. The power changes in the Abyss are much more frequent than those of the devils."

"It is said that a long time ago, a demon slaughtered thirteen demon lords in order to obtain the power of a true god. Their corpses floated in the abyss and even formed a chain of islands." Victoria rolled her eyes. "Don't judge these chaotic beings by common sense. As long as they don't come to kill us now, it means that things are going in the right direction."

Victoria, who belongs to the lawful camp, certainly has some bias in her evaluation of demons, but the chaotic camp itself carries a considerable amount of uncertainty, so having bias can be almost equivalent to having no bias.

"But what if I were to say that there is a devil involved?"

Driver, who was still maintaining the sense of connection with Baymax, suddenly said this.

"What did you say?" The goblin hunter's words were very serious, and everyone was shocked. "How is this possible? Can ghouls and demons mix together?!"

"Not really," Driver said hesitantly. "Although the smell of sulfur is very similar to that of the Grand Duke, I don't understand. Is it a special custom to wrap iron chains around your body and let the ghouls torture you with claws and whips?"

There are occasionally some deviant freaks among the goblins, and during his time in the Land of Delusion, Driver also learned that some believers would please their gods by self-mutilation, so when he saw this scene through Baymax's eyes, his first reaction was to associate it with this. But... do the creatures in Purgatory also believe in the gods in the usual sense?
"Oh, by the way, there are a few more demons nearby - the same kind we saw near that village, skinny and bony, with skin sticking to the surface like a layer of mucus. They all hold a wooden stick in their hands, with a stone tied to the end with a torn rope."

"Look at the gloss... Damn, everything is gray in a mouse's field of vision. I can't see anything."

"You should stop going to the tavern and drinking with them," Ivy slapped Driver on the back of his head in frustration, "Why do you think this is a custom? It's obvious that the devil was captured by a group of Babu demons, okay?!"

"Maybe this is why they stole the Deepsilver from here," Ron reached out and touched the exposed Deepsilver ore nearby. "Rurick said that this thing is very effective against demons. But how did they get here?"

"There's no point in just guessing here!" Sera couldn't wait any longer. The barbarian picked up the Grasp of the Blue Tide and prepared to leave. "Drivedo, which floor are they on? The fourth or fifth floor?"

"The unfinished level," Driver said, releasing the beast's senses and rising from his hiding place. "Don't go down the way we first went. Remember that was pierced by the big guy. The ghouls took another route."

The hill giant also wanted to go along, but his size was not suitable for a surprise attack. Ron could only calm him down for the time being, and promised that he would deal with the thieves before going deeper into the mine with his companions.

Compared to the unbearable stench of decay the last time they came here, the smell underground this time was slightly better. After all, after them, Seymour and others had also cleaned up this place, and the dwarf blacksmiths behind them hired people to re-explore the area, and most of the rotten corpses had been cleaned up.

According to Driver, the newly emerged zombies were only a few in number, not enough to form the scale of the previous ones.

"This is it," after turning around the corridor at the end of the fourth floor, Driver pointed to a gap in front of him that was big enough for two people to pass through at the same time. Below the hole were steps made of piled up rubble. "This should have been dug out by the demons and ghouls. There are traces of nails on it."

"Don't jump straight down, it will definitely make a noise. Lean half of your body down like I did..."

Before the goblin hunter finished speaking, Ivy took a step forward, followed by Sera, Victoria, and Ron...

"That's you," Sera picked up Driver and lifted him down like a chicken, "We don't need to go through so much trouble."

"Put me down! I can obviously get down by myself!" The goblin hunter kept struggling in Sera's hands.

(End of this chapter)