Overlord: Start from the Goblin Lair.

Chapter 248 Special Arrows
"You...really killed those witches?"

Perhaps it was because of Ron's appearance that the research of both of them and even the respected dean had gone to waste. Shiva and Gordon had great distrust of Ron's statement.

Shiva also tried to convince Ron with some rare examples that the ghost woman was not an easy creature to kill, and Ron and his team probably did not "eradicate the roots". However, this argument was quickly denied by Elden, who ordered the "excellent student" who was still trying to argue to go back to the room immediately.

Gordon, on the other hand, was more restrained. He did not choose to confront Ron, but instead chased him after the dinner and asked him questions, trying to find evidence or loopholes in Ron's words.

Comparing the two, Ron, who was annoyed by the questions, even felt that Shiva was easier to get along with than Gordon!
"What kind of state did they appear in when they died? Giants? Or--"

Ron snapped his fingers with a dark face, and Gordon immediately felt as if someone had strangled him by the neck, unable to make any sound.

"To be honest, I can tell that these two students were taught by you," Ron sighed and looked at the embarrassed dwarf, "Have you ever considered adding a speech class in addition to the diet and arcane classes? So that they won't be so... endless?"

"We did consider this before," To Ron's surprise, Elden answered the question seriously with a straight face, "But the teacher in charge of academic affairs believes that they already have many courses to learn, and it is not appropriate to add additional academic pressure."

"But you are right. These students have too little contact with the outside world, or even with things outside of books. They do need education in this area. But this is a bit off topic. The main purpose of our visit this time is to investigate the ghost woman in the Delusion Land."

"I've already told you, I don't have anywhere to find a witch for you." Ron frowned. The dwarf looked like his achromatopsia had improved a little, could he still be the same as before?

"Didn't you just say that the witches in the Delusion Land were not all killed? There is still one who is hiding from you," Elden took the cigar out of his mouth and looked up at Ron. "I plan to hire you and your companions to help us find this witch."

"After all, the academic community doesn't know much about the preferences of ghost witches in hiding places, so this is also a topic worth exploring."

It must be said that Elden seemed much more sophisticated this time than last time. Although his verbal explanations were not enough to convince Ron and his friends to go through the trouble of searching for the witch all over the mountains, the real objects he took out immediately afterwards made Ron believe that the research conducted by Elden Academy was indeed very reasonable and necessary.

"What benefit did that old guy give us that made us have to go on this trip?"

The next morning, Driver, who was not present the night before, received Ron's call and prepared all the necessary supplies for the adventure. Although he would not question Ron's decision, the goblin hunter was indeed very curious about what price the dwarf Elden had offered.

"A contract, drawn up in advance - he must have had a plan before he came." Ron put an arrowhead for a short bow into the quiver. As his skills increased, the supplies he needed to prepare when going out also increased. The days when he used to go out with empty hands and a schoolbag on his back were gone forever.

"He proposed that in the future, students graduating from Elden College will be given priority in being sent to our school, and their college will bear 40% of the salary."

"Those academic nerds?!" Driver was immediately displeased upon hearing this, "He might as well give us some gold coins!" Ivy was dragging her new tower shield by at this moment, and immediately reached out and knocked the goblin on the head upon hearing this: "Are you stupid? The students of Elden College are all spellcasters. Do you know how much it costs to hire them outside!"

"That dwarf is treating our place as a training camp, but we also need these mages - construction anywhere requires a large number of spellcasters, and we are making a lot of money from this deal!"

"The only thing is that the price is a bit high. We're afraid we'll have to wade around in the damp and dangerous swamps for the next few weeks." Sylvia was feeding a night hound. Although these guys could hunt on their own, it was necessary to maintain a master-servant relationship from time to time, especially this time they were going to track down the relatives of their former owner.

When it comes to shopping, Sylvia and her friends have huge differences with Ron: the girls prefer to visit almost every store, while Ron prefers to buy things and leave with a clear purpose; but in the swamp deep in the delusion, everyone prefers short and quick trips.

After all, this aimless search is really exhausting.

But compared to this, the extra items that Ron prepared attracted the attention of the vampire more: "Benefactor, don't you have too few bows and arrows?"

"Although I'm not familiar with bows and arrows, Driver usually carries two pots of arrows, which is about 40 arrows. And you only brought... a dozen?"

"You haven't even told me that he hasn't figured out the specifications of the arrows yet." Driver laughed. "Ron, you're using a short bow. These arrows are a bit longer, which will affect the feel and accuracy. Change them quickly. I have spare ones here."

Ron looked at the quiver that Driver handed him, and then at the feather arrows in his hand. It was indeed as the hunter said, his arrows were few and unreasonable. If he was a regular archer, he should have followed Driver's advice.

But is he a regular shooter?

"Thank you. I'll take this bag too," Ron said as he took Driver's quiver. "But these arrows are equally important. They are specially made. I asked Sebach to help make them after I came back from the maze, and I processed them myself. I only have this many in stock today."

"Is it enchanted by a spell?" Sylvia joked, "Don't tell me it's the light spell again!"

It was a well-known fact that Ron's enchantment studies were progressing slowly. So far, he had made only a few works that could be used in combat, but the lighting facilities at the trading post were becoming more and more complete.

"Well, let me keep it a secret for now," Ron smiled, wearing these special arrowheads in the most convenient position for use, and slung over a short bow also made by carpenter Sebach, "but I can reveal one thing: they can indeed provide lighting."

(End of this chapter)