Overlord: Start from the Goblin Lair.

Chapter 254 Cross or Suture

"What on earth did you put in this arrow?!"

At this moment, Elden had no time to confirm the deformed hag. Just as his vision recovered from the dazzling white light, the dwarf rushed to Ron like crazy, jumped up and grabbed the collar of the reckless wizard, forcing Ron to bend down to prevent the old dean from tearing his robe.

"You use a bow and arrow to perform tricks, which is great! Although this is a little rare, it is not without precedent. The chief wizard of the Hailan Empire, Ms. Gillianis Galanold, once wrote a related article: "Spellcasters and Warriors: Feasibility Analysis of Magic Warrior System Training" - so I don't mind it!"

"But what on earth did you put into the modified arrows?! Do you know that using weapons to cast spells carries a considerable risk of failure? You are playing with fire and you will get burned!"

"Okay, okay, old man, I'm alive and well. I'm not the kind of person who would put an idea into practice without any prior experiments. I'm sure there will be no problem with this approach."

Ron smiled bitterly and pried open Elden's clenched hands. It was too tiring to be forced to bend over and talk to him like this.

"But you're right about playing with fire. Look at the bombing area in front of you, and look at the broken limbs of that witch!"

Ron pointed his bow at the underground area ahead that had been scorched to dust. Some of the surrounding soil and rocks were even scorched like glass. As for the witch at the center of the explosion, there was no trace of the dark tentacles released by Elden in her original position. Even the witch herself was left with only a dark and charred torso.

Her three arms disappeared, and her four legs turned into an indescribable stain on the scorched ground. After being crushed by the golden dragon, she was resurrected by someone unknown, but she still could not escape the fate of having no remains left.

Perhaps, this can be considered a kind of fate.

"Can this guy still talk?" Driver curiously reached out to pry open the half-open jaw of the charred corpse. However, with just a slight touch, a mouthful of steam came out of the corpse's mouth, scalding the goblin so much that he jumped away howling.

"Ron, she's not dead yet, she bit me!"

"I haven't heard of that witch biting someone and causing burns," Victoria rolled her eyes and touched the mouth and nose of the corpse with the hammer head. The latter almost immediately turned into a bunch of debris and fell down. "Unfortunately, Ron's spell was too 'explosive'. She can still maintain her approximate appearance only because of the remaining magic in her body. If you touch her with a little force, you will only get a pile of fragments."

"Mr. Elden, I'm afraid your research is doomed to fail this time," Sylvia squatted on the ground and summoned the leader of the night hounds from the etheric plane, stroking its fur to comfort the frightened monster. "But I don't care about this - benefactor, can you tell me how this explosion occurred?"

"I have learned some more advanced spellcasting techniques now, but I am very sure that even if I upgrade the Fireball spell, it will not be as powerful as this - this arrow seems to be more than just an explosion, right?"

"Indeed," Ron nodded. Seeing Elden and his two students looking at him eagerly, he couldn't help but feel complacent and took out another special arrow from the quiver. "This idea came to me very easily about half a month ago when I was mastering how to cast spells with a bow and arrow." "I was thinking at the time: my current ability is a cross-combination of archery and spells, and I use weapons to complete the steps of casting spells. When the weapon used changes, the spells that can be drawn out, as well as their effects and ranges will also change accordingly. The better the weapon, of course, the better the magic can be released."

"And I happen to know a little about enchantment. Why don't I make a weapon that is more convenient to use?"

"Since I can use enchantments to increase my strength, why not limit myself to bows and not consider attaching some powerful spells to arrows? Although they are disposable, it also means that I don't have to worry about using them repeatedly."

"Well, since we have chosen to enchant arrows with magic, this change will inevitably change the specifications and structure of the arrows - why not go a step further and use all the knowledge I have learned on this!"

"Most arrows are difficult to retrieve in battle, so why worry about it? As long as I throw them out and don't hurt myself, it will be fine!"

"Please look!"

Ron poked a groove in the arrow in his hand, revealing an exquisite layer inside. A small and exquisite glass bottle and a small piece of paper lay quietly in the groove.

The small bottle looked extremely fragile, as if it would break if pressed, and the golden liquid inside would flow out, wetting the piece of paper with tiny words written on it.

"Each arrow is the result of the sweat and hard work of more than five people. Me, Lavinia, Masarino, Sebach, Jack... without any one of them, these arrows cannot be completed!" Ron's lips curled up. "When using it, I can use the fire arrow to activate the enchanted pattern on it, transforming the magic attached to it into a single scorching ray, and ensure that the arrow hits the target under the traction of more powerful arcane magic."

"When the arrow hits the target, the reaction force generated will shatter the alchemical bottle inside. Under the high temperature of the scorching ray, these volatile liquids will diffuse around the target or even inside the body. The same high temperature will trigger the switch I left on this mini fireball spell, activating it to complete the final step—"

"Most alchemical potions are flammable or even explosive," Elden looked at Ron blankly, "so the explosion of the fireball will cause..."

"A violent and well-aimed second explosion..."

The dwarf muttered, and although he had seen and heard everything, his faded heart and brain refused to believe this absurd fact - this was not in line with tradition at all, and no one had ever done this before!

Some people combined magic and weapons, some people combined weapons and alchemy... What Ron did was unremarkable when taken apart, but...

Who would sew all of that onto an arrow?!
(End of this chapter)