Overlord: Start from the Goblin Lair.

Chapter 264 Prepare to take action
"Oh, my dear friend, you are so sad to say that," Quest raised his glass and laughed, "You see, I am just doing dirty work for local lords. It is only because Lord Ron does not despise me that I have the qualifications to stand here openly."

"And what about my respected lord? He was even a wanderer and a refugee not long ago. Even if he was lucky enough to have the talent for spellcasting, he had already put all his energy into just doing this one thing, and he had no energy to study other things."

"Not to mention the most profound and complex political topics. Change? People like us are lucky to be alive, how can we understand more?"

"So you don't have to worry about that at all - we are more like a single page of paper than a thick book - all our plans are exactly as written on the surface. Now we are in urgent need of partners from all aspects. Despite the misunderstandings in the past, we still think Carolina is a good partner."

The tiefling said as he pretended to approach the civil servant casually. As he reached out and patted the other's shoulder, a check fell silently into his arms. "This is from Rose City. It can be exchanged in any city-state in the alliance. It's written in the name of Councillor Daniel."

"What do you want?" The civil servants' movements were equally skillful. Except for Leah who sneered while talking to Ivy, no one noticed their little movements.

"Meet a few people and discuss some business," Tiefling swung his tail, "Maybe we can come to an agreement, maybe not, but no matter what, we will definitely resolve it peacefully."

"……how many people?"

"Four. Don't worry, we will never have any private dealings with officials like you. That would be too inappropriate."

"That's true. That's really inappropriate," the civil servant breathed a sigh of relief. "We will arrange a meeting, but please be careful. Due to the political turmoil recently, murders have often occurred."

"Our manpower is not sufficient, and sometimes the victims are not found until the next day."

The tiefling saluted politely and said, "Thank you for your reminder. We will definitely pay attention to it."

"Everything done?" Ron walked around the banquet and when he came back he was met by Quest who was waiting for him.

"Of course." Quest put away his overly professional fake smile and put on a normal smile instead. "But I have to remind you again, it's better not to be too obvious."

"If your visiting list becomes a death roll call, even if all the evidence does not point to you, rumors will spread quickly throughout the streets."

Zhuo Er, dressed in a white dress, appeared beside the two quietly and said, "So I have been suggesting to you that I should handle some of these problems myself."

"During this time, you can appear in some conspicuous occasions to provide proof of your alibi. Then the only person you will be suspected of is Henry Robinson."

The tiefling glanced behind Seymour. Although Carlos was chatting with his eldest brother, he was glancing over here slyly out of the corner of his eye.

"I believe in the expertise of the drow assassins, but I don't trust that young man," Quest raised his chin, "Seymour, if you go by yourself, I believe Lord Ron will not stop you, but if you take Carlos with you..."

"Please, we are just brokers and businessmen, is it necessary to be so cautious?"

"If we fail, it will cause trouble for many people," Ron frowned and whispered, "So, we can first find the medium-difficulty one to test, if there is no problem, I can safely give you the simplest one." "As for the instructor, we must be careful enough, how about this?"

Seymour was still a little unhappy, but he had to admit that Ron was indeed cautious enough: "Well, okay, Carlos and I will go collect intelligence first, and after the plan is finalized, you guys stand guard on the side!"

After the party ended and everyone returned to the residence prepared by Carolina, Seymour and Carlos did not stay too long. They took advantage of the setting crescent moon to climb over the wall outside the hotel and quickly disappeared into the city of Carolina.

"That kid learned very well."

Inside the hotel, Driver lay on the soft sofa and closed his eyes, but he did not feel sleepy at all, because his senses were not here at the moment, but attached to Baymax.

"When they were sneaking around, no one could find them. Oh, it seems they found some information dealer or something like that. Carlos went over and gave him a bag of money and started asking questions."

"I don't know how he behaves here, but he looks like a trafficker and doesn't seem suspicious. Oh, they separated... Wait?"

The goblin hunter frowned, but soon relaxed his brows: "It seems that the dealer was going to record their whereabouts - oh, Seymour took action, he killed the guy!"

"Typical drow style," Ivy held her forehead and shook her head. "Forget it, it's better than being exposed."

Seymour's behavior is very different from that of the well-known drow ranger. That gentleman is a legend, while Seymour is just a drow who doesn't want to be manipulated by Rose anymore. He is still deeply influenced by the culture of his ethnic group, but he basically doesn't show it in his delusional way.

After returning to Carolina, he immediately succumbed to the customs and culture without any scruples - but it was also these things that guaranteed his skills.

In the next few days, during the day, everyone followed Ron to visit various Carolinians, some of whom held power, some held financial resources, and some held the right to speak.

They were quite cold at first about the visit of a "country lord", but when they received checks issued by Daniel that would never be checked, they began to show great kindness and enthusiasm towards Ron, as if they would come and kiss his boots even if Ron overthrew the current lord.

Ron didn't mind interacting with such people. It was better to know what they wanted than not to know. If there were to be any more cooperation in the future, it would be necessary to maintain a good relationship in advance.

However, Ron knew that people who could be bought with money would often betray him because of money, so he would never leak important information to these people.

At night, it was the time of Zhuoer, Driver and Carlos. They spent several nights working to figure out the deployment of all the guards in Carolina City and the movements of some dying people: for example, the slave trader, this guy hardly slept in his own home every night. Those brothels were his bedrooms, and females from various regions and races were his beds.

It couldn't be easier to deal with people who like to "hang out" in the middle of the night and who don't have bodyguards to protect them at certain times.

(End of this chapter)