Overlord: Start from the Goblin Lair.

Chapter 29: Long time no see, Mindatis

"Who stepped on these?" Ron asked, pointing at some other marks.

Although it was covered with numerous lizardman paw prints, those footprints were too unique to be ignored.

Those are the footprints left by the soles of shoes.

"One of them is tall and heavy," Driver came over immediately after hearing Ron's discovery, "and the other is very short and light."

"I can't tell anything about the other two. They look pretty much the same as you."

"It's obvious that the lizardmen are against us because they are instigated by these people." Victoria looked down at the footprints, and there was no emotion in her tone.

"Do you want to go down?" Kalade came over and asked.

Ron closed his eyes and thought for a moment: "Go down! We have to know what happened."

"If there is no other way here, they may not have gotten out yet," Driver reminded his companions, "Pick up your weapons and get ready!"

"Did you hear that? Cheer up!" Kard shouted and jumped down first.

Victoria and Ivy followed closely behind, Ron and Driver were the third group, and behind them were the goblin hunters.

These hunters had just experienced a fierce battle and lost some men, but all those who were still alive and breathing followed without exception.

The reason is simple: they found that the enemy was not strong, and this was the time to demonstrate their bravery and fearlessness!
The front half of the lizardman's lair was very simple, and their extremely limited intelligence was not enough for them to build a complex network of channels. But the further back you went, the more complex the structure of the entire lair became.

"It looks like they found an ancient relic or tomb." Kalade snorted with some jealousy.

Just as he said, as they went deeper, a huge stone door appeared in front of them.

The door was not closed but open. Ron looked inside and could see nothing in the darkness.

"It's that elf!" Ivy said coldly, "Why is he here?"

"Shouldn't they have traveled through the land of delusion to the other side?" Victoria was puzzled. "Are you sure you didn't see it wrong?"

"Elves, tieflings, dwarves, and human barbarians. This combination is hard to forget once you've seen it." Ivy looked at Ron.

"What do you mean, should we just rush over there?"

"Don't be impulsive," Ron glanced at Victoria. "Nominally, we are still colleagues. Why don't we just go over there? Maybe we can get some information."

"Anyway, we have the advantage in numbers now, right?"

"That's right in terms of number," Ivy groaned, "but he still has a few lizardmen there—oh, the injured guy was killed and fell to the ground."

"Let's go and take a look," Ron nodded and turned to look at Kalade, "Captain, please wait here with your men. Once the fight starts, we will have to rely on your strength."

"Go ahead and feel free," Karad showed his canine teeth. "It's best if you can't reach an agreement. I like this place very much. It can be my base camp."

Building on the flat land in the valley and cohabiting with other intelligent races is too unconventional. Kalade prefers this kind of place that is obviously suitable for the nest of goblins. "Hurry up! You idiots!"

When Ron and the others approached, they heard a familiar voice scolding his men.

"That human team arrived three days late, and dawdled around the periphery for another three days, but even so you still couldn't find what I wanted! If this continues, we'll be overtaken by them, and then we won't get a single penny!"

"That's enough! You noisy thing!" Chief Sera of the Ochre Tribe threw the shovel in his hand to the ground and looked at the elf Mindatis angrily, "I'm tired of being pointed at by you!"

"I was going to cross the Land of Delusion and settle in the town over there, but you asked us to dig around in this dark tomb! What's your intention?!"

"I don't mind," Quest shrugged. "I've bet on both sides. If you keep making such a fuss, I'll go to Ron."

"Go to that human? If you want to go, go ahead. I'm not stopping you. Hey! How long have you been watching there?!"

Mindatis was still arguing with Quest, when he saw Ron and his companions standing at the door.

"Aha! Needless to say, you must have taken advantage of these stupid lizardmen, otherwise you would never find me in your life!" Mindatis shouted at Ron angrily.

"Oh? I thought you lured us here on purpose, didn't you?" Ron leaned against the stone gate.

"Long time no see, Mr. Smart Mindatis, or Mr. Smart Mindatis?"

"Now that we are here as you wish, is there anything you want to say? For example, tell me what you did before and what your purpose is?"

"What did I do?" Mindatis laughed, but there was a hint of anger in his laughter. "I did nothing. I just told that idiot Hallek and the other refugees their true desires, and then hired a group of bandits from the Gobi Desert in the west."

"I thought I could control the entire pioneer group in my hands and build a team that only obeys my orders! I didn't expect you guys to come out and mess up and ruin my plan!"

"But it doesn't matter, I can still find new slaves here, they are so stupid that they will obey my orders completely!"

"Really?" Ron turned his gaze to Sera. "What about you, Chief of the Ochre Tribe? What do you think?"

"As you can see, this elf is an egomaniac and a control freak. He wants to take over this land alone, Sera. You should understand one thing now: he will never allow a second force, such as the Ochre Tribe, to exist here."

"Are you still going to follow him?"

"Oh my God, oh my God!" Mindatis stamped his feet exaggeratedly, "How despicable and shameless! You actually poached his girlfriend right in front of your competitor?!"

"It's totally unreasonable! Sera, you can't believe the nonsense of such a person--"

A double-edged axe passed by Mindatis's pointed ears and took away a strand of his golden hair. The barbarian put away the axe and looked at the elf coldly.

"You guessed it, Slender Pole. Like I just said: I've had enough of you!"

"You idiot!" Mindatis covered his ears and screamed, "You ungrateful thing! I was the one who brought you out, not the one who associated with those freaks!"

"Come on! You are the owners of this tomb today!"

(End of this chapter)