Overlord: Start from the Goblin Lair.

Chapter 296 Return to the Cave
Of course, the Death Knight would not refuse such an invitation. It would be more than happy to have a close fight with a spellcaster. Gillianis could spend a whole day with it, but it could spend a whole century or even longer with this elf!

But because of this, even though the Death Knight had been dead for a long time and was no longer accustomed to thinking, he couldn't help but have some doubts: How could a wizard dare to fight with him like this?
The answer, naturally, lies with Ron and Driver who were teleported away.

"Damn it, this is the power of that elf, right? It has to be!!" The two of them had already left New Green Swamp Town at the fastest speed, but they could still observe the small-scale natural disaster caused by Gillianis. The goblin hunter's jaw dropped. "Magrubi! This guy is simply a monster!"

"The more bizarre thing is the Death Knight. Even with this kind of attack, I don't think we can kill it," Ron snorted. "We have to be faster. I hope the culprit isn't too far away."

"The instigator?" Driver blinked, then suddenly realized, "I see, we have to go to that village and kill that foul demon, right?"

"Right...right!" Ron almost tripped over a branch while flying. "What does this have to do with that foul borer?"

"There must be a connection!" Driver, who was carried up by Ron, counted the clues on his fingers. "Look, the Death Knight, used to guard the monument with her; she can mobilize those undead creatures; she must know about the teleportation array but she didn't tell us; the relationship between the last queen and them is unclear; the Purgatory Saddle, she has already defected to Purgatory - if you count it this way, isn't it definitely her who is behind this?"

"..." Ron was silent for a moment, "What you said makes sense, but I have to say: it is most likely not her. Even if it is her, we don't need to go so far."

"Those teleportation arrays are already very old. The closest one ran out of energy after we used it once before. Unless the guy hiding behind the scenes is so lazy that he would rather his plan fail, he will definitely guard here to ensure that nothing goes wrong."

"So!" Driver suddenly realized again, "We have to go to the cave of the kobolds and find the teleportation array we saw before!"

"That's right..." Ron raised the flight altitude a little bit. From this position, they could already see the Kobold Canyon. "Look over there! There are people stationed there!"

"Almost all the kobolds here have been killed!" As the distance got closer, Driver noticed more and more, "Orcs and centaurs... What a pity, I quite like those guys who worship Exuri."

In the logic of the Goblin Hunter, Driver plus Ex'Thuri equals the Roast Knight, and the Kobolds' worship of Ex'Thuri equals the worship of the Knight's mount, so it is roughly equivalent to the Kobolds' worship of Driver.

"Something is not right," Ron and Driver landed in the camp in the canyon. He looked around and found that their sudden appearance did not cause any reaction from the creatures here. "Are they asleep?"

"They are sleeping soundly, eh!" Driver jumped onto an orc and reached out to touch his breath, "They are all dead!"

"And he's been dead for a very long time." The goblin hunter poked the orc's face, leaving a finger hole. "It looks like it's made of paper. Except for the skin, the inside is almost rotten."

"They are similar to the ones in the town, undead creatures," Ron's eyes flickered, "but why did they die suddenly? Are the guys behind the scenes so confident in the Death Knight that they would do such a stupid thing as killing the donkey without even taking the time off?" "Maybe they can't be controlled anymore?" Although the spells were used vaguely, Driver was at least half a spellcaster and could understand some things. "Do you remember which cave they are in? Let's go in and take a look."

"I don't remember," Ron said as he released the weaving method. As his sights shifted, he soon discovered that among the caves on both sides, one had a magical aura far superior to the others. "But it seems that someone left us a clue."

The path formed by this magical light was clear and continuous. As Ron followed it deeper and deeper, he even suspected that this was some kind of trap. Fortunately, as he passed through another hole in the cave, Ron's eyes suddenly lit up.

"The cliff! These are the ratmen from before—" Driver shouted excitedly, and then quickly covered his mouth and asked in a low voice, "Ron, how are we going to get through here?"

"Of course I jump over it, just like last time," Ron shrugged, cast a spell on himself and Driver, and then took a few steps before jumping over. "This is much easier than last time."

"You must be stronger than before," Driver also jumped over, and took advantage of the spell to pat Ron on the shoulder. "It's good to exercise more. You must have stayed in the laboratory all the time before!"

"Stop it," Ron slapped his hand away and looked around. "It's really strange... The remnants of the spiritual light became chaotic when they arrived here. It seems like someone has experienced a battle here."

"Fight? Who's fighting whom?" Driver was scratching his head. "Ron, we've killed all the ratmen here. What's left to fight?"

"I was thinking about that, too." Ron shook his head helplessly and reached out to take off his bow and arrow. "Anyway, be on guard. Maybe those ratmen have come back to life."

This may just be a joke somewhere else, but here, it may be true.

But soon, Ron and the others dispelled such doubts. As they went deeper into the cave, they heard violent explosions one after another in front of them. In the intervals between the explosions, Ron and Driver could hear about two or three creatures chanting spells alternately, and the voices sounded somewhat... familiar?

"Massarino! It must be that old man!" The goblin hunter jumped up excitedly, "Ron, let's go meet him! The spiritual light that guided us here might have been left by him!"

The goblin hunter did not lower his voice when he spoke, so a less friendly response soon came from the depths of the cave: "You suddenly plan to use memory to attack me? And you use a goblin ranger you have only known for a short time? If you think this can affect me, you are underestimating me, Masalino!"

Driver immediately became unwilling when he heard this. Ron stretched out his hand but failed to catch it, and the goblin rushed out quickly: "Marsalino! Who are you looking down on, old man?!"

(End of this chapter)