Overlord: Start from the Goblin Lair.

Chapter 31 Possible Conspiracy

Double Lion Crown?

"Isn't this..." Ron was a little dumbfounded. Just as Ivy had said, this should be the emblem of the short-lived elven empire, the Hailan Empire.

"But how did it appear here? Could it be that Delusion Land was once part of the Hailan Empire?"

"Impossible," Ivy shook her head. "A hundred years may seem a long time to humans, but to elves it is just a fragment of their long life."

"There is no doubt that the Delusion Land has never been truly occupied, and it is even more impossible for the Hailan Empire to be occupied."

Ron expressed his confusion: "If that's the case, then why did they carve the coat of arms here? Or were the existing tombs and sarcophagi carved with the coat of arms later?"

"…Why do you think they do this?"

"Uh, have you been here?"

"Elves are not dwarves. They wouldn't play such a boring prank." Ivy shook her head. "And you see, the erosion of time around the emblem and other parts of the sarcophagus are basically the same, which means that the two are products of the same period."

"That's probably related to the stone slab," Ron thought for a moment, "A Hailan noble secretly buried himself in a dangerous uninhabited land. It sounds like he was trying to guard some precious item."

"A slate with missing parts? And let me remind you that not everyone was qualified to hold the Twin Lions Crown at that time. Only members of the royal family of the Hailan Empire could hold it."

"If a royal family member really needs to be buried here instead of in the family cemetery, then the value and power of the stone slab is probably far beyond our imagination."

"Perhaps this is the purpose of Mindatis's trip!" Ron clapped his hands suddenly, "Do you think he is the spiritual descendant of the Hailan Empire, dreaming of reviving the empire?"

"We have all witnessed his own abilities, so he needs to rely on some external forces, such as the precious relics of the ancient empire—"

"It's very possible, and he may not even be a spiritual descendant," Ivy's expression became serious, "He may be the remnant of the Hailan Empire!"

"We have to stop him, Ron! We must not let this guy succeed in his plot!"

Ivy spoke very seriously, which might have something to do with her mother. As the child of a rebel back then, Ivy knew how extreme and evil that empire was through words and deeds.

"What are you talking about? The organization behind the elves?" Sera came closer. "How evil can it be? Like the frost giants?"

"A person like you can be bought with three for one silver coin in that empire." Ivy glanced at the barbarian coldly, pretending to be cold and ruthless.

"...That's really too evil!" Sera shouted, "I need at least one gold coin!"

So it was a price issue? The others looked at Sera in shock.

"If that's the case, we should indeed stop that elf." Kalade agreed with Ivy, but from his perspective, the other party was a very powerful potential competitor.

After all, in the society of the earth elves, slavery is also an ancestral law.

"I can spread the hunters out into the delusion and start searching, and they won't get too far."

"Then it's all up to you," Ron nodded and reminded, "But don't alert the enemy, just lock onto their location and actions. After all, we know almost nothing about Mindatis right now." "If we alert the possible forces behind us for this little fish, it will be more trouble than gain."

"And the whereabouts of the parts on the stone slab may depend on him," Ivy added.

"I understand. I'll let my men pay attention to it." Krad agreed. This matter was equally important to him.

How could he allow others to sleep soundly beside his bed? The mere delusion of being sandwiched between the city-states of other races already made him a little unhappy. Now there were people making trouble in his territory. He absolutely could not tolerate this alone.

"Hey, Ron!" Driver exclaimed at this time, "You should come and see this!"

The goblin hunter couldn't understand what Ron and Ivy were saying, so he just ran to the dwarf's body and searched around. Unexpectedly, he actually found something.

A piece of paper made of special materials, covered with strange symbols and patterns, glowed faintly in the dim underground environment.

"This is a magic scroll," Ivy took a look, "but I don't know what's written on it."

She's not a spellcaster, and only Ron and Victoria can understand this kind of thing.

"Dwarven," Victoria took it and identified it carefully. "This is a language that borrowed the writing system of the Dwarven language. It is famous for its technical papers and academic classifications of the natural world. It is relatively easy to identify."

"Can you help me decipher it?" Ron looked at her expectantly, "Maybe I can copy it into my own spellbook."

"That, I can't help you with," the priest said with difficulty. "I know what language it is, not because I really know the writing."

"But if you know how to identify it, you might be able to find out its function."

"I don't have a stable source of spells to learn..." Ron sighed, "And if I remember correctly, identification seems to require a pearl of sufficient size as a casting material."

As a wizard, Ron is extremely poor now. Even if he was given a pearl like this, his first reaction would definitely be to sell it for money.

"Maybe things will get better once the trading post is established," Victoria consoled him. There was nothing she could do about it.

Victoria was a guard before. Although she was highly regarded by Victor for her outstanding abilities, she obviously could not afford the expenses of such training with her financial resources.

After this pursuit, Ron and his team seemed to have gained a lot, but also seemed to have gained nothing.

The gemstone tablet was obviously valuable, and the magic scroll was also very valuable. But neither of them could be used directly, without exception.

The biggest gain may be the joining of Sera and the harvest of a good batch of lizardman flesh by the goblins of Karad.

"The hunters have dispersed, and the progress here at the outpost is going smoothly. If nothing unexpected happens, we will have a good trading post tomorrow or the day after tomorrow - just like you described."

A few days later, in the camp, Ron watched the goblins busying around in the camp. Kalade came over and described the recent situation to him.

"In addition, they also built a small house for you. Come and see it."

(End of this chapter)