Overlord: Start from the Goblin Lair.

Chapter 338 Dark Red Mold
"Driverdo! Do you have any spells left? Why are you just standing there laughing like an idiot?"

The depressed Ron caught a glimpse of the goblin hunter who was secretly laughing nearby, and immediately remembered that this guy also had protection against toxins!

"Yes, there is," Driver came over with a grin, but he had no intention of casting any spells. Instead, he took out his dagger. "But Ron, you've got yourself into trouble! We obviously have a simpler way to deal with this kind of thing! Why do you keep thinking about those spells?"

"The protective toxin can only last for an hour. What are you going to do after that? We should solve this problem once and for all!"

"Don't even think about cutting off his hand!" Victoria quickly stopped the goblin who was about to use the knife, "This is not Rose City. It won't be easy to find someone to reattach the severed limb!"

"What are you talking about!" The goblin rolled his eyes. "I'm not stupid! Why would I cut off my hand for no reason? Can't I just get rid of these weird things?"

"You are used to dealing with undead creatures, right? Normal creatures are not as tough as the undead. The strong acid that is most useless when dealing with zombies, skeletons and vampires can deal with this kind of fungus!"

"That's a good point, but where can I find strong acid? I don't intend to let Sylvia shoot an acid arrow at me," Ron curled his lips, "I remember your bow clearly, and it was twisted into a knot with mine by the Earl. The strong acid gem on you is not charged, right?"

Driver gave Ron a look that showed he had understood. "Well, smart Ron, guess what. The strong acid gem can be charged three times a day, so why is it gone?"

The goblin hunter proudly waved the green-glowing dagger in his hand: "Although I didn't use it in close combat against those undead creatures, I didn't forget to enchant it every day!"

After Driver finished speaking, without waiting for Ron's reaction, he quickly slashed the dagger towards Ron's hand. Wherever the strong acid blade passed, the fungi quickly shrank into small gray balls as if they had encountered a natural enemy, and fell from Ron's palm!
"It actually works?!" Quest looked at the goblin in amazement. "I was thinking about how to get back to Bunny as soon as possible!"

"You smart people sometimes get stuck in a rut," the ranger was so proud of himself that he accidentally cut Ron's finger. Fortunately, the strange fungi were cut off, so no more serious consequences were caused. "Especially Ron, since you started to use magic to solve problems, where did the guy who dared to treat Dabai with just a few handfuls of herbs go?"

"Isn't this convenient for magic..." Ron would never have dreamed that he would be educated by a goblin - even if this was a goblin ranger!

"Since I gained the ability to cast spells, I have become more interested in finding solutions in the wild," Driver said with an instructive look. "You should all learn from me, so that..."

"Isn't it because your power comes from nature?" Ivy knocked the goblin on the head with her knuckles. "You can't even find a light source for us at night! Go catch fireflies now?"

A ranger in the general sense doesn't even know a single trick!
"Who among us can't see at night?" Driver retorted immediately, and then he looked at Ron and immediately wilted, "Oh, I forgot about you..."

"Anyway, we've finally gotten rid of this thing - all of you stay away, I'll clean it up." Ron, relieved, had no time to joke with them. He was busy taking out deerskin gloves, rough masks and canvas that he hadn't used for 800 years from his alchemy backpack, and packing up the samples and some bacteria in the laboratory. These things were prepared when his arcane attainments were not that high. Later, he learned more spells and became more proficient in controlling the magician's hand. These things have been kept in the backpack to collect dust. I didn't expect that they would be useful today.

Everyone followed his instructions and left the secret room, and then left the entire room. Only Driver, who claimed to have a "deep understanding of nature", stood behind Ron, casually playing with his pair of acid-enchanted daggers. When Ron was about to leave the laboratory, the goblin raised his head and asked, "Ron, is there anything else you want to take with you?"

"No more. All the samples have been packed." Ron summoned the weaving method and made a final identification and confirmation of all the fungi here. "Some fungi are common types in the forest. There is no difference between what he has here and what is outside."

"The most important ones are the dark red fungi that parasitize the human body. I packed five copies for backup."

"Five servings? You're packing them all."

"How can we pack them all? Have you forgotten this?" Ron, wearing gloves, pulled open the drawer of the filing cabinet. "Isn't there more here? Why are you asking this?"

"I'm just doing a little experiment," the goblin made a face, "I'm just a little curious, Ron, don't you think it's strange?"

"The mushrooms, mosses, and molds here don't necessarily need to be cultivated in such a dark environment, right? Although I'm a hunter, when I was under Lord Kalade's command, our gatherers once mentioned that some of the cultivated mushrooms can be exposed to light, and these foods can make us eat better."

"Why did he have to make it so dark? I don't know how to do it, but with his power it should be easy to control different species to get different lighting, right?"

"That's right," Ron nodded. "You mean... these dark red fungi?"

"You'll know once you try it—a big ball of light!"

As the goblin cast a spell, a huge ball of light instantly lit up the entire secret room and the bedroom as if it were daytime, bringing unprecedented light to the castle and even its outskirts.

The radius of the strongest light provided by the Daylight Spell alone can reach 20 meters, and the range of the dim light provided is even farther. After Driver cast this spell, the entire castle and the manor outside were lit up!

In the lighting that was not daylight but better than daylight, Ron was surprised to see that the fungi hidden in the drawer began to wither and die rapidly and violently, even worse than when they were scratched by Driver's dagger just now!

"Sure enough, I knew it!" The goblin hunter also noticed this, "See, Ron! These things are not as good as the vampire lord! They are really dead in the light, no wonder they are kept here for research!"

"Even if it's in a fantasy land, there aren't many places where this kind of fungus can survive. We just need to search them one by one, and we will definitely find the location of the ruins!"

(End of this chapter)