Overlord: Start from the Goblin Lair.

Gracia said this with her head turned away, but no one would think that she was talking to them - even if she was, they would try to avoid her.

However, the large number of plant-man and spore-man corpses did react. Driven by the purple-green light, they were dismembered, crushed, and reshaped. Driven by an unknown force, those rotten structures that should have died for centuries were gradually shaped and carved into a humanoid female body. Although it was not yet completed, driven by an impatient emotion, "He" had already taken a step and strode towards this side!

Victoria pressed the holy emblem tightly against her chest, praying for a little warmth from Heim, and she did get a response. The soft twilight enveloped her, and when the body made of plant corpses passed by her, the other party did not even look at her.

But Victoria's whole body was trembling, because that breath clearly came from the abyss!

Abyss, fungus... The only creature that could be addressed by Gracia in that tone was basically an existence of equal status, so the identity of this creature was already obvious -

The Queen of Fungi, the Lady of Decay, Zuggmoi!

When this entity formed entirely of fungi walked in front of the imprisoned black fog, she already had a complete shape: the slender skeleton was exactly the same as described in the ancient magic book, the lichen wrapped it with layers of flesh, and the folds of hyphae turned into her elegant coat.

Judging from the appearance alone, it is even more stunningly beautiful than Gracia. However, if you look closely, you will obviously find that although this body is extremely gorgeous and even meticulously carved in details, it is empty inside, making it like a puppet or a walking corpse.

Compared with Gracia, although neither of them is human, or even mortal, Gracia's appearance is obviously more "human", and when Ron looks at Zugmoy, he only feels the uncanny valley effect.

She herself has no human form. Although she can shape her humanoid body as she pleases, her every move reveals an inhuman aura. This is not to say that the Queen of Fungi is so stupid that she cannot understand and imitate humanoid creatures, but that she has no need to do so.

After all, most of his followers unconsciously believed in him after being infected with a certain degree of fungus, and he rarely actively spread his mind-control spores. Moreover, the Demon Queen spent most of her life fighting and devouring her neighbors, the Faceless Lord and the Mud-Shaped Hungry Beast Jupilex. It was unexpected that his incarnation would descend on the material plane.

And from what Gracia said, it seemed that it was He who took the initiative to find the Queen of Lust - did the Demon Lord ask for help from the Grand Duke of Purgatory?

Ron lowered his head, only glancing at these powerful beings out of the corner of his eyes, while secretly calculating in his mind.

Zugmoi went to such great lengths to find the dealer of Delusion Land, obviously not because he seemed to have nothing to do and wanted to find someone to chat with, but because he had been lonely for too long and was ready to find a partner, or he came here to seek revenge.

Given the current situation, the latter possibility is obviously more likely.

“Zugmoi?!” Seeing the other party’s revealed form, the other existence of the black fog clearly showed a trace of panic in its tone, “You… no, you, which gust of wind—”

"Shut up, Kadriam El Arun! You despicable lizard! Vicious reptile!" The Queen of Fungi said shockingly, and her voice was even more powerful. "You stole my believers and hid at the edge of the multiverse. Did you think I would never find you?!"

"Thousands of years have passed, and I have been searching for your tail. Today I finally got what I wanted! I want you to spit out everything, including the money you paid and interest!"

"Madam, you must have made a mistake!" A scream came from behind the black fog, "I have never stolen your believers. This is a transaction between us that is consensual! There is a contract to prove it!" Unexpectedly, Zugmoi's incarnation did not intend to say anything more to it. In just a moment, He locked the coordinates of the other end of the black fog, and his entire body disappeared on the spot. He was actually planning to go straight to the door!

Obviously, He doesn't care about the contract at all. He just wants to pour out all his negative emotions over the years onto the other party!

"Did I do something wrong when negotiating a contract with the demon lord?" As a scream came from the other side of the black fog, the chains summoned by Gracia broke into pieces, but the Grand Duke of Purgatory didn't care much. He just clapped his hands, turned around and muttered something.

Immediately, she turned her gaze towards Ron and the others, and the twilight barrier on Victoria's body also disappeared at this moment: "Okay, I've finished her business. Now, I can talk about what's going on here."

"I was originally planning to ask Yelena to pass on a message to you, but since we're already here, let's just..."

"Did you arrange all this?" Ron looked up at the Devil Duke. For them, this journey was just to find someone, but Ron and his companions not only ran themselves to pieces, they almost lost their lives here. He must get an explanation!
"Part of it," Gracia did not deny. Her eyes swept over the sculpture of a face on Gillianis's shoulder that looked exactly like the moon elf herself. "I can't put all my attention on this. This is something I didn't expect."

"Anyway, it's time now. That guy is busy dealing with Zugmoi, so he probably doesn't have time to sniff out the situation here. It doesn't hurt for me to say more." Gracia fell back, and a soft chair immediately appeared behind her. "Ms. Decay has asked me to find the 'dealer' for many years. This is also one of the reasons why I joined this game in the first place. But it is too cunning. I have never been able to catch it, let alone temporarily delay it until Zugmoi arrives."

"It was only a few minutes ago," said Gillianis.

"For beings like us, a hundred centuries is not long, and one second is not short," Gracia smiled and gave a simple explanation to the archmage's question. "Under normal circumstances, I would definitely not be able to hold on until Zugmoi arrives, and if she doesn't come, I would be violating the contract and would have to pay a price. In the Grand Duke's office, I am responsible for this. How could I accept such a humiliating situation? So for me, I only have one chance to do it perfectly."

"Several centuries ago, the Kingdom of Falama had such an opportunity, but it was not so anxious at that time. If I acted rashly, I would probably fail. So I chose you this time. Its patience has been almost worn out, and you are the closest to the 'food' it expects. I lured you here, and it will definitely show up and explain the situation to you, and then force you to take the path it chose for you."

The Lust Queen snapped her fingers, and a glass of red wine appeared in her hand. "If you obey directly, it will be fine. Otherwise, it will definitely ask its puppet to replace it. If you defeat its puppet... it will definitely take action personally, and you have a good spellcaster here."

Gillianis did not show any satisfaction when she received Gracia's praise. This was normal in her opinion. She had only one question in her mind, which was also one of Ron's many questions:

"Your Highness, your plans are all based on what if. What if we follow its advice?"

It is impossible not to be defeated. Not to mention that Gillianis still has magic. Even if she doesn't have magic, the power of the magic items on her body is definitely not something that two things can contend with.

What's more, Ron handled it himself without even asking her to back him up.

"That's impossible," Gracia looked at Ron and licked her lips with her scarlet tongue, "I talked to you about this before, didn't I, Ron?"

"You even rejected my invitation, so how could you possibly recognize a dragon lich that has been targeted by so many beings?" (End of this chapter)