Overlord: Start from the Goblin Lair.

"Have you been there before? How many years does it take to go there?"

Ron still used more respectful titles to address Victor. After all, the former mayor had been very kind to him, and most of the townspeople in Fromm also sided with the old mayor, so respect was very necessary.

"I've been there. There's no need to go to such trouble. Haha." Victor took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from the wrinkles of his neck. Although he had just warmed up a little, he was already a little hot with his physique. "You only need to go once when you officially join. Usually, old members will ask some questions, make some requests, and discuss some policies - or maybe there will be none of that, just a simple statement of the alliance charter. In the future, every time a new ruler takes office, you have to go once a year, that's about it."

“I went there three months after I took over the town of Frome.”

"What do those questions and requests you just mentioned include? And why might they not exist?"

Victor showed a thoughtful expression. "That... depends on the alliance's evaluation of you and your territory. Generally speaking, if a territory that is considered to be short-lived and cannot last long joins the alliance, the old members usually won't say too much to them. They are more inclined to reach a short-term, superficial agreement rather than a long-term, in-depth cooperative relationship, in order to ensure the stability of the alliance itself."

"Do you think I would be treated like this?"

"Well, it's hard to say," Victor hesitated. "Sir, I don't want to hide it from you. It won't do me any good. As far as I know, the first mayor of Fromm who joined the alliance was treated coldly. If it weren't for the hard work of the subsequent predecessors, Fromm would not have been able to truly integrate into the city-state alliance."

"Even though I wrote to them and repeatedly stated that I had completely inherited everything from Frome and that it was a stable city-state that could exist for a long time, I couldn't guarantee that they would really believe it."

"I say this in the hope that you can stay calm when you are treated unfairly. Don't be impulsive. After all... they are not Carolina."

Victor glanced cautiously at Gillianis next to him. He certainly didn't know that Gillianis had briefly served as the lord of Carolina, but he had heard of the strength of this moon elf.

If they really fell out, Ron would try to do something as big as the one he did when he attacked Carolina. The outcome would be secondary, but the townspeople who moved in with him would...

Victor Fromm certainly knew that the main military force of Delusion Land now came from a goblin warlord who commanded a large number of goblin-like races, but no matter how many goblins there were, they did not grow out of the soil - it took time to grow - if there were not enough soldiers, who else could fill the gap if not the subjects?
It's not Carolina that has a large number of slaves to use as filler babies.

"Don't worry about that," Ron was amused by Victor. "Do you think I'm a war maniac or something? I won't do that. Right now, the land of delusion is not very stable. What I want to see most is to win the recognition and sponsorship of the city-state alliance."

"That's good, that's good..." Victor breathed a sigh of relief and was about to sit back in his chair when he heard Ron ask again.

"You just said there were two things?"

"Two... Oh, yes, it is indeed two things," Victor nodded quickly, "and the other one is related to Yungang..."

"No." Hearing "Yungang", Ron immediately rolled his eyes, waved his hand, turned around and put his hands behind his back. Ever since he sent the captives and bodies of the Yungang thugs back to Yungang, he has been receiving constant threats from the Holt family. The content of the letter is basically two parts: release Evander; and if not, the Yungang soldiers will arrive soon and swear to flatten the land of delusion.

Ron couldn't do the first part even if he wanted to. The guy was taken to Purgatory by the devil, and Purgatory was playing dumb. How could he find Evandel, the scarred face? As for the second part...

Many of the tribes on the edge of the Gobi Desert have not left. They have replaced the previous horses and orcs and are "begging" passers-by with more violent means. If the Holt family is willing to come, then let them come.

Ron was here "sitting on the chair and waiting to die" - sitting on a chair and waiting for the attacker to die suddenly.

What's so great about just sending a message of verbal threat? Anyway, since that time, there have been many caravans coming to Yungang, but he has never seen a single person from the Holt family.

"Uh, you misunderstood. This time, it's not someone from the Holt family," Victor said quickly. "You must know that there are three major families in Yungang, right? The envoys who came this time are from the other two families."

"And unlike the Holt family, the people who came this time were members of the two families, not business travelers who were delivering messages."

"Milkway, Bengtson?" Ron raised his eyebrows. If he remembered correctly, they should be these two names. "I have dealt with the Bengtson family before, and they were not pleasant memories."

Everyone looked at the halfling priest beside them. Bunny pursed her lips and shook her head slightly when she looked at Ron: "I'm fine. They must have come here for something..."

"I'm afraid it's not a good thing," Ivy sneered, "Do you remember how Evander and his henchman showed up? The Bengtson family's bandits just suffered a setback not long ago. This time the Holt family suffered a setback, do they think they can do it again?"

"It's always like this between the three major families in Yungang," Victor said with a wry smile, "Sir Ron, please don't think too much. I came here to explain this matter to you because I have some friendship with the head of the Bengtson family. I have absolutely no intention of overstepping my authority. If you think they are not good people, I will go and talk to them and ask them to leave."

"You've already slapped the Bengtson family in the face before. There's no need to do it again... Just let them come quietly and leave quietly..."

"No, I think I'd better meet him." Ron lowered his head and thought for a moment. "The Milkman family doesn't show up very often, do they?"

"They are just not active on land. They don't pay much attention to the affairs on the ground," Victor said. "In Yungang and at sea, their influence is still not small, and they are also quite active."

"You suddenly came to a place like Wangxiang where you can't even see the sea. I think you really have something to do." Ron nodded, "Then let's arrange a time to meet, and the Bengtson family will come together. Please remind the Bengtson family for me: it would be best if you are here to discuss serious matters. If not... I hope they understand that what I said before was not just talk." (End of this chapter)