Mayor Parnasole looked up, squinting briefly at the sunlight streaming through the window, then said apologetically, "Sorry, the warm sunlight makes one sleepy."
Ainzack shook his head slightly, "Things are a bit special. I originally planned to inform you specifically, but I didn't expect you to come in person."
"Your Excellency, the Mayor, should pay more attention to his health," Lakshir said with a smile from the side.
"You know, I've always been a lazy person," Mayor Parnasole chuckled.
The atmosphere of the conversation among the three was very harmonious, clearly indicating a good relationship.
"Alright… it's time to talk about serious matters," Mayor Parnasole said.
At these words!
Ainzack and Lakshir's expressions became serious.
Mayor Parnasole looked extremely obese and appeared incompetent, but as his friends, the two knew very well.
Not only was he not an incompetent person, but he was actually one of those extremely shrewd and capable individuals.
As the most important frontier city of the Re-Estize Kingdom, and the frontline against the Baharuth Empire, E-Rantel.
As long as His Majesty the King wasn't foolish, he wouldn't send an incompetent person to govern E-Rantel!
And this generation's King was not a mediocre person.
The fact that he could bypass the noble system to create the position of "Warrior Captain" for Gazef, a commoner, and allow him to form a new army, was enough to prove this point.
"It's like this."
"Over the past half-month, the number of villages and merchant caravans attacked by goblins has significantly decreased."
"In fact, there have been no reports of goblin attacks during this period," Ainzack said with a serious expression.
Lakshir, the Guild Master of the Magic Guild, asked in confusion, "Isn't that a good thing?"
"Whether it's a good thing or not isn't simply determined by the current situation."
Ainzack continued, clasping his hands on the table, "According to past experience, these months should be the time when goblins reproduce in large numbers and attacks are most severe."
"This abnormal behavior indicates that something we don't understand may have appeared in the Great Forest of Tob."
Mayor Parnasole, who had been listening intently, then slowly said, "What's the result?"
He didn't ask the unnecessary question of whether Ainzack had sent people to investigate; since the three of them were here, it meant Ainzack had already achieved some results.
"Hmm!"
Ainzack nodded, "Based on information obtained by several adventurer teams from the outer regions of the Great Forest of Tob."
"Something must have happened in the territory of the Eastern Giant Trolls, as there's a stronger scent of goblin blood throughout the forest."
"It's suspected that a large number of goblins have died, but strangely, no large number of goblin corpses have been found."
"According to the information currently available, we can temporarily rule out the actions of a powerful adventurer team, otherwise there should be a large number of corpses remaining."
Ainzack stopped here, picked up the silver magic container on the table, and drank the chilling liquid inside.
"You suspect that there was a conflict among the goblin tribes within the troll territory," Lakshir said with a serious expression.
"It's also possible that the Forest King and the Eastern Giants fought for unknown reasons," Mayor Parnasole said softly, his eyes half-closed.
"Exactly," Ainzack nodded, "At least for us, it's a good thing for now."
"Keep a close eye on it," Mayor Parnasole said.
Ainzack: "Understood."
In the Great Forest of Tob.
By the river.
Nolan didn't know about the small meeting taking place in E-Rantel due to the events he had caused.
However.
Even if he didn't know the content of the meeting, Nolan was aware that as the number of goblins he killed increased significantly, the impact would naturally extend beyond just the forest.
In the first half of the month, the number of goblins he killed wasn't that many.
Even if left untouched, these small numbers of goblin corpses would naturally be eaten clean by the wild beasts and monsters in the jungle.
But now, if the vast number of goblin corpses he had slain were left undealt with, it would truly cause big trouble.
Other things aside.
It would inevitably draw out the trolls, and Nolan didn't intend to provoke that group of trolls right now.
Moreover, the significant decrease in goblins would also attract the attention of adventurers from E-Rantel.
Many low-level adventurers relied on killing goblins, an easy job, to earn money.
If adventurers entered the outer jungle and discovered a large number of goblin corpses, they could analyze some information about him just from the wounds on these corpses.
This was also something Nolan didn't want to see!
The more information he leaked now, the more information the Great Tomb of Nazarick would obtain in the future!
This intelligence war!
It had already begun the moment Nolan chose to stand against the Great Tomb of Nazarick!
Therefore!
Nolan put all the corpses of over two thousand goblins and more than 30 ogres he had slain into his item box.
As expected of a "Player's" unique item box, the space inside was indeed large, completely able to hold everything. However, Nolan also used this to figure out the approximate quantity the item box could hold.
Storing so many corpses into the item box filled up a full one-third of its volume.
This volume seemed large, but for a level 100 Player, it was simply not enough!
Just in the anime, the mountain of 500 million gold coins Ainz used to revive Shalltear would nearly fill Nolan's item box.
However!
Currently, such a large volume was clearly sufficient for Nolan.
The deaths of over two thousand goblins and 30 ogres!
Not only did it break five iron swords, but it also made Nolan somewhat numb from killing, even making him much more indifferent.
The reason he ran to the river to take a bath today and didn't continue to kill goblins was that Nolan wanted to take a day off specifically to adjust his emotions.
Nolan, full and refreshed, looked up at the attribute panel in front of him.
[Ability Sheet]
Innate Ability: [Player]
Overall Level: 19Lv
Experience Slot: 5893 / 9500
Professions:
Basic Profession: Genius 9LV (Warrior…)
Intermediate Profession: Sword Saint 10Lv
Skill Points: 39
Passive Skills: Item Box, Slash Enhancement (10%)
Active Skills:
Warrior: Instant Reflexes, Four-Light Consecutive Slash, Quick Slash, Stealth, Tracking
Magic: Minor Healing (Tier 1), Magic Arrow (Tier 1), Scentless (Tier 1), Camouflage (Tier 1)
Heat Up (Tier 2), Papermaking (Tier 2), Item Appraisal (Tier 2)
Profession Skills: Alchemy, Pharmacy