Overlord: Welcoming the Birth of the King
Chapter 51: Internal Meeting of "E-Rantel," Comprehensive Level 19LV2

City Mayor Panasore looked up at the sunlight shining through the window, briefly squinting before apologizing in his tone: 

"Sorry, the warm sunlight makes it easy to doze off." 

Ainzack shook his head slightly. "This matter is a bit special. I originally intended to notify you specifically but didn't expect you to come in person." 

"You, Your Honor the Mayor, should take better care of your health," Lakshire said with a smile from beside him. 

"You all know me, I've always been a lazy person," City Mayor Panasore chuckled. 

The atmosphere among the three was very harmonious; their relationship was clearly good. 

"Alright, then... let's get down to business," City Mayor Panasore said. 

At these words, Ainzack and Lakshire immediately straightened their expressions. 

Though City Mayor Panasore looked extremely fat and seemed incompetent, the two friends knew very well that he was not useless at all. On the contrary, he belonged to the clever and capable type. 

"E-Rantel," as the most important border city of the Li Yestige Kingdom, was also the frontline facing the Bahāruth Empire. 

As long as the king was not foolish, he would never send an incompetent person to oversee E-Rantel! 

This generation of the king was by no means mediocre. 

The fact that he bypassed the noble system to create the "Warrior Captain" position for Gejiefu, a commoner, and allowed him to form a completely new army, was proof of that. 

"Here's the situation." 

"In the past half month, the number of villages and caravans attacked by goblins has significantly decreased." 

"There hasn't even been any intelligence about goblin attacks during this time," Ainzack said seriously. 

Lakshire, the head of the Magic Guild, asked in puzzlement, "Isn't that a good thing?" 

"Whether it’s good or not isn’t simply about the current situation," Ainzack continued, folding his hands and resting them on the table. "Based on past experience, these months should be the time when goblins breed in large numbers and suffer the heaviest attacks." 

"This abnormal behavior suggests that something we don’t understand might have happened in the Great Tob Forest." 

City Mayor Panasore, who had been quietly listening, calmly asked, "What’s the result?" 

He didn't ask whether Ainzack had sent people to investigate—that would be pointless. The fact that the three were here meant Ainzack had already achieved some results. 

"Yes." 

Ainzack nodded. "Through intelligence from several adventurer squads on the outskirts of the Great Tob Forest..." 

"Something seems to have gone wrong in the territory of the Eastern Giant Ogre Lords. The entire forest is permeated with the scent of goblin blood." 

"It seems many goblins have died, but strangely, no large number of goblin corpses have been found." 

"From what we've learned so far, it’s unlikely this was caused by a powerful adventurer squad; otherwise, there would be many corpses left behind." 

Ainzack stopped here and picked up a silver magical container on the table, drinking the cold liquid inside in one gulp. 

"You suspect that there has been a conflict within the goblin groups in the Ogre Lords’ territory," Lakshire said solemnly. 

"It’s also possible that the Forest Sage King and the Eastern Giants fought for some unknown reason," City Mayor Panasore said, narrowing his eyes softly. 

"That’s right," Ainzack nodded. "At least for us, this is good news for now." 

"Keep a close watch," City Mayor Panasore said. 

"Understood," Ainzack replied. 

Inside the Great Tob Forest. 

By the riverside. 

Tang Zheng had no idea that a small meeting was taking place in E-Rantel right now because of what he had caused. 

However, even without knowing the meeting's content, Tang Zheng was aware that the large number of goblin kills he had made was having an impact beyond just the forest. 

In the first half of the month, he hadn’t killed many goblins. 

Even if he didn’t deal with their corpses, the small number would naturally be eaten clean by beasts and monsters in the jungle. 

But now, with the huge number of goblin corpses he had slain, if left untreated, it would cause serious trouble. 

For one, it would definitely attract the Ogre Lords out. Tang Zheng had no intention of provoking those Ogre Lords now. 

Also, the massive reduction of goblins would attract the attention of adventurers in E-Rantel. 

Many low-level adventurers counted on killing goblins as an easy way to earn money. 

If adventurers entered the forest outskirts and found a large number of goblin corpses, they could analyze information about him just from the wounds on the bodies. 

This was exactly what Tang Zheng didn’t want! 

The more information he leaked, the more intelligence the Nazarick Tomb would receive in the future! 

This information war had already started the moment Tang Zheng chose to stand against the Nazarick Tomb! 

Therefore, Tang Zheng collected all the bodies of more than two thousand goblins and over thirty ogres into his item box. 

No wonder the item box was exclusive to "players"; its space was indeed large and could fully hold all of them. Tang Zheng also took this opportunity to figure out roughly how many items the item box could hold. 

So many corpses took up one-third of the item box’s capacity. 

That capacity seemed large, but for a level 100 player, it was far from enough! 

Just the 500 million gold coins Bone King spent to resurrect Shalltear in the anime would have nearly filled Tang Zheng’s item box. 

But now, this large capacity was obviously enough for Tang Zheng at this stage. 

The deaths of over two thousand goblins and thirty ogres! 

Not only had five iron swords been broken, but Tang Zheng also felt somewhat numb from the killing, and even his whole demeanor became colder. 

The reason he came to the river to bathe today and didn’t continue killing goblins was because he wanted to rest and adjust his mood for a day. 

Having eaten and drunk his fill, Tang Zheng looked up and examined his attribute panel. 

[Ability Panel] 

Innate Talent: [Player] 

Comprehensive Level: 19Lv 

Experience Bar: 5893/9500 

Profession: 

Basic Profession: Genius 9LV (Warrior...) 

Intermediate Profession: Sword Saint 10Lv 

Skill Points: 39 

Passive Skills: Item Box, Slash Enhancement (10%) 

Active Skills: 

Warrior: Instant Reflex, Four Light Combo Slash, Swift Strike, Stealth, Tracking 

Magic: Minor Healing (Level 1), Magic Arrow (Level 1), Odorless (Level 1), Camouflage (Level 1) 

Heating (Level 2), Papermaking (Level 2), Item Identification (Level 2) 

Profession Skills: Pharmaceutical, Alchemy 

... 

Since the "Genius" profession upgrade did not increase stats, the attribute panel showed no changes, but there were significant changes in the ability panel.