Overlord: Start from the Goblin Lair

Chapter 345 Evandell Holt

"What Miss Sera said is true. Mr. Ron, you are indeed a good lord who cares about your subordinates. How could you ignore your companions?"

"I'm Ron, who are you two?"

Ron carefully looked at the old man, the young man, the master and the servant, and looked at the details of their costumes. They should also come from a wealthy family, but they were not as flamboyant as the Bengson family, and they had no obvious decorations on their bodies. The old man's hands were covered with calluses, which meant he was not a good person when he was young. The young man looked harmless, but he smelled of alcohol. It was not easy to compete with Sera for a drink.

"Evandell Holt," the young man shook hands with Ron politely, "this is Uncle Mark. He has served our family for more than forty years and is like a relative of mine."

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"I used to go to sea with the master's fleet, but now it's no longer useful. I have to do what I can." Mark noticed that the lord had been looking at his hands. Of course he knew what the other party cared about, so he explained.

"The Holt family?" After driving away Levi, Ron also learned a little bit about the situation in Yungang. At least he knew who the three major families in Yungang were. "If you bother to get Sera drunk, yes In order for me to come over and compensate you, forget it. I advise you to leave as soon as possible, otherwise everyone will look bad. "

"You are joking, we are not the nouveau riche of the Bengson family," Evandell showed a look of disdain from the bottom of his heart, which convinced Ron that the two families were indeed not from the same family. "They were just short-sighted and vulgar people in the beginning. It’s just a pirate. Even though he’s ashore now, he’s still smelly.”

"We all know what happened to them, but I believe that I will never make the same mistake again. After all, the reason why I invited you here in this way is not to discuss family business, but because I have some personal requests of my own."

After Ron swept some of the empty wine bottles between the two of them, he slowly leaned back on the chair and said, "I'm all ears."

"To be honest, I am very unhappy in Yungang and in the family because I am the second to last son of my father. The honor and hardships that the eldest son deserves are not mine, although I have received them as the youngest son. I received a little favor, but with the birth of my brother, all of this soon burst like bubbles." Evandel tried to pour wine for Ron. After being rejected, he showed a bitter smile and poured the wine in his glass. The remaining wine was drained in one gulp.

"Originally, this was not a big deal. After all, I am still a member of the Holt family. Even if I am a rice pail, I still have to use it to hold golden rice grains. But at that time, I was too young, too young," Evander said lightly. Gently stroking the scar on his face, his eyes were full of memories, "The Holt family believes in 'those with ability will live in it'. Even if the order of elders and children is not good, it is still possible to inherit the family business if you have outstanding abilities." ——I was so eager to express myself that I ended up losing what I had.”

"I considered myself to be both civilized and martial, so during a conflict with the Bengtsen family, I challenged the eldest son of the Bengtsen family, Levi Bengtsen, to a duel. I was completely defeated and had no power to fight back. He That swift sword left a scar on my face that can never be erased."

"I thought this was something you wanted to keep for yourself," Ron looked at Evandell's face, "I heard that some people would regard this as a symbol of glory and bravery."

"For a person who has only experienced one duel in his life and lost miserably, there is nothing to be proud of," the heir of the Holt family sighed, "Levi's sword is called 'Brand' , the scars caused by it cannot be erased.”

"These scars are destined to accompany me throughout my life of failure. Because of them, I no longer have the right to participate in family affairs - how can a person who can't even protect his own face protect the interests of the family from loss?"

"And just when I was suffering from this, I heard the news that you were building a new territory in a delusional way. Maybe you need manpower here. Maybe, I can wash away my stigma?" Evandel raised his head, He looked at Ron expectantly.

"You hope to get a job here?" Ron finally understood what he meant, "But what can you do? From the current point of view, you only seem to have a good drinker."

"Drinking requires training, and the best place to train..." Evandel smiled, "You must still lack personnel for overall planning and management. Please believe that someone who was born in one of the three major families in Yungang I have the ability to coordinate all these relationships and make the entire territory operate in a more orderly manner.”

"For the outside world, I can connect the relationship from Yungang to the city-state alliance, and you no longer need to travel everywhere." Evandel gestured to Mark to take out a stack of plans that had been drawn up. "When I fail to get an interview with you, , Mark and I surveyed, planned and summarized what was going on here – take a look!”

Ron took the document, which was hundreds of pages thick, and after just reading the first few pages, Ron was convinced that the young man from Yungang had put a lot of effort into it. The entire document was written smoothly, with neat handwriting and a clear structure. And he is also very insightful in his analysis of the current situation of the territory - Evandell does have good abilities in this regard.

"Although Miss Constance is now in charge of administrative affairs for you, I'm sorry to say that as the adopted daughter of a spice merchant, she still lacks sufficient knowledge of how to maintain the operation of the territory. And Mr. Ron, although you can hand over all matters to people who are good at it, this kind of expert government will certainly not cause trouble, but the dispersion of power will increase your burden."

Evander secretly observed Ron's face: "If I'm right, you don't have complete control over the delusion land now, right? If you take a large number of people away like this time in the future, how can the stability of the entire territory be maintained?"

"You need such a person!"

Evander's words really touched the pain point of the entire territory. After this conversation in the tavern, Ron quickly made a decision to introduce this noble son from Yungang to his other companions. However, due to doubts about Evander's actual level, Ron did not directly push him to a too high position. After confirming his ability, he would naturally let him get involved in more affairs.

During this period, the Bengtson family, who also came from Yungang but were extremely troublesome, made another fuss - they claimed that two people were missing from their caravan, a dwarf and a spotted cat man, and Levi Bengtson asked Delusion to grant them the power to search. Ron naturally could not agree to such an action that could easily induce various incidents, but he expelled them completely and cleanly.

Anyway, there was at least a large Gobi Desert between Yungang and Delusion, and if the Bengtson family didn't mind the long distance, they could go back and forth.