Wayne followed Thorin through half of the town and met Balin, an old dwarf with wisdom in his eyes, smoking a pipe outside a low house inhabited by dwarves.

After the two sides met, there was not much greeting. Wayne was invited into the house. The dwarf did not give him tea, but poured him a glass of pure dwarf beer.

"This is Balin, the master architect among the dwarves. He has participated in the design of many famous buildings in our dwarven kingdom, including the royal palace."

"This is Mr. Wayne. He wants to hire a group of dwarf craftsmen to build a manor in the Shire."

After a brief introduction to each other, the two sides did not exchange any pleasantries and quickly entered into the normal transaction process.

Faced with a customer like Wayne who was not short of money, had high emotional intelligence and was eloquent, there was no trouble between the two parties and the labor contract was signed quickly and smoothly.

According to the agreement between the two parties, about thirty dwarf craftsmen will go to Hobbiton in the Shire to help Wayne build the manor.

However, because they were a team of workers from outside the province, Wayne needed to provide food and lodging for the dwarves, and also pay a deposit of one-third, about two hundred and eighty Middle-earth gold coins, before the dwarf craftsmen could start working.

This price was similar to what the old Hobbit Ford had guessed and was in line with market conditions. The dwarves did not take the opportunity to raise the price.

After the two sides discussed various matters, Balin told Wayne that the dwarf craftsmen would wait until the day after tomorrow to set off, because there were many tools and equipment that needed to be transported, and personnel also needed to be arranged, so this waiting time was necessary.

Wayne certainly had no objection to this. It has always been his principle to leave professional matters to professionals.

But in this case, Wayne had some free time while Balin and his workers were preparing.

Thinking of the bounty on the notice board and the reward of 300 gold coins, Wayne declined Thorin's invitation to dinner and said with a smile:

"Prince Thorin, Mr. Balin, you can prepare dinner first. I will go see if I can find Bisog the black bear."

"Maybe when I get back, I can still catch up with your dinner."

After separating from the two dwarves, Wayne still remembered the expressions of surprise and shock in the eyes of the two dwarves, and he felt secretly happy.

However, if you want to impress others these days, it’s not enough to just talk, you have to show real skills.

He quickly asked passers-by for directions and found the female painter in the town of Bree. She was a woman in her thirties named Sodnina, very plump and good-looking. Unfortunately, she had a happy family with her husband and children around her, and Wayne was not the kind of person who would try to steal her away.

After a conversation and learning his purpose, the female painter saw that he was alone and immediately tried to stop him, hoping that he would not take risks in the forest alone. Even if he wanted to hunt the black bear Bisog, it would be better to form a combat team and act together.

Unfortunately, Wayne was determined and confident in his words and actions. Seeing that repeated dissuasion was useless, Sodanina told the witcher everything about the discovery of her brother's body and some speculations about the whereabouts of the black bear in the town.

Wayne also successfully obtained an expert-level task from the female painter.

In the past few months, he had only been able to receive ordinary tasks from the Hobbits, and he was a little tired of it. The level of the expert tasks also hinted to him that the black bear's strength was not that strong.

After saying goodbye to Sodanina and her family, Wayne took out the magic flying carpet without caring about the surprised looks of the people around him, and flew towards the location of the black bear Bisog.

The flying carpet was very fast and ignored the terrain. In less than half an hour, he arrived at the place where the black bear often appeared.

Unfortunately, at this point, Wayne can only rely on luck to find it.

But obviously, he has always been favored by fate in terms of good luck.

Just as Wayne was flying silently in the air and searching for dozens of minutes, a huge roar of a wild bear reached his keen hearing as a demon hunter.

Wayne was immediately cheered up and flew towards the source of the sound.

The forest outside the town of Bri has very lush vegetation, but due to people's felling, the number of trees is not particularly dense. Through the gaps between the trees, it is easy to see the scene on the ground.

Soon, amid a huge noise, he saw a huge black bear chasing a wounded wild deer in the forest.

Seeing this, Wayne was delighted. Most wild animals are most relaxed when they are eating. No matter how strong this wild bear is, as long as it is a flesh and blood body, it will always be quite vulnerable to sneak attacks.

Just as the black bear was vigilantly observing its surroundings while eating flesh and blood in big mouthfuls.

Wayne's flying carpet had silently stopped at a height of more than ten meters above the flying bear.

He slowly drew out the huge sword named Oath of Victory, put on a reinforced Quinn shield, then half-crouched on the flying carpet, his eyes fixed on the black bear's heart.

After waiting for a few minutes, just when the black bear was halfway through its meal and lowered its head to gnaw on the wild deer's internal organs, Wayne's body leaped lightly from a height of more than ten meters, holding a two-handed sword, aiming at the black bear's heart, and stabbed it fiercely with the sound of wind, like justice falling from heaven.

There was a "whoosh" sound, and the sound of flesh being torn apart.

The more than one-meter-long two-handed sword pierced through the black bear's fur, bones, and internal organs without any hindrance, and directly stabbed the black bear through and pinned it to the ground.

Although the black bear's dying counterattack threw Wayne violently away, this action also tore the fatal wound on its heart into a larger wound, accelerating its death.

After dealing a fatal blow to the black bear Bisog, Wayne did not intervene in the fight again. He just followed the black bear cautiously, standing at a safe distance, watching it stagger away with the two-handed sword stuck in its heart.

Unfortunately, after running less than two hundred meters, the black bear Bisog could no longer hold on. He fell to the ground, covered in blood, and slowly died.

As mentioned before, as long as it is flesh and blood, no matter how powerful it is, it will always be vulnerable when facing sneak attacks.

He waited for ten minutes, until the blood of the black bear Bisog had almost stopped flowing out of the huge wound. Then Wayne stepped forward on the black bear's back, pulled out his sword, called back the flying carpet in the sky, and slowly inserted it into the scabbard.

Looking at the huge corpse of the black bear, Wayne thought for a few seconds and frowned slightly. Fortunately, he had prepared a thick rope in his storage bag in advance.

Although the magic flying carpet made by Jaina had difficulty bearing the weight of a man and a bear, it could still fly as long as the magic power output was increased.

By the time he used a rope to hang the huge black bear carcass under the flying carpet and transported it back to Bree Town and landed it in the town square, only about three hours had passed since he left the town.

Some onlookers saw the black bear's body and, looking at its prominent physical features, they immediately realized that it was the bounty-bear Bisog. They quickly spread the good news throughout the town of Brie.

Wayne did not keep a low profile. After putting the magic carpet into his arms, he held the hilt of the sword with both hands, with the scabbard on the ground. He stood in the square of the small town with a confident but steady posture, accepting the gazes and admiration of everyone.

About ten minutes later, a middle-aged bald hobbit pushed through the crowd and found Wayne who was being watched.

After a conversation of exclamations and admiration, the town official respectfully presented the reward and loudly announced to the crowd around him the good news that Bisog had been eliminated.

They praised Wayne as the hero who killed the evil beast and declared him to be the eternal friend of the town of Bree.

In order to expand the reputation, Grandpa Wayne, who was not short of money, was not stingy and handed the huge sum of 300 gold coins to the Hobbit official. He loudly announced that he would use this huge sum of money to invite everyone in the town to drink and celebrate together.

Middle-earth is indeed an ideal world in fantasy. Wayne's action immediately aroused the carnival and admiration of everyone in the town. Men and women, old and children, all looked at him with admiration and respect.

Among those who admired him, Wayne also found Thorin, Balin and other dwarves with complicated looks.

However, Wayne did not find them immediately. He first found the female painter Sodanina who was crying with joy in the crowd. After a conversation of comfort and blessing, he completed his expert task.

Then, under the gazes of many people, he walked up to the dwarf prince and said with a smile:

"Thorin, there's no need to bother you with preparing dinner tonight."

"Why don't we use my bounty and have a good drink together?"

(End of this chapter)