Middle-earth is one of the rare and relatively peaceful worlds in the fantasy world.

At this time, before the invasion of Sauron's orc army, the entire continent is considered safe except for the border areas bordering the orcs.

The Shire, where the Hobbits live, is a paradise forgotten by most people.

Thanks to the efforts of the Hobbit villagers and the arrival of Balin and his dwarf construction team, the construction of Wayne Manor got on track. The workers worked together, and under the command of Balin, the experienced dwarf builder, the entire manor began to be completed little by little according to the pre-designed schedule.

Since killing the black bear Bisog, Wayne's daily life, in addition to practicing various skills and training the Deathclaw cub Robin, occasionally accepts some invitations, or takes the initiative to take some bounties, rides on the magic carpet, and eliminates some powerful monsters for the nearby residents.

In this way, time passed day by day, and soon a year and a half had passed, and the huge Wayne Manor was completed.

The dwarf craftsmen returned to Bree Town, and some Hobbit workers were directly hired from their original construction workers to become planters in the manor. Even the old governor, Mr. Ford, was invited by Wayne to become his butler after his retirement, responsible for managing the affairs of the entire manor.

Old Ford was indeed an experienced manager, and he managed such a large estate in an orderly manner.

As for why old Ford, as a retired archon, would be willing to accept Wayne's employment, it is because the Hobbits also practice aristocratic feudal system. Although old Ford once served as an archon, it was just a job. He is almost ninety years old this year, and even among the Hobbits, he is considered to be old.

If the old hobbit had not been unable to resist Wayne's cordial invitation, he would never have gone to work again, but would have been prepared to become a leisurely farmer and enjoy his retirement.

After becoming Wayne's butler, old Ford's most important job is to manage the farmland within the manor.

These farmlands were reclaimed by workers with great effort when the manor was built. If no one cultivates them for a long time, they will soon become wasteland again.

Fortunately, most of the Hobbits are good at farming. Under the management of old Ford, a large amount of pipe weed was planted. Some herbal seeds that Wayne brought from the wizarding world were also planted on an experimental basis in the land of Middle-earth.

Although it will take another one or two years to make money from these crops, under the old man's management, the entire manor has begun to operate normally. The respected Grandpa Wayne has finally lived a free and easy life as a manor owner.

Not only that, as Wayne's reputation continued to grow, the name of the demon hunter spread farther and farther and became louder and louder in the Shire and its surrounding areas. Whenever people encountered monsters that they could not solve, they would think of the demon hunter who had repeatedly completed bounties and easily hunted monsters.

Well, of course, compared to the title of demon hunter, the residents of Middle-earth would more affectionately call Wayne the demon hunter wizard.

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That morning, the sun shone into the luxurious bedroom of Wayne Manor.

Wayne had just woken up from his comfortable double bed when the two-year-old direwolf White Fang wagged his tail, pushed open the door, and ran back and forth around Wayne's bed. His excited movements caused the neatly laid blanket on the floor to wrinkle.

After running back and forth for more than ten laps, the little wolf White Fang saw that his owner seemed to have no reaction. The naughty wolf cub immediately howled, exerted force with his legs, stuck out his tongue, jumped onto the soft big bed, put his big mouth close to his owner, and wanted to use his wet tongue to lick Wayne's face.

But before it could get close, Wayne pressed its head down on the bed. The powerful force made the little thing unable to move at all. It could only struggle and whimper for mercy, and tried to lick the palm of Wayne's hand that was holding its head.

Seeing the pitiful look of the little guy, Wayne let go of the direwolf that was becoming more and more silly, and let out a roar like a wild beast.

Hearing the roar, the little dire wolf immediately acted as if it had seen its nemesis. It tucked its tail between its legs and ran out of the room in shame.

It has been almost two years since he came to Middle-earth, and it will soon be time for Wayne to return to the world of The Witcher.

During these two years, because there was no interference from the outside world, he was able to concentrate on practicing various skills, and the purpose of this trip was largely achieved.

Among the four main skills of the Demon Hunter, whether it is the Sign level or the Mutation level, due to limited conditions and the lack of corresponding resources to upgrade them, they still maintain the original level.

As for the Gwent level, although he has the idea of ​​promoting this entertainment in Middle-earth, it is still early and his prestige is not enough to promote this activity, so the plan has not yet started.

In the past two years, swordsmanship is his main skill that he spends a lot of time practicing every day. Thanks to his dedicated and hard training every day, he finally succeeded in raising his swordsmanship level from level six to level ten, unlocking his second skill specialty, becoming the first skill among many skills to unlock two skill specialties.

As for the supplementary skills, although for some unknown reason, driving the magic carpet will also improve the riding level, this skill has also been successfully upgraded from level four to level five, unlocking a skill specialty. Unfortunately, due to the lack of ability points, this specialty cannot be activated for the time being.

Because in the past two years, Wayne's most important task is to tame the Deathclaw cub Robin. In addition to using animal training techniques, his main method of taming is to cultivate a good impression between him and the pet through cooking and feeding, which is also one of the important ways.

It is also because of this that Wayne's animal taming level was directly upgraded from level one to level eight, unlocking a special skill expertise, and his cooking level was also upgraded from level seven to level eight.

In addition to this, in the past two years, Wayne has accumulated a total of 600 ordinary-level treasure chests and more than 20 expert-level treasure chests, which are piled up in the system space and have not been opened.

The experience gained from nearly 700 missions allowed Wayne's demon hunter level to rise from level 8 to level 10. Not only did his physical fitness improve slightly, he also gained two ability points that can be used to lighten his skill expertise.

Animal Taming LV8: Animal affinity +8, master's bond +8.

Skills and expertise selection:

Animal Language: As a professional animal trainer, due to long-term contact with animals and long-term participation in animal training, you have understood the language of most wild animals and can communicate with most wild animals through language. At the same time, you can also give orders to your pet better. Effect: Gain the ability to speak animal language and communicate with most wild animals.

Master Tamer: As a top tamer, the pets you carefully train will get more nutrition and better training, making them the best of their kind. Effect: The attributes of the pets you train will increase by 10%.

Faced with these two skill specialties of animal taming, Wayne did not hesitate much and quickly chose the first one.

Although the second specialty can enhance the combat effectiveness of the Deathclaw cubs, the first specialty, Animal Language, is obviously more suitable for demon hunters who have to deal with various situations.

Just think about it, if he can communicate with all kinds of animals, then the entire wild world will become his helper and spies, right?

The second specialty of the tenth-level swordsmanship is also very powerful.

Swordsmanship LV10: Swordsmanship power +50%.

Already has the feat: Feline Agility.

Optional specialties:

Swordsmanship Genius: Long-term swordsmanship training has allowed you to discover your strong talent for swordsmanship. You are born a genius in swordsmanship. Although you are still a little immature at this time, as a swordsmanship genius, you have an unparalleled growth rate. Effect: Swordsmanship level improvement speed +200%.

Natural Power: During the development of your sword skills, you found that your strength increased far more than other attributes. Could it be that you are also born with supernatural power? Effect: Increase the strength attribute by ten. Each time you level up, you gain two points of strength.

The skill expertise at level ten is obviously more powerful than the skill expertise at level five, and Wayne was briefly confused about how to choose between these two expertises at the swordsmanship level.

The former can double the speed of swordsmanship improvement, but it will not increase his strength in a short period of time.

The latter can immediately increase his strength by one third, and increase the growth of strength attributes in future level upgrades.

These two skill specialties are undoubtedly very practical skills, and choosing either one will be very useful.

However, after much consideration, Wayne chose the second specialty.

After all, compared to only improving the strength in swordsmanship, the application range of strength attribute is wider. It can not only increase one's own attack power, but also allow one to wear heavier and thicker armor.

His current weapon is a two-handed sword weighing more than 20 kilograms. Although it is still easy to use now, the increase in strength will undoubtedly greatly increase the power of this sword.

The concept of force defeating ten skills is highly respected in Chinese martial arts.

(End of this chapter)