After getting Queen Calanthe's consent, Wayne said hello to Geralt, then stood up and walked towards the table where Princess Pavera was.

Of course, this is not because the princess is too beautiful and makes Master Wayne fall in love with her.

But from the moment the princess entered the banquet hall, a strange magical power began to permeate the entire banquet hall. Geralt should have vaguely sensed it, but only Wayne, who possessed the blood of the ancients, truly knew where this power came from.

He walked slowly to the table where Princess Pavetta was sitting, and sat down opposite the beautiful princess without any hesitation, sitting opposite the princess.

Such an action immediately attracted the attention of several men at the same table. In addition to King Easter's warning look, his nephew Kratz almost stood up in anger.

This young man from Skellige, who was known as the Sea Boar, had almost never taken his eyes off the beautiful Princess Pavetta from the moment she appeared. The deep love in his eyes had almost become tangible.

Perhaps in his heart, as the most competitive heir in the Skellige Islands, Princess Pavetta has become his designated wife.

The Archdruid of Skellige, Mossak, who was sitting on the far left of the table, looked at Wayne with curiosity.

This old druid was Geralt's friend. It was he who rescued the young Geralt during the massacre at Kaer Morhen.

While others were still curious about Ravix of the Four Corner City, he had already recognized the White Wolf and was still wondering in his mind the purpose of the demon hunter's visit.

Not only that, as a good friend of Queen Calanthe and King Easter, the archdruid had already vaguely sensed the unusual atmosphere in the banquet, as well as the magic that was beginning to permeate around the banquet, and was thinking of countermeasures in his heart.

After Wayne sat down, Princess Pavetta looked up at him curiously, and Wayne smiled back at the princess without any shyness. His handsome appearance and gentle smile naturally made people feel good about him.

Unfortunately, at this time, the fifteen-year-old Princess of Cintra was full of thoughts and was always worried about the safety of the hedgehog boy Donnie. She just nodded politely to Wayne, then lowered her eyes and fell into her own thoughts.

However, the interaction between the two immediately angered King East, who almost regarded Pavetta as his niece-in-law. He glared at Wayne and said threateningly, "Young man, no matter what your relationship with Ravix of Horn City is, you seem to be sitting in the wrong place. Not everyone can sit at this table."

Wayne didn't care about the threat from the King of Skellige. Not to mention that he basically didn't have any activities in the Skellige Islands, so he didn't need to care about the other party's attitude. Moreover, he was not prepared to really do anything to Princess Pavera.

This is the mother of Ciri, the future girl of destiny. Ciri is probably in her belly for several months now.

But at this point, we have to criticize the damn hedgehog man Donnie, an old man in his thirties, who runs to the palace in the middle of the night every day to seduce other people's princesses. He is an old cow eating young grass and has even made a young princess pregnant for several months. He is simply a beast.

Moreover, this guy had no good intentions in the first place. The fact that he was able to save King Rognar might have been a show directed and performed by the warlock Wei Ge behind him. The purpose was to use the accident rate to break the hedgehog man's curse on him. Perhaps he was also planning a conspiracy about the ancient blood.

In fact, Wayne had thought about whether he should kill the Hedgehog Man directly at the banquet, but later, after checking a lot of current information about the South, he gave up.

In fact, more than a decade ago, the Kingdom of Nilfgaard had already begun to annex other small countries, expand its armaments, and develop its military strength. However, such news rarely circulated among the northern countries, and those northern kings who were still fighting for petty profits rarely paid attention to news from the south.

This also led to the Kingdom of Nilfgaard expanding at an extremely rapid pace over the past few decades, and in the blink of an eye it became an empire with extremely powerful military force.

Therefore, even if there is no hedgehog man dancing on graves in the future, the Civil War will inevitably break out.

It can even be said that it was precisely because of the ambitious hedgehog man's repeated failed expeditions and the squandering of the national strength accumulated by his father and even his grandfather that the powerful military empire of Nilfgaard quickly declined.

The Civil War is a trend of the future and it cannot be stopped by killing one or two people. Moreover, even if the Civil War is stopped, it will not be of any benefit to the Witcher. On the contrary, killing the Hedgehog Man will make him the murderer of Ciri's father, which is simply not worth the loss.

Wayne kept smiling, looked up at the dark-skinned, hook-nosed King Easter, and said with a smile:

"Your Majesty King East, please rest assured that I am not a suitor of Princess Pavila, nor a competitor of your nephew. The reason I am sitting here is because of the secret mission assigned to me by Queen Calanthe."

As he spoke, he looked at Kratz, the Sea Boar, who had been looking at him provocatively, and slowly took out a few decks of Gwent cards from his arms, saying with a smile:

"This joyous banquet would be too boring if we just drink and eat meat. How about we play some interesting games?"

As the Skellige people have always been engaged in sea plunder and maritime trade, they are no strangers to Gwent. This game, which can be played all day long while squatting on the deck, is a favorite of many captains.

The Sea Boar Kratz loved this, but the red-haired Skellige youth did not accept the challenge immediately. Instead, he looked at Wayne with contempt, then stretched out his muscular, strong and powerful right hand and said loudly in a provocative tone:

"We Skellige people never play Gwent with cowards. If you want to play Gwent with me, we must first have a competition between men."

"You can choose to compete with me in drinking, or arm wrestling. You don't have to beat me. As long as you can hold on to me for thirty seconds, I will respect you as a warrior."

Hearing this, Wayne looked at the Sea Boar with a strange expression, wondering if he was arm wrestling and drinking with a demon hunter like him.

I can only say, young man, you have narrowed the path. Not to mention that his physical fitness is also the best among demon hunters, more than four or five times higher than that of ordinary people. Even if it is drinking, based on Wayne's past experience of drinking potions mixed with high-concentration alcohol as drinks, you can imagine how much he can drink now.

Of course, the reason why Kratz said this was probably because Wayne's current outfit did not reveal his characteristics as a demon hunter, making him look like just a strong and handsome human boy.

In order to show his masculinity in front of Princess Pavetta, the Sea Boar made such a bet.

As Kratz shouted, the young people from Skellige behind him immediately surrounded him, joined in the booing, and used provocative words to stimulate Wayne.

Since these people were courting death, Wayne would not tolerate them. He kept smiling and turned his head to look at King Easter's expression. He saw that the king was also very proud and obviously had confidence in his nephew's ability. So Wayne said to Kratz and the young men behind him:

"No problem. I've always heard that Skellige's warriors are passionate and generous men."

"Since you have proposed the challenge, I will certainly not refuse. However, a separate drinking contest and arm wrestling is too boring and not manly enough."

At this point, Wayne smiled and added:

"And every time we compete, we have to put out a hundred gold coins as a bet, until there is one winner left on the field, and all the prize money will belong to this person."

"How about this, isn't it more interesting?"

Everyone present is not a fool. Under such competition conditions, those who join the competition later will definitely have the most advantage, while those who join the competition first will suffer the most.

Before Kratz could speak, one of his captains immediately shouted:

"Let me challenge you first!"

As soon as he finished his words, a Skellige man immediately handed over two large bowls of liquor and a small purse containing a hundred gold coins and threw it on the table.

Wayne laughed and did not refuse the captain's challenge. He took out a large coin bag filled with hundreds of gold coins from his belt, put it on the table, and without counting the coins, threw them directly into the bet.

Such a heroic action immediately caused the people of Skellige to whisper, and some of them were obviously shocked by Wayne's generous temperament and confident behavior.

But no matter what others think, Wayne casually picked up a large bowl of liquor and drank it in one gulp as if it were cold water. Then he stretched out his right arm and raised his eyes to signal the man opposite him that the game could start at any time.

As the Skellige people have been sailing ships on the sea for many years and making a living by plundering, they are all very confident in their strength. Without sufficient strength, how can they control the sails and hold the rudder on the sea?

The captain didn't hesitate at all and immediately stretched out his right arm and pressed it against Wayne's right arm.

He stood in a horse stance with one hand on the table, his muscles tensed, and he obviously took the arm wrestling match very seriously. Wayne, who was sitting opposite him, was sitting in a chair in a casual posture, with a gentle smile on his face, as if he didn't take the strong captain seriously.

This attitude not only made some people feel dissatisfied, but also made some people feel uneasy.

As a Skelliger shouted that the game had begun, the strong captain opposite Wayne immediately shouted, his forehead veins bulging, and without reservation, he used all his strength to pry Wayne's wrist and push it down hard.

His companions all cheered him loudly, pushing the atmosphere to a climax in an instant, causing all the guests around to look at them.

However, they kept shouting for twenty or thirty seconds, until the captain's eyes widened, his face turned red, and his strong arms trembled slightly. However, Wayne's arm, which was next to him, did not move at all, without even a trace of trembling.

After a few dozen seconds, Wayne comfortably picked up a glass of red wine with his other hand, tilted his head back and drank it, then looked at the Skellige men whose expressions had become solemn with a confident and indifferent look.

Then he slowly pressed his right arm down, pressing the captain's right arm, whose muscles had already turned red, onto the table, and won the first match with a crushing gesture.

Seeing this scene, not only King Easter and the Sea Boar Kratz, but even the Skellige envoys who were watching all realized that the opponent was not simple.

However, the Skellige people are tenacious and brave enough to challenge any difficulties. The fact that they were able to conquer the sea with courage and experience in the Middle Ages when navigation technology was underdeveloped is enough to illustrate the character of this nation.

Following the defeat of the first captain, the rest of the Skellige delegation did not back down and challenged Wayne one by one.

In response, Wayne agreed to all of them without hesitation. He drank bowl after bowl of liquor and used his most primitive strength to defeat the Skellige men one by one, until the money bags on the wine table piled up into a small pile of nearly two thousand gold coins. After that, almost all of the Skellige envoys on the opposite side had been defeated by him, leaving only King Easter and Kratz who had not competed with him.

After drinking more than a dozen bowls of liquor, even Wayne, who had a super strong physique, felt a slight taste of the alcohol. His action of defeating more than a dozen Skellige strongmen in a row also made everyone in the banquet hall focus on him. Even Princess Pavera, who had been silent all the time, was secretly looking at Wayne, the handsome young man, with curious eyes.

In fact, at this point, there is no need for further competition. Everyone knows that even if King Easter and Kratz take the field, they cannot be Wayne's opponents. And those princes from Cintra's vassal states and his own country are even smiling, waiting for Wayne to embarrass these two Skellige nobles.

Unfortunately, Lord Wayne certainly couldn't do that. Defeating more than a dozen Skelligers in a row had already made the diplomatic corps somewhat embarrassed. If King Easter and Kratz lost face again, it would most likely affect Queen Calanthe's plan.

At this moment, he could even feel the sword-like gaze on his back, wandering on his neck, and the owner of the gaze was Queen Calanthe who was sitting in the main seat.

Facing the solemn looks of King East and the two uncles and nephews, Wayne suddenly laughed, stretched out his hand to take the purse on the table in front of himself, then retracted his arm, took out the two decks of Gwent cards at the beginning, and said to the two Skellige nobles: "The warriors of Skellige are indeed brave and enthusiastic men. They all have amazing alcohol tolerance. I have drunk so much in a row that I am already a little drunk."

"Your Majesty, Mr. Kratz, why don't we stop arm wrestling and play a few rounds of Gwent together?"

As he spoke, Wayne winked at Princess Pavila who was secretly watching him, and said with a smile:

"I guess the beautiful Princess Pavila has never played this kind of game. It's a good opportunity for her to learn it. Once she learns this game, it will definitely add a lot of fun to her boring life in the future."

Hearing Wayne, who was in an advantageous position, say this, the quick-witted King Easter immediately took advantage of the situation and said to the young man from Skellige behind him:

"Well, Mr. Wayne is right. Let's put an end to such crude competitions as drinking and strength contests."

"Today is the day when Princess Pavila chooses her husband. It is also a celebration for the Kingdom of Cintra. We should play some civilized games."

King Easter looked at Wayne with a complicated expression in his eyes, but with a smile on his face, he said, "Come on, Wayne, I am a very famous Gwent master in Skellige."

"Let's play a game first to see who has better skills."

(End of this chapter)