On the afternoon of the second day after entering the fog, Wayne and others went deep into the heart of the fog and chose a destroyed small village on the past map of Kaedwen as a resting point.

Along the way, they have killed more than a thousand monsters. Although they were only intermittent waves of monsters, the demon hunters' physical strength could still hold up, but the continuous casting of spells still made the two female sorcerers exhausted.

It just so happened that the buildings in this village could be used as defense facilities. After clearing out the monsters in the village, they simply decided to stay here for one night to relieve the fatigue of the battle.

Among this group of people, Wayne was undoubtedly the most popular chef. The two sorceresses were responsible for assisting, while Reso and the other two were responsible for guarding against possible monster attacks on the outskirts of the village.

After the delicious dinner was ready, they had a rare moment to sit together and discuss their next steps.

"There are too many monsters here. I bet that I have encountered more monsters in the past two days than I have encountered in the past year."

"Moreover, compared to zombies resurrected by humans, evil ghosts and water ghosts are more difficult to deal with after being resurrected."

"Most of their physical weaknesses have disappeared. Although their flexibility has decreased, their lethality has increased. I almost got hurt when they were besieged last time."

The one who spoke was Ox from the Viper School. Compared to the taciturn Letho, Ox and the other Serrit were relatively young and more active.

Upon hearing this, Serrit said with a worried look on his face:

"It seems that the warlocks' concerns are not wrong if this monster that can resurrect corpses is rampant throughout the world."

"No human kingdom can resist these undead creatures. After those kingdoms are destroyed, there will even be an army of hundreds of thousands or even millions of undead monsters."

"There are too many humans, far more than the monsters."

Upon hearing this, Lei Suo fell silent, as if he was also thinking about the possibility of such a thing.

Wayne sat aside, listening to their discussion, and suddenly said speechlessly: "You worry too much. When the time comes, all the dead will be cremated and the bodies will be burned, which will greatly alleviate the problem."

"And don't underestimate spellcasters. Monsters like these move slowly and can only be lethal in groups. Warlocks can easily deal with them as long as they let go and find their weaknesses."

Margarita, who was sitting next to Wayne, smiled slightly when she heard this, and said confidently, "Yes, Mr. Reso, you don't need to worry about it."

"We in the Warlock Brotherhood are actively studying the weaknesses of these monsters. I believe it won't be long before we can develop magic to deal with them."

"Like these days, we found that low temperatures are particularly effective against these zombies."

"If there is a need later, we only need to unite three warlocks. We are capable of launching a large blizzard covering several thousand meters."

"By then, even if there are tens of thousands of these zombies, they will all be frozen in place and lose their combat effectiveness."

"Large-scale dispel spells and spells that forcibly change the terrain, as long as we are given time to prepare, our Warlock Brotherhood can use them in a targeted manner."

"In fact, in this bounty competition, every participating warlock has an invisible mission, which is to collect information about the monsters they have encountered."

"I believe that after this commission is over, with the combat data personally experienced by so many warlocks, we will definitely be able to have a better understanding of these monsters from other worlds and formulate more effective strategies."

"As long as we can find a way to seal the gap torn by the power of another world, dealing with the monsters in the fog won't be a problem."

Keira also expressed her agreement with this. The power of most warlocks could not be fully exerted because of the restrictions of the Warlock Brotherhood.

If necessary, an outstanding sorcerer like her who can become a royal advisor can use magic even to destroy a city as long as she prepares the casting materials and time.

When several people were discussing tomorrow's itinerary, Wayne suddenly heard a group of noisy cries for help, curses and desperate shouts with his keen hearing.

He was stunned at first, then immediately realized that other warlocks were attacked, and the thought of watching them die flashed through his mind. After all, this was a competitive mission, and although killing each other was not allowed, there was no rule that required saving people in distress.

But soon he changed his mind, because Wayne thought that all those who could participate in the bounty competition were young warlocks from the north, and some of them were acquaintances who had appeared in the original work.

Regardless of whether to save the person or not, it is best to go over and find out who was attacked. At that time, whether to watch the person die or to do him a favor, both are good choices.

Thinking of this, Wayne said to the others: "I heard the enemy's voice, you stay alert, I'll go take a look."

Reso and others nodded and did not object, but Kayla opened her mouth and wanted to go with Wayne.

"I'll go with you, Wayne, so we can both take care of each other."

Just as Margarita said, only in young sorcerers like Triss and Keira can one still see some precious qualities.

However, he still rejected Kayla's kindness and said comfortingly:

"Don't worry, it's better for me to hide when I act alone, so there won't necessarily be a fight."

"Don't act rashly, or you will get dragged into a meaningless battle."

After leaving the rest point, Wayne immediately put on an invisibility cloak. Although he was not afraid of any fight, it was better to have less trouble than more. If the other party was not worth saving, he would just watch coldly.

Soon, after walking about two hundred meters, he saw a massacre in progress on a slope outside the village.

About twenty archers wearing leather armor, with dark blue skin and demon tattoos on their faces and bodies, were chasing a group of mercenaries from all directions with bows and arrows in their hands.

These archers moved very fast and had very good shooting accuracy. Even when the mercenaries who were being hunted were forced into a desperate situation and wanted to turn around and attack them, they were simply unable to catch up with the archers.

On the contrary, because of his big movements, he was unable to protect himself and was shot in the eyes and neck by several arrows, dying tragically.

There were originally about thirty or forty mercenaries, but they only resisted for about seven or eight minutes before more than half of them were killed by the archers.

However, the sacrifice of these mercenaries was not in vain. They successfully delayed the archers, giving a middle-aged man dressed comfortably and running in front a chance to escape.

This middle-aged warlock was thin and even looked mean, with a mustache under his nose. His face was filled with fear and sweat, but he just gritted his teeth and ran towards the village.

Wayne stared at him for a few seconds, then suddenly thought of something and recognized the man's identity.

This guy's name is Kalkstein, and he's a master alchemist, chemist, inventor, scientist, fortune teller, writer, runesmith, and warlock from the Temeria capital of Vizima.

He once worked with Geralt in The Witcher 1 and is a very talented researcher.

The reason why Wayne knew him was not only because this guy was already well-known in Vizima, but also because he once wanted to recruit this guy with great research talent to join his demon hunter cult.

However, during that period, Kalkstein was away conducting other research, and the two sides had no chance to meet at all, so the matter was temporarily shelved.

Unexpectedly, he met this guy here, and the other party was in danger of losing his life.

In this case, saving the other person is also a good choice.

Wayne's mind only thought for a moment, and his body reacted immediately.

When he was hundreds of meters away from the demon archers, he took out his Dragon Roar Bow from his bracelet, first put an enhanced version of the Quen Seal on himself, and then used his superb archery skills to shoot at the enemy.

Thanks to his powerful arm strength, the arrows he shot were extremely fast. They whizzed past a distance of a hundred meters and instantly pierced through the demon archer's head, killing him on the spot.

Not only that, Wayne's archery speed is also very fast. Even if the aiming time is taken into account, he can basically shoot an arrow every three or four seconds.

Soon, before the demon archers could react, three or four of them were shot dead.

When the mercenaries who were struggling to survive saw this, they immediately realized that they had reinforcements, and desperately gathered together without charging, just trying to save their lives between the gaps between the archers on both sides.

When the fallen archers realized that Wayne was a powerful enemy, they gathered around him, trying to use their numerical advantage to suppress Wayne's long-range attacks.

However, Wayne's Quinn shield was already extremely strong at this time. Even if he did not dodge, he could withstand more than a dozen arrows without moving. He directly fought with those archers and quickly took away several lives of the opponents.

Once the shield is broken, the cunning demon hunter will immediately flash to the cover on the side. In just a few seconds, he will put on another layer of hard shield on his body, giving these archers no chance to fight back.

Coupled with the distraction of the mercenaries between the two sides, in just a few minutes, most of the twenty or thirty fallen archers were shot dead by Wayne.

The rest all realized that the situation was not good and quickly disappeared into the fog.

(End of this chapter)