Although Queen Calanthe's face was not looking good, she still formally invited all the members of the Witcher Cult to hold a rather grand thank-you banquet in the hall of the Cintra Palace.

Good wine and delicious food, magnificent and magnificent.

There were not many people attending the banquet, and they were all Queen Calanthe's most trusted people.

Including King Easter, the Archdruid Mossak, the Royal Palace Guard Captain and the two Interior Ministers in the Cintra Royal Court.

After eating and drinking, Queen Calanthe took out her reward, a full eight thousand orens, almost twice as much as King Foltest.

Moreover, the queen was indeed a person who was willing to spend a lot of money. When she was speaking, she hinted that as long as Wayne was willing to work for him, she would give him a baronial title and a small town as a territory, and make him a noble of Cintra.

Of course, this method may be a huge reward for ordinary people, allowing them to do anything.

However, whether it was a bounty of less than 10,000 gold coins or a small baronial title, our Master Wayne did not care. He politely rejected the Queen's kindness, and after scanning the faces of everyone at the banquet, he asked, "Your Majesty, although this may be a bit excessive, I still want to remind you."

"Vilgofortz, the evil sorcerer who kidnapped Princess Paveta."

"Although my magic dealt him heavy damage, he did not die. Instead, he escaped from the Kingdom of Verden."

"This is an extremely dangerous enemy. Even among the many warlocks in the north, he is definitely a powerful existence."

"He will never give up his desire for the power within Princess Pavetta. The safety of the Cintra royal family is not guaranteed."

The mission was completed, the people were rescued, and he also completed a master-level mission, gaining several hundred experience points and a treasure chest.

At this point, of course Wayne could say whatever he wanted to say. He was not afraid of offending anyone anyway.

"So, Your Majesty Calanthe and Your Majesty King East, you'd better spend more effort and try every possible way to weaken Vigfortz's power."

"We can make him a wanted criminal in the entire North, hire an assassin at a high price to kill him, or put pressure on the Warlock Brotherhood to hand over this criminal themselves."

"But, to be honest, I don't think you are a good match. It's hard for ordinary people to hurt a strong man like Vigfortz with their strength."

"So, Queen Calanthe, I think the most reliable advice is that until you are sure that Viggofortz has been dealt with, you'd better hide Princess Pavetta in an extremely safe place."

"Otherwise, we may not be so lucky next time and rescue the princess."

Wayne's words were quite straightforward. They were not as roundabout as the language of the nobles. He emphasized etiquette and seemed to look down on the power of the Cintra royal family. Queen Calanthe was so furious that she even lost her temper in public.

However, the queen is indeed a very magnanimous ruler. After all, Wayne and others are the benefactors of the Cintra royal family. They also experienced the bride selection banquet together a few years ago and are the people who know the inside story best.

She wouldn't blame anyone for a little verbal offense.

So, Queen Calanthe suppressed her anger, glared at Wayne angrily, and then looked at Geralt, who regarded her granddaughter Ciri as the child of destiny, with displeasure, and announced loudly:

"Thank you for your advice, Master Demon Hunter. However, this matter is of great importance. Please give us a few more days to think about it carefully."

Wayne shrugged indifferently. Anyway, he didn't really expect Cintra to be able to solve the trouble of Viggofortz. As he said before, when a source warlock who is not afraid of the magic metal really wants to do something.

Most mortals have no way to resist.

But for the various magical abilities that the warlocks possess, it only causes them a little trouble.

The most important thing is the attitude of the Warlock Brotherhood. As long as the attitude of the Cintra royal family is firm enough and the means of boycott are strong enough.

Whether it is to successfully make the Warlock Brotherhood stand against Viggoforts, or to make the two sides not help each other, making Viggoforts a lone man, unable to appear openly beside other spellcasters and reach cooperation with them, this is the biggest weakening of this man.

After the dinner ended in a somewhat depressing atmosphere, Wayne returned to the luxurious hotel he bought. The first thing he did was to give Sianna an instruction.

"Sianna, I want to offer a bounty for one person's head. The bounty is, one million gold coins."

One million gold coins, a bounty for Vigfortz's head.

This is an extremely exaggerated number. To put it bluntly, except for the strongest countries in the north, many small countries like Weiden cannot come up with so much money even if they empty their treasury.

For Lord Wayne, this sum of money might be just half a month's interest, but for many kingdoms, it is a huge fortune that can train an army, and the bounty amount is enough to make any noble or mercenary crazy.

Even Sianna was a little stunned. As the manager of the Wayne Chamber of Commerce, although she usually spent money lavishly and used her strong financial resources to crush many competitors and conquer local nobles one after another, she rarely took out so much money at one time to deal with one thing, let alone just offering a reward for one person's head.

Siana hesitated for a second after hearing this, and looked at her master with her beautiful eyes, and asked cautiously: "Master, is this too ostentatious?"

"One million gold coins, if they were crowns, would be enough to sustain an army of 10,000 people for many years, or even to start a large-scale war."

"With such a huge reward, let alone whether the mercenaries can believe it, I'm afraid that even all the kings in the north will pay attention to our Chamber of Commerce because of this matter, which will arouse their greed."

Upon hearing this, Wayne glanced at his little slave girl. He was relieved to see that she was able to express her thoughts frankly and did not become his yes-man.

However, he had already thought about this matter and had already made up his mind, so he said nonchalantly: "If Queen Calanthe and King East knew that someone was willing to offer such a large reward to do this, they would definitely be willing to support it."

"With the credibility of the two countries of Cintra and Skellige supporting this matter, no one should doubt its true trust."

"And I heard that the people of Skellige are all brave and consider defeating a strong enemy as their life's honor."

"If their former king is willing to offer such a large bounty for the life of a villain, it will definitely attract a large number of warriors to do this."

"Once this matter becomes known to everyone in the north and enough people get involved, and the situation ferments rapidly enough, even if the Warlock Brotherhood wants to keep a low profile, they will be forced to not do so."

"This is a fortune that ordinary people can hardly imagine. It is enough to make anyone betray. Vigfortz will have no place to stand in the north. Even if he escapes to the southern kingdom, he must be careful of the backstabs of some people around him."

"This is an open conspiracy. The power of money is enough to attract everyone. For me, as long as I can achieve my goal, this little money is nothing."

After hearing this, Sianna thought for a while, then looked at her master with some admiration and approached him obediently.

It was just as the master said. Even someone like her who had seen the mountains of gold and seas of Kaer Morhen would be shocked by such a sky-high reward. It was probably difficult for anyone to resist the temptation of such money.

(End of this chapter)