"This is a great opportunity, Mr. Wayne."
"You must also be troubled by the bad reputation of demon hunters among the people."
"Now many nobles and kings in the north are troubled by these monsters. The common people at the bottom are in urgent need of professional demon hunters to help them."
"Because your numbers are so small, a mercenary combat profession called Monster Hunter has even emerged."
"However, facing those monsters from another world, most ordinary human warriors just become food for the monsters, or become one of the monsters because of the necromancy magic from another world."
"If your new Demon Hunter Cult is willing to participate in this work, I'm sure those civilians will understand that the bad reputation of Demon Hunters in the past was just a misunderstanding."
"The new Demon Hunter Cult will also be able to gain the support of the people in the north, allowing the profession of Demon Hunter to regain respect."
At the end of the dinner, Tishaya did not hide anything and made her intentions clear and explicit.
Regain respect.
This was a very tempting condition, at least for those old-school witchers like Vesemir.
The situation was pretty much what Wayne had expected. According to intelligence from the Wayne Chamber of Commerce, the entire north was currently troubled by the chaos brought about by alien monsters. Although it had not caused any major unrest, it had affected the daily lives of ordinary people.
Because of the existence of these monsters, large cities protected by city walls were no longer noticeable, but the open wilderness became more dangerous. Caravans and tax collectors were more likely to be attacked by monsters and bandits when they went out, and many big businessmen had to spend more money to hire caravan guards and mercenaries.
The increase in business costs led to soaring prices, which eliminated a number of merchants and caused them to lose market share.
To a certain extent, this is also one of the main reasons why the Wayne Chamber of Commerce has been able to develop rapidly and quickly gain a foothold in markets in various countries.
"This is indeed a good opportunity, Ms. Tissaia."
"But now, our Demon Hunter Cult has just been established and is in a stage of reconstruction. The number of demon hunters who can go out to participate in the battle is too small, and most of them are busy with other work and do not have so much time to travel back and forth among the northern countries."
"I can only thank you for your kindness. We are unable to accept such a commission for the time being."
After listening to Tisha's suggestion, Wayne politely refused, but he didn't agree with it in his heart.
Just kidding, if this condition were placed in a wizarding world without Wayne, it might be a good way out for the demon hunter.
This large and rewarding commission can not only improve the social pressure on the witchers, but also provide them with considerable rewards. In such a materially poor world, it is much better than fighting with those poor farmers for a water ghost worth a few gold coins.
Unfortunately, now the leader of the Witcher Cult is Master Wayne, a Witcher with money power. Now the entire Witcher Cult no longer needs to worry about money problems.
It is estimated that even if the wealth of all members of the entire Warlock Brotherhood were added together and doubled, it would still not be one-tenth of his. How could they possibly buy off the current cult with money?
Even if the Warlock Brotherhood did not intend to play any tricks this time, but sincerely wanted the witchers to help them stabilize the situation in the north, Wayne's witcher cult could no longer be subservient to others and become the warlocks' thugs and cannon fodder for the rulers.
Tissaia's suggestion did serve as a reminder to Wayne. Although all the demon hunters in the cult had their own jobs under his arrangement, they rarely went out to carry out demon hunting commissions.
However, the demon hunter apprentices in the cult still lack practical experience and need to be tempered by their humanity in this chaotic world.
However, this is indeed a good opportunity to change the reputation of the demon hunters, and I believe that those troubled nobles will also actively cooperate.
But if he tried to do it through the Warlock Brotherhood or the northern nobles, Wayne felt that he could not trust them. The ending of the Witcher Cult in the past was still fresh in his mind, and it was a bloody lesson.
If you really want to do it, you can use the network laid out by the Wayne Chamber of Commerce to do it.
It is always unreliable to pin your hopes on despicable outsiders. Only by doing it yourself can you feel at ease.
"Is that so? That's a pity."
"If you change your mind, you can ask Triss to tell me that the Warlock Brotherhood looks forward to cooperating with the Demon Hunter Cult."
A hint of sadness appeared on Tissaia's dignified and beautiful face. As a conservative warlock, she really hoped to use the power of the demon hunters to stabilize the monster chaos in the north, and at the same time make the ancient profession of demon hunters flourish again.
As a high-level warlock over 500 years old, she has almost witnessed the rise and fall of the demon hunter profession. Even the founder of the demon hunter, Alzu, is not a stranger to Tissaia. He is almost the most outstanding colleague of the same era.
In a sense, Grand Mentor Tissaia, like Francesca, is a living historical figure, which is probably why they can become close friends.
After rejecting Tissaia's long-term commission, Wayne suddenly changed the subject and said with a smile:
"But, Ms. Tissaia."
"Although it's a long-term commission, we don't have the ability to complete it. But if the Warlock Brotherhood encounters a difficult monster and needs some powerful warriors to protect them, you can communicate with us through Triss and let us provide protection."
"The duty of demon hunters is to protect weak civilians. Although we have been misunderstood and maliciously accused by them for a long time, we have not forgotten this."
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After dinner, Tishaya left with Francesca.
The conversation with this lady was quite pleasant. Perhaps because she had been the headmaster for hundreds of years, although Tissaia was a bit old-fashioned and conservative in her words and deeds, she was not the kind of person who would engage in intrigue and scheme. She was a very decent lady.
In this respect, he is much better than many corrupt nobles. At least he doesn't have to worry about her stabbing him in the back.
The next afternoon, after a night of fierce fighting, when the red-haired beauty Triss, who had not tasted meat for a month, left satisfied, Wayne contacted Sianna through the magic communicator and gave his latest instructions to the manager of Wayne Chamber of Commerce.
She was asked to use the power of the Chamber of Commerce to establish a demon hunting guild based on taverns in all cities throughout the north to collect intelligence and handle various combat missions, and to recruit all the mercenaries called monster hunters on the market with high rewards.
Compared to other organizations, the Wayne Chamber of Commerce is able to use its own business network and high-quality resources to provide all monster hunters who join the guild with, but are not limited to, high mission rewards, cheap and easy-to-use equipment and weapons, various conveniences in food, clothing, housing and transportation, and even some intelligence support across the entire North.
In the future, after leaving Kaermohen, apprentices of the Witcher Cult will also operate in the northern countries through this organization.
No more bargaining with stupid farmers or greedy nobles.
There will be special people in the Chamber of Commerce to discuss mission issues. The demon hunter apprentice is just a profession similar to that of a monster expert. He hides among the many monster hunters and quietly develops his strength.
In this way, not only can the organization of the Demon Hunter Cult be hidden quietly and confused with the numerous monster hunters, but the bad reputation of the Demon Hunter in the North can also be eliminated, and even ordinary people can forget the profession of Demon Hunter and remember the more common Monster Hunter.
When the cult develops a formula for mutagenic potions that breaks through age restrictions and is no longer restricted to children, Wayne will be able to recruit those loyal and talented members to join the Demon Hunter Cult through the Demon Hunter Guild.
Of course, to achieve this goal, the Demon Hunting Guild must have a reward system that can enhance cohesion and loyalty, and give guild members benefits and advantages that they cannot obtain elsewhere.
Wayne was quite confident about these. After all, he mastered the methods of traveling through many worlds and could provide the members of the Demon Hunting Guild with various other-worldly products that other organizations could not provide.
In this way, many years later, the Demon Hunter Guild will be able to exist in this world as a subordinate organization of the Demon Hunter Cult.
And the profession of demon hunter will no longer be as rare as non-human races, and will no longer be so conspicuous and easily hated.
They will become the most loyal to the Demon Hunter Cult among many monster hunters, as well as the most powerful elite members.
After several years, when the Demon Hunter Guild has grown stronger, Wayne will even be able to issue commissions to allow elite members within the guild to carry out commissions from other worlds and become cannon fodder for the Demon Hunter Cult to explore other worlds.
(End of this chapter)