It has been almost two years since he came into this world. There have always been people around him that he needs to consider, and he has always needed to hide his abilities.

This is the first time I feel free.

He turned to look at Toruweier beside him and said in a familiar tone, "It's getting late now, Toruweier, let's go to where you live and talk about the commission."

"I'm a little curious about how you live in the cave."

The female elf frowned when she heard this. She was a little confused by Wayne's sudden familiar attitude, but after all, she had a commission to be given to this demon hunter to complete, so she didn't take it too seriously.

After giving a few instructions to the elven archers in the trees, she ordered them to continue hiding and guarding the cave entrance. Then she motioned for Wayne to follow her and led the way into the cave.

This is a cave similar to a stalactite cave, with countless conical stalactites on the top of the cave. The entrance is not large, but the space inside is quite spacious.

Wayne followed behind Toruviel. The female elf held a torch in her hand that she had taken down from near the cave entrance. With the help of some light that came from nowhere, they walked through a complicated route that was like a maze, twisting and turning.

Finally, we followed an underground river more than one meter wide, passed through a huge and exquisite archway, and came to a building that looked like the underground ruins of elves.

The space here is very large, and its structure is similar to that of a banquet hall in a palace. Four huge stone pillars connect the floor and the ceiling, supporting a huge space.

“This is where we’re staying temporarily.”

Toruviel pointed in a direction in the hall, where there were several bonfires burning and a dozen different tents of different sizes standing next to the bonfires.

Some elves and dwarves were sitting around the campfire, resting, talking and working. There were men and women, young and old. Most of them were wearing simple clothes and had haggard expressions. They should be ordinary civilians.

Wayne even saw several short halflings standing next to an iron pot next to the campfire, stirring a huge spoon and cooking food.

"They are all poor people who have been persecuted by humans, lost their loved ones, had their property taken away, and can't survive in the town."

Toruvir's face showed no expression, she just spoke calmly.

"We took them in, taught them to fight, taught them how to survive in the forest."

"But the king's soldiers are still hunting us down, trying to kill us all."

"There is nothing we can do except resist."

Listening to the elf girl's narration, Wayne was silent. In the world of witchers, non-human races such as elves, dwarves, and halflings have always been the targets of persecution.

Thousands of years ago, the Ainshedi elves kindly took in human refugees who were stranded in this world due to the intersection of celestial bodies. Since then, this race has been accompanied by cleansings and massacres.

Wayne didn't have the ability or the time to intervene in the affairs of the non-human races for the time being, so he skipped the topic and asked while observing the ruins around him: "This ruins looks huge, but you all live in this hall."

"You gave us a commission, do you want us to help you clean up this ruins?"

Toruweir nodded, resting her hand on the iron sword at her waist, and said directly without hiding anything:

"Yes, Demon Hunter."

"This is the remains of the elves that we found by chance. Although it is in a dark underground environment and not convenient for living, it is at least hidden enough and has a shelter from the wind and rain for us to live in."

"But this place has been abandoned for too long, and many monsters already live in the ruins."

"Several of my warriors have been injured by the monsters here."

"You are demon hunters, experts in dealing with monsters, so I want to entrust you to help us clean up the monsters here."

Wayne nodded, but did not agree immediately. Instead, he began to observe the situation of the ruins.

The history of this relic is obviously quite long, and many places have been damaged and destroyed by the baptism of time, but from the exquisite murals and beautiful statues that can be seen everywhere here, it can still be seen that the elf civilization was powerful in the past.

Through dark vision, Wayne discovered that there were four doors connecting to other places in the hall where Toruveil and others lived.

In addition to the huge archway through which they entered, there was another stone door that had been blocked by stones and soil, and the other two were guarded by dwarves and elves holding weapons and torches, obviously to guard against attacks from monsters.

However, Wayne had already accepted Misha's missing person mission today, so even if he accepted the elves' ruins mission, he would not get any reward.

Therefore, he just casually observed the hall and said to Toruweier, "I can help you clean up this ruin, Toruweier."

"However, it is already very late. We demon hunters must be fully prepared before fighting monsters."

"So, please help me find a quiet place so that I can prepare for the battle."

"Tomorrow, after I meet up with my companions and we have discussed the compensation, we will start your commission."

(End of this chapter)