When he heard that the two demon hunters were willing to go with him, he agreed very readily.
He was also quite generous. He directly gave 100 Orens as a reward and hired two people as guards to escort his caravan.
The journey from the floating harbor to Vizima takes about five days, and there is no possibility of irresistible danger along the way. This reward is already quite fair.
Of course, Revarden was not as generous a businessman as he seemed. In Wayne's memory, this guy would become the representative of the Southern Nilfgaard Merchants Guild in a dozen years, and would stay in the city of Vizima in Temeria, presiding over the Merchants Guild's trade in the north, and most likely working part-time as a spy.
However, unlike those Nilfgaardian officers who advocated slavery and destruction, this guy was not willing to carry out destructive plunder in the north.
Instead, they hoped to keep the North stable, keep its industry backward, and make it a resource purchasing and commodity dumping site for Southern merchants, thereby gaining wealth in a peaceful and lasting way.
The journey was quite smooth. The caravan of Revarden was not small. Including ordinary guards and workers, there were about forty or fifty people in total. There were even more horse-drawn and donkey-drawn carts. No blind thief would dare to mess with such a large team.
Most monsters, unless they are intellectually disabled, will not appear in front of so many living people.
They traveled in peace in the wilderness for five days. Under the guidance of a guide, they stopped in a village to rest and buy some agricultural products and subsidies.
Wayne even took the time to help the village get rid of a mad brown bear, and then invited Revalden, Dandelion and Geralt to enjoy a delicious meal of steamed bear paws, which won praise from everyone.
Especially Dandelion and Revarden, who had never enjoyed Wayne's cooking before. After eating the delicious steamed bear paws, they were simply amazed and felt that this was the most delicious food they had never tasted in their lives and would remember it forever.
On the morning of the sixth day, the group passed through a forest and finally arrived at the outskirts of Vizima.
Vizima is the capital of the Northern Kingdom of Temeria, ruled by King Foltest.
This city is located at the intersection of important trade routes and was built beside Lake Vizima in the Ishmina Valley, a tributary of Pontar. It was once an elven city. After being occupied by humans, the magnificent elven buildings were all destroyed, leaving only the magnificent sewer system, which is still used by humans.
The city is divided into several densely populated areas, accommodating thousands of residents and travelers from all corners of the world.
The city has been built quite well. In the city, you can find castles, shopping malls, temples, iron shops, merchant stalls, banks, workshops, inns and brothels. It has all kinds of facilities for various functions. In the Northern Kingdom, it is already considered prosperous.
Unlike others, when looking at the city of Vizima from afar, Wayne's mind involuntarily emerged with memories of his past life here.
Of course, this is not his memory, but the memory of the original owner of this body, the half-elf boy.
He lived in the slums of Vizima as a child. His mother was an elven prostitute. She was seriously ill and unable to take care of her young child. She also couldn't bear to see him grow up in the slums and become a victim of gangs or evil elements, so she entrusted Wayne to Vesemir, who was looking for commissions in Vizima.
By the way, when Vesemir took him away, the elf mother Martha was already dying. Now, ten years have passed, and I don’t know where the poor person was buried.
Dandelion rode at the head of the team, humming a song and enjoying the beautiful scenery around him.
Suddenly, he turned around and walked to Wayne and Geralt, pointed at the city of Vizima, and shouted: "Hey! Geralt, Wayne, look, Vizima seems to be building a new city, and there are many people working."
Wayne and Geralt looked in the direction Dandelion pointed, and sure enough, on another piece of land next to the old city of Vizima, a large number of workers were working busily.
The foundations of many buildings have been laid, and densely packed makeshift shacks are spread out around the construction site. Countless construction materials have been transported to the site from several directions and piled up into many small hills.
Hearing Dandelion's words, the wealthy merchant Revarden, who was sitting in a nearby carriage, stuck his head out and said, "Well, that's New Vizima over there."
"Since last year, King Foltest of Temeria has begun planning for the construction of New Vizima, and Mayor Vidrad is in charge of the construction of the new city."
"It is because of this news that I brought the caravan here."
"For businessmen, the establishment of a new city contains countless business opportunities, which is exactly the opportunity to make money that we are pursuing."
Hearing this, Geralt stroked his stubbled chin and said thoughtfully:
"I remember that underneath this land is a sewer system built by the elves. The interior space is very large, and there are many ancient ruins buried underground. There should be a lot of monsters hiding there."
"If they want to build a new city there, they will definitely need someone to clean up the monsters in the sewers. They need a monster expert. This should be a good commission."
Dandelion seemed to have some inspiration. He immediately took out his lute and played a melody, then said:
"Great! Another epic spectacle. I will observe carefully and write a new poem for the establishment of New Vizima. It will surely be loved by the residents of the Kingdom of Temeria."
Revarden seemed to admire Dandelion's talent very much. He immediately said that if Dandelion's new poetry could satisfy him, he would pay for a performance for him and invite a large number of celebrities to watch his performance, so that he could become famous in the upper circle.
Dandelion was delighted by this promise. He immediately sang and danced, praising Revalden in a roundabout way. The flattery was so disgusting that Geralt got goose bumps all over his body.
Listening to their animated conversation, Wayne's thoughts also wandered.
Others may not know, but Wayne, who has played the game and read the original book, knows very well that the main reason why King Foltest was so anxious to build a new city was because his daughter Adda was cursed and should have awakened from the grave and turned into a powerful vampire bird.
As the king's daughter, this monster was protected by Foltest, who would not allow anyone to kill her, but there was no way to lift her curse, so he could only leave her alone.
However, due to the nature of the monster, the vampire bird often leaves the tomb in the middle of the night and runs to the royal city or surrounding residential areas to kill and eat people, which has an extremely bad impact.
Dozens or even hundreds of victims died at her hands every year, forming a horror legend in the old city of Vizima. It also caused King Foltest to be hated and cursed by other nobles, and even affected his rule.
In the original book, this situation lasted for a long time, and many powerful warlocks and demon hunters tried to lift the curse, but all ended in failure.
King Foltest even offered a high price of three thousand orens, but no one could complete the task.
Finally, several years later, when the White Wolf Geralt passed by here, he finally found a way to lift Yadan's curse, turning her into a human princess again. She also met the warlock Triss and gained the friendship of King Foltest.
Now, because of his intervention, Geralt and he came to this country ahead of time, and many things in the future will definitely change because of this.
(End of this chapter)