After reaching a consensus with Political Officer Peter, Wayne quickly officially purchased and moved into a new house in New Vizima.

He also stayed with his two good friends, Geralt and Dandelion.

The new residence was spacious enough and everyone had a separate, spacious room.

Of course, before moving in, he briefly told the two of them about the little earth spirit Lala's family. Both the witcher Geralt and the naturally romantic bard Dandelion had goodwill towards this kind-hearted sub-human race and said that they would not harm the little earth spirits.

As for the druid elder Cainster, his body has recovered to a healthy level after nearly a week of treatment.

The old man formally bid farewell to Wayne and prepared to carry out the mission that had been delayed for three years, to establish a new druidic circle in the forest beside Lake Vizima.

After discussing with Wayne, the old man decided to leave Vizima together when Wayne went to the logging camp in Revarden.

On the eve of leaving Vizima, Wayne spent five hundred orens as agreed and carefully selected a pair of gem earrings from a jewelry store in the city as a birthday gift for Kayla and sent it to her mansion.

In fact, he had considered giving the sorceress the gold pocket watch he had drawn, but he gave up because the craftsmanship of the gold pocket watch was too advanced and it was a work of art that medieval craftsmen could not have completed, and it would easily reveal some things.

However, the sorceress didn't seem to care whether the gift he gave was precious or not. When he arrived at Kayla's mansion at night, he was immediately attracted by the sorceress who had dressed up carefully in advance.

The two of them played adult games from the living room to the kitchen, from the kitchen to the bathroom, and then from the bathroom to the balcony, and the poor personal maid, Macy, had to join in the game when she brought them midnight snacks. After persisting for two hours, she fell asleep again.

The next morning, before leaving, Keira changed into an elegant long dress. Not only did she forgive Wayne for missing her birthday party, she also gave Wayne a bottle of expensive wine. With a satisfied smile, she went to the palace to complete her work as a royal adviser.

Holding a bottle of fine wine worth hundreds of orens, Wayne left Kayla's mansion with mixed feelings and returned to his home.

After putting the wine into his still empty wine cabinet, Wayne said goodbye to Geralt, who also had a complicated expression on his face. Then he picked up his luggage, put on his equipment, rode his mount Lucifer, and left Vizima with the old druid Cairnst.

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Lake Vizima is the largest inland lake in the Kingdom of Temeria. It is connected to a tributary of the Pontar River and is located in the Izmina Valley. It provides a large amount of fresh water resources and fish for the city of Vizima and its surrounding villages and towns.

This resource-rich freshwater lake has played an indispensable role in Vizima's ability to support so many residents.

Also, because of the irrigation of a large amount of lake water and the nourishment of rain water, not only a large and dangerous swamp area has formed around this huge lake, but also an extremely large primeval forest has been nurtured.

A large number of wild animals, demons and monsters live around Lake Vizima, dividing their respective territories and forming a relatively stable ecological structure.

But things have changed a little since a year ago.

The establishment of the new Vizima city created a huge demand for timber. Driven by profit, large and small logging sites sprang up like mushrooms around the primeval forest, and a large number of lumberjacks began to cut down trees in groups.

The emergence of these logging sites has seriously disrupted the ecological structure of the original forest. Many wild animals living in the forest have been forced to leave their habitats and invade the territories of other creatures, fighting for their own survival.

It is this chaotic environment that causes many monsters that were originally hiding in the central area of ​​the forest to begin attacking loggers who disturb them.

Following the route given by Revarden, they rode forward all the way and after entering the primeval forest, the druid elder Cairnst officially separated from Wayne.

The old man told the witcher the approximate location of the druid ring he was going to build, and after sincerely thanking Wayne for saving his life again, he disappeared into the forest.

Looking at the direction where Cairnst left, Wayne suddenly thought, could it be that the druid camp in the Vizima Forest in the plot of The Witcher 1 more than ten years later was established by this old man?

Perhaps it was true. After all, there were very few druid elders. They would not appear or disappear without a reason. The one sent to be the druid elder of Vizima should be only Cairnst.

It seems that even without Wayne's intervention, the old man would escape from the control of the Wild Dog Gang, just as the Wild Dog Gang would be replaced by other gangs without Wayne's intervention.

With this mood, after riding for about half an hour, Wayne found the location of Rewarden's logging camp.

This was a huge lumberyard. There were hundreds of lumberjacks working for Revarden, half of them were humans and half were dwarves. Wayne even saw a few elven lumberjacks.

Seeing Wayne coming on horseback, a middle-aged man wearing a robe, glasses, and looking a little anxious, quickly walked up to Wayne.

He pushed up the wooden square-framed glasses on his nose, looked Wayne up and down for several seconds, and then said in a voice with a southern accent: "Excuse me, are you Mr. Wayne, the demon hunter?"

Wayne got off his horse, with a kind smile on his face, nodded and said:

"Yes, I came here on behalf of Mr. Revardon."

The middle-aged man seemed relieved. He bowed slightly to Wayne and introduced himself: "Welcome, Mr. Wayne."

"I am Ozk, the deacon appointed by the respected Mr. Revarden, responsible for managing the daily affairs of this lumberyard."

"Mr. Revarden has written to tell me that you are a powerful warrior who can help us solve the current difficulties and ask us to cooperate with your work."

He hesitated for a second, then bowed again and asked sincerely, "Although it may be a bit presumptuous, Mr. Wayne, can you start working now?"

"This morning, three of our loggers suddenly disappeared, and it's been two hours."

"They are all formal workers from Vizima City. They have wives and children and are the breadwinners of their families."

“If you can save them, you’ve saved three families.”

"I hope you can agree to my request."

Ding! Trigger the mission, [Search for the missing lumberjack], expert level.

Do you want to receive it?

Wayne frowned. He didn't expect to receive an expert-level task just after arriving at the workplace.

However, as a task master, I have no reason to refuse a task.

He accepted the task in his mind, and his expression changed from being kind at the beginning to being serious. He looked at Ozick and said, "Of course, no problem. This is my job, Mr. Ozick."

"Please take me to the crime scene and tell me what information you have."

"Time is urgent. Every second of delay will reduce the chances of survival for those three workers."

Seeing Wayne's professional and serious attitude, Ozk became more respectful.

However, the man opposite him was a friend of his boss, and he looked like a teenager, completely different from the mercenaries he had in mind who had risked their lives for many years. If something went wrong, he would definitely not be able to explain to his boss, Revarden.

Ozick thought about it for a second, and for safety reasons, he asked hesitantly: "Mr. Wayne, do you need me to gather a group of lumberjacks to work with you?"

"Although they are not fighters, they are all strong workers and should be able to help a little."

Wayne took the master-level silver sword from Lucifer that had never seen blood, and hung it together with the steel sword given by Vesemir. He did not immediately reject Deacon Ozick's kindness, but said seriously: "Not for now, Mr. Ozick, I have to investigate the situation at the scene before making a decision."

"This primeval forest is full of dangers. If we send a large number of people, there may be more casualties."

Seeing that the middle-aged deacon still had a hesitant look on his face, Wayne smiled faintly and said calmly: "Don't worry about my safety. Although I don't look very old, the monsters who died under my sword are far more than you think."

(End of this chapter)