Wizard: This witcher is not doing his job

Chapter 63 Lumber Camp

After reaching a consensus with the administrative officer Peter, Wayne officially purchased and moved into a new house in New Vizima City soon.

Two friends, Geralt and Dandelion, stayed with him.

The new residence was spacious enough that everyone was assigned a separate spacious room.

Of course, before moving in, he briefly told the two about the little earth spirit Lala's family. Whether it was the demon hunter Geralt or the naturally romantic bard Dandelion, they both had goodwill towards this kind demihuman race and said they would not harm the little earth spirit.

As for the druid elder Keynst, after nearly a week of conditioning, his body has returned to a healthy level.

The old man formally bid farewell to Wayne, preparing to carry out the three-year-delayed task of establishing a new druid ring in the forest by Lake Vizima.

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

On the eve of leaving Vikima City, Wayne spent five hundred Oren according to the agreement, carefully selected a gemstone earring in a jewelry store in the city, and sent it to Kayla's mansion as her birthday present.

In fact, he had considered giving the sorceress the gold pocket watch she had drawn, but because the craftsmanship of the gold pocket watch was too advanced, it was a work of art that could not be completed by medieval craftsmen, and it was easy to expose some things, so he gave up.

However, the sorceress didn't seem to care whether the gift he gave was precious or not. When he came to Keira's mansion at night, he was immediately attached to the sorceress who had dressed up in advance.

The two played adult games all night from the living room to the kitchen, from the kitchen to the bathroom, and then from the bathroom to the balcony. The poor maid Maisie also had to join the game when she brought the two of them supper. After persisting for two hours, she passed out again.

The next morning, before parting, Keira changed into an elegant long dress. She not only forgave Wayne for not attending her birthday party, but also gave Wayne a bottle of expensive wine. With a satisfied smile, she went to the palace to complete her work as a royal advisor.

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

Putting fine wine into his still empty wine cabinet, Wayne bid farewell to Geralt, who also had a complicated expression, then picked up his luggage, put on his equipment, mounted his mount Lucifer, and left Vizima City with the old druid Cainster.

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Lake Vizima is the largest inland lake in the Kingdom of Temeria. It connects the tributaries of the Pontar River and is located in the Izmina Valley. It provides a large amount of freshwater resources and fish for Vizima City and its surrounding villages and towns.

The reason why Vizima can support so many residents is due to this resource-rich freshwater lake.

And also because of the irrigation of a large amount of lake water and the nourishment of rainwater, not only a large swamp area full of dangers has been formed around this huge lake, but also an extremely wide virgin forest has been bred.

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

However, since a year ago, the situation has changed slightly.

Because of the establishment of the new Vizima City, there was a large demand for timber. Driven by the interests, large and small logging farms sprung up around the primeval forest, and a large number of loggers began to cut down trees in groups.

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

It was this chaotic environment that caused many monsters originally hidden in the central area of ​​the forest to attack the loggers who disturbed them.

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

The old man told the demon hunter the approximate location of the druid ring he was going to build, and once again thanked Wayne sincerely for saving his life, and then disappeared into the forest.

Looking at the direction Keynster left, Wayne suddenly thought, could it be that this old man established the druid camp in the Vizima Forest in the plot of The Witcher [-] more than ten years later.

Perhaps this is indeed the case. After all, the number of elder druids is quite small, and they will not appear or disappear for no reason. The only one sent to be a druid elder in Vizima should be Keynst.

It seems that even without Wayne's intervention, the old man would have escaped from the Dingo Gang's control, just as the Dingo Gang would have been replaced by other gangs without Wayne's intervention.

With such a mood, Wayne rode for another half an hour or so, and found the location of Revarden's logging camp.

This is a huge lumberyard. There are hundreds of lumberjacks working for Revarden, half of which are humans and half of dwarves. Wayne even saw a few elf lumberjacks.

They had obviously been working here for a while, and a large forest that had been cut down and only had tree roots continued to extend, as if it had been bitten by a giant beast, leaving an ugly scar in this green primeval forest.

Seeing Wayne riding a horse, a middle-aged man wearing a long robe and glasses with an anxious expression quickly walked up to Wayne.

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

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

"Yes, I accepted Mr. Levardon's entrustment and came here."

The middle-aged man seemed relieved, he gave Wayne a slight salute, and introduced himself:
"Welcome, Mr. Wayne."

"I am the deacon appointed by the respected Mr. Levardon, Ozick, to manage the daily affairs of this logging camp."

"Mr. Levardon has already written to tell me that you are a powerful fighter who can help us solve the current difficulties we are facing, and let us cooperate with your work."

His expression hesitated for a second, then he saluted again, and asked sincerely:
"Although it is presumptuous, Mr. Wayne, can you start working now?"

"This morning three of our loggers went missing and it's been two hours."

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

"If you can get them back, you're saving three families."

"I hope you will grant my request."

Ding!Trigger task, [Looking for the missing lumberjack], expert level.

Is it accepted?

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

However, as a task master, there is no reason to refuse the task.

He took the task in his mind, and his expression changed from the kindness at the beginning to serious. He looked at Ozick and said:
"Of course, it's my job, Mr. Ozick."

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

"Time is urgent. Every second of delay, the chances of the three workers surviving become smaller."

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

However, the person on the opposite side was a friend of his boss, and he looked like a teenager, completely different from the mercenaries in his impression who were born and died. If something went wrong, he would definitely not be able to explain it to the boss, Levardon.

Ozick thought about it for a second, and out of safety considerations, he still hesitated and asked:
"Mr. Wayne, do you need me to gather a group of loggers to act with you?"

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

Wayne picked up the master-level silver sword that had never seen blood from Lucifer, and hung it with the steel sword presented by Vesemir. He did not immediately reject Deacon Ozick's kindness, but said seriously:
"I don't need it 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 a large number of people are sent, there may be more casualties."

Seeing that the middle-aged deacon still had a hesitant look on his face, Wayne showed a faint smile and said in a flat tone:
"Don't worry about my safety. Although I don't look very old, there are more monsters who died under my sword than you can imagine."

(End of this chapter)