Wizard: This witcher is not doing his job

Chapter 18 Elf
Although the people in the village hated demon hunters, no one really dared to provoke them under the support of the bearded village chief.

After a short rest, Wayne and Geralt had a rather simple meal at Misha's house. It was really very simple, except for a few eggs, there was no oil or water at all.

Obviously, the life of these villagers is not easy. For the safety of her son, Misha may have brought out the best food in the family to entertain them.

After chatting with Geralt at the dinner table, Wayne finally knew what the reward of five ducats was.

The Ducat is a currency of unknown origin, currently only available in Kaedwen, Sintra, and Skellige.

A few years ago, when Geralt carried out the commission in Sintra, the price of a water ghost was two ducats, and in an ordinary tavern, one ducat might only be exchanged for an ordinary meal.

In other words, Misha hired two demon hunters to work for him at the price of two and a half water ghosts.

Hearing this, Wayne looked at Geralt speechlessly. Although he knew the character of White Wolf, he was just and kind, but he had to accept such a low price. Wayne couldn't help feeling a little bit, it's hard to be a good person.

This is no longer a free job. If their equipment is damaged a little during the battle, it will really be a loss.

Fortunately, he also asked for a lunch, otherwise it would be difficult to even fill his stomach with this little money.

After the meal, it was time for the performance of the famous detective Geralt.

He called Misha and the bearded village head to him, and asked in detail about Misha's two sons, their stature, appearance, habits, and so on.

After learning from the two people, the area where the two young people often cut firewood, and the general situation in this forest, they were ready to set off.

Wayne didn't intervene in the whole questioning process. He just took out a whetstone from the package, and while sharpening the steel sword he inherited from Vesemir, he thought carefully about the intention of Geralt's every question and his train of thought.

As a novice demon hunter, he needs to learn from the senior White Wolf. Detection and reasoning are essential skills for a demon hunter to perform tasks.

After the inquiry, everything was ready. Geralt and Wayne took all the equipment needed for the battle, and deposited their own carrot and their luggage with the bearded village chief.

Of course, in order to prevent these unruly people from having any wrong thoughts, the two of them did not forget to take out their weapons and warned seriously:
"If something is missing from our salute, we'll double it and get it back from you."

The bearded village head is still a sensible person, so there shouldn't be any mistakes.

According to the information obtained, the two quickly left the village and entered the forest not far from the village.

They followed the route described by Misha, using the super senses of the witcher, to search along the footprints on the road, and finally found the area where the two young people usually cut trees.

It was early spring at this time, and the Kingdom of Kovind was located in the northeast of the northern countries, and the temperature was colder than that of several other countries. In this untouched forest, human footprints were quite obvious.

While following the trail, Geralt imparted his investigative skills to Wayne unreservedly through dictation.

Wayne practiced while learning, and finally spent more than half an hour before he found two bundles of firewood and an ax covered by weeds in an inconspicuous grass.

"It should be here."

Geralt touched his stubble-covered chin, and deduced:
"Two young men had an accident here, and because of the urgency of the situation, they lost wood and an axe."

He looked up at Wayne and said:

"Let's look around here for footprints, blood or something."

Wayne nodded, opened his witcher senses, and began to look for any possible clues around the grass.

To be honest, this kind of carpet search is not pleasant, it is time-consuming, not fun, and it is very energy-consuming, it is simply a kind of physical labor.

But there is no way, in the wild where the evidence is scarce, only this kind of stupid method can find the result.

After searching for more than ten minutes, Wayne still didn't find anything, but Geralt not far away stood up, waved to him, and shouted:

"Wayne, come to me."

"I found a clue."

When he walked past, Geralt was crossing his arms, seemingly lost in thought again.

Wayne looked in the direction of his line of sight, and soon found four rows of footprints on the ground. Judging by their shape and depth, two of the footprints should be Misha's two sons.

In just a few seconds, Geralt came to a conclusion.

"The good news is that there is no blood in the vicinity. At least the two children did not die here, nor did they die in the mouth of wild wolves. They should have been held hostage."

"The bad news is that it's been almost three days since it happened."

"For such a long time, no one knows where they were kidnapped and are they still alive?"

Wayne shrugged indifferently, pointed to the footprints on the ground, and said:
"No matter where they are taken, all we can do is follow the clues they left behind and keep searching."

Geralt thought the same way. He drew the long sword behind his back and said to Wayne:
"Let's go, pull out your sword, look at the direction of these footprints, they must have been taken deep into the forest."

"Be vigilant at all times. Spring is here, and the monsters are beginning to recover. No one knows what will suddenly pop out of the forest."

………………

Time passed quickly, and it was dusk in a blink of an eye.

Although the environment in the forest is extremely complicated, it is still unbearable. Two professional demon hunters with super senses.

Wayne and Geralt were in tandem, one was in charge of following the footprints, the other was in charge of guarding, and they moved forward together.

After walking in the forest for about two hours, passing through many obstacles, I finally came to a cave that was hidden by a big tree and was very hidden.

However, before they got close to the cave, suddenly, several wooden bows and arrows were shot down from the giant tree near the entrance of the cave, nailing them accurately on the route they were traveling.

No need to be reminded, Wayne instantly propped up a layer of Kunn shield for himself, and the steel sword in his hand also assumed a defensive posture.

And Geralt was even more straightforward. The moment the bow and arrow shot down, he rolled like a donkey and rolled behind a big rock to hide.

Wayne carefully maintained the Kunn shield, looked in the direction of the bow and arrow, and saw that at some point, on the branches above the giant tree, there were already six elf archers wearing animal skins and holding bows and arrows in their hands.

One of the female elves with long black hair and sharp black eyes observed the two of them for more than ten seconds. His eyes seemed to stay on Wayne's elf's pointed ears for a long time, and then he said in the lingua franca of humans:
"Witcher, there are still two."

"This is the territory of elves, why did you come here?"

(Thanks again to Daji, Bigan, Beidangyun, passers-by for how to raise the protagonist, rabbits and carrots, where is Xuehua, etc. for the rewards from several bigwigs, as well as the monthly tickets and recommendation tickets that everyone supports. The protagonist has finally gone down the mountain and is about to unveil the prelude to a bigger world.)
(End of this chapter)