Wizard: This witcher is not doing his job

Chapter 40 Vizima City
Negotiations with the rich businessman Revardon went quite smoothly. He is a businessman from the south, and he is naturally interested in everything in the north, and he doesn't have the deep-rooted hatred and hatred for demon hunters like the northerners.

Hearing that the two demon hunters were willing to go with him, they readily agreed.

And he was quite generous, directly giving a hundred Oren as a reward, and hired two people as guards to escort his caravan.

The journey from the Floating Harbor to Vizima would take about five days, and there would be no irresistible danger along the way, so the reward was quite fair.

Of course, Revarden was not a generous and wealthy businessman on the surface. In Wayne's memory, this guy would become the representative of the Nilfgaard Merchant Union in the south after more than ten years. He had been staying in Vizima City in Temeria, presiding over the trade union's trade in the north, and with a high probability, he would also work as a spy.

However, this guy is different from those Nilfgaardian officers who advocate slavery and destruction, he is not willing to make destructive plunder to the north.

Instead, it is hoped that the north will maintain stability, keep its industry backward, and become a place for southern businessmen to purchase resources and dump goods, so as to obtain wealth peacefully and lastingly.

The journey along the way was quite smooth. The scale of Levarden's caravan was not small. Including ordinary guards and workers, there were four to fifty people in total. There were even more horse carts and donkey carts. No thieves who were not open-eyed would dare to mess with such a large caravan.

And most monsters, unless they were mentally deficient, would not actively appear in front of so many living people.

So peaceful, they marched in the wilderness for five days. Under the guidance of the guide, they took a rest in a village and bought some agricultural products and subsidies.

Wayne even found time to help the village deal with a mad brown bear, and then invited Revardon, Dandelion, and Geralt to enjoy a delicious steamed bear paw, which was highly praised by everyone.

Especially Dandelion and Levardon, who have never enjoyed Wayne's cooking skills. After eating the delicious steamed bear's paw, they were simply amazed.

On the morning of the sixth day, the group passed through a forest and finally arrived at the outskirts of Vizima City.

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. It was established next to Lake Vizima in the Ismina Valley, a tributary of Pontar. It was once an elf city. After being occupied by humans, all the gorgeous elf buildings were destroyed, leaving only a magnificent and huge sewer system, which is still being used by humans.

The city is divided into several densely populated areas, housing thousands of residents and travelers from all corners of the world.

This city has already been built quite well. In the city, you can find castles, shopping malls, temples, iron shops, merchant stalls, banks, workshops, hotels, and brothels. There are all kinds of functional facilities. In the Northern Kingdom, it is already considered prosperous.

Unlike others, looking at Vizima City from a distance, Wayne's mind could not help but recall the memory of living here in the past.

Of course, this is not his memory, but the memory of the original owner of the body, the half-elf boy.

He lived in the slums of Vizima when he was a child, and his mother was an elf prostitute. Because she was seriously ill, she couldn't take care of her young children, and she couldn't bear him to grow up in the slums and become a victim of gangsters or evil elements, so she entrusted Wayne to Vesemir who was looking for commissions in Vizima.

Speaking of which, when Vesemir took him away, the elf mother Martha was already running out of time, but I don't know where the poor man was buried ten years later.

Dandelion bluffed at the head of the procession on horseback, humming a song while intoxicated by the beautiful scenery around him.

Suddenly, he turned back to Wayne and Geralt, pointed at Vizima City, and shouted:
"Hey! Geralt, Wayne, look, Vizima seems to be building a new city, and a lot of people are working."

Wayne and Geralt looked in the direction Dandelion was pointing at. Sure enough, they looked up and saw that on another piece of land next to the old city of Vizima, a large number of workers were working in full swing.

The foundations of many buildings have been laid, and densely packed simple shacks are spread around the construction site. Countless construction materials have been transported to the construction site from several directions, and piled up into many hills.

Looking at the scale of the huge construction site, the area is almost several times that of the old city. If the construction is completed, it will definitely be a rather magnificent city.

Hearing Dandelion's words, the wealthy businessman Levardon who was sitting in the nearby carriage also stretched out his head, and interjected:
"Well, that's New Vizima over there."

"Since last year, King Foltest of Temeria has started to prepare for the construction of the new Vizima. Mayor Vedlard is responsible for the preparation of the new city."

"It was because of this news that I came here with the caravan."

"For businessmen, the establishment of a new city contains countless business opportunities, which are exactly the opportunities for wealth we are pursuing."

Hearing this, Geralt stroked his stubble-covered chin and said thoughtfully:

"I remember that under this piece of land, there is a sewer system built by elves. The interior space is very large, and there are many ancient ruins buried underground. There should be many monsters hidden."

"If they want to build a new city on it, the monsters in the sewers must be cleaned up. They need a monster expert. This should be a good commission."

Dandelion seemed to have some inspiration, and immediately took out the lute to play a melody, and then said:

"Great, it's another epic occasion. I'm going to watch carefully and write a new poem for the establishment of New Vizima. It will definitely be loved by the residents of the Kingdom of Temeria."

Revardon seemed to appreciate Dandelion's talent very much. He immediately said that if Dandelion's new poems satisfied him, he would pay for a performance for him, invite a large number of celebrities to watch his performance, and make him famous in the upper circles.

This promise made Dandelion very happy, and he immediately sang and danced, and praised Revarden obliquely. The disgusting compliment made Geralt get goose bumps all over his body.

Listening to their lively chat, Wayne's thoughts also diverged.

Others may not know it, but Wayne, who has played the game and read the original book, is very clear that the main reason why King Foltest is so anxious to build a new city is because his daughter Adda has been cursed and should have awakened from the grave at this time and turned into a powerful vampire demon bird.

As the king's daughter, this monster was protected by Foltest and did not allow others to kill her, but there was no way to lift her curse, so she could only let it go.

However, due to the nature of monsters, the vampire demon birds often leave the tomb in the middle of the night and go to the royal city or surrounding residential areas to kill people and eat meat, causing extremely bad influence.

Dozens of hundreds of victims died under her claws every year, forming a terrifying legend in the old city of Vizima. At the same time, King Foltest was hostile and cursed by other nobles, and his rule was even affected.

In the original book, this situation lasted for a long time. Many powerful warlocks and demon hunters tried to accept the curse, but all ended in failure.

King Foltest even offered a high price of [-] Oren, but no one could complete this task.

It was not until a few years later that Geralt the white wolf passed by here that he finally found a way to lift Yadan's curse and turned her into a human princess again. Because of this, he met the warlock Triss and gained the friendship of King Foltest.

Today, because of his intervention, Geralt and he came to this country ahead of schedule, and many things in the future will definitely change because of this.

(End of this chapter)