Chapter 162

Middle-earth can be considered one of the few relatively peaceful worlds in fantasy worlds.

At this time, before Sauron's orc army invaded, except for the border areas bordering the orcs, the entire continent could be considered safe.

And the Shire, where the hobbits lived, was even more of a peach blossom land forgotten by most people.

Under the efforts of the hobbit villagers, with the arrival of Balin and his dwarf construction team, the construction of Wayne Manor also entered the right track; the workers worked together, and under the command of Balin, this experienced dwarf master architect, the entire manor also began to be completed bit by bit according to the pre-designed progress.

And since killing the black bear Beorn, Wayne's daily life, besides practicing various skills and training the deathclaw cub Robin, occasionally accepted some invitations or took the initiative to accept some bounties, riding the magic flying carpet to eliminate some powerful monsters for the nearby residents.

Just like this, time passed day by day, and soon a year and a half passed, and the huge Wayne Manor was built.

The dwarf craftsmen returned to Bree town, some hobbit workers were hired as planting workers in the manor directly from the original construction workers, and even the old magistrate Mr. Ford was invited by Wayne to become his butler after retirement, responsible for managing the affairs of the entire manor.

And old Ford was worthy of being an experienced manager; the large manor was managed in an orderly manner by him.

As for why old Ford, as a retired magistrate, would be willing to accept Wayne's employment, that was because the hobbits also implemented a noble enfeoffment system; although old Ford once served as a magistrate, that was just a job, and he was already nearly ninety years old this year, even among hobbits, he could be considered to have entered old age.

If it weren't for being unable to withstand Wayne's warm invitation, this old hobbit would not have participated in work again, but was preparing to become a leisurely farmer to enjoy his old age.

And after becoming Wayne's butler, old Ford's most important job at present was to be responsible for managing the farmland in the manor.

These farmlands were reclaimed by workers with great effort when building the manor; if no one planted them for a long time, they would soon be abandoned as wasteland again.

Fortunately, most hobbits are experts in farming; under old Ford's management, a large amount of pipe-weed was put into planting, and some herb seeds that Wayne brought from the Wizard World were also tentatively planted in the land of Middle-earth.

Although it would still take another year or two to rely on these crops to make money, under the old man's management, the entire manor also began to operate normally, and the respectable Mr. Wayne finally lived the dashing life of a manor owner.

Not only that, as Wayne's reputation continued to ferment, in the Shire and its surrounding areas, the name of the witcher was also spread further and further, louder and louder; whenever people encountered monsters that could not be solved, they would think of that witcher who repeatedly completed bounties and easily hunted monsters.

Well, of course, compared to the title of witcher, Middle-earth residents would more affectionately call Wayne a wizened hunter.

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This morning, the sunlight shone into the luxurious bedroom of Wayne Manor.

Wayne had just woken up from the comfortable double bed, and the two-year-old direwolf White Fang pushed open the bedroom door, wagging its tail, running back and forth around Wayne's big bed; the excited movements made the neat blanket on the floor wrinkle.

And after the little wolf White Fang ran back and forth for a dozen laps, seeing that the master seemed to have no reaction, this naughty wolf cub immediately howled, exerted force with its legs, stuck out its tongue, jumped onto the soft big bed, brought its big mouth to the master's side, and wanted to use its wet tongue to lick Wayne's face.

However, before it could get close, its dog head was pressed onto the bed by Wayne. The powerful force made the little thing unable to move at all, and it could only struggle while making begging whimpers, and tried to use its tongue to lick the palm of Wayne's hand that was pressing its head.

Now seeing the little guy's pitiful appearance, Wayne let go of the direwolf, which was becoming more and more like a husky, and let out a roar like a wild beast from his mouth.

Hearing this roar, the little direwolf immediately looked like it had seen a nemesis; it tucked its tail and ran out of the room in a dejected manner.

It had been almost two years since he came to Middle-earth, and soon it would be the time Wayne scheduled to return to the witcher world.

In these two years, because there was no outside interference, he was able to concentrate on practicing various skills, and the purpose of this trip could be considered mostly completed.

Among the four main skills of the witcher, both the Sign level and the mutation level, because of condition limitations, did not have corresponding resources to improve, and still maintained the original level.

And the Gwent level, although he had the idea of promoting this entertainment in this Middle-earth world, because the time was still early and his prestige was not enough to promote this activity, the plan had not yet started.

And in these two years, swordplay was the main skill he had to spend a lot of time practicing every day; thanks to the concentrated hard practice every day, he finally successfully upgraded the swordplay level from level six to level ten, opened the second skill specialty, and became the first skill among many skills to open two skill specialties.

And among the auxiliary skills, although I don't know why, driving the magic flying carpet would also improve the riding level, but this skill also successfully upgraded from level four to level five, opened a skill specialty, but unfortunately, the lack of ability points made this specialty temporarily unable to be lit up. As for Wayne's other auxiliary skills, although most of them did not improve, the two items of cooking and taming had made great progress.

Because in these two years, Wayne's most important task was to tame the deathclaw cub Robin, and his main way of taming, besides using taming techniques, was to cultivate the favor between him and the pet through cooking and feeding, which was also one of the important ways.

It was precisely because of this that Wayne's taming level directly upgraded from level one to level eight, opened a special skill specialty, and his cooking level also upgraded from level seven to level eight.

And besides that, in these two years, Wayne also accumulated a total of six hundred ordinary-level treasure chests and more than twenty expert-level treasure chests, piled up in the system space without being opened.

The experience of these nearly seven hundred tasks made Wayne's witcher level upgrade from level eight to level ten; not only did his physical fitness get a small improvement, but he also obtained two ability points, which could be used to light up skill specialties.

Taming LV8: Animal affinity +8, Master's bond +8.

Skill specialty selection:

Beast Language: As a professional tamer, because of long-term contact with animals and long-term participation in taming, you have understood the language of most wild beasts and can communicate with most wild beasts through language, and at the same time, you can better give orders to your pets. Effect: Obtain beast language ability, communicate with most wild beast languages.

Taming Expert: As a leader among tamers, the pets you carefully cultivate will get more nutrition and better training, making them leaders among their kind. Effect: The pets you cultivate have their attributes increased by ten percent.

Facing these two skill specialties of taming, Wayne did not hesitate much and quickly chose the first one.

Although the second specialty could improve the combat effectiveness of the deathclaw cub, the first specialty, beast language, was obviously more suitable for a witcher who had to deal with various different situations.

Just think about it, if you can communicate with all kinds of animals, then wouldn't the entire wild world be his helpers and eyes and ears?

And the second specialty of level ten swordplay was also very powerful.

Swordplay LV10: Swordplay power +50%.

Already possessed specialty: Cat's Agility.

Selectable specialty:

Swordplay Genius: Long-term swordplay training has allowed you to discover your powerful talent for swordplay; you are born a genius at using swordplay, and although you are still slightly immature at this time, as a swordplay genius, you have a growth speed that others cannot match. Effect: Swordplay level improvement speed +200%.

Born with Divine Strength: In the process of developing swordplay, you found that your strength growth far exceeds other attributes; could it be that you are also a person born with divine strength? Effect: Strength attribute increased by ten, and every time you upgrade, you gain two points of strength improvement.

The skill specialty at level ten was obviously more powerful than the skill specialty at level five, and how to choose these two specialties of swordplay level also made Wayne fall into a short entanglement.

The former could double the swordplay improvement speed, but it would not improve his strength in a short time.

And the latter could immediately increase his strength by one-third and increase more strength attribute growth in future level upgrades.

These two skill specialties were undoubtedly very practical skills, and choosing either one was very easy to use.

However, after careful consideration, Wayne still chose the second specialty.

After all, compared to only improving strength in swordplay, the application range of the strength attribute was wider; it could not only increase his own attack power but also wear heavier and thicker armor.

And his current weapon was a two-handed greatsword weighing more than twenty kilograms; although it was still handy to use now, the increase in strength would undoubtedly greatly increase the power of this treasure sword.

One force overcomes ten meetings; in the Chinese martial arts concept, it is also a highly respected one.

(End of this chapter)