Chapter 219: Master-level Task: The Runaway Princess

Before the plot happened, Geralt had no intention of causing trouble. He just sneaked into the palace secretly, wandered around this gorgeous palace at will, and casually chose some jewelry in the palace treasury.

He met that beautiful Princess Isabelle, got to know the king and the villain, and casually set a magic mark on the princess.

It was not that he coveted the beauty of this princess, but since he had come, he had to get a higher-level task to be worthy of the few days he had wasted.

Soon, five days passed. Just when Geralt was thinking about whether to return to the Wizard World first, say hello to the acquaintances in Beauclair, and then come back to deal with the task in this world.

That riot he had been looking forward to for several days finally happened.

This day, Geralt was leisurely watching a show in a circus in the royal city. The programs performed by a group of medieval clowns were, actually, quite interesting.

This gave Geralt an idea: he would take some novels, scripts, and literary works from this world back, whether as gifts for others or as a literary plagiarist; he might even be able to pass himself off as a great writer or a great man of letters, show off, and gain many unexpected benefits.

However, just when he was watching the show with great interest, a large group of soldiers and guards suddenly ran through the street, holding weapons, starting to search for suspicious people in every shop, and even blocked all the city gates of the royal city, making all the residents of the royal city very nervous.

Clearly, the plot in the movie had begun. If he remembered correctly, it seemed that a monk stole the magic beans that could connect to the giant territory in the sky and wanted to take them to the monastery to destroy them or something, but halfway through, because he was pursued by soldiers, he quite coincidentally handed them to the male protagonist of the movie.

And the crown was stolen by Roderick, who might marry the princess. This guy was a bad seed and wanted to use the power of the giant race to overthrow the current king and rule the entire kingdom.

Therefore, Geralt decided to wait a little longer. When the timing was about right, he could kill Roderick, get the crown, and incidentally complete another task.

Anyway, at night, when the magic vine grew and strengthened to form a path to the sky, it would be his turn to start acting.

Thus, Geralt ignored the chaos outside the street and leisurely returned to the inn he had rented, reading a book while waiting for the development of events.

Soon, the time came to evening, and a heavy rain suddenly fell from the sky. Seeing this situation, Geralt knew the time was about right.

The magic beans obtained by the male protagonist were stimulated to grow by the heavy rain in the sky, forming a huge magic vine.

He changed into a set of rainproof leather armor, brought a rainproof cloak, controlled the Magic Flying Carpet, left the inn directly, and also flew away from the royal city of the Kingdom of Albion, flying toward the outside of the city.

Things went very smoothly, and he didn't wait long. In Geralt's dark vision, a huge magic vine suddenly started to grow rapidly at a position two or three kilometers outside the royal city, rising rapidly at a speed of almost one or two meters per second. In just a few minutes, it grew to one or two hundred meters high, connecting the sky and the earth, which was very conspicuous.

After seeing this magic vine, he did not wait any longer and drove the magic carpet toward that position.

Although flying in the heavy rain was quite troublesome, the distance of two or three kilometers passed in a flash. It took about ten minutes for Geralt to fly to the bottom of the magic vine, which had grown to nearly a thousand meters high and had penetrated deep into the clouds, and saw the messy situation at the root of the vine.

As expected, Geralt found the male protagonist who had fallen unconscious on the muddy ground.

Speaking of which, this guy was unlucky. He was fooled by the fleeing monk and traded his family's horse for magic beans of unknown use. As a result, when he was at home, the magic beans fell into the mud under his house, and he encountered the heavy rain, which sent his house, along with Princess Isabelle, who had gone out to avoid marriage and had come to his house to avoid the rain, directly to the sky, to the territory of the giants.

Seeing the main character, Geralt was not polite. While he was still unconscious, he searched him and found the remaining five magic beans. This thing was a good thing, almost one of the most valuable treasures in the movie.

And it belonged to a magic item that the monks of the present could no longer manufacture; it was almost unique and could not be obtained again in the future.

It would be too wasteful to leave it for the people of this world. Perhaps he could take it back, find sorcerers to study it, and see if these magic beans could be replicated. If so, even if this thing were used as an engineering weapon, it would be very powerful.

After getting the magic beans, Geralt looked up at the magic vine that had penetrated deep into the sky and chose not to climb up now.

He hadn't received the task yet, and if he finished the matter now, it would be too much of a loss.

Thus, he drove the Magic Flying Carpet again, found a place to avoid the rain nearby, and entered a state of meditation.

Soon, the time came to the next day. The heavy rain had ended, and the fragrance of the mud dampened by the rain in the morning sun was transmitted to Geralt's nose.

He opened his eyes and walked out of the place where he was avoiding the rain. More plant fragrance rushed toward him, sweeping away the stuffiness of the heavy rain last night.

Looking up, where the vine grew last night, a group of knights wearing fine equipment had arrived at this time. The leader was wearing a golden helmet and golden armor; it was the King of Albion, King Brauwell.

Seeing that the main character had arrived, Geralt changed into his set of green dragon armor that looked quite gorgeous, carried the huge Oathkeeper on his back, boarded the Magic Flying Carpet, and flew toward their direction.

This action was not for hiding, so Geralt did not fly high, just at an altitude of more than ten meters from the ground. When he flew to about two hundred meters away from the king, he was discovered by the soldiers beside the king.

The strength of the Kingdom of Albion was not bad. Not only did they have knights in full plate armor, but almost all the royal city guards were equipped with iron armor, all of which were standard equipment. Although the quality was not particularly good, at least the technological level had reached a certain level, much stronger than some countries in the Wizard World.

And just as he said before, on the city walls of the royal city, four large rapid-fire ballistae were installed, which were very powerful and could even kill giants. Geralt prepared to take one back to study before leaving. If it weren't for the lack of space in the space bracelet, he would even be prepared to take them all away.

Seeing Geralt flying over driving the magic carpet, not only the king, but the guards, soldiers, and the general present were all very surprised. Some soldiers even opened their mouths directly, as if they had seen some miracle.

In this world, magic was just a legend and only existed in stories. Seeing a person who could fly in the sky with his own eyes was undoubtedly a phenomenon that subverted their cognition.

However, Geralt's armor was both gorgeous and majestic, and he himself was tall and handsome, with a human appearance, which did not arouse too much hostility.

After seeing Geralt, not everyone's acceptance was so delayed. King Brauwell and General Hanwiton, who was wearing glasses beside him, were the first to react.

This elderly general was the most cautious. He turned around and shouted to all the soldiers:

"Stay alert!"

"Protect the King!"

Then, together with the captain of the Royal Guard, Elmont, who also reacted, he took out his weapon and blocked in front of the king, looking at Geralt flying over in the sky with vigilance.

The captain of the Royal Guard, Elmont, took out the crossbow from his back, aimed it at Geralt, and shouted loudly: "Do not come any closer, stranger. In front of you is King Brauwell of the Kingdom of Albion."

"Who are you? Why did you come here?"

Facing the vigilance of these people, Geralt slowly decelerated his Magic Flying Carpet, stopped at a distance of about thirty or forty meters away from them, then lowered his flight altitude, jumped off the flying carpet, and landed on the ground.

After both sides had looked at each other, he looked at the king wearing golden armor and said: "Your Majesty King Brauwell, I have no malice. You can call me Master Geralt."

"Because I discovered this magic vine, I came here."

He scanned the soldiers around the king with a calm gaze and then said: "You can understand me as the kind of wizard in the story, a user of magic. I came here to deal with the giant race in the sky."

Hearing Geralt accurately mention the magic vine and the giant race, the king and the general present immediately frowned and asked with some disbelief: "The giant race?"

"Is it possible that the giant race mentioned in the story really exists?"

King Brauwell had just learned from the male protagonist Jack that his daughter, Princess Isabelle, had been taken to the sky by the magic vine. Now hearing about the giant race, he became even more worried about his daughter's safety.

Geralt's expression did not change, he just stretched out his finger and pointed at the huge magic vine that had penetrated deep into the sky, and said: "Didn't you already mention this kind of magic vine in the stories left behind from hundreds of years ago?"

"This is not a story, but a real event that happened in the past."

"Since this kind of magic vine exists, then the giant race also exists. Isn't that a normal thing?"

After speaking, Geralt continued to look at the king and said directly:

"Your Majesty the King, I am going to enter the Giant Kingdom along this magic vine. The strength of the giant race is very powerful, and I must do reconnaissance work in advance."

"Your Kingdom of Albion had better also be prepared, be prepared for the giant race to come to the ground."

After speaking, Geralt prepared to bypass the king and his soldiers and walk toward the magic vine.

Of course, this was just a means of playing hard to get. If he wanted to climb up, he would have started acting last night. Now he was just waiting for the king to ask him for help.

Facts proved that it was not bad. As the king's only daughter, Princess Isabelle was still very favored.

When King Brauwell saw Geralt re-board the Magic Flying Carpet, looking like he wanted to fly directly onto the magic vine.

Although he still had many doubts in his heart and did not believe what Geralt said, he still shouted loudly: "Master Geralt, if you are going to the top of this magic vine, to the Giant Kingdom you mentioned."

"Could you please rescue my daughter, Isabelle."

"I am willing to pay you one thousand gold coins as a reward."

With the king stating the bounty, the surrounding soldiers were in an uproar.

Hearing this, Geralt was calm on the surface, but actually, he was still a bit surprised at the king's offer.

After living in the royal city for a period of time, he found that the purchasing power of gold coins in this world was quite high, and the purity was also very high, which could not be compared with the shoddy gold coins of the Northern Kingdoms. A common pack horse only needed two gold coins to buy, and that was at a high price.

A reward of one thousand gold coins was already an astronomical figure that ordinary people could not imagine.

However, for Geralt, it was ridiculous to try to dismiss him with this little money.

He remembered very clearly that in the giant castle in the sky, there was a whole room full of gold, silver, and treasures, all of which were wealth robbed by these giants when they ravaged the human world hundreds of years ago. These things would undoubtedly become his spoils of war. Compared with these riches, this one thousand gold coins was just a small profit.

However, as the king's voice fell, the sound of the system's reminder also rang in Geralt's mind.

Ding! Triggered task 【Rescue the Runaway Princess】 Master-level.

Whether to accept.

Geralt did not hesitate; he was waiting for this.

Immediately after accepting the task given by the system, Geralt looked at King Brauwell calmly, waved his hand, and there were tens of thousands of gold coins piled up like a small mountain on the ground. Each gold coin was shining, piled on the ground, and the height could reach the chest of an ordinary person.

This scene immediately stunned everyone present. With so many gold coins, I am afraid that only His Majesty the King had the honor to have seen them in his own treasury.

Where had ordinary people seen this scene?

Of course, Geralt was currently in a state of debt, and he did not have so many gold coins on hand. This was just a loan he took from Vivian to put on a show.

Looking at the soldiers and the king who were stunned, Master Geralt waved his hand again, and the gold coins piled up like a small mountain disappeared and returned to his money bag.

After greatly improving his own status, he said in a calm tone: "Your Majesty King Brauwell, do you think a wizard as powerful as me would lack gold or power?"

"However, I will rescue your daughter, Princess Isabelle, and I will also solve the giants in the giant territory."

"You just need to remember that you owe me a favor. When the time comes, I will ask for it."

(No more today, ten thousand words tomorrow!) (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 220 =====