Chapter 76: Departure

Returning to the shore, looking at the empty wooden boat, Wayne suddenly found that he had forgotten one thing. If there was no Fisherman King to drive the boat for him, he couldn't even leave Black Gull Island.

Just when he was at a loss and considering whether to return to the forest to ask the Fisherman King for help, the old man had already walked out of the forest with steady steps.

The old man first looked at Wayne with some unclear eyes, and looked at him seriously several times, as if he were some rare thing, and then drove the small boat without saying a word, taking Wayne away from this island in the middle of the lake.

By the time Wayne returned to Wyzima from Black Gull Island by boat, and returned to Wyzima from the swamp village by horse, it was just in time for the sun to rise and the city gate to open, so he didn't have to wait outside the city like a fool.

Returning home, Wayne couldn't wait to start boiling water, preparing to take a hot bath. After every battle, although the blood stains outside the armor were relatively easy to handle, the dirty blood that seeped into the armor always made him feel uncomfortable all over.

Not only was it wet, like countless tentacles crawling on his body, but there was also a disgusting smell that always lingered in his keen sense of smell.

But there was no way, the profession he was engaged in was this kind of killing, no matter how uncomfortable he felt, it was better than Geralt entering the sewer to deal with those Drowners full of shit.

And with the end of the Lady of the Lake incident, Wayne's life gradually entered the right track. In addition to completing some sporadic ordinary commissions and helping Reuven and other lumber bosses clean up the monsters that attacked them.

On weekdays, he did the most, which was to go to Master O'Henry's blacksmith shop to learn various forging techniques, add various daily necessities to his home, and build other daily facilities he needed.

After passing like this for nearly a month and a half, Wayne successfully learned forging through cost-insensitive money burning, wasted a lot of materials, and raised it to level two.

Forging LV2: Forging success rate +2, quality improvement +2.

And the godling Lara, who was learning magic from the Lady of the Lake, also returned to her home a week later.

Then, together with her parents and brother, she came to Wayne's home through the well mouth, specifically delivering the reward for the last commission, as well as sincere gratitude.

Lara's father, Cruz, not only gave Wayne a small bag of various precious gems that had been carefully polished as remuneration, but also gave Wayne a special magic item.

"Mr. Wayne, this is a magic wine pot I found in an ancient ruin I explored. It is a gift I carefully selected for you."

Cruz handed a wine pot that seemed to be made of silver, with a flat shape and various magic inscriptions carved on the bottle body, to Wayne, and said sincerely: "You are a witcher, often performing commissions in the wild, you will definitely like this gift very much."

"This magic wine pot can hold four different drinks in total, and because of special magic, each drink can hold as much as a whole barrel of wine."

"Not only that, as long as those drinks enter this wine pot, they will no longer be affected by the outside temperature. That is to say, if what you put in is hot water, even after a year, as long as you pour it out, it is still hot water."

Speaking of this, Cruz touched his beard with some reluctance, sighing: "I don't know which magic master's work this magic item is."

"What is contained in it is not only space magic, but also time magic, and the magic inscriptions on it are not any kind of font we have today."

"I have studied it for a long time and checked many ancient books, but I still have no clue. Sometimes I even suspect that it is not something from this world."

Speaking of this, he nodded to Wayne gratefully again and said: "However, you are my son's savior and a person favored by the Lady of the Lake. I am willing to give this treasure to you."

Wayne picked up the wine pot and observed it carefully, and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. He could be sure that this magic wine pot was not a product of the local world of The Witcher, but must have crossed over from another world because of some celestial conjunction.

Because the style of this wine pot was the classic style that was very popular in the nineteenth century on Earth in the past.

And the magic inscriptions carved on the wine pot were very much like the legendary Runes.

It's just that based on these two points, Wayne couldn't be sure which magic world this wine pot came from. After testing it, Wayne found that this was indeed a very practical magic prop. Although because of the size of the bottle mouth, things with too large volume could not be stuffed into the wine pot.

But liquids like all kinds of hot water, fine wine, cold drinks, or potions, as long as they entered this wine pot, it was as if time had stopped, and they would not change until they were poured out.

It can be called the perfect tool for home travel.

And Wayne also found that after the rescue of the Lady of the Lake, Lara's brother Fiss had indeed gotten rid of the influence of the evil god. This is a godling with a somewhat irritable temper but an extremely tenacious character. I don't know if it counts as a blessing in disguise. After the rough transformation of the evil god, the godling Fiss was not only much stronger than his peers in physical strength, but also grew tissues like fish gills at the position of his cheeks, possessing the ability to be amphibious on land and water. The octopus tentacles on his chin no longer grew, but looked like a strange decoration, which looked quite interesting.

Perhaps in the future, when Fiss grows up, even if he doesn't rely on magic ability, this little guy can defeat other enemies by virtue of his flesh and martial arts.

And Wayne also learned from Cruz that the other survivors who were rescued from the Drowner's lair were sent to the swamp village, but they didn't persist.

After persisting for a few days, they finally left this world in the company of their relatives.

Perhaps, compared to becoming a slave of the evil god and becoming a minion of the evil god, being able to die by the side of relatives can be considered a misfortune in misfortune.

And after living in Wyzima for nearly two months, Wayne also gradually adapted to this medieval life.

Because of his appearance characteristics, except for the more conspicuous amber cat eyes, he looks like a handsome and strong elf boy, and because he doesn't have to rush for the pressure of life, in fact, the identity of a witcher didn't have much impact on him.

After all, in Wyzima, Wayne lived quite low-key. He always turned around among a few acquaintances. Every commission was basically introduced by acquaintances, and the clients would show considerable respect for his witcher identity.

Gradually, Geralt also put down his worries about Wayne, not having to worry about this young apprentice encountering any danger in the city.

And on one night, the White Wolf Geralt formally proposed to Wayne to leave.

"Wayne, I have stayed in Wyzima long enough."

"The commissions here have basically been cleaned up by us, and you, have also lived a quite stable life."

"In a few days, I will prepare to leave here and go to the countries further west to see if there is any other work."

Wayne, who was sharing dinner with Geralt, raised his eyebrows. There was not much surprise in his heart. The two had already agreed on this matter, but it was only today that Geralt proposed it.

He considered for a few seconds, then nodded, and suggested: "Since you have decided, I will not stop you."

"However, Geralt, after moving into the new house for nearly a month, we haven't held any celebration activities."

"The day after tomorrow, I plan to hold a dinner party at home and invite some of our friends to attend, which can also serve as your farewell banquet. I hope you won't refuse."

Geralt nodded upon hearing this and responded in a hoarse voice:

"That's fine, let's do it. I just happened to save some money, and before I set off, I also need to prepare supplies for the trip."

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