Chapter 40
The negotiations between Vizima City and the wealthy businessman Revarden went very smoothly. He is a businessman from the south, and is naturally interested in everything in the north. He does not have the deep-rooted dislike and hatred for demon hunters that northerners have.
Hearing that the two demon hunters were willing to travel with him, they readily agreed.
And he was quite generous. He directly gave one hundred Orens as a reward and hired two people as guards to escort his caravan.
The journey from the floating port to Vizima takes about five days, and there are no irresistible dangers along the way. This reward is considered quite fair.
Of course, Revarden is not a generous and wealthy businessman on the surface. In Wayne's memory, this guy will become the representative of the Southern Nilfgaardian Merchant Union more than ten years later, and will always stay in Temeria. Vizima City presides over the trade of the Merchant Guild in the north, and there is a high probability of working as a spy part-time.
However, this guy is different from those Nilfgaardian officers who advocate slavery and destruction. He is not willing to make destructive plunder of the north.
Rather, they hope to maintain stability in the North, maintain its industrial backwardness, and become a source of resources for southern merchants and a dumping ground for goods, so that they can gain wealth peacefully and lastingly.
The journey along the way was quite smooth. Rewarden's caravan was not small in size. Counting ordinary guards and workers, there were forty or fifty people in total. There were even more horse-drawn carriages and donkey carts. There were no unsightly thieves. How dare you mess with such a big team.
And most monsters, unless they are mentally deficient, will not take the initiative to appear in front of so many living people.
So peacefully, they marched in the wilderness for five days. Under the guidance of the guide, they took a break in a village and bought some agricultural products and subsidies.
Wayne even took the time to help the village deal with a crazy brown bear, and then invited Revarden, Dandelion and Geralt to enjoy a delicious steamed bear paw meal, which was highly praised by everyone.
Especially Dandelion and Rewarden, who had never enjoyed Wayne's cooking skills. After eating the delicious steamed bear paws, they were so shocked that they felt that this was something they had never tasted in their lives. Delicious food that will be remembered forever.
On the morning of the sixth day, the group passed through a forest and finally arrived at the outskirts of Vizima City smoothly.
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 elven city. After being occupied by humans, all the gorgeous elven buildings were destroyed. Only the magnificent sewer system is left, still being used by humans.
The city is divided into crowded areas, housing thousands of residents and travelers from all corners of the world.
This city is quite complete. You can find castles, shopping malls, temples, iron shops, merchant stalls, banks, workshops, hotels and brothels in the city. There are all kinds of facilities with various functions. In the Northern Kingdom, it has been It can be considered prosperous.
Unlike others, looking at Vizima City from a distance, Wayne's mind couldn't help but have memories of living here in the past.
Of course, this is not his memory, but the memory of the body's original owner, the half-elf boy.
He lived in the slums of Vizima when he was a child. His mother was an elf prostitute. Because she was seriously ill, she could not take care of the young children. She could not bear to have him grow up in the slums and become the slave of gangsters or evil elements. After being sacrificed, Wayne was entrusted to Vesemir who was looking for a commission in Vizima.
Speaking of which, when Vesemir took him away, the time of the elf mother Martha was running out, but I don't know where the poor person was buried now ten years later.
Dandelion rode at the front of the group, humming a song and immersed in 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 many people are working on it."
Wayne and Geralt looked in the direction Dandelion pointed, and sure enough, they were eye-catching. Looking around, on another piece of land next to the old Vizima City, a large number of workers were busy working.
The foundations of many buildings have been laid, and densely packed simple shacks lie around the construction site. Countless construction materials were transported to the construction site from several directions and piled up into numerous hills. Looking at the scale of the huge construction site, the area is almost several times the size of the old city. If the construction is completed, it will definitely be a quite magnificent city.
Hearing Dandelion's words, Revarden, a wealthy businessman sitting in a nearby carriage, also stretched out his head and interjected:
"Well, that's New Vizima over there."
"Since last year, Foltes of Temeria King Te has already begun preparations for the construction of New Vizima, and Mayor Vidrad is responsible for the preparations for the new city." "
It was after I got this news that I brought the caravan here."
"For the merchants Generally speaking, the establishment of a new city contains countless business opportunities, which are exactly the opportunities for wealth we are pursuing."
Hearing this, Geralt touched his stubble-covered chin and said thoughtfully:
" I remember that underneath this land 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 there." "If they want to build a new city on it, the sewer system
will The monsters must be cleaned up by someone. They need a monster expert. This should be a good commission."
Dandelion seemed to have some inspiration, and immediately took out the lute and played a melody, and then said:
"Great It’s another epic event. I want to observe it carefully and write a new poem for the establishment of New Vizima, which will definitely be loved by the residents of the Kingdom of Temeria.”
Revarden seemed to appreciate Dandelion's talent very much. He immediately said that if Dandelion's new poems satisfied him, he would pay to organize a performance for him and invite a large number of celebrities to watch his performance. Let him become famous in the upper class circles.
This promise made Dandelion very happy. He immediately sang and danced, and praised Revarden in a roundabout way. His disgusting praise made Geralt get goosebumps all over his body.
Listening to their lively conversation, Wayne's thoughts began to wander.
Others may not know, but Wayne, who has played the game and read the original novel, knows very well that the main reason why King Foltest is so anxious to build a new city is because his daughter Yada has suffered a curse. Shi should have awakened from the grave and turned into a powerful vampire bird.
As the king's daughter, this monster is protected by Foltest and does not allow others to kill her, but there is no way to lift her curse, so she can only let it go.
However, due to the nature of monsters, vampire demon birds often leave their tombs 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 effects.
Dozens or 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 even affected his rule.
This situation has lasted for a long time in the original work. Many powerful warlocks and demon hunters have tried to lift the curse directly, but they all ended in failure.
King Foltest even offered a high price of three thousand orens, but no one could complete the task.
In the end, it was not until a few years later that the white wolf Geralt passed by here and finally found a way to lift the curse of Yadan and turned her into a human princess again. As a result, she met the warlock Triss and obtained Foltest. The friendship of kings.
Now, because of his intervention, Geralt and he came to this country ahead of time, and many things in the future will definitely change because of this.
(End of chapter)