Wizard: This witcher is not doing his job properly

Four days later, under the urging of Borch and Geralt, Wayne and his team traveled day and night with only a small amount of supplies. Soon they set off from Temeria, passed through the Kingdom of Redania, and arrived at The Bra River near the city of Holobor.

However, when a group of them wanted to go to the city of Holobor from the only crossing bridge on the Bra River, they were blocked by a group of soldiers.

These soldiers wore buttoned leather jackets and chain mail, holding metal halberds in their hands. They guarded both ends of the river crossing and built a wooden toll hut at the end of the bridge.

From a distance, a crimson pennant with a silver griffon pattern was placed on the hut, fluttering in the wind, and several fully armed soldiers stood in a row, which looked quite impressive.

When Wayne and others approached on horseback, they discovered that they were not the only ones blocked from the bridge.

In addition to a few villagers and travelers who wanted to go to Holobor City for business, there were also some people dressed as mercenaries who looked very difficult to deal with. They were also gathered around the toll gate of the river crossing, watching people's arguments. .

"Why don't you let us pass? This is a free city-state and is not managed by the Principality of Kangong'en at all. You have no right to stop us here."

The person leading the argument was a well-dressed middle-aged man, who should be a well-off businessman. Behind him were not only several young men, several carriages, and even several fully armed hired guards.

However, the soldier responsible for guarding the bridge was obviously a rigid fool. No matter what the businessman said, he would only reply with one sentence.

"I don't understand what you're talking about. I just followed the king's order to set up a jam here."

"Anyway, no one can pass this bridge without a pass. This is an order from King Niedamir, Lord Kangonen."

Faced with such arrogant obstruction, the middle-aged businessman was obviously very angry. He shouted loudly:

"These are the tributes and fruits sent to Cliff Temple in the city. I have been stopped here by you for a day. If I wait any longer, these fruits will rot."

It's a pity that the soldier didn't even look at him. He held his halberd in his hand and repeated:

"I'm only responsible for checking passes. If you have any questions, please talk to the commander yourself."

Standing on the other side, the tallest of the three mercenaries suddenly said loudly:

"Hmph! The reason why King Niedamir sealed this place was to deal with the injured dragon. The dragon was poisoned and was dying."

"They must be afraid that the treasure in the dragon's nest will be obtained by others, so they deliberately blocked this passage to prevent capable people from passing through."

When the soldier who shouted heard this, he glanced at the mercenary and did not refute. He just repeated:

"I'm only responsible for checking passes and nothing else."

When Borch saw this, he looked at Wayne and Geralt. Before the three set off, they had agreed that he would obey the command of the two demon hunters in this matter.

However, Geralt was obviously a little distracted. After driving for four days in a row, he finally got here. All his thoughts were focused on Yennefer who had not yet appeared.

Seeing this, Wayne stretched out his hand to signal Borch not to worry, and whispered:

"We just arrived here and don't know anything about the situation. We shouldn't act rashly."

"Let me ask for information first."

After saying that, he dismounted, walked to the middle of the crowd, glanced around, and finally focused on a relatively young-looking soldier at the edge of the guard.

He approached the soldier, and under the soldier's vigilant gaze, he reached out and took out a gold coin and handed it over, and then asked in a low voice:

"Mr. Soldier, can I ask you a few questions?"

When the young soldier saw this, he quickly glanced at his companions who were still arguing with the pedestrians, quickly stuffed the gold coin into his pocket, coughed lightly, and whispered:

"You can ask, but I won't tell you confidential matters."

With a smile on his face, Wayne asked softly:

"Sir, regarding the pass you mentioned, can you tell me how many people have passed through the ferry bridge so far, and when did they leave?"

The question asked by Wayne was quite common and not a secret. Even in the city, many people saw it.

The young soldier breathed a sigh of relief quietly, and replied:

"This is not a secret. Three days ago, in order to kill the dragon, King Ledamir issued passes to all the people in the area who were capable of hunting dragons and hired them to hunt the dragon."

"Ike of Denesle is the most famous one. He is a knight and he passed this bridge the day before yesterday."

"There are six dwarves after that. I don't know them, but I heard from my companions that the leader is called Yarpan Ziglin. They once killed Oakvista, the dragon of Quartz Mountain. They are a group of very powerful fighters. of dwarves.”

"This morning, three fierce-looking hunters with tattoos all over their bodies also crossed the bridge. They are also very famous. They seem to be called Clynnfield Marauders by others."

"At present, apart from the king's army, only these three groups of people have passed here."

After getting the information he wanted, Wayne returned to Geralt and Bolch and told what he asked.

Among the three groups, he only had some impressions of Ike and Yarpan Siegelin, but he didn't know it very well. He only knew that Ike seemed to be some kind of monster killer, a knight, and quite powerful, and Yarpan He is an officer in the future dwarf army.

As for the Clinefield predator, he had never heard of it.

However, unlike Wayne, who was just starting out, Geralt had been in the north for so many years and had some understanding of these well-known figures, so he explained:

"Ike of Dresler, this guy is a bitch knight. Of course, many people call him pious and upright Ike, a brave and fearless knight."

"This guy is very strong and is very good at dealing with monsters. I heard that he has defeated several dragons, and also killed manticores and griffons. As for monsters like water ghosts, this guy has killed countless monsters."

Borchi was very surprised when he heard this and asked:

"So, isn't this Knight Ike an expert in dragon slaying? How can an ordinary knight be so powerful?"

Geralt seemed to have a big opinion against Ike. When he heard Bolch's praise, he snorted disdainfully and said:

"They are all rumors. No one knows if they are true. However, since there are so many rumors, it must not be a lucky person, but someone with real ability."

"But this guy is just a bastard. He doesn't charge any money every time he kills a monster, not even a penny. He simply breaks the rules of the industry."

"Several times, those unscrupulous people used this as an excuse to ask me to kill monsters for them for free."

"Some despicable fools ended up paying me half my fee."

After hearing what Geralt said, Wayne thought of something else.

This Knight Ike is indeed the kind of kind-hearted person that outsiders see. He often helps villagers deal with monsters that harm one party for free. He seems to have a special hatred for monsters and does not charge any compensation.

But it is precisely because of this that Knight Ike stayed away from home all year round. In order to repair weapons and armor and travel to various places, he squandered all his family's property, leaving only his wife and children living a poor life.

In the end, he even had no money to treat his wife who was seriously ill, so his son asked him to make money to treat his mother. This guy directly severed ties with his son, which is simply weird.

In the game, his son Siegfried also grew up to be an upright knight, and even eventually became the leader of the Knights of the Flaming Rose. However, he still had many complaints against his father and refused to forgive him.

After explaining Ike, Geralt took out the flask from his pocket, took a sip of beer, and said:

"Crimfield Raider."

"These three people are also very famous hunters. They hunted all the dragon lizards and giant centipedes in the entire Kingdom of Redania. I even heard that they also killed three red dragons and a black dragon."

"They are a group of hunters who do whatever it takes to achieve their goals and are very good at using traps and poisons."

"As for Yarpan Siegelin and his bearded dwarf subordinates."

"I have only heard that they once killed a very famous evil dragon in the Mahakam Mountains, named Oakvist, the Dragon of Quartz Mountain."

"In the end they obtained the dragon's treasure, a large number of gems."

While the group was chatting about information, Wayne suddenly noticed that on the road behind them, a woman with excellent temperament and very beautiful appearance was riding a tall and beautiful black horse, walking over from a distance.