Wizard: This witcher is neglecting his duties.

Chapter 175: Saved the princess, but unfortunately she's a loli.

Without the interference of those plotting against them, things indeed went much more smoothly.

As they went to bed that night, Triss asked Wayne many questions about the curse and the killer, and also told him the results of the interrogation.

Austryt was indeed the culprit. Through magic, Foltest also extracted a list of several nobles who had helped him in this matter. Before long, these people would be brought to justice by the king.

As the murderer of the queen and princess, Baron Austert will face extremely severe punishment and be stripped of his title. His family will also be implicated, and even his relatives will likely hate this despicable fat man to death.

Wayne wasn't surprised by the result, but Triss was delighted. She nestled against Wayne's chest, drawing circles with her fingers, and said with a joyful expression:

"Darling, you shouldn't have left so quickly. You should have seen the look on that damn fat man's face. He was crying and begging on his knees, like a coward."

"In the past, this fat pig was an arrogant and foolish bastard who looked down on everyone except the nobles. He even publicly called sorceresses whores. If it weren't for King Foltest taking him as a friend and intentionally protecting him..."

"I already cursed him, turning him into a real pig."

The red-haired beauty spoke with considerable anger, reflecting the frustration she had endured from Austryt.

"It's a pity that His Majesty the King trusted the wrong person. It was this trusted friend who led to the deaths of the Queen and the Princess."

As she spoke, she took Wayne's arm and asked with concern:

"Are you confident about tomorrow night's operation? Do you really not need me to go in with you to assist you?"

Wayne reached out and pinched Mumble's cheek, earning a glare from the sorceress, who then laughed and said:

"All we need to do is drive the vampire bird out of its coffin and prevent it from returning before sunrise, right?"

"I'm very confident about this, but I'm a little curious: if I just use a bomb to blow up its coffin and shatter it into pieces, will the curse be lifted?"

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The following evening, Wayne bid farewell to Triss and King Foltest, who were waiting outside, and entered the royal tomb located in the old Vizima Palace alone.

As a royal tomb, it was decorated quite luxuriously. However, since the royal palace moved away a few years ago, all the royal coffins here were also moved to the royal tomb in New Vijma.

Today, only a single, ornate sarcophagus remains, still all alone in a tomb chamber, and no one dares to touch it.

Because that is the coffin where Princess Yada of the past is now the vampire bird.

Around the coffin, dozens of human skeletons, reduced to bones by being eaten, were scattered around it, and no one dared to come in to retrieve them.

After entering the tomb, Wayne easily found his way to the center. He glanced at the princess's coffin, which was completely still at dusk, then closed his eyes, sat cross-legged on the ground, and entered a meditative state, opening his senses.

This wasn't his first time here, because no one dared to come in to transport the steel cages. He had already made more than ten trips back and forth here, spending a lot of time setting up the traps.

Now everything is ready; all that's left is to wait.

Time passed quickly in meditation, and the sunlight outside the tomb disappeared completely before he knew it. After meditating for several hours, Wayne suddenly heard the sound of sharp fingernails scratching at the stone coffin.

He opened his eyes and looked.

Sure enough, there was movement in the princess's coffin not far away. The heavy stone coffin lid was pushed open a crack, and several sharp black claws reached out from the gap in the coffin, grabbed the lid, and moved it little by little. At the same time, there was also panting like a wild beast coming from the gap in the coffin, as if a terrifying monster was leaving its lair.

The piercing sounds, coupled with the unknown monsters, created a truly terrifying atmosphere in the cold and silent tomb.

Despite this situation, Wayne showed no fear whatsoever.

He only brought the Startick Blade hanging from his waist for this mission. Not to mention that this vampire bird was no match for him, even if the monster wanted to fight him to the death, the Witcher with the blood of the ancients was basically invincible in terms of escaping.

It's okay if we fail. At worst, we can run away today and come back tomorrow. Anyway, this monster will return to its lair when the time comes and won't dare to stay outside.

Now that there was plenty of time, Wayne cast an enhanced version of the Quen Shield on himself and then placed an Yarden Magic Circle on the ground to bind monsters.

Then he crossed his arms and quietly watched the vampire bird inside the coffin. With great effort, he pushed open the heavy coffin lid above his head and poked his head out of the coffin.

This monster had an ugly head, fierce eyes, a gaping maw, sharp teeth, black, rotting skin, and exposed muscles covered in a layer of foul-smelling slime. Its limbs were long and its nails were like sharp scythes. Only its head had some hair, making it look quite terrifying.

Upon seeing the monster, Wayne instinctively felt a sense of disgust. It was hard to imagine that inside this cannibalistic monster was a princess who was not even ten years old, and the only heir to the Kingdom of Temuria.

After the vampire bird crawled out of the coffin, it suddenly saw Wayne standing not far away. It seemed to be slightly stunned for a moment, and then let out an excited roar as if it had seen a delicious meal.

It didn't think at all, or perhaps it was just a monster with low intelligence. Upon seeing the food right in front of it, it immediately kicked off with its feet, opened its sharp claws wide, and lunged at Wayne with its blood-red mouth drooling.

Faced with the monster's attack, Wayne remained calm, gathering chaotic magic in his hands until the monster rushed in front of him.

His figure vanished in an instant, like a phantom, and reappeared behind the monster, or more precisely, above and behind it.

Without any hesitation, Wayne unleashed an Aard sign from above, striking the monster from behind. The immense impact sent the monster sprawling to the ground, as if pinned down by an invisible hand, completely unable to move.

The Yaden magic circle on the ground immediately took effect, and the invisible pull made the vampire bird seem to be tied to the ground, making every move extremely difficult, causing it to let out a painful roar.

Having landed a successful blow, Wayne didn't stop at all. He glanced up at the huge steel cage hanging from the top of the tomb, and after confirming that it completely enveloped the vampire bird below and wouldn't crush it, he instantly drew his short sword and cut the thick rope tied to the wall.

Click click click click click!

With a series of rolling sounds, a steel cage weighing several tons descended from the sky, trapping the vampire woman who was confined to the Yarden magic circle below inside.

At this moment, the vampire bird in the cage broke free from the restraints of the Yarden Sign. It stood up and roared angrily at Wayne outside the cage, constantly waving its sharp claws and attacking the cage that confined it.

Unfortunately, these iron bars, each as thick as an arm, were extremely sturdy, and the entire cage weighed several tons. Even with the vampire bird's astonishing strength, it was still unable to destroy it.

Wayne walked to the cage and carefully observed the vampire bird's condition. After confirming that it was indeed unable to escape from the cage, he gathered chaotic magic and released the Yarden sign on the ground to bind it, making its movements more difficult and consuming the monster's strength.

At Triss's and Keira's urging, King Foltest finally decided to simply stay outside the tomb and wait for the outcome.

Therefore, Wayne no longer needs to spend time and effort to invite the king in and protect him.

All he had to do was sit by this steel cage, guard the vampire bird inside, replenish the Yarden sign from time to time, and then teach the monster a lesson when it caused a lot of trouble.

Things went smoothly, perhaps because Wayne had dealt with the curse early enough, and the vampire bird wasn't as powerful as Geralt was when he dealt with it a few years later.

Although the monster was trapped in the steel cage and kept struggling and resisting, it ultimately couldn't do anything.

Several hours later, the sun rose, the rooster crowed, and sunlight streamed in through the windows of the tomb.

The vampire in the steel cage shrank into a ball under the sunlight, lying on the ground. Her skin and muscles turned into black pus. The monster's original size slowly shrank until finally, a small, naked girl was revealed inside.

However, mindful of Geralt's near-torture by the vampire bird, Wayne remained vigilant. He stood up, cast a Quen shield around himself, picked up a stick from the ground, walked to the cage, and poked the child's body.

Seeing that she didn't react, he simply used a wooden stick to flip her over, so that her face would also be exposed to the sunlight.

Just then, the little girl suddenly opened her eyes, opened her bloodshot mouth, and bit down on the wooden stick Wayne had extended, sending wood chips flying everywhere. Her small, delicate hands pulled the stick out with considerable strength.

However, this was only the last gasp. Wayne did not pull out the stick, but let her bite the stick like a puppy, scratching many marks on her fingernails, until the sunlight completely enveloped her body, and the petite girl finally fainted.

(End of this chapter)