Wizard: This witcher is neglecting his duties.

Chapter 192 Goldshire and the Alchemy Trainer

Wayne's words were met with silence. Indeed, reality is not a game; the world doesn't stop after a mission is completed.

Organizations like the Defias Brotherhood may not be able to retaliate against the powerful and elusive Wayne, but once Wayne leaves, the Lawrence family, as ordinary ranchers, may face brutal retaliation from these bandits.

Next time, it might not be as simple as a kidnapping. The world of Azeroth is not a fairy tale, and the tragedies that happen in this world are even more heinous than those in the Wizarding World.

Mr. Lawrence, the farmer, may not have thought of this at first, but after Wayne reminded him, his face immediately turned much gloomy, and he fell into deep thought.

The farm girl, Julie, was furious. She picked up a loaf of bread from the table, took a few big bites, and then said to Wayne:

"This is outrageous, Mr. Wayne. This farm took my parents seven years and a lot of hard work to build."

"We have always worked honestly in the fields and never done anything against our conscience."

"Why should those bandits give us the farm and expect us to work for them for free? We're not their slaves. They're even worse than those orcs."

Although Julie had just come of age, she was a child who had experienced the Orc War and a life of displacement. Although she was young at the time, she had suffered a lot and endured a lot of hardship, but that did not hinder their yearning for a new life.

Mr. Lawrence remained silent for about ten seconds, then suddenly sighed, looked up at Wayne, and said:

"Mr. Wayne, could we hire another client of yours?"

Upon hearing this, Wayne thought for a moment and said:

"Mr. Lawrence, I have my own plans recently, but you can explain the entrustment first. If it does not conflict with my plans, I should be able to accept it."

Lawrence was somewhat disappointed, but he still spoke up:

"As you said, Mr. Wayne, our farm is too dangerous right now. For the safety of my wife and Julie, I have decided to temporarily abandon the farm and take my family to Goldshire for refuge. My brother is the mayor there, and he will take us in."

Ding! Quest triggered: [Escort the Lawrence family to Goldshire], Expert level.

Do you want to accept?

Goldshire!

Wayne pondered for a few seconds, ignoring the task that appeared in his mind. Of course he knew this town; it was the first newbie town he encountered after the human race's birthplace. Any player who had played the Alliance human class would be somewhat familiar with this place.

His original plan was to go to the resource-rich Stormwind City to buy some otherworldly products, potions, weapons, equipment, or other valuable items.

However, encountering the Defias Brotherhood reminded him of the political struggles within Stormwind at the time: the Black Dragon Princess, the controlled king, and the nobles colluding together. This made him somewhat reluctant to go to such a troublesome place.

Now that Mr. Lawrence wants to go to Goldshire, it has stirred up some of his thoughts.

As far as he could remember, Goldshire was the closest town to Stormwind, rich in resources, well-equipped, and seemed to have many skill trainers, which perfectly suited his requirements for this mission.

Perhaps going to this small town first wouldn't be bad. It would be inconspicuous, and he could buy what he wanted. If he needed anything else, he could even hire someone to go to the city to buy it for him.

With that in mind, Wayne pretended to ponder for a moment before agreeing to Mr. Lawrence's request and accepting the expert-level task assigned by the system.

Mr. Lawrence was delighted to have found such a powerful adventurer as Wayne as his bodyguard. He increased the reward for this escort mission to twenty gold coins, which was quite generous for an ordinary adventurer. This was not only an acknowledgment of Wayne's strength, but also partly to repay his life-saving grace.

"Thank you for your help, Mr. Wayne. Please allow us to stay at the farm for a day. After all, we need a day to unpack all this luggage and belongings."

Wayne nodded understandingly. He said:

"No problem, I'm not in a great hurry. After I escort you to Goldshire, I'll probably stay there for a while. Maybe we can even become neighbors."

………………

A few days later, Wayne escorted the Lawrence family, along with several farm worker families who were willing to go with them to Goldshire, into the Elwynn Forest area.

Sometimes, Wayne couldn't help but marvel at how powerful the system must be, as it had classified this escort mission as expert-level, and they hadn't encountered any formidable enemies along the way.

The same applies to past missions; the system can always predict the difficulty of a mission before it even happens, something that even many gods cannot do.

The escort mission went relatively smoothly. The group consisted of about twenty people. Apart from some wild beasts, they encountered an attack by gnoll bandits. These rabble, who didn't even have proper weapons, suddenly charged out of the forest with strange cries. Wayne chopped down five or six of them like cutting vegetables, and then they scattered and fled.

When Wayne, led by Mr. Lawrence, passed a guard post, he even saw a rather familiar wanted poster on the post's notice board.

The bounty for killing Hogg the gnoll is worth fifty gold coins, which is quite tempting.

Unfortunately, because he had to escort everyone on their journey, he didn't have time to complete this interesting task.

Once inside Elwynn Forest, the road suddenly became safe. Occasionally, you could encounter a small squad of guards patrolling the road, and apart from occasionally seeing some wild beasts in the forest, you could hardly see any other enemies.

They walked along the road for another day, and when they came to a fork in the road, Mr. Lawrence looked at the outline of the vast city enclosed by walls and said to Wayne:

"Mr. Wayne, my past dream was to open a bakery in Stormwind. My father was a very famous pastry chef in the city."

"Unfortunately, he died during the orc invasion, killed by the orcs' atrocities. I had just gotten married and given birth to Julie when I was forced to flee to the Kingdom of Lordaeron with my brother's family and other refugees from Stormwind. We fled to Southshore and made a living there."

"Those were truly difficult days."

"Now, my family has to give up the farm we worked so hard to build. Maybe I should just open a bakery in Goldshire and live a peaceful life with Julie and the others."

Riding a mare lent to him by Lawrence, Wayne pondered for a moment. Goldshire, as the closest town to Stormwind, had always been quite safe, indeed much better than other places. Thinking of the decades of turmoil to come, and the natural and man-made disasters that would appear in various versions, he spoke:

"That's a good idea, Mr. Lawrence. Actually, we don't need to be rich and powerful. As long as we can live happily and peacefully with our families, that's enough."

"Although I've never been to Goldshire, I've heard it's a nice place; you should definitely consider it."

Because of their large number of people and their heavy luggage, they did not arrive at the legendary Goldshire until dusk.

This is a small town with a population of over a thousand, situated on a major transportation route. It is a very important trading town.

From a distance, hundreds of buildings of all sizes stand together in a staggered arrangement. The setting sun shines on the town, and wisps of smoke rise from the chimneys on many rooftops, making the whole town appear exceptionally peaceful and tranquil.

It seems that someone had informed them beforehand, because when the group arrived on the road outside the town, a middle-aged man with a respectable appearance and a mustache, along with several other people, came out of the town to greet them.

Upon seeing Mr. Lawrence and his family, along with the workers behind him, the middle-aged man with the mustache broke into a happy smile, opened his arms in a gesture of embrace, and said:

"Welcome, my brother and my niece. Come to my house! Your sister-in-law is preparing a delicious dinner. It's been a long time since our family has been together."

Upon seeing the man, Mr. Lawrence immediately hurried to greet him, but the farm girl Julie beat her father to it, giving the bearded man a hug and saying happily:

"Uncle James! I haven't seen you in so long, Cousin Harley. Didn't you come with me?"

The two brothers looked at each other, James patted Julie's hair, and said with a smile:

"Harley is currently attending a church school in the city and usually only comes home on weekends."

"She will be very happy that you can come and live in Goldshire."

Half an hour later, the other workers were taken to a hotel in the town, but Mr. Lawrence refused to let Wayne, his savior, leave. He took Wayne with him and his brother's family to have dinner together.

After exchanging thanks and pleasantries, upon learning that Wayne was also planning to stay temporarily in Goldshire, the mayor of Goldshire, named James Lawrence, extended a warm welcome.

He poured Wayne a glass of red wine and said warmly:

"Welcome, Mr. Wayne. A powerful adventurer like yourself is exactly the kind of talent that Goldshire needs."

"Tomorrow I would like to introduce you to our Goldshire Sheriff, Mr. Duhan. He is a veteran of Stormwind and the leader of all the guards in Goldshire."

"Golden Town has only just been restored, and there is a shortage of manpower in all industries. Moreover, the guards under Mr. Du Han are all new recruits who have not been trained in combat."

"If there were an adventurer like you willing to assist him, it would surely solve many problems for our entire town."

………………

In the blink of an eye, half a month had passed, and Wayne had rented a spacious house in Goldshire and was living a very fulfilling life.

During this time, aside from occasionally helping Sheriff Duhan solve some tricky problems, he spent most of his time finding Ms. Celicona, the alchemy trainer in town, to buy alchemy materials or learn alchemy recipes from her.

Although Ms. Celicona was only an intermediate alchemist, she was very generous. Although Wayne also learned alchemy by paying money, she never held anything back and taught him very seriously and meticulously, which allowed him to quickly learn seven or eight recipes.

This includes basic and intermediate healing potions, as well as basic and intermediate mana potions.

Because of his experience in crafting Witcher Potions and his own alchemy level reaching level five, he learned very quickly, prompting Ms. Celicona to call him a genius.

After learning alchemy from the world of Azeroth, his secondary skills of alchemy and alchemy were merged into a universal alchemy skill, and its level was fixed at level five.

Universal Alchemy LV5: Increases the effectiveness of alchemical products by 20% and increases the success rate of crafting by 5.

His original skill feats have also changed, but because Wayne doesn't have many ability points, he didn't choose to unlock the alchemy skill feat.

Even so, Wayne was pleasantly surprised by what he gained from this trip.

Because in the world of Witcher, there are no potions that directly restore magic power, but only potions like the tawny owl that speed up the recovery of magic power.

Similarly, Swallow Potion only accelerates the recovery of bodily damage, unlike healing potions in the world of Azeroth that can quickly heal wounds and achieve a therapeutic effect.

Most importantly, although these two potions in the world of Azeroth also have usage interval requirements, they are not toxic and can be used normally even by ordinary people. In this respect, they are much better than the potions used by demon hunters and warlocks.

It's fair to say that even just the methods for making these two potions made Wayne's journey to this other world worthwhile.

Therefore, during his spare time in Goldshire, he kept making healing potions and mana potions, partly to improve his alchemy level and partly to store these precious combat resources.

That afternoon, Wayne had just completed a task assigned by Sheriff Duhan to clear out the murlocs. After receiving a bonus, he also completed the expert tasks given by the system.

He had just returned home when he saw Julie standing at his door with a basket in her hand. Her wheat-colored skin had become slightly fairer after half a month of recuperation. Her high breasts made her blue-gray dress bulge, and her long brown hair was tied into a ponytail that hung down to her waist. She also wore a white flower wreath on her head.

Although Angelina Jolie's appearance is not stunning, she has a very good figure, and because she often does farm work, her body lines are not as delicate as many women.

Upon seeing Wayne, the girl immediately flashed a bright smile, waved at him, and called out:

"Wayne, my mother asked me to bring you some fruit. I've been waiting for you for half an hour."

As Wayne approached, the girl noticed the foul-smelling blood and fish scales stained his armor, wrinkled her nose, and said:

"Ugh, it stinks! Wayne, did you go kill some fishmen today?"

Wayne reluctantly took the basket from Julie, then took out his key to open the door. Turning back to the girl, who stood with her hands on her hips, seemingly having no intention of leaving, he asked:

"Would you like to come over for a bit, Julie?"

Julie nodded immediately upon hearing this, as if she had been waiting for Wayne's invitation.

(End of this chapter)