Wizard: This witcher is neglecting his duties.

Chapter 298 News of the Cat-Style Witcher

After Geralt left, Wayne sat in his seat, lost in thought.

He, with his low-end version, is the most qualified to speak on the power of the Ancient Blood.

To put it bluntly, if a top-tier archer or anyone else with ranged attack capabilities possessed the teleportation ability of the Ancient Blood...

He could easily wear down a large number of enemies by flying kites, fly directly to high altitudes that ordinary people cannot reach, and take advantage of various terrains to do many things that are unimaginable to ordinary people.

They can't catch up, and they can't escape. As long as their stamina isn't exhausted, many ordinary methods are simply useless against someone with the ability to teleport.

Even someone without magical talent can become an extremely powerful warrior if they possess ancient blood.

For spellcasters, the Ancient Blood represents the powerful talent of the Source Sorcerer, and no spellcaster does not covet this power.

However, the ability to travel between worlds is extremely powerful, and not every possessor of ancient blood can do it.

They had neither systematic assistance nor guidance from elven sages, and this ability was rarely recorded in any books, so many possessors of the Ancient Blood were unaware of it.

Moreover, since the possessor of the Ancient Blood has not appeared for many years, most warlocks believe that this bloodline is just a legend, and few people are really willing to put in the effort to find this extremely slim possibility.

Therefore, there are probably only a few suspects in this case, and the scope is quite small.

Based on the original story, as the princess of Sintra, the person who has the ability and courage to risk kidnapping her is most likely Vigfortz.

That's the powerful sorcerer who's often jokingly called "Master Wei" by many, who broke Geralt's legs with a stick during the duel and easily crippled the high-ranking vampire Regis.

In the original story, this guy has been searching for the power of the Elder Blood for many years, and even went so far as to cooperate with the hedgehog Donny to help him become the emperor of Nilfgaard.

Although the storyline has been completely altered due to Wayne's intervention, one can imagine that even without Donny, there is still a usurper, right?

A figure like Vigo Fortez would probably not let go of the Ancient Blood, but why he has waited until now to make a move is probably only known to himself.

After selecting the prime suspect, Wayne decided to talk to Francesca later. As a member of the High Council and having been in the warlock circle for so many years, the elven sorcerer must know Wayne, a celebrity in the circle, and understand him quite well.

Knowing yourself and your enemy is the key to victory. He is currently injured and cannot use magic unless necessary, so his strength has already decreased.

Although Wayne has transcended the realm of mortals in terms of physical strength and is no longer afraid of any person or monster in this world, it is still wise to be cautious.

As the strongest human mage to appear in the original work, Wei Ge is quite a figure of great stature.

As Wayne was pondering the issues of the Sintra princess and the Ancient Blood, the doors to the council chamber were pushed open again.

Francesca, a stunningly beautiful elven woman dressed in a white lace dress, adorned with a jeweled necklace that revealed her fair skin, slowly walked in through the gate.

She gazed tenderly at Wayne, glanced around the council chamber, and, noticing that several of Wayne's trusted subordinates were not present, tilted her head slightly in surprise and smiled as she said:

"I heard you were having a meeting here, Wayne. I came to see you, but where are your subordinates? Why are you the only one here?"

Wayne shrugged at the elven sorceress, a somewhat helpless expression on his face, and said:

"I was just talking to him when Geralt came to see me, so I told them to go and take care of it."

"Enid, is there anything you'd like to discuss with me?"

Enid is Francesca's nickname, and only her closest people call her that. Even though three years have passed and Wayne and the elven sorceress have worked together quite well and know many of each other's secrets, they are still more than friends but not quite lovers.

Francesca was too clever, and her status was special. Wayne preferred the kind of girl who was a bit silly, like Triss, who was devoted and persistent. Faced with such a shrewd elven sorceress, he always had some reservations and did not take the initiative to break the ice between them.

Francesca smiled sweetly, looked into Wayne's eyes, and said:

"Wayne, haven't you always wanted to contact the Cat Witchers in the South?"

"Through my connections in the south, I've already made contact with the Cat Faction Witchers."

"After hearing about the Witcher Order, they have agreed to send several Cat Witchers, including their only remaining Grand Master."

"I was originally going to let them come over directly through the portal, but they didn't agree. They want to observe the northern environment with their own eyes first before considering cooperating with the Witcher Order."

Wayne was quite pleased to hear the news from Francesca.

The Witcher Order currently has three schools. If the Cat School, which has always lived in the south, were to join, along with the Bear School in Skellige and the Lion School in the Kingdom of Zerekan, their Order would have a total of six schools, which would be equivalent to collecting all the Witcher factions in the entire Wizarding World.

"Thank you for your hard work, Enid. I'm so happy to hear this news."

Francesca smiled with delight upon hearing this, as the cooperation between Kaermohan and the Elves had become quite close.

Not only have some of the elven artisans who used to live in the Valley of Flowers moved to Kaer Morhen and built various kinds of workshops there.

Even some of the elven children joined Wayne's Witcher School and Warlock Academy, becoming members of the Witcher Order.

Although the Valley of a Hundred Flowers is nominally the last remaining territory of the Elves, King Demavie of Aden is also a greedy bandit who covets the wealth of the Elves.

Since he came to power, he has always tried to relocate some humans to the surrounding areas of Hundred Flowers Valley, and then gradually encroach on Hundred Flowers Valley's territory by cutting down forests and building houses.

The most despicable thing is that this guy always openly provokes various disputes, blocks the flow of resources into Hundred Flowers Valley, and even burns down forests and captures elves as goods to deplete the elves' strength.

Many members of the Franciscan tribe died at the hands of humans because of these small-scale conflicts.

The conflict with the Kingdom of Aden tied down much of the power of the Flower Valley elves. Apart from the elven palace that already existed in Flower Valley, they had no energy to build their own social facilities, could not cultivate the land, and could only live by hunting and berries, living like a group of savages.

"Have you received word, Wayne? Demavia's army has crossed the border of the Kingdom of Cordwin."

"Ada and I both believe that he wants to seize Earl Kahn's territory and put an end to the centuries-old dispute over Upper Aden."

"If the Kingdom of Cordwin can rise again in the future, this guy probably won't return the territory of Upper Aden."

Wayne nodded upon hearing this. Although he wasn't interested in Demavia and his army, since Francesca had brought it up, he pretended to be quite interested and asked:

"I have heard that he has prepared an army of tens of thousands of men, plus farmers and laborers, which is quite a large-scale mobilization."

"According to our chamber of commerce, Count Kahn has fewer than three thousand soldiers in total."

"Demavia's arrival was too sudden; the young count had no time to gather his army."

(End of this chapter)