Wizard: I brought the wrong system...

Chapter 454 The Agreement

"The more the better?" Anabe frowned slightly. "A bard who is too greedy will not end up well."

"No, no, no, this isn't greed," Yaro waved his hands repeatedly. "What I mean is, the specific number is up to you. How much do you think a pawn that has solved your predicament and is then used by you in return is worth? Besides, I can also give you reasonable compensation for your efforts."

After discovering the numerous low-level monsters in the Dark Plains, Yaro, with the help of the spatial ring, no longer needed to worry about a small number of magic stones.

A team's earnings might only be enough for one person's food and drink, or even insufficient to cover regular medicine expenses. However, if one person earns the equivalent of four people's earnings, they can freely dispose of the extra three portions of money.

Anabe paused for a moment, then said, "I can't make decisions for others, but personally, well... I'm willing to dedicate half a month to this. As for the specific amount I'll receive, I can't guarantee that."

Yaro nodded: "Okay."

Anabe already knew about herbs and monsters.

He also knows this area better than Barrow.

Moreover, his skills were not bad either. Although he was not as good as Yaro, he was already skilled enough to roam freely in the outer areas of the Dark Plains, apart from the family territories.

With these three points, his collection efforts over half a month might be comparable to Yaro's collection efforts over a month or even longer.

Besides, he's alone; what if he could contact other witchers...?

"How many more people can you contact?" Yaro asked expectantly.

Anabe held up two fingers.

"Twenty people?" Yaro's eyes lit up.

"Two people."

Yaro frowned deeply: "How can there be so little?"

Anabe stroked his weathered beard: "Even if we don't consider ourselves, we must consider the reputation of the Witcher. Not getting involved in politics is the foundation of the Witcher's existence."

"Two people can spread the information about the Ferlando Wizarding Resource Site?" Yaro questioned, suspecting that Anabe was deliberately concealing the number of people involved.

"Including me, there are three of us, and like me, we are all old guys who have broken away from the school of thought," Anabe corrected. "Young man, don't underestimate the experience of an old man. Not to mention three people, even if it were just me alone, I could spread the news, it just might not be as fast."

Yaro shook his head: "Are you keeping watch around here to spread rumors? That's hardly a clever tactic."

"No, this is enough," Anabe explained. "Over the years, the Ferlando wizarding family has actually hidden very few resource points. These hidden resource points must have extraordinary value and cannot be heavily guarded. This is what the vultures like to eat the most."

A feast cannot begin in one direction; wild dogs hunting old and weak lions also need to find the lion's rear end.

This is the weakness of the Ferlando wizarding family, the flesh and blood that ignites the wolf's greedy desires, and the reason for the old lion's rage.

We have prepared three similar locations as well.

"What about Rhett? Is he targeting the Saint Ferland Empire?" Yaro asked, puzzled.

Rhett is the witcher that Yaro encountered before.

Judging from appearance alone, Rhett is much younger than Anabe, and Rhett's style of doing things and language skills are clearly not as slick and experienced as Anabe's.

"Rett? The witcher you encountered before was Rett?"

Anabe jumped to his feet, his face extremely grim. "That idiot, oh damn it! Why doesn't he use that stubborn head to sharpen an axe!"

"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with Rett?" Yaro asked, puzzled.

Anabe took a deep breath, turned around, and said, barely suppressing his anger:

"The problem? They're the ones who caused all this... He was one of the hunters who accidentally killed the house wolf. My good buddy, you have to tell me when and where you met him."

One of them?

That wasn't done by one person, but by a group of people?

"Um, it's been about half a month? He was in the Viscount's territory, but I haven't seen him since, so I don't know where he is now," Yaro explained.

"More than half a month? That's a bit long... Well, since that stubborn mule didn't leave earlier, he's probably still hiding around the Earl's territory. Hopefully, he can keep hiding."

Anabe shook his head, clearly not intending to ask Rhett any further questions.

"I'm not a Witcher anymore, so I can't control what these Holy Witchers plan to do."

Anabe explained it this way.

However, this statement has a sarcastic or unsettling tone to it.

"Is that so?" Yaro smiled, but didn't continue the conversation, instead steer the topic toward the Boone family.

To this, Anabe had only one answer: "You know, Witchers don't get involved in politics."

So, framing the Ferlando wizarding family isn't a political issue?

But regardless, Anabe gave the same answer.

Unable to withstand Yaro's persistent questioning, he could only add, "We have never cared about the Boone family and know nothing about the affairs of this small family."

……

After bidding farewell to Anabe, Yaro pondered to himself, "Will he really keep his promise and diligently collect the magical plants?"

Anabe is shrewd and cunning; acting solely on his conscience is definitely not an option.

The only way to restrain Yaro now is through the story of "the hunter, the merchant, and the servant".

Witchers are unwilling, or rather, dare not, to get involved in so-called politics... that is, the conflicts between wizard apprentices.

By adopting a stance akin to permanent neutrality, they have ensured that their lineage among humanity remains unbroken.

If what they are doing now is exposed, it will inevitably deal a heavy blow to their legacy.

They dared not resist, but that did not mean they dared not slack off. Anabe only promised a timeframe, but never guaranteed how much work would be completed.

"We still need to do our best to motivate them... Perhaps Rhett will be the key to solving the problem?"

An idea gradually formed in Yaro's mind.

However, that matter is not urgent for now. Now that the task of collecting magical plants has been subcontracted, we can focus on solving another important matter.

—Find an opportunity to acquire those three crucial skill points.

According to "good brother" Ian, Morton will be heading to the market inside the Dark Plains in about ten days.

Yaro seized the time and spent two more days clearing out low-level monsters and collecting materials to earn magic stones. He then used these magic stones to buy purification potions, preparing for a possible fierce battle.

Then, he returned to the viscount's territory, made up for the gold coins he had previously spent, and had Dylan arrange for a large number of bounties to be placed on monsters.

The bounty is no more than five silver coins, and the target is clearly Rhett, who was willing to help Lan'er Village solve the werewolf problem for a few dozen or a hundred pence.

Rhett once said something that left a deep impression on Yaro: "...How many people in this world, from birth to death, never leave their village?"

Yes, Yaro believed that Rett, who could say such things, couldn't have gone far.

(End of this chapter)