After receiving Queen Caranthor's permission, Wayne said hello to Geralt and got up and walked towards the table where Princess Pavela was.

Of course, this is not because the princess is too beautiful to make Lord Wayne happy.

But from the moment the princess entered the entire banquet hall, a strange magic began to permeate the entire banquet hall, and Geralt should have been vaguely aware of it, but only Wayne, who had the blood of the ancients, really knew where this power came from?

He walked slowly to the table where Princess Paveta was, and sat unceremoniously across from the beautiful princess, sitting across from her.

Such an action immediately attracted the attention of several men at the same table, and in addition to the warring look of the King of East, his nephew Kratz almost stood up in a rage.

This young man Skellig, who has the title of the boar of the sea, has hardly left this beautiful princess from the moment Princess Pavita appeared, and the rich love in his eyes has almost turned into substance.

Perhaps in his heart, as the most competitive heir in the Skellig Islands, Princess Pavita has become his intended wife.

Sitting on the far left of the table, Skellig Dadruid Mossack looked at Wayne with a curious gaze.

The old druid was a friend of Geralt's friend, and it was he who rescued the young Geralt during the Kelmohan massacre.

While the others were still curious about Larvix in Clarion City, he had already recognized the white wolf, and he was still guessing the purpose of the witcher's visit.

Not only that, as a good friend of Queen Carantor and King East, the Grand Druid had already faintly sensed the unusual atmosphere of the banquet and the magic that began to permeate around the banquet, and he was also thinking about countermeasures.

After Wayne sat down, Princess Pavita looked up at him with some curiosity, and Wayne did not smile back at the princess without the slightest timidity.

Unfortunately, at this time, the fifteen-year-old princess of Sintra was full of worries and was always worried about the safety of Doni the hedgehog man, so she just nodded politely to Wayne, then lowered her eyes and fell into her own thoughts.

However, such an interaction between the two immediately annoyed King East, who had almost regarded Paveta as his niece and daughter-in-law, and he glared at Wayne and said in a threatening tone:

"Young man, no matter what your relationship is with Lavix of Clarion City, but you seem to be sitting in the wrong place, and the seat at this table is not for everyone."

In the face of King Skellig's threat, Wayne didn't care in his heart, not to mention that he basically didn't have activities in the Skellig Islands, and he didn't need to care about the other party's attitude, and besides, he wasn't prepared to really do anything to Princess Pavira.

This is the mother of the future daughter of destiny, Ciri, who is now estimated to have been in her belly for several months.

But speaking of which, I have to criticize the damn hedgehog man Doni, an old man in his thirties, who runs to the palace in the middle of the night every day to hook up with someone else's princess, and the old cow eats tender grass, which actually makes a young princess already pregnant for several months, which is simply a beast.

And this guy didn't have any good intentions in the first place, maybe it was a good show directed and acted by the warlock Wei Ge behind him, the purpose was to use the accident rate to break the curse of the hedgehog man on him, maybe he was also planning a conspiracy about the blood of the ancients.

In fact, Wayne also thought about whether to kill the hedgehog man directly in this banquet, but later, after consulting a lot of information about the South now, he gave up.

In fact, since more than ten years ago, the Kingdom of Niffergaard has begun to annex other small countries, expand armaments, and develop military strength, but such news rarely circulates among the northern countries, and those northern kings who are still fighting for petty profits rarely pay attention to the news in the south.

As a result, the Kingdom of Niffgard continued to expand at an extremely rapid rate over the course of several decades, becoming an extremely powerful empire in the blink of an eye.

Therefore, even if there is no hedgehog man jumping on the grave in the future, the Civil War will inevitably break out.

It is even said that it is precisely because of the hedgehog man, who has great achievements, has repeatedly failed expeditions and squandered the national strength accumulated by his father and even his grandfather, that the powerful military empire of Nilfgaard will decline rapidly.

The Civil War is the general trend of the future, and it is not something that can be stopped by killing one or two people, and even if it is stopped, it will not be beneficial to the witcher, but it will make him Ciri's father-killer enemy because of killing the hedgehog man, which is simply worth the loss.

Wayne kept a smile on his face, looked up at the dark-skinned, hooked nose of King East, and said with a smile:

"Your Majesty King East, please rest assured that I am not a suitor to Princess Pavila, nor a rival to your nephew, and I am sitting here because of the secret mission given to me by Queen Carranse."

As he spoke, he looked at Kratz, the boar of the sea, who had been looking at him with a provocative gaze, slowly took out a few sets of Gwent cards from his arms, and said with a smile:

"This cheerful banquet, if you just drink wine and eat meat, it will be too boring, why don't we play some interesting games?"

As Skellig people who have always been engaged in sea raiding and maritime trade, they are no strangers to Gwent cards, a game that can be played all day long while crouching on the deck, and is a favorite of many captains.

Kratz, the boar of the sea, loved this very much, but the red-haired young man Skellig did not immediately respond, but first looked at Wayne with contempt, and then stretched out his muscular, thick and strong right hand, and said provocatively and loudly:

"We Skellig people never play Gwent with cowards, and if we want to play Gwent with me, we have to have a competition between men."

"You can choose to compete with me for a drink, or wrestle with me, you don't need to beat me, as long as you can hold on to my hands for thirty seconds, I will respect you as a warrior."

When Wayne heard this, he looked at this sea boar with a strange expression, comparing his wrist with a demon hunter like him, and drinking wine.

It can only be said, young man, that you have narrowed the road, not to mention that his physical fitness is also the top among witchers, more than four or five times higher than ordinary people, even if he drinks, based on Wayne's past experience of drinking potions mixed with high concentration of alcohol as a drink, you can imagine how much he drinks now.

Of course, the reason why Kratz said this is most likely because Wayne's current outfit does not show his characteristics as a witcher, making him look just like a handsome human boy with a strong body.

In order to show his manhood in front of Princess Pavita, this sea boar made such a bet.

And as Klatz shouted, the young people behind him immediately surrounded him, followed and coaxed together, provoking Wayne with provocative words.

Since these people died like this, Wayne was not used to them, the smile on his face remained unchanged, he turned his head to look at the face of King East, and saw that this king was also proud, obviously very confident in his nephew's strength, so Wayne said to Kratz and the young men behind him:

"No problem, I've always heard that Skellig's warriors are passionate and bold men."

"Since you've put forward a challenge, of course I won't refuse, but it's too boring to test the amount of alcohol and wrestle the wrist alone, and it's not enough for you."

"In this way, let's try two kinds of together, everyone who wants to wrestle with me, let's first make a big bowl of spirits, and then try to wrestle the wrist, and the loser will punish himself with a big bowl until someone on both sides falls."

Speaking of which, Wayne added with a smile:

"And every time we play a game, we have to put out a hundred gold coins as a bet, until there is the last winner left on the field, and all the prize money goes to this person."

"Well, wouldn't that be more fun?"

Everyone present is not stupid, this kind of competition conditions, it is definitely the people who participate in the competition behind the most advantage, and the first person to participate in the competition suffers the most.

Before Kratz could speak, one of his captains immediately spoke in a loud voice:

"I'll challenge you first!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a Skellig handed him two large bowls of spirits, and a small money bag containing a hundred gold coins, and threw it on the table.

Wayne smiled, and did not refuse the captain's challenge, he took a large money bag full of hundreds of gold coins from his belt, put it on the table, and threw it directly into the bet without counting the gold coins.

Such a bold action immediately caused the whispers of Skellig's people, who were obviously somewhat shocked by Wayne's generous temperament and confident actions.

But no matter what others think, Wayne casually picked up a large bowl of spirits, drank it in one gulp like cold water, and then stretched out his right arm, raised his eyes and signaled to the man opposite that he could start the game at any time.

As Skellig people who have been driving ships at sea all year round and making a living by plundering, they are all very confident in their own strength, and if they don't have enough strength, how can they steer the sails and hold the rudder on the sea.

The captain didn't hesitate at all, and immediately stretched out his right arm, which was pressed against Wayne's.

He stride with his feet on his horse, one hand on the table, his muscles tense all over, and obviously take this wrist wrestling game very seriously, while Wayne opposite him sits in a casual posture in his chair, with a gentle smile on his face all the time, as if he did not take the strong captain seriously.

And such a gesture, in addition to making some people dissatisfied, also made some people feel bad in their hearts.

As a Skellig man shouted the start of the game, the strong captain opposite Wayne immediately burst into a loud cheer, his forehead was bulging, and he did not reserve, and used all his strength to break Wayne's wrist and press it down.

His companions all cheered him on loudly, and in an instant the atmosphere was pushed to a climax, causing all the guests around him to look at them.

However, they kept shouting for twenty or thirty seconds, until the captain's eyes were round, his face was red, his thick arms trembled slightly, and Wayne's arm, which was next to him, did not move at all, not even a trace of trembling.

After dozens of seconds, Wayne comfortably picked up a glass of red wine with his other hand, raised his head and poured it, and then looked at the strong Skellig men whose expressions had become solemn with confident and indifferent eyes.

Then the right arm was slowly pressed down, and the captain's right arm, which was already red from all over his body, was slowly pressed onto the table, and won the first competition in a crushing attitude.

Seeing this scene, not only King East and Kratz, the boar of the sea, but even the Skellig envoys who were watching all realized that the opponent was not simple.

However, the character of the Skellig people is enough to show the character of this people by virtue of their tenacity, their courage and courage to challenge any difficulties, and their ability to conquer the sea with courage and experience in the Middle Ages, when seafaring technology was not developed.

With the defeat of the original captain, the rest of the Skellig envoys did not flinch, and all of them challenged Wayne one by one.

In this regard, Wayne also unceremoniously agreed, he drank bowl after bowl of spirits, one by one using the most primitive power, defeated those Skellig strong men, until the money bags on the wine table piled up into a small pile, nearly two thousand gold coins, the opposite Skellig envoys were almost all defeated by his men, only King East and Kratz did not compete with him.

After drinking more than a dozen bowls of spirits in a row, even Wayne's super physique felt a slight smoking, and the act of defeating more than a dozen Skellig strong men in a row also made the eyes of everyone in the entire banquet hall all focus on him, even Princess Pavila, who had not spoken much, was secretly looking at Wayne, a handsome young man, with curious eyes.

In fact, at this point, there is no need to compete at all, everyone knows that even if King East and Kratz are gone, they cannot be Wayne's opponents, and those many princes from the Sintra vassal country and their own country are even smiling, waiting for Wayne to make a fool of these two Skellig nobles.

It's a pity, of course, Lord Wayne can't do this, defeating a dozen Skelligs in a row has already made the envoys a little embarrassed, and if King East and Kratz lose face again, it is very likely to affect Queen Caranthor's plan.

He could even feel the sword-like gaze on his back roaming around his neck, and the owner of the gaze was Queen Caranthor sitting on the throne.

Facing the solemn eyes of King East and Kratz's two uncles and nephews, Wayne suddenly smiled, reached out and took the money bag on the table in front of him, then withdrew his arm, took out the two Gwent cards again, and said to the two Skellig nobles:

"Skellig's warriors are all brave and enthusiastic men, all of them drink an amazing amount of alcohol, and after drinking so much in a row, I am already a little drunk."

"Your Majesty Easter, Mr. Kratz, why don't we stop wrestling our wrists and play a few rounds of Gwent together?"

As he spoke, Wayne winked at Princess Pavira, who was secretly looking at him, and said with a smile:

"Presumably, the beautiful Princess Pavila has not played this kind of game yet, just so that Her Royal Highness the Princess can learn it, and if she learns this kind of game, she will definitely be able to add a lot of fun to her boring life in the future."

Hearing the dominant Wayne say this, the quick-witted King of East immediately borrowed the slope to get off the donkey and said to the young man Skellig behind him:

"Well, Mr. Wayne is right, let's stop the rude competition of the amount of alcohol and strength."

"Today is the day of Princess Pavila's choice of marriage, the celebration of the Kingdom of Sintra, and we should play some civilized games."

As he spoke, King East looked at Wayne with a somewhat complicated expression in his eyes, but with a smile on his face, he said:

"Come on, Wayne, I'm Skellig's pretty famous Gwent master."

"Let's play a game first and see who is more skilled."

(End of chapter)