Perhaps the words and actions of the three Bear School Witchers were somewhat crude, but they were by no means unreasonable or ungrateful people.
Hearing Guilliman's doubt about the rumor, Ged laughed heartily and said:
"Our main income as Bear School Witchers isn't actually hunting monsters, but participating in wars, or acting as mercenaries or bodyguards, protecting important individuals, primarily through killing."
"Only occasionally, during times without war, do we take on monster hunting contracts, and our prices might be quite high."
"However, most of us are unwilling to leave the Skellige Isles; the most frequent place we go is Kovir, the land of mercenaries, rarely coming to Vizima or Redania."
"The reason for such rumors..."
"Is probably because we never work for free, nor do we care about any Witcher's neutrality principle."
"The reason our faction broke away from the Witcher Order was because Master Anahard couldn't stand the hypocritical actions of those noble Witchers from the Griffin School, such as Erland."
"We became Witchers through countless life-and-death struggles, so why should we be tools for those sorcerers, or cannon fodder for those commoners?"
"However, those dog-shit nobles are indeed not worth associating with, and we don't like dealing with them either."
"This is probably why they hate us."
Hearing Ged's blunt words and the knowing expressions of the other two Bear School Witchers, Guilliman suddenly felt that perhaps the Bear School was the most clear-headed and carefree school, and also the one most aligned with his own ideas.
The group chatted for a long time.
Guilliman also told Ged and the others about his plan to kill merfolk and even confront the evil god Dagon.
However, Ged and the others were completely unconcerned and unafraid.
They stated frankly that as long as the remuneration was in place, and he, as the commanding leader, did not flee the battle...
Then no matter what kind of battle it was, Bear School Witchers would not desert due to danger.
Ged and the others' attitude greatly impressed Guilliman, and he even considered becoming friends with them.
He liked such strong individuals who were open-minded and spoke their minds directly.
The Bear School's mutations, he speculated, did not make Witchers abandon emotions, but rather amplified them.
Forthright and brave people became even more cheerful and skilled in combat, unafraid of death.
While those with gloomy personalities became more calculating of gains and losses, lacking in human warmth.
After the disappearance of Grandmaster Anahard, the Bear School Witchers, who never cared much for large organizations, quickly split into several small groups.
People with similar temperaments gathered together, and eventually, due to internal strife, quickly fragmented.
But this was not bad either.
Perhaps the current members of the Bear School, or the Cat School, or even the Manticore School far away in the Zerrikania Kingdom, are currently the most numerous Witcher schools in existence... After the welcome banquet ended.
To Guilliman's surprise, Ged and the Skellige warriors were all decisive and efficient fighters.
They were quite tipsy in the morning, but by the afternoon, they strongly demanded to participate in battle.
For Skelligers, getting drunk and then fighting while the alcohol was still in their system was their favorite way of life.
Facing such a request, Guilliman was not one to spoil the fun; he simply moved his plan forward by a day, directly having everyone board the large ship.
They sailed towards Black Gull Island, planning to land on this small island today to establish a temporary camp for everyone to rest.
This was a long-standing plan, and all the materials for building the temporary camp were already prepared.
The efficiency of killing on the ship was too low; it was necessary to attack from land to inflict large-scale casualties on those evil merfolk.
And just as everyone cheered and boarded Blackbeard's large ship...
Guilliman took advantage of the interval to send someone to ask if Vesemir and his companion would join this landing mission.
He himself personally went to Triss's mansion to invite the red-haired sorceress, who had been waiting for a long time, to begin the island assault together.
She was an indispensable and important combat force.
Having been in this world for so long, he had never seen a sorceress at full power; this time, he absolutely had to experience it fully.
As he rode his tall horse, Eggplant, with a slightly flushed Triss in his arms, the two rode together through the city to the docks.
The red-haired beauty was also astonished by the elite warriors Guilliman had prepared.
Skelligers are all tall and strong, and once equipped, they appear even more valiant and skilled in combat.
Especially when she learned that there were already four Witchers in the team.
As the sorceress who currently best understood the Witchers' combat capabilities, Triss had no doubt about the victory of this operation.
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