Chapter 361: Burning by Fire

"Wang! Thank you very much for your help! Otherwise, it would be difficult for me to deal with this terrible guy alone!"

After the griffin was beheaded by Wang Zhifan, the demon hunter Gate walked to the giant eagle head of the giant beast and looked at it, and then thanked Wang Zhifan who had already fallen from the air.

"Is this guy's body valuable?"

Wang Zhifan focused his eyes on the griffin's body and asked this very basic question.

Gate nodded immediately after hearing it.

"Very valuable! Especially its eyes, heart and claws, they are all good things that can be sold for at least twenty silver coins!"

"What about its feathers and meat?"

"Feathers can be sold for some money, but it's troublesome to handle... Meat is not so good, because griffin meat is poisonous, it takes a lot of time to handle, and the taste is not good, not many people like to eat it."

After a brief conversation, Wang Zhifan learned that they had made a small fortune and could solve the funding problem for a period of time.

Then Gate asked him to divide the spoils.

"King, please let me handle this griffin. I promise to cut off all its valuable parts."

Gate swung the steel sword in his hand and looked eager to try. It was estimated that he rarely saw such a high-quality trophy.

But Wang Zhifan refused him, saying that it was not the right time yet.

"Don't cut it yet. It won't be too late to do it when you bring it to the place where it is sold. Maybe the whole thing can be sold at a higher price."

While explaining, he raised his hand and put the body and head of the griffin on the ground into the space ring, which was the Sea God Meditation Ring transformed by the Rune Elves in the previous copy.

Seeing him take the griffin away in the blink of an eye, Gate was shocked and sighed from the bottom of his heart.

"Wang, you are definitely a top wizard! I know a lot of witches, but only one of them has a space ring! It is said that there are not many wizards who can make such things now."

"You know a lot of witches? What about male wizards?"

"I have seen two or three male wizards, but they are very arrogant and withdrawn. A small person like me has no chance to talk to them."

Gate couldn't help but say something weird when he mentioned the faces of those people.

"Okay, we should get on the road. When you enter the city, help find a place to deal with the griffins. We will split the money from the sale."

"Wang! You are too generous to be a wizard!"

A demon hunter was moved when he heard Wang Zhifan make such a decision. It almost meant that all his recent economic problems could be solved.

So in the following time, the two of them continued to ride on their horses and speeded up to their destination, Novi Town.

They did not encounter any abnormal situation later, but when they were closer to Novi Town, they met more people on the road.

In order to hide his identity, Gate took out a hooded cloak from his saddle bag and put it on. He also added a pair of sexy black eye masks, making him look like a blind hero, which made Wang Zhifan next to him complain.

"Gate, you really won't have a counter-effect if you dress like this? The guards in the town will definitely check you first, right?"

But Gate immediately denied Wang Zhifan's idea.

"Wang, please rest assured, I have been to many cities with this outfit. As long as I don't deliberately hang out in front of those lackeys of the kingdom, not many people will care. Besides, it is better to be suspected than to find out that I am a demon hunter directly... In addition, the witch hunting operations mentioned by those villagers have indeed become more and more frequent in recent years. You should disguise yourself carefully to avoid being discovered."

"I don't care."

Wang Zhifan shook his head directly after hearing this, thinking that he was already as strong as a god in this world, so why should he care about witch hunting and kingdoms? Whoever dares to provoke him will be sent to the west with a one-stop service! Kill as many as possible!

"Okay... I believe you have a way to deal with those people."

Gate saw Wang Zhifan so arrogant but didn't object. It should be because he had seen Wang Zhifan's strength and methods before, and understood that this young man was mysterious and powerful, and was not at the same level as him.

In this way, not long after, the demon hunter Gate and Wang Zhifan, who were disguised, arrived at Novi Town on horseback.

This is a town that looks more imposing than Wang Zhifan expected. There is a very tall city wall on its periphery. The gate of the city wall is wide and unobstructed. There is no special person to check the flow of people, at least on the surface.

Wang Zhifan and Gate both entered very smoothly, riding slowly on the gravel-paved street. There are mostly four- or five-story red brick buildings on both sides, various shops are lined up, and there are many tourists, showing a lively and prosperous scene.

"It's really a good city. Before I came here, I thought it was just a big village."

At this moment, Wang Zhifan rode his red deer horse and kept looking around the road. He felt that his evaluation of this world could be improved. Just by looking at the appearance of this Novi Town, he could tell that the level of civilization development in this world was really not low. The unfriendly village he encountered when he first landed was completely a low-level product in comparison.

"Wang, after the square in front is the commercial district in the city. I suggest you go there to deal with the griffin."

The demon hunter Gate, who was walking a little ahead, turned around and reminded him.

"Okay...but why are there so many people gathered in the square in front? Are they doing something?"

Following his instructions, Wang Zhifan noticed that the city square ahead was crowded with people. There were probably two thousand people watching something there, but because the view on the street was not wide enough, they could not see the overall situation in the square.

"I smell the smell of kerosene... Could it be..."

Gate's face darkened when he heard him say that, and he urged the old horse under his crotch to speed up a bit.

The same was true for Wang Zhifan behind him. With his super perception ability, he roughly guessed what was happening in the square ahead.

A few minutes later, the two crossed the intersection and came to the city square.

Because there were so many people here, they could only stop outside the crowd to watch, but fortunately they were tall enough on horseback to see the low platform in the center of the square over the large crowd.

It was a platform made of large stone slabs, with two vertical iron frames erected on it, and two people tied tightly with ropes were hung on the iron frames.

Below the two men, two piles of oiled firewood had been piled into a cone shape. Several fully armed guards surrounded the stone platform, and some held torches ready to light a fire at any time.

Among these people, an elderly man in a black robe was speaking loudly to the crowd, but because there were too many people in the square, the voice was a little unclear.

"They are really burning witches."

Wang Zhifan saw at a glance that the current activity here was the real burning that he had heard about in the village at the beginning.

According to his perception, the two people who were about to be burned were relatively young women. There was extraordinary energy in their bodies, but for some reason, this energy was fixed. This was probably the reason why they were tied up and about to be burned to death but could not resist.

While thinking, Wang Zhifan noticed that the demon hunter Gate next to him showed an extremely shocked look on his face. He actually took off his blindfold and took a close look at the position of the bound person in the distance. Then he pulled the hood on his head to cover his face, quickly jumped off the horse and got into the crowd in the square. Relying on his tall and strong body, he kept squeezing out the people around him and tried to get closer to the middle.

"What's wrong with him? Do you like to watch the fun? Or did he find something?"

It was the first time that Wang Zhifan saw this young demon hunter lose his composure. He thought about it and didn't jump off the horse to follow him, but secretly released a dream clone to follow him. Relying on the non-physical characteristics of the clone, he could easily touch the back of Gate who was struggling to move forward.

Not long after, through the clone's vision, he saw Gate finally squeezed near the central low platform. The demon hunter slightly raised his head covered by the hood, staring blankly at a woman hanging on the iron frame, his face full of disbelief, revealing a kind of despair.

"Elena...you..."

He could only hear him moving his lips with difficulty to say a name, but he suppressed his voice because he was afraid that the pressure from the surroundings would bring him great trouble.

At the same time, his body trembled slightly. He wanted to raise his arm several times to pull out the long sword covered by the cloak behind him, but reason stopped him from doing so.

Because the current environment was too bad, he could not change the cruel reality with his ability. The only result of his impulse was to sacrifice himself.

This feeling made him feel extremely painful for a while. The muscles on his face were tangled into multiple parts. He wanted to do something, but the reason he had cultivated for a long time prevented him from taking further action, as if a paralyzed patient was struggling with the disease to control his body.

"It seems that there are people who are about to be burned to death on the iron frame that he knows, and they are very close, otherwise he would not be so excited... If other people were at this time, they would definitely rush forward to save them regardless of everything, but he did not do so, because he knew that he could not save them. With his ability, it is impossible to save a person from so many guards."

Wang Zhifan observed Gate's condition through the clone that sneaked into the crowd, while thinking about the current situation. He could not accurately know what Gate was thinking now, but he could generally guess that he must be in great pain and despair. Under the cruel reality and cold reason, he could only watch the people who were important to him being burned alive.

"Uh~"

"Uh~"

On the iron frame, the two women who felt that they were about to face the end of ashes tried their best to break free from the restraints around them, but the ropes were so tough that they could not break free at all. What made them even more desperate was that their tongues had been cut off long ago, and they could not make normal sounds. They could only make dying cries for help that no one could understand like lambs to be slaughtered, and then turned into ashes in a meaningless struggle.

"Citizens! I have explained the crimes committed by these two evil witches! I declare that the execution will begin now!"

Under the stake, the old man in black robes finally finished his lengthy speech. The time for this public burning has come to be truly implemented. Through this execution, he will make it clear to the people that the kingdom is extremely powerful and firmly stands on the side of justice. It can take everything from the two evil witches without scruples.

Of course, evil is all additional. In order to preach enough crimes, he made up for a long time. Even if those poor people without tongues can't refute themselves, they have to make it sound like that to the people below, and there can't be too obvious loopholes.

"Light the fire!"

The guard leader around him also gave orders to the two men holding torches. The two men were standing next to the pile of firewood poured with oil. Now, as long as they threw the torches together, they could just ignite two piles of blazing flames, and everything would be done.

Time went back to more than ten seconds ago. The voice of a young man suddenly sounded beside Gate, who had fallen into despair and numbness.

"Do you need help? Do whatever you want to do, and don't leave a lifelong regret."

"But..."

Gate was not very surprised to hear Wang Zhifan's voice, because he no longer had the mind to care when Wang Zhifan caught up, and he was trying to convince himself what choice to make.

"No buts! What is risk-free? As long as you dare to do it, I will definitely help you! Make your own choice!"

Wang Zhifan's answer to Gate through his clone seemed to be the last weight on the scale, which ignited a raging fire in his heart, who was already desperate. The reckless idea of ​​moving forward suddenly overwhelmed the rational will to retreat.

Because he remembered his close past with the prisoner. If he gave up on him, it would definitely become a huge shadow in his life that could not be erased. He also remembered the strength and mystery shown by Wang Zhifan along the way. With this person's help, he might really be able to create a miracle.

"Frost Seal!"

The demon hunter Gate, who made the final decision, attacked when the two guards were about to light the firewood pile.

He chose to stretch out his left hand to release a frost seal with the maximum intensity, so that the icy power covered the largest area enough to extinguish two torches at the same time, solving the biggest hidden danger at the moment. At the same time, his right hand also pulled out the long sword behind him at an astonishing speed, and his feet suddenly exerted force, and his figure knocked away the crowd in front and rushed towards the stake.

"He actually chose to save two people. Does he know both of them?"

Wang Zhifan was surprised by the character of this demon hunter when he saw this scene. At such a critical moment, he actually knew how to take care of others. This is a rare quality. After all, he just focused on one of the prisoners and didn't react much to the other one.

But although Gate was fast, the guards around the stage in front were not much slower, especially the old man in black robe who had just finished his speech. A disdainful smile appeared on his face.

"Guards! Stop him!"

"Fireball!"

While he shouted loudly to the nearby guards to defend, he threw two big fireballs at the pile of firewood, determined to complete this burning.