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Chapter 361: Burning Choice
"King! Thank you very much for your help! Otherwise, it would be difficult for me to deal with this scary guy alone!"

After Wang Zhifan cut off the griffin's head with a single blow, the demon hunter Gate walked up to the giant eagle head of the beast, took a look at it, and then thanked Wang Zhifan who had already fallen to the ground from the air.

“Is this guy’s body valuable?”

Wang Zhifan's eyes were focused on the griffin's corpse, asking this very basic question.

When Gate heard this, he nodded immediately.

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

"What about its feathers and meat?"

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

After a brief conversation, Wang Zhifan learned that they had made a small fortune and that it would solve their financial problems for a period of time.

Then Gates suggested that he should be in charge of dividing the spoils.

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

Gate swung the steel sword in his hand as he spoke, looking a little eager to try. It was estimated that he rarely saw trophies of this quality.

But Wang Zhifan rejected 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 get it to where you sell it. Maybe you can get a higher price if you sell it as a whole."

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 Poseidon Meditation Ring that had been transformed by the rune elves in the previous copy.

Seeing him take down the griffin in the blink of an eye, Gate was shocked and sighed sincerely.

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

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

"I have met two or three wizards, but they are very arrogant and aloof. A nobody like me has no chance to talk to them."

Gate couldn't help but look a little sarcastic when he mentioned those people's faces.

"Well, we should get going. When we get to the city, help me find a place to deal with the griffin. We will split the money from the sale."

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

A certain demon hunter was deeply moved when he heard Wang Zhifan make this decision. This almost indicated that all his recent financial problems could be solved.

So the two of them mounted their horses and hurried on to their destination, Novi Town.

They did not encounter any unusual situations afterwards, but as they got closer to the town of Novi, they met more and 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 put on a pair of sexy black eye mask, making himself look like a blind hero, which made Wang Zhifan next to him complain.

"Gate, is it true that there won't be any adverse effects if you dress like this? The town's guards will definitely question you first, right?"

But Gate immediately denied Wang Zhifan's idea.

"Don't worry, King. I've been to many cities in this outfit. As long as I don't deliberately hang around in front of the kingdom's lackeys, not many people will care. Besides, it's better to be suspected than to be found out that I'm a demon hunter... In addition, the witch hunts mentioned by those villagers have indeed become more and more frequent in recent years. You should disguise yourself carefully to avoid being discovered."

"I do not mind."

Wang Zhifan shook his head when he heard this. He thought that he was already as powerful as a god in this world, so why would he care about witch hunting or kingdoms? Anyone who dared to provoke him would be sent to heaven with a one-stop service! He would kill as many as he could!

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

Gate didn't object to Wang Zhifan being so arrogant. 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 on the same level as him.

So, not long after, the disguised demon hunter Gate and Wang Zhifan arrived at the town of Novi on horseback.

This was a town that looked more imposing than Wang Zhifan had expected. It was surrounded by a very tall city wall with wide and unobstructed gates. There was no one in charge to check the comings and goings of people, at least on the surface.

Wang Zhifan and Gate both entered very smoothly, riding their horses slowly forward on the gravel street. On both sides were mostly four- or five-story red brick buildings, various shops lined up, and there were also many tourists, showing a bustling and prosperous scene.

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

At this moment, Wang Zhifan was riding on his red deer horse with his eyes constantly wandering on both sides of the road. He felt that his evaluation of this world could be improved a little. Just by looking at the external image of this Novi town, he could tell that the level of civilization development in this world was indeed not low. In comparison, the unfriendly village he encountered when he first arrived was completely a thing that lowered his evaluation.

"King, beyond the square ahead is the city's commercial district. I suggest you go there to deal with the griffin."

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

"Okay...but why are there so many people gathered in the square in front? Are they holding some kind of event?"

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

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

When Gate heard what he said, his face suddenly turned gloomy, and he urged the old horse under his crotch to speed up.

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

A few minutes later, the two crossed the intersection and arrived at 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 tightly tied with ropes hanging on the iron frames.

Below the two men, two piles of oil-soaked firewood had been stacked into a cone shape. Several fully armed guards surrounded the stone platform, and some were holding 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 the voice was difficult to hear because there were too many people in the square and the noise was too loud.

"It's really burning witches."

Wang Zhifan could tell at a glance that the current activity here was exactly the real-person burning that he had heard about in the original village.

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 currently 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 had an extremely shocked look on his face. He actually took off the blindfold he was wearing, took a close look at the position of the tied person in the distance, then pulled the hood on his head to cover his face, quickly jumped off the horse and dived into the crowd in the square. Relying on his tall and strong body, he kept pushing aside others and tried to get closer to the middle position.

"What's wrong with him? Does he like to watch the fun? Or has he discovered something?"

It was the first time that Wang Zhifan saw the young demon hunter lose his composure like this. After thinking about it, he did not jump off his horse and follow him, but secretly released a dream clone to follow him. Relying on the clone's non-physical properties, he could easily get behind Gate who was struggling to move forward.

Not long after, through the vision of his clone, he saw that Gate had finally squeezed to the vicinity of the central low platform. The demon hunter slightly raised his hooded head, staring blankly at a woman hanging on an iron frame, his face full of disbelief, revealing a kind of despair.

"Elena...you..."

I could only hear him moving his lips with difficulty as if he wanted to utter a name, but he suppressed his anger because he was afraid that the pressure from the people around him would bring him great trouble.

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

Because the current environment is too bad, he is unable to change the cruel reality with his abilities, and the only result of his impulse is to get himself into trouble.

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

"It seems that one of the people who are about to be burned to death on the iron frame is someone he knows, and he has a very close relationship with them. Otherwise, he wouldn't be so excited... If it were someone else, he would definitely rush forward to save them at all costs, but he didn't do it because he knew he couldn't save them. With his ability, it is impossible to save a person from so many guards."

While Wang Zhifan was observing Gate's condition through his clone who had sneaked into the crowd, he was thinking about the current situation. He couldn't know exactly what Gate was thinking, but he could roughly guess that he must be in great pain and despair. Under the cruel reality and cold reason, he could only watch the people important to him being burned to death.

"Uh~"

"Uh~"

On the iron frame, the two women, feeling that they were about to meet their end in 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 turn to ashes in their futile struggles.

"Fellow citizens! I have clearly 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 ended his lengthy speech. The time had come for this public burning at the stake to be actually carried out. Through this execution, he would make it clear to the people that the kingdom was extremely powerful and firmly stood on the side of justice, and could take away everything from the two evil witches without any scruples.

Of course, evil and the like were all additional. He had been making up stories for a long time in order to come up with enough charges. Even if those poor tongue-less bastards couldn't defend themselves, his stories had to sound plausible to the people below, without any obvious loopholes.

"ignition!"

The captain of the guards around immediately gave orders to the two men holding torches. The two men were already standing next to the pile of firewood poured with oil. Now, as long as they threw the torches on together, they could ignite two piles of blazing flames at the right temperature, and everything would be done.

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

"Do you need help? Just do whatever you want to do, and don't leave yourself with lifelong regrets."

"But……"

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

"No buts! What can be done without risk? As long as you dare to take action, I will definitely help you! Make your own choice!"

The answer that Wang Zhifan gave to Gate through his clone was like the last weight falling on the scale, which ignited a raging fire in his already desperate heart. The reckless idea of ​​moving forward immediately overwhelmed the rational will to retreat.

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

"Frost Seal!"

The witcher Gate, who had made the final decision, took action just as the two guards were about to light the firewood pile.

He chose to stretch out his left hand and release a frost seal of maximum strength, allowing the icy power to cover 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 pulled out the long sword behind him at an astonishing speed, and he suddenly exerted force with his feet, pushing away the crowd in front of him and charging towards the stake.

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

When Wang Zhifan saw this scene, he was immediately surprised at the character of the demon hunter. In such a critical moment, he still knew how to take care of others. This is a rare quality. After all, he was only paying attention to one of the prisoners and did not 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 suddenly appeared on his face.

"Guards! Stop him!"

"Fireball!"

While shouting to the nearby guards to defend themselves, he threw two big fireballs at the pile of firewood, determined to complete the burning at the stake.

(End of this chapter)