Wizard's Journey

Chapter 433 The Burning Rack

If it really was an infiltrated demon hunter wizard, even if there were one or two level-two locust people hiding in the city at this moment, Grin and Kretia would definitely try to save them.

The reward for saving a witch hunter is not to be underestimated!

At worst, I can just go undercover in a smaller city and investigate the data on the abyss's contamination.

However, at this moment, the two could not detect any wizarding aura from the locust man bound to the stake, which puzzled Green and Kredia.

Kreta looked at Green, who silently shook his head, indicating that they should keep an eye on things for now.

"I'm not a wizard! I'm Solanli, and all the locust-like citizens of the city know me!"

The female locust-man, stripped naked and bound to the stake, shouted defiantly, her eyes filled with determination and reason—a light of wisdom akin to that of a wizard seeking truth and mystery!

Even though he was bound to the stake, even though he had no human appearance, even though he had no wizarding aura, Green felt as if he were facing a wizard.

It was all because of the unwavering and admirable light of wisdom in her eyes.

"Not a wizard!?"

The priest of the Temple of Annihilation sneered, and with a wave of his hand, threw out a series of blueprints, a broken magic staff, fragments of demon-hunting weapons, and several magical artifacts.

Green discovered that the drawings depicted basic magic circles with six stars inside large circles, which were fundamental course knowledge for every wizard apprentice. In fact, these magical runes were merely in form, without any spiritual guidance.

As for the broken magic wand, the magic ring, and the magic link, they were all useless scraps, bearing obvious signs of combat damage.

These things seemed to be evil beings carrying the most terrible curse!

The onlookers, all exclaiming in alarm, stepped back a distance, and no one dared to approach them without permission.

"Then how do you explain these wicked things found in your house! Solanli? Hmph! Commander Diler, who sacrificed his life for Tanding Castle, and his venerable wife Solanli, would never have anything to do with these filthy things. You must have killed Solanli, put on her skin, and infiltrated Tanding Castle, you filthy and evil wizard!"

The priestess of the Temple of Annihilation roared, her eyes bloodshot, as if the locust-woman bound to the stake was the greatest evil in the world.

Although the priests have lost the support of the Dark Annihilation God's power and no longer possess their former sacred glory, the locusts' faith in the Dark Annihilation Flame God will not change in a short time.

The locusts and people around them also started to make a ruckus and roar.

"The venerable Lady Solanli would never have any connection with these evil and filthy wizards and demonic implements! She possesses the perfect, fiery light of wisdom, her purity is inviolable. You wicked wizard, I will not allow you to defile Lady Solanli!"

A young man suffering from locust fever yelled and threw the mud in his hand at the female locust person on the stake.

With a "poof" sound.

Dirty mud splattered onto the smooth, naked green skin of the female locust.

The female locust-man, her frail body instinctively turned her head to the side to avoid it, tears streaming down her face.

When she opened her eyes again, the female locust-woman still had an indomitable and determined look in her eyes, but it was also filled with immense pain and sorrow.

"I'm not lying, I am Solanli! After Diler sacrificed his life for Tan Dingbao, I hoped to defeat those evil wizards by studying what they left behind..."

Snapped!

Another clod of mud was thrown at the female locust's face, interrupting her speech.

A plump locust-like woman screamed, "My son is dead, all because of you, you evil sorcerer! I will have the great priests of the Temple of Dark Annihilation burn you to death! I will watch you wail in the flames until you are reduced to ashes!"

The locust woman on the stake wept as she looked at the locust woman.

"Your son died because of an evil wizard, not because of the wizard's knowledge. If we can crack their secrets, we can prevent more innocent locusts from dying and banish them from this world... Ah..."

Suddenly, the female locust-woman screamed in pain, struggling desperately, but to no avail.

The priest of the Temple of Annihilation took a knife and slashed open the face of the female locust-man on the stake, blood flowing out.

"Did everyone see that?"

The priest of the Temple of Annihilation shouted, brandishing a blood-stained knife.

"The wizard has managed to perfectly disguise herself as one of our locust people! Beneath this layer of Solanli skin flows the same blood as us, yet it cannot change her nature as an evil wizard! From this day forward, we will destroy everything within Tan Ding Fortress that is related to wizards!"

"Roar, burn her!"

"Burn this evil wizard!"

"My son..."

The locust people, who lived under the shadow of the wizard every day, had nowhere to vent their anger and fear. Now, under the words of the temple priest, they fell into a frenzy and roared.

This is absolutely insane; it seems like all the locust people have lost their minds.

"Mom, I'm scared!"

A young locust-human was emaciated, his body deeply corroded by the abyss's aura. Unnatural red spots appeared on his green skin, and he looked extremely weak.

The little locust hugged its mother tightly, too afraid to look.

The locust-woman mother looked at her daughter, whose life force was being corrupted by the abyss, and said softly, "Don't be afraid. After the high priest burns this evil wizard to death, the wizard's shadow on you will be banished by the great Dark Flame God. She is the most evil and filthy thing in the world, an enemy of the great Flame God. As long as we hold fast to our faith, one day the world will become a better place again."

"Um."

The little locust man looked at the stake with some fear.

After forcing a smile, the locust-woman mother gradually raised her head. Her tender smile slowly turned into hatred, and she became one of the millions of people shouting "Burn her!" while constantly picking up dirty mud from the ground and throwing it at her.

Snap, snap, snap, snap, snap, snap...

Her beautiful, well-proportioned body was covered in filthy mud. The female locust-person on the stake looked sadly at the fanatical locust-person residents around her.

The slug-like people who once adored her now act like demons, baring their fangs and claws at her, about to burn her alive.

Looking at the once revered priest of the Temple of Annihilation, whom he had respected and was willing to dedicate his life to, he now seemed like a devil, sneering at him as if he were a lowly, filthy pig.

hatred?

No, Solanli didn't feel hatred; she was only heartbroken by the ignorance of these locusts, yet she had no way to change it.

Solanli stared directly at the priests of the Temple of Annihilation, and said weakly, "You are wrong, the Flame God is wrong! Those locust people did not die at the hands of the wizards, but at our ignorance. We only..."

Snapped!

The Dark Flame God Priest struck Solanli hard across the face, using almost all of his strength.

Solanli, on the stake, let out a "whoosh" and spat out a mouthful of blood, unable to utter another word.

"You wicked wizard, how dare you defile the great Flame God! You lowly thing!"

Snap, snap, snap, snap...

The Dark Annihilation God Priest lashed out at Solanli relentlessly until he was too exhausted to continue. Panting, the Dark Annihilation Temple Priest straightened his appearance.

Looking at the barely recognizable Solanli, the priest said coldly, "Speak, you evil wizard, what is your plan to infiltrate Tan Ding Castle?"

Solanli simply raised her head, but could no longer utter a word, only a mouthful of blood remained.

But what Green saw in her eyes, though still that unyielding spirit and wisdom, was also mixed with reluctance, longing, and deep disappointment.

"Hmph! Not only do they refuse to tell, but they also deceive us while wearing the guise of the great lizard people?"

Snap, snap, snap, snap, snap, snap...

It felt as if a whip was being lashed at the hearts of the locust people watching over them. Even the locust people who hated the wizard felt the cruelty, their bodies trembling involuntarily, and they naturally covered the eyes of the young locust person in their arms.

The priest of the Temple of Annihilation lashed out again and again with a leather whip, almost turning Solanli into a bloody mess.

The mud flowed down with the blood, making it extremely filthy.

Finally, Solanli no longer had the strength to lift her head or open her eyes; only her last gasps remained, and the black flames above her head were almost invisible.

"Hmph! This is the tragic end of an evil wizard! The glory of the great Flame God will forever shine upon the Flame Soul Continent!"

The priest, driven to madness, screamed and threw the torch in his hand onto the firewood and branches beneath the stake. In the blink of an eye, the raging flames engulfed Solanli.

"what……"

Amidst painful sobs, Solanli struggled and screamed, but ultimately no locust people paid her any attention; they simply watched the scene silently.

The wailing gradually subsided.

The raging fire was still burning. The priest of the Temple of Annihilation led the crowd away, leaving only the embers of the flames gradually dying out in the center of the square.

Green and Kreta watched all of this unfold silently, their hearts filled with indescribable emotions.

"I never imagined that upholding the pursuit of truth and profound truths in this world would be treated this way..."

Green sighed softly.

After perfectly concealing the slight disappointment on her face, Kretia chuckled and said in an evil and eerie tone, "Let them burn, let them go crazy, it would be good to kill all these elites who defy the will of the wizards."

(End of this chapter)