Chapter 39 The Fire Demon Part 1

Guozhao Zhiqiang opened his and saw people screaming in pain. He saw his medic juniors working hard to help the wounded. The village in front of Guozhao Zhiqiang was engulfed in flames, and the fire continued to spread from one house to another. He saw villagers trying to put out the fire.

Guozhao Zhiqiang ran to one of the medic juniors and asked, "What about the rest of you?"

The female medic junior raised her head and said, "Senior brother, they chase the fire demon that way." She pointed to her left.

Guozhao Zhiqiang said, "How many fire demons?"

The female medic junior said, "I only saw one."

Guozhao Zhiqiang said, "If you see more, send a signal."

The female medic nodded, and Guozhao Zhiqiang ran to the left of the village. When Guozhao Zhiqiang arrived at the scene, he did not see his juniors fighting the fire demon but saw his juniors taking care of the villagers' injuries.

Guozhao Shaquan stood up as soon as he saw Guozhao Zhiqiang. He waved his hand, "Senior brother, over here."

Guozhao Zhiqiang knew that the sun was about to set, and it was not good for them to fight the fire demon in the dark. He looked at the juniors and said, "You don't need to look for the fire demon, everyone leaves here first, and continue to look for the fire demon tomorrow."

The injured villagers and twenty-three hunters walked along the mountain road towards the village. As soon as they arrived in the village, the villagers welcomed them and took away the injured villagers.

When the hunters were sitting and resting, Guozhao Zhiqiang asked, "Why are you two together?"

Guozhao Shaquan answered, "I supposed to be here with the other ten juniors, but I met Bolin on my way here, so we decided to come together."

Guozhao Bolin said, "I thought that we would join forces to capture the fire demon earlier, and everyone would be able to go home safely for the Mid-Autumn Festival. Who knew that the fire demon was so tricky?"

Guozhao Shaquan said, "It led us into the woods, and then it suddenly rushed out of nowhere and spit fire at us."

Guozhao Zhiqiang said, "This is it territory, maybe it doesn't want us here."

Guozhao Bolin said, "We thought we were dealing with a ghost, but when the villagers took us to the mountain, it was not a ghost, but a fire demon. It suddenly got angry at us, chased us down the mountain, and then started to burn houses. Once it knows it can't defeat us, it takes us into the woods and trying to burn us alive." He looked at Guozhao Zhiqiang. "Heh, why are you here?"

Guozhao Zhiqiang said, "I was summoned."

Zheng Yaozu came over from the left and said, "I've summoned you." He threw his bag down next to Guozhao Bolin. Following behind are Zheng Tingfeng and the four juniors.

Guozhao Zhiqiang, "That's the fire demon. I thought Snow Sector and Golden Gate Sector had captured it thirteen years ago."

Zheng Yaozu mocked, "If they really caught it." He sneered. "Then why that fire demon is still here?"

Guozhao Zhiqiang, "At that time, I saw it with my own eyes that Hu Jianguo demanded the spiritual pouch from Hu Dingxiang."

Zheng Yaozu smirked, "I bet you saw Hu Dingxiang hand the bag to Hu Jianguo." Guozhao Zhiqiang nodded. Zheng Yaozu smiled. "I figure..."

Guozhao Shaquan, "Otherwise you may not see the fire demon they claim to have caught."

Guozhao Bolin, "I must agree with Shaquan."

Zheng Tingfeng looked at his fellow brothers and said, "The question is, why do they lie and claim that they have captured and destroyed the fire demon."

Guozhao Zhiqiang, "I only see the pouch, not the real fire demon, so I have no evidence to support our theory."

Zheng Yaozu scoffed, "I understand now." He looked at Guozhao Shaquan.

Guozhao Shaquan smiled and said, "That's the perfect way to create a witness."

Zheng Yaozu nodded in agreement with Guozhao Shaquan.

Guozhao Bolin asked confusedly, "What are you two talking about? We can't read minds."

Zheng Yaozu explained, "The pouch at that time was just an empty pouch. I don't believe that Snow Sector and Golden Gate Sector have the ability to capture the fire demon at that time."

Guozhao Shaquan added, "In order to ensure that their plans are foolproof, they have senior brothers to witness when they communicate."

Zheng Yaozu continued, "If someone says they didn't kill the fire demon in the future, they..." He looked at Guozhao Zhiqiang. "They will have senior brother to testify on their behalf."

Guozhao Shaquan said, "At that time, senior brother was just a teenager, and he had no experience in the outside world. With an innocent face who just entered the hunter world, he would be the easiest target to attack."

Zheng Yaozu, "They created the perfect witness for their alibi."

Guozhao Zhiqiang knew that what his juniors said was true. At that time, he didn't know that the evilest people were those who stood behind the scenes and watched the play from a distance. He was indeed an easy target. Guozhao Zhiqiang has long since admitted; he may be the strongest of all Guozhao hunters but compared to his juniors, he is not the smartest. It was very true; at that time, he had not yet had the experience of reading the evil deeds of others. His biggest mistake was letting love blind him, but this mistake also made him understand that the bad guys who openly stand in front of you to beat you and spit on you are not evil people. They are just selfish people. Those who smile at you innocently and stab you when you are not careful are evil people.

Guozhao Zhiqiang said coldly, "Then let us brothers kill it. I don't want this monster to continue to cause trouble for the villagers living here or nearby."

Guozhao Bolin, "How are we going to kill this fire demon? We can't even get close to the fire demon."

Zheng Yaozu said, "We need something to restrain the demon."

Guozhao Zhiqiang threw a talisman paper on the ground, white mist emerged, and Shan slowly walked towards the brothers. Shan asked expressionless, "What do you need, Zhiqiang?"

Guozhao Zhiqiang, "Shan, I want you to go to Waterfall City and asked Junjie to bring the golden string here."

Shan vanished with the fog.

Guozhao Zhiqiang, "We going to use the golden string to kill the fire demon."

Zheng Tingfeng complained, "Just have Shan bring the golden string here, why do you want Junjie here?"

Guozhao Zhiqiang looked at his brothers, "Does any of you know how to use the golden string?"

Guozhao Bolin, "You know, people who don't like each other, eventually like each other, but they don't want others to know." He smiled. "So, they pretended to hate each other to avoid suspicion."

Zheng Yaozu grinned, "There is a say 'the more you hate, the deeper the loves is'."

The four brothers laughed.

Guozhao Bolin added, "Since the two countries are close friends now, and to further develop their friendship bond, the two countries should consolidate the friendship bond through marriage."

The four brothers continued to laugh. Immediately afterwards, a magic circle appeared, and it was Lim Junjie who stood in the magic circle.

Zheng Yaozu announced happily, "Taaa..daaa…The groom is here."

Lim Junjie was confused, "What are you laughing at?" Lim Junjie's face lit up when he saw Guozhao Zhiqiang. He ran to Guozhao Zhiqiang and hugged Guozhao Zhiqiang.

Zheng Tingfeng was annoyed by Lim Junjie's attitude, and stood up, "Tell me when you are ready to discuss how to defeat the fire demon."

Zheng Yaozu teased, "Love triangle is very painful."

Lim Junjie was confused, "Love triangle? Who?"

The four brothers laughed again.

Guozhao Zhiqiang, "Stop the fussing around." Zheng Tingfeng sit back down. Guozhao Zhiqiang looked at his brothers. "Since it's a fire demon, we can't defeat it on land, so we are going to fight the demon in the water."

Zheng Yaozu said, "It makes sense. Senior brother, how are we going to lure the fire demon?"

Guozhao Zhiqiang, "I will lure the demon out. Let us set the traps before the sun goes down. Everyone should have a good rest to night to restore your energy for tomorrow's mission."

The five brothers nodded at Guozhao Zhiqiang.