The corners of William's mouth raised slightly, and with a movement of his feet, the person passed by like a black shadow and appeared next to the old witch. He curled his palms into claws and leaned forward.
Before the old witch climbed up the tree, she was grabbed by William. With a slight force, the old witch was like a duckweed without roots. William threw her and she fell to the side.
"Ouch!" The old witch screamed in pain as her bones became brittle due to her old age.
"Can we have a good chat?" William asked the old witch.
The old witch endured the pain, stood up again, and said coldly to William, "Do we have anything to talk about?"
"Of course! For example, that tinderbox?" William stepped closer to the old witch.
The old witch's face suddenly changed color, "I don't know what you are talking about?"
"Oh, don't you know about tinderboxes? That's just right. Then give me the tinderbox that the soldiers bring later!"
The old witch couldn't pretend any longer and became furious and glared at William, "I knew you had no good intentions! Do you want to be an enemy of our Hecate family? Be an enemy of the descendants of the great Pluto goddess Hecate.
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William sneered and said, "So what?"
The old witch was so angry that she almost exploded, but there was nothing she could do to William. She could only say, "What do you want? Tell me your conditions."
"I'm saving your life! Isn't it worth exchanging your life for an old tinder box?" William asked rhetorically.
"I only saw you threatening me. Besides, even if you got the tinder box, you don't know how to use it?" the old witch said.
"Really?" William asked confidently.
At this moment, the rope around the old witch's waist suddenly moved.
The soldier's voice rang out from the hole in the tree, "Pull me up, old witch!"
The old witch looked at William, then at the rope swinging around her waist, without saying a word.
Seeing that there was no response for a long time, the soldier in the tree hole became anxious and shouted, "Old witch, do you hear that? Pull me up!"
The old witch still dared not speak.
When William saw it, he smiled faintly and said, "I am saving your life, don't you believe me?"
As he said this, William silently retreated behind a big tree.
The old witch didn't know what William was thinking, so she frowned and thought hard.
At this time, the soldier Philip's even more anxious voice came from the tree hole, "Old witch, old witch, do you hear it! Pull me up quickly!"
The old witch looked at where William was hiding, and William looked indifferent.
The doubts in her heart deepened, but it was useless to think so much now. The top priority was to get the tinder box as soon as possible, so that she could have a chance to make a comeback.
So the old witch shouted back to the tree hole, "Have you got the tinderbox?"
"Why did you just answer me now?" Philip, the soldier in the tree hole, finally heard the old witch's voice and asked ecstatically.
The old witch did not answer his question, but asked again, "Have you got the tinderbox?"
The old witch said while looking at William's position.
There was still no movement from William, but the old witch felt even more uneasy.
Because the unknown is what scares people the most.
Anyone who has watched ghost movies knows that the scariest moment is not when the ghosts are killing everyone, but the moment when the ghosts are about to emerge, which is the most thrilling.
"It's not bad at all!" Philip, the soldier in the tree hole, remembered it, patted his head and said, "I completely forgot about it."
Soldier Philip's voice disappeared.
The old witch waited uneasily.
After a while, the soldier Philip's voice was heard again. He said, "Okay, the tinderbox is in my hand. You can pull me up."
The old witch quickly pulled up the rope.
However, it is easier to let go than to come up.
Philip the soldier almost doubled in weight.
The old witch struggled to hold it, and after a lot of effort, she finally pulled the soldier Philip out of the tree hole.
As soon as the soldier Philip came out of the cave, he quickly untied the rope around him, then climbed down from the tree with a little slow movement, and landed in front of the old witch.
Jingle bells!
The sweet sound of coins colliding constantly came from Soldier Philip's body.
His pockets, leather boots, marching belt, and hat were all filled with coins. His originally strong and thin figure now looked bloated!
But the soldier Philip was grinning from ear to ear!
Anyone who suddenly has so much money will be extremely happy!
What's more, Philip's little soldier had been extremely poor before!
The old witch had no intention of sharing the soldier Philip's joy. She only wanted the tinder box, especially when William was watching from the dark beside her, and she didn't know when he would come out.
She was actually terrified inside, and only a tinder box could turn defeat into victory.
So almost impatiently, she rushed to the soldier Philip, grabbed his shoulders and said, "Where is the tinderbox? Give me the tinderbox!"
The old witch's expression made the excited soldier Philip calm down immediately.
He couldn't help but think that the house was full of gold and silver, but the old witch didn't want anything.
All she had was an old tinderbox, but the old witch was so rude, there must be a big secret in it.
For a moment, the fire of greed in soldier Philip's heart was ignited again.
He pushed the old witch away effortlessly, then patted the place where he was caught by the old witch a few times, and then said to the old witch slowly, "What do you want this tinder box for?"
The old witch's magic power was completely exhausted and she was almost defenseless. When the soldier Philip pushed her, she couldn't help but step back. She took several steps back before she could stand still.
A feeling of shame arose in the old witch's heart, making her extremely angry, just a mortal!
She glared at the soldier Philip and said, "This has nothing to do with you?"
"You have already received the money and I have done what I promised you. You must also fulfill your promise!"
"Give me the tinderbox!"
"quick!"
The old witch was very anxious. If her magic power hadn't been lost now, she would have gone and snatched it away.
What a mistake!
You shouldn't be so careless!
The old witch felt very regretful.
But the soldier Philip was there with an old god, a sharp light flashed in his eyes, and he said in a ferocious tone, "Nonsense!"
"What use do you want it for? Please tell me right away, or I will pull out my sword and chop off your head!"
"You damn bitch! I shouldn't have brought you here!" The old witch was furious. She didn't expect that this soldier Philip turned out to be such a person.
"Speak quickly! Otherwise, even if I still have patience, my sword will not!" The soldier Philip drew his long sword.
The long sword was stained with rust and stained with dark red blood. It looked like it had drunk a lot of blood.
"I can't tell you! Just tell me the tinder box and I will tell you!" The old witch was still making her last effort to trick the soldier Philip into getting the tinder box.
But the soldier Philip didn't say anything and just slashed at him unexpectedly with his sword.
The old witch felt the cold wind blowing across her face and her hair stood on end. She tried to dodge but it was too late.