When Virguth's charred remains had been reduced to ash, the priests, high on the feeling of burning someone at the stake and feeling good about it , sought to extend the same fate to the other captured savages. They called for their immediate conversion under the looming threat of the stake, their voices rising in righteous fervor, declaring that the souls of these heathens must either be redeemed in flame or through devotion.
Yet, this time, their cries met staunch resistance—not from compassion but from pragmatism. The nobles, with their purses always in mind, were quick to voice their dissent. "Burning them is a waste," one barked, his tone sharp with greed. "They'll fetch a hefty price in the markets!" The common soldiers, many of whom stood to gain a share of the profits from the sale of these prisoners, grumbled in agreement.After all they had captured nearly 2,000 prisoners , which at the market price of 6 silverii a men, meant that there were 12,000 silverii at stake.
