One Punch Abbie

— run away!

Such thoughts naturally appeared in her mind, which made her a little confused.

She didn't know why such thoughts appeared in her heart, and she had no fear in her heart about the upcoming test.

God is the only, holy and just existence. Under His witness, the grievances were cleared and the mistakes were corrected. As a good child, she was able to wash away her grievances.

"Abigail Williams, turn around and turn your back to the witnesses!"

Abbie complied without hesitation.

She felt a chill on her back, as if someone had cut a hole in the clothes behind her.

Then, she felt a subtle itching on her back.

"Abigail Williams, in the witness of the only God, answer my question."

"Just now, did you feel any pain?"

She wanted to answer this question truthfully, when a voice suddenly sounded in her heart.

——It's a witch thorn!Answer him that pain!

This voice didn't make Abby hesitate at all. She knew that, under the witness of the only God, as a good child, she couldn't lie.

"Father, I have never felt pain."

"Okay, turn around."

Abby turned around and stared blankly at the wooden stick full of slender nails that Father Karama held in his hand.

"Everyone has seen that Abigail Williams never felt pain under the witch thorn. This is because the devil gave her the stigmata, which can make her fearless of pain."

"I, Heinsis Kramer, under the witness of the only God, pronounce Abigail Williams guilty of witch charges!"

Abigail stared blankly at the uproarious crowd amidst the middle-aged man's voice without any emotion.

Overwhelmed.

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Pricking

It is a tool to identify whether a woman is a witch or not.Its usage is to install the iron needle on the wooden handle and stab the witch with the needle.According to the theory at the time, witches had some "stigmata" on their bodies. If these places were poked, the witch would not feel pain due to the help of the devil.

Virtually everyone has a few areas of the body that have few nerve endings, especially the back.Or the corresponding nervous system has been numb due to the frequent needle sticks of the victim.

Additionally, a witch thorn with a retractable needle was used by many witch hunters, the notorious Matthew Hopkins being one of them.When the witch thorn he used pierced the victim's flesh, the needle retracted into the handle.On the surface, the needle seems to have penetrated into the flesh, but in fact, the victim feels no pain at all because the pressure is too small

If there are enough tickets tomorrow, continue to the third watch.

pSSS:

I found that I can still save a chapter of the manuscript in the middle of the night. . .

Chapter 11 The Gift of Yog-Sothoth

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On the way to be taken to the cell for custody, Abby's heart was not at peace.

Along the way, many blasphemous knowledge appeared in her heart.

For example, the witch trial was a hoax. It was just that the church arbitrarily attributed natural disasters to innocent women in order to cover up the fact that gods do not exist.

For example, witch thorns do not have the effect of testing witches, but everyone has a few parts of the body with few nerve endings, and they will not feel pain due to acupuncture.

Abby didn't know what the nerve endings meant, but she knew that the protagonists of most religious stories were tempted by the devil in times of adversity.

What is ringing in her ears now, maybe it is the whisper from the devil?

But why would the pious self be judged a witch?Could it be that Lord God really knows how to desert?

Obviously he defeated the temptation of the devil and answered the priest's question honestly.

but why?

The nun took her into the dungeon of the church, which was very dark and filled with an unpleasant smell.

Abby squatted down in a relatively clean corner. She saw fat bedbugs in the straw pile, and she didn't want to be their dinner.

There were low sobbing sounds from the cell next door, a woman's raving madly from time to time, a man's growl occasionally, and some sounds that made Abby feel ominous.

That night, no one brought her dinner, she squatted in that slightly cleaner corner, and fell asleep exhausted with hunger and fear.

Early the next morning, Abby was forcibly woken up by the nun.

"Get up, let's go parade."

Abby stood up in a daze, she didn't have any thoughts of acting like a baby, she knew that was something a good boy shouldn't do.

Seeing Abi's well-behaved appearance, the nun felt a little pity in her heart, and secretly gave her a piece of bread.

"Hurry up and eat."

After waiting for Abi to finish eating the bread and drinking a few sips of cold water, she led Abi out of the dungeon of the church and came to Father Calama's pulpit.

After staying in the dark environment for too long, seeing the sun suddenly at this moment, Abby narrowed his eyes subconsciously.

After getting used to the light, she had already stood on the lectern beside Father Calama.

For her, who is only 1.5 meters tall, Father Karama is like a lofty mountain, standing in front of her, exuding majesty and sacredness.

——Dead metamorphosis.

The insulting words appeared in her heart, which made her feel a little embarrassed.

There are more and more townspeople in the audience. After confirming that half of the townspeople in the town have arrived, Father Karama picked up something like an iron cage and said to Abi:

"Open your mouth."

Abi silently obeyed Father Karama's request, with a look of doubt in his blue eyes.

What is this for?

Father Karama quickly responded to her with his own actions. He put the iron cage on her head, then closed the door of the cage, and stuffed the thick and long piece of iron on the door into her mouth. .

There is no such thing as a "girly style" for torture tools for witches. The thick piece of iron was pressed against Abby's tongue, giving her a taste of rust and salty taste, transforming her lovely face into a somewhat terrifying one. look.

The iron piece scratched the corner of the girl's delicate mouth, and two lines of blood flowed down her jaw.

The cruel scene caused some of the more soft-hearted townspeople to silently look away.

There is a funny horse face on the door of the cage, because the devil has a horseshoe, so the horse is also a symbol of the devil.

The face of the horse adorning the front of the mask of shame is the church's mockery of heresy.

In the end, Father Karama forcibly grabbed Abby's hand, and pinched her fingers in with a narrow, wavy iron bar.

Abi suffered from pain, but under the restriction of the iron bar protruding from his mouth, he could only make a vague sound.

The thing worn on her face is called a "shame mask", and the thing worn on her hands is called "finger cuffs", both of which are instruments of torture against heresy.

The former can deprive heretics of their right to defend themselves and humiliate them.

This instrument of torture was promoted during the witch trials, and became a common tool for domestic violence among men in some parts of the West in the late Middle Ages.

When a man thinks his wife is disobedient, he will put on a humiliating mask for her, pull the chains on the cage, and lead her around the city like walking a dog, as punishment and humiliation.

The latter was originally used to punish believers who were distracted during worship, and it will be used on Abby today, which is entirely just a whim of Father Karama.

Abby seemed to see a flash of excitement on Father Calama's face as he handcuffed himself.

A violent emotion appeared in Abby's heart without warning. This emotion did not belong to her. She felt that her body was beginning to become uncontrollable, but with her weak physical fitness, she couldn't get rid of the heavy weight at all. instruments of torture.

The priest dragged her around the town, which was a necessary step before executing a witch, and paraded her through the streets for three weeks as an example to others.

Whoever invented the mask of humiliation to deal with heretics has absolutely no idea of ​​the occult meaning of "cage".

In the curse of blood, Miklash, the lord of nightmares, used a cage to keep himself awake in the dream and receive more information from the universe.

Under the cage, the girl's eyes were no longer pure, but turned into a kind of anger that burned like a flame.

A keyhole-shaped hole appeared on her forehead, and countless memories and knowledge flooded into her mind.

In the nearly real dream composed of inheritance, Dong Yun opened his eyes.

On the body covered by the linen robe, a coat of arms burning like a flame appeared on the lower part of her lower abdomen.

All these changes were covered by humiliating masks and clothing.

Dongyun walked around the town under the influence of Father Karama. Among the surrounding townspeople, some showed pity, some looked angry, but most of them had a kind of excitement that was almost ignorant.

She didn't choose to attack at the first time, because she could feel that the current self did not have the ability to resist this dream composed of inheritance.

But she could feel that her strength was increasing bit by bit. This kind of strength was not just physical strength, but also a kind of mysterious power that was difficult to describe in words.

Those powers all come from an existence that Dongyun has never heard of before——

Yog Sothoth.

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Chapter 12 Divinity

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In the process of parading through the streets, Dongyun accumulated strength little by little.

Surrounded by noisy discussions, eyes with disgust, or some dirty desires that made her feel, all the malice in the world seemed to be gathered in those eyes.

Because the town is not big, the three-week parade around the town was quickly completed.

When Father Karama was about to take off Dongyun's torture device, read her charges again, and send her to the stake, he saw a scene that made him wonder if he was dreaming.

The handcuffs made of pig iron were broken free by Dong Yun. She tore open the cage door of the humiliation mask and threw the humiliation mask to the ground.

Now, she no longer needs this to accumulate strength.