There is a river outside the town of Leman.
There is a bridge on the river, and Zack sits under the bridge.
The reflection of the moonlight is broken by the flowing river. Zack hides in the shadow of the moonlight, preparing for his own ceremony.
What Zack doesn't know is that in the distance of the stream, between two trees, there stands a figure. This figure is like a low tree trunk and is difficult to distinguish.
Rudolph looked at the bridge hole from a distance, looking at Zack under the bridge hole.
In front of Zack, there is a stone slab. This stone slab was left by Townsend with a broken hand.
There is a terrifying picture on it.
A man with a smile on his face, holding a knife in his left hand, cutting the flesh on his right arm.
Not only is his right arm full of knife wounds and missing pieces of flesh, his belly has disappeared, and his winding intestines are engraved on the stone slab.
Several iron nails as thick as arms are inserted into his shoulders, legs, and feet. There are even three iron nails as thick as fingers on his head.
This is a portrait of extreme self-abuse and suffering.
Zack stared at the slate for a long time. He took out a dagger and stared at the blade of the dagger.
The dagger slowly moved towards the slate, and Zack's left hand was already spread out on the slate.
A mouse appeared beside Zack and saw it all.
Rudolph in the distance moved his body. He wanted to come out and do something, but in an instant he returned to being motionless.
The light cone is all destiny, irresistible and unstoppable.
Could he rush out and say, come on, be a wizard with me.
Wizards and evil gods, who is much better than who?
"Birth is the beginning of pain.
The mother body is in agony because of me. Cruel people will even kill the poor mother body because of their own birth. That first cry is the proof of pain.
Life is the continuation of pain.
We witness pain and experience pain. The more miserable people are, the more pain they experience. Until they slowly become numb in pain.
Death is the climax of pain.
Let the pain bloom with death! After the brilliant bloom, it will wither. That devastated life will eventually express the last struggle with death.
Pain is a disaster, and pain is also power.
Use your pain to please the evil god! The evil god will give you the power to control pain!"
This prayer was overheard by Zack from the broken-handed Townsend.
After reciting this prayer that he had always remembered, Zack chopped off his fingers without hesitation.
Zack's little finger was cut off. For others, this requires great perseverance, but for Zack, this is his enlightenment.
He needs strength to fight against this world that makes him feel painful. He needs strength to help those beggars grow up.
His requirements were not high, he just wanted his friends in the mud to grow up. I heard that when they grow up, they won't suffer so much.
After the little finger was cut off, it rolled on the inclined stone slab.
A large amount of blood gushed out from the broken finger, leaving a large black and red patch on the stone slab.
However, to Zack's disappointment, he didn't feel any difference.
The wound hurt a little at first, and then it burned.
When Zack was at a loss, there was a sudden sharp pain at the burning wound.
Zack's head was soaked with cold sweat, but he gritted his teeth and didn't make a sound.
After waiting for a long time, there was no change in him except pain.
Zack picked up the dagger again and stared at the stone slab.
"Pleasure the evil god with your pain! The evil god will give you the power to control pain!"
The dagger fell fiercely again.
This time, I don't know if it was because of psychological factors or because the dagger he picked up was not sharpened, Zack didn't cut off his ring finger. The ring finger was only broken, and the dagger cut half of the flesh.
Zack almost fainted from the pain at this moment, but he bit his lip to wake himself up.
Then, he pulled the dagger up and down, cutting his ring finger.
This long and dense pain was even more unforgettable.
Rudolph shook his head, came out of the woods, and walked towards Zack from the blind spot of his sight, taking advantage of the bridge.
Zack's behavior continued.
He spent some effort and finally cut off his ring finger.
At this moment, anger, unwillingness and other emotions were gone, leaving only pain.
Zack suddenly felt that the portrait of the evil god of pain on the stone slab came alive, and the eyes of the portrait seemed to move.
The vision in front of him changed, and Zack seemed to see the real evil god of pain.
The evil god of pain sat in the mud that seemed to have no end, holding a stick in his hand, and was hitting his legs again and again.
Large chunks of flesh had been cut off from his legs, exposing bones. And the stick was hitting the exposed flesh and blood, and the leg bones were breaking more and more.
The evil god's painful gaze briefly looked at Zach, making Zach feel like he was electrocuted.
Except for the broken finger, all the nerves were sending out severe pain.
Zach had a vague feeling that if he fainted at this moment, he would get nothing. Because after fainting, he would not feel pain.
He tried his best and used all his strength to look at the evil god in pain.
The evil god still had that stiff smile on his painful face, as if his wounds and the iron nails stuck in his body had never appeared.
I don't know how long he twitched on the ground, Zach stopped twitching, and his pupils calmed down from the violent vibration.
Zach struggled to get up from the ground. He looked at his broken finger and felt very strange.
There were torn muscles and broken bones at the broken finger, but he just couldn't feel the pain.
Or rather, he could control his pain.
He tried to change, and suddenly, his broken finger was in excruciating pain again.
Zach understood that he had become the evil god's painful servant, and he had embarked on the path of an apostle.
This is a difficult road. If he wants to become stronger, he must constantly offer sacrifices to the evil god. The sacrifice is his own pain, or the pain of others.
These pains will please the evil god, and the evil god will also grant him power.
He has not yet become a level 1 apostle, but at least he is stronger than before. If someone wrestles with him again, once he touches him, he can amplify the pain nerves of others and make them feel severe pain.
Just as Zack was fantasizing about his own strength, a sound suddenly came from the bridge above his head.
It was the sound of a cane falling on the stone slab, and the metal cane tip knocked against the stone slab, making a crisp sound.
"Zack, congratulations."
Zack was startled and jumped out of the bridge hole like a rabbit, looking up at the bridge above.
"Captain Rudolph..." At this moment, Zack was very scared.
Captain Rudolph maintained the law and order of the town, and Zack was very afraid that Captain Rudolph would directly make him the sacrifice of this month.
Looking up at Captain Rudolph, behind him was the nearly full moon, as if he was carrying the moon on his shoulders.
"Zach, slowly control your power. Don't let power turn into a beast in the wilderness.
I hope you can do as you said, that I have to take this path just to protect those beggars.
I don't want you to become like Townsend with the Broken Palm one day..."
Rudolph originally wanted to say that if Zach went astray, he would correct his mistakes, and the way to correct them was to send Zach to the altar.
But Rudolph couldn't say the words that followed. He is not God, so how could he be qualified to "correct" others?
Zack was a little surprised, as if Captain Rudolph didn't intend to deal with him immediately.
"I understand, thank you, Captain Rudolph."