Chapter 1322 Have You Ever Experienced Despair?
The blond girl fled into the woods outside the village, but it was too dark and she was so frightened that she could not see clearly the obstacles under her feet. She fell several times in a row, and finally became entangled in thorns and unable to move, and was surrounded by villagers holding torches. .
Two strong middle-aged men held her arms and pulled her out of the thorn bushes. The sharp thorns tore through the girl's dress and left several bloody cuts on her body.
The girl was roughly thrown into the center of a forest clearing. She was already weak and lacked nutrition. She was also frightened and beaten. The little girl didn't even have the strength to get up. She huddled up and begged: " Please spare me, the earthquake really has nothing to do with me, I don’t know anything..."
"Huh, liar! Many people have seen you use the devil's magic to control the earth to crack and the earth and rocks to float. Do you think earthquakes have nothing to do with you?"
"Yes, more than once. I'm afraid she was responsible for the mining disaster in the past two years. In order to sacrifice their souls to the devil, how many miners died in the village during that mining disaster. We must avenge them!"
"We can't just let her die happily. We must make this devil bitch pay for her sins before she dies. We must avenge the dead!"
The villagers yelled at the girl and cursed her wildly. There was a fanatical and chaotic atmosphere in the air. Several strong men stepped forward and punched and kicked the girl fiercely. They did not regard her as a beautiful person. The girl was like beating an animal, the girl screamed and rolled all over the ground.
The death knell lurking not far away couldn't stand it any longer, so he whispered: "Boss, it's time for us to stop it, right?"
The black-haired boy squinted his eyes and observed for a while, then shook his head slightly and said: "What's the rush? As long as she still has breath, I can keep her alive. Only when she experiences a real moment of despair will she realize that our rescue is of great help to her." How important it is that she hasn't fallen into despair yet."
The cold eyes of the twelve-year-old boy made Deathstroke, a veteran mercenary who was used to seeing life and death, shudder. He sighed in his heart: "Sure enough, the young man is better than the old man. With this kid's cold-blooded character, there is absolutely no way he is." Nosy bat weirdos!"
The girl was beaten to the point of dying, and she almost had no strength left to struggle. Suddenly, a man with a complicated face walked out of the crowd. When the girl saw him, she seemed to see hope, and she quickly used her last strength to shout: "Dad...save... Save me...please tell them that I am not a witch..."
The man's eyes were wandering, avoiding the girl's pleading eyes, and whispered: "It's all because of you that Ilona died... Only you will bring disaster to this family..."
After that, he turned around resolutely and left without looking back.
The girl was stunned on the spot, as if her soul had left her body in an instant. She even forgot to cry out the pain when she was slapped again by a strong villager.
An old man who seemed to have a high status in the village said loudly: "Women, please leave. Next, the men will execute the witches. The scene is not good-looking. You will have nightmares!"
The female villagers left obediently, leaving only a group of adult male villagers. These people began to bring firewood to tie up the cross. It looked like they were going to burn the girl alive in the medieval method of burning at the stake.
Deathstroke shook his head and said softly: "What age is it? It's incredible that there are still such ignorant and backward villages in Eastern Europe!"
"What's so surprising about this? The largest democratic country in the world has countless ignorant villages. There are even village elders who publicly sentence people to torture, even in villages and towns that want to be controlled by certain sects in the country. Such Things happen occasionally.”
The black-haired boy sneered: "But the country of hope believes that this does not violate human rights. As long as there is democracy and the people are voluntary, there will be no human rights issues! This kind of evil of human ignorance caused by 'backward customs', superheroes are also Without interfering much, have you ever heard of superheroes who specialize in fighting 'trafficking', 'child marriage', 'domestic violence' and 'whaling'?"
Deathstroke curled his lips, not wanting to continue this topic, and changed his words: "That man is too cowardly. If my child encounters such a disaster, even if I die with the child, I will never stand by and watch!"
As he spoke, he glanced at the black-haired boy intentionally or unintentionally.
Damian shrugged and whispered: "After all, he is just an ordinary person. It is normal to be greedy for life and afraid of death, but this is very beneficial to us. The girl is one step closer to true despair."
The black-haired boy did not tell the truth completely. This situation happened because of his contribution behind the scenes. A few days ago, he sent someone to anonymously deliver a box of money to the girl's father. There was a note in the box that read: "Ignore your daughter, take the money and fly away."
The money in that box is enough for a man to become a rich man with a lot of wives and concubines. Whether it is worth it in exchange for a daughter who is hated by the villagers is really a dilemma of human nature.
Moreover, this is not an exchange for his daughter's life without paying for it at all. The man is afraid that even if he fights for his life, he will die in vain. He has no ability to save his daughter. His only choice is to die with her daughter or take the money to fly away. Two good days.
Even if he wanted to escape in advance, it would be impossible under the heavy surveillance of the villagers.
Three feet of ice is not frozen in a day. The hatred accumulated by the villagers has long been so strong that it cannot be resolved. The girl's family has been under strict surveillance. If they want to escape, this "witch execution" operation will be carried out in advance.
"Isn't this true despair?" Deathstroke frowned and said, "Boss, although I'm not a good person, you are really a bit..."
The black-haired boy's face sank, and Deathstroke quickly swallowed back the second half of what he wanted to say. He suddenly remembered how Damian planned to manipulate him.
I'm afraid that it will be embarrassing for my son to tell it, but in reality, in many families, the son is really sitting on my head and shitting. He is miserable at the hands of the little kid who cheated his father, but there is nothing he can do about it. The death knell can only swallow this breath and endure it. He saw the young man in front of him who was suspected of being his biological son.
The stake for burning the witch was built, but the male villagers present seemed to be in no hurry to tie the girl up. The atmosphere became a little weird, and the men all showed evil smiles.
"This bitch must have obtained her evil power by messing with the devil!"
"We have to purify her, otherwise even if she is burned to death, her evil spirit will curse the village and cause us no peace forever!"
"That's right, before sending her to the stake, she should undergo a 'purification ceremony' to expel the demonic fluid from her body!"
"Everyone, line up and take your time. We have all night. Don't play too hard for those in the front, and leave a mouthful of soup for those behind you."
…
The men surrounded the girl and tore her ragged clothes. The girl didn't even have the strength to shout. She looked at the sky with empty eyes. She thought she could die and end her miserable and short life, but she didn't expect to die. I have to suffer such a humiliation that is more painful than death.