There is a bridge over the river, and Zach is sitting under the bridge.
The reflection of the moonlight was shattered by the flowing river water. Zach hid in the shadow of the moonlight, preparing for his own ceremony.
What Zach didn't know was that there was a figure standing between two trees in the distance of the creek. The figure looked like a low tree trunk and was difficult to distinguish.
Rudolf looked at the bridge from a distance and looked at Zack under the bridge.
In front of Zach, there was a slate. This slate was something left by Townsend Halfhand.
The above is a frightening picture.
A man is smiling, holding a knife in his left hand, cutting the flesh on his right arm.
Not only was his right arm covered with stab wounds, and pieces of flesh were missing, his belly had disappeared, and his winding intestines were carved on the stone slab.
Several arm-thick iron nails were inserted into his shoulders, legs, and feet. There were even three finger-thick iron nails on his head.
This is a painful portrait of extreme masochism.
Zach stared at the stone slab for a long time. He took out a dagger and stared at the blade of the dagger.
The dagger slowly moved towards the stone slab, and Zach's left hand was already spread out on the stone slab.
A mouse appeared next to Zach and saw everything.
Rudolph's body in the distance moved. He wanted to do something, but in an instant he became motionless again.
Within the cone of light is destiny, irresistible and unstoppable.
Did he rush out and say, come on, become a wizard with me?
Wizards and evil gods, who is better than the other?
"Birth is the beginning of pain.
The mother's body is in pain because of me. Cruel people will even kill the poor mother's body because of her own life. That first cry is proof of pain.
Life is a continuation of pain.
We witness pain and experience pain. The more miserable a person is, the more pain they experience until they slowly become numb in the pain.
Death is the climax of pain.
Let the pain bloom with death! After the dazzling bloom, it will wither. That devastated life will eventually use death to express its final struggle.
Pain is disaster, pain is also strength.
Use your pain to please the evil god! The evil god will give you the power to control pain!"
This prayer was overheard by Zach from Townsend Halfhand.
After reciting this prayer that he had always remembered, Zach chopped off his own finger without hesitation.
Zach's little finger was cut off. For others, this requires great perseverance, but for Zach, it was his awakening.
He needs strength to fight against the world that makes him feel painful. He needs strength to help those beggars grow up.
His requirements are not high, he only needs to let his friends in the mud grow up. I heard that when they grow up, they won't be so miserable.
After the little finger was cut off, it rolled on the sloping stone slab.
A large amount of blood gushed out from the severed finger, leaving a large area of black and red on the stone slab.
But, to Zach's dismay, he didn't feel the slightest difference.
The wound hurt a little at first, then started to burn.
When Zach was at a loss, a sharp pain suddenly came from the burning wound.
Zach's head was soaked in cold sweat, but he gritted his teeth and didn't make a sound.
After waiting for a long time, it didn't bring any changes to him except pain.
Zach picked up the dagger again and stared at the slate.
"Use your pain to please the evil god! The evil god will give you the power to control pain!"
The dagger fell hard again.
This time, whether due to psychological factors or because the dagger he picked up was not sharpened, Zach did not cut off his ring finger.
The ring finger was only broken, and the dagger also cut through half of the flesh.
Zach 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 intense and prolonged pain makes it even more unforgettable.
Rudolf shook his head, came out of the woods, and then, blocked by the bridge, walked towards Zack from the blind spot of his sight.
Zach's behavior continues.
After some effort, he finally cut off his ring finger.
At this moment, anger, unwillingness and other emotions have gone away, leaving only pain.
Zach suddenly felt that the painful portrait of the evil god on the stone slab came to life, and the portrait's eyes seemed to move.
The vision in front of him changed, and Zach seemed to see the real pain of the evil god.
The Evil God was sitting in agony in the mud with no end in sight, holding a stick in his hand and hitting his legs again and again.
A large piece of meat had been cut off from his leg, leaving the bones exposed. And the stick was hitting the exposed flesh, breaking the leg bones into more and more pieces.
The evil god's painful gaze briefly looked at Zach, giving Zach an electric shock.
Except for the severed finger, all the nerves were experiencing severe pain.
Zach had a vague feeling that if he fainted at this time, he would get nothing. Because after fainting, he would not feel the pain.
He tried his best and used all his strength to stare 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 inserted into his body had never appeared.
He didn't know how long he had been twitching on the ground. Zach stopped twitching, and Tong Kong also calmed down from the violent shaking.
Zach struggled to get up from the ground. He looked at his severed fingers and felt strange.
There were obviously torn muscles and white stubble of broken bones at the broken finger, but he just couldn't feel the pain.
In other words, he can control his pain.
He tried to change, but suddenly, he felt the heart-breaking pain in his fingers again.
Zach understood that he had become the painful servant of the evil god, 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's pain. The sacrifice is his own pain or the pain of others.
These pains will please the evil god, and the evil god will also give him strength.
He hasn't become a level 1 apostle yet, but he is at least stronger than before. If someone wrestles with him again, once he comes into contact, he can amplify other people's pain nerves and make others feel severe pain.
Just when Zach was imagining his own power, a voice suddenly came from the bridge above his head.
That was the sound of the cane falling on the stone slab. The tip of the metal staff struck the stone slab, making a crisp sound.
"Zach, congratulations."
Zach was startled and jumped out of the bridge hole like a rabbit, looking up at the bridge deck above.
"Captain Rudolph..." At this moment, Zach was very scared.
Captain Rudolph maintains law and order in the town, and Zach is afraid that Captain Rudolph will directly make him a sacrifice for this month.
Looking up at Captain Rudolph, behind Captain Rudolph is the nearly full moon, as if he is carrying the moon on his shoulders.
"Zach, take control of your power slowly. Don't let your power turn into a beast in the wilderness.
I hope you can agree with what you said. It is only to protect those beggars that I have to take this road.
I don't want you to become like Townsend Halfhand one day..."
Rudolf originally wanted to say that if Zach took a wrong path, he would correct his mistake, and the way to correct his mistake was to send Zach to the altar.
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But Rudolf couldn't say the words that followed. He was not God, so how could he be qualified to "correct" others' mistakes?
Zach was a little surprised, it seemed that Captain Rudolph had no intention of dealing with him immediately.