Both Coulson and Natasha underestimated the impact of the prisoner's disappearance. In the early morning, when the jailer and the judge discovered that their prisoner was missing, the situation took a turn for the worse. The church bells rang again, and the new
A round of witch hunting begins.
This is also the reason why Colson and Salomon walked on the street without being asked, because these fanatical Puritans were hunting down women who appeared to be associated with witchcraft in their eyes and had no time to deal with outsiders——
But they just don't have time now. When they can't find the witch, suspicious foreigners will be the best target for them to vent their fear.
It wasn't until Coulson arrived at the tavern that he discovered this, because the tavern was empty and the only drunken man revealed the truth under the influence of whiskey. But Agent Coulson could not contact Salomon, so he only
Able to return to the hotel in a hurry (he didn't forget to bring wine), contact Natasha urgently and let her prepare. Because no matter whether the fanatics will turn the suspicion on them or not, Coulson wants to save some innocent people.
But this morning, when the two girls who stayed away all night returned to the town, they added another fuel to this unreasonable collective hysteria. Ann Putman and Elizabeth Paris woke up Cotton Marathon.
Arthur and interrogator Matthew Hopkins described to them everything that happened in the glade last night. However, their words were flickering and they changed some key parts.
In fact, last night Ann Putman and Elizabeth Paris did participate in a coven. They were invited by the founder of the coven in Salem, Kazia Mason. This grumpy old woman
She is over ninety years old, but her body is still as strong as that of a young person. She has a withered face, fierce and ugly appearance. She lives in a small wooden house in the middle of the woods with few people inhabited. She rarely communicates with the residents of the town because the locals think
She had long gone crazy. And this old woman's invitation really interested Ann Putman and Elizabeth Paris, because they had long been tired of the Puritanism in the town and hated the clothes that were only in black and white.
Elizabeth Paris, in particular, was only showing piety in front of her father, otherwise they would not have participated in Professor Tituba's voodoo ritual.
The symptoms of "devil possession" displayed by Mary Walcott did not frighten them, but made them believe more in the existence of witchcraft. It was at that time that Kazia Mason came to them. Facts
Above, the purpose of this witch inviting Ann Putman and Elizabeth Paris to the gathering was not to make these two girls witches, but to make them sacrifices and sacrifice them to the man of darkness.
After Ann and Elizabeth received an invitation from the most mysterious old woman in the town, they followed her to the clearing in the forest. As they entered the woods, the light of the full moon was blocked by the messy trees, and everything around them fell into darkness.
In the end, only the lanterns in their hands retained the only light. With the dim light, some horrific shapes gradually emerged from the swaying shadows - those were some terrible, ugly shadows, and these shadows did not follow the lanterns.
The lights swayed together, but they watched the two girls silently. They followed the footsteps of Kazia Mason's Mason, walking forward step by step. Ann and Elizabeth held hands tightly, for fear that something would happen.
They let go and disappeared into the woods, but the fear they had to experience was more than that.
Following their footsteps, a small orange-red light appeared in the dark distance. They continued to move forward along the road. This warm light gradually dyed the woods with a faint red halo. Those firelights made the shadows surrounding them
The dance continued to twist and turn, looking more dangerous and terrifying. Just before they reached the location of the fire, they saw a big tree by the road. The swaying light of the flames hit the twisted branches, looking like a huge Al
The face of the Gonquin Indian youth grew out of the tree. He seemed to be looking into nothingness with empty eyes. The two little girls were frightened. They looked back, only to find that they had deviated from the road and came to a place that had never been before.
At that point, the road behind them also disappeared, and the only path was at their feet, leading to the fire.
Ann Putman and Elizabeth Paris slowly moved closer. They found that the bonfire was very huge, and the flames were shaking wildly. They heard a special kind of chanting, and the words chanted seemed not to be pronounceable by humans at all.
The singing was very rhythmic, and the girls could feel that the inhuman pronunciation was attracting them. They continued to move forward with fear, and then they saw several black figures surrounding the bonfire, and the bonfire
Blue, purple and orange flames were flying wildly on the bonfire, and a thick black smoke poured into the moonlit sky. Kazia Mason stood in front of the bonfire, and it was she who uttered the strange singing voice.
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Seeing them walking towards the bonfire unable to help themselves, Kazia Mason chanted another prayer: "I?! I?! Shab Nicholas! The black goat of the forest who gave birth to thousands of descendants! Bless the daughters of Eve!
Bless Gorgon, Mormor, and the daughters of the Thousand-Faced Moon! Be kind to our sacrifices! Great Messenger, the One of Darkness! Bless your chosen children!”
Kazia Mason waved her hand, and two cloaked figures stood out. They were girls they did not know. Both girls took off their cloaks and stood naked in front of the bonfire. They tried to use their hands to
Covering her naked body, but in vain. Kazia Mason also ordered Ann Putman and Elizabeth Paris to do this, but the two frightened girls refused to agree anyway, so Kazia Mason
He cast a spell to make the two girls vomit for several minutes. What they vomited was not undigested food, but maggots.
This is real witchcraft, not useless rituals!
Ann Putman was so delighted that she immediately agreed to do it, and she asked Elizabeth Paris to do the same. So the two girls also took off their clothes and put their left hands on their foreheads as Kazia Mason instructed.
, and then grab the right foot with your right hand.
Kazia said in a low roar: "Are you going to give up what is in your hands and sacrifice it to the man of darkness?"
The two girls replied: "Yes, I give up what I hold in my hands and offer it to the man of darkness."
Kazia drew a symbol on the dark ground with her finger, then stretched her hand into the flame and took out a piece of charcoal that did not seem to burn her. Kazia dropped the charcoal in the center of the symbol and stood back.
Bit of chanting along with the others. Something seemed to have changed in the air, the temperature dropped sharply, and the firelight was surrounded by an unnatural halo. It was an indescribable color that Ann Putman could not find using all the words she could think of.
Preparing to describe the scene at that time, the two naked girls suddenly looked very frightened, as if they had just realized that everything they had done was not as interesting and beautiful as the witchcraft game they imagined.
A figure slowly rose from the earth, as if it appeared directly from hell. The dark man came forward holding two burning wooden staffs. He was tall and naked, and his eyes showed a sarcastic look.
, his smile was also full of foolery. His skin was like dark oil, and the proportions of his body were also very abnormal. He first approached Ann Putman and touched her head. As he did so, Ann seemed to enter
She was in a state of obsession, and she seemed to be intoxicated by this feeling. The dark man was slowly absorbing her soul. With this move, Ann became pale and sickly, and Elizabeth froze in place due to fright.
Just as the man of darkness was devouring his soul, a huge invisible force hit the man of darkness. The man of darkness took a few steps back. Then the force struck again, knocking the man of darkness further away.
Some, two burning wooden sticks fell to the ground, and the act of absorbing souls was interrupted.
The Dark One recognized the spell - the Fist of Yog-Sothoth.
He noticed a figure standing in the shadow where the firelight did not shine. The dark man laughed sarcastically, then turned and disappeared into the dark woods. Ann Putman and Elizabeth had just recovered.
Paris screamed and ran into the forest, and the other witches immediately put on their cloaks and picked up the clothes left behind by Ann Putman and Elizabeth Paris. They felt an equally powerful force attacking the Dark One.
In panic, they quickly evacuated the scene, leaving only a huge bonfire burning in place.
When Ann Putman and Elizabeth Paris returned to the town and got dressed, they immediately told the judge and inquisitor what happened last night. However, in their descriptions, they were not participating in the witch hunt.
The people at the gathering just happened to watch the scene by accident when they went to play games in the forest.
Ann Putman described to the judge in detail the scenes they saw in the woods, the bonfire and the naked woman, the black man and the smoking stick, and the terrifying and strange singing. But because of Ann...
Putman did not know all the witches in the town, so she listed some of the unpopular characters in the town with her fear of witchcraft. The first person to be accused, Sarah Goode,
Many people disliked her because she often smoked a pipe; the second person accused was Sarah Osborne; the third person accused was John Pricey and his wife Mary Pricey
; and the last person to be accused was the real witch, Kazia Mason.
The judge immediately ordered the king's army to bring firearms and arrest the witch according to Ann Putman's confession. But except for Kazia Mason who successfully escaped, everyone else was caught and thrown into the cell.
This trial proceeds quickly, and the method of interrogation by the judge is also very old. The captured suspects are taken from the cell to a dark room, where Cotton Mather and the witch hunter will interrogate them.
, each suspect was forced to sit on a wooden chair in the center of the room, with his hands and feet restrained, and was questioned by interrogator Matthew Hopkins.
The judge will prepare a unique style of questioning for each of them.