"Did the wizard lose vital signs after the burning?"
In Leman Town, trainee patrolman Rudolph lowered his head and shone a flashlight on the "Confirmation of Burning Results". He felt that it was unnecessary to ask this question...
He raised his head and shone the flashlight up and down on the charred corpse. This is no longer a question of whether it is dead or not, but a question of how well done it is...
After a little thought, Rudolph wrote very objectively: the lower body is well done, the torso is seven-tenths done, and the head... five-tenths done. It is confirmed that the wizard is completely dead after the burning. Rudolph
also wrote a thoughtful little suggestion: It is recommended to execute the burning upside down next time, and burn it upside down.
What does it matter whether the feet are cooked or not? It is more important that the head is cooked thoroughly.
A gust of cold wind blew in from all around, drilling up along Rudolph's trouser legs, making Rudolph a little uneasy. He scribbled in the light of the flashlight, and he wrote faster and faster.
The full moon festival in Leman Town has just ended. The crowd has dispersed and the town square is quiet.
Two lonely black shadows stand in the middle of the empty square.
The shorter one is the trainee patrolman Rudolph.
The taller one is the stake. There is also a wizard who was burned to death on the stake. At this time, it has merged with the stake and is indistinguishable from the other.
The prisoner at the stake is very pitiful. Only a charred corpse is left. Rudolph is also very pitiful. He has to come to collect the corpse of the prisoner at the stake so late.
The smell around is not good. The firewood pile has been burned dry. The smell of ash mixed with the smell of burnt barbecue makes Rudolph feel a little nauseous.
Rudolph endured the discomfort and continued to fill out the "Confirmation Form for the Result of the Burning".
"Confirmation of the identity of the person to be executed."
He raised his head, and the light of the flashlight intensified the bumps on the face of the charred corpse.
The convex parts are charred and cracked skin, and the concave parts are black mouth and eye sockets.
Before the wizard died, he was tortured by the Tribunal. The Tribunal is an institution that specializes in dealing with dangerous elements. They are very professional, but a little too professional. I don't know where the wizard's eyes are.
Rudolph has only been here for half a month and is not used to such a creepy scene.
Under the moonlight of the full moon and the light of the flashlight, Rudolph hurriedly lowered his head and wrote on the paper: The identity of the person to be executed is correct. It is confirmed that he is the wizard captured in the witch hunt two weeks ago.
Rudolph will not remember the facial features of this wizard wrongly, because he always appears in Rudolph's nightmares. It was also because of that witch hunt that the original body died, and Rudolph came here and became the current Rudolph.
Rudolph searched the memory of the original body and found that the original body was a 17-year-old trainee patrolman with a jumpy personality.
How jumpy is it? The police station, the Tribunal, and the witch hunting team with more than 50 people in total. The original body rushed too fast and was the first unlucky guy to be killed by the wizard. He didn't even have time to say "raise your hands" in front of the wizard.
It was already late. After quickly filling out the form, Rudolf took out a large sack and put the wizard and the stake together.
It was too difficult to take the charred corpse off the stake, and Rudolf didn't want to do it so delicately. He picked up a baton and hit the dry and crisp stake, preparing to take the stake and the wizard away together.
The square was filled with crisp bangs and occasional noises. Perhaps one of the legs of the charred corpse was broken, either the left leg or the right leg.
The wizard, who must have been dead, would not care about these details...
The stake and the charred corpse were put into a sack, and then thrown into the carriage by Rudolf.
Rudolf drove the horse to the cemetery outside the town. It was too late, and the buildings on both sides of the road were only black silhouettes, slowly retreating.
After arriving at the cemetery, Rudolf walked through the tombstones, and his steps were cautious, for fear of waking up some strange things in the cemetery.
Dragging the sack along the way, Rudolph could hear the limbs of the charred corpse breaking.
Poor wizard...
Soon, Rudolph came to the edge of the cemetery, which was close to the wall. Wizards don't deserve a good tomb, it's good enough to have a horn.
What made Rudolph happy was that the gravekeeper had already dug the grave.
Rudolph remembered the sheriff's instructions that the sack was a valuable property of the police station. It had sent away one full moon sacrifice after another, and he had to hand the sack back tomorrow.
Lifting the sack, whole pieces, fragments, black, and gray were poured into the grave together.
After burying the soil, Rudolph breathed a sigh of relief. If there were no accidents, today's work would be over.
Rudolph hurried back while folding the sacks on the carriage.
As a particular person, Rudolph would hand in a neatly folded square sack.
Suddenly, Rudolph was stunned.
He felt a finger-long hard object in the sack. Did he not empty the sack just now?
Could this unlucky wizard have left some parts in the sack?
After stopping the carriage, Rudolf quickly opened the sack, lifted the bottom of the sack, and prepared to dump the wizard's parts on the roadside.
A slender object fell out from the bottom of the bag. Rudolf was surprised to find that this finger-shaped object was actually flashing a faint blue light.
A wizard is a wizard. The parts he burned were so advanced and glowed...
Rudolf bent down and took a closer look. The stone in his heart fell to the ground. This did not look like a part of a person, but rather like a stone.
When he picked up the stone, he suddenly recognized it. It was a star stone related to wizards. Before participating in the witch hunting operation, the police station organized a training session, and this kind of stone was mentioned in the training.
The moment Rudolf touched the star stone, the world spun.
The moon and stars passed by quickly in front of his eyes, and Rudolf's back of the head fell to the ground, and it was elastic and fell up and down several times.
He didn't care about the pain in the back of his head and rubbed his eyes.
The stars in the sky were doubled. How could he have astigmatism after falling?
He quickly closed his eyes and prepared to let his eyes relax, but he didn't expect that he saw another starry sky in his mind.
The starry sky in his mind had a strong sense of unreality, just like an abstract oil painting. It was more like a star map than a starry sky.
The glowing star stone he just picked up was like a switch that allowed Rudolph to contact something mysterious.
Unlike the real starry sky, this star map was so dim. The moon, planets, and stars were all dark gray. The whole star map seemed to be hidden behind frosted glass.
Just when Rudolph didn't understand, the star stone in his hand suddenly disappeared.
In the star map in his mind, a bright meteor streaked across the gray starry sky and hit the dim moon hanging in the center of the star map.
Then, the moon on the star map was no longer gray, but emitted a soft light like the real moon.
The stars were still dim, which made the moon look even brighter.
When the meteor hit the moon, a flash of dazzling light burst out around the moon. The stars slowly fell from the moon and finally floated on the ground of the star map.
Rudolf's consciousness approached the stars and found that they were three small stars floating in the air.
In the light of the stars, some phrases can be vaguely distinguished: Full Moon Whispering, Moon Disaster, Night Charm.
What is this? A golden finger from across time? Some kind of lottery system?
The stars in the sky are all dim. Do we have to light up all the stars? What kind of cows and horses can complete such a large workload?
Rudolf no longer cared about the star map, but looked at the three floating stars.
Night Charm? It feels like something for women, not suitable.
Moon Disaster? It doesn't sound auspicious, so forget it.
Full Moon Whispering? This one seems to be a little better than the other two.
When Rudolph's consciousness touched the floating star representing the "Full Moon Whispering", his brain suddenly seemed to explode.
"Blood is so sweet..."
"Break out of the cocoon, my little cuties..."
"Let me out..."
Countless whispers rushed into Rudolph's ears. Rudolph covered his ears, but it was of no use.
After a long time, Rudolph got up from the ground.
The other whispers had faded away, leaving only the sentence "Let me out" that kept ringing in Rudolph's ears, as if he had tinnitus.
Rudolph was very sad, with astigmatism, tinnitus, auditory hallucinations... He spent the night.