The Beginning

For Elizabeth Crall, it was the craziest, most senseless, and hellish afternoon. Elizabeth Crall was just a poor old widow who was almost sixty years old, her eyes were starting to develop cataracts, her back was slightly bent, her hair was white and she had only one leg left.

"Look for the marks on his body that she is a witch!" The three women who appeared to be in their forties broke into Elizabeth Crall's old hut, rolled her on the ground, cut Elizabeth's white hair, and stripped her of her clothes, searching for any strange signs of a witch, a sign that someone had made love to a demon.

Elizabeth Crall screamed and struggled and fought back. However, his frail body couldn't stand against three women who were much younger and stronger than her. "What are you guys doing! I'm innocent, I'm innocent!"

In the end, all of Elizabeth Crall's screams were just useless screams. She was naked, completely stripped of his clothes, and almost bald.

"Th-that, the mark of a witch!" One of the women shouted and pointed to where there was a witch's mark on Elizabeth's body. The other two women saw it too, shivering in fear as if the mark could pounce on their heads.

They found the witch's mark near Elizabeth Crall's genitals, a medium-sized greenish mark of indistinct shape, more like an ordinary birthmark if it weren't for the people of those days.

While the three women were stunned by the strange markings on Elizabeth Crall's body, a tall man with long black hair entered Elizabeth Crall's rickety old hut. Followed by several old men whose facial expressions were filled with anger.

"She's a witch, she is a witch! Look at that, look at that weird mark!" The three women pointed at Elizabeth Crall who was crying.

The tall man with long black hair smiled viciously. "Tie him. Dress him first, I don't like seeing his wrinkled body," he said.

The tall man with long black hair was named Matthew Dagalic. He came from a fairly influential noble family. The Dagalic family is a well-known devout family, always praying in church no matter what. Likewise, Matthew Dagalic, he's an obedient man, that's why he hates witches.

For him, witches were truly disgusting people. Not a single human in this world was born with magical powers. Witches get magical powers because they have sex with the devil, in return, the demon gives power to the woman he has sex with. The power to kill, curse, and bring disease. Witches disobeyed God's commandments and sinned greatly, they had to be killed, because they were despicable. That's the thought of Matthew Dagalic, someone who feels obedient to God's commands.

There is little difference between wanting to carry out God's commandments and hating others for unreasonable reasons.

Elizabeth Crall was tied to a wooden chair, it was getting dark, Elizabeth Crall, the poor poor old widow was hungry and cold, she was not allowed to sleep. The three women who disarmed Elizabeth, Matthew Dagalic as well as some of the angry men gathered in front of Elizabeth who was in pain. Asking for clarity, even though the end of Elizabeth Crall has already been confirmed.

"Don't sleep, don't sleep!" A slap shot across Elizabeth's face.

"Hurry up and confess, you're a witch aren't you!"

Elizabeth screamed as the knife sliced ​​through her forehead, blood gushing from the gaping wound. Elizabeth shook her head vigorously.

"I'm innocent, I'm innocent!" Elizabeth screamed again in pain, the more she dodged, the more cruel the agony she got. She had only one leg left,  she was trampled on, her face was slapped and slashed many times, still hungry and cold.

Matthew Dagalic just stared at Elizabeth who was being tortured and folded his arms in front of his chest. Hoping that the old woman can confess immediately and be quickly brought to court and executed.

For three days, Elizabeth denied that she was not a witch. Elizabeth didn't want to admit something that wasn't even true. For three days Elizabeth was tortured and starved. During those three days, six other women were accused of being witches.

Wounds in the heart have not even had time to heal properly after a pandemic that lasted for six years, now they are shocked by witches who kill their livestock and their babies.

After three days Elizabeth Crall was tied to a chair and tortured, and she was finally released. Not to be released, but to be brought to justice, along with six other women on the same charge.

"Elizabeth Crall, is it true that you are a witch?" the judge asked Elizabeth. Elizabeth and six other women sat in the suspect's chair.

"I'm not a witch, I'm not guilty at all!" Elizabeth shouted with all her might, it was a true statement.

Elizabeth's response only made the small court more commotion, all of whom got angry and accused Elizabeth and the six other women of their guilt.

"They killed my cattle, they killed my horse!"

"He killed my baby, my poor baby!"

Uncertain accusations floated in the air, it hurt so bad when all those murder charges were leveled at you.

"Shut up, shut up!" The judge tapped his hammer repeatedly, trying to calm the disorganized crowd.

The judge cleared his throat loudly, cleared throat then scribbled something on paper with his quill.

"Elizabeth Crall, Monica Petronella, Emma Lin, Lucy Karl, Della Ella, Rachel Samson, and Aleinn Chloe were found guilty, and received the death penalty." The judge said, tapping his hammer three times. The pounding of the hammer was inviolable, the witnesses including Matthew Dagalic who had a role in this case cheered as if there was no tomorrow. No matter even if the evidence against them was unclear, they didn't think that maybe one day, their wives, their husbands, their children, and even themselves could end up with the same fate as Elizabeth Crall and six. the other woman.

The next day, Elizabeth Crall and six other women who had been found guilty were taken to the place of execution. Hanging tools were available, people gathered to see the sinful witches hanged to death. Everyone cheered, shouted the word death, and cursed the suspect. They do not realize that they are more despicable than the women who were found guilty.

In the end, they had all been hanged. They writhed as the rope wrapped around and strangled them until at last their faces turned blue and death met them. The only woman to be helped to climb to the gallows was Elizabeth because she only had one leg.

Matthew Dagalic wasn't satisfied, there were still many other witches who were about to be executed. It's not over yet, and it will only get worse and worse.