The knight in the big world of American TV series

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Many people died in Paris, and these people became ghosts.

More importantly, no matter what each of these ghosts was like in life, they became extremely vicious after death.

Some were even specially favored by Leviathan and upgraded to become things like hell demons. They were called hell monks!

Each of these guys is extremely weird and also extremely vicious!

Diana has encountered several monks from hell.

Take for example the Twins. The Twins are twins. This Hell Monk is not as focused on pain as most are, but rather on pleasure. However, this does not mean that the twins do not cause pain to their victims. They are just better at hiding it. Their favorite method of torture is to reach inside their victims and massage their muscles, making them feel pain and pleasure in equal measure. The two of them torture their victims together and never separate. Despite their terrifying appearance, the Twins are able to seduce their victims effortlessly.

In fact, these two twins look very strange... Anyway, normal people would not have any sexual interest in them, but what is incomprehensible is that the people they target seem to be poisoned and are completely mesmerized, and then die in pleasure and pain under their toying!

There are also things like Butter Ball, The Chatterbox, and Open-Throat Woman that are all very weird.

But the most powerful monk of hell is Nailhead!

Nailhead himself is a person. He is Captain Elliott Spencer of the British Army, who participated in the Second Boer War.

Most people have not heard much about the Boer War. After all, it was a war fought by Britain in South Africa. It is not well-known in itself, but it is very important to the British Empire itself. It can even be regarded as the beginning of the collapse of the British colonial system.

On October 1899, 10, when the Transvaal Republic declared war on the British Empire, politicians in London did not expect that this "local conflict in the colonies" would evolve into an epic disaster that shook the foundation of the empire. This war, triggered by gold mines and diamonds, not only cost Britain an astonishing price of 11 million pounds (equivalent to 2.2 billion pounds in 2023), but also exposed the structural crisis under the halo of the "Empire on which the Sun Never Sets" in the Victorian era. From the guerrilla revolution at the tactical level to the loosening of the global colonial system, from the generational gap in military technology to the collective backlash of international public opinion, the two Boer Wars were like a precise scalpel that dissected the bloated body of the British Empire. Its far-reaching impact even laid the groundwork for the collapse of the colonial system half a century later.

The discovery of diamonds on the banks of the Orange River in 1867 completely changed the history of South Africa. When the 83.5-carat "Star of South Africa" ​​diamond was exhibited at the Paris Exposition, the whole of Europe went crazy. The discovery of the Rand gold mine in 1886 set off the largest gold rush in history - in Johannesburg, the gold reserves per square mile reached an astonishing 1.4 ounces. De Beers, controlled by British financial giant Cecil Rhodes, monopolized 90% of the global diamond trade, but its greed was far from satisfied: the gold reserves in Transvaal were estimated to be 5 million pounds, which exceeded the annual fiscal revenue of the United Kingdom at that time.

Britain's obsession with the Cape of Good Hope route stems from harsh geopolitical realities: 1.8 million pounds of oriental trade must pass through this throat every year. When German Kaiser Wilhelm II sent a "congratulatory telegram" to President Kruger and secretly delivered Mauser rifles, the panic in Whitehall reached its peak - if the Boers turned to Germany, the British Empire's maritime lifeline would face a fatal threat of being cut off. The "prototype of apartheid" implemented by the Boers collided violently with Britain's free trade concept. The special tax imposed on foreigners in Transvaal was as high as 30% of profits, and the current situation of British immigrants having zero seats in Parliament led to the conflict finally erupting in the Johnson Raid in 1895 - this botched coup resulted in the deaths of 134 British soldiers, but President Kruger's prestige was unprecedentedly high. At the beginning of the war, 4 Boer militias showed amazing combat power, and the "skirmish tactics" they adopted completely subverted the traditional line combat mode. In the Battle of Mount Tarana, a Boer sniper accurately killed the British commander Penn Simmons at a distance of 2000 meters, and the Battle of Magersfontein set a record of 24 British casualties in 2500 hours. By the beginning of 1900, important strongholds such as Ladysmith and Kimberley were besieged, and 90% of the Natal colony fell.

When Lord Kitchener took over the command, he brought with him the most systematic "total war" plan in the history of human warfare: Britain established the world's first "Concentration Camp Administration" in 1901, designated 3.6 square kilometers of Boer land as a restricted area, and used a railway network to connect 8000 bunkers to form a death blockade, costing 500 pounds per mile. Each bunker was equipped with a searchlight and a field telephone (the first large-scale military application), forming a 20-hour monitoring system. This repressive model that combined colonial management experience (such as the Indian militia system) with industrial technology became a preview of totalitarian rule in the 3th century. More than 13.6 Boer farms were burned, and the area of ​​crops destroyed was equivalent to the entire Ireland. 40 women and children were imprisoned in concentration camps, with a mortality rate of up to 12%, far exceeding the % in the slums of London during the same period. When Emily Hobhouse's photos of skinny children appeared in the Manchester Guardian, even Queen Victoria had to publicly condemn it. But even more devastating was that British liberal intellectuals (such as Hobson) began to question the moral basis of colonialism - this spiritual self-denial was more lethal than military failure. Behind these figures was the complete collapse of the empire's moral halo. The photos of concentration camps published by the Manchester Guardian caused a global uproar.

The British Army exposed shocking flaws at the beginning of the war: 75% of the officers came from the aristocracy and had generally not received live-fire shooting training. In the Battle of Colenso, the Guards Infantry Brigade became a living target for Boer snipers because they insisted on charging in full dress uniforms. This contradiction between class privilege and military effectiveness forced Britain to implement the "officer examination system" after the war, which laid the groundwork for the collapse of the aristocratic system. The effective range of the Lee-Enfield rifle was only half of the Boer Mauser rifle, and the commanders generally lacked modern warfare awareness. In the Battle of Spion Mountain, cavalry was used to attack machine gun positions head-on. The post-war military reform cost 800 million pounds and gave birth to the general staff system and the national conscription system.

At the same time, the war also caused the British finances to collapse!

The war expenditure was equivalent to the UK's fiscal revenue for two years. The specific consumption included: 134 ships were used to transport 1027 million tons of materials, and 35 military horses died, accounting for 15% of the total number of transport horses in the world at that time. The interest on the national debt soared from 1899 million pounds in 1.2 to 1902 million in 1.7. In order to fill the fiscal deficit, the UK raised the income tax rate from 8% to 15%, which aroused strong dissatisfaction among the middle class. In 1906, the Liberal Party used this to promote the "People's Budget" reform, and the fiscal and tax contradictions between the nobility and the common people intensified, becoming the fuse of the constitutional crisis. The more far-reaching impact was capital outflow - the market value of South African mining stocks on the London Stock Exchange evaporated by 40%, forcing financial giants such as the Rothschild family to turn their capital to the US railway industry. By 1905, Britain's investment in the United States exceeded its investment in Africa, marking the shift of the empire's economic focus.

What’s worse, its international status has collapsed.

The German Navy took the opportunity to accelerate its expansion, and its 1900 Fleet Law clearly listed Britain as its number one imaginary enemy. In Cape Town Harbor, French military observers recorded: "The lack of discipline among British soldiers is shocking. This is definitely not the British Empire we know." The American media began to describe the British Army as a "paper tiger."

Elliot Spencer, his last name is Spencer, and he is a captain, a true aristocrat!

The Spencer family, the name itself is a legend. Wealth, power, glory, these words once closely surrounded this British aristocratic family. A wealthy businessman who started out in the wool trade in the 15th century, John Spencer, the ancestor of the Spencer family, spent three thousand pounds to buy the title of earl. At the time, this was a staggering figure, but for him, it was just an investment. He succeeded, not only becoming an earl, but also bringing his family into the upper class. (Princess Diana is from this family... so when you see something on the Internet saying that Princess Diana is Cinderella... it makes me laugh, because other people's families have been earls since the fifteenth century! Bullshit Cinderella, after all, she is an authentic old Anglo-Saxon with the British Union Jack)

In short, after witnessing the cruelty of war, this noble young master suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder when he returned home. However, the story did not end here... He later participated in the Battle of Flanders, which was even more serious. He completely lost his faith in God. (The Battle of Flanders was a series of battles between the Allied forces and the German army in the vast area from the Lys River in northern France to the Isse River in Belgium during the First World War. Among them, large-scale battles mainly took place near the city of Ypres in Flanders. From 1914 to 1918, the British and German armies fought the most in this area. The French army sometimes participated in the battle, and the Belgian army insisted on the left wing of the front. In 1918, two US divisions also joined the battle in the area. During the four-year battle, the British army suffered more than 4 million casualties on the battlefield in Flanders)

After that, he began to indulge himself. In 1921, he found the Lemarchand Box in India. Later, he said that this was the last adventure of his life. This mysterious box was scattered on the earth by Leviathan, and it connected to the dimension of hell.

Then Nail Head was born!

Then this antique box began to roam the earth, and as long as you can spell it correctly, the gate of hell will open to you. The iron hooks of hell will tear you into pieces, and then the nail head will take your soul to hell, keep you in the maze or transform you into a monk like them... However, the nail head is not just as simple as releasing the chain, he can forcibly read other people's memories, create illusions, distort reality, harvest and enslave other people's souls (turn them into monks who can move freely), move objects with telekinesis, control fire and lightning, and become immortal.

All the abilities of Nailhead are: immortality, immunity to pain, summoning most chains and claws, teleportation, invisibility, wall-penetration, soul control, mind control, thought control, dream control, illusion control, memory control, fire control, electric current control, ice control, toxin control, gravity control, energy control, temperature control, liquid control, space distortion, time distortion, matter distortion, gigantism, astral projection, etc.

In addition, other monks besides Nail Head also have immunity to physical damage, powerful strength, and various special abilities.

Nailhead is immortal, and his body will never decay. This also means that he cannot be killed by physical attacks, and he can easily reform or resurrect himself in Hell. A master of pain and pleasure, Nailhead has subjected himself to countless different tortures, both voluntarily and involuntarily. Nailhead's most notable ability is his ability to mentally summon barbed hooks and chains, which attack at a variety of angles and can entangle, pierce, or cut victims. The chains can break concrete or stone, and can throw cars, stop trains, and destroy them. These hooks and chains are completely under his mental control and can be directed at will, and there seems to be no limit to the number of them he can summon.

Of course, if it were just this, Diana wouldn't find it so difficult.

The main problem was that Leviathan was really unfair. Every time she killed Nail, Leviathan resurrected him. It was endless!

Until just now, everything was finally over.

But Diana didn't understand why all this happened!

Compared to Paris, things are over once they are done, with no aftereffects.

It will be terrible for Ying.

There was a great plague on the British side... When the plague just broke out, the British were not in a hurry at all... After all, with the tradition of being a human being, the British really didn't care much about the lives of their people. The most famous example is the poisonous blood incident. Britain had been short of blood since the 30000s, so it asked the United States for help to import blood products. As a result, the United States "generously donated" some blood from high-risk donors such as prisoners and drug addicts, which led to this medical tragedy. There is an old saying that is quite ironic: "Giving roses to others will leave a lingering fragrance on your hands; selling blood to others will kill you!" The poisonous blood incident caused 3000 people to be infected with HIV or hepatitis C virus. Now people have died. It is understood that the death toll is still rising. A national crime that lasted for half a century was concealed, and the entire British health system was involved. The victims were all British citizens and unknown foreign personnel. It has become almost impossible to find the person responsible, and the relevant documents have been destroyed. The truth about the cooperation between the relevant departments of the United States and the United Kingdom will become a suspenseful plot in the British drama. I have to say, this is what Britain and the United States are like, this is what we call a true blood connection! The most terrifying thing is not that tens of thousands of British people were injected with poisonous blood, but that successive British governments chose to delay despite knowing that it was wrong, and it seems that they will continue to delay.

So when the plague broke out, the British government's first reaction was not to fight the epidemic, but to choose to ignore it. In their view, it was actually a good thing for the country that the plague killed some elderly people. Because of economic reasons in Britain, their pension system was about to explode.

The result is a pandemic!

Even though all the supernatural properties of the plague have disappeared with the return of the Great Guardian, it is still prevalent!

There is no way. If you don’t control it in the early stage, you will not be able to control it in the later stage!