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Tonya didn't expect him to know so much about the psychological changes of the substitute, and she couldn't help but feel a sense of shame similar to standing naked in front of him, biting her lower lip hard, not daring to look at him.

Roland quietly observed the change in her expression, and continued: "Once the replacement child has doubts about her own background, trouble will come, she will often have auditory hallucinations, as if someone is whispering in her ear, teaching her how to correctly use superhuman talents, how to stimulate the ghost woman bloodline in her body, release more powerful power, and in the end, she will also encourage the replacement child to go somewhere and find the biological mother."

"Only a very small number of exceptionally strong-willed substitutes are able to resist this hypnosis, and most will be enchanted by it to embark on a journey to discover their lives."

"What happens next?" Lyudmila asked impatiently.

Roland looked at Tonya, who buried her head deep in her chest, and said in a deep voice, "Most of them can get their wish, gain more power from their mother, and then join their mother and become a new member of the Ghost Woman Warband. ”

"So the replacement child ended up being a ghost woman?" Veronica couldn't help but exclaim, "What a terrible fate! ”

The word "fate" stung Tonya's scar, and she suddenly raised her head and retorted loudly with tears in her eyes: "That's not necessarily! I'm the daughter of a ghost woman, but I don't want to be a ghost woman! ”

Lyudmila took her hand and said softly, "I believe you can overcome the curse that comes from the bloodline. ”

Tonya squeezed her hand hard, gratitude palpable.

After calming down her excitement, she decided to confess her life story to everyone.

As Roland said, she is a hybrid of a ghost woman and a human, the so-called "substitute", and her mother gave birth to her and abandoned her on the side of the road, but fortunately, the Grand Druid of the "Harvest Ring" passed by and adopted her, teaching her to become a Green Druid.

After a carefree childhood with Lady Valentina, she found herself sleepwalking a lot, and a mysterious voice in her ears constantly urging her to go to the Misty Swamp and return to her mother.

After confiding her troubles to Lady Valentina, she decides to leave the Harvest Ring for a break and go on a druid training trip to the Misty Swamps, where she also wants to find her mother and solve the mystery of her origins.

"I heard Malik say that someone in the depths of the swamp saw you arguing with a ghost woman, and that was your mother?" Roland asked.

Tonya nodded with difficulty: "That's right, that evil old ghost woman is my biological mother Agnes, her hometown is in the bottomless abyss, and she only stays in the world for six months a year, during which she joins her ghost wife and the party to rob houses and indulge in pleasure, and then she will ride that black nightmare back to the bottomless abyss." ”

Roland gasped to himself. His worst fears were finally confirmed: Tonya's mother was not a green ghost woman, not a demon ghost woman, not a sea ghost woman, but the most powerful and terrifying "old ghost woman" of all ghost women! It's no wonder she has the ability to create powerful minions like the Strangling Golem, and is revered as the leader of the Ghost Woman throughout the swamp region.

Tonya continued, "The last time I was seen arguing with Agnes at the edge of the swamp, it was actually because I asked her a question, and it turned out to be very sad and angry ......"

"What's the problem?" Veronica asked curiously.

Tonya smiled dismally and whispered, "I asked Agnes, since she claims to be my mother, who is my father?" I was shocked to see how innocent Agnes was so naïve that she asked a stupid question and said, 'Men eat it if they use it, and who will remember the first name......"

"This old guy is a pervert!" Bloom jumped in anger, the machismo of the dwarves had made him unbearable for Agnes's actions, "Only praying mantis and spiders eat their husbands, is she still human?!" ”

Veronica gave him a blank look: "What are you excited about, the old ghost woman is not a human being, her moral bottom line is not as good as insects, what is it to make a fuss about eating a man." ”

"She may not mind eating her lover, but it's Tonya's father after all!" Lyudmila was also deeply outraged by Agnes' cruelty.

Tonya sighed and shook her head lonely: "I told her all these things, but she didn't care at all, and tried to persuade me to go along with her, saying something 'One day you will abandon those hypocritical morals and become like me, this is the destined fate, you will never escape'......" Thinking back to the old ghost's smiling face, she couldn't help but shudder.

"Since I broke up with Agnes, I have often had nightmares, sometimes sleepwalking, wandering alone in the wilderness late at night, my temper has become more and more irritable, and I have murderous intent at the slightest disappointment, and the people in the village seem to notice the change in me, and begin to fear me, avoid me, and the feeling of being isolated is very uncomfortable......"

Although Tonya didn't say it explicitly, everyone could see that she was worried that Agnes' prophecy would come true, and that her reason would eventually be no match for evil instincts, and sooner or later she would become the same kind of old ghost woman.

Listening to Tonya's mystery of her origins, Roland has a new understanding of the unexpected incident last night.

The old ghost woman used the strangulation of the golem as a medium, and used "dream support" and "suggestion" to hypnotize Tonya, causing her to kidnap the child for her in a sleepwalking state.

If the matter is revealed, Tonya is caught by the villagers and is currently committing a crime, but it is right in her hands, and it is confirmed that Tonya is the murderer of the child abduction.

Poor Tonya knows nothing about her actions in the dream, and if she doesn't want to be beaten to death by the angry villagers, she is forced to resist, and the result is destined to be a tragedy that hurts each other, and this is exactly what the old ghost woman wants.

If the script plays out the way Agnes envisioned, the only place Tonya can escape after turning against the villagers is the Misty Swamp, where she will be forced to abandon her efforts to integrate into human society and become a member of the Ghost Woman group.

"Tonya, my lord Sindra is in charge of fate, but she teaches us not to be superstitious about the so-called fate, there is never anything predestined in the world, we can't choose how we are born, but we can choose how to face life, and what to do next depends on your choice." Lyudmila looked deeply at Tonya, expecting her to make a decision.

Tonya did not live up to her expectations, raised her head and said resolutely: "Thank you for your encouragement, Mira, I have decided, I will go to the depths of the swamp to find Agnes for a showdown, get back those children who were abducted by him, and from now on I will cut her in two, I don't need a cold-blooded mother like her, and she doesn't have me as a daughter!" ”

"Little girl, good job!" Bloom gave a thumbs up, "I admire your ambition, but then again, what's the difference between you going to fight with the old ghost woman alone and fighting a dog with meat buns?" Let's just go together, there are many people with great strength, join forces to kill the old ghost woman, and by the way, take her lair, maybe you can make a windfall. ”

Lyudmila glanced at the money-obsessed dwarf and said to Tonya: "The most important thing is those missing children, even if there is only a glimmer of hope, we can't give up our rescue efforts!" Only by bringing the children back to Gudi Village in peace can you prove your innocence to the villagers. ”

She had tried to rescue the children from the lumberyard, but in the end, she was so upset that she wanted to have no regrets this time.

Both Nikita and Veronica agree with Lyudmila's initiative and are willing to accompany Tonya on her adventures in the Misty Swamp.

Only Roland in the room had not yet made a clear statement.

He held his cheek in one hand and was silent, and a myriad of complex factors and possibilities raced through his mind. Sometimes he recalls the information of the old ghost woman and the nightmare, deduces the strategy of defeating the enemy, and sometimes reanalyzes the hints of Lady Valentina, weighing the risks and benefits of the swamp trip.

After a long time, he suddenly noticed that there was silence all around him, and everyone, including Tonya, was focused on his face, expecting him to make a decision.

Roland smiled apologetically: "I'm sorry, I'm a little distracted...... Tonya, I have a question that you can answer or not. ”

"Tell me."

"Can you contact Lady Valentina, or the rest of the Harvest Ring?"

"Now?" Tonya looked at him in surprise.

"Yes, right now." Roland reiterates.

Tonya's face changed, and she was silent for a moment before she spoke: "I can try, but there is no guarantee when I will get a reply from the higher-ups......"

Roland waved his hand and chuckled, "You don't have to try anything, I almost already understand." ”

Everyone looked at each other, not understanding what he understood?

Tonya was also a little ignorant, scratching her hair blankly, and was about to ask, when she suddenly thought of a possibility, and then looked at Roland's strange smile, vaguely savored the meaning of the words, and quickly looked away, her heart beating violently.

"Tonya, everyone has weaknesses that are difficult to overcome, and I am no exception, frankly, my weakness as a person is that I am more philistine, and I might as well tell you something ahead."

"Mr. Roland has something to say, just say it." Tonya feigned composure.

"Now that this turmoil is over, I hope that you will convey my respect to Grand Druid Valentina, and if I have the opportunity in the future, I will be happy to carry out deeper and closer cooperation with the 'Harvest Ring' on behalf of the Kolas Army." Roland said quietly.

Tonya bit her lip and pondered for a long time, but she still didn't understand his true intentions, did she just want her to be the messenger and say a few kind words for him in front of Lady Valentina, so as to make a good impression? As for the cooperation between the Harvest Ring and the Koras Army, a small role like her is not qualified to participate in decision-making at all, so she can only act as a "mouthpiece".

"Mr. Roland, I will fulfill your entrustment, as for Lady Valentina's attitude, I'm sorry, that's not something I can control."

Roland was very satisfied with her frank attitude, and he didn't expect much, what he wanted was a channel of communication with the Green Druid, with which many things could be discussed slowly in the future.

"Then I wish us a happy cooperation." Roland smiled and held out his right hand to her.

Tonya held his hand, and a warm current passed through her calm and powerful hand, making her feel very steady.

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