With the addition of a companion, there is a noticeable buffer against the bad relationship with the Paladin, and the atmosphere on the road is quite congenial, with Stark recounting his exit from the bounty hunter business.

"It was one night, and I told the children bedtime stories, not from legends or books, but from my own experiences, some of the murderous experiences of a bounty hunter, and of course I can't tell them the truth, but I usually glorify them a little bit, or it will scare them. ”

Stark explains to Cybertron and Downing. "When the children heard about his father's deeds, they naively thought that his father was a big hero, a big hero who could do anything, including my wife, but in fact their father was a murderer, a bad guy who killed people for money, which is ironic. ”

Cybertron temporarily came out of his pain and wondered, "Didn't you tell your wife the truth?"

Stark shook his head. "I can't tell her this, I have to protect them, the less I know, the better, usually I tell my wife that I'm a soldier, or sheriff. ”

Cybertron was silent, and Stark laughed to himself: "Doesn't it sound ironic, even the people around me need to hide it, so in order to become a real hero or a good person, so as not to disappoint the children, I decided to quit the Bounty Hunter Organization, at least I can't hurt other people's lives for money." ”

"You're doing the right thing. Cybertron agrees with Stark's decision, which doesn't seem funny to him, but what a man with a great fatherly love should do.

"A friend once tried to persuade me to go back to the industry, and he made a whole new industry rule, but I still rejected him and told him the reason, just because of my child's bedtime words, he didn't force me, and he must have understood my intentions. ”

Downing knew that the friend Stark was talking about was Uncle Soluk, and the reason why Stark quit the Bounty Hunter Organization was indeed a bit special in his opinion, remembering Stark's family, four children, all of whom were not very old, if this happened before Uncle Soluk came to him, then his children would be adults by now. "Mr. Stark, I've seen your children, they're all very young, and it seems like they weren't even born when you quit the bounty hunter business, why?"

Stark glanced at the young man next to him. "You're only seeing four of my six children, and I have two more. ”

Six children...... Downing didn't think of it. "And where did they go?"

"They left the house and went out on their own, and they wrote letters to their families every year, and they never told me exactly what they did, and you know, boys need to go out and see them, and you can't leave them at home, it's going to be quite unproductive. Stark explained, looking a little lost. "But maybe they're dead, they haven't heard back in two years. ”

"They'll be fine. Cybertron comforted.

"I hope so, if something does happen to them, it doesn't matter, I accept it, who in this world can do everything as they want. Stark was quite open-minded.

Cybertron pondered this, maybe he should be like the bounty hunter and look away, he was right, who could have done well, he was in a much better mood, at least he was alive.

Downing's focus is not here. "You rejected your old friend's invitation, so why did you so readily agree to my request? ”

"The reasons are also a bit ridiculous. Stark rode his horse and followed the carriage. "Originally, I thought that I would be able to support my family with my carpentry skills after leaving the bounty hunter industry, but this is not the case, you see, I have four children in addition to those two children, and they are born one after another, which makes me a little stressed, but as a father I can't shirk my responsibility. ”

"I had never thought about it this long term before, obviously that decision was quite premature, I needed money, clothes and food, I had to bow my head in the face of reality, I was more and more eager to return to the bounty hunter industry, but my reputation has long been forgotten, and the current head of the bounty hunter industry was a little unhappy with me, I didn't support him, so he would never let me rejoin the bounty hunter industry. I'm glad I met you, and the pay is quite good, so why don't I say yes. ”

"Quite a persuasive reason. Downing chuckled. "But don't worry, my mission is not morally violated, you are still a big hero after doing this, and you can tell this story to your children. ”

Indeed, there is nothing wrong with killing some ungrateful guys, Stark is the only one who did not hurt Uncle Soluk, according to Downing's conception, this old bounty hunter is the end of this hunter game, and according to the plan, those guys should also be on their way to their destination, where there is about to be a pretty good game.

The cave was quite dark, there was no daylight, it seemed to be underground, Taylor and Linda were tied up and placed on the ground, the cold ground made Linda tremble uncontrollably, and her lips turned white.

Taylor couldn't see what was going on inside the cave, they had been brought here by the two witches, and Antonucci had been taken away by the two witches, apparently there were other spaces in the cave, and they could hear the two witches talking, and they were talking about what to do with Antonucci who killed their two companions.

"No, let's first take off his limbs, and the decorations in my room, and look at his arms, which are quite artistic, and then we will open his belly, and dig out his entrails, which we can study, and finally cut off his head, and hang it in the cave, and finally throw his body in a pot and cook it for us to eat. ”

"I'm against it, it's a waste, he must be skinned whole, we need sheets on our beds, and then we should bury the rest of the meat in the ground, and pay tribute to our two good sisters who have died, and as for filling our stomachs, we have two more girls. ”

The two were arguing, obviously there was no way to come to an agreement, but it sounded scary enough, and Linda said bitterly, "Taylor, will we be treated like this?" ”

"Don't worry, we'll get out of here. Taylor comforted Linda, who looked around through the darkness, only faintly seeing something like a shelf, and he didn't know what was on it.

She twisted her body and approached the shelves like a snake that she didn't know what they were, and finally reached the bottom of the shelves with great difficulty, and only then did she see clearly that this was a shelf made of human bones, the shelf was not too high, only half a human height, and her feet were tied, and there was no way to stand up.

Sitting up from the ground, his head just at the top of the shelf, Taylor was startled by the containers made from the skulls of various living creatures.

She put her head over to take a look, but it wasn't far enough, she needed something underneath it, and there didn't seem to be anything around to take advantage of.

She looked back and saw Linda. "Linda, can you move, I mean get here. ”

Linda lay on the ground, nodded, rolled over the ground, and came to Taylor's side. "What should I do. "She's smart enough to understand that Taylor needs her to do something.

"You've got to lie on the ground, and I'd better be able to do it physically, so I can get a little taller. Taylor looked at Linda. "You've got to suffer a little. ”

Linda lay down, Taylor moved her body, and soon she was on Linda's body, and her head finally saw what was in the containers made of different skulls, some different colors, liquids, and powders, and there was no tool to cut the rope.

She had previously tried to use her own orbs of fire to boil the ropes, but the ropes were clearly smeared with magical materials, and there was no way for the primary orbs to ignite.

Despair...... Is there really anything they have to do here?" Taylor shook her head in disappointment, and when she decided to come down, she suddenly remembered what Antonucci had said about basic alchemy.

Antonucci used the most basic alchemy as an example, and the potion for example was the Dofono Elixir, which is usually used to shrink things and is the easiest potion to make, and some recipes for Dofono potions on the black market are quite common and not a secret.

"Maybe you can give it a try. Taylor looked at the different materials, and she tried to remember the look and smell of the mediums that Antonucci was talking about, and even the smells, which were so large that she needed to constantly identify them.

Soon she identified two potions, and the last one, but Linda cautioned. "They looked like they were coming in. ”

The argument between the two witches was fruitless, and they decided to settle the dispute with a little bit by making some toys out of human bones and playing cards similar to human ones.

Walking into the dark place, the two witches looked at the two girls lying in place, one of the witches smiled and said: "Don't worry, cute girls, it will be your turn soon, I will try not to make you feel pain, I hate girls yelling, it's quite annoying." ”

After they took some bones from the cabinet and watched them leave, the two returned to the shelf, and continued to search for the last potion, according to Antonucci, one of the mediums was colorless and odorless, and there were many colorless and odorless mediums on this shelf, and the only way to judge was taste.

But there are some accidents that can happen when trying different mediums, and there are a lot of alchemists who usually die trying some mediums, which is quite a dangerous thing.

It seemed that there was no other choice, otherwise even if they untied the rope, there would be no way to save Antonucci, and only Antonucci's strength could deal with the two witches.