So the duke's role came, and he offered to provide the blood pumpkin. Stannis felt that it was all too natural for this to happen, as if there was a hand behind him pulling the whole thing down as planned, step by step.

Hyliana nodded, "Somehow, Duke Garcia, one of your humans, contacted Tucker and gave him the town, and after emptying the humans here, Tucker began to grow blood pumpkins and transplanted the largest of them into the middle of the square, and placed the embryos made by his brother in them, and then he began to gather all the demons to live here. At first, I thought he was going to build the ideal country he had always dreamed of, but in the end I realized that his purpose was not so simple......"

"What is his purpose?"

Hyliana raised her head, her eyes filled with sadness no less than that of a human, "It turns out that he has made a pact with that mysterious young man, he will sacrifice the whole clan in exchange for the arrival of this true god, and then he will destroy all demons and humans on the earth!"

It took a long time for Stannis to react from the shock, "He's crazy. ”

Giving the life of an entire race in exchange for revenge for his brother is something that even the craziest sociopath can't make.

"Yes, he's crazy. Helliana nodded, "I dissuaded him when I learned of this plan and threatened that I would reveal the secret if he didn't stop, but Tucker pretended to promise me no more destruction plans, but instead sneaked up and threw me off the cliff when I was negligent, or because Corvo took me in, I survived to this day." ”

Stannis knew what enemy he was facing, a damn madman! He wanted to continue, but found that they had unknowingly approached Oaktown, and at this time they were under the cliffs of the town, and Stannis found that Tucker was very fond of assassination here, and although it was convenient to destroy corpses, it was necessary to check them anyway, and two of the people he met alone had survived.

"Are you familiar with this place?" Stannis looked up at the cliff, there was no path leading to the top, so he wondered how to get there.

But without saying a word, Hyliana stepped forward to remove the weeds, revealing a black hole from inside, which looked like a secret passage.

"From here there is access to the dry well in town, and no one knows about it except me and Tucker. ”

"How do you know all the secret passages, and you also told him about the cave under which Kovo came to save us, right?"

Hyliana still didn't speak, two years ago, before infiltrating this town, she had explored all the secret passages in the entire town under Tucker's orders, and now she didn't expect to use this against her former lover.

Soon, the two of them came out of the dry well through the dark and damp river, and the streets were still silent, and the ghost knew where the demons had gone.

Hyliana sniffed at the air, "There's no one of ours here, maybe they're all outside the town on Tucker's orders." ”

It was a godsend, and Stannis drew his hatchet and prepared to run towards the center of the square, because every second he was fast enough to save Anya, whose life was hanging by a thread.

But the woman grabbed him from behind, she pointed to the sky, and did not make a sound, but Stannis knew what she meant, it was not yet the agreed time, and by the distance between the bright moon and the blood moon, he could roughly judge that it was ten o'clock in the evening, and there were still two hours before the time to attack.

But you can't wait here, if you are seen by some demon, it will be a failure.

Suddenly I thought of something important, something that he needed to finish personally.

"Hayley," Stannis said in a high-pitched voice, "anyway, there's still a little time, I'm going to settle some personal feuds, do you want to come along?"

The woman shook her head, "I don't have any interest in the grudges between you humans, remember to come to the central square to find me after solving these things, don't be late." ”

Stannis gave her a thumbs up, saying he would never make a mistake, and the two parted.

Using the map he had burned in his head, Stannis quickly found his destination - Amin's home, which, as he said, was a grudge between humans, and Stannis couldn't stand the scum for a second and breathe the air freely.

At this time, the whole room was dark from the inside out, and it seemed that there was no one inside, which was not surprising to Stannis, perhaps as Tucker said, the demon was throwing a grand celebration for Amin, and the guy did not know that when the 'true god' came, all life here, whether it was demons or humans, would have to die.

Holding the wood knife tightly, Stannis quietly pushed open the door of Amin's house, and listened carefully for a while to make sure there was no unusual noise inside.

Suddenly, the lights came on, and Stannis jumped up in fright, and the muscles of his whole body immediately tensed up and prepared to enter the battle.

Surprisingly, however, no demons jumped out, and although there was a person sitting behind the dining table in the room, Stannis believed that she was no threat to him.

It was Do'er, she was still sitting there as usual, unresponsive to what was happening in the outside world.

Stannis really can't figure out why Amin, who can even give up his own children, keeps this woman by his side, maybe there is some unforgettable love story between the two, which may also mean that the guy has not lost his humanity.

As for how the lamp came on, perhaps it was the woman's unconscious spasms that ignited the oil lamp on the table.

Just as Stannis was about to relax, he heard footsteps coming from the street in the distance, and he immediately closed the door, but the lights were too late to blow out, so he had to turn over and hide in the cupboard where the food was stored, and look outside through the blinds.

The door was pushed open, and it was Amin who came in from the outside, and he still had that kind face, even at home he did not take off this disguise, which made Stannis admire.

Ah Ming also noticed the oil lamp on the table, but he didn't care, and he didn't think about the thief entering the house, he just patted his head and said in a self-reproachful tone: "Duo'er, look at me, I forgot to turn off the lights when I went out in the early morning, what a waste." ”

If he hadn't seen this guy for what he really was, Stannis would still think of Armin as a good family man.

Dorr remained motionless, perhaps delusional, and Stannis felt that the woman's unblinking eyes were staring at him through the cracks in the food cabinet.