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  Chapter 223 Laya's Secret

   "It seems that you already know the true face of that child... Laya."

  Although Duanmuhuai was wearing a mask, she couldn't see Tanise's expression, but her tone was quite calm.

"Since she took the initiative to explain her name to you, I don't want to say anything more about this matter, but as the mother who raised her, please let me say something-I hope you can continue to treat her well from now on. Zelayas. No matter what the reason is for that appearance, she is still a good child...it makes me, a mother, feel guilty."

   "Indeed, the little girl is quite well-behaved, but I think you also know that she has some troubles in her heart."

  Although Laya's appearance is a bit strange, she is not a bad person in person, and Duanmuhuai has no objection to this. Although he is a judge, he only targets those alien races that pose a threat to human beings, like Laya, who is a war scum...he will not bully each other, will he?

   "That's right... Seeing that she has acted a little strangely recently, she really has troubles in her heart."

   Speaking of this, Tanis sighed.

"I hope you can understand that sometimes the truth is not necessarily a good thing. No matter what your background is, you shouldn't blame the person involved. What we should do is to fight against the golden law. Compared with it, the background is not worth mentioning. "

"alright, I got it."

"Thanks."

  Hearing Duanmuhuai's answer, Tanis smiled slightly, and then her voice became serious.

   "...Since you already know so much and fulfilled my commission perfectly, it seems that it is time to tell you about the real owner of the volcano mansion, my king Lakad."

"oh?"

   Facing what Tanis said, Duanmuhuai's eyes froze. Tanith, on the other hand, sighed and continued.

"The golden tree bestows blessings on the faded, but compared to the mission that they are guided to undertake, the blessing is too small... Therefore, in order to complete the mission, the faded have to be forced to seek power. Just like Elden's ring back then When broken, the dilemma faced by the king who owns the big rune. Forced to rob each other of their share of power-my king is very angry at this, and cannot accept such superficial behavior. Since the golden tree, that is, the gods, intend to trample on us, then , even if we want to commit blasphemy against the law, we must stand up and uphold our dignity. This is the consensus of all the officials of the volcano mansion, and it is my king's determination."

I see.

  Duanmuhuai nodded secretly deep in his heart. He once heard from Lani that he had cooperated with Lakad. Now it seems that although Lakad and Lani have different goals, their goals are the same.

   Having said this, Tanis looked at Duanmuhuai again.

   "...as long as you continue to walk on the road of being a hero, one day, you will also meet my king."

   "Okay, then I... just look forward to it."

  The conversation came to an end here, and Duanmuhuai also planned to leave, but before he left...he suddenly remembered something.

   "By the way, Ms. Tanis."

   "Anything else?"

   "Why do you say that Laya is a snake-man? That form...is obviously a lizard?"

  Duanmuhuai was puzzled. In fact, the first time he saw Laya, he thought that she must be a lizard. The reason is also very simple. Duanmu Huai once watched some videos about domesticated pet lizards on video sites. The lizards in them are just like Laya, with a pair of short and small hands and feet, and some fat bodies are like snakes. head.

  At least from Duanmuhuai's point of view, no matter how you look at it, Laya's real body is like a small lizard enlarged to two meters.

   "No, it's a snake man."

   "It's obviously a lizard..."

  Afterwards, Duanmuhuai and Tanis discussed this issue for an entire hour.

   It means that both of them are quite free.

After finishing this discussion with no results and just killing time, Duanmuhuai remembered that they went to Laya to tell her about the Volcanic Mansion, but they forgot because they saw the big lizard—so this meeting He found Laya again and told her what he had found.

   "Sure enough..."

  After listening to Duanmuhuai's words, Laya seemed a little uneasy. Then she thought for a moment and looked at Duanmuhuai.

"Let me tell you the truth, Mr. Hero, at night, I saw a creeping black shadow in the corridor... After the black shadow walked into the next room, it didn't come out. Also, if I'm not mistaken, That shadow has the outline of a snake like me."

   It's obviously a lizard.

   "...This volcano mansion has secrets that I don't know... I think Lord Tanis must be hiding something from me."

   "So what are you going to do?"

  Duanmuhuai looked at Laya curiously, while the latter lowered her head.

   "Although this matter should not be entrusted to you, but... if you find anything, can you tell me?"

"Um………"

Staring at Laya, Duanmuhuai couldn't help thinking, although he still didn't know the true face of Laya's life experience, but judging from the meaningful words that Tanis told himself before, it is very likely that Tanis is actually not It's not Laya's mother, and Laya's background may not be as good a thing as she thinks...

   "Are you sure? You know, there is a reason why a secret is a secret. If you want to know a secret, you have to pay a price. Maybe you can't afford this price."

"I………"

   Facing Duanmuhuai's serious gaze, Laya could not help shrinking her body and lowering her head. She was originally a person who lacked self-confidence, and now facing this serious problem, it obviously made Laya a little nervous.

"I……"

  However, after a while, Laya raised her head and looked at Duanmu Huai.

   "I... I want to know, I want to know all of this, I want to know what kind of secret Master Tanis is hiding from me."

   "...Okay, I'll give it a try."

  Duanmuhuai shrugged his shoulders, which is not surprising, although Laya is indeed a well-behaved and sensible girl, but she is not stupid and sweet, but any normal person like her will have doubts about her own life experience. Maybe Laya has always had some doubts about her own life experience, but because she has no one to share with, she has to hide it in her heart. Until I and Audrey saw Laya's real body... Forget it, it was by the way anyway.

   Without much effort, Duanmu Huai found the secret door hidden in the next room, and then followed the passage to an abandoned chapel behind. When he opened the door, he found that there was actually a small town behind the chapel—well, it seems that Tanis did hide something from Laya, at least Laya never told herself that there was a small town here. such a place.

   Walking out of the chapel, Duanmuhuai soon saw a lizard man standing with his back facing him on the edge of the cliff not far away. He was holding a sword and shield, looking like a guard.

   But then again...

   "It really is a lizard."

  Looking at the monster in front of him, Duanmuhuai couldn't help commenting that he even planned to knock this thing out and take it back, and then discuss this issue with Tanis face to face.

  However, at this moment, something unexpected happened to Duanmuhuai.

  I saw the lizardman soldier suddenly bent forward, and then lifted it up as if he was about to stretch—the next moment, Duanmu Huai saw that the guy's body stretched from two meters to four or five meters in an instant!

  “………”

  Okay, retracting the foreword, it is the snake man.

   No, it’s an earthworm... Snakes are not like that...

   "Hiss——!"

At this moment, the monster also found Duanmu Huai. It opened its mouth, let out a scream, then retracted its body again, then stretched suddenly, and ran directly in front of Duanmu Huai, and swung its sword at Duanmu Huai. ——The next moment it screamed and fell to the ground, turning into a corpse.

   "What the **** is this..."

   Duanmuhuai silently put away his fists, and looked at the corpse on the ground speechlessly. He thought that Laya could speak, and the snake people here should be able to communicate, but the result was the same as the group of lunatics outside...

  Well, I remember Milfie once said that at that time, many races established their own civilization...

  Thinking of this, Duanmu Huai immediately contacted Bambi and asked her to ask Milfie if she had ever seen a group of lizard-like guys with very long bodies.

   Soon, Bambi responded.

   "Ah, that's the spirit snake clan. Milfy said they had been active on the volcano before, but there was no news about them after that."

   "I see, I see."

  At this moment, Duanmuhuai has also come to a church on a high place, staring at the statue in front of him. It was a stone sculpture with a snake's head and wings. It looks like an angel statue of the snake people. In other words... Laya is actually a descendant of this race?

   Or is Tanis actually a snake-man like Laya? After all, Tanis wears a mask all day long, and I don't know if her humanization skills are as frustrating as Laya's, so she chooses to wear a mask... But judging by her appearance, she should not have a long tail.

  Thinking of this, Duanmuhuai shook his head, then he stretched out his hand, pushed open the door of the church, and walked in.

  The entire church exudes a blood-red radiance. There is a huge snake-like statue in front of it, and under the snake-like statue stands an extremely fat... dead fat house!

   Well, this was Duanmu Huai's first thought when he saw the other party.

   This guy is just like the overweight and obese patient Duanmu Huai saw in the video before. His body looks like a big ball, full of fat. The limbs are short-looking carefully, he is wearing a strange dress that looks like it is made of white leather, and there is a tail behind him.

  Well, it is the snake man.

   But snake people can also become so fat, is it because they eat too much and hibernate?

   "Woo... woo..."

   At this time, the fat house also found Duanmu Huai. It raised its head, stared at Duanmu Huai, and then its eyes lit up. Then, Duanmu Huai saw the fat man yelling and ran towards him, and then... "Plop" lying in front of him.

  Uh... what's going on?

   "Woo... woo...!"

Just when Duanmuhuai was hesitating to hit him with a hammer, the fat man raised his head and burst into tears at him, then he lowered his head and prostrated himself in front of him, as if throwing himself It's like worshiping some god.

   No, although I am indeed a god, I have nothing to do with fat houses like yours!

   "You... what do you mean?"

Duanmu Huai stared suspiciously at Fat Zhai, who was prostrate in front of him, and asked, while Fei Zhai nodded desperately, and then it seemed to understand what Duanmu Huai meant, and then Duanmu Huai saw Fei Zhai stretch out his hands, He raised it towards himself, and then, a black flame emerged from its hand.

   Isn't this... Black Flame?

Seeing this, the corners of Duanmuhuai's eyes twitched suddenly. Of course, he would not forget that the special ability he possessed after obtaining the Death Rune was Black Flame. I remember that the information prompt at that time said - Black Flame is the flame for hunting gods, Manipulated by god-skinned nobles who serve their doomed death...  

  ... Are you a nobleman? !

  Looking at the fat house in front of him, Duanmuhuai was speechless.

   No, can't you look better? !

  How can you be the one who serves the doomed death!

   Well, from a certain point of view, this looks quite aristocratic.

  Especially the evil nobles who often appear in anime games...

"Aha………"

   For the sake of being destined to die, Duanmu Huai finally resisted the urge to beat him to death with a hammer. He rolled his eyes, sighed helplessly, and changed the subject directly.

   "I'm here to find a snake...do you know? A very young girl snake who can turn into a human... Her name is Zerayas..."

   "Woo... woo..."

Fat House seemed to understand Duanmu Huai's words, it nodded, then turned around and brought Duanmu Huai to the altar of the church, and then Fei Zhai respectfully picked up something from the altar, then turned around and handed it to Duanmu Huai hands.

What's this?

Duanmuhuai took it suspiciously, and looked it over carefully. It looked like some kind of transparent internal organs, and a small gap could be vaguely seen inside. It looked like there was some kind of small life in the past. in it, but then disappeared.

   At the same time, a system prompt appeared in front of Duanmu Huai's eyes.

  【Acquired the amniotic membrane of the snake】

  【Snake's amniotic membrane: the amniotic membrane wrapped in the mother's body in the abandoned child in the terrible birth ceremony. No matter how much time passes, it will still be moist and will not dry up]

   "Uh...so... Laya was born from here??"

  Looking at the thing in front of him, Duanmu Huai didn't know what to say.

   But wait.

   If he remembers correctly, aren’t snakes oviparous?

   Amniotic membrane is something that only viviparous animals have!

   You just give me an eggshell, isn’t it more reliable than this thing? ? ?

  ... Anyway, let's take this back and show it to Laya.

  (end of this chapter)