"It seems that you already know about that child... Raya's true identity."
Although Duanmuhuai was wearing a mask, she couldn't see Tanis's expression, but her tone was quite calm.
"Since she took the initiative to tell you her name, 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 be good to her from now on. Treat Zelayas. No matter what the reason for her 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 is a little troubled inside."
Although Raya's appearance is a bit strange, she is not a bad person in person, and Duanmu Huai does not object to this. Although he is a judge, he only targets those alien races that pose a threat to humans. Fighting scum like Raya... He won't bully the other party, right?
"Well...seeing that she has been acting strangely lately, she is indeed troubled."
After saying this, Tanis sighed.
"I hope you can understand that sometimes the truth is not necessarily a good thing. No one should blame the person responsible for his life experience. What we should do is to fight against the golden law. In comparison, life experience is not worth mentioning at all. "
"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 have fulfilled my request perfectly, it seems that it is time to tell you about the real owner of the Volcano Mansion, my King Racade."
"oh?"
Facing Tanisi's words, Duanmuhuai's eyes narrowed. Tanis sighed and continued.
"The golden tree gave blessings to the faded ones, but compared with the mission they were guided to shoulder, the blessing was too small... Therefore, in order to complete the mission, the faded ones had to be forced to thirst for power. Just like Elden's method back then When the ring is broken, the dilemma faced by the kings who own the great runes. Forced to snatch the power shared by each other - my king is very angry about this and cannot accept such superficial behavior. Since the golden tree, that is, the gods intend to trample on us , then, even if we have to commit an act of blasphemy against the law, we must rise up and safeguard our dignity. This is the consensus of the entire Shanshan Mansion, and it is also the determination of my king."
I see.
Duanmuhuai nodded secretly in his heart. He once heard Lani say that he had cooperated with Lacard. Now it seems that although Rakad and Rani have different purposes, their goals are the same.
Having said this, Tanis looked at Duanmuhuai again.
"...As long as you continue to move forward on the path of a hero, one day you will also see my king."
"Okay, then I'll just look forward to it."
The conversation came to an end, and Duanmu Huai was about to leave, but before leaving...he suddenly remembered something.
"By the way, Lady Tanis."
"Anything else?"
"Why do you say Raya is a snake-man? That form...is obviously a lizard?"….
Duanmuhuai was puzzled. In fact, when he first saw Raya, he thought she must be a lizard. The reason is also very simple. Duanmuhuai has seen some information about domestic pet lizards on the website before. The lizards in them are just like Raya, with a pair of short and small hands and feet, a fat body and a snake-like head. .
At least from Duanmu Huai's point of view, no matter how you look at it, Raya's true body is like a small lizard enlarged to two meters.
"No, it's the Snake Man."
"It's obviously a lizard..."
Duanmuhuai and Tanis then discussed this issue for a full hour.
It shows that both of them are quite free.
After ending this discussion that had no results and was just killing time, Duanmuhuai remembered that they had gone to find Raya to tell her about the Huoshan Mansion.
So the lizard forgot——so now he found Raya again and told her what he had discovered.
"really………"
After listening to Duanmuhuai's words, Raya seemed a little uneasy. Then she thought for a moment and looked at Duanmuhuai.
"To tell you the truth, Lord Hero, I saw a crawling black shadow in the corridor at night... After the black shadow entered the next room, it didn't come out. Also, if I'm not mistaken , that black shadow has the outline of a snake like me."
It's obviously a lizard.
"...This volcano mansion has secrets that I don't know about...I think Lady Tanis must be hiding something from me."
"So what are you going to do?"
Duanmuhuai looked at Raya curiously, and the latter lowered his head.
"Although I shouldn't ask you to do this, but... if you find anything, can you tell me?"
"Um……………"
Staring at Raya, Duanmu Huai couldn't help but think. Although he still didn't know the true identity of Raya's life experience, but judging from what Tanis told him before, which meant something, it was very possible that Tanis was not actually She is not Raya's mother, and Raya's life experience may not be as good a thing as she thinks...
"Are you sure? You know, secrets become secrets for a reason. If you want to know the secret, you have to pay a price. Maybe you can't afford this price."
[To be honest, I have been using @ recently.
Then he rushed in front of Duanmu Huai and swung his sword at Duanmu Huai - the next moment it screamed and fell to the ground, turning into a corpse.
"What the hell is this..."
Duanmuhuai silently put away his fists and looked at the corpse on the ground speechlessly. He originally thought that Raya could talk and the snake people here should also be able to communicate, but the result was the same as the group of lunatics outside...
Well, I remember Melfi once said that many races at that time had established their own civilizations...
Thinking of this, Duanmuhuai also immediately contacted Bambi and asked her to ask Melfi if she had ever seen a group of guys who looked like lizards and whose bodies stretched very long.
Soon, Bambi responded.
"Ah, that's the Spirit Snake Tribe. Melfi said they had been active in the volcano before, but there was no news after that."
"I see, I understand."
At this moment, Duanmuhuai had also arrived in front of a church located high up, staring at the statue in front of him. It was a stone statue with a snake head and wings. It looks like an angel statue of the snake people. In other words...Raya is actually a descendant of this race?
Or is Tanis actually a snake-person like Raya? After all, Tanis wears a mask all day long. I don't know if her humanization skills are as bad as Raya's, so she chooses to wear a mask... but judging from her appearance, she probably doesn't have a tail.
Thinking of this, Duanmuhuai shook his head, then he stretched out his hand, pushed open the church door, and walked in.
The entire church exudes a blood-red glow. There is a huge snake-shaped statue in front of it, and under the snake-shaped statue, stands an extremely fat... fat man! ….
Well, this was Duanmu Huai's first thought when he saw the other party.
This guy is just like the overweight and obese patients Duanmuhuai has seen before. His body looks like a big ball, bulging with fat. The limbs are short - if you look closely, he is wearing a strange outfit that looks like it is made of white leather, and there is a tail behind him.
Well, that’s right, it’s the Snake Man.
But snake people can also become so fat. Is this because they eat too much and hibernate?
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
At this time, the fat man also discovered Duanmuhuai. He raised his head and stared at Duanmuhuai, and then his eyes lit up. Then, Duanmu Huai saw the fat man yelling, running towards him, and then........."Plop" and lying in front of him.
Uh...what's going on?
“Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!
Just when Duanmu Huai was hesitating whether to hit him with a hammer, the fat man raised his head and faced himself with tears streaming down his face. Then he lowered his head and knelt in front of him, as if he was knocking him. It's like worshiping some god.
No, although I am indeed a god, I have nothing to do with fat nerds like you!
"What...what do you mean?"
Duanmu Huai stared at Fei Zhai who was kneeling in front of him in confusion and asked, while Fei Zhai nodded desperately. Then it seemed to understand Duanmu Huai's meaning, and then Duanmu Huai saw Fei Zhai stretching out his hands. It was raised towards itself, and then, a black flame emerged from its hand.
Isn't this...Black Flame?
Seeing this thing, the corners of Duanmu Huai's eyes suddenly twitched. Of course he would never forget that the special ability he had after obtaining the death rune was the black flame. I remember that the message prompt at that time said--the black flame is for hunting gods. The flames are controlled by the god-skin nobles who serve the Destined Death...
.........Are you the God Skin Noble? !
Looking at the fat house in front of him, Duanmu Huai was speechless.
No, can't you look better? !
How could it be someone like you who serves the destiny of death?
Well, from a certain perspective, this one looks quite aristocratic.
Especially the kind of evil nobles who often appear in anime and games...
"Aha……………"
For the sake of his destined death, 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-man... Do you know? A very young girl snake-man who can turn into a human being... her name is Zelayas..."
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
Feizhai seemed to understand Duanmuhuai's words. He nodded, then turned around and took Duanmuhuai to the altar of the church. Then Feizhai respectfully picked up something from the altar, then turned around and handed it to Duanmuhuai. hands.
What's this?
Duanmu Huai took it doubtfully and looked at it carefully. It was something that looked like some kind of transparent internal organs, and a small gap could be vaguely seen inside. It looked like there had been some kind of small life in the past. inside, but then disappeared.
At the same time, a system prompt appeared in front of Duanmu Huai's eyes.
[Obtained the snake's amniotic membrane]
[Snake's amniotic membrane: the amniotic membrane wrapped in the mother's body by the abandoned child in the horrific birth ceremony. No matter how long it takes, it will still be moist and will not dry out]
"Uh... So... Raya was born from here??"
Looking at the thing in front of him, Duanmu Huai didn't know what to say.
But wait.
If he remembered correctly, aren't snakes oviparous animals?
Amniotic membrane is something only viviparous animals have!
If you just give me an eggshell, wouldn't it be more reliable than this thing? ? ?
…………Anyway, let’s take this back to Raya for a look. .
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