Chapter 223 La Ya’s Secret
"It seems that you already know about that child...Laya'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. No matter what the reason for her appearance is, she is still a good child... As a mother, I feel guilty."
"Indeed, the little girl is quite well-behaved, but I think you also know that she is a little troubled inside."
Although La Ya'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 Laya...he won't bully the other party, right?
"Well...seeing that she has been acting strangely recently, she is indeed troubled."
After saying this, Tanis sighed.
"I hope you can understand that sometimes the truth is not necessarily a good thing. Regardless of life experience, the person involved should not be blamed. What we should do is to fight against the golden law. In comparison, life experience is not worth mentioning at all. ”
"Okay, I understand."
"Thank you."
Hearing Duanmuhuai's answer, Tanis smiled slightly, and then her voice became serious.
"...Since you already know so much and have fulfilled my commission 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 law back then When the ring was broken, the kings who owned the Great Rune faced the dilemma of being forced to snatch each other's share of power. Quantity——My king is very angry about this and cannot accept such superficial behavior. Since the golden tree, that is, the gods, intends to trample on us, then we must rise up and safeguard our dignity even if we commit blasphemy. It is the consensus of the whole Huoshan Residence and the determination of my king.”
I see.
Duanmuhuai nodded secretly deep in his heart. He once heard Lani say that he had cooperated with Lacard. Now it seems that although Larcade and Lani 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...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."
"What else?"
"Why do you say Laya is a snake? That form... is obviously a lizard?"
Duanmu Huai was puzzled. In fact, when he first saw La Ya, he thought she must be a lizard. The reason is also very simple. Duanmu Huai has seen some videos about domestic pet lizards on video websites before. The lizards in them are just like Laya, with a pair of short and small hands and feet, and some fat bodies like snakes. head.
At least from Duanmu Huai's point of view, no matter how you look at it, La Ya'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, Duanmu Huai remembered that they went to find La Ya to tell her about the Huoshan Mansion, but they forgot about it because they saw the big lizard——so this After a while, he found Laya again and told her what he had discovered.
"Sure enough..."
After listening to Duanmuhuai's words, La Ya 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...The black shadow walked into the next room and 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...I think Lady 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 I shouldn't ask you to do this, but...if you find anything, can you tell me?"
"Hmm..."
Staring at La Ya, Duanmu Huai couldn't help but think about it. Although he still didn't know the true identity of La Ya's life experience, but judging from what Tanis told him before, it was very likely that Tanis was not actually She is not La Ya’s mother, and La Ya’s life experience may not be as good a thing as she thinks...
"Are you sure? You know, there is a reason why a secret becomes a secret. If you want to know the secret, you have to pay a price. Maybe you can't afford this price."
“I…………”
Facing Duanmu Huai's serious gaze, La Ya couldn't help but shrink her body and lowered her head. She was originally a person who lacked self-confidence, but now she was facing this serious problem, which obviously made La Ya a little nervous.
"I..."
However, after a while, La Ya still raised her head and looked at Duanmu Huai.
"I...I want to know, I want to understand all this, I want to know what secrets Lady Tanith is hiding from me."
"…………Okay, let me give it a try."
Duanmu Huai shrugged his shoulders. This was not surprising. Although La Ya was indeed a well-behaved and sensible girl, she was not stupid. Normal people like her would be suspicious of their own life experience. Maybe La Ya has always had some doubts about her life experience, but because she had no one to share with, she had to hide it in her heart. Until he and Audrey saw La Ya's true form...Forget it, it was just a convenience anyway.
Without much effort, Duanmu Huai found the secret door hidden in the next room, and then followed the passage to an abandoned chapel at the back. When he opened the door, he discovered that behind the chapel, there was actually a small town—well, it seemed that Tanis had indeed hidden something from Laya, at least Laya had never told her that there was still something here. There is such a place.
After walking out of the chapel, Duanmu Huai soon saw a lizard man standing on the edge of the cliff not far away with his back to him. He was holding a sword and shield and looked like a guard.
But then again...
"This is indeed a lizard." Looking at the monster in front of him, Duanmu Huai couldn't help but comment. He even planned to knock this thing out and catch it back, and then discuss this issue with Tanis face to face.
However, at this moment, something unexpected happened to Duanmu Huai.
The lizard soldier suddenly bent forward, and then lifted up as if to stretch. The next moment, Duanmuhuai saw that this guy's body had stretched from two meters to four or five meters in an instant!
"………………"
Okay, I retract my preamble, it’s a snake man.
No, these are earthworms... snakes are not like this either...
"Hiss————!!"
At this moment, the monster also discovered Duanmuhuai. It opened its mouth and let out a scream, then shrank its body again, then suddenly stretched out, and rushed directly in front of Duanmuhuai, and swung its sword at Duanmuhuai. ————The next moment it screamed and fell to the ground, turning into a corpse.
"What the hell is this..."
Duanmu Huai silently put away his fists and looked at the corpse on the ground speechlessly. He originally thought that Laya 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 civilization...
Thinking of this, Duanmuhuai 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 volcanoes before, but there was no news after that."
"I see, I know."
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 sculpture with a snake 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 it that Tanis is actually a snake like Laya? After all, Tanis wears a mask all day long. I don’t know if her humanization skills are as bad as Laya’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 blood-red light. 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 in videos 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?
"Woo......Woooo......"
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?
“Woooo…Woo…!!”
Just when Duanmu Huai was hesitating whether to hit him directly 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 trying to kill him. It's like worshiping some god.
No, although I am indeed a god, I have nothing to do with fat nerds like you!
"You...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 not forget that the special ability he had after obtaining the death rune was the black flame. I remember that the message prompt at the time said--the black flame is the flame of the hunting god. , controlled by the god-skin nobles who serve the Death of Destiny...
.........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...
"Haah..."
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... Her name is Zelayas..."
"Woo......Woooo......"
Feizhai seemed to understand what Duanmuhuai said. 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. A small hole 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 snake's amnion】
[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... 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 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 and show it to La Ya.
(End of chapter)