Chapter 223 Laya’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 is for Zela Yasi, 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 Laya's appearance is a bit strange, she is not a bad person in person, and Duanmuhuai does not object to this. Although he is a judge, he only targets those alien races that pose a threat to human beings, such as

Even if La Ya fights against the five scumbags...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. We should not 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 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. Tanisi sighed and continued.

"The Golden Tree bestowed blessings on 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 Fading Ones had to be forced to seek strength. Just like Elden's method back then.

When the ring is broken, the dilemma faced by the kings who own the big 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 Residence, and it is also the determination of my king."

I see.

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

.

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, Ms. Tanis."

"What else?"

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

Duanmuhuai was puzzled. In fact, when he first saw La Ya, he thought she must be a lizard. The reason was also very simple. Duanmuhuai had seen some videos about domestic pet lizards on video websites before.

The lizard inside is just like Laya, with a pair of short and small arms and legs, a somewhat fat body and a snake-like 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.

"really………"

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 did not come out. Also, if I am 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 La Ya 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?"

"Um……………"

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 secrets become secrets. If you want to know the secret, you have to pay a price. Maybe you can't afford this price at all."

"I……………"

Facing Duanmu Huai's serious gaze, La Ya couldn't help but shrink down and lowered her head. She was originally a person who lacked self-confidence, but now facing this serious question, La Ya was obviously 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 is not surprising. Although La Ya is indeed a well-behaved and sensible girl, she is not stupid and sweet. Normal people like her will have doubts about their own life experience. Maybe La Ya has always been aware of

I had some doubts about my life experience, but since I had no one to share it with, I had to hide it in my heart. Until I and Audrey saw La Ya's true identity... Never mind, it was just a matter of course 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 there was actually another chapel behind the chapel.

Small Town——Well, it seems that Tanis did hide something from Laya, at least Laya never told herself that there was such a place here.

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 that he had even planned to knock this thing out and capture it, 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, then lifted up as if to stretch - the next moment, Duanmuhuai saw this guy's body lengthen 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 Duanmu Huai. It opened its mouth and let out a scream, then shrank its body again, then suddenly stretched out, and rushed 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 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 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 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 volcanoes before, but there was no news after that."

"That's it, I understand."

At this moment, Duanmu Huai has also arrived in front of a church located high up, staring at the statue in front of him. It is a stone sculpture 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 it that Tanis is actually a snake-person 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

From the looks of it, she probably doesn't have a 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 glow. There is a huge snake-shaped statue in front of it, and under the snake-shaped statue, stands an extremely fat... fat man!
To be continued...