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The serpent's will influenced his consciousness, and his blasphemous ambition turned into a base greed that devoured everything.

Lakad devoured the rebels who followed him, turning them into his own kind.

From then on, Laqad remained behind the scenes, letting the serpent devour countless lives, while he himself indulged in base greed.

At this moment, Tanis stepped forward.

She was Laqad's concubine, and in order to continue serving him, she chose to step into the limelight and continue Laqad's former ambitions.

She recruits new heroes, turning them into Herrschers, but then constantly sends them to the audience hall where Raccard resides under the guise of an audience, where the serpent devours them to satisfy Raccard's desires.

In other words, Raccard has now become a useless snake who only eats and drinks, and the true owner of this mansion is indeed Tanis.

"...Faded One, Faded One, are you listening to me?"

Tanis's voice pulled Zicomo back to reality from his thoughts.

Tanis wondered, what's up with this Faded One?

After hearing her self-introduction, he stood there stunned and didn't reply, which made her feel quite awkward.

“Oh, go on, I’m listening,” Zicomo said.

“I’ve heard Laya mention you before. She said you’re a very promising person. So I’d like to ask you: would you be willing to join the Volcano Mansion and fight alongside us?” Tanis continued.

Zicomo nodded without hesitation.

This choice of faction doesn't affect him much; it's simply a matter of each side getting what they need.

Zicomo needs the fire magic of the Volcano Mansion, while the Volcano Mansion needs a new Herrscher.

Speaking of which, in his past life, he played this game and immediately after accepting Tanis's invitation, he killed Rakad.

He was completely bewildered at the time. He had just joined a new faction, and then the leader was killed?

What about the side quests? What about the main story?

Later he realized that it wasn't that there was no plot or mission; he had simply cut off the mission himself.

"Oh? Are you clear about the Volcano Mansion's principles? We have no intention of following the guidance of blessings or the empty words of the fingers; we will raise our swords against the Golden Tree. You, who obey the Two Fingers, have you truly made up your mind?"

"of course."

Zicomo didn't care at all; when had he ever obeyed Two-Finger?

The Finger Witch was killed as soon as I entered the game, and you still want him to do something for you?

By the way, speaking of which, we still haven't defeated that white-masked guy we encountered in the starting area.

We need to find an opportunity to expose him.

Jiao Lani, who was attached to Qi Kemo, deeply felt Qi Kemo's decision to join the new force without hesitation. From the very first time she met Qi Kemo, he had wanted to do things for her.

Later, Zicomo became her king.

Wait a minute! Could it be that her king is thinking the same thing now?

Looking at Tanis, who was completely covered up, she had heard of this concubine of Raccard.

She was said to have been a foreign dancer who was very beautiful.

After stepping onto the stage, she changed into the appearance shown here, with her face completely covered by a mask.

..... ....... ...

Does her king intend to bring her under his control as well?

Lani remained calm and decided to test the waters later.

"Well then, thank you for your reply. You are now a member of the Volcano Residence. There is a guest room at the end of the corridor for you to use; please make yourself at home."

As she spoke, Tanis took out a key and handed it to Zicomo.

Zicomo took it, remembering his main purpose for coming here.

"By the way, I wanted to ask where that Origin Mage Yazler is?"

"Are you looking for Yazler? Rumor has it he's near the craftsman's hut south of Mount Gemir."

Upon hearing Tanis's words, Zicomo was completely distraught.

Because he entered the volcano residence from the south of the Gemir volcano, it means he may have already passed by the craftsman's dilapidated house once.

He decided to go back to the guest room Tanis had given him to rest.

The treatment at the Volcano Mansion was quite good; he didn't even have a bed in the Round Table Hall, but when he arrived at the Volcano Mansion, a house was provided directly.

Upon entering the guest room, Lani couldn't help but ask, "Why did my king join Rakad's forces?"

Instead of answering her question immediately, Zicomo countered with, "You wouldn't even call him 'brother'?"

"Hmph, that guy. He contacted me before saying he wanted to desecrate the Golden Tree, but after accepting my 'Desecrating Beast Claw' during the Night of Conspiracy, he disappeared without a trace."

The power of the Death Rune fragments embedded in the 'Blasphemy Claw' was able to deflect the power of the black sword.

Lani doesn't really like this older brother.

Radagan abandoned Queen Full Moon and returned to the royal city to marry Queen Marika, becoming the new King of Elden.

After that, his children with Queen Full Moon became relatives of the Queen.

Both Lakad and Rataen were given official positions to handle the affairs of the kingdom.

One of them was in charge of interrogation and judicial affairs, handling internal matters, while the other was in charge of military affairs, dealing with external threats.

Her other brother, Rataen, is nothing special; he guarded the area and even sealed the stars to prevent the supreme will from casting down new monsters that would destroy the magical town of Seria.

As for Lakad, he disliked Lani somewhat.

After becoming a judge, in addition to interrogation, sentencing, and adjudicating disputes, Raqqad also had the side job of religious interrogation and torturing heretics and infidels.

Those who do not follow the Golden Law will be considered unclean and will be cleansed.

In the Gmir Volcano region, players can find a black hooded item.

That was a hood worn during severe torture, designed to intensify fear and sharpen the sense of pain.

It read: "The torture is not meant to elicit answers, therefore the end will never come."

All the evidence proves that Laqad is a sadist who enjoys torturing people.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have come up with the idea of ​​using blasphemy to overthrow the Golden Tree.

Chapter 85 The Power of Flames, A Bizarre Gem of the Borderlands

Lani told Zicomo about her collaboration with Lacad on the night of the conspiracy.

Zicomo hadn't expected that Laqad would also get involved on the night of the conspiracy.

However, judging from the current state of the Volcano Mansion, Zicomo knew that the 'Blasphemy Claw' was definitely not in Lacad's hands now.

Otherwise, Raccard would have taken it to fight the Black Sword long ago.

After recounting her story with Raccard, Lani pressed on, asking further questions:

"You still haven't told me why you joined the Volcano Mansion's camp."

"It's nothing really, I just want to get my hands on the fire magic of the Volcano Mansion." Zicomo shrugged.

"Is it really just that?"

Lani's questioning made Zicomo feel guilty, thinking that Lani had discovered something.

But he calmly replied, "Really."

In fact, Zicomo did not deceive Lani; he simply concealed his purpose in wanting fire magic.

The fire magic of the Volcano Mansion was modified by Raccard from ancient lava spells.

At the border, flames of different colors represent different powers.

Legend has it that the flames from the Giant's Flame Cauldron could ignite the Golden Tree, which is why Queen Marika waged war against the giants.

The flames in the cauldron are exactly the same color as the flame magic in the volcano mansion, so Zicomo doesn't believe they're unrelated.

He knew that in the later stages, to enter the Golden Tree, one had to burn away the thorns surrounding the tree; to burn the tree, one had to light the flames of the Flame Cauldron; and to light the Flame Cauldron, one had to use a special kind of fire.

So what is this special kind of fire?

There are two choices: one is to destroy everything, to return everything to the mad fire of nothingness, a demand that would burn even oneself.

The other option was to sacrifice Melina, ignite her, and use her as a spark.

Zicomo stated that he did not want to choose either of these options.

That's why he wanted to study the connection between the fire magic of the volcano mansion and the giant's fire.

This led to the discovery of a method that did not require burning Melina.

Although he called Melina a blockhead, he couldn't bring himself to burn her away like a spark, even though she had been silently accompanying him on his journey.

He admitted that he was lusting after Melina's body; he was honest.

If all else fails, he also plans to try Fiendfire from the wizarding world.

Isn't Fiendfire supposed to be able to burn and devour everything, and constantly grow stronger?