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Zicomo lived up to expectations and found the hidden passage leading to the back of the volcano mansion.

Out of curiosity, Laya stepped into the passage to explore the secrets of the Volcano Mansion, which also revealed its dark side.

Unable to accept the reality, she is currently hiding in a corner, isolating herself.

When Zicomo found her, she was squatting in a corner of a room, hugging her knees dejectedly.

Zicomo stood in front of Laya. Noticing someone approaching, Laya looked up.

"Ah, it's you... Oh, right, I should inform you that I was not born of Lord Lakad's favor, but rather through a terrible ritual."

This is why I have two faces, rejected by neither humans nor snakes, disliked by both. And even less loved by Lady Tanis…”

“You’re wrong. You should call her Mother.” Zicomo interrupted Laya. “It’s not that she doesn’t love you. If she didn’t love you, she wouldn’t have hidden your background from you. She couldn’t bear to let you know the truth.”

"is that so?"

Thinking that she had been kept in the dark, completely unaware of the cruel meaning behind the word "blasphemy," she only thought that their Volcano Mansion's goal was lofty and great.

Then she remembered that Zicomo had always treated her gently and had never deceived her, and she began to believe him.

"Yes, Tanis has her own things to do. She loves Raccard deeply and wants to achieve his goals, so she has no time for you. Besides, she doesn't want someone as kind as you to be involved in these things."

Zicomo explained Tanis's behavior to Laya, hoping she wouldn't get stuck on it.

Laya, still looking dejected, said, "Imagine my current state."

"But... this body of mine is ultimately a cursed body."

After saying that, Laya looked at Zicomo and pleaded with him, "Please allow me to make one last request to you. Please kill me and let me get rid of this body and be free."

Zicomo saw the will to die in Laya's eyes.

Although she resolved her inner conflict about Tanis, she still couldn't accept that she was born from a forbidden existence.

Zicomo thought for a moment, then took out the magic crystal from earlier and inserted it into Laya's heart.

This time, he chose to absorb Laya's soul imprint as well.

Doesn't she feel that her body is cursed?

Zicomo can simply give her a new body.

For Zicomo now, he has mastered the creation techniques of the Son of Platinum, and combined with the knowledge of the Harry Potter world, creating a body is a piece of cake.

Moreover, this body doesn't require the birth of a soul; you can simply put Laya's soul imprint into it and then inject soul energy.

Having done all this, Zicomo withdrew from the border area and returned to reality.

When Lani saw Zicomo open his eyes, she asked, "Is it over?"

Zicomo nodded, and Lani, having received her answer, didn't say anything more.

However, her heart was still somewhat unsettled. She took out the ash crystal that contained Ratahn's soul imprint and looked at it silently.

Upon witnessing this scene, Zicomo retrieved his magic crystal from the system space.

Because it contained Laya's soul imprint, this consumed one of his manifestation attempts.

"Little princess, give me General Ratahn's soul imprint."

Upon hearing this, Lani handed the crystal in her hand to Zicomo.

Zicomo took the two crystals and pressed them together, slowly channeling the soul energy of Rakad from the magic crystal into Ratahn's crystal bar.

As a demigod-level powerhouse, Ratahn needs energy of the same level to maintain the operation of his soul imprint.

This is why Zicomo didn't try to revive Rataen before.

As for why only soul energy was injected, it's because Lakad didn't have much life energy at all.

He had already been beaten to the point of being nothing but a chunk of flesh from Zicomo's head, and his life energy was almost completely depleted.

Moreover, he had devoured so many people before, and his life energy was already so depleted that it would be problematic to use it to replenish his life force. Only his enormous snake body could withstand it.

After being filtered by the magic crystal, it's questionable whether this amount of energy can even revive Rataen to his newborn state.

Moreover, the cost of creating a demigod's body is simply too high.

The reason Lani was able to be resurrected successfully was mainly because the body used was the one Lani had been killed in.

Zicomo no longer needs to spend a lot of precious materials to rebuild a suit.

Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Resurrection of Rataen, the Little Lizard Laya

As soul energy was infused, the white crystal began to shimmer.

After a flash of bright light, a white soul appeared before Zikomo and Lani.

“Am I not… already dead?” Rataen murmured.

"Yes, you can't even be considered alive right now."

When he heard someone answer him, Rataen looked toward the voice.

The person who struck up a conversation seemed familiar, but before he could get a good look at them, he noticed a figure that was even more familiar to him standing to the side.

"Lani? Is that you?" He was somewhat unsure.

Lani nodded and said, "It's me, brother."

"How did you revert to your childhood appearance? And even your hair color has changed?"

Upon hearing this, Lani looked at Zicomo.

She had asked before why her hair color was the same as the puppet's.

Zicomo said he was used to seeing it that way, so he subconsciously changed his hair color.

In reality, it was just that he preferred Lani's appearance.

Zicomo coughed twice and said, "Ahem, let me explain these things."

"Oh? May I ask who you are?"

Ratahn hadn't recognized Zikomo yet, since Zikomo had killed him in his adult form.

“I’m Zikomo, brother-in-law.”

The words "brother-in-law" instantly evoked memories for Ratahn.

"So it was you, that interesting fader. Looks like you succeeded!"

After saying that, Rataen glanced at Lani.

"Please listen to me first..."

To prevent Ratahn from saying anything strange, Zicomo spoke first and explained his situation to Ratahn.

Zicomo told Rataen everything about how he resurrected Lani, the state of the two worlds, how he had just killed Raccard, and how he had used Raccard's soul energy to revive Rataen.

"I never knew you had such talent."

After listening, Ratahn first marveled at Zikomo's ability to travel between the two worlds, and then sighed deeply.

"Sigh, I never thought that Laqad would still go down that path."

The two brothers had a good relationship, and it wasn't surprising that Rataen knew about what Rakad had done.

"Hmph, his actions are a complete disgrace to the Kalia royal family," Lani sneered.

Ratan shook his head and said, "You should say less. He was still your brother, after all. Besides, he was killed by your king."

Lani fell silent.

Zicomo changed the subject, saying, "Please maintain this state for a while longer, and I will find a way to help you reshape your body."

Ratan didn't seem to care much. He waved his hand and said, "No need. My fate ended the moment you killed me. I already know from what you said about the borderlands that we demigods have long been abandoned by the Supreme Will."

Even if I were resurrected, I would never be able to fight again. Besides, the price of resurrecting a demigod is not small, so you don't need to bother.

"I'll just stay where I am. Didn't you say there are lots of ghosts like me at Hogwarts? You don't mind if one more comes along, do you?"

Zicomo had nothing to say about this; it was Rata's own choice.

Moreover, Hogwarts is now tied to Zicomo, so it wouldn't be wrong to call it his home.

Taking in a homeless brother-in-law wasn't a big problem for him.

But just to be on the safe side, he planned to modify the crystal that Rataen had stored there.

Zikomo intends to transform it into a lich's soul casket, thus ensuring that Rataen's soul will not be harmed outside.

Of course, the concept of a Soul Box doesn't exist in the wizarding world.

However, there is some relevant information, namely our senior Tom's Horcrux.

Zicomo only needs to thoroughly understand this knowledge and then make some minor modifications.

"Then you chat with Lani first, I'll go revive your little niece."

Zicomo was referring to Laya, who was the child of Tanis and Rakad, born through forbidden methods. It wouldn't be wrong to say she was Rakad's niece.

However, he forgot that the English words for niece and maternal niece are the same, and Ratahn successfully misunderstood.

"What?! You two already have a child? How could you have accidentally let the child die?"