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It will all be worthwhile; everything will bear fruit. The Golden Prince, the first dead among the demigods, will be reborn. The runes that exist for the birth of the dead will also be conceived.

"I want to ask you, could you please allow my child, that is, Narun, to become king? To become the King of Elden, who allows the unborn to exist."

Although Fia's words were quite enigmatic, Zicomo understood what she meant.

Fia wanted Zicomo to use the Death Prince's Restoration Rune to repair the Elden Ring, making death a part of the Golden Law.

In this way, the dead can step out of the shadows and into the light, becoming "legitimate" residents of the border region.

Zicomo thought for a moment, then slowly nodded. This was the girl's last wish before she died, and even if it couldn't be fulfilled, it shouldn't be refused.

He had no intention of saving Fia's life, even though he already knew that the price of resurrecting the great man was the life of the sleeping girl.

The reason will be revealed in what Fia says next.

Fia felt Zicomo nod and continued, "Thank you so much. Actually, I'm very content. Because I wasn't forced to sleep with a corpse, but rather I voluntarily slept with Godwin... and then became pregnant."

I think that child will definitely inherit your warmth. What could be happier than being born a girl in a state of suspended animation?

Although this sounds like Zikomo was NTR'd, the child Fia mentioned is actually the dead prince's healing rune.

Fia was a sleepless maiden who voluntarily became the Death Prince and shared a bed with Godwin. She believed it was her mission.

If Zikomo were to stop her, he would be denying the meaning of her existence.

Although Fia appears frail, she is actually more steadfast in her beliefs than Melina, because she possesses a richer range of emotions.

Like Melina, she cannot allow anyone to deny the significance of her existence.

For this, she didn't hesitate to soil her hands and kill the Deathbringer hunter, D. Billion.

Chapter 159 The Boundary of Abnormalities: The Strongest Summoning Snail

“Hero, I have one more thing to ask of you. I am about to fall into a deep sleep with Godwin. Please help me eliminate the power within Godwin that prevents death,” Fia said slowly.

Zicomo nodded; he knew what Fia was referring to. It was the ancient dragon Falsanx, residing within the body of the dead prince.

During the war between the ancient dragons and the royal city, Golden Godwin and Fulthances fought to a draw. The two eventually became friends, turning enemies into sworn brothers.

After Godwin's death, Fulsancus entered his body and continuously prevented death from eroding Godwin, thus preventing Godwin's true death.

Fulsancus exists to allow Godwin to maintain this state of soul death and physical survival. Godwin will continuously erode the borderland with the power of death in this form, accumulating enough power to be reborn from the dead, and ultimately be resurrected.

Fia's idea was to sleep with Godwin and give birth to her and the Dead Prince's child—the Dead Prince's healing rune.

Then, he asked Zikomo to place this rune into the broken Elden Ring, so that while demonstrating the laws of the Deadborn, the Death Prince could be reborn within the ring, in the hope that one day a new god could be born.

In the game, after the Faded One defeats the Beast of Elden, if you choose to use the Death Prince's Restoration Rune to repair the Elden Ring, then this rune will appear in the womb of Marika's mutilated body, the place where life is conceived.

The old woman Enya, who was in charge of explaining the round table hall, once said, "Deities are containers of illusions."

The deity here refers to Marika, and the phantom is the Elden Ring. When the Faded One placed the Death Prince's Restoration Rune into Marika's body, the vessel welcomed a new phantom, which in turn subtly altered the vessel.

Specifically, this manifests as the dead prince being reborn within Marika's body, regaining life as a deity.

The old woman who interprets the two fingers once said: "Marika has committed a heinous crime and deserves severe punishment. But even if she is severely punished, she is still a god, that is, a vessel for illusion. As long as you offer the Great Rune to that vessel, you will become her companion—the King of Elden."

Zicomo didn't know if Marika was still alive after the Elden Ring was repaired. After all, half of her body was broken in the game, and she looked like she was in grave danger.

If Marika comes back to life after the Ring of Fathoms is restored, then he will become Marika's third husband. And as a bonus, he will have a child with Marika from her first marriage—Godwin.

If Marika cannot be resurrected after the Ring of Law is repaired, then Godwin will be born from her remains, becoming a new deity, and also the companion of the King of Elden, as mentioned in Twofinger's mouth.

Thinking about this, Zicomo exclaimed, "Good heavens!" So, if he used the Dead Prince's Restoration Rune to repair the Ring, he'd either end up as a sucker or have a homosexual relationship with Godwin.

Of course, Zicomo wouldn't do that. He's already married to Lani, so naturally he'll have a stellar ending.

Seeing that Zicomo had agreed to her request, Fia released her embrace. This time, unlike before, she didn't drain the power from the hero in her arms; she simply gave Zicomo a warm hug.

She said, "Thank you so much. As the mother of the Deadborn, I thank you on their behalf. Now, I will sleep with Godwin. I entrust the rest to you. I hope you will become the King of the Deadborn."

After saying that, she lay down quietly on the spot and fell into a deep sleep.

Seeing this, Zicomo reached out and gently touched Fia. Then he felt a force trying to pull him into sleep as well. Zicomo did not resist and let sleepiness wash over him.

He knew that Fia wanted to pull him into the Dream of Death, where she had also pulled the ancient dragon Falsanx, who fought against the corruption of death for Godwin, into the dream. Fia wanted Zikomo to kill it there.

While Zicomo was asleep, this place, which should have been untouched by anyone, welcomed its third guest: D's brother.

He and D were bound by a single soul and two bodies, never to meet again. When one was active, the other was inevitably trapped in a state of confusion. Now that D is dead, his soul has returned to his brother's body.

He followed Zicomo's route from the aqueduct to this place. As a follower of the Golden Fundamentalist doctrine, his purpose is self-evident.

He wanted to kill Fia to prevent the birth of the King and God of the Deadborn, because the Deadborn were not recognized as beings in the face of the Golden Fundamentals.

He approached Fia, intending to strangle her with both hands. Zicomo hadn't returned D's armor and weapons to him; he could only kill Fia with his own bare hands.

However, the moment he touched Fia, a group of vengeful spirits emerged from Fia and rushed towards him.

In an instant, he was consumed by the power of death and returned to the embrace of the golden tree.

That vengeful spirit was one of Zicomo's few death spells, which he had planted on Fia when she embraced him. It was to prevent D's brother from killing Fia.

Although Zicomo did not give D's equipment to D's brother, he was unsure if the guy would catch up, so he deliberately kept a backup plan.

As it turned out, Zicomo's caution was effective. Otherwise, after he painstakingly defeated Fulsancus, he might have found Fia dead, seemingly from an unnatural death.

If that's the case, then his efforts to repair the runes for the dead prince might be wasted.

Of course, Zicomo was unaware of the situation outside at this time.

After he fell into a deep sleep, he felt himself surrounded by darkness. When the light returned, he found himself still at the foot of the golden tree roots, before the dead prince. However, Fia had vanished.

Zicomo turned around and saw the enormous dragon shadow crawling behind him; it was the ancient dragon Fulsanx.

No, to be precise, she should now be called "Dead Dragon" Fulsanx.

Having helped her friend Godwin fight against death, she too had long been corrupted by its power. This was evident in her body, covered in black thorns. Even the scales on her body had turned black from the erosion of death.

Zicomo was certain that the black scales on her body were the result of death's erosion because all ancient dragons had grayish-white scales.

Zicomo had twice encountered Lance Sands, the sister of Fulsans, on the Alpine Plateau—she was also a greyish-white dragon.

It was from her that Zicomo learned just how outrageous the flight speed of an adult ancient dragon truly was.

When Zikomo first encountered Lance Sanx, he didn't disable her flight ability. As a result, during the battle, she realized Zikomo was no match for her and turned to run. Even when Zikomo gave chase at full speed, he couldn't catch her.

So when Zicomo encountered Lance Sanx for the second time, the first thing he did was break her dragon wings.

It's said that Lance Sanks often transforms into human form to interact with the knights as a priest of the ancient dragon faith. This was the first time Zicomo had ever known that ancient dragons could transform into human form.

Then wouldn't he be able to tell Ifrit, "Transform for me now?" However, he probably can't transform in a short time because Ifrit is still a child.

Unfortunately, since the Elden Ring shattered, most of the creatures in the borderlands have gone insane, otherwise Zikomo would have loved to have a good chat with Lance Sanx, the dragon lady.

As for talking to her sister, Falsanx, forget it. This huge black dragon doesn't seem like the kind of creature that can be conversed with.

That being said, if the older sister Lance Sanx can transform into human form, doesn't that mean the younger sister Ful Sanx can too?

This made Zicomo wonder if the relationship between Godwin and Fulsanx was really just a simple case of turning enemies into friends.

After all, there is no such thing as pure friendship between men and women, and Godwin is very likely a dragon lover.

Thinking of this, Zicomo couldn't help but sigh, "It's normal that there aren't many people with XP in the border areas!"

Selvis likes to play with dolls, the Blood King Mung is gay, and there's even a scatophile in the royal city's sewers. As a normal person in this borderland, she always felt out of place among these perverts.

Zicomo's exclamation startled the sleeping Fulsancus. She opened her eyes and looked around, only to see Zicomo standing in front of the dead prince.

Although she didn't know why she was outside the body of the dead prince (in fact, this was a dreamscape of death constructed by Fia), seeing someone approaching Godwin's corpse was something she couldn't tolerate.

Then Fulsanx roared, and two completely different powers surged from his body.

One was red lightning originating from the ancient dragon clan, and the other was lightning interwoven with gold and black, faintly emanating an ominous mist.

That was a power generated by incorporating the power of death into the core of the Death Prince's power, which was manifested by Fulsanx in the form of lightning.

Fulsanx, crackling with lightning, lunged at Zicomo, brandishing his dragon claws.

Zicomo quickly dodged to the side, and while Fulsanx charged at him again, Zicomo swiftly pulled out the Soul Bell and summoned the Imitation Tear.

Although Zikomo's strength has surpassed that of the clone teardrop, why fight one-on-one when you can gang up on others?

He's determined to become the strongest summoning snail in the border region.

PS: The Summoning Snail is a monster found in the borderlands that can continuously summon the souls of other creatures to fight for it.

Chapter 160 "Dead Dragon" Fulsanx Gains the Power of Death

After the android teardrop was summoned, it fearlessly charged forward and engaged in a fierce battle with Fulsans.

However, it wasn't long before he found himself at a disadvantage.

While the power of death had corrupted Fulsanthes, it had also enhanced her strength. The lightning emanating from her was now even more potent than that of her sister.

Looking at her appearance, which was surrounded by lightning, Zicomo felt that close combat was probably out of the question.

So he simply created distance and used magic to attack from afar. He just hoped that the avatar teardrop could keep her occupied for a little longer.

Zicomo had barely conceived this idea when he saw Fulsanx tilt his head back and unleash a dragon's breath at the android teardrop.

Unlike Zicomo, who was already immune to dragon breath, the Imitation Tear was instantly reduced to near-death by a direct blast of dragon breath.