The story of the black silk female knight

Fran, panting, paused for a moment, not hiding the surprise in her voice:

"That's great... I was just getting into a tough fight... I'm terrible at close combat, and these rats have such high dark resistance, it's so annoying."

"Hang in there a little longer, I'll be there soon."

Valensa could tell that Fran was indeed struggling, so she sped up again, weaving through the rats like a bullet, and rushed toward Fran's location.

The swarm of rats that attacked the resort was clearly not as powerful as the ones the gray rats summoned with magic, but it was still much smarter than ordinary rats.

They spotted Valencia, who was determined to shake them off and break free. Surprisingly, many of the rats abandoned their attacks on the others and instead tried to stop Valencia from advancing.

Even when she was reduced to the size of a figurine, Valensa never had to use her sword a second time to kill these rats, but the rats that kept blocking her way still slowed her down.

Valensa was immediately annoyed and wanted to summon Via right now to let these rats taste the power of the genetic toxins of technological civilization.

But if the resort's rat population is wiped out by the genetic toxin, it will inevitably alert the gray rats, and Yashiro and Lanzhi will likely be in danger, so now is not the time.

"I'll help you, Miss Bader!"

At the crucial moment, a somewhat familiar voice reached Valensa's ears. She turned her head and saw that it was none other than the chubby Jin from the Nora Chamber of Commerce's catering department.

Fat Ball King still has that round, comical physique, but his expression is quite serious:

"The young lady instructed that if anything unexpected happens during today's gratitude ceremony, we should support Miss Bader's actions as much as possible..."

Although I don't know your plans, they're probably all for rescuing the young lady, right? Then you can charge forward with confidence; I'll ensure your path is clear!

Without giving Valensa a chance to respond, Fat Ball King took a deep breath, and his head and limbs shrank back into his body like a turtle in its shell, turning his entire body into a ball of flesh.

The ball of flesh bounced up and flew in an arc, landing in front of Valensa and smashing several rats that tried to stop her into jerky.

"Mr. Jin, you..."

Valensa was somewhat surprised. She hadn't expected that this fat man who loved drinking monster sap was actually a rather powerful Lighthouse-level expert. The Kingdom's First Merchant Guild was indeed full of hidden talents.

After a moment of surprise, Valensa didn't hesitate and pointed to Fran's location:

"I'm counting on you to clear the way at the 11 o'clock position, Mr. Kim!"

The giant meatball didn't answer, but instead began to spin rapidly, like an unstoppable chariot, charging in the direction Valensa pointed, crushing all the rats that blocked its way.

With Fat Ball clearing the way, Valensa was able to break through quickly and reach Fran's location, even though the rats tried their best to stop her.

"...The rest is up to you, Miss Bader."

After crushing countless rats along the way, Fat Ball Gold finally stretched out its head and limbs again, but its forehead was covered in cold sweat and its face was somewhat pale.

"I'm sorry... I used to be a warrior, but since becoming a senior executive in the chamber of commerce, I haven't done this kind of strenuous exercise in a long time. My body is very weak, and I'm starting to feel the strain..."

"No, Mr. Jin, you have already done me a great favor."

Valensa didn't stop, disappearing from Fat Ball's sight in an instant, leaving only her voice of thanks carried on the fragrant breeze:

"I will definitely prevent this tragedy from happening. You should rest for a bit."

"Shall we take a break...?"

Seeing the swarm of rats that had clearly died but were still attacking again, Fat Ball Jin gave a wry smile, took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from his face, gritted his teeth again, and assumed a fighting stance:

"Come on, you stinking rats, you won't get past me!"

With the help of Fat Ball King, Valensa finally shook off the largest swarm of rats and reunited with Fran, who was working on one of the resort's indoor entertainment projects.

After seeing Fran in person, Valensa finally understood why Fran was in such a difficult situation.

Those who had been having fun in this room were clearly not as brave as the people outside. Now they could only huddle together and tremble, relying entirely on Fran's holy light barrier for protection.

Fran was panting heavily and struggling as she protected ordinary people with a holy light barrier, defended against the rat swarm, and repaired and adjusted the positioning spell that had been interfered with by the gray rats.

Valensa glanced at the situation and quickly made a judgment:

"Fran, you can focus on repairing the positioning spell. Leave this to me."

"……I see."

Fran didn't force herself to stay upright. She handed over the position of defending against the rat swarm to Valensa, and then, carrying a small golden cup engraved with location coordinates, greeted the terrified ordinary people:

"Come with me, I'll take you to a safe place to take refuge."

Upon hearing the words "a safe place," those who had been trembling with fear regained some strength and followed Fran to another exit of the room.

Valensa knew that direction; it was one of the 'refuges' the church had set up in advance. Hiding inside would provide temporary safety, and Fran could also readjust the divine coordinates with peace of mind.

After confirming that Fran and the ordinary people had run far away, Valensa, who had already killed dozens of rats, also jumped back to create distance. With a cold smile, she reached under her skirt and took out two small iron cans from her spatial storage bag.

She had no intention of wasting her precious energy on rats. Now that she no longer had to worry about accidentally injuring them, it was time to let the stinky rats experience the firepower of the technology side.

boom! boom!

Chapter 136 Sudden into Darkness

The shrinking curse can reduce a person's strength, stamina, and other attributes proportionally along with their body, making even a rat that an ordinary person could easily crush a threat to a cultivator.

But the bombs were unaffected by the curse. Valensa fired two shots, blowing up a villa and nearly a thousand rats in the resort.

Fran is out of danger, and the divine magic's location is secured. The next step is naturally to find a way to destroy the source of magic that sustains the curse and try to rescue the beautiful auctioneer, Miss Lanzhi.

Valensa didn't know much about magic, almost completely ignorant of it, but she had often been around Tia and had read many fantasy novels in her previous life, so she had some guesses about this source of magic.

There are indeed creatures that can sustain this level of magic consumption on their own, but Valensa still thinks it's more likely that the gray rat has somehow gathered the magic from the surrounding natural world.

So her second destination was the food street in front of the resort.

This place was also affected by the shrinking curse and besieged by rats, but it was also closest to the scouts waiting outside the resort, so the situation was relatively good.

Nearly twenty elite soldiers formed a defensive line to protect the civilians from all directions, while the remaining elite soldiers continued to provide support to the resort.

Valensa didn't interact with the mostly alumni who had already graduated. Instead, she used her sonic positioning to search for a while before pulling out the Thousand Leaf Grass that had been hidden in a corner using invisibility magic.

"Have you forgotten what I told you? I agreed that in case of an accident, you would do your best to protect the civilians around you and guide them to safety. And what are you doing here slacking off?"

"Waaah... Big sister, please listen to Cao Cao's explanation! Cao Cao didn't slack off!"

The thousand-leaf clover looked aggrieved and put its two thumbs together:

"Before the senior students arrived, Cao Cao was still fighting the rats... More importantly, Cao Cao made a major discovery!"

"A major discovery?"

Valensa raised an eyebrow:

"What discovery?"

"Big sister, you must have noticed it too, right?"

Thousand-leaf grass pointed to the gray rat in the magical image in the air that was still unilaterally bullying Yashiro:

"This reveler is acting too relaxed; it doesn't seem like she's maintaining such a powerful curse at all. There must be other arrangements she has made at the resort."

So I've been communicating with the plants here... These roots, extending deep into the earth, are extremely sensitive to the flow of magic within the ley lines.

"Have you found the place where the ley lines are abnormal?"

Valensa hurriedly asked, "This is also why I came to find the Thousand-Leaf Grass... to sense the abnormalities in the earth's veins through communication with plants in order to find the source of the Gray Rat's magic that sustains the curse."

"found it."

Thousand-leaf grass nodded at first, then looked somewhat dejected:

"But it's difficult to break through there; I couldn't get in quickly."

“Take me to see!” Valensa said immediately.

"Ah."

Without hesitation, Thousand Leaf Grass obediently led the way, avoiding the battles between the vanguard and the rat swarm, until they arrived at a dark underground entrance.

"This is it."

Thousand-leaf grass pointed to the dark, unlit cave entrance:

"This appears to be an abandoned drain at the resort, guarded by many rats... not the ordinary rats that are fighting the vanguards, but more ferocious rats that can use magic."

In addition, the cave seems to be enchanted by some kind of magic, preventing any light from entering; even someone with excellent eyesight would go blind if they went in.

"I tried twice before, but the mice used magic to drive me away both times... I had no choice but to come back to the food street to wait for you, big sister."

"Well done."

Valensa patted Thousand-Leaf Grass's head, showering her with praise:

"Leave the rest to me, your big sister. You continue to help the others fight the rat swarm... I'll reward you properly when we get back to the academy."

"Hmph, Cao Cao doesn't care about your reward... hehehe~~"

The thousand-leaf grass seemed quite comfortable, rubbing itself against Valensa's palm, then made a face before turning and leaping back the way it came. Its voice returned quite a distance later.

"Big Sister Minion, you must be careful! The only one who can defeat and bully you is Grass, so don't lose to a bunch of stinky rats!"

That little brat... humph.

Valensa's eyes flickered a few times before she looked again at the pitch-black underground entrance.

Will you completely lose your sight after going inside?

Why not just avoid using vision?

Valensa activated her sonic navigation, took a deep breath, and leaped into the cave.

Just as Thousand Leaf Grass said, there is no light here. Even using fire-attribute magic crystals and holy light will not illuminate anything and will consume a lot of energy.

Fortunately, her sonic positioning was unaffected, and Valensa easily dodged several rats that wanted to eat her, continuing to break through into the depths of the cave.

The further you go, the more rats block your way, and the stronger they become.

One of them was a giant rat nearly half a meter long, which even a spiked sword couldn't kill. It could also use ice and wind magic, which made Valensa quite flustered for a while.

She wanted to use two more bombs to clear a path, but was worried about collapsing the underground area. So she used her mental power to greatly enhance herself and killed the giant rat without regard for the cost.

However, there was clearly more than one of these giant rats. As the ley line anomaly that Thousand Leaf Grass had sensed through the plants drew closer, Valensa was suddenly surrounded by three giant rats.

"...This is getting a bit troublesome."

Valensa gritted her teeth. She had already exhausted nearly half of her physical and mental strength and could no longer afford to waste it on the grunts.

There was no other way; despite the possibility of triggering an even worse chain reaction, Valensa took out the bomb and planned to send the giant rat into the sky.

"Give me your hand!"

Just as Valencia was about to turn off the bomb's safety, a familiar voice came from above, prompting Valencia to reach out her hand without hesitation.

Her wrist was immediately grabbed and pulled up, then flipped in mid-air before landing on a fast-moving plane.

The newcomer was Tia, who had also shrunk to the size of a figurine and was sitting on a magic card the size of a book. She sped through the darkness, leaving all the rats and their magic behind.

"Tia, you found this place too?"

Valensa was initially pleasantly surprised, but also somewhat worried:

"How dare you venture into such a dangerous place alone? Don't forget you're just a support."

“Because I believed you would find this place too, and it turns out I was right, didn’t I?” Tia smiled, tossing her long silver hair.

"That's too dangerous!"

Valensa couldn't see Tia, so she could only gently pinch Tia to express her displeasure before curiously touching the card beneath her:

"Did you ask that sage for this? That's amazing."

Chapter 137 Do you even understand the value of stacking multiplicative buffs?

"Waaaaah~~"

Tia seemed to have been hit in a sensitive spot by Valensa's casual pinch, and immediately let out a soft moan as she leaned against Valensa, panting for several seconds before saying in embarrassment and annoyance:

"You shameless idiot! You big idiot! Don't you even know what's going on?"

"Sorry, sorry, it was just something I did... Why don't you do it for me too, Tia?"

Valensa quickly comforted her, and even grabbed one of Tia's hands and placed it on her body.

"Stop it!"

Tia slapped Valensa's hand away and explained: