The story of the black silk female knight

"A name..."

Valensa took the pen and thought for a moment.

Since it's a new divine spell with three damage effects: holy light, holy flame, and kinetic impact, then...

Brush brush.

A name was written by Valensa in one go on the scroll.

[Divine Art: Flame Impact Kick]

Chapter 208 Chance Encounter

After registering her new divine spell at the cathedral, Valensa didn't go anywhere else and went straight to the Adventurers' Guild in the capital.

Since enrolling in the War Academy a few months ago, Valensa has come to the entrance of the Adventurers' Guild many times, always waiting for Melina to get off work. This is the first time she has entered the guild hall.

Compared to the Adventurers' Guild in Sergintown, the guild hall in the royal capital is more luxuriously decorated and has more service windows for adventurers, but the atmosphere is almost the same, both being very lively.

A beautiful and fiery female paladin entered the room, instantly attracting the attention of many people. Several people immediately surrounded Valensa, inviting her to join their party.

Valensa politely declined.

After observing the area briefly, she chose the counter with the fewest customers and patiently waited in line.

After waiting for about twenty minutes, Valensa finally got to stand in front of the counter.

Like Kiri and Lulu in Sergin Town, the person behind the counter is a rather cute young lady. She speaks in a pleasant voice but has a bit of a temper, which suits the tastes of adventurers.

"Hello……"

Unlike the male adventurers who would flirt with the young lady first, Valensa took out her adventurer's insignia and briefly introduced herself.

"A student in the elite corps of the War Academy, and also a paladin of the Church of the Sun?"

The young woman was quite capable, and she quickly pulled out more than ten files from a thick stack of task files and placed them in front of Valensa:

"Take a look at these tasks; they should all be suitable for you."

Valensa glanced through the list and found that it was indeed the case. The missions were mostly about defeating some of the stronger monsters in the Pearl-class or the weaker monsters in the Lighthouse-class, as well as a few investigation missions involving suspected undead creatures.

The rewards for each mission are good, and the target locations are not far from the capital, making them perfect for War Academy elites to earn some extra money on their days off.

However, Valensa is not short of pocket money now.

She pushed all those mission files back:

"Sorry, that's not the kind of quest I'm looking for... Do you have any... um, you know, goblin extermination quests?"

"A mission to exterminate goblins?"

The young lady behind the counter looked surprised, and the other adventurers queuing behind her were also quite taken aback.

How much free time does this female knight have to do goblin extermination quests that novice adventurers often refuse to take because they think the pay is too low?

"...Yes, a mission to exterminate goblins."

Since she had already said it, Valensa no longer felt ashamed and stood tall with her head held high.

"Low pay doesn't matter, as long as the goal is to exterminate goblins... My main purpose is to conduct an experiment, and I came here to take on this mission in order to find a place with goblin nests as quickly as possible."

"So that's it..."

The clerk nodded, didn't ask any more questions, and rummaged through the stack of files for a while before pulling one out and handing it to Valensa:

"There really aren't any missions to exterminate goblins... After all, goblins are quite weak. Many goblin lairs can be wiped out by a few strong farmers with weapons, so there's no need to hire adventurers."

This is the only quest related to goblins right now. Do you want to accept it?

"Let me see……"

Valensa took the mission file and quickly scanned it.

Hmm, an investigation mission related to goblins.

An investigation is underway into the strange recent behavior of goblins near a small village called Kasai, located approximately 60 kilometers east of the capital.

What strange behaviors can goblins exhibit?

So what if they gang up on you and steal some food and clothes? Could it really be like those strange games and comics from my past life, where they start capturing human women to reproduce?

Valensa imagined it for a few seconds, then smiled and shook her head.

I'm probably overthinking it. Goblins are just goblins after all. Even the strongest mutated individuals won't exceed the Candlelight level. There's absolutely nothing to worry about.

The fact that this investigation task only offers a reward of 1 gold coin and is categorized as a beginner task is enough to prove that the task itself is not difficult.

"That's it."

Since she had no other choice, Valensa quickly completed the formalities and officially accepted the task.

We also obtained more detailed related information.

Then she felt like she'd been cheated... One gold coin was a decent reward for a novice adventurer, but there was a reason why no one was taking on the quest.

The reason has nothing to do with goblins; it lies in that village of Kasai.

The village is located in a rather unusual place. It is surrounded by swampy areas with harsh conditions, making it very inconvenient to get in and out.

Ironically, in the heart of the swamp, near the village of Kasai, there is a large area of ​​very special soil that is perfect for growing a particularly sweet and delicious small melon.

These small melons are very popular among the nobles of the capital and command a high price, making melon cultivation quite profitable.

So even though the environment is harsh and there are few opportunities to leave the village throughout the year, many melon farmers in Kasai Village still stayed.

"The swamp..."

Valensa looked at her boots and black pantyhose and sighed.

The strongest monster in that swamp was only at the Candlelight level, posing no threat to her. She just really didn't want to get her boots and black stockings dirty.

But since I've already accepted the task, I might as well go and take a look.

Perhaps she was blessed by the sun goddess again; Valensa was lucky this time.

Just after leaving the capital and arriving near the swamp, she encountered a caravan from the Nora Merchant Guild.

This caravan's destination was also Kasai Village, where they would sell various daily necessities to the local villagers and buy the small melons. They were a caravan that frequently did business with Kasai Village.

Therefore, the caravan had a good idea of ​​how to cross that swamp.

Instead of using horse-drawn carriages or polypods to haul goods, they used a large toad, about the size of an elephant, as their means of transportation.

While these giant toads are certainly less efficient than horse-drawn carriages and multi-family beasts on official roads, they thrive in swamps.

After a brief negotiation with the caravan leader, Valensa obtained a giant toad as a means of transportation in exchange for military support and holy light healing.

However, when she entered the small tent on the toad's back, she found that there were already two people inside, both of whom she knew.

One of them was a well-proportioned girl with a slightly cold face. She was wearing a Hanfu with wide sleeves, white silk stockings on her slender legs, and a small medicine box next to her feet. She was none other than Ms. Suzuran, the former school doctor whom I hadn't seen for a while.

The other girl, dressed in the logistics department uniform of the War Academy, is none other than Leffle, who has liked Miss Suzuran since she was a boy, and is still pursuing her relentlessly.

"Huh?" x3

When they met, they stared at each other in surprise.

What are you doing here?

Chapter 209 The female knight chooses to watch the show first.

After the initial surprise, the exchange of information naturally followed.

Valensa would never admit to being a petty woman, because she held a grudge after being defeated by a goblin illusion during the trial and developed a new divine spell specifically to beat up goblins.

Instead, she portrayed herself entirely as a noble paladin who had come to the village of Kasai to help the villagers solve their problems, having learned of the unusual situation there but no adventurers willing to accept the mission to investigate.

When Linglan listened, her face was full of disgust, and she clearly didn't believe Valensa's nonsense... She believed that Valensa was there to do an investigation, but she didn't believe that Valensa was so kind. She thought that she was probably just doing it for her own personal purposes.

Lefré didn't suspect Valensa much and was very grateful to her, saying that she would treat Valensa to all the sweet melons she could eat when they arrived in the village.

Lefred's hometown is Kasai Village. As a student of the War Academy, she is considered the pride of the entire village.

The reason she and Linglan came to Kasai Village at this time was because they received a letter from the village, and it was also related to the mission Valensa had taken on.

About last month, just a few days after the New Year holiday, goblins suddenly started appearing near Kasai Village.

The villagers didn't pay much attention at first... Farmers who could live in a place like Kasai Village were among the more capable ones.

Although he had never systematically trained in any martial arts, his strong physique meant he could easily take on two or three ordinary special forces soldiers like Valensa in her previous life.

Of course, special forces soldiers cannot use guns.

A farmer of this skill level is certainly not afraid of goblins.

An adult goblin's fighting strength is about the same as a human boy of ten years old. Strong farmers can easily kill one with a single hoe when they get serious.

And indeed, in the subsequent conflicts, the villagers emerged victorious, with nearly a hundred goblins dying under various farm tools. Only one farmer was careless and was bitten by a goblin.

Normal goblins are non-toxic, so the farmer who was bitten didn't pay much attention. He casually applied some herbal medicine prepared by the village doctor and tried to continue working.

Unexpectedly, the farmer collapsed the next day, and also developed various symptoms such as dizziness, fever, and occasional convulsions.

Because of the inconvenient transportation between Kasai village and the outside world, it was difficult for the villagers to transport the farmer to the city's cathedral for treatment.

In addition, the farmer was in good physical condition. Although he had been sick, his life was not in danger, so everyone thought that he should just tough it out and maybe he would get better after a few days of rest.

A few days later, the farmer's condition did not improve; instead, several other farmers were accidentally bitten by goblins and developed the same symptoms.

The villagers then realized the seriousness of the problem. So, they asked the caravan that often came to buy goblins to help them post a commission at the Adventurers' Guild to exterminate the goblins. At the same time, they wrote to LeFleur, the pride of the village, asking her to bring a capable doctor back to the village to treat everyone's illness.

Of all the doctors Leffle knew, the most skilled was undoubtedly Lily of the Valley, which is why the two of them were heading to Kasai Village with the caravan that was buying up Little Melon.

Nothing unexpected happened on the way across the swamp.

There are a few ignorant monsters, but none of them are very strong.

Valensa didn't even get off the giant toad; she simply stood on its back, drew her bow, and easily shot down several monsters with her composite bow.

Upon entering Kasai village, the group received a warm welcome from the villagers.

The villagers had a neutral opinion of Linglan, a doctor with a youthful and aloof appearance who claimed to be experienced, but Valensa's identity as a paladin made them feel very safe.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Goddess of the Sun! Thank you..."

Many devout villagers even knelt down and kowtowed three times and nine times to the sun in the sky.

Lefred kept her word. After a brief conversation with the village chief, she warmly invited Valensa to enjoy a delicious melon first, saying that they could deal with anything else after they finished eating.

Valensa had already smelled the sweet aroma of the melons and was quite tempted. Coupled with the enthusiastic invitation from Leffre and the villagers, she reluctantly agreed.

"Ha, what a foolish and shallow woman."

Lily despised Valencia's behavior. Instead of just watching the drama unfold, she decided to check on the people bitten by goblins.

The villagers didn't pay much attention to her at first, assuming she was just visiting with her friends.

But the village doctor did have some real skills. After exchanging a few words with Linglan, he was immediately amazed by her medical knowledge and philosophy, and took her to see the injured.

In the village clinic, Linglan saw the injured, about a dozen of them, all lying on the soft mats on the clinic floor, their faces pale and showing signs of pain.

"This is……!"

Linglan's expression changed, and she immediately ran to the injured, squatted down, and began to examine them.

"……really."

A moment later, Linglan stood up and sighed helplessly:

“Let’s go to the village chief… I can treat their injuries, but it would be easier and faster to ask that stupid woman who’s eating melon seeds.”

"Oh... okay."

The village doctor quickly followed.

The two soon arrived at the village chief's yard. From afar, they could hear Valensa and a group of villagers talking and laughing loudly, as well as the smacking sounds she made while eating watermelon.

"This woman... humph, she's not too stupid."

After listening for a few moments, Linglan realized that Valensa wasn't really greedy... She was gathering more information by chatting with the villagers.

"Come with me quickly, the clinic needs you more."

After entering the village chief's house, Linglan didn't explain, but pulled Valensa away and walked out.