The story of the black silk female knight

"Hey?"

Valensa was somewhat surprised:

"And what about the injuries and illnesses that Dr. Lily of the Valley can't heal?"

"Stop talking nonsense, are you coming or not?"

Lily of the Valley glared angrily at Valensa.

If it were truly injuries or illnesses, Suzuran didn't believe her medical skills would be inferior to divine magic. The problem was that the farmers' suffering had little to do with injuries or illnesses, so seeking help from a priest would be the simplest solution.

“Go! Of course I’ll go… After all, I came to Kasai Village to help everyone.”

Valensa did not refuse, but as she was leaving the hospital, she grabbed two very sweet little melons and ate them as she walked.

"...Hmph, glutton."

Lily of the Valley muttered a curt remark, then quickly led Valensa to the clinic, pointing to the farmers on the ground whose faces were contorted in pain:

"You can't possibly not see what's wrong with their bodies, can you?"

"This is……"

Valensa also looked surprised. She quickly ate all the melons and squatted down to carefully examine them for the farmers.

In less than half a minute, Valensa stood up again, her eyes full of determination:

"There's no mistake, they all have slight undead curses left on them... They must have been bitten by undead creatures... But it's still a bit strange."

Chapter 210 Reasons for Not Understanding

Just as the wild animals in Valencia's previous life carried viruses, any undead will carry a curse.

If you are bitten or scratched by an undead creature, you are very likely to be infected with the undead curse.

Cultivators who already possess bio-energy within their bodies are fine; they can fight off this curse on their own. Leaving it alone won't cause any problems, except that their wounds will heal a little slower.

But ordinary people are different. They will suffer greatly from the curse of the dead, and over time they will lose their lives. They may even be transformed into undead after death.

This is what Valensa felt was wrong.

As a paladin, she was certain that these wounded people were definitely under a curse of the undead.

But if these people are truly cursed by the undead, according to intelligence, the delay in treatment over so many days is enough to kill them several times over.

However, while the injured did not improve, there were no signs of their condition worsening either... which contradicts the common knowledge of the curse of the dead.

Besides, although the village is very inconvenient to access, the villagers are not ignorant. They should be able to tell whether the goblins that attacked them are undead or not.

Goblin undead are still undead, and even if they are very weak in combat, they are not something that farmers can easily kill with hoes.

Things seem to be getting interesting.

Valensa narrowed her eyes.

Regardless, let's treat the injured first, and then we can gather more information.

Exorcising the curse of the dead is quite troublesome for a doctor like Lily of the Valley, but it's a basic skill for a paladin like Valencia.

Even though Valensa had never used divine magic to exorcise the curse of the dead before, the exorcism process went very smoothly.

Under the baptism of holy light, the wounded quickly stopped suffering and fell into a peaceful sleep.

Linglan then prescribed a medicine for them, which consisted of herbs that could be collected near the village. The village doctor would then treat them, and they would recover after a few more days of rest.

The treatment of the wounded is now complete; the next step is to investigate those strange goblins.

"Those goblins are undead? Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

When Valensa asked, the villagers who had participated in the battle against the goblins were all very certain:

“Those little green monsters are incredibly weak; they can be killed with a single hoe. If they didn’t frequently gang up on and ambush lone people, no one in the village would ever get hurt.”

Yes, that really fits the characteristics of a goblin; it's not undead at all.

Valensa nodded thoughtfully, then asked:

"What about the goblin's corpse? What do you usually do after you kill a goblin?"

"Throw them into the swamp and let it swallow them up."

The villagers didn't hide anything and even enthusiastically volunteered:

"Shall I show you around, Your Excellency Paladin?"

"Of course I'll watch it."

Led by the villagers, Valensa soon arrived at the place where the villagers threw away goblin corpses.

This swamp is not far from the village and seems to have been used by the villagers as a garbage dump. There is still a lot of household garbage floating on the swamp that has not yet completely sunk.

Valensa had no intention of digging up goblin corpses from the swamp... that was too filthy.

Two young villagers volunteered, saying that a goblin's carcass had been thrown away just yesterday and shouldn't be too deep yet, so they could try digging it up.

The villagers were quite adept at this kind of work. Two young villagers dug out the goblin corpse with a clearly mutilated head in less than half an hour.

Valensa and Suzuran knelt down together in front of the goblin corpse to examine it.

Something is definitely strange.

This goblin wasn't an undead, but its corpse still bore the curse of the undead. The injured villagers would suffer from pain for a long time, undoubtedly due to these undead curses.

However, since the goblins carrying these undead curses were not undead, the effects of the undead curses were much weaker. They did not worsen or become fatal, allowing the wounded to hold on until Valensa arrived.

"Hey, little fairy."

Valensa nudged Lily of the Valley's arm:

"You used to be a necromancer, right? Do you know any way to inflict a necromancy curse on living monsters?"

"There are actually many ways... but I can't think of a reason to do it this way."

Lily of the Valley frowned deeply:

"Controlling the curse of the dead to a level where it can coexist with living things is a very delicate task for a necromancer, and it is quite mentally taxing."

If the creature implanted with the necromancer curse were some powerful monster, it could be explained as a necromancer wanting to control it as a henchman through the necromancer curse, but a goblin... it just doesn't seem to have that value.

Moreover, if all that's needed are henchmen or materials for necromancy, simply converting goblins into undead is much easier.

"So we still need to find these goblins and beat them up... oh, I mean, we need to investigate them thoroughly."

Valensa stood up and looked again at the enthusiastic villagers:

"You've been fighting goblins for so long, you must have thought about finding their lair and wiping them all out in one go, right?"

"Yes, of course. We deliberately let injured goblins escape and then track them down. We've tried it several times already."

The villagers nodded, then smiled wryly:

"But every time we got to the end, the goblins would magically disappear, and we would get completely lost... This should be impossible for us who grew up in the village."

That's why we asked the caravan to post a quest at the Adventurers' Guild in the capital—those goblins have likely hidden their lairs with magic, and ordinary people like us can't find them; only professional adventurers can."

"A wise decision. I came here after seeing a quest at the Adventurers' Guild."

Valensa smiled, then said seriously:

"So, could you please take me to the place where the goblins mysteriously disappeared each time?"

"Of course, it's our honor!"

The villagers readily agreed and began leading the way again.

This time they went a little further, and about half an hour later, the villagers who had been leading the way stopped at the entrance to a grove of trees at the foot of a small hill and pointed to the grove:

"This is it, Paladin. Every time an injured goblin comes here, it disappears. And we can easily get lost once we enter the forest."

"……Understood."

Valensa surveyed the grove of trees and quickly made a decision:

"Thank you all for your hard work. There may be danger ahead, so please go back to the village first... Please protect Dr. Lily of the Valley."

"I don't need protection, I want to go with you!"

Lily of the Valley immediately protested in dissatisfaction.

"No, you need to. You're not the same as before... With your frail body, you can't even beat a goblin."

Valensa shook her head:

"I don't yet have the confidence to fully protect you in battle."

"...Yeah, you're really stupid. I might lose my life if I follow you."

Linglan then sighed helplessly:

"Okay, I'll go back to the village with them first."

Chapter 211 The Strange Goblin Nest

After letting the weaker villagers and Lily of the Valley leave, Valensa drew her sword and shield and cautiously made her way into the woods.

A few minutes later, she had completely passed through the woods and arrived at the foot of the hill. She did not encounter the strange getting lost phenomenon that the villagers had mentioned, nor did she encounter a single goblin.

Valensa didn't think the villagers were lying, and she genuinely felt that something was strange about the woods.

...Looks like this is another area I'm not good at.

Valensa had a rough idea of ​​the reason. She sighed, took the little bat that was sleeping comfortably inside her clothes, and woke it up with her finger.

"Hey Fran, can you help me out?"

"...Um, what is it?"

Fran responded quickly, and the little bat flapped its wings and flew up, circling around Valensa's head a few times before landing on her shoulder.

"Help me check if there are any hidden mechanisms or magic circles in this forest."

Valensa briefly recounted what she had heard from the villagers to Fran.

"The targets we're tracking disappear here, and people who come in inexplicably get lost?"

Fran hesitated for a few seconds, and then the little bat took flight again:

"If I'm not mistaken, there should be a disguise magic barrier here... Wait for me here for a bit, okay?"

The little bat quickly disappeared into the woods, and about five minutes later, it came fleeing towards Valensa in a very disheveled state, calling for help as it ran:

"Quickly...quickly help me kill them!"

Closely following the little bat were several spherical, watermelon-sized vengeful spirits.

Besides being good at scaring people, this kind of vengeful spirit actually has very low combat power. The little bat is just a magical clone used for communication and has no combat power at all.

Valensa infused a bit of holy light into the alloy longsword, then with a swift stroke, she purified the several spherical wraiths.

Seeing this, one of the spherical vengeful spirits at the very back not only didn't run away, but actually charged towards Valensa, crashing headfirst into the still-shining blade of the holy light, and vanished instantly.

"?"

Valensa looked curiously at the spot where the spherical vengeful spirit had vanished.

The last time I encountered an enemy who was willing to die like this was when I was a monkey bewitched by Melody's dazzling sword dance. Could it be that this vengeful spirit was also bewitched by me?

After a few seconds of random thoughts, Valensa looked at the little bat that was already perched on her shoulder:

"So? Did you find anything?"

"Yes, there is indeed a magical barrier in this forest, and it's quite high-level. The mage who set up this barrier is probably at the Star Glory level."

Fran's voice came through the little bat:

"I was chased by the vengeful spirit because I triggered the barrier's automatic defense mechanism."

"A Star-level mage's barrier?"

Valensa, who was about to take a step forward, suddenly pulled back.

I just wanted to fight some goblins for fun, how did I end up encountering a Star-level mage?

I can't afford to mess with them, I'm outta here.