The story of the black silk female knight

However, her resilience has improved considerably. She recovers faster and faster after each knockdown, from half an hour at the beginning to being able to get up in just ten minutes at the end.

"Okay, that's all for today. Let's continue tomorrow."

That evening, Valensa, unwilling to give up, wanted to continue the challenge, but Dreigan refused.

The stunning pink-haired dragon girl stretched languidly, her fair skin and alluring figure captivating Valensa's gaze beneath her strapless tulle dress.

"I'm going to bask in the moonlight now."

For the next five days, Valensa was unilaterally beaten by Dreigan.

During this time, she tried many times to communicate with her sword, hoping to find a way to defend against attacks, but she received no response.

It wasn't until that night, when Valensa was rolling around on the bed, still unwilling to give up, clutching her sword, that a question suddenly came to mind.

On her first two occasions, Valencia asked the sword for help and received a response.

This shows that the sword wasn't unwilling to help her, but rather that it genuinely couldn't withstand Dreigan's attack.

Upon reflection, Valensa realized that she seemed to have been on the wrong path all along.

Dreigan's training requirements were never to make Valensa defend against attacks, but to make her able to stand up after receiving an attack.

With a paladin's resilience and self-healing abilities, they can often heal themselves with divine magic unless it's a fatal injury, so staying upright shouldn't be difficult.

However, Dreigan's attacks were always accompanied by that strange tingling and soreness, which left Valensa unable to exert any strength for a long time after she fell down, and she could only lie on the ground with her buttocks sticking up.

This is the main reason why her training has consistently failed.

So... what if the third ability of the pseudo-Noble Phantasm Alloy Longsword is not a defensive ability?

Valensa's eyes grew brighter with each thought. She quickly sat up, calmed herself, hugged her sword tightly, and once again communicated with it.

Please help me, my friend!

Chapter 266 Phase Change

A new day begins.

"Oh huh?"

Dreganne immediately noticed that Valensa was different today, and smiled:

"Not bad, not bad... It seems that you have successfully mastered the third ability of the sword, little Sasha, a little faster than I expected."

"Hmph, I already told you, they're really amazing."

Valensa proudly puffed out her chest:

"Come on, Sister Dragon... It's time to end this training today!"

"Is that so? I don't think so..."

Snapped!

Dreigan casually clapped her hands again.

"Ah~~~~"

Valensa cried out reflexively, but this time she did not fall. Instead, a flash of moonlight appeared on her body, and she stood there unharmed, though her face was slightly flushed.

"How about it?"

He straightened his back further, his head held high, his azure eyes filled with smugness:

"Have I passed the test, Sister Dragon?"

"Hmm, at least the first half is complete... It seems you have indeed mastered this technique, one of my most prized secret arts—phase shift."

Dreigan laughed:

"This is also the only way you can defend against my Hidden Moon Dragon Breath without using any divine artifacts."

My Hidden Moon Dragon Breath is invisible, unpredictable, and undefendable. One effective way to deal with it is to change your own coordinates, making you both there and not there. What appears to be an attack hitting you actually lands in a misaligned space, unable to harm you in the slightest.

This is my most prized defensive arcane technique, Phase Shift—unless the enemy is equally proficient in spatial magic or possesses the power to tear space, they will have a hard time harming me.

"But in my actual use, it probably won't be that powerful, right?"

Valensa was pleased, but not overconfident. She calmly extended her left hand, showing Dregran the three crescent-shaped marks on her wrist, one of which had faded:

"Just like the previous Exquisite Demon Sword and Crescent Moon Mark, every time I use Phase Shift, one of these marks will dim. Once they're all dimmed, all three abilities will be unusable. I have to fully charge them to make them light up again, right?"

"Yes."

Dreigan nodded:

"After all, Little Sasha, you are just a knight, and the foundation of the three secret techniques is moon magic. Since you cannot store a large amount of moon magic in your body, the number of times you can use the secret techniques is naturally limited."

"Little Sasha, you figured that out yourself, so you must have already figured out the charging mechanism of the Moon Mark yourself, right?"

"Ah."

Valensa nodded and said:

"I've tried it, and the Moon Mark charges very slowly during the day, you could even say there's no progress at all. But it's quite fast at night... especially under the full moon, it only takes a few minutes to fully charge a mark."

Speaking of which… Sister Dragon, what exactly is your lunar magic? It's clearly different from ordinary magic, and it's not just simple moonlight power either.”

This is something that really bothers Valensa.

She originally wanted to use her mental power to create a pirated version of the Moon's Magic, just like she had done with the Holy Light before, to solve the problem of charging the Moon's Mark.

However, after actually trying it, she found that she could not understand the magic of the moon, found it hard to imagine, and had no way to simulate it with mental power.

"What exactly is the magic of the moon... You've come to ask me that, little Sasha."

I had hoped to get some guidance and inspiration from Dreggene, but to my surprise, Dreggene just gave a wry smile after hearing my question:

"If I could understand the essence of the moon's magic, I might have already broken through to the Sun's Radiance... This magic is an innate instinct of our Fairy Dragon race. We are born with the ability to use it skillfully, but if you ask me about its essence and specific principles... I'm sorry, I don't know either."

"Ah this... okay."

Valensa was speechless at this answer, but had no choice but to accept it.

After spending a few days together, she had gained a basic understanding of Dregran and didn't think Dregran would use such an excuse to fob her off.

Moreover, there are actually quite a few people on the continent of Frenoia who are born with the ability to use it but do not know the specific principles behind it.

There's no other way to quickly recharge the Moon's Mark.

Gently shaking her head to dismiss the question, Valensa looked at Dregran again:

"By the way... Sister Long, you said before that I only completed the first half of the training?"

"Yes, because when you use Phase Change, it can only be triggered passively, forcibly nullifying the first attack you receive, right?"

Dreigan laughed:

"If it were me, it wouldn't be a big deal... because I have enough lunar magic to completely negate the enemy's attacks."

But you are different. Your Moon Mark only has a maximum of three charges. Even if you don't use the Exquisite Demon Sword and Crescent Moon Mark, you only have three chances for an ineffective attack, which can easily be wasted.

So, Sasha, the second half of your training will focus on actively controlling phase shifts, only ineffective against attacks that pose a significant threat to you.

"To be in control of it myself... Yes, that's definitely necessary."

After a moment's thought, Valencia nodded in agreement.

As Dregland said, when she uses Phase Shift, she just consumes the charge and waits to be hit. If she can nullify the enemy's ultimate, it's a huge gain, but if it's wasted by a basic attack, it's a huge loss.

If you can actively choose which attack to counter, this move will indeed be more useful, and it can also be combined with the attack reflection ability of the Divine Power Rune to form a perfect synergy.

"I understand!"

Valenza couldn't help but feel excited at the thought of being able to use both Divine Power Runes and Phase Change to reflect enemy ultimate abilities without taking damage.

"Please continue to train me hard, Sister Long. I want to master this ability as soon as possible."

"very good."

Dreigan nodded and licked her lips, seemingly quite excited.

Snapped.

This time, instead of clapping, she snapped her fingers, and countless beams of moonlight transformed into spears, hovering behind her and locking onto Valensa.

Each of the moon spears looked extremely dangerous; Valensa couldn't tell the real from the fake. Feeling uneasy, she shifted her hips and swallowed hard.

"Uh... Sister Long, what's going on?"

"Time for training."

Dregran smiled brightly:

"To be honest, little Sasha, most of my Moon Spears are just flashy illusions. Hitting you is like a mosquito bite."

But those real attacks... if you get hit by one, it'll probably hurt quite a bit... so try your best to identify which attacks are truly threatening and neutralize them with phase shifting.

There's no need to worry about the Moon Mark's charging issue... I will temporarily take care of all the Moon Magic consumption when you use Phase Change.

Your training is complete when you can accurately identify and eliminate five truly threatening attacks in a row.

Chapter 267 Moon Kiss

New training, new beatings.

At first, Valensa was indeed grimacing from the Moonlight Spear, and almost cried out in pain amidst Dreigan's slightly pleased expression.

However, with the help of mental power, Valensa quickly adapted to this training, progressing much faster than Dreigan had anticipated.

In just two days, Valensa successfully completed the training and achieved the goal of being able to autonomously control the timing of phase changes.

"Congratulations, little Sasha, you have now completely mastered all three abilities of this sword."

While offering her congratulations, Dreigan's eyes held a hint of regret... probably because she wouldn't be able to bully Valensa legitimately anymore.

"Hehe, it's all thanks to Sister Long's teaching!"

Valensa took in Dreigan's gaze, then pounced on her with a mischievous grin, seemingly being coquettish but actually showing off.

"You little rascal...tsk."

Dregran, of course, saw through Valensa's thoughts, but since she had originally intended to take advantage of the training to bully Valensa, she couldn't get angry now that she had been provoked. She simply rubbed Valensa's face hard.

"Alright... Now that you've completely gotten used to this sword, shouldn't you give it a cool new name after it's been reborn?"

"A new name... yeah, that makes sense."

Valensa released Dreigan's arm, gently traced the moonlight-shimmering blade with her fingers, and then lightly kissed it.

"Hmm, it tastes just like Sister Long... Then let's call this sword 'Moon Kiss'."

"...You little brat, you dare to flirt with your older sister like that?"

Dregran pinched Valensa again, then nodded and chuckled.

"But [Moon Kiss]... Hmm, that's a pretty good name. I hope it can help you achieve great success, little Sasha."

"Definitely! After all, this is proof of your love and care for me, Sister Long~~"

The complete end of training means that parting is imminent.

Given Dreigan's status and the different time concepts of humans and dragons, it's unknown how long it will be before they meet again.

Thinking of this, Valensa couldn't help but feel a little reluctant and threw herself into Dregegland's arms:

"I'll miss you, Sister Dragon~~"

"...What a spoiled little girl! It's a pity that I... otherwise... sigh..."

Dreigan hugged Valensa with one arm and affectionately patted her head with the other.

After a while, he pulled Valensa out of his arms, looked her into the eyes, and said seriously:

"The power of [Moon Kiss] is very strong. In terms of performance, I am confident that it is comparable to a true Noble Phantasm. But it is only an external object after all. You must remember not to rely too much on its power. You still need to train hard on your own."

"Yes, I understand, thank you for reminding me, Sister Dragon." Valensa nodded obediently.

"Another point……"

This time, Dregran hesitated for a moment before saying:

"Once you break through to the Star Glory level, it would be best to reforge Moon Kiss and completely transform it into your own treasure."