The story of the black silk female knight

The muscles that were already full of hard lumps swelled up even more, and the blood vessels were clearly visible. But in addition to blood, there seemed to be some kind of energy flowing in the blood vessels.

The energy quickly gathered in the bald man's palm, absorbed a bunch of magical elements from the outside world, and continuously compressed, condensed, and shaped, eventually becoming a cuboid that was similar in color to his muscles.

It looks a lot like a brick.

"Take one of my moves!"

Whoosh!

With a single wave of his hand, the bald man hurled the energy brick from within the sonic boom cloud, hitting Valensa, who was moving at high speed, precisely in the head.

Bang!

Valensa was thrown into the air again, rolling around on the ground, her clothes disheveled and her black stockings torn in several places.

"Gu..."

Valensa seemed to want to fight again, but her head was spinning terribly.

After she got up, she swayed for a while, then collapsed to the ground again with a thud, unable to get up again.

After all, it only consumed a piece of the soul crystal of a Pearl-level demon, so the damage to the divine magic seal was limited, and the divine magic seal quickly completed its self-repair.

A few minutes later, when Valensa stood up again, her eyes had regained their beautiful blue color, and there was no longer any drool at the corner of her mouth.

"Ouch... It hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts!"

She rubbed her head and complained to the bald man with dissatisfaction:

"Are you trying to kill me, Headmaster? When you threw that brick at me just now, I thought I saw my dead father."

"Do you even have the right to talk to me like that?"

The bald man pointed irritably to a bruise on his waist:

"Knowing that the old man has back and leg problems, you still deliberately kicked my back? Seriously, were you just acting on instinct and losing your mind? I think you remember it very clearly, and you're quite cunning."

"Well..."

Valensa briefly recalled:

"Yes, it's different from the time I lost control at Iris Girls' Academy... That time I completely lost consciousness and didn't know anything. I only heard it from Fran later. But just now, although I couldn't control my body either, I have a vague memory of what happened... Hmm, it feels a bit like a dream."

"It's probably related to your physical condition before you lost control."

Shira joined the conversation at the right time:

"You were badly injured before you lost control at Iris Girls' Academy."

"Hmm...that makes sense."

Valensa thought about it carefully again, then nodded gently:

"In my own words, the time at Iris Girls' Academy felt like I was fainting from pain and exhaustion and then slept until dawn, while this time it felt like I was fainting from hunger and then dreaming."

"Your willpower is too weak."

The bald man was very dissatisfied:

"I thought you could at least hold out for half a minute after consuming the soul crystal, but I didn't expect you to lose control so quickly... With such weak willpower, how did you deal with mental attacks before?"

"There were no monsters that could use mental attacks near the small town where I used to live. After returning to the capital, I soon got the equipment of a paladin and began to practice divine magic."

Valensa smiled a little shyly, glanced at the sky where the sun had not yet risen above the horizon, and tentatively asked the bald man:

"How about... we try again, Headmaster?"

"Hmm...that's fine too."

popping.

The bald man patted his waist twice more, and the large bruise disappeared completely.

He vanished on the spot with a flick of his body, and reappeared a few seconds later with a minotaur-like monster in his hand that was no longer able to struggle.

With another pat, a rub, and a knead, the monster was transformed into a soul crystal by the bald man's bare hands and thrown towards Valensa:

"Look, try to hold on a little longer this time, little girl."

Chapter 41 What exactly is a genius girl?!

"Ugh... I can't take it anymore, I really can't. Let me sleep a little longer."

When Tia woke up in the early morning, she saw that Valensa had already returned.

She wanted to wake Valensa up to have breakfast together, but Valensa was too lazy to open her eyes and kept burrowing deeper into the covers.

He looks really tired; it must be because he stayed up all night training last night.

Tia felt a pang of heartache, but also a sliver of satisfaction.

Hmph, now you know how awful it is to be exhausted the night before, since you always bully me so much that I can't get out of bed.

Thinking this, Tia stopped showing mercy, grabbed Valensa's ear, and continued to wake her up.

"Gulp...please spare me, Tia."

Valensa was so tired and sleepy that she could only continue to beg for mercy:

"I'm skipping class to catch up on sleep today, so you can eat breakfast by yourself. I'll keep you company at noon."

"No, you're not allowed to skip class."

Tia persisted:

"You're the top student, and today is the first day of the new school year. How can you skip class?"

"Gu..."

Finally, Valensa was forcibly woken up by Tia and went to wash her face.

After all, she was a female knight with amazing stamina. She had also slept for a while. After washing her face, Valensa quickly regained her energy and went to have breakfast with Tia.

"How was your special training session with the principal last night?"

At the dinner table, Tia naturally asked about what happened last night.

Valensa didn't hide anything, and while eating, she vividly told Tia about it.

After consuming the second Soul Crystal, Valensa quickly lost control again, and was knocked down once more after exchanging two blows with the bald man.

It seems exactly the same as when I ate the first Soul Crystal, but there are actually some differences.

The second time, because she was mentally prepared, Valensa didn't immediately lose control and go berserk. Instead, she relied on her willpower to hold on for a while before losing control.

Although the time was very short, less than 4 seconds, it was still an improvement.

The bald man's plan was to let Valensa gradually adapt to the power of the evil god, so that she could maintain her rationality for longer and longer periods after consuming the soul crystal, and eventually gain complete control.

Tia wasn't very interested in Valensa's fight with the bald man, but she was quite interested in the method of creating soul crystals and Sila's divine magic seal, saying she wanted to go to the next special training session as well.

Valensa thought about it for a moment and did not refuse.

The War College and Valencia's previous university are quite similar in some ways... The school rules and regulations are stricter for first-year students, while second-year students have much more freedom.

As the top student, it's really not good to skip class on the first day of school, but on ordinary days, it's not a big deal to skip half a day of class occasionally.

All-night training is exhausting, but Valensa's stamina is probably not a problem if she grits her teeth. Tia, however, will likely not be able to keep up, but she should be fine after a morning's sleep.

The first few days of school are the busiest and most important.

Almost every teacher will test students in their own way and impart new skills and knowledge based on the tests, and then rely mainly on students' independent training and understanding.

Therefore, Valencia's second night training session was on the sixth night after the start of the semester.

Tia came along too.

Neither the bald man nor Shira said anything.

As usual, they first hunted monsters to create soul crystals. Today, they were lucky and encountered a powerful Lighthouse-level monster.

Neither the bald man nor Sila made a move; it was Valensa and Tia who completed the hunt.

That monster is quite strong. If it were a one-on-one fight, Valensa would definitely win with her trump card, but it wouldn't be an easy victory.

But with Tia's cooperation, things were different. The two of them, one controlling and the other defending, quickly made the monster reveal its weakness. Tia used a golden card to link its vital points, and Valensa pierced its heart with a sword.

With the monster corpses as materials, the next step is to create soul crystals.

Valensa was the first to try, but she failed several times due to various small mistakes.

"You're so clumsy... I'll do it."

Tia couldn't stand it any longer. She took the scroll that the bald man had written to Valensa, glanced at it, and then started making it herself.

"Tch, you talk like you can learn it after watching it once..."

Valensa pouted, clearly annoyed, but still made way for Tia.

"I really did learn it after watching it only once."

As a result, Tia quickly took a small piece of soul crystal and proudly showed it off to Valensa:

"The principal's 'idiot-proof' tutorial is so simple, isn't it supposed to be so easy you could master it after just one look? I really don't understand why you have such a poor aptitude for this..."

"..."

Valensa was utterly speechless and could only admit defeat.

"Okay, okay... You're the famous genius girl in the capital, and I'm just an idiot, an idiot who can't even learn from the simplest tutorial..."

Even the bald man seemed to despair at Valensa's talent in magic and alchemy. He said that since the two of you are so close, it doesn't matter who learns the method of making soul crystals, so you might as well let Tia make all the soul crystals from now on.

Tia readily agreed, and Valensa also agreed with a relieved expression.

However, the bald man and Sila repeatedly warned Tia: It's fine for Valensa to use the Soul Crystal, but you must never be greedy and absorb other people's knowledge and experience casually.

Tia earnestly stated that she understood, and that she already knew these things.

The origin of soul crystals lies in the fact that some sage-like mages, coveting the knowledge and wisdom of others, invented an evil technique that could crystallize and then absorb souls.

At first, these sorcerers who used evil magic did indeed become much stronger, but they all went mad before long.

Because the soul crystal contains not only experience and knowledge, but also a large amount of residual consciousness, absorbing too much will cause self-awareness disorders, and going insane is the only outcome.

Valensa prayed before the goddess statue every day for a full half month to purify the residual consciousness from the soul crystal of the gray rat.

Even so, Tia didn't dare to absorb the soul crystal whole, but instead treated it like an external hard drive, studying the knowledge and experience within it bit by bit.

Of course, compared to traditional reading, absorbing soul crystals is much faster... roughly equivalent to the difference between typing and copying and pasting. So, after obtaining the gray rat's soul crystal, Tia's strength has been advancing by leaps and bounds over the past six months.

Both the bald man and Sila were worried that Tia was too young and might not be able to resist the temptation after tasting the benefits, wanting new soul crystals to increase her strength.

"It's alright, Headmaster and Lady Sera, don't worry."

Valensa was very confident in Tia:

"Tia has a very strong will and will definitely not make a mistake... Even if she does make a mistake in the future because she can't resist the temptation, I will discipline her properly."

Chapter 42 Two People's Cultivation

"Discipline me? You should discipline yourself first."

Upon hearing Valensa's suggestion to discipline her, Tia immediately retorted in an annoyed tone:

"You glutton who loses your mind when you're hungry."

"That's right, I'm a foodie, and I love eating beautiful girls like you, Tia!"

Valensa didn't seem to mind, and instead hugged Tia tightly, opening her mouth as if to eat.

"Hey... what are you doing? Be serious, the two seniors are watching."

Tia is ultimately a bit more thin-skinned, and whenever Valensa becomes shameless, she is bound to lose.

Sila remained serious, but her eyes would occasionally peek over, seemingly interested in the playful banter between the pretty girls and wanting to join in.

The bald man took the opportunity to drink several more sips of wine... Beautiful girls? He had no interest in beautiful girls; they would only distract him from drinking!

After a couple of minutes of playful banter, Tia officially took over the work of creating the Soul Crystals, greatly saving Valensa's time and giving her more opportunities to spar with the bald man.

While Valencia was constantly consuming soul crystals and going berserk, only to be repeatedly beaten down by the bald man, Tia didn't miss the opportunity to ask Sila for advice on magical cultivation.

Tia practices secret arts, while Sila excels in divine arts. Although their names differ by only one character, they are very different, but they are not without similarities.