The story of the black silk female knight

Just as physics, chemistry, and biology cannot be separated from mathematics, Tia mainly consulted Sila about some techniques and knowledge commonly used by spellcasters.

For Tia, who aspires to become a sage, she wants to learn anything related to magic, and she has been longing for divine magic for a long time.

However, the divine arts of the Church of the Sun are not passed on to outsiders, and it would be inappropriate for Tia, who was already an apprentice of the Council of Sages, to join the Church of the Sun again, so she never had the opportunity.

Now that Tia is engaged to Valensa, who is an Inner Templar Knight, Tia can be considered a member of the church's upper echelons, so learning some divine magic is no problem for her.

Using the excuse of being able to help Valensa at crucial moments, Tia consulted Sera on a lot of knowledge and skills about sealing techniques, and tried to replace the core of some divine magic seals with magical seals that could be constructed and activated using magic power.

What was originally Valensa's nighttime training session turned into a two-person session.

Time flies, and soon the first two months of the new school year have passed, and the season has entered late autumn.

After being beaten down by the bald man countless times, Valensa's growth is obvious. She can now maintain her sanity for about five minutes after consuming the Soul Crystal and fight using the power of the evil god.

Unfortunately, the power of the evil god was too violent, and Valensa found it difficult to control precisely. Even her usually effective mental power was no longer useful this time.

After entering her evil god state, her strength, speed, defense, and recovery will be greatly enhanced. As long as her head is not hit hard, even if her body is blasted with a large hole, she can quickly repair herself.

However, her mental powers, divine magic, divine runes, and other abilities will be temporarily unusable. Even her Moon Kiss, which she has mastered many times before, becomes extremely difficult to use, leaving her to fight only with her body.

Even so, Valensa in her evil god form was much stronger than in her normal form. According to Baldy and Sheila's estimates, she was strong enough to fight some powerful but low-intelligence Star-level monsters, but she would definitely not be able to defeat Star-level human cultivators with rich skills.

In the Iris Girls' Academy incident, Valensa was able to fight three people—Rika, Fran, and Sila—mainly because Rika and the others didn't want to hurt Valensa, so they fought with restraint.

In order to reassure Valensa that she could confidently use her god-like state as one of her trump cards, Tia has worked very hard over the past two months.

She learned a great deal about sealing from Sera and even went back to the Sage's Tower to consult her teacher, designing a special golden card for Valensa.

This golden card can store Valensa's usual holy light. When Valensa temporarily enters a god-like state due to the damage to the divine magic seal within her body, simply swiping this golden card lightly on Valensa's lower abdomen like a credit card will recharge the divine magic seal and restore Valensa to her normal state.

Thanks to the energy-charging cards designed by Tia, the God of Evil state officially became a controllable trump card for Valensa.

As Valensa and Tia grew stronger through special training, they also noticed changes in the academy.

There are significantly fewer teachers at the school than at this time last year.

The curriculum is very full for first-year students, while for second and third-year students, many classes are self-study sessions.

It's not that the War Academy doesn't have enough teachers, but rather that it's already late autumn, and the Beast Clan's autumn offensive has reached its final and most frenzied month.

With the fighting intensifying on the northern front, more than half of the faculty at the War College have returned to their posts to provide support.

In fact, in terms of population, resources, and military strength, the Kingdom of Fran is much stronger than the Beastmen.

However, due to the unique nature of the desolate lands, Fran was unable to eradicate the wild beasts completely and could only passively defend against their attacks every autumn.

As a normal human kingdom, economic production must be guaranteed. Even though Fran has always been in a state of war mobilization, the proportion of the army to the population has never exceeded 5%.

After all, it takes at least a dozen years for a human to go from birth to becoming a warrior. With constant mobilization for war, even with forced marriage laws, the population growth rate in France is quite slow.

Wild beasts are the complete opposite; most of them are so poor that they can't even get enough to eat, yet they are still able to reproduce.

They give birth once every six months, with 3-5 offspring per litter. The offspring reach adulthood at 4-5 years old.

As long as there is enough food to keep them from starving, the number of wild beasts can easily increase more than tenfold in 10 years.

Therefore, although the total number of wild beasts is not as large as that of the Kingdom of Fran, it is almost like the entire population is a soldier. Every year, more than 50% of the wild beasts participate in the autumn offensive.

The Franz soldiers fought to protect their homeland, while the wild beasts fought to survive by plundering food. Duty and honor were secondary to survival, and the Franz soldiers were also slightly weaker in terms of morale.

Moreover, wild beasts don't care about death at all... If they can reclaim the food, it's a huge win; if they can't and are killed on the front lines, it can still alleviate the resource pressure on the rear.

For the entire Wild Beast Clan, regardless of the outcome of the autumn offensive, even if all the Wild Beasts participating in the attack are killed by humans, they will not suffer a loss.

In any case, humans dare not enter the desolate lands to exterminate the wild beasts. No matter how many wild beasts die in the autumn offensive, they can regenerate in three years at most.

On the other hand, every soldier in the Kingdom of Fran is extremely valuable... Even though the casualty ratio in each battle is now over 1 to 20, and can reach as high as 1 to 50, Fran is still at a disadvantage.

Chapter 43 Convocation

Besides their disadvantage in fertility, another difficulty for Fran in defending against the annual autumn attacks of the wild beasts is that their defensive line is simply too long.

The entire northern border of Fran borders the Barrens, stretching over 1800 kilometers from the western coastline to the Misty Mountains.

The initial border was completely undefended, and the wild beasts would plunder food and supplies along the Fran border before fleeing, causing great suffering to the people living on the Fran border.

In Valencia's previous life, the ancient people built the Great Wall to defend against invasions by nomadic tribes, and Fran naturally thought of a similar method.

However, the humans and wild beasts in this world are too powerful, so a few meters of city walls are useless. At least a large fortress with a magical barrier is needed.

Even with the protection of the Sun Goddess and abundant resources, it's impossible for Fran to fill the entire northern defense line with large fortresses... Building a fortress every few dozen kilometers would be the limit.

In the remaining areas, the ancestors of the Fran were also very resourceful. They used large-scale magic to alter the terrain, artificially creating harsh natural environments such as steep mountains, highly poisonous lakes, bottomless rift valleys, and lava flowing on the surface, to separate the Fran territory from the barren lands and defend against wild beasts.

However, in the face of the power of nature, human strength is ultimately limited. The strongmen of Fran could not turn the entire border into a harsh environment, and most of the defenses still had to be held by soldiers.

This is also one of the main reasons why the Franco Order strictly enforces the law of forced marriage. Even though this law has been in effect for hundreds of years, the number of soldiers guarding the northern border has never been sufficient.

This year's autumn offensive by the wild beasts was quite fierce.

Not only are there many ordinary beast warriors who fearlessly charge the fortress on the front lines, but some elite beast warriors also force their way through the defenses or through harsh terrain to enter the territory of Fran.

These elite beast warriors specialize in attacking civilian villages and military supply convoys, and once they have seized food, they immediately return without lingering in battle.

They act in small groups, and if they are hunted by Fran after they have snatched food, they will sacrifice other wild beasts to distract the pursuers, ensuring that one wild beast can return to the desolate land with the snatched food.

This method of application really annoyed the flange.

Those elite beast warriors were at least at the Pearl level or higher, nearly half the size of the Lighthouse, and ordinary soldiers simply couldn't defeat them.

Meanwhile, the Radiant-rank experts of Fran must be stationed at various fortresses to prevent the Radiant-rank experts from the Wild Beasts from launching a strong attack on the fortresses—if the fortresses are breached, the losses will be even more severe.

Therefore, the task of eliminating the elite warriors of the Wild Beast Clan could only fall to the Lighthouse-level elite soldiers.

However, there were simply too many wild beasts, the defense line was too long, and every year at this time, many criminals and gangs would take the opportunity to cause trouble, so the vanguard soldiers were simply too busy to handle everything.

Even if a large portion of the veterans who had retired or transferred to civilian jobs were to return to the front lines, the number would still be insufficient.

Left with no other option, the military turned to the War Academy, hoping that the academy could send its students, whose strength had already broken through to the Lighthouse level, to the front lines for support.

As the most prestigious military education institution in France, the War Academy actually has quite a few students of the highest caliber.

Especially for the elite class, entering at the Pearl level and graduating at the Lighthouse level is almost standard.

Among them, the more talented students are often able to break through to the lighthouse level by the end of the second year and the beginning of the third year.

Even genius students like Valensa and Tia who broke through the Lighthouse in the early stages of their second year are not uncommon in the history of the War Academy, but they are very rare.

This isn't the first time that top-tier students have been temporarily put in charge when things are critical on the front lines.

Valensa and Tia both received this urgent call-up and were to go to the front lines.

Of course, as the heir to Britannia, Tia could not be treated poorly, nor could she be assigned to a particularly dangerous position, and the same was true for Valensa.

Valensa learned from her teacher that she was going to the front lines that morning, and in the afternoon she saw the military's detailed arrangements for her and Tia in Tia's room.

The military stronghold of Bizk is where Valensa and Tia are headed next.

This important military town is located in the western part of northern France, less than 200 kilometers from the coastline, between Fortress No. 3 and Fortress No. 4, bordered by the Rayspark Cliff to the north and a large area of ​​fertile farmland to the south.

Bizk Town is quite important. The food supplies for Fortresses No. 1, 2, and 3, starting from the western coastline, and Fortresses No. 4 to 8, to the east of the town, were all transported out from Bizk Town.

The number of Fran troops stationed in Bizk is not large, but in the hundreds of years of fighting against the wild beasts, Bizk has never been attacked.

Because the Thunder Cliffs north of Bizk Town are the best natural defense.

Thunderclap Cliff is a small mountain range, about 30 kilometers long, with an average height of over 2000 meters. The mountain walls are extremely steep, making it difficult even for cultivators to cross.

More importantly, a flock of thunderbirds also inhabits the top of Leiguangya Mountain.

As one of the top elemental creatures, the Thunderbird is not as powerful as the dragon, but it is still very strong—the weakest individual in the race is a Lighthouse-level elite, and nearly one-third of them are above the Radiant rank.

Although Thunderbirds, as elemental creatures, do not need to prey on other life forms and can simply bask in the lightning on mountaintops, they have a very strong sense of territory and will unconditionally attack any other life form that enters their territory.

Almost every life form attempting to cross Thunderclap Cliff, whether human or wild beast, ends up being reduced to ashes in a flash of lightning.

Meanwhile, the No. 3 and No. 4 fortresses on either side of Thunderclap Cliff are both large fortresses, each guarded by more than two Radiant-rank experts. Even if the wild beasts concentrate their superior forces, it would be difficult for them to break through in a short time.

As long as the fortress is not breached in the short term, reinforcements will continuously arrive through the Bretania family's spatial linking secret technique, driving the wild beasts back.

"That's about right."

After briefly introducing the town of Bizk to Valensa, Tia shrugged:

"Although I really wanted to go to a fortress to experience the atmosphere of the battlefield firsthand, my father disagreed no matter what I said, and arranged for both of us to come here."

The supreme commander of the camp in Bizk Town is a close confidant of my father and someone I know quite well, so he will definitely take good care of us.

My assigned role is staff officer... but what is there to advise on at a large logistics base? I guess it'll just be arranging food supplies for a few nearby fortresses, which should be pretty mundane.

Your assigned role is obviously that of a vanguard soldier... but you probably won't be assigned the task of hunting down elite warriors of the Wild Beast Clan. You'll likely just be stationed at the camp on a daily basis... and provide me with close protection.

"At most a month, when winter comes, this war will be over, so there's nothing to be afraid of... Let's just treat it as an opportunity to gain experience and broaden our horizons."

Chapter 44 Golden Enhancement Card

According to Tia, there was really nothing to be afraid of going to the front lines this time.

Bizk Town has a very good geographical location and has not been attacked for hundreds of years. The nearest fortresses, No. 3 and No. 4, can provide assistance at any time. The military camps in the town are stationed there, so it seems very safe.

The commander of the military camp was a confidant of the strategist, so the possibility of being bullied or ostracized could be ruled out. It was purely a chance to gain experience and seniority.

But Valensa was still a little scared.

Call her overly cautious or cowardly, but she felt that there was no such thing as absolute safety in a place like the front-line battlefield... especially targets that hadn't been attacked for hundreds of years, which were often the easiest to be breached by the enemy due to carelessness.

Add to that the so-called Great Prophet of the Wild Beast Clan who sent out the Wild Beast Killers last year... who knows if it might have predicted that Tia had gone to the front lines and launched a surprise attack in some strange way.

So the more Tia said, "There's nothing to be afraid of," the more Valensa repeatedly told Tia to be careful, careful, and careful again, and to always have a trump card ready to save her life.

Tia didn't refuse, agreeing to Valensa's rambling with a series of "uh-huhs" and "yeahs," but there was a hint of a smile in her eyes, as if she thought Valensa was too timid.

Valensa could only sigh inwardly as she watched.

Compared to her peers, Tia is actually quite calm, composed, and has a good mindset, but she is, after all, just a young girl who has just come of age, unlike Valensa who has memories of two lifetimes.

Having grown up amidst the praise of being the number one genius in the capital, and possessing two inherited secret techniques, Tia was actually quite proud.

She didn't think Bizk was unsafe at all; on the contrary, she thought it was too safe and that putting herself there was a complete waste of her talents.

If possible, she would prefer to fight in those fortresses and experience the intensity of large-scale battles.

Valensa understood Tia's thoughts, so after repeatedly reminding her and confirming that Tia had indeed prepared many life-saving measures, she stopped nagging.

The college gave them only one day to prepare, and they had to set off for the front lines early the next morning.

After some hesitation, Valensa decided to give up her farewell dinner with her friends and her plans to have a fun date with Tia in the capital.

There will be plenty of opportunities for these things in the future, but the prerequisite is to ensure absolute safety on the battlefield this time.

The Beast Clan's assassins are truly fearless, and coupled with the so-called prophecy of the Beast Clan's Great Prophet, Valensa was still quite concerned.

It's better to be safe than sorry. If a powerful expert from the Wild Beast Clan were willing to launch a suicide attack for the sake of their clan, Valensa really wasn't confident she could save herself and Tia's lives.

So on the night before she was to head to the front lines, Valensa declined all invitations and went to Pink Roses under the pretext of needing to relax, but actually went to Dimensional Hardware Store.

She's going to go on a blind box shopping spree.

Starting from resolving the monster anomalies in the Misty Mountains during summer vacation, her interactions with the girls, and the later Iris Girls' Academy incident, all contributed to Valensa accumulating a large number of blind box draw attempts.

That adds up to nearly 200 consecutive wins.

But Valensa was still not satisfied, so she took out almost all of her gold coins and made a total of 500 pulls, which would guarantee at least five legendary gold items.

Unboxing! Unboxing! Unboxing madness! Unboxing nonstop!

White light, blue light, purple light, golden light, dazzlingly bright.

By using her mental powers to enhance her luck and control the direction of the drops, Valensa's first choice for starting 400 pulls was still various enhancement cards.

The stronger Valensa became, the more she understood that while powerful equipment and items were certainly useful, the most important thing was still her own strength.

She has just broken through to the Lighthouse level, and various skills and abilities can only be mastered through gradual cultivation, but physical attributes can be rapidly improved through enhancement cards.

Maxing out basic attributes like strength, agility, stamina, and recovery is definitely a good idea.

All the blue-grade enhancement cards were used to enhance the basic attributes, maxing them out.

There weren't many rare purple enhancement cards, so Valensa stuck to her previous plan and allocated her points equally to her Intelligence and Luck.

Perhaps the power of the mind has become stronger once again. After enhancing luck to target specific cards in the card pool, even the golden legendary card that came out of the pity system this time was an enhanced card.

Unlike blue-grade enhancement cards that can enhance all basic attributes and purple-grade rare enhancement cards that can enhance most special attributes, gold-grade legendary enhancement cards can only enhance one attribute.