The story of the black silk female knight

The shape of the horizontal range is very irregular, with the widest part exceeding 7200 meters and the shortest part less than 1500 meters.

Most of Tia's spiritual clones could no longer detect any new ruins; all they could see was rock and soil, and the map surveying was nearing completion.

It was now noon, nearly 13 hours after the wild beasts attacked Bizk Town the previous night.

It's time to go back.

Having just finished mapping the ruins, Valensa was about to dispel her spirit clone when she suddenly discovered that new wild beasts were approaching, and there were quite a few of them.

Even after losing thousands of valuable craftsmen, tens of thousands of ordinary warriors, and two Radiant-rank experts, the Wild Beast still seemed unwilling to give up on this area and wanted to investigate what exactly had happened here.

So, in the underground ruins, Valensa and her two companions, through Tia's spiritual avatar and magical projection, witnessed another spectacle: tens of thousands of wild beasts lining up to die.

The self-destruct command is far more powerful than nuclear radiation... Nuclear radiation takes some time to kill wild beasts, while the self-destruct command will turn any wild beast that enters its range into pus within seconds.

This bizarre situation would clearly terrify even the most fearless wild beasts.

However, the higher-ups of the Wild Beasts never cared about the lives of ordinary Wild Beast warriors. A Radiant-rank Wild Beast spellcaster used a spell that could make Wild Beast warriors lose their minds, forcibly controlling the Wild Beasts to die as human scouts.

This purely suicidal human reconnaissance activity finally came to an end only after nearly 100,000 ordinary beast warriors had all turned into pus.

However, the deaths of these wild beasts were not without meaning... Through their probing, the high command of the wild beasts finally determined the scope of the self-destruct command.

The Radiant-rank spellcaster who forcibly controlled ordinary wild beasts to their deaths positioned himself just outside the self-destruct command's range, conjuring a lava ball over five meters in diameter, which he then hurled at the ground-level portion of the ruins.

The attack from the Radiant Spellcaster, 15 kilometers away, blasted a crater nearly ten meters deep into the ground, completely destroying the exposed portion of the ruins.

Chapter 98 You deserve it

One has two.

After realizing that his long-range attack seemed to have succeeded, the Radiant-rank beast caster summoned several more Radiant-rank beasts through some means.

They used either ranged attacks with magical artifacts or pure magic to bombard the exposed parts of the central ruins from outside the self-destruct command's range.

This bombardment, resembling a missile strike, lasted for nearly two hours, lowering the ground by almost a hundred meters, causing the spirit Tias to continuously run downwards.

Valensa guessed that the wild beasts might think the strange effect of the self-destruct command was due to the ruins, which was why they were bombing the ruins remotely in an attempt to destroy the effect and continue exploring.

Unfortunately, the self-destruct command is a one-time activation that lasts for a long time, so the bombardment by the powerful beasts was destined to be in vain.

The same is true.

After the bombing, the powerful beastmen forcibly brought in a group of ordinary beast warriors to conduct human reconnaissance. However, those ordinary beast warriors were instantly turned into pus upon entering, which greatly angered the powerful beastmen.

They gathered together and chattered for almost an hour before finally leaving reluctantly, leaving only a few ordinary beast warriors to monitor the area outside the self-destruct command's effective range.

"Based on our family's understanding of wild beasts, they shouldn't be exploring this place again anytime soon."

Tia made her judgment on this, thought for a moment, and then said:

"However, it's best if we don't go out—the higher-ups of the wild beasts are quite clever. Once they discover traces of humans here, they will definitely try to enter again or simply destroy this place."

If multiple powerful beings of the Radiant Rank were to launch relentless ranged attacks on this place day and night, this ruin might truly be destroyed by them, which would be a huge loss.

"Yes, that's what I think too... With Friggia here, this ruin is a precious treasure, and we can't let the wild beasts destroy it."

Valensa agreed:

"Tia, could you establish a stable teleportation coordinate here? That way, we can bring more tools and helpers to repair and develop this ruin."

While mapping the ruins, Tia also used her spirit clone to roughly complete her exploration of the ruins and simultaneously displayed her findings using magical projection.

Based on the magical projection, Frigia made a preliminary judgment—the technology of the Eve civilization was indeed impressive, and the design of multi-module, multi-energy node segmented operation was ingenious.

Even though much of the equipment in this underground fortress's testing area was destroyed in the great war and has undergone 1500 years of geological activity, it is still usable—it only requires simple repairs and recharging.

Tia's spirit clone was already very skilled at repairs, and with Frigia's guidance, it was no problem at all.

The problem lies in recharging—the energy center of the ruins has long been destroyed, and currently the only alternative energy source is high-quality, attribute-less magic crystals.

In Fran's daily life, attribute-less magic crystals are the least used and produced... If Tia didn't need them for research, she wouldn't carry attribute-less magic crystals with her.

Tia had used up all the high-quality, attribute-neutral magic crystals she carried with her to repair the passage to the experimental equipment warehouse.

To continue exploring, developing, and restoring this underground ruin, Valensa and her group must first return to the capital to purchase a large quantity of attribute-less magic crystals.

However, the ruins are located 50 kilometers away from the Fran border. Crossing that distance directly would make it easy for wild beasts to spot and kill you. It would be best to teleport directly to the ruins.

Establishing a teleportation coordinate in an unfamiliar place in a short time is no easy task, but Valensa had great confidence in Tia and Friggia.

Tia possesses a family-inherited spatial linking technique, and Friggia is the originator of magic in modern civilization; creating a teleportation coordinate should be a piece of cake for her.

And that was pretty much the case. The technical issues weren't really a problem at all; Tia and Friggia easily resolved them after a brief exchange.

The problem is still energy.

A spatial coordinate that allows someone to be teleported here at any time must be maintained by energy.

If Tia is already a Radiant Spellcaster, she can remotely charge her spell cards, leaving only one card as a coordinate.

Unfortunately, Tia is different... Her golden magic card can only last for 10 hours on its own without being charged, which is definitely not enough.

Using high-quality, attribute-free magic crystals as an energy source is another option, but unfortunately, Tia has already used up all her high-quality, attribute-free magic crystals, and Valensa doesn't like to carry them... The magic crystals she carries are usually fire and water attribute ones; she uses water attribute ones for bathing and fire attribute ones for cooking.

Tia also tried using the gray rat's magic circle technique to extract the power of the earth's veins and convert it into magic to maintain spatial coordinates.

It still failed... The Barrens truly lived up to its name. The ley line energy here was so thin it was almost like milk from a bull. Even when Tia turned the magic circle's absorption power to the maximum, she couldn't extract a single drop of ley line energy.

"This shouldn't be..."

Tia stared at the magic circle she had set up with magic cards, completely puzzled:

"Even the most barren land has some kind of ley line energy... This situation where there isn't a single drop of ley line energy is definitely abnormal... Huh?"

Tia muttered to herself, clearly thinking of something, her crimson eyes turning to Freya, who then turned her head away somewhat guiltily…

"..."

Tia puffed out her cheeks:

"Could this also be related to you, the great First Witch?"

"...Hehe, well."

Friggia's eyes darted around for a moment, but in the end, she couldn't withstand the combined glares from Valensa and Tia, and chuckled sheepishly as she shrugged.

"When those saintesses and sages cornered me and beat me up, I got a little carried away and used some short-sighted method to drain the ley lines of a large area of ​​land..."

This land you call the Barren Land, it should... perhaps... maybe... it seems it was formed because of me? Heh heh.

"Hey, you idiot! You deserve to be sealed away for so long! Not only did you conduct human experiments, but you also destroyed land resources!"

Women usually become familiar with each other very quickly, and now Valensa and Tia can already joke and tease each other with Friggia.

After giving Frigia a disapproving look, Tia put her hands on her hips and asked:

"Even the magic circle can't draw water from the earth's veins... I'm completely out of ideas. I wonder if the great First Witch has any other tricks up her sleeve?"

"Hmm... I do have a way, of course, but..."

Friggia licked her lips and looked at Valensa's silver-white breastplate:

"I also need to replenish my energy before I can use my fantasy alchemy~~"

Chapter 99 Return

Friggia openly lusted after Valensa's bio-energy.

Tia was furious, but she had no better solution.

Besides teasing Valensa a few times while personally extracting and purifying bio-energy, he also secretly made a mental note of it:

From now on, I must keep plenty of attribute-free magic crystals in my personal storage space!

After gulping down two more bottles of fresh bio-energy essence, Friggia stretched and yawned comfortably, her G-model headlights swaying.

“Comfortable~~”

The first witch looked completely satisfied:

"That's wonderful. I also wish I had an evil goddess wife who would feed me every day."

Please don't make such remarks about a woman who is already engaged! It makes you seem very rude!

Tia glared at them angrily:

"Now you can finally solve the energy problem of spatial coordinates, right?"

"of course."

Snapped.

Freya yawned, covering her mouth with one hand, and snapped her fingers with the other:

"Sister, I was once a pseudo-omniscient and pseudo-omnipotent person. As long as I have enough power, I can basically do anything you can think of, and I can also do things you can't even imagine."

The fantastical alchemy that Tia had been so envious of was activated once again.

A delicate device the size of a shoebox was quickly conjured by Friggia's mind. She then asked Valensa for a bottle of fresh bio-energy essence, poured it into the device, and converted the bio-energy into magic power to power Tia's spatial coordinates.

"The energy conversion rate of this thing is... amazing!"

Tia tried out the device a few times and exclaimed in surprise.

As the person whose mana was replenished by Valensa the most, Tia knew very well how much mana a bottle of fresh bio-energy essence could provide.

If she were to drink that bottle of bio-energy essence and then use magic to supply spatial coordinates, she estimated that she wouldn't last more than 5 days.

The small source of magic that Friggia created could last for at least 140 hours.

Currently, all alchemical devices capable of drawing magic from magic crystals or ley lines are less efficient at utilizing magic than the caster himself, let alone compared to Friggia, a small source of magic.

In magical civilizations, magic holds a higher status than oil and electricity in Valensa's previous life. Alchemy tools that can conserve magic and improve its utilization will have a significant market advantage.

Although Tia wasn't a business genius like Yashiro, she did own businesses and immediately saw the opportunity.

"The manufacturing technology of this thing..."

She smiled sweetly at Friggia:

"Could you teach me, great First Witch sister~~"

“Of course, no problem. Once you’ve finished your business back home, I can start teaching you right away… With your talent, Tia, you should be able to learn it very quickly.”

Frieda was clearly pleased by the title "Witch Sister" and readily agreed.

But she wasn't stupid either. Before the surprised smile on Tia's face faded, she casually added:

"Tia, you probably want to mass-produce this and make money, right? Then I can help you encrypt this technology to ensure that no one can reverse engineer it, so that Tia can have a technology monopoly."

Of course, if little sister Tia could invest in my research after she makes a lot of money, I would be even happier~~

“Ummmmmm…”

Tia puffed out her cheeks and immediately understood what Friggia meant.

She quickly calculated in her mind several times and suggested:

“I can take 30% of the net profit to support Sister Friggia’s research... as long as your research can be approved by the church.”

But from now on, for any technology you want to commercialize, you must prioritize collaborating with us!

"make a deal."

. . . . .

It was nearly evening of the second day. Twenty hours after the beasts attacked Bizk Town, Valensa and her companions finally left the Wasteland and returned to Fran.

Valencia's actions last night can be considered as the scout's independent judgment... The scout has a very high degree of freedom when acting alone, and it does not constitute a violation of military discipline.

But Tia is different. Her unauthorized actions constitute serious misconduct, and even though she is the eldest daughter of the Britannia family, she is likely to attract criticism.

Fortunately, Tia had anticipated Valensa's actions. Before chasing after Valensa last night, she had asked Princess Elses to cover for her.

Of course, she didn't say that she was going on an adventure to the Barrens with Valensa, but only that she wanted to take the opportunity to relax with Valensa... The two of them hadn't had much time to be intimate during their service on the front lines.

Since they were already friends, and Valensa had even saved Gina's life, Princess Elses readily agreed to Tia's request and even offered one of her properties in the northern suburbs so that Tia and Valensa could have a good rest there for a day.

It was precisely because of Princess Tia's claim that Tia and Valensa were handling her private affairs that Tia and Valensa's disappearance for nearly 20 hours went largely unnoticed. At most, some older officers shook their heads helplessly and sighed, "Young people really love to fool around."

The spatial coordinates that Tia left in Fran are within the property provided by Princess Elsers. It is a two-story exquisite detached villa with a small courtyard of about 600 square meters and a small hot spring that can accommodate 10 people.

During Princess Elses' most promiscuous period, she would occasionally come here for vacation, taking several beautiful girls to soak in the hot springs, which later turned into a sex hot spring.