The story of the black silk female knight

...Let's give it a shot and try that tactic!

After making up her mind, Valensa, who was flying backward, first did a backflip to adjust her posture, then stomped hard on the trunk of a tree. With the sound of the tree breaking and falling, she used the reaction force to transform into a faster lightning bolt and rush towards the bald man.

The black-stockinged right leg transformed into a dark purple lightning whip once more, lashing fiercely at the bald man's waist from the side.

Snapped!

The bald man easily blocked the kick with his arm while smiling.

Then his smile vanished:

"Ok?"

It wasn't that Valensa's move was very powerful; on the contrary, although the kick looked impressive, its actual power was less than a third of the previous one—it was a feint.

"This little girl is such a good actress... she fooled me again."

The bald man sighed, his relaxed mood returning to a bit of seriousness. He used his other arm to block Valensa's left-hand chop aimed at his neck... or was it just a feint?

With a somewhat surprised look in the bald man's eyes, Valensa maintained the posture of her right foot and left hand colliding with the bald man's arms, and then stretched out her right hand to slap the bald man's body.

At this point, the bald man's arms were indeed occupied and he could no longer block. However, Valencia's two feints had consumed about 70% of her strength. Even if the remaining 30% of her strength successfully hit, it would not be able to break through the bald man's defense and would still be an ineffective attack.

...That's how it should be, but Valensa is no longer just a female knight, she also knows magic!

Although Valensa's initial mastery of magic is limited to [Ceremony Armor: Dark Lightning Armor], and she cannot yet use another spell, [Ceremony Armor: Blazing Evil Light Sword], without the cross-handled lightsaber, who says that a failed spell cannot be used for attack?

The biggest challenge with the spell 【Ceremony Armor. Blazing Evil Light Sword】 is that after losing the law-level energy restraint of the cross-handled lightsaber, it is impossible to fix it into the shape of a sword.

The three energies of holy light, fire element, and evil god power, when combined, will only explode—a massive explosion of immense power.

Valensa is currently using all her mental strength to control the energy, but she can only fuse the three energies into a ball and keep it from exploding for three seconds. She still needs a long period of training before she can bind it into a sword blade and maintain it for a long time.

Even if she can only condense the three types of energy into an explosive ball right now, she can still use it for attacks!

If we quantify this skill according to game skill data, its effect is now:

[After skill activation, the next attack within three seconds will deal massive explosive damage to the enemy and moderate explosive damage to the user. If no attack is made within three seconds, the user will deal massive explosive damage.]

Now, this mixed energy ball, capable of causing massive explosive damage, was condensed in Valensa's right palm in less than half a second, thanks to her prior preparations, and slapped onto the bald man.

boom!

The deafening roar was enough to temporarily deafen nearby creatures, and the blazing red flames turned this darkest moment before dawn into daylight. The intense heat, like a miniature sun, swept across the surroundings, turning all plants and small animals within hundreds of meters into nothingness.

The power of this explosion should be similar to that of a small thermobaric bomb, right?

Nearly a kilometer away, Valensa crouched on a thick tree branch, watching the explosion, holding a long alloy sword that shimmered with moonlight—the pseudo-noble artifact, Moon Kiss.

Even with Valensa's current top speed approaching seven times the speed of sound, it would be impossible for her to escape the blast radius after launching the attack. At most, she could protect her vitals in preparation and rely on the artifact cloak's absolute defense against fire attacks and high temperatures to significantly reduce the damage she received.

However, in the very first exchange, the bald man managed to knock Moon Kiss away with a single blow, and Valensa activated the Exquisite Demon Sword at the moment of the explosion, managing to escape the blast radius in time.

As for the bald guy... hehe.

Valensa crouched on the thick tree branch and waited for a full half minute before the smoke and dust from the explosion finally dissipated.

"...Tsk tsk tsk, what an uncivilized little girl, resorting to dirty tricks again. My short-sleeved shirt may be cheap, but it's quite comfortable to wear... What a pity."

The bald man remained standing in the same spot, almost unharmed. His short-sleeved shirt was completely gone, and half of his shorts had been burned away. His hard, alloy-like muscles were all bulging.

He completely withstood the attack, which was as powerful as a thermobaric bomb, but he was not relaxed with a playful attitude; rather, he entered a serious state, perhaps even a very serious one.

The bald man's already extremely muscular physique swelled up even more, his muscles becoming almost transparent, revealing the blood vessels beneath his skin.

What flowed in those veins was not the red blood of a normal human, but a golden liquid energy that looked somewhat like sesame oil.

Chapter 122 Tearing Lightning Apart

"Breathing Technique. Energy Recharge Mode. Phase Two."

The bald man took heavy steps and moved his head from side to side, making a creaking sound like an alloy being deformed by a huge force.

He was clearly still reeling from Valencia's earlier outburst, but his tone was excited:

"Feel honored, young lady! You are the first person in a hundred years to have me enter this mode below the Moon Glory level... In fact, strictly speaking, you are not even a Star Glory level yet."

Whew… If things continue like this, maybe in another ten years or so, I can finally retire, stop worrying about all this nonsense, and go find even more fine wines in faraway places! Hahaha!

“…Then you flatter me too much, Principal.”

Valensa jumped down from the tree branch and activated [Ceremony Armor. Dark Lightning Armor] again, while trying to be modest with an expression that was hard to hide:

"I am still just a frail young girl. Even two hundred years from now, no one will be able to take the heavy responsibility of guarding Fran from your hands... Don't think about retiring so easily!"

"Hmph, still pretending at a time like this, you really are a bad girl! So..."

The bald man took a breath, making the veins beneath his muscles, which flowed with golden liquid energy, even more prominent, and they even flickered rhythmically with his breathing.

"Next, it's time to punish that uncivilized girl! Remember the pain this time... Cleverness has its uses, but you can't rely on it forever; real strength is what matters! Drink!"

This time, it was the bald guy who took the initiative to charge at Valensa.

"Wh...what clever tricks? This is called the wisdom of battle!"

Valensa hurriedly offered a defense, then turned the [Ceremony Armor. Dark Lightning Armor]'s output power to maximum, trying to maximize her speed to dodge the attack.

However, the bald man, who had truly entered serious mode, gave Valensa no further chance to struggle.

With movements that appeared slow but were actually extremely fast, he appeared next to Valensa in an instant, demonstrating what it means for a true man to tear lightning apart with his bare hands.

Valensa's dark purple lightning armor, which was extremely defensive and could inflict paralysis, corrosion, and lightning elemental damage on attackers, was easily torn apart by the bald man's two thick arms, just like a tavern dancer's tulle skirt.

Then the veins on the bald man's body lit up at the same time, and his smooth, mirror-like head slammed into Valensa like an alloy ball.

"Super Heavy Headbutt!!"

Snapped!

Valensa was slammed into the ground from mid-air, and then pushed backward at an angle of about 10 degrees downwards until she plowed a trench nearly three meters deep into the ground before finally coming to a stop.

"...Gulp, Headmaster, are you going to kill me?"

Almost a minute later, Valensa finally made a muffled sound from the ditch... She had almost been smashed into Valensa sauce by that hammer.

In other words, the body in Evil God Mode is strong enough and has a strong self-healing ability. Other Stars might not be able to withstand this blow.

"Ha, who told you to be so uncivilized and scheme against an old man like me?"

The bald man shrugged nonchalantly, his bulging muscles returning to normal, and the veins flowing with liquid golden energy concealing themselves once more.

"Just lie down for a while, it'll be dawn soon, that's all for today."

After saying that, he didn't give Valensa a chance to refute him. He casually found a tree, sat down against the trunk, took out a bottle of wine, bit off the cap, and started gulping it down.

"Goo~~~~"

Valensa puffed out her cheeks in the pit, but there was nothing she could do.

Even though the Evil God Mode has extremely strong self-healing abilities, the blow she just received was too severe, and she is still unable to move, not even to change her position.

About four minutes later, Valensa regained her mobility thanks to the healing power of her God Mode.

Before she could even climb out of the pit, the divine seal within her body had already completed its self-repair, sealing her evil god power once again and greatly weakening her physique.

"Ouch."

Valensa, who had just stood up halfway, cried out in pain and fell back down.

It was impossible to expect a drunkard to have gentlemanly manners, Valensa sighed, and could only silently cast healing spells on herself to continue her recovery.

At the same time, she couldn't help but marvel at how the bald man's headbutt was not only powerful but also extremely precise in its control—it struck Valensa so hard that she was unable to move, and by the time she regained her mobility, the evil god mode had ended.

He truly deserves to be called the strongest being in the entire Fran... no, he might even be the strongest being among humanity, a peak Moon-level being.

Valensa originally thought that the strongest human should be at the headquarters of the Church of the Sun, either the Grand Master of the Holy Knights or one of the saints.

However, after getting to know Valencia a little better, Valencia learned a truth that left her speechless—the highest echelons of the Church of the Sun in this generation did not have a single pure-blooded human; they were all dark creatures with the appearance of beautiful human girls.

Is this really the Church of the Sun?

Valensa had more than a few questions in her mind.

However, according to Friggia, the Sun Goddess was once human and a pervert, so it's not surprising that this situation would occur.

Putting herself in Valensa's shoes, she felt that if she became a goddess, she would definitely follow the XP system when selecting high-ranking priests.

Lost in thought, Valencia's increasingly refined healing magic and her already strong self-healing ability, even in her normal state, came into play, allowing her to fully recover from being smashed to pieces by the bald man's headbutt.

"It's back to normal? The Paladin class is really convenient."

By this time, the bald man had already finished two more bottles of wine. He casually tossed the bottles aside, blew on them to exhale the smell of alcohol, yawned, and waved his hand.

"That's settled then. You can go back now. I'm going to get some sleep too."

Actually, the bald man had wanted to leave for a long time, but although he wasn't very gentlemanly, he knew it wouldn't be good to leave a beautiful black-stockinged female knight who couldn't move alone in the wilderness and dense forest. That's why he was drinking and waiting for Valensa to heal herself.

"Principal, wait a minute!"

Valensa stopped the bald man.

Actually, she had planned to visit the bald man in the next couple of days. Since they were going to meet tonight, she might as well take care of things on the spot.

"Is such that."

Faced with the bald man's seemingly intoxicated gaze, which was hard to tell if he was truly drunk or not, Valensa obediently took out a list from her storage space and handed it to him:

“During this war, Tia and I discovered a method that might wipe out the wild beasts, and we’re going to try it out, but we need these rare materials on the list… I wonder if you have any ideas?”

Chapter 123 It turns out to be you

"A way to completely eliminate the wild beasts?"

The bald man was indeed very interested in this topic, and the drunkenness in his eyes disappeared instantly.

As he took the list from Valencia, he casually asked:

"Where did you get this method? Did it come from the forbidden knowledge of that great witch?"

After seeing the contents of the list, before Valensa could even answer, the bald man burst out laughing again:

"Ah... How come this is all food? And all of it is top-quality cuisine? Are you sure you collected all this to exterminate the wild beasts, and not for your wedding banquet with that little girl, Britannia?"

"Of course, it's to eliminate the wild beasts!"

Valensa said seriously:

"These ingredients are all top-quality, but they all come from very powerful monsters. We weak girls like Tia and I have very limited abilities, so we can only ask for help from a strong person like you, Headmaster."

"...Tsk, she's clearly a violent woman who kicked my back until it hurts, and she calls herself weak?"

The bald man muttered something under his breath, but seeing that Valensa showed no shame and remained defiant, he could only sigh.

"Eliminating the wild beasts can be said to be the long-cherished wish of the Kingdom of Fran for thousands of years. You can submit this list to the royal family and use the power of the entire kingdom to collect materials."

"I have indeed considered that."

Valensa nodded, then shrugged:

"But I gave up in the end... Firstly, it was only a possibility, and whether or not the wild beasts could be eliminated still needed to be verified by action. If the kingdom were to launch a major offensive but failed, it would greatly damage my reputation."

Secondly... Headmaster, look here.

Valensa pointed to the list as she spoke: [Wings of the Extraordinary Giant Chicken]

“These are essential ingredients, but the Rainbow Giant Chicken is extinct, so it’s highly unlikely that all the ingredients on this list can be collected. I just wanted to give it a try… If I manage to collect them all, I’ll eliminate the wild beast. If I don’t, I can use these top-quality ingredients to hold a wedding banquet for me and Tia, just like you said.”

These reasons aren't exactly lies, but they aren't the most important ones either.

There is actually only one main reason why Valensa insisted on collecting her own materials.

Her killing of the wild beasts was not motivated by national hatred, personal grudges, or a desire for honor, but rather by personal animosity.

If she could, she would rather personally take the beacon transmitter containing the special information solvent and rush into the settlement of the wild beasts, and watch them turn into blood.

It would give her a tingling, pleasurable sensation that ran from her spinal cord to her brain, along with a sense of satisfaction from revenge.

It's somewhat cruel and perverse, but perhaps that's what evil gods are all about.

Furthermore, Valensa had a vague feeling that personally annihilating the wild beasts was very important to her, even a kind of ritual.

If she can truly achieve this, she will likely undergo a transformation... a transformation that makes her even stronger, stemming from the growth and evolutionary instincts of her bloodline.

"That's it..."