The story of the black silk female knight

She doesn't need protection at all! In fact, if they encounter an enemy that the adventure team can't defeat, she, as their employer, might have to step in personally...

Thinking about it this way, the male soldier felt somewhat aggrieved, but also relieved.

He had confidence in his adventurers; even if there were more enemies, as long as no employer held them back, they could handle this level of mission.

The regional survey continues.

Instead of recklessly venturing straight into the central area, Valensa, on the expert advice of the Red Cloud Adventurers, agreed to slowly and deliberately penetrate the edge of the Mousmora Basin, spiraling and swirling inwards.

The Red Cloud Adventure Team didn't want to provoke the cave monsters too much, while Valensa wanted to stall for time and put on a show of development going poorly, so the slower the progress, the better.

Anyway, this regional investigation mission is paid by time and per person, and has a three-day limit, so Valensa doesn't care about the specific details at all.

From the very beginning, she treated these three days as a trip to a scenic place with her friends.

Perhaps the Red Cloud Adventurer Group's prediction and plan had succeeded, because until evening, the group did not encounter any more attacks from the cave monsters.

Of course, there were several encounters with the cave monsters, and each time the number of cave monsters encountered was about the same as the first wave... In normal times, they should live in this number scattered throughout their territory, just like humans live in countries as family units.

These cave monsters seemed to have learned about the Red Cloud Adventurer Group. Every time they encountered them, before the Red Cloud Adventurer Group could even finish enchanting their fire-attribute weapons, the cave monsters would all burrow underground and escape.

They even encountered a Lighthouse-level Cave Monster, but before the Red Cloud Adventure Team could figure out how to kill it without damaging its heart and brain, it simply escaped.

Everything seemed to be going smoothly, but the male warrior vice-captain of the Red Cloud Adventurer Group became somewhat worried... He believed that the cave monster would not give up so easily and would most likely launch a night attack.

To address this, the male warriors adjusted the night watch schedule, changing the original three shifts to two shifts. This would undoubtedly make the adventurers more tired, but it also increased the number of people on watch, allowing them to respond more calmly to potential attacks.

Valensa praised the male warriors' plan to strengthen nighttime security, then took out several fully automatic fireless stoves from her storage space and invited everyone to have hot pot together that night. She also lent this latest alchemy tool to a few members of the Red Cloud Adventure Team and taught them how to use it.

The adventurers of the Red Cloud Adventure Team were very interested in this magical induction cooker that allowed for easy control of the heat and produced no open flame.

After all, while adventurers aren't afraid of hardship, it's always better to have something good to eat when camping in the wild and carrying out missions.

There's no such thing as having to light a fire before sleeping in the wild in this world... Wild animals are afraid of fire, that's true, but monsters aren't afraid of a mere campfire. They might even see a campfire as a provocation, launching an attack they weren't planning on.

Therefore, when adventurers spend the night in the wild, they usually use alchemical potions that can hide their own scent and special sleeping bags. Those who are richer or have a mage present can also set up tents with a barrier.

With a magical barrier in place, one can eat, drink, and sleep however one wants.

Alchemical products that can be cooked without an open flame and are easy to use are very popular among adventurers. Soon, adventurers from the Red Cloud Adventure Group came to inquire where such a furnace could be bought.

"It's not available on the market yet, but it should be soon."

Valensa answered with a generous smile:

"I'm on good terms with the alchemist who invented this fully automatic, fireless furnace, so I got my hands on quite a few prototypes... Since you like them, if this mission goes smoothly, I'll give you these furnaces."

The adventurers of the Red Cloud Adventure Team naturally expressed their gratitude and said with great enthusiasm that they would do their best to complete this regional survey mission and ensure that their employer, the young lady, would be satisfied.

Valensa just smiled and continued cooking hot pot for her friends.

She had already prepared a lot of hot pot ingredients and soup base in her storage space, and shared some with the adventurers of the Red Cloud Adventure Team. She also received a lot of monster meat that the adventurers brought themselves as a return gift.

Now all the monster meat has been sliced ​​and is gradually turning from red to white in the bubbling white mushroom soup.

Giving adventurers a few fully automatic, fireless furnaces to help them promote the business was already part of Valensa's plan.

She actually dislikes doing business, but she's really short of money right now. Even though she just received a large reward from the Golden Iris Vanguard Award, she's still short of money and has to find a way to earn more.

In the Kingdom of Fran, doing business, just like the transparent syringe she and the fairy Lily of the Valley created together, is guaranteed to be profitable as long as it can be sold to the military or adventurers.

As for whether the fully automatic fireless furnace that fell into the hands of the Red Cloud Adventure Team would be copied and patented and sold first, Valensa was not worried at all.

The basic principle of this magical induction cooker is actually not difficult: it uses fire to heat a special stone slab for cooking.

The truly impressive technology lies in that system that controls the heat and timing. This is Friggia's technology, and even a genius like Tia was taught it by hand for several days before she could barely learn it. Modern alchemists simply do not have the ability to reverse engineer it.

Chapter 136 What is your bet, dear sister?

After a delicious mushroom hot pot with monster meat, the adventurers of the Red Cloud Adventure Team took turns resting and keeping watch.

Valensa and her friends set up two tents, one large and one small. The small one was where Giroud and Harry, the two boys, stayed, while the large one was where the four girls squeezed together.

As soon as I squeezed into the tent, Qianyecao cheerfully took out a few tender leaves and placed them in the middle of the soft mat inside the tent:

"I bet the cave monsters will attack us tonight. Some members of the Red Cloud Adventurer Group will get injured, but it'll be nothing serious and can be dealt with with healing potions."

These tender leaves are no ordinary leaves, but leaves cultivated by the Chiba family using their secret Wood Spirit Ninjutsu, specifically as a medium for ninjutsu. To ninjas, they are like mithril for mages, even more valuable than gold of the same weight.

The few tender leaves that Thousand Leaf Grass casually took out as a wager were worth at least 20 gold coins.

"I'll bet! I'll bet the caveman won't come tonight, and we can all sleep soundly until dawn!"

Valensa's eyes lit up immediately, indicating that she wanted to join the betting.

She wasn't actually very interested in gambling, but she had a sweet tooth... Ever since she chewed a few of these tender leaves during a battle with Thousand Leaf Grass, she had fallen in love with the sweet and crisp aroma of the tea.

After that, she always tried to bully Thousand Leaf Grass and steal its leaves, but Thousand Leaf Grass always treasured these tender leaves and would rather be spanked or tied up and tickled by Valensa than easily give her leaves.

Now that Thousand Leaf Grass is willing to use these tender leaves as a wager, Valensa is naturally going to follow suit.

"So what's your bet, dear sister?"

Chiba lay on the mat, chin in hand, eyes squinting, her little feet, which had already kicked off most of their tabi socks, swinging happily back and forth.

"Don't try to fool Cao Cao with gold coins; you have to show some sincerity."

"...Tsk."

Valensa stuffed the handful of gold coins, which she had already half-pulled out, back into her storage space:

"Then what do you want, Cao Cao?"

"Actually, it's nothing much."

Thousand-Leaf Grass glanced at Tia, and said meaningfully:

"I heard that you have a special natural drink that can quickly replenish the various energies needed by cultivators? Can I try it too? I want to experience the feeling of quickly replenishing my energy."

"You're actually eyeing that thing..."

Valensa seemed to blush slightly, then stole a glance at Tia, who was deliberately avoiding her gaze, before finally looking at the tender leaves in Thousand Leaf Grass's hand, which exuded a unique tea fragrance, and licked her lips.

"Okay, I'll play along with you."

The female knight was defeated by her appetite.

To Qianyecao's slight disappointment, Valensa did not make a fresh, natural drink on the spot, but instead took out a small bottle of a pre-made one from her storage space.

Valensa had quite a few similar small bottles in her storage space; they were all dropped by Tia after she was defeated by her during their nightly fights these past few days.

Valensa and Tia wouldn't normally collect these, but having already tasted this natural, primal energy essence, Friggia will surely use all sorts of excuses to trick others into drinking it in the future.

Instead of being embarrassed and hesitant when you need it, it's better to prepare in advance... Anyway, Tia's needs are not high, and she always wastes a lot.

Neither Tia nor Meludy joined the betting. The four of them chatted idly in the tent about clothing matching and underwear sizes before quickly resting.

Of course, when discussing the topic of underwear sizes, Chiba Grass, being a plain surrounded by mountains, was once again bullied and ridiculed.

That night, about half an hour after the second wave of Red Cloud Adventurers began their night watch, the cave monsters launched their attack, and they came with great force.

The team was led by six Lighthouse-level cave monsters, with over 50 Pearl-level ones, and Candlelight-level cave monsters everywhere, too numerous to count.

The Red Cloud Adventurer Group only has half of its members on night watch, which is 2 lighthouses and 10 pearls. Even with an advantage in individual strength, it will be very difficult to cope with such a numerical disadvantage.

Of course, human adventurers are generally stronger than monsters of the same level, and the morale of the cave monsters is not high. As long as one or two of the lighthouse-level cave monsters leading the team can be killed, this attack can be easily repelled.

As long as the resting half of the Red Cloud Adventurer Group members can quickly get into the zone, achieving this goal won't be too difficult... But the problem is that before the resting half of the adventurers get into the zone, the half of the adventurers on night watch will be under a lot of pressure. Injuries are inevitable, and if they're unlucky, someone might even die.

It seems that Thousand Leaf Grass won the little bet before bed, and Valensa lost.

But Valensa didn't want to lose.

She left behind a sentence:

"Cao Cao, you guessed right that the cave monster would come, but you absolutely guessed wrong that someone in the Red Cloud Adventurer's Team was injured! Wahahaha..."

Then he rushed out of the tent and joined the battle himself.

Amidst Chiba's furious cries of "Big sister, you're cheating!", Valensa swiftly engaged two Lighthouse-level cave monsters before the Red Cloud Adventurers could even make contact with them.

As seen in the data, the Lighthouse-level mutated cave monsters are all adept at using their single eyes to fire various curse rays.

This curse ray travels at an extremely high speed, practically the speed of light, making it impossible to dodge unless anticipated in advance.

As soon as Valencia charged forward, she was hit by two cave monsters' cursed rays.

For an ordinary lighthouse-level adventurer, this would be a huge loss, or even a disaster.

However, Valensa possesses the Divine Particle Armor, an exclusive piece of equipment for Inner Templars. Like other high-ranking paladin equipment such as the Divine Armor, this armor boasts an exaggerated level of resistance to negative status effects and also features self-purification and dispelling capabilities.

Curse is a debuff skill that is extremely inefficient against high-level paladins. Even if Valensa is lucky enough not to resist it, it will be dispelled immediately.

The curse ray of the cave monster mainly relies on the curse to kill. After the curse effect is lost, it becomes a very weak pure energy ray with low power. It is difficult to even penetrate a wooden door panel and has no kinetic energy killing effect.

So Valensa, who had been hit by the curse ray, simply tilted her head and continued charging toward the two lighthouse-level cave monsters.

Seeing that the curse ray was ineffective, the two lighthouse-level cave monsters immediately changed tactics.

One of its heads tilted back and then immediately swung forward, its tongue shooting out like lightning, aiming for Valensa's lower abdomen, which was not protected by armor, below her breastplate and above her belt.

The other lighthouse-level cave monster curled up, hugging its legs, with long hairs about the length of chopsticks standing on end and becoming as hard as alloy. It transformed its body into a ball of steel spikes and rammed into Valensa.

Chapter 137 The Cheating Female Knight

The two lighthouse-level cave monsters had a very simple and clear idea:

Since magic-like energy attacks don't work on you, I'll just use physical attacks to blow you up!

Faced with the long tongue shooting towards her and the steel spiked ball crashing towards her, Valensa frowned slightly, genuinely feeling a bit troubled.

Of course, if you really want to fight, it's actually quite simple... just use stronger and more violent moves to fight back and blast those two cave monsters head-on.

Valencia is not lacking in this kind of attack method now.

However, if she wanted to leave the Red Cloud Adventurer Group with the impression that she valued the heart and brain of the Lighthouse-level Cave Monster, she couldn't go too far and ruin the material.

Throwing bricks with excessive force is not advisable; let's use techniques instead.

Her mind raced in an instant, and Valensa made a decision immediately.

She used her mental power to amplify her speed explosively, twisting away the long tongue that the cave monster had shot at her lower abdomen, while simultaneously reaching out and firmly grasping the tongue.

The tongue was quite slippery and protected by a corrosive mucus, clearly indicating that the cave monster had extensive experience in preventing its tongue from being grabbed.

But Valensa was specially trained by Sheila, the tentacle princess, and has extensive experience in capturing various long, thin biological organs.

Her current standard combat outfit includes black stockings, and these stockings are not only good-looking, but also have excellent anti-slip properties, making them particularly suitable for grappling techniques.

So, although the long tongue of the Lighthouse-level Crypt Monster was very slippery, Valensa still managed to grab it firmly and stretch it with both hands, holding it in front of her like a steel cable, which blocked the impact of another Lighthouse-level Crypt Monster that had transformed into a steel spike ball.

This is not over yet.

At that very moment, another crackling sound rang out, and lightning flashed across Valensa's body once more.

【Ceremony Armor. Dark Thunder Armor】.

Her already exaggerated speed was further enhanced, and she actually circled the steel spike ball again at the moment her long tongue collided with it, binding the steel spike ball with her long tongue!

The Lighthouse-level cave monster, who had unleashed its long tongue thrust attack, was completely stunned. It froze for more than a second and lost its last chance to escape.

With a flash of flowing moonlight, the pseudo-noble artifact Moon Kiss severed the long tongue, and then, with a swift stroke, cut off the head of this lighthouse-level cave monster.

While slaying this Lighthouse-level Crypt Fiend, Valensa didn't neglect attacking another Lighthouse-level Crypt Fiend.

With one hand holding the long tongue and the other holding the fake Noble Phantasm Moon Kiss, and having no third hand to use, she raised one foot and kicked the steel spike ball that was bound by the long tongue.

To avoid accidentally shattering the brain and heart of this beacon-level cryptid, Valensa didn't use the spiked foot technique, but simply kicked.

The leather boots kicked the spiked ball, producing a sound like wooden sticks hitting steel nails, which seemed to have little effect.

However, the dark purple lightning attached to Valensa's body by the [Ceremony Armor. Dark Lightning Armor] also struck the steel spike ball repeatedly with each kick, causing the steel spike ball, which had been struggling violently just moments before, to become docile within seconds.

You like to turn all the hair on your body into steel, right?

Hehe, the only magic I know how to use right now happens to be lightning magic, which is perfect for hitting metal cans.

Lightning elemental magic is inherently very effective against the ability to metallize the body, and with the added power of an evil god in Valensa's attack, the second Lighthouse-level cave monster quickly couldn't withstand it and was knocked unconscious by Valensa's black silk leg, but it was not dead yet.

At this point, less than ten seconds had passed since Valensa made contact with the two Lighthouse-level Cave Monsters, and the battle was already considered over.

The other cave monsters then realized what was happening. Some screamed and charged at Valensa, while others began preparing to flee.

Valensa glanced around and, finding no other Lighthouse-level individuals among the cryptids charging at her, deactivated [Ritual Armor: Dark Thunder Armor]. Playfully, she swung the steel spiked ball bound with a long tongue like a meteor hammer, smashing it wildly in a chaotic frenzy.