The story of the black silk female knight

Your divine servants still held hope for you in their final moments, perhaps not so much that they hoped you would save them, but that you would successfully weather the catastrophe and reignite the flame of Eve's civilization, Sister Friggia.

And that's true... If it weren't for Sister Friedeja, who in this universe would still remember the Eve civilization?

According to what you said before, when the Eve civilization perished, it was still more than a thousand years before Her Majesty the Sun Goddess became a goddess, right?

"Be confident, Sister Friedea... You haven't let the divine servants down. You've truly made the universe remember the Eve civilization, and it will continue to remember it in the future."

"..."

"...Can it be...understood...like this?"

The sadness on Friggia's face faded, replaced by a relaxed smile.

She pulled her hand out of Valensa's embrace, pinched Valensa's cheek, and then touched Valensa's lips:

"Your little mouth is quite skillful... Hmph, since you've made me feel so good, I'll teach you those magic tricks."

Chapter 13 The Paladin and the Nun

On the outskirts of the capital of Fran, at a newly built professional training ground for the Nora Merchant Guild to participate in the America Duel Competition, two girls dressed as fellow merchants are facing off.

The nun versus the paladin.

The paladin was none other than Valensa, who had just returned from Friggia's place that day. She was still dressed in the same silver skirt armor, black pantyhose, and mid-calf leather boots, looking both holy and alluring.

The nun was one of the six professional duelists signed by Yashiro, and her name was Loloya.

The nun's habit that Loloya was wearing was also the official nun's habit issued by the Church of the Sun, but she had modified it slightly herself.

The already high-slit nun's dress was further shortened by Loloya, from covering half of the calf to a length that didn't even reach the knee, making it more convenient for combat and movement.

At this moment, Roloa was in a battle-ready posture with one leg forward and the other back, one bent and the other straight, and she was holding a dagger in each hand.

Despite wearing a nun's habit, Loloa is still a Lighthouse-level thief.

She was originally a real thief... not in the sense of a combat profession like a ninja, but in the sense of a petty thief who steals other people's property.

Even the most skilled thief, like the legendary Red Fox Mask, can almost fail. So what about an ordinary thief?

Loloa was caught red-handed by her master during one of her missions.

However, the owner did not take Roloa to the guard for interrogation, because the owner was a paladin of the church. She took Roloa back to the church and subjected her to the strictest nun's life to make her repent properly.

Whether Loloa truly repented or not remains to be seen. In any case, after discovering that being a nun was more comfortable than being a thief, she immediately abandoned her dead-end job and devoted herself to serving the Sun Goddess, becoming one of the few fighting nuns among them.

A while ago, Yashilo and her best friend Lanzhi went on vacation and happened to be in the city of Loloya.

The Fran people were all devout believers in the Sun Goddess, and Yahiro and Lanzhi were no exception. They met Loloa when they went to the local cathedral for their routine prayers.

With her keen business acumen, Yashiro immediately recognized the potential of the "Battle Nun" persona and offered Roloa an irresistible deal, turning her into her contracted duelist.

Of course, as someone who could be captured by the Holy Knights and brought back to the church to serve the goddess, and who could be chosen by Yashiro to become a contracted duelist, Loloa's looks were naturally not bad, and her figure was also quite good. In particular, her fair and tender legs under her nun's skirt without wearing any stockings were so dazzling that they made people's mouths dry every time she danced with the high slit of her nun's skirt.

Even Valensa, a staunch advocate of stockings, couldn't help but steal glances at Loloa's snow-white legs when confronting her.

This wasn't the first time the two had practiced together. In the previous few training matches, Valensa had only managed to win one game by using the extremely fine metal wire from the Assassination Ring, and hadn't won a single game against Roloa.

As a former thief, Loloa naturally lacks good character and manners. Although she has improved considerably since becoming a nun, she still occasionally utters some offensive remarks that seem completely out of place with her good looks when she's excited.

Perhaps it was because she had repeatedly defeated Duchess Sunflower, the renowned winner of the Golden Iris Vanguard Award in this year's Autumn War, that Loloa was somewhat excited, and she had said a few trash words to Valensa.

Although Roloa apologized at the time, and Valensa smiled and said she didn't mind... women are very petty creatures, so could Valensa really not mind?

In particular, Loloa's veiled mockery of Valensa's incompetence, suggesting that her ability to kill the Beast Commander might be due to her being defeated, captured, humiliated, and then seduced to achieve a counterattack...

Anyway, Valensa held a grudge, which is why she couldn't wait to find Roloa for a training match after learning a few moves from Friedeja that were quite suitable for dueling yesterday.

Loloa naturally wouldn't refuse... Unlike Valensa and Chiba, who were just playing around, she was a professional duelist paid by Yashiro. Not only did she have to strive for good results in matches, but her daily training volume was also regulated, written into her contract, similar to clocking in at work.

Training is training no matter who you train with, so why not choose an easy match where you can easily beat noobs?

Loloa knew that Valenza's combat prowess far surpassed hers, and that encountering her on the battlefield would likely result in capture or death without even a chance to escape... Although the two, both clergy members of the Church of the Sun, were unlikely to be enemies.

It was precisely the ability to use the rules of the competition to utterly crush someone like Valensa, whom she could never beat in a real fight, that made Roloa incredibly excited. Especially when she saw Valensa's unwilling and slightly humiliated look after each defeat, Roloa would get so excited that she would become a little dazed, and her mouth would naturally spill out a few trash words as if she had lost control of her bladder.

Playing practice matches with Valensa was incredibly exciting for Roloa... She didn't know why Valensa specifically asked her to be her practice partner as soon as she returned after being gone for two days, but she didn't pay much attention to it.

Surely no one can go from being someone I can only beat to someone who can easily beat me in just two days, right?

With this in mind, Loloa happily went to the training ground with Valensa, intending to relax.

And so, the paladin and nun, who both looked sweet and holy, greeted each other with friendly smiles, then pressed their palms, each wearing a special bracelet, together and recited the oath to activate the duel barrier.

The duel begins.

The scene that started was quite strange... Paladins and thieves are both melee classes, yet Valensa and Loloa both chose to retreat and create distance at the start of the battle.

The difference was that Valensa quickly activated a divine spell while retreating:

"My shield is the shield of the gods; my defense is as solid as a rock!"

【Divine Spell: Holy Shield】, commonly known as Holy Shield, is one of the Paladin's famous signature skills.

It possesses the strongest defense among all shield-type skills, and its cost is low. The only drawback is that you cannot move while maintaining this divine spell, and if you do not maintain it, the Holy Shield will disappear after a maximum of 5 seconds.

This move is now Valensa's favorite starting move in duels. Her divine magic talent is stronger than most paladins. Although she cannot move while maintaining Divine Shield, she can free up one hand to use weapons or other skills to counterattack. It is the core defensive skill of her counterattack style.

Roloa had clearly anticipated this, and in mid-air after jumping back to create distance, she revealed a somewhat smug smile, seemingly believing that she had secured this round again.

But soon, Roloa's smile turned into surprise.

Chapter 14 If I could rip clothes off with my eyes, how would you possibly fight back?

There is no absolutely invincible skill in the world, and the same goes for Divine Shield.

This divine spell is difficult to break through head-on with brute force, but purification spells and dispelling spells specifically designed to break buffs are very effective.

However, duelists who are proficient in these two skills are few and far between, which is the main reason why Valensa chose Divine Shield as the core defensive skill of her defensive counter-attack tactics.

Those skilled in purification-type divine spells are generally priests... Of course, there are also violent priests who are proficient in various offensive divine spells, but the vast majority of priests are more skilled in support and are not suitable for one-on-one combat.

The same applies to spellcasters who excel at dispelling magic; they are mostly like Tia, unable to practice elemental magic or not proficient in it, and are therefore unsuitable for competitive matches.

However, there's a saying that if you don't have the skills, you can make up for it with equipment. Breaking Divine Shield doesn't necessarily require a priest or spellcaster who is proficient in purification or dispel to do it personally; you can also use equipment with the same function.

Although equipment with purification or dispelling functions is relatively difficult to obtain, and even at auctions, it is hard to buy high-quality equipment, Roloa is an official nun of the Church of the Sun, so it is not difficult for her to ask the high priest of her church to give her weapon a powerful blessing.

One of Loloa's two daggers has a powerful purification blessing, which is specifically designed to deal with people who like to stack various buffs and attributes. It can also be used to stab yourself when you are afflicted with a negative status.

As she jumped back to create distance, Roloa threw the dagger.

She didn't use much force, and the dagger she threw wasn't fast either... because she anticipated that Valencia would activate Divine Shield first, and once Divine Shield was activated, she couldn't move, so it didn't matter if the dagger was a little slow.

While maintaining Divine Shield, Valensa can only attack with one hand. Although she can use some tricky and strange equipment, which is a threat, once Divine Shield is broken by the Purifying Dagger, Valensa must use that hand to defend, or she will be defeated by the dagger.

Because the dagger itself is too weak, Valensa's fighting instincts will make her automatically ignore such attacks, and these attacks really can't hurt her, but the rules of the duel will determine that the dagger's attack is effective.

Therefore, if Valensa doesn't want to be instantly killed by a dagger at the start of the game, she must actively control her body to defend herself... and this kind of conscious defense is definitely slower than the body's instinctive actions, at least delaying Valensa by two to three seconds, or even more.

Using this time, Roloa could easily bounce forward on one foot and launch a relentless attack on Valensa... At that point, it would be very difficult for Valensa to create distance and use Divine Shield. Under the rules of dueling arena, defeat would only be a matter of time.

That's what Loloa thought and did, and initially it did indeed go as she expected.

Valensa activated Divine Shield at the start, and after the Divine Shield was broken by the Purifying Dagger, she helplessly raised a small round steel shield for defense.

Just as Loloa was about to bounce forward on one foot, she suddenly saw Valensa's helpless expression turn into a mischievous grin, and she even winked at her.

Then the ground where Roloa had placed one foot suddenly froze and became very smooth.

Caught off guard, Roloa lost her balance, her grounded foot stretched forward and lifted up, causing her to fall face-first to the ground.

[Slippery foot]

Valensa's skill is called this. It's a trick that Friedeja used to tease her maid a long time ago. It can be activated by locking onto a target with your gaze, but its power is extremely weak... so weak that it can't even be called a low-level spell, it can only be considered a trick.

In actual combat, such tricks would only provoke the enemy, but in dueling competitions, they are surprisingly useful.

The fact that this magic trick can be performed instantly with just a glance, without requiring any incantation or energy manipulation, makes it extremely difficult to defend against.

Loloa was completely caught off guard; just like the name of the magic trick, her feet slipped, and she fell backward, face up.

That's not all... Valensa has learned more than one trick from Friedeja these past two days.

While blocking the purification dagger with a small, round steel shield, Valensa blinked her left eye slightly, like a flirtatious wink, and launched her second trick.

[Mysterious protrusion]

Instantly, a stone rod about 100 millimeters long appeared on the ground where Roloa was about to fall, and then Roloa fell directly onto the stone rod with perfect accuracy.

...It looks painful.

Valensa chuckled, but showed no mercy. With a flick of her hand, which was not holding a shield, she sent out more than a dozen feathers of the Winged Falcon, using the ninja shuriken throwing technique she had learned from Chiba.

Magic tricks are just magic tricks, used to tease people.

The stone rod created by the [mysterious protrusion] would definitely hurt and be very embarrassing if it poked a butt, but it wouldn't be fatal even to an ordinary person. The duel barrier did not determine that Roloa had lost, so Valensa had to finish her off.

But Roloa is also a ruthless person, and she also has a never-give-up attitude.

With tears in her eyes, she stood up, one hand covering her buttocks, and used the dagger in her other hand to knock away all the feathers of the winged falcon that were shot at her.

At the same time, Loloa kicked Valencia from a distance, throwing a handful of specially made sand, still carrying the scent of her feet, hidden between her soles and sandals, towards Valencia's eyes.

Valencia, who was about to rush in and deliver a follow-up kick, could only slow down and turn her head to dodge the sand... Even in actual combat, she wouldn't dare to take a direct hit from such a sand attack aimed at the eyes.

While Valensa was dodging the sand, Loloa had already adjusted her posture, enduring the feeling of being poked by the stone stick, and launched a preemptive attack on Valensa.

But Valensa did not engage in combat. Instead, she chose to jump backward to create distance, glancing at Roloa as she did so.

The third trick is activated.

Updraft

A strange gust of wind suddenly blew upwards from under Loloa's skirt. It wasn't very strong, but it caused her nun's dress to scatter like an umbrella, affecting her balance and exposing her two fleshy legs and purple thong.

Although there was no one else around the training ground at the moment, it was no secret that Valensa was beautiful. The way she looked at the beautiful scenery made Loloa blush and subconsciously press her hand against her skirt.

This is a normal, subconscious action for girls when their skirts are exposed, but in a duel, it undoubtedly creates an opportunity for the opponent.

Valensa, of course, wouldn't let go of this opportunity she had carefully created. She quickly focused her mind, staring at Loloa's hot body, and activated the last trick she had learned, which was also the one she was most confident in.

[Dress ripped]

Chapter 15 Anyone with a sense of shame is afraid of this trick!

Stab it!

With the sound of tearing fabric, Loloya's nun's habit burst like a balloon, shattering into pieces in an instant, revealing her snow-white, fiery body hidden beneath the habit and a set of rather alluring and daring purple lingerie.

"You actually..."

Loloa was both shocked and annoyed, and lost all will to fight. She quickly covered her body with her hands to protect herself from Valensa's aggressive gaze, which was licking her lips.

But the duel barrier hasn't declared a winner yet, and the match isn't over.

Valensa seized the opportunity, rushing in front of Roloa in an instant, clenching her fist, and punching Roloa in the stomach amidst Roloa's horrified gaze.

*Plop*

"Ugh!"

Valensa didn't use much force in that punch, but it would still be fatal to an ordinary person. Even though Roloa's body, as a Lighthouse-level thief, was far stronger than that of an ordinary person, she still let out a mournful cry and collapsed weakly with saliva dripping from the corner of her mouth.

"Are you alright, dear Loloya?"

Valensa only helped the groaning Roloa to her feet after the duel barrier declared the winner, healing her with divine magic while seemingly offering a sincere apology.

"Oh dear, I'm so sorry... I just learned a few new moves these past two days, and I got carried away and didn't stop in time. I think I went too far with you. I'm really sorry."

Just like a few days ago when Roloa smugly trash-talked Valencia after repeatedly crushing her in several rounds, and then hurriedly apologized.

...I've sincerely apologized, you can't not forgive me, can you?

If you don't forgive me, then you're being petty, and you'll be the one in the wrong!

"Woo..."

Clearly understanding Valensa's meaning, Loloa's stomach pain intensified, but she could only grit her teeth and endure it, forcing a sweet smile:

"It's okay, it's nothing, we're all women after all... Valensa, if you need any more training later, you can come to me."

"Really? That's great!"