The story of the black silk female knight

"Can you teach me this magic trick? I can trade you an equally precious skill in return!"

"...Senior Gina, you want to learn this magic trick?"

Valensa was very surprised:

"Why? Although Sister Friggia is the originator of continental magic, many secret techniques are now far more powerful than the original spells she taught. Your family's Magic Eye technique is also clearly much more powerful than my trickery. Gina scholar, is it really necessary for you to learn this?"

"...Our family's [Demon Eye. Glacier] is indeed powerful, but I need to know how to use it properly."

Gina gave a wry smile upon hearing this, first pointing to Tia, then to her own eyes, which had changed from light blue to ice blue:

"To fully master a inherited secret technique, one generally needs to break through to the Radiant Rank... But in most cases, one can use some of the abilities of the inherited secret technique while at the Lighthouse. A very few exceptional geniuses can even use the inherited secret technique while at the Pearl Rank... Junior Sister Tia seems to be one of these geniuses, right?"

"Hmm... my Tia is still pretty amazing, hehe."

Valensa couldn't help but hug Tia and kiss her again, laughing.

"Yes, your Tia is very talented and genius, but I'm not."

Gina sighed softly, a hint of self-mockery in her icy blue eyes:

“I’ve been in the Lighthouse for almost two years now, and my Demon Eye has long since evolved. I should be able to use some of the family’s secret techniques by now, but the truth is that I haven’t even successfully activated the lowest power [Demon Eye: Glacier] once…”

Chapter 26 Exchange

He possesses a complete set of secret cultivation techniques passed down from his family and has already completed organ evolution, yet he is unable to successfully activate the inherited secret techniques.

After putting herself in Gina's shoes for a moment, Valensa roughly understood Gina's current awkward situation.

Simply put, it means having abundant theoretical knowledge and excellent physical attributes, yet always being unable to get into the zone during actual combat... This is indeed a very frustrating thing.

So what's the reason?

Is it because Gina is lazy, or is it because Gina lacks talent?

This kind of thing isn't actually that unusual... No matter how favorable the conditions for growing up are, people still need a certain amount of talent and enough effort to become outstanding.

Elserse, who is a royal princess but only knows how to eat, drink, and have fun, is a typical example.

Valenza in the past was actually... If her family circumstances hadn't changed drastically, she could very well have been raised to be a second Elsers, a dissolute and wasteful young lady who indulged in a life of extravagance and debauchery.

But Gina is clearly not like that.

According to Gina herself, she broke through to the Pearl level almost two years ago, and last year she was a third-year student at the War Academy... which means that Gina broke through to the Lighthouse level in her second year. This achievement is outstanding, whether it comes from talent or hard work.

Moreover, Valensa had seen Gina in action when they served together in Bizk Town... Although Gina's elemental magic was only ice-based, it was extremely powerful, and she didn't seem to have low magical talent at all.

This situation, where all the conditions are met but no results are achieved, is indeed frustrating... No wonder Gina couldn't wait to run over and interrupt Valensa and Tia with a look while they were playing the game of kissing each other and feeding each other juice.

Valensa roughly guessed Gina's thoughts:

"Senior Gina, are you trying to use this trick of mine to activate your Demon Eye?"

"Uh-huh."

Gina nodded repeatedly:

"I can tell that the way you activate this trick is very different from my family's secret technique, but the effect and core principle are the same! I should be able to use it too!"

I don't know why my painstakingly practiced family secret techniques haven't yielded results. Perhaps this method of casting isn't suitable for me? But my fully developed Demon Eye isn't fake... Perhaps I can succeed using your method."

"That's...ok."

Valensa hesitated for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

Since we'll be becoming long-term partners with Princess Elsers in the future, it wouldn't hurt to do Gina a favor in advance.

Anyway, Friggia has always been very generous in spreading knowledge. Back then, she used all sorts of serendipitous encounters to make magic originate on the continent of Frenoia. Now, she almost always answers Valensa, Tia, and Suzuran's various questions about knowledge.

At most, she would jokingly ask Valensa for some magic power, or have Tia and Lily of the Valley assist her in some research.

Valensa taught Gina the magic trick, and Friggia certainly didn't care.

But Gina was very concerned and refused to learn Valensa's magic tricks for nothing, insisting on offering knowledge of equal value in return.

"I really can't give you the cultivation method of the family's secret techniques, but this should be possible."

After frowning and thinking for a long time, Gina finally took out a notebook and handed it to Valensa:

"This is a guide to using [Magic Eye. Glacier] from an ancestor of my family, which I copied by hand."

Although these tips are of little use to people who don't know the Magic Eye technique... it's like someone who doesn't know the Fireball spell trying to learn how to use it.

But Valencia, you're a genius, and you've already mastered the same tricks, plus you have the help of the original witch... so perhaps you can use these insights.

I'm so sorry, I really don't have much of anything of equal value that I can give you.

"It's okay, this user experience is quite good."

Valensa smiled and accepted the notebook.

Valensa was originally planning to do Elserse a favor. Even if Gina didn't give her anything, she would still teach Gina magic tricks. It didn't really matter what Gina gave her.

However, after glancing through the user guide with a "let's give it a try" attitude, Valensa found that she actually gained something from it, and quite a lot at that.

It's unlikely that the trick "Slipping on the Feet" could be upgraded to the secret technique "Magic Eye: Glacier." This secret technique has been optimized and encrypted by the Gina family over many years, and it has become a secret technique that can absolutely not be used without the Magic Eye.

Even if Friggia were to come, she would first need to use the power of a witch to simulate a pair of demonic eyes before she could activate this secret technique.

What Valensa found most rewarding was the specific method of using this magic eye technique.

In martial arts novels, geniuses often improve their skills through calligraphy and painting, and Valensa's achievement this time is somewhat similar.

Her trick, "Slipping on Her Feet," didn't get upgraded, but the inspiration to use the power of the evil god through her eyes was suddenly sparked.

Evil gods are beings from outside the world, and their power is also very special.

After Valensa's mother and sister returned to their home in the Negative Space, no one in this world could guide Valensa in using the power of the evil god, not even Friedeja. Valensa had to figure it out on her own.

She had previously relied entirely on instinct and inspiration to figure out a trick to condense and store the power of the evil god in her left eye, but the technique was still too crude and could only store energy and produce BIU rays.

Valensa has greatly benefited from Gina's ancestor's experience in controlling the power and form of the Mystic Eye Technique, much like how a technological civilization controls the main cannon power of a warship. Valensa feels that she might be able to apply the same techniques to controlling the power of the evil god and develop eye techniques related to the power of the evil god.

So Valensa suddenly had something to do during the sea voyage.

While Tia, Elserse, Yashiro, and Lanzhi were playing cards and chatting together, Valensa and Gina would practice staring together and exchange tips.

Perhaps they had finally found the right method, because both of them made rapid progress.

In just three days, Gina's magic eye technique was successfully activated... Now she can not only use her glare to chill juice for everyone, but also use it to make smoothies.

Of course, it can also be used in actual combat... Gina has already tested it. When her magic eye is fully activated, she can lock onto the enemy with her gaze and instantly cast a lighthouse-level ice spell.

Valensa also gained a lot... She drew inspiration from her experience using the magic eye technique that freezes everything with her gaze, and incorporated her own evil god instincts into it to develop a new eye technique.

Now, Valensa picked up one of Yashilo's cats and looked into the cat's eyes with her left eye, which had turned dark blue.

"Meow!"

In an instant, the cat's fur stood on end, not out of anger but out of fear. The cat curled up into a ball and trembled in Valensa's hands, terrified.

Chapter 27 Evil Eye. Overwhelming Power

"Alright, I know you're tough, but stop bullying my cat!"

Yashilo finally couldn't bear to watch any longer. He reached out and snatched the poor kitten, which was convulsing with fright, from Valensa's arms. He held it in his own arms to comfort it, stroking its chin and feeding it dried fish.

However, when he met Valensa's dark blue left eye, which had lost its power, Yashiro couldn't help but shudder and straighten his legs, the humiliation from before involuntarily welling up in his heart.

Not only Yashiro's cat, but Yashiro herself was also bullied quite a bit before.

That happened half a day ago. Valensa, who had been practicing her staring technique for more than two days, suddenly told the other girls that she had almost mastered her new eye technique and wanted to find someone to spar with.

Princess Elseris, who only knows how to eat, drink, and have fun, and the auctioneer Lanzhi are both truly delicate and beautiful young women. It is impossible for them to spar with Valensa. The only people who can be Valensa's opponents are one of Tia, Yashiro, and Gina.

Tia and Gina were both quite interested in sparring, but Yashiro ultimately got the chance.

Yashiro was already a Lighthouse Peak Fighter who was very close to the Radiant Rank, and he had recently acquired a new product that was said to be very powerful, making him the most suitable sparring partner for Valensa.

When they first started sparring, Valensa didn't rush to use her new eye technique. Instead, she used her mental power to buff her attributes and then sparred with Yashiro using only fighting techniques.

She mostly used the close-quarters combat techniques she learned from the Moon-level master's painting to fight Tia's fairies at night, and rarely used them in serious combat. It's time for her to practice them.

Valensa's fighting style consists entirely of close-quarters grappling techniques, primarily involving grabbing, entanglement, and strangulation. Combined with Valensa's physical attributes, which have been comprehensively enhanced by mental power, it appears quite formidable.

Yashilo is indeed a professional fighter, but her forte is striking techniques, the kind of punches and kicks that involve laughing and shouting. She's not really good at close combat, especially since Valensa's all-around enhanced physical attributes can completely suppress her.

Fortunately, Yashilo also had a special skill... She applied a very special oil to the surface of her skin, which was covered by a thin-stringed swimsuit.

This oil is the tool that Yashiro wants to test in the sparring match. It's a new product from a research facility invested in by the Nora Chamber of Commerce, an oil that provides strong protection when applied to the body.

According to the project leader's report, this oil is far more effective than most high-quality enchanted armor, and it provides high resistance to both physical and magical attacks.

The only downside is that skin that has been coated with this oil is not suitable for wearing clothes; it works best when used with swimwear.

The raw materials for refining the oil come from a variety of naturally high magic resistance monsters. After applying this oil, users can also gain this high magic resistance, greatly reducing the magic damage they receive, and even ignoring magic attacks below the Lighthouse level.

In addition, this oil can make the skin very slippery... even a spear thrust into the skin from the front will likely slide off, let alone a sword or knife that strikes at an angle.

This slippery surface was equally effective against Valensa's various close-quarters grappling techniques... Valensa had caught Yashiro several times, but was slipped away again because of the oil, and then Yashiro seized the opportunity to counterattack and beat her up like a thug.

After being punched and kicked several times, Valensa finally used her new eye technique.

Before using her new eye technique, Valensa kindly gave a reminder:

"Be careful, this is the first time I've used this eye technique, so I'm not sure of its power... Although it's just a control skill similar to a fear spell, it might leave you with psychological trauma."

"Similar to a fear spell? What's there to worry about? Come on."

Yashiro was very confident after he had repeatedly defeated Valensa. He became even more confident after learning that Valensa's new eye technique was just a magic-like ability.

Compared to the physical resistance gained through sliding, the real effect of the protective oil on Yashiro's body is its high magic resistance... Previously, when Yashiro was conducting experiments at his own merchant guild's test site, he used this oil to withstand the dragon breath spell of a lighthouse-level dragon blood mage without taking any damage.

So Yashiro generously didn't even try to dodge, and just stood there indicating that Valensa didn't need to worry too much and could just use her new eye technique.

Valensa thought for a moment and decided to use her new eye technique since it didn't have any harmful effects.

His azure left eye darkened instantly under the influence of the evil god's power, and he glared at Yashiro.

【Evil Eye. Intimidation】

This is a control-type eye technique developed by Valensa based on the use of [Magic Eye. Glacier] to freeze enemies with her gaze, combined with her own evil god power and mental strength.

The principle is based on the dragon's might, which is often used by dragons to intimidate low- and mid-level monsters. However, while dragons use a roar to unleash their might, Valencia uses a glare.

She used this method to inflict the Abyss Evil God's insatiable appetite on her opponent, causing him to feel a sense of fear as if he were being targeted by a natural enemy on the food chain.

In theory, all beings on the evil god's menu will be affected by this move.

However, Valensa's understanding of her own evil god power was still not clear enough... She thought that her eye technique would be good enough to scare Yashiro for three to five seconds, but she did not expect the effect to be so ridiculous.

According to Yashilo's recollection afterward, she was so terrified that she was not only unable to move like a frog being stared at by a venomous snake, but it was as if her soul was frozen, and she completely lost her ability to think, her entire mind going blank.

Outwardly, Yashilo collapsed to the ground after being glared at by Valensa, his body convulsing uncontrollably, his face pale, his lips turning purple, and he even experienced some urinary incontinence.

The protective oil that was supposed to withstand lighthouse-level spells proved to be completely ineffective.

Valensa immediately realized she had gone a bit too far, and hurriedly apologized to Yashiro and used her divine healing magic. In the end, she was even tricked into signing three business contracts before the extremely embarrassed Yashiro finally smiled again.

However, this made Tia and Gina refuse to practice new moves with Valensa no matter what... They didn't want to be so scared by Valensa's glare that they would wet themselves.

Having no other choice, Valensa could only use the various small animals she could find on the ship as her test subjects, just like before.

However, after trying everything from live food in the kitchen to Yashiro's pet cat, Valensa was surprised to find that her [Evil Eye. Intimidation] was far less effective on small animals than it was on Yashiro.

Like the cat from before, although it was quite frightened, it did not lose consciousness and its physical condition was much better than Yashiro's.

This new eye technique seems to be one that works exceptionally well only on humans?

Chapter 28 Want to go fishing?

While Valensa can now control the power of the evil god within her bloodline to a certain extent, much like a warlock uses spell-like abilities, there are still many unknowns.

The same applies to the [Evil Eye. Intimidation], which was developed based on the power of the evil god. Valensa still needs to explore the specific effects of this eye technique herself.

Even Friggia couldn't help her in this regard... Evil gods come from outside the universe, and even though Friggia once achieved pseudo-omniscience within the current universe, knowledge about evil gods is still a blind spot.

So after Yashilo snatched the cat back from her arms, Valensa stood up again and scanned the entire ship from the top deck of Seravina, also looking at other nearby ships, intending to find an animal that had not yet experienced the intimidation of her gaze to continue the experiment.

Upon closer inspection, Valensa discovered that just as she was glaring at the cat, the entire fleet had changed course and was now moving away from the coast.

Previously, the entire fleet had been sailing 300 to 500 meters from the coast. When passing through some Fran ports along the way, local nobles and officials would board the ship to visit Elsers using flight spells or flying devices.