The story of the black silk female knight

"Is such that."

Valensa also sighed with a wry smile:

"Therefore, the only hope is to break this strange energy shackle and restore the strength of everyone in the dungeon."

"Huang Jinqing must know this too, so he will definitely lead the monsters to keep the main force of the assault team pinned down, not giving them a chance to investigate carefully, and just fighting to exhaust their strength."

Tia bit her lip:

"In that case, we can't rely too much on the strong members of the assault team to break this strange energy confinement... We may need to come up with a solution and take some risks."

"...I'll go to the inner city and try my luck."

Valensa hesitated for a moment, then made her decision:

"No matter what methods Huang Jinqing used, it was definitely used within the range of Chairman Vito's previous aura shield... most likely in his residence or treasury."

"Makes sense."

Tia agreed, but then grabbed Valensa's hand:

“But there are definitely many monsters guarding that place now. I know you're very powerful, but…”

"Don't worry, darling."

Before Tia could finish speaking, Valensa hugged Tia and kissed her, then said:

"I'm a very timid and cowardly female knight. Since I dare to take the risk, I must be confident."

"...What level of confidence do you have?"

Tia blushed a little from the kiss. She looked around nervously, and seeing that the adventurers around her were all very considerate and didn't look in her direction, she asked coquettishly.

"This...this is a gift that Wei gave me during one of my transactions. I used it before, darling, you should still remember it, right?"

As Valensa spoke, she took out a small suitcase from her storage space, opened it, and revealed a neatly folded, futuristic-style bodysuit.

"This is……?"

Tia stared at the bodysuit for a few seconds, then it dawned on her:

"I remember now, this looks like some kind of optical camouflage combat suit? You wore this once to ambush me in my bathroom, but my magical senses detected you immediately..."

"After that, you tied me up with a rope and gave me a good scolding. You even said that the quality of this dress was great and that it felt good to bully me."

Valensa chuckled.

"This kind of invisibility cloak, which can only deceive basic vision, can indeed only serve as an entertainment outfit for the two of us at night under normal circumstances... But now no one in the dungeon can use magic perception, and the invisibility effect of this cloak does not require magic."

"I see... Just like those guns you collected as toys played a significant role in the previous battle, this invisibility cloak, which should have been completely invisible to magical perception, now truly has the effect of an invisibility cloak!"

Tia's eyes lit up too:

"It's definitely not comparable to Cao Cao's Leaf Concealment Technique, but as long as I'm careful, I should still be able to successfully infiltrate!"

"Well, so I'll leave this to you, Tia, to take charge. I'll have Fran help you."

Valensa smiled and gave Tia a gentle hug before quickly taking off her school uniform, leaving only her black stockings, and then putting on the sci-fi style optical camouflage combat suit.

You must be careful!

Tia didn't stop her, but instead took Valensa's hand again and earnestly gave her some advice:

“If all else fails, run back… I’d rather you be a coward condemned by everyone and secretly kept in the basement by me than a sacrificed hero crying at your grave.”

"Don't worry, darling, I'm an evil god after all, I won't die so easily."

Valensa smiled casually and kissed Tia on the cheek again:

"Well... I'll be right back."

. . . . .

Although the optical camouflage on the combat suit can only fool the naked eye and low-end cameras, it is particularly useful in the current dungeon.

On her way to the inner city, Valencia walked past at least hundreds of monsters, none of whom reacted at all.

However, this optical camouflage was not without its flaws. Several canine monsters seemed to have caught a whiff of Valensa's scent and barked wildly at her location.

Fortunately, Valencia reacted quickly and moved away in time, thus avoiding a fierce battle.

After that, Valensa learned her lesson and became much more cautious, avoiding monsters that seemed to have a keen sense of smell.

The distance from the main gate of the underground city to the inner city is only a few hundred meters, but it took Valensa almost half an hour to successfully cross it.

Chapter 22 Even foodies get indigestion

The fighting situation in the inner city is currently more dire than imagined.

Not knowing where the Golden Lord's trump card for turning the tide of battle was hidden, Valensa did not make any rash moves after arriving near the battlefield, and chose to hide and observe.

The last time she used her enhanced vision to observe from a distance, the main force of the assault team held a significant advantage. Huang Jinqing's personal guard was almost entirely wiped out, while the main assault team's casualties were less than five percent.

Now, Huang Jinqing's personal guard should have been completely wiped out, but without the barrier of the Nen shield, a large number of monsters in the inner city have completely surrounded the main force of the assault team and launched a war of attrition.

These monsters were very intelligent... or rather, the Golden Lord was very good at commanding. The monsters surrounding the main force of the assault team did not engage in a direct confrontation with the adventurers who were fighting like cornered beasts.

They also used a clever formation to surround the main force of the assault team. Each monster and adventurer would fight for a maximum of 20 seconds before being replaced by a new monster, while the original monster rested.

After all the monsters have taken their turn, the original monster has long since recovered its strength and continues to attack the adventurers, and then the cycle repeats.

The monsters can take turns fighting and resting, but the adventurers cannot. They have been fighting at high intensity with their energy suppressed, resulting in heavy casualties.

Less than half of the main force of the assault team still has combat capability. Many adventurers are lying on the ground covered in blood, and even those who are still breathing are extremely weak and are likely to be in grave danger.

Even Morton Vitor, the guild master of the Adventurers' Guild, had lost consciousness. He was wrapped in a cloth and carried on someone's back, covered in blood, and one of his arms was missing from his shoulder, seemingly bitten off by some kind of monster.

The hunters from the Gourmet Association remained valiant; their long-handled weapon, which resembled a halberd, could take the lives of two or three monsters with each strike, and ordinary monsters simply couldn't withstand it.

However, the hunter did not choose to lead the main force of the assault team to break out of the encirclement, but instead kept his eyes on Golden Lord and kept chasing and attacking it.

This assessment isn't entirely wrong... The hunters should also be well aware that the key to resolving the current crisis is to restore the dungeon to its original state. Otherwise, even if they can lead the main force of the raid team to break through, more than half of the adventurers who participated in this dungeon raid will be left here forever.

Huang Jinqing, on the other hand, looked even weaker. His golden skull would crack every time it was hit by a hunter's polearm, and it wouldn't be surprising if his entire body shattered completely at any time.

But this is, after all, the territory of the Golden Lord. It is familiar with the terrain and has a large number of monsters for cover. Even if the hunters do their best to chase it, they can't do anything about it for the time being.

Valensa observed and pondered for a moment, but still stuck to her original judgment.

She felt that Huang Jinqing probably didn't have that trump card with him, and even if she killed Huang Jinqing, she wouldn't be able to immediately change the status quo of the underground city.

We should first go to the location of the initial fierce battle in the inner city.

Fortunately, because Huang Jinqing had been evading the hunters' pursuit and the main force of the assault team had been trying to break through, the main battlefield here was already some distance away from the initial battleground.

Valensa quickly located the spot where the Nen shield had appeared, based on her memory of its location. The main force of the assault team had parachuted in and brutally attacked the Royal Guard.

This place is actually quite eye-catching; you can clearly see that it once had very luxurious buildings, comparable to the Royal Palace of France.

Unfortunately, the aftershocks of the battle between the Radiant Ranks, during which the main force of the assault team brutally defeated the Undead Royal Guard, have turned this place into ruins.

Carefully avoiding the monsters roaming among the ruins, Valensa meticulously searched for any possible Golden Treasury.

She felt that Huang Jinqing's trump card, which he used to turn the tide of the battle, should be in the treasure vault.

But places like treasure vaults are usually very well hidden, and Valensa doesn't dare to make too much noise to be discovered, so the search is naturally inefficient.

Almost an hour later, Valensa finally found a hidden tunnel amidst the ruins, from which the faint scent of precious metals and jewels wafted.

This should be it.

Valensa did not go in immediately. Instead, she first surveyed the surroundings and confirmed that the tunnel was located not far from the residence of the Golden Minister and was likely the treasure vault before she went inside.

The tunnel had many turns, but it wasn't very long. It took Valensa less than 30 seconds to pass through the entire tunnel and enter the treasure vault.

The treasure vault was huge, at least four or five hundred square meters, and filled with all sorts of treasures.

Various tableware and decorations made of gold and inlaid with gemstones; various sculptures and paintings that look impressive but are incomprehensible to the average person; materials from various high-level monsters; and piles of gold coins and jewelry.

The items are all valuable, but they are almost all collectibles; truly practical high-level enchanted equipment and magical items are rarely seen.

This is normal, after all, there are space storage items in this world. The really good things are usually kept in space storage items and carried with you. The things in this underground treasure vault are basically collections and toys that are more in line with the owner's interests.

For example, it's not hard to tell from this treasure trove that Huang Jinqing is most likely an art enthusiast.

But this stumped Valencia... How could she find something among a collection of art that could regionally alter the laws of nature?

Adhering to the principle of "better to be wrong than to miss an opportunity," Valensa began to eat voraciously.

She stuffed every piece of art in the entire vault that looked like a top-tier treasure into her mouth like cookies, crunching them one after another. Many exquisite works of art that would drive collectors and artists crazy were destroyed by Valensa in this way.

However, under the influence of that power that could alter the laws of nature, even the bloodline of the evil god was greatly suppressed. Valensa felt full after eating for only a short while... This was the first time since her bloodline of the evil god had fully awakened.

This can't go on like this!

Valensa quickly realized this.

With such a vast treasure trove and so many collectibles and works of art, even if she stuffed herself to death, she might not be able to consume everything that had altered the laws of the dungeon.

Moreover, the idea that the item was hidden in the treasure vault is just speculation; we must think of other ways.

After walking back and forth on the red carpet of the treasure vault several times, Valensa showed a pained expression, but she made her decision.

She rummaged through the storage space of her magical cloak and quickly took out several items she needed.

There are real white phosphorus incendiary bombs, napalm bombs, and even accelerants used in aerospace.

These were all bought by Valensa on the black market with Vie's money when she went shopping with Vie... Just like the artworks collected by the Golden Lord, these were also toys collected by Valensa.

Valensa planned to burn the treasure trove down.

Although artworks are highly valuable, they are no different from rotten wood and waste paper in a fire. Those that can remain intact in flames are at least high-level magical artifacts.

The entity that Huang Jinqing used to rewrite the laws of this area of ​​the underground city is very likely hidden within it.

Even if it's not there, it's okay. At least we know the target isn't in the treasure vault, which saves a lot of search time.

Although it was a great pity that various artworks, which could be worth millions of gold coins, were to be burned, Valensa couldn't care less about that now that saving lives was the priority.

Anyway, Valencia has never been someone who likes or pursues art. This act of burning a large number of precious artworks even gave her a faint sense of excitement, and she even squeezed her legs together while doing so.

After setting the white phosphorus incendiary bombs and napalm bombs to timed detonations and evenly scattering aerospace-grade accelerants into the vault, Valensa crawled out of the vault along the same tunnel route and hid a short distance away.

Three minutes later, with a deafening roar, the ground and ruins directly above the treasure vault were blasted away by a massive fireball, sending flames soaring into the sky. In this underground city where everyone's energy was currently suppressed, it was particularly eye-catching.

While hiding, Valensa kept a close eye on Huang Jinqing's movements.

As expected, when he discovered that his treasure vault had exploded and caught fire, Huang Jinqing clearly showed a hint of panic. His movements became stiff and slow for a moment, and the hunter seized the opportunity to hit him hard with a long-handled weapon. One of his arms was broken and many of his ribs were shattered.

"over there?"

As one of the three giants of the Gourmet Association, the hunter was also very clever and immediately guessed what was going on from Golden Lord's performance.

So he stopped attacking Huang Jinqing relentlessly, kicked the golden skeleton aside, and charged into the sea of ​​fire with his long-handled weapon.

But now Huang Jinqing doesn't want him to leave.

Although it was much weaker than in its prime, Golden Lord was still a Moonlit expert. With Golden Lord's desperate resistance, the hunter was unable to break free for a while and could only continue fighting Golden Lord with a weapon that resembled a halberd.

Meanwhile, the other monsters, who were originally forming a battle formation and slowly wearing down the adventurers' stamina through a series of attacks, seemed to have received orders from the Golden Lord and went berserk, swarming forward and making the already collapsing defensive line of the assault team even more precarious.

The adventurer who was carrying the Adventurers' Guild Master received special attention... although he was quite strong, at least a Star-level player, and probably a confidant of the Adventurers' Guild Master.

However, with their biological energy restricted, and facing a relentless and frenzied attack from numerous demons, even a Star-level expert could only manage so much.

He managed to barely protect himself by wielding his longsword and fighting desperately, but the adventurer's guild leader, whom he wrapped in cloth and carried on his back, was not so lucky.

Morton Vitor, a Moonlit Warrior from the same era as the bald man, suddenly met his end—he was knocked to the ground while unconscious, and amidst the cries of a group of adventurers, he was torn into pieces by several monsters.

This scene further demoralized the adventurers, and several more died in the blink of an eye. The already precarious defensive line became even more fragile, and it wouldn't be surprising if it were completely broken up and annihilated at any time.

Can't wait any longer!

Valensa made a decision immediately.

This was not only to save the remaining adventurers, but also to save herself... If the problem couldn't be solved before the main force of the assault team was wiped out, it would be difficult for her to escape.

Fortunately, although the bio-energy of the entire dungeon is currently completely sealed and most of the activation-type magic items are unusable, the effects of some items with continuous effects are still present.

For example, the law-level fire damage immunity from the artifact cloak behind Valensa is still effective.

So even though the Golden Lord's treasury was still burning, Valensa jumped right in and covered her body as much as possible with her artifact cloak.

The areas that weren't covered were still burning and painful. The flames burned through the armor and the black silk, even scorching her snow-white skin until it was half-cooked. Valensa felt like crying from the pain.