The story of the black silk female knight

"Xiao Ke is a very special false god... Well, how should I put it? This sentence may sound a bit contradictory and strange, but it is the truth... Xiao Ke was born from the faith of the unbelievers."

"...Huh?" xN

As expected, everyone became even more curious. Except for Leflet, who was training her Word of Power and managed to keep quiet, everyone else couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

"Pfft."

This scene immediately amused Friggia, bringing her back to her senses. The sadness in her expression faded considerably, and she transformed back into the languid and alluring great witch she once was.

"I've probably told you this many times before, right? Although the Ancient Eve civilization was a super civilization that developed along both lines of technology and mystery, it started with technology and only later devoted a lot of energy to exploring and researching the mystical."

However, whether it was when the occult was first discovered by the ancient Eve people, or during the peak of the ancient Eve civilization when the occult had developed rapidly, there were always some people who insisted on denying the existence of the occult. They only believed in science, and it could even be said that they had a faith in and superstition about science... That kind of faith was quite fanatical, and as a result, it gave birth to the false god, Xiao Ke, who claimed to be 'absolute science'.

Chapter 29 The Plan to Open Up Trade Routes

"A false god whose concept is 'absolute science'..."

Everyone pondered these words, their expressions thoughtful.

After a moment, Tia's eyes lit up first, and she asked in return:

"Since this false god's concept is 'absolute science,' her powers must also conform to this concept. So, when we were in the dungeon, we were actually influenced by her powers?"

"Yes, it is like that."

Friggia chuckled and nodded, agreeing with Tia's guess:

"In fact, the existence of believers in false gods is often similar to that of politicians... They cannot have too many personal ideas. Whether it is the concept of existence or power, it must meet the expectations of believers, just like politicians must represent the interests of the group behind them, regardless of what the politicians themselves think."

Xiao Ke is such a special existence. He is clearly a false god of the mystical world, but he was born from the faith of a group of people who deny the mystical world... So Xiao Ke's so-called 'absolute science' is actually not scientific at all, but a strong denial of mystical power.

The sticker you encountered in the dungeon was likely a relic possessing Xiao Ke's powers, or even part of her corpse. That's why your magic, ki, ninjutsu, and other bio-energies were so tightly sealed and unusable, because these bio-energies are products of the mystical realm, and are ineffective within the scope of Xiao Ke's powers that strongly deny the mystical.

However, Xiao Ke was ultimately only a false god; her power was merely law, not truth. Any being possessing divine blood could resist her laws to some extent… Therefore, Valensa's evil god power would still be somewhat usable in that situation.

"So that's it..."

Tia looked enlightened; the biggest question in the dungeon walkthrough had finally been answered.

Valensa seemed to have thought of something more; she hesitated for a moment before asking:

"My domain was basically formed by absorbing that relic, but it doesn't have similar properties to the relic's powers. Why is that? Is it possible for me to reproduce the relic's powers?"

"Well..."

Friggia frowned and thought for a long time before answering:

"Let me answer your first question first... The reason you can't use the power of that relic is because you don't have a correct understanding of its power... To be more precise, having grown up in this environment, you simply don't have the idea of ​​denying the existence of the mysterious, so naturally you can't use that power, and you can't even feel its existence."

"Because we can't perceive things correctly, we can't even feel them...?"

Valensa nodded thoughtfully, then asked expectantly:

"Now that I know the truth about this power, if I try my best, is it possible to reproduce the effect of that power within the domain? Even if I can't completely reproduce it, it's fine, because this power is just too useful."

"Well... I can't be sure either."

After a moment of contemplation, Friggia gave a rather conservative answer:

“Theoretically speaking, since I can still smell Xiao Ke’s scent on you, Valensa, it means that her seed of power is still there… If you can truly accept and deny the concept of mystery from the bottom of your heart, perhaps it is possible… But I do not recommend that you do so, because that concept is equivalent to denying all your current achievements… You already have a very broad future ahead of you, doing this would be too much of a loss.”

"That's for sure... It would be too foolish to completely deny the idea of ​​mystery. I could never agree with that idea. I'm just a little tempted by the effects of that power."

Valensa first stated her thoughts, then reached out and hugged Frieda's arm, pressing her tightly against her body, and rubbing against her in a very soft and seductive voice:

"But Sister Friedia, you've achieved pseudo-omniscience and pseudo-authority! There must be other ways for me to use this power, right?"

"...I just can't do anything with you."

Friggia smiled at Valensa's overly obvious coquettishness, ruffled her long brown hair with her other hand, and then pondered:

“I do have another idea, but I can’t guarantee it will work… If you don’t want to agree with the idea of ​​denying mystery, then you can only use this power as a simple tool.”

Its remaining power should have been digested and absorbed by you, turning into nutrients for the development of your own domain... but it should not have completely disappeared; a seed is still dormant within you.

If you can find a way to recharge it with the power of faith, it might be able to revive again... or at least be used as a tool indiscriminately, like the sticker you ate.

"...Using the power of faith to charge it? Let's forget about that."

Valensa completely deflated upon hearing this:

"Isn't this pure cult behavior? As an inner paladin who is dedicated to fighting cults, I'm actually involved in one myself... This is a double offense of law enforcement breaking the law! My butt will be beaten black and blue by Her Majesty the Goddess."

Valenka also gave Valencia a knowing look.

"I didn't say you were going to collect faith power here... Besides, even if you're not afraid of getting beaten up by your Sun Goddess, you probably won't collect much faith power anyway, since this is a civilization that's mainly based on mysticism now."

Friggia chuckled again, seemingly unfazed, and said with narrowed eyes:

"But other worlds might not be like that, right? Since you were able to get so many game consoles, it means you must have a stable connection with some otherworldly technological civilization, right? Then you could try replenishing Xiao Ke's powers there."

There's no need to develop cults... because in many technological civilizations, there are already many people who firmly deny the mystical. You just need to find a way to absorb these beliefs.

I can't guarantee this method will succeed, but there's no harm in trying, is there?

Yes!

Friggia's words enlightened Valensa.

The Sun Goddess is indeed supreme and inviolable in this universe, but if she goes to another universe to do some bad things, it should be fine, right?

Perhaps we won't even have to do anything bad... Isn't there a war going on in Wei's world recently? Then when we go to help Wei's world, we can test it out on Wei's enemies first.

After all, denying the power of mystery is incredibly useful. Even if it can only be partially reproduced, it can be used as a trump card to turn the tide of battle, so it is absolutely necessary to try to win it over.

However, absorbing faith power, even if it's just in another world, is a very bad thing for a priest... It's like working for a boss while secretly starting your own business.

Therefore, Valensa didn't dare to answer Friedia's suggestion directly, but instead secretly glanced at Velenkasa again.

Valenkasha, however, acted as if she hadn't heard at all, and continued slurping down the yogurt she had placed on her chest, completely ignoring Valenkasha's furtive glances.

Is this... turning a blind eye?

Valensa understood, but didn't dare to be too smug. She simply nodded slightly to Frieda to indicate that she knew.

That concludes the discussion about the mysterious sticker. Valensa chatted with everyone for a few minutes, and naturally steered the conversation back to the research findings on lily of the valley.

Upon hearing this, Lily of the Valley immediately perked up.

Based on the principle that seeing is believing, Linglan didn't explain too much and said she would take Valensa to see the finished product directly.

Valensa certainly wouldn't refuse, and although the others had already seen it with their own eyes, they still planned to accompany Valensa to see it again.

The group quickly left the research lab and walked down the corridor for about ten minutes before stopping in front of a large door that was about 20 meters high.

"This place was originally a warehouse for storing radioactive materials in the underground fortress of a previous civilization. The entire structure is made of radiation-proof materials, mainly lead."

Friggia first gave Valensa a brief introduction to the warehouse, then smiled and said:

"If you don't want to suffer from skin ulcers, hair loss, and nail loss after going in, it's best to protect your entire body with bio-energy now... Little Sister Lily of the Valley's research results are quite impressive; the nuclear radiation enhanced by black magic is extremely lethal."

"Hmm, of course~~"

Upon hearing this, Linglan immediately puffed out her chest proudly, but all that could be seen was the gesture; her chest was nowhere to be seen.

It wasn't because Linglan's breasts were small... As a well-proportioned fairy, Linglan is actually a B-cup. The reason Valensa didn't see her even when she puffed out her chest is because she had already changed into a very thick protective suit, and then activated two more layers of magical shields over it.

Looking at the others, Tia and Lefred were dressed similarly, both wearing thick protective suits and having activated magical shields.

Even the saintess Velenkasa carefully wrapped herself in a layer of holy light, while only Friedia was still wearing a high-slit halter dress that revealed a lot of skin.

"Sister Friedeja, aren't you afraid of nuclear radiation at all?"

Valensa asked curiously, but she didn't dare to be presumptuous and followed Velenkasa's example by protecting herself with a layer of holy light.

"I survived a catastrophe that nearly reset all civilizations in the universe, so what is a little nuclear radiation?"

Despite having little magical power within her, Friggia chuckled arrogantly and nonchalantly pressed her hand against the warehouse door, opening it.

The warehouse behind the door is quite large, about 30 meters between the floor and the ceiling, and it is long and narrow, roughly 300 x 20 meters.

There were quite a few large, round-headed cylinders piled up in this warehouse. These were Valensa's spoils from her last trip to the Asakura Mai World, nuclear warheads she had stolen from a US naval base.

Besides the nuclear warheads, there was another very conspicuous presence in the warehouse: six large, fat men, each about 15 meters tall.

Overall, the design still resembles Savart Langdon's stitched-together monsters, except that Savart Langdon's stitched-together monsters are almost entirely made from human corpses, so they are mostly flesh-colored.

However, Lily of the Valley dared not use human corpses for necromancy and black magic research. She used only the corpses of monsters and wild beasts, so the flesh-and-blood stitched monsters she created were mainly gray-green in color.

These flesh-stitched monsters still resemble large, fat humanoid creatures, but their bellies are rounder and larger, and evenly distributed with many round holes, each large enough to fit three fingers. Inside each hole, a green glow shines, which is the radiation power enhanced by dark magic.

In addition, none of these six fat men had hands; their arms consisted only of flesh and blood in the upper arms, while their entire lower arms were made into bone spherical maces, each about 1.5 meters in diameter.

The bones used to make this spiked club are clearly not ordinary bones, but rather bones that have been enhanced by necromancy and dark magic, resulting in high density and hardness.

Valensa lifted the spiked club with one hand and roughly estimated that it weighed about 2 tons.

If the fat man is strong enough, one blow from his spiked club would at least severely injure even an armored Lighthouse-level warrior, and there's a good chance he'd be killed on the spot.

However, the premise is that it can hit... Judging from his size and weight, this fat man is not very agile, and the hit rate of the spiked club is probably not high.

However, the spiked club is only a means of close-range self-defense. The real source of damage for this fat man is the continuous area damage from nuclear radiation. It is enough for the spiked club to force back the Lighthouse-level warriors from rushing in.

"Not bad……"

Valensa circled the 15-meter-tall, fat man twice, quite satisfied, and then asked Lily of the Valley:

"Has its resistance to impact and radiation intensity been tested? What is its current production volume?"

"The ability to withstand impact has certainly been tested and improved."

Lily of the Valley replied:

"Considering that most spellcasters of wild beasts are proficient in earth, fire, and wind magic, I mainly strengthened its resistance to these three types of magic when I improved it. The current data shows that it can effectively resist attacks of lighthouse-level strength from these three types of magic. Although it will still suffer some damage, it is not a big problem as long as it is not damaged repeatedly. It also has the self-repair characteristics of the undead."

Its resistance to physical attacks isn't very high. Theoretically, a Lighthouse-level warrior could inflict fatal damage on it with a large axe or a heavy blunt weapon. That's why I added these spiked clubs to it later on, giving it some melee intimidation.

In addition, like other undead creatures, it is quite afraid of holy light-type divine spells... I asked Her Highness the Holy Maiden to help me test it a few times. According to Her Highness the Holy Maiden, it would take it down in one round of bombardment if 10 Pearl-level priests fired holy light bullets at once.

However, there are no priests among the wild beasts, so there's no need to worry about that.

"Hmm... This level of resilience should be sufficient for now. After all, we won't let it fight the wild beasts alone, but rather in coordination with Princess's undead army. In that environment, there shouldn't be many lighthouse-level wild beast warriors who can get close to it, so its resistance to ranged magic attacks just needs to be adequate."

Valensa first commented on the resistance of the large man, then asked:

"What about its production capacity? I heard from Tia that you should have successfully developed it last month, right? It takes a month to produce six?"

"Currently, it's like this... This thing is a product of necromancy and black magic. Each one requires a lot of corpses to make, and we don't have that many materials."

Lily of the Valley shrugs:

"Unless we officially go to war with the wild beasts and use their corpses to make them... If I have enough materials, I can make one myself in about two days. I need to rest for a day after making two. If Sister Friedia is willing to help me, we can make one in less than half a day, but you have to replenish her mana first."

"Hmm... this production speed is fine. Lily, you don't need to overwork yourself. You can rest for a day after each one you make before continuing."

Valensa touched Lily of the Valley's head through her protective suit and continued to ask:

"What about its radiation intensity? Has it been tested?"

"It was tested, but not much...you could say it wasn't tested at all."

This question elicited a wry smile from Linglan:

"After all, we're not lunatics like Savat Langdon who would attack ordinary people just to test weapon performance. We don't intend to disturb the wild beasts before you return, and there aren't any decent monsters in this desolate land... Even if I wanted to test it, I don't have a suitable target, do I? I can't just let my own people stand in the radiation to feel the damage, can I? That would look too painful."

So we only did some simple tests with some stored food... those live chickens, ducks, and fish from the kitchen warehouse; they would generally die within minutes of being exposed to radiation.

"It can kill ordinary living creatures in a few minutes... Hmm, that should be enough."

Valensa twirled a lock of her long brown hair in her hand and pondered for a moment:

"Anyway, the original purpose of this weapon was to target the large number of ordinary cannon fodder warriors of the wild beasts... These ordinary wild beast warriors are not necessarily much more resistant to nuclear radiation than chickens, ducks and fish. The radiation intensity that can kill them in a few minutes is enough."

Snapped!

Valensa then snapped her fingers again:

"Alright, that's about it... Get ready, and once Princess Elsers wakes up tomorrow morning, we'll discuss the specific execution plan before we take action against the wild beasts!"

. . . . .

"So, what exactly is this so-called money-making plan of yours all along?"