The story of the black silk female knight

At the same time, black smoke suddenly rose from a patch of ground further away from the camp. Instead of dissipating, the smoke drifted rapidly toward the beast camp like waves.

If you look closely, you'll find that this black smoke is not ordinary black smoke... There are countless faces of wild beasts with expressions of pain and fear in the smoke, as if they died a terrible death and encountered something horrible before they died.

These are all wild beast vengeful spirits revived and controlled by Frostmourne. In their previous lives, they were wild beast soldiers who planned to plunder humans in the south, but were all wiped out by Valensa's nuclear bomb at the end of last autumn. Now they have once again become weapons in Valensa's plan and are about to begin a new killing spree.

As soon as the two 15-meter-tall, gray-green behemoths landed, they crushed dozens of wild beasts to death. Then, they simultaneously swung their bone spiked clubs, unleashing another wave of carnage, almost instantly tearing hundreds of wild beasts to pieces.

The beast soldiers, who had just been enjoying their meal, finally realized what was happening.

It must be said that there are advantages to being stupid. Faced with such a ferocious undead monster as the fat man, those ordinary wild beast soldiers, whose strength was not even at the Firefly level, were not afraid at all. They dared to attack with their inferior weapons that they could not even penetrate.

They had only charged halfway when the beasts suddenly found themselves feeling dizzy, seeing double images, and their skin was unbearably itchy; even the slightest scratch would cause large chunks of flesh to fall off.

The nuclear radiation has begun to take effect.

Under the influence of this 'powerful curse' that the wild beasts could not comprehend at all, the army of more than 20,000 wild beasts quickly collapsed.

Those elite beasts at the Lighthouse level, who in theory should have posed a significant threat to the fat man, had their heads smashed by bone spiked clubs before they could even unleash 30% of their full potential.

The spellcasters among the wild beasts hardly used spells to attack the fat man... Their first reaction after being damaged by radiation was to use various methods to expel the curse from themselves.

However, although the fat man's nuclear radiation was amplified by dark magic, it was still completely different from a traditional curse, and spells to expel the curse were useless.

All the wild beasts that could harm the fat man died before they could even exert their full power, leaving the remaining wild beasts to be slaughtered in a one-sided manner.

As the vengeful spirits joined the battlefield, the efficiency of the slaughter increased dramatically... More than 2 wild beast soldiers were rendered mostly immobile in less than two minutes.

Apart from using the two golden cards to teleport the fat man at the beginning, Valensa did not personally participate in the battle at all... After all, this was the first battle, and it was more important to test the fat man's combat strength.

Of course, Valensa wasn't just watching the fat man carry out the slaughter... She maintained her mental powers to enhance her vision, allowing her to accurately perceive everything within the camp.

Those beast casters who could have used magic to notify other beasts prioritized expelling curses or retaliating after being damaged by nuclear radiation, and none of them chose to ask for help or send a message... By the time they realized they should ask for help, it was too late, and the vengeful spirits tore them apart.

However, a few of the ordinary wild beast soldiers were quite clever. At the very beginning of the battle, they released a kind of magical bird, intending to pass on the information.

Unfortunately, these monster birds are not very resistant to nuclear radiation either. Most of them crashed before they could fly out of the radiation zone, and only two of the stronger monster birds managed to fly out.

Of course, Valensa wouldn't let the wild beasts actually send out the information; she personally shot down both of the monster birds with her Six Flower Floating Cannons.

Overall, this battle was a great success, and all the test objectives were achieved, with many data points exceeding expectations.

With the experience gained from the first battle, the next two battles went quite smoothly, and the three camps that the wild beasts used to monitor the underground ruins were completely wiped out.

Before the other wild beasts could receive intelligence of the attack, Valensa and her undead army launched a night attack on the nearest wild beast tribe. This was likely their last chance to launch a sneak attack.

Meanwhile, Lily, who also knew some necromancy, controlled her undead to clean up the battlefield, collecting the corpses of wild beasts and large chunks of flesh from the three camps and transporting them back to the underground ruins as materials for necromancy and dark magic to create more fat men.

As a mass-producible combat weapon, the giant fat man is currently powerful enough, but its mobility, which is slower than that of a skeleton soldier, is a major problem. For now, it can only be transported by Tia's spatial linking spell, which is similar to the Flying Thunder God technique.

This is why Valensa had to personally join the undead army... because only she, who was linked to Tia by a secret technique, could activate the spatial coordinates on Tia's golden card, allowing Tia to teleport the fat man to the right place at the right time.

After a forced march in the dead of night, the undead legion arrived at the beast tribe closest to the underground ruins.

Although the undead were already being very careful under Princess Yu's remote control, there were still some excellent scouts in a tribe of more than 20 wild beasts.

The undead army was discovered when it was about 2 kilometers away from the beast tribe.

However, by this time, even if the beast tribe discovered it, it was too late. Many beast soldiers who were still asleep were not prepared for battle, and the beast civilians had no time to escape.

If a human city were to be attacked in this way, various powerful and elite forces would immediately step forward to meet the enemy, buying time for the city's soldiers to prepare and for the civilians to evacuate.

The powerful beast warriors, however, completely lacked this spirit. Valensa was clearly prepared to fight a fierce battle with the Radiant Beast Warriors at any moment, but the formidable enemy she had anticipated did not appear until the undead legion reached the earthen walls surrounding the tribe.

Chapter 31 Catch them all in one fell swoop

Confused, bewildered, and at a loss.

Faced with the sudden attack of the undead army, most of the wild beasts in the tribe reacted in this way.

They neither fled nor resisted, but just stood there dumbfounded, watching the undead rush towards them. Only when they were about to die did they show some fear, let out a miserable howl, and try to struggle, but to no avail.

These wild beasts are not wild beast soldiers, but wild beast civilians... and humans have never launched an attack on the Wild Ridge for thousands of years, so most of the wild beast civilians are experiencing war for the first time.

Although the wild beasts have been stripped of their status as intelligent life forms for various reasons, the fear and bewilderment these wild beast civilians feel when facing war seem no different from that of ordinary humans.

For a fleeting moment, Valensa felt a pang of pity, wondering if her slaughter of wild beasts and civilians was going too far.

But she quickly dismissed those thoughts herself.

When those beast soldiers plundered villages and towns and stole food in the territory of Fran, they never showed any mercy to human civilians. No one survived wherever they went. Some tribes' beasts even liked to roast and eat human children.

Therefore, showing pity for wild beasts is cruelty to humans. This ignorant, foolish, barbaric, and highly prolific race should be completely eradicated.

Valensa subtly increased her speed, and in the darkness, she quickly left the undead army far behind, passing through the entire beast tribe and arriving at the other side of the tribe.

As expected, while most of the wild beast civilians were being slaughtered by the undead legion, a very small number of high-ranking wild beasts had no intention of resisting at all. They were carrying important supplies such as food and furs, as well as a small number of elite warriors from the tribe, and were preparing to flee the tribe.

However, the beast chieftain, a powerful beast of the Radiant Rank, was not among these beasts who were preparing to abandon their tribe and flee.

"...Tia really guessed everything correctly."

Valensa muttered something under her breath, but her actions didn't falter. She threw out two more golden magic cards made by Tia, causing two large fat men to appear out of thin air and slaughter the wild beasts that were trying to escape, leaving them screaming and bleeding like rivers of blood.

With their rear cut off and an undead army looming in front, the entire beast tribe was thrown into complete chaos.

The civilians of the wild beasts were still waiting for death in bewilderment and fear, but the wild beast soldiers began to pick up weapons and join the battle. Some of the brave wild beast soldiers even attacked the fat man, only to leave some bloodstains and bits of flesh on his bone mace.

The undead army was already larger than the tribe's beast soldiers, and they launched a surprise attack while the tribe was asleep in the dead of night. The beast soldiers simply couldn't withstand them.

Especially those four fat men, whose bone maces could kill multiple beast soldiers with each swing, and could even destroy the beast's buildings.

The most terrifying thing, of course, is the radiation power emanating from the fat man... Within a kilometer, wild beasts will rot and die within minutes, while wild beast soldiers within a kilometer or ten thousand meters will feel dizzy, weak, and constantly being harvested by the undead.

In less than 20 minutes, more than half of the wild beasts in this tribe had died, and the remaining beasts clearly could not hold out for long. If this continued, they would soon be wiped out.

Even at this moment, the powerful beast-wielding warrior who was supposed to protect the tribe remained completely silent, silently watching the fat man and the undead slaughter.

Following Tia's battle plan, Valensa also did not make much of a move.

Leading the undead army into battle, Valensa certainly wouldn't dress as a paladin... She transformed divine particles into a set of black armor and a black helmet to cover her face, completely dressing herself up as a high-ranking undead black knight.

She certainly wouldn't use divine magic. Right now, the Black Knight Valensa was wielding a steel sword, suppressing her strength and speed, and fighting a Lighthouse-level elite beast warrior to a standstill.

About three minutes later, less than 20% of the wild beasts in the entire wild beast tribe were still alive. Only then did the powerful Rank 1 wild beast, who had been hiding somewhere, finally make his move.

This is a rather slender wild beast, whose weapon is a half-meter-long curved sword with a cold, sharp blade; it should be a treasure.

It ignored the ordinary undead and swung its sword at one of the four fat men after making its move.

It looked like it only made one cut, but in reality... in reality it only made one cut. However, this one cut created a huge wind pressure, causing the air around the fat man to become violent instantly. Thousands of wind blades erupted within a few seconds, making the scene look like a powerful beast had sliced ​​the fat man into a thousand pieces with a single strike.

The powerful experts at the Radiant Rank were indeed formidable; the fat man who had caused the beast soldiers so much suffering was instantly killed without even taking a single blow.

However, although the powerful beast warrior who finally appeared looked very handsome, the other beast soldiers around the fat man were in big trouble.

The fat man was killed by thousands of wind blades formed by the immense wind pressure. After his body was torn to pieces, the black magic blood that had absorbed a large amount of nuclear radiation naturally flew everywhere, turning into even more deadly weapons.

The elite wild beasts that could have struggled to survive in the radiation environment died screaming within seconds of being stained with the blood of black magic, their deaths incredibly tragic and painful... Compared to them, the wild beast civilians slaughtered by the ordinary undead at the beginning were actually a blissful relief.

The powerful beast at the Radiant Rank, however, turned a blind eye to the tragic deaths of his own people. He simply stood above the fat man's remains, looking around with a wary expression.

Half a minute later, seeing that the expected attack had not occurred, the powerful beast of the Radiant Rank 2 clearly breathed a sigh of relief.

It transformed into a whirlwind once more and charged towards another large, fat man. Using a similar technique to the previous strike, it tore the fat man to pieces in one blow, sending blood and gore flying everywhere.

After killing the second fat beast, the skinny, Radiant-rank beast warrior remained cautious for another 10 seconds before bursting into arrogant laughter and swinging his sword to kill the third fat beast.

It wasn't until this moment that Valensa, who had been pretending to fight the grunts, suddenly became serious. She kicked the elite beast warrior who thought he was about to win to death, and with a speed faster than a whirlwind, she stopped the Radiant Beast powerhouse and punched it in the waist.

The Radiant-rank beast was clearly less wary than at the beginning, and was caught off guard by Valensa's extremely fast Radiant-rank attack.

However, anyone who can become a Radiant-ranked expert who leads a tribe of wild beasts must have a couple of trump cards, and this slender Radiant-ranked expert is no exception.

Just as Valensa's fist was about to strike, the body of the Radiant Beast completely vaporized, transforming into a whirlwind and retreating more than ten meters before regaining its flesh and blood form. It then cautiously stared at Valensa, holding its scimitar horizontally in front of it.

Valensa remained silent and did not attack again.

She simply released the power of the evil god, making her aura extremely malevolent. Coupled with her black knight attire, she looked exactly like a death knight leading this undead legion.

The slender, powerful savage beast seemed to think so. A knowing glint appeared in its eyes, and then it transformed into a whirlwind once more... but instead of attacking, it turned and ran, escaping the savage beast tribe in a few breaths and disappearing into the depths of the night.

Valensa didn't chase after them. She watched them until they completely disappeared before pulling down her black mask and letting out a long sigh, her eyes full of knowing smiles.

In his heart, however, he was filled with admiration for Tia... Tia had foreseen many details of tonight's battle, and the entire development of the event was entirely within Tia's plan.

Two days ago, when discussing the detailed implementation plan, Valensa and Tia had a disagreement, mainly on how to deal with the powerful warriors of the five beast tribes.

Valensa's idea was to find a way to defeat those five powerful Radiant-Rank Wild Beasts one by one.

But this idea is actually quite difficult... because wild beasts are not stupid, and the powerful, high-ranking wild beasts that have lived for many years are even more cunning and cautious.

The tactic of defeating them one by one can only be used twice at most before it will definitely alert the other Radiant Beasts, causing them to either band together or turn from open to covert operations, making the battle situation more complex and uncontrollable.

So Tia devised a rather daring plan... She wanted to take advantage of the information gap and seize the opportunity to take down the five powerful Radiant-Rank Wild Beasts in one fell swoop.

This plan was particularly bold, and it sounded like it relied heavily on luck... Valensa was initially reluctant to agree.

After Tia presented the facts and reasoned with Valensa, she was persuaded and agreed to carry out Tia's plan completely.

Judging from the current developments, Tia's judgment was almost entirely accurate.

Although Tia doesn't have as much knowledge and insight from another world as Valensa, as the heir of the Britannia family, she has a thorough understanding of the society of the wild beasts.

Back when Tia was taking the entrance exam for the War Academy, she was able to almost break down the tough beast killer with her words.

That wasn't just something Tia said offhand; she actually revealed the true nature of many high-ranking members of the Wild Beasts.

It is normal for any intelligent life form to have selfishness. Human nobles and rulers also use their power to benefit their families or show favoritism to relatives and friends when handling matters.

However, apart from a very small number of scoundrels, most of the high-ranking humans still have a certain sense of responsibility and honor, which is fundamentally different from the high-ranking humans of the wild beasts.

The tribal leaders of wild beasts, that is, those powerful wild beast warriors of the Radiant Rank, do not regard ordinary wild beasts as their kin at all, but only as tools for production.

They don't care about the lives of ordinary wild beasts in their tribe... even if the entire tribe were wiped out, it wouldn't matter, as long as they themselves are safe.

Because the reproductive ability of wild beasts is simply too strong.

For thousands of years, the Bretania family has never relaxed its intelligence gathering and research on the beast society, so Tia is well aware that the death of an entire tribe is not uncommon for the beasts.

Previously, the attacks were mostly due to natural disasters or food shortages, but this time it was due to a nighttime raid by the undead army, though the result was the same.

Whenever a tribe of wild beasts becomes extinct, the powerful beast leaders who command these tribes at the rank of Radiant Beast will often seek help from other nearby tribes of wild beasts.

To prevent other powerful figures from dividing their power and territory, tribal chiefs who receive help will usually generously give away some wild beasts to those seeking assistance.

For wild beasts, population is never a benefit; most of the time it's a burden. So for tribal leaders, sending ordinary wild beasts out is actually a good thing... After all, their annual autumn wars, besides plundering food, are also about consuming excess population.

The powerful beastmen of the Radiant Rank, whose own tribes have been wiped out, can regain their leadership of hundreds of thousands of beastmen once again in ten years if they can obtain a few thousand people from each of the other three or four tribes to recuperate.

This kind of thing has happened many times in the entire Wild Beast Society, and many powerful Wild Beasts with nearby territories are reliable comrades who have helped each other many times.

Therefore, when a wild beast tribe is attacked, the powerful wild beasts of the Radiant Rank who are supposed to protect the tribe will absolutely not care about the lives of ordinary wild beasts... They will only care about their own safety and whether there are any attackers who can threaten them.

The small, slender, Radiant-rank beast warrior hesitated to engage the undead legion, secretly observing the entire undead army's strength.

For it, whether the wild beasts in its tribe would be wiped out was not important at all; what mattered most was whether it could defeat the undead army and reclaim its territory.

The reason it retreated immediately after Valensa appeared was because it had obtained the information it wanted... or rather, the information that Tia planned to make it know.

In the eyes of that escaped Radiant-Rank Wild Beast, the intelligence regarding the Undead Legion should be as follows:

A Star-level Death Knight, suspected to be the leader of the undead legion.

Four (two remain) are strange, fat creatures that are almost invincible to ordinary wild beasts, but are no match for powerful Radiant-rank wild beasts.

There are approximately 10 low- to mid-tier undead minions of various types.

Such a surprise attack would indeed be difficult for a single beast tribe to resist, but what if multiple tribes of Radiant-Rank beast warriors attacked together?

. . . . .

While Valensa led her undead legion to completely annihilate the first beast tribe and cleaned up the battlefield to collect necromancy and dark magic materials, the escaped Radiant-rank beast warrior was also on the move.

It can transform into a whirlwind. Although its mobility is still somewhat inferior to that of the Valencia, traveling a hundred kilometers or so is only a matter of ten minutes for it.

In less than an hour, this powerful beast of the Radiant Rank visited the four beast tribes closest to its territory, gathering its four old friends together and requesting their assistance.

"It's true, although that undead legion came suddenly, it only had one Radiant-rank Death Knight, and the rest were just weaklings that could be easily crushed."

The slender, high-ranking beast wielded its curved blade with great confidence:

“I exchanged a few blows with that Radiant Death Knight, and its strength should be about the same as mine... If the five of us gang up on it, we can definitely take it down easily!”