The story of the black silk female knight

The knife wound on her neck was not difficult to treat, but the deadly poison that had entered her body quickly spread throughout the lead singer's body with her blood, turning her skin bluish-purple and leaving her body extremely stiff after death.

"Watch out! There are ninjas lurking around!"

The Seren Clan and the Four Islands Alliance were initially enemies, so they were well aware of the Four Islands Alliance's unique fighting style. They immediately became vigilant and summoned water mist to surround themselves, hoping to warn of ninja attacks.

It's somewhat useful, but not very useful.

When Thousand Leaf Grass forcibly passed through the water mist to attack, some phenomena did occur, but she was very fast and had excellent swordsmanship. The Seren clan members she targeted were all spellcasters, and most of their energy was focused on maintaining the Enchanting Song. Even if they could detect Thousand Leaf Grass's attack, they were powerless to deal with it.

Thousand-Leaf Grass, on the other hand, was not one to linger in battle. She would stab each target once and then leave, leaving the rest to the deadly poison on her blade.

This always thwarted the Cyren tribe's attempts to surround the Thousand Leaf Grass... The water mist they summoned could only cover their own surroundings; once the Thousand Leaf Grass distanced itself, they were helpless.

The poison quenched on the Thousand Leaf Grass Blade was also very potent. Apart from one lead singer who decisively cut off his arm to save his life, all the others who were stabbed died from the poison within minutes.

Finally, after the sixth lead singer was also stabbed to death by Thousand Leaf Grass, the allure of the Seren tribe weakened considerably and could no longer lure the men on the boat into the water.

After gradually regaining their senses, the guards of the Imperial Household were filled with humiliation and shame upon learning what had just happened, which then turned into a burning rage against the Sailian Clan.

The Enchanting Song was completely broken; targeted projectile spells would be sent back through the portal. Jumping up to fight in melee was not an option, and the lead singer, who was considered a junior officer, was mostly assassinated by ninjas.

The Sailian tribe army of over 100 people finally collapsed completely, and the battle began to be a one-sided crushing defeat.

When survival is at stake, aesthetics and sexual desires take a back seat. Even though the upper parts of these Seren tribesmen are all beautiful women, the guards and warriors on the merchant ship showed no mercy when their killing intent turned... because they had almost been killed by these Seren tribesmen just now.

The captain, who had just been knocked unconscious by the Thousand Leaf Grass, rubbed his head and regained consciousness, waving his captain's sword and jumping up and down while shouting:

"Stop killing! Leave them alive! Intelligence! Intelligence!"

Those who had been bloodthirsty towards the Sailian tribe finally stopped and bound the last dozen or so Sailian tribesmen tightly, then dragged them onto the ship.

Tia had naturally already considered the need to keep prisoners alive to extract information.

However, she was just a passenger and not familiar with the Teidang family. Moreover, those men, who were somewhat enraged, were in a bloodthirsty frenzy, so she didn't meddle.

Fortunately, the captain was still very authoritative and successfully left more than a dozen Sailian tribesmen alive.

click!

Just as the Seren tribe was defeated and the captain had not yet had time to extract information from the prisoners, a sound like a giant crystal shattering suddenly came from several kilometers away from the merchant ship.

But what shattered was not the crystal, but the sky.

Just as the crystal dome of a luxurious building was shattered by a boulder, multiple cracks suddenly appeared in the distant sky, which then completely shattered into fragments, which turned into light when they fell onto the water.

"The domain has been removed."

The experienced captain recognized the phenomenon at a glance, breathed a sigh of relief, and smiled at Tia:

"It looks like Duchess Sunflower's side is almost finished."

Sure enough, as soon as the captain finished speaking, the monster that looked like a crab or a centipede with a worm-like mouth appeared. The one wielding two lightsabers and Moon Kiss, constantly slashing at it with sword light, was Valensa, dressed in silver armor, black stockings, a short skirt, and combat boots.

The battle between the two was extremely fierce. Every time Valensa's weapon struck the monster, or when the monster's giant crab claws slammed into the water, huge waves would rise up, making it difficult for even a 10,000-ton merchant ship several kilometers away to stay stable, causing it to sway back and forth.

The captain took out a pair of monoculars and stared intently for a moment. His previously relaxed expression gradually turned serious again.

"The monster that fought fiercely with the Duchess was called a Centipede Crab, which is considered a very troublesome enemy among the Star-level marine monsters... Its carapace defense is very strong, and its vitality is also very strong. It once survived being cut in two and even killed a Star-level expert... If the Duchess does not have a decisive attack method, the situation is probably very bad."

"Don't worry, Captain."

Tia, however, wasn't worried at all, and even pointed to the sky:

“Look there… If I’m not mistaken, this battle is about to end, and the centipede won’t live much longer.”

Upon hearing this, the captain quickly raised his monocular binoculars higher and looked up, only to see six fan-shaped alloy pieces floating more than a thousand meters above the battlefield.

The captain had seen these six fan-shaped alloy pieces before; they were split from the circular shield on the Sunflower Duchess's right arm and seemed to be her Noble Phantasm.

Although the six fan-shaped alloy pieces are gathered together, they are not joined together. Instead, their tips are all pointing towards the same center, maintaining a distance of several meters from each other.

These fan-shaped alloys formed a circular divine magic array with a diameter of over 10 meters, and continuously emitted the Yang Flame Divine Power, which was compressed and condensed at the center of the divine magic array, making the entire divine magic array resemble a small sun hiding in the clouds, exuding a strong aura of destruction.

Even if the captain wasn't a cultivator and didn't understand divine arts at all, he could tell from the visual effects alone that this move would be incredibly powerful once it was unleashed.

"Hard starboard! Quick! All crew prepare for impact!"

The captain immediately ordered the merchant ship to turn so that its stern faced the battlefield between Valencia and the centipede, minimizing the area of ​​impact to reduce the potential aftershocks.

At the same time, the captain was also a little curious... He could see such a huge formation in the sky, so why didn't the giant crab under the magic circle move away?

So the captain looked at the battlefield on the sea again with his monoculars, and this time he saw the trick... Although Valencia's lightsaber and Moon Kiss did not cause deep wounds with each strike, they had successfully blinded the centipede and severed almost all of the insect tentacles on the centipede's body that it used to sense things.

No wonder the mage next to me said the battle was about to end... The giant crab had almost lost its senses and was firmly locked in by Valensa's ultimate move. It seemed like there was no way it could turn the tide.

Unsurprisingly, nothing unexpected happened afterward.

When the energy of the divine magic array in the sky had condensed enough, a beam of divine power with a diameter of at least seven or eight meters descended from the sky and accurately hit the head of the centipede crab.

This move is an advanced skill of the Sunfire Ray, a quasi-restricted divine spell that the Church of the Sun explicitly forbids all Radiant-rank clergy from using on the ground in human settlements—Sunfire Blaze.

The principle of divine magic is simple and straightforward. There are no fancy spell models or magic circuits. It simply involves compressing and gathering a sufficient amount of Yang Flame Divine Power into a light cannon and blasting it directly.

The giant crab's hard shell, which was strong enough to withstand lightsabers and moon kisses, couldn't even last a second under the power of the Sunfire Slash. It was pierced and blown apart, its head exploded, the flesh inside the shell evaporated instantly, and even the surrounding crab meat was cooked through.

Such a powerful beam of light shot down at a right angle from the sky towards the sea, naturally causing a spectacular explosion and giant waves.

The captain quickly ran out of time to look through the binoculars. He shouted orders in his already hoarse voice to ensure that the merchant ship would not be capsized by the aftershocks of his own men's powerful attack.

Tia continued to use scouting spells to watch Valensa from afar... She saw Valensa casually dig out a piece of cooked meat from the centipede with a moon kiss and start eating it, but after only a few bites, she spat it out with a look of disgust, clearly because it didn't taste very good.

The centipede crab is indeed incredibly resilient. Even though its head was blown off by the light cannon, it didn't die immediately. Instead, it used the mouth at the tip of its tail to bite wildly and spray acid in a final frenzy.

So Valensa fired several more spiked swords at the centipede's tail, using a two-stage force to directly damage the centipede's internal body through its hard shell. Finally, she conjured a thermobaric bomb at the worm-like mouth that was biting her, sacrificing herself to completely blast the mouth at the tip of the centipede's tail.

The centipede crab finally died. Its life force quickly faded, and its insect-like legs, which resembled duck feet, stopped moving, leaving it a floating corpse on the sea surface.

Each of the Radiant-rank monsters contains a lot of valuable materials, so Valensa certainly wouldn't just leave the centipede's corpse here.

After being blown away by the thermobaric bomb she had made herself, she swam back, jumped onto the corpse of the centipede, and slowly sliced ​​off one of its giant claws with her lightsaber.

Valensa then put away her weapons, held the giant crab claws in her hands, and rowed in the water like a boat, maneuvering the carcass of the centipede to rendezvous with the merchant ship.

Valensa wasn't an expert on how to deal with the corpses of sea monsters, but she figured some of the people on the merchant ship who were always at sea would know, and she planned to consult their opinions before making a decision.

Just as Valensa was rowing the centipede carcass to the side of the merchant ship, another battle of the Radiant Rank came to an end.

It was as if a large piece of transparent crystal had shattered in the same sky. The domain was dispelled, and Mr. Sakura and the Ten Thousand Bone Iron-Eating Catfish appeared together.

Unlike Valencia, who beat up the centipede crab again, this battle ended when the domain was dispelled.

Almost all of the exoskeleton armor on the Iron-Eating Catfish had fallen off, and all sorts of metallic fish bones were scattered on the sea surface. Mr. Sakura stood on the head of the Iron-Eating Catfish, panting heavily. The harpoon-shaped treasure in his hand had pierced the brain of the Iron-Eating Catfish, making this monster completely lifeless.

Seeing that Valensa had also taken down a Radiant-rank ocean monster, and a formidable one at that, such as the Centipede Crab, Mr. Sakura's expression flashed with surprise, followed by delight.

After the two met on the ship, Mr. Sakura went straight to Valensa and proposed a deal... He wanted to exchange the materials from the Ten Thousand Bone Iron-Eating Catfish for the materials from the Centipede Crab.

Mr. Sakura is currently preparing to forge his second Noble Phantasm, and the claws of the centipede crab happen to be one of the best materials in his plan. He really wants them and even said he can pay more if it's not enough.

Valensa thought about it and realized that the crab claws seemed useless to her, and the meat of the centipede crab was even fishy, ​​smelly and very unpalatable.

Valensa readily agreed to the deal... Anyway, she wasn't short of money, so she could just consider the slight loss as doing the Emperor's family a favor... After all, she would be traveling in the Four Alliances later, so it was always good to build a good relationship with the local bigwigs first.

However, when examining the Iron-Eating Catfish, Valensa discovered that she hadn't lost out.

In terms of value, the corpse of the Iron-eating Catfish is slightly inferior to that of the Centipede Crab, but it is very useful to Valensa.

The countless bones that multiply on the Iron-Eating Catfish are all extremely hard and have excellent magical conductivity, making them excellent materials for necromancy.

The bones provided by such a large Iron-Eating Catfish are enough for Princess Yu to add a thousand more elite skeleton soldiers of Pearl-level strength or above to the expeditionary force.

Moreover, the flesh of the Iron Catfish is also very delicious. It is a top-tier ingredient in the Food Association that cannot be bought with gold coins and can only be exchanged with food points.

One more main dish to add to Valensa and Tia's wedding banquet.

While Valencia and Mr. Sakura were busy trading their spoils, the captain of the merchant ship was also busy.

With the help of several cooks on the ship, he used various forms of torture to extract information from the dozen or so captured Sailian warriors.

The captain used to have a good relationship with the Seren tribe, and even almost fell in love with a Seren woman.

That's precisely why the captain was so furious when faced with the Sailian warriors who attacked the merchant ship and wanted him dead.

Chapter 53: The novel is too realistic! The bookstore owner is arrested!

Valensa paid no attention to the fact that a dozen mermaid beauties were being tortured by the chef, and even showed interest in the interrogation results.

Everyone else thought it was normal.

The clergy of the Church of the Sun are merciful, but never saintly.

It's fine to help family and friends without expecting anything in return, even if it means bleeding or getting hurt. But to be merciful to enemies who want to kill your own people is cruelty to your own people.

Since the Seren tribe made the decision to attack human merchant ships, they must be prepared to face the consequences. Having the resolve to keep the secret means being able to endure the pain of torture.

But things weren't as simple as they seemed.

The ship's cooks were almost ready to slice the live Seren tribe members into fish fillets and cook them, but the captured Seren warriors remained silent. Two of them even took advantage of a moment when no one was looking and used the last spell of their fish life to commit suicide and turn into bubbles.

The captain was furious, but there was nothing he could do... There were no professional interrogators on board, and the cook was only a temporary replacement.

Knowing that the Church of the Sun possessed a divine art capable of detecting lies, the captain had no choice but to seek Valensa's help once again.

Valensa's divine magic is almost entirely combat-related; she doesn't actually know any magic to detect lies or force people to repent.

But Valencia's evil magic is even more effective... that is, the magic of evil gods.

She asked the captain for a Serenian that had been tortured half to death by the cook, placed it on the floor of her room, and dispersed the curious onlookers, leaving only Tia to help.

With Tia's help, Valensa quickly prepared a sacrificial ritual commonly used by cultists, offering the half-dead Seren as a sacrifice to herself.

The ritual went very smoothly. The bodies and souls of the Seren clan were transformed into pure energy and absorbed by Valensa's evil god bloodline, and the memories in their souls were no exception.

Normally, the bloodline of evil gods has a built-in shielding function. Evil gods only want the soul of the sacrifice; the memories of the sacrifice are garbage to them.

But if the evil god wants to see these memories, he can... Valensa quickly browsed through this Siren clan memory and soon found out why the Siren clan attacked humans.

"The incident happened about 5 days ago."

After reading the memories of the Sirens, Valensa quickly found the captain and, with a rather strange expression, told him what she had discovered:

"An individual from the Seren tribe, whose status was similar to that of a queen or saint, was attacked, killed, and had her body desecrated. The Seren king is still investigating the truth of the matter, but many Seren radicals, including this Seren army, believe that it was done by humans... to be precise, by the Four Islands Alliance."

Therefore, starting three days ago, a significant number of Seren tribe troops began heading towards this area, intending to launch a large-scale attack on the Four Islands Alliance's ships in retaliation.

"The Queen or the Holy Maiden... Ah, could it be her?"

The captain, who knew the Siren tribe quite well, quickly realized the victim's identity, and his face immediately turned extremely ugly:

"If it really was something that happened to her... then the Seren tribe's actions are understandable. Although she is not the queen of the Seren tribe, her prestige within the tribe is higher than that of the queen, and many Seren tribe members regard her as their mother."

But she was already a peak Star-level expert, and she almost never left the ocean… Why would the Seren race believe that the Four Islands Alliance killed her? Normally, they should suspect the Mist Demon or other sea monsters, right? Human experts of the same level are absolutely no match for the Seren race in the water.”

"Because that individual from the Seren race was not alone when she was attacked; she was accompanied by many subordinates and guards, some of whom survived the attack."

Valensa shrugged:

"According to the survivors, the leader of the attackers was a human woman wearing a ghost mask. She was very powerful and skilled in dark magic and necromancy. More importantly..."

Valensa then looked at Thousand Leaf Grass, who had come to join the fun:

"Except for the leader, almost all of the attackers were ninjas, and they were even anti-demon ninjas."

"What? This..."

The captain and Thousand-Leaf Grass were both dumbfounded, even horrified.

A powerful human female who is skilled in dark magic and necromancy, and whose subordinates are all ninjas, immediately evokes the image of the leader of the Four Islands Alliance.

Himiko, the Queen of Demons, is a Moon-level peak powerhouse who single-handedly guards a nation.

If she had personally led the ninjas in the attack, it wouldn't be surprising if she had successfully assassinated the most influential and second-ranked figure in the Seren clan.

More importantly, family members understand their own affairs.

Both the captain, a high-ranking manager in the Teido family, and Chiba Kusa, the third young lady of the Chiba family, knew very well that their capricious and willful queen might actually do such a thing.

The captain and Thousand-Leaf Grass exchanged a glance, quickly thanked Valensa, and then returned to their respective rooms, presumably to contact their families to inquire about the situation.

"Her Majesty the Queen absolutely did not do this!"

As it turned out, the third young lady of the Chiba family held a much higher status than a captain from the Teido family, and Chiba quickly gave Valensa an affirmative answer: