The story of the black silk female knight

I admit your partner was unexpected... but everything is still in my plan, and I will definitely win this duel!

"You're being way too arrogant!"

The Black Dragon Princess was clearly enraged, roaring and brandishing her claws:

"What right do you have to talk to a Moon-level Paladin like that, you mere Star-level Paladin?"

"That's all!"

Valensa, having finished her preparations during the verbal sparring, immediately unleashed her most powerful trump card for this duel.

A red sticker appeared behind Valensa, and at the same time, the entire landscape underwent a dramatic change.

The blazing sun disappeared from the sky, warmth and light vanished simultaneously, turning into a sky full of cold stars.

The abyssal vortex stopped spinning, the seawater quickly lost its color and gradually solidified, eventually turning into a desolate wasteland and arid land.

Valensa landed gracefully on one foot, while the black dragon, somewhat panicked, frantically flapped its wings, trying to maintain its flight, but to no avail, and crashed heavily to the ground, kicking up clouds of dust.

This is inevitable... Given the body structure and weight of dragons, it is simply impossible for them to fly in the air by flapping their wings alone; their ability to fly is inseparable from magic.

However, all the magic within the domain has now either disappeared or been firmly imprisoned. The black dragon princess, who was just spreading her wings and looking majestic in the sky, has turned into a giant ground chicken in the blink of an eye.

This is Valencia's strongest trump card for this duel—the false god's power that almost enchanted the entire Farron Dungeon Expeditionary Force.

Absolutely scientific realm.

All mystical forces within the domain will be suppressed to the maximum extent. Even a powerful Radiant-rank expert who can dominate a technologically advanced military base alone will die from a 7.62mm salvo at this moment.

After absorbing the mysterious red sticker and gaining domain power, Valensa never gave up on recreating the sticker's power.

However, the sticker's power was clearly exhausted during the dungeon raid, and it requires the replenishment of faith power of the corresponding attribute to regain its effectiveness.

Valensa is a paladin of the Sun Goddess, and spreading other faiths in the land favored by the Sun Goddess is an absolute act of treason... Even if the Sun Goddess favored her before, she would most likely capture her and bring her to the divine kingdom for a proper education.

So Valensa entrusted the task of collecting faith power to Vie, and several months ago gave Vie a sacrificial object that could absorb faith power.

Wei's world is a cyberpunk world, full of people who absolutely worship science. With the backing of a large corporation like Arasaka Corporation, it would be incredibly easy for her to set up a religious group disguised as a fanatical scientific research society, and the faith power she collected would be quite pure.

Now, Valensa has once again activated and launched the false divine power called 'Absolute Science' by using the offerings filled with the power of faith as an external energy source.

Princess Okoya, the black dragon, was in a panic upon suddenly losing her prized magical powers.

But she is, after all, the Black Dragon Princess... Her personality is similar to that of a young human, but she is actually nearly a thousand years old and can definitely be considered very knowledgeable.

"This is... some kind of law-level power? The authority of a god?"

Okoa immediately guessed the ability Valensa was using and was very surprised:

"You are a Holy Knight of the Sun Goddess! How can you still use such power? This is clearly not the power of the Sun Goddess... Could it be that you are actually a traitor?"

"you guess."

Valensa would never offer her opponent any answers; her opponent's confusion was her best opportunity. Without hesitation, she pulled out a rifle and pulled the trigger on the female mage on the black dragon's back.

A mage who has lost the protection of magic is at his most vulnerable, and now is the best time to eliminate the female mage completely.

Of course, Okja wouldn't stand idly by and watch her partner be attacked. She opened her mouth to spew dragon breath, but found that she couldn't spew anything out except a few drops of saliva.

Only then did Okoya realize that her magic had been completely sealed. Frustrated, she tried to dodge again, but her massive dragon body, now devoid of magic, was far less agile than before, not even as fast as a rifle bullet.

The bullet successfully hit the female mage in the head.

After all, he was a powerful expert of the Shining Rank. Even without the protection of magic, his evolved physical strength was still there. This shot would not kill the female mage by blowing her head off, but it would only make her forehead bruised and swollen, and the pain would bring tears to her eyes.

"Feel sorry."

Valensa apologized, but her actions showed no mercy. She immediately fired another shot, which again hit the female mage precisely in the head.

The bullet still failed to penetrate the flesh of the Radiant-rank expert, but the enormous kinetic energy impact was still unbearable.

The female mage could no longer hold on, and with a dizzying, hammer-like sensation, she lost consciousness and fell off the black dragon's back.

The Black Dragon Princess was not angry about her partner's elimination. She was flustered at first, but she quickly calmed down and carefully observed when Valensa fired at the sorceress.

At this moment, she clearly understood something, raised her head again, and smiled triumphantly:

"I understand... You, the paladin, have not betrayed the Sun Goddess. You are able to use your current powers by means of external objects, such as a divine artifact of a god."

But I bet you absolutely wouldn't dare absorb that god's divine power. Instead, you're using some kind of external energy source to power this artifact and keep it running... Hmph.

This means your divine power won't last long... More importantly, this way of activating divine power also applies to you! Otherwise, you would have used divine magic to attack my partner instead of that strange weapon in your hand!

"Hahaha... You don't actually think you can defeat a dragon with a human body, do you? Or do you think those tiny, toothpick-like weapons can pierce my tough dragon scales?"

"...Your analysis is correct. This gun really can't penetrate your dragon scales."

Despite the mockery of the Black Dragon Princess Okya, Valensa remained calm and smiled, but as she smiled, she put away her rifle and drew a large sword.

"What about this?"

The knife is wide, thick, and long, with specially designed armor-piercing spikes at the tip and blood grooves on the blade.

"This is……!"

Princess Black Dragon's expression changed instantly... She had personally experienced the war between humans and dragons in her childhood, and her mother had perished in the war. How could she not recognize the famous Dragon Slayer Sword?

Moreover, this Dragon Slayer Sword seems a bit different... The entire blade is too black, as if it has been coated with some kind of liquid... Is it poisoned?

"I'm furious! Good luck, humans!"

Okja entered a state of complete rage. After letting out a furious roar, its massive dragon body hurtled towards Valenza like a speeding train, its sharp dragon claws slamming down heavily.

But Valensa clearly knew Okja's movements well. She dodged the moment Okja raised her claws, causing the massive dragon claws to miss their target right behind her.

Taking advantage of the brief moment of stiffness when the dragon's claws struck, Valensa used her waist to rotate her entire body and swung the dragon-slaying sword, delivering a horizontal slash to Okja.

Even in the realm of absolute science, the Dragon Slayer Sword lost all its enchantment effects, but it remained effective due to the special metals specially forged to combat dragons and the specially designed structure. It easily cleaved the black dragon's scales like an eggshell, bringing out large chunks of flesh and blood.

click!

Despite the blow, Okoya didn't retreat but advanced. Enduring the pain, she opened her mouth and bit Valensa.

But Valensa wasn't greedy at all. It was as if she had anticipated the bite. She easily jumped back and completely dodged it, causing the black dragon's two rows of teeth to collide in the air with a loud bang.

"Damn it! You cunning little bug!"

The Black Dragon Princess roared and once again crushed Valensa with her massive dragon body, attacking with her claws and mouth in a powerful and coordinated manner.

But it was completely useless. Valensa had long since memorized the black dragon's melee moves and could dodge its attacks with minimal effort and by taking the opportunity to deliver a powerful blow to the black dragon.

Chapter 12 Victory Belongs to Me!

With both magic and divine power almost completely suppressed, the battle between Valensa and the Black Dragon Princess turned into a pure hand-to-hand combat, a full-scale contest of strength, speed, and skill.

It's a bit like a hunting game Valensa played in her previous life. You can't win by brute force; you have to carefully observe the monster's various movements, find the patterns, seize the gaps to unleash your full power, and not be greedy with your attacks in order to complete the hunt while ensuring your own safety.

Fortunately, if this were truly a game, Valensa wouldn't be exploring new areas at this point, but rather engaging in a farming battle where she was already quite familiar with the monsters. Farian's eight days of intensive training had given Valensa an intimate understanding of the Black Dragon Princess Okya's various movements, making dodging and counter-attacking incredibly easy.

Of course, Okia isn't a black dragon with fixed animation patterns in the game; her attacks can't always follow a set pattern.

However, Valensa is no longer an ordinary gamer from her previous life. She is a Radiant-rank powerhouse whose senses and reaction abilities have been fully evolved once, and she also has rich practical experience.

No matter what order Okoa uses to attack, the ingrained mindset formed by nearly a thousand years of combat cannot be changed overnight. Valensa can still easily predict Okoa's next move, dodge it, and deliver a fatal blow.

After sustaining several more wounds, Okoa naturally sensed something was wrong and wanted to calm down, maintain the standoff, and think things through carefully.

But every time this happened, Valensa would give Okja the middle finger and loudly mock her in a disdainful tone:

"Move? Why aren't you moving? Come and grab me, bite me, you little black dragon... You're not already done for, are you?"

As it turns out, the little devil-style taunting is always highly effective.

Okja knew Valensa was provoking her and trying to make her lose her mind, but Valensa's behavior was just too infuriating. Okja couldn't hold back every time... She felt like some chain of reason in her mind snapped instantly, and she could no longer be wild. She rushed up and attacked Valensa with a bunch of scratches and bites, only to be dodged and countered, leaving new wounds on her body.

This battle lasted for a full 40 minutes.

Valenza was only hit by Okja's tail once during the event, but it wasn't a big problem.

But Okia's body was covered in wounds left by the dragon-slaying sword, with broken scales and spurting dragon blood everywhere.

However, a dragon is a dragon after all. It is the strongest individual creature on average on the continent of Frenoia, and its vitality is also quite tenacious.

In addition, those wounds, which are tens of centimeters long, would be terrifying to humans, and almost every one of them could be considered fatal. But for a black dragon that is about 20 meters long, they are nothing special. Neither the length nor the depth of the wounds is far from fatal.

"You're done!"

Despite being covered in blood, Princess Okoya, the black dragon, suddenly showed a happy expression, flapped her wings, and soared into the sky, returning once more.

"Hahahaha... My magic has been restored! Although I don't know what you used to activate your divine power, it's all gone now... It's all over, and victory will ultimately belong to me!"

“You’re right. The power I’ve used to maintain my authority has indeed been exhausted, and it’s time for this duel to end.”

Valensa remained calm and even put away the Dragon Slayer Sword.

"However, the victory does not belong to you, but to me and my sister Dregran."

"what?"

The enormous black dragon head tilted in the air, its vertical pupils first showing a hint of confusion, then turning into mockery:

"Victory belongs to you? Are you out of your mind? I've regained my magic! What makes you think you can beat me?"

"I have already won."

Valencia simply wagged her finger at the black dragon in the sky:

"Because what was suppressed by power before was not only your magic, but also my blood."

"what?"

Princess Black Dragon once again expressed her confusion, but this time she already knew the answer without Valensa's prompting.

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!"

Suddenly, the wounds all over her body began to ache intensely, followed by an unbearable itch, making Okia want to tear her flesh apart completely with her dragon claws.

Not only did she suffer from unbearable physical pain and itching, but her spirit was also being eroded.

The overwhelming hunger almost instantly shattered Okya's reason, causing the black dragon to turn its head in mid-air and bite its own wing, then tear it off completely with a forceful tug.

"Ow!"

The excruciating pain briefly brought Okoya back to consciousness, and she fell from the sky once again, rolling and convulsing on the ground like a dying hen.

Then, an endless hunger once again consumed her consciousness, causing the Black Dragon Princess to bite anything in sight. She ate several mouthfuls of dirt and continued to tear at her own flesh.

To prevent Okja from killing herself, Valensa quickly dispelled her domain and asked the Golden Dragon Clan judge to make a ruling.

After a brief observation, the Golden Dragon Referee easily determined that Okoya had completely lost her ability to think and fight, and that leaving her unattended would endanger her life.

"The duel is over!"

"The victor is—Cinderella and her dragon knight!"

The Golden Dragon Referee immediately announced the result of the duel, which drew cheers from the surrounding dragons.

The sound of snoring.

Unfortunately, the most exciting part of the entire duel took place within the domain. The dragons watching couldn't see anything and were unwilling to leave, so they naturally started to doze off as they lay there.

The Golden Dragon Judge was clearly well aware of how lazy his fellow dragons were. He ignored the sleepy-eyed spectators lounging on the surrounding hilltops and urged Valensa to heal the Black Dragon Princess as soon as possible.

With the duel result declared by the Golden Dragon Judge, Valensa no longer needed to worry that Okoya would renege on her decision after regaining consciousness. She quickly used the same method she had used to treat the archers of the Deep Adventurers' Guild to recover the evil god's blood from Okoya's body and then used divine magic to heal her.

Dregran, who had been knocked unconscious by Okoya, had actually woken up long ago, but she had already lost the right to continue the duel, so she could only wait outside the barrier.

Seeing Valensa return victorious, she breathed a long sigh of relief.

It's true that Dreigan trusts Valensa a lot, but this time Valensa is fighting against a Moon-level Black Dragon Royal with the strength of a Star-level expert, so it's impossible not to worry at all.

"Are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere?"

Thanks to the connection of the Dragon Knight Contract, Dregran knew very well that Valensa was alright, but she still walked over to Valensa with concern and asked softly.

Valensa, who had been full of energy, suddenly went limp and collapsed into Dregran's arms, wriggling and rubbing against him affectionately.

"Of course I'm hurt! I got whipped hard by that thick, long black dragon's tail... I need a dragon sister to hug me, rub my wound, and blow on it to make me feel better~~"

"What are you doing? Can't you see there are still so many dragons watching?"

Dreigan glared at Valensa with a hint of annoyance. The gazes of the dragons on the surrounding mountains made her feel as if she were being attacked by high-level fire magic. Her scales were burning hot, and her jade-like face turned pink.

However, Dreigan didn't push Valensa away. Instead, she gently rubbed the spot where Valensa had been whipped by the black dragon's tail, making Valensa feel very comfortable. She purred like a cat whose chin had been stroked.

"Uh."

Just as the man and the dragon were showing off in public, the golden dragon referee came over again, this time carrying another person with magic—the female mage who had made a pact with Okya.