The story of the black silk female knight

In short, the attempt to capture the imposter thief alive failed, and the plan did not achieve its ideal outcome.

Valensa could only put away the fake thief's head first, and at the same time, together with Elana who arrived later, she comforted the frightened passersby.

The phantom thief returned to the place where she was initially followed by the imposter phantom thief, and together with a team of paladins, launched a thorough search for the box.

The imposter thief would never let the box stray too far from him. Since he didn't carry the box with him when he was following the beautiful housewife disguised as the phantom thief, he must have hidden it nearby.

About ten minutes later, the priests and nuns responsible for handling the aftermath of the battle arrived and took over the task of comforting the frightened passersby, while using divine magic to repair the scene damaged by the battle.

The scene was quickly cleared up, but searching for the box was not as easy as expected... The phantom thief and the paladins searched all night, and later Valensa, Elana and Chiba joined in, but they still couldn't find it.

Fortunately, the phantom thief had been apprehended, and the lost box wasn't particularly important, so Valensa and her companions gave up early the next morning, leaving the local clergy with a long-term mission to search for it, while the others returned directly to the Sanctuary.

Although the imposter phantom thief is dead, it can be basically proven that Miss Phantom Thief really did not steal anything from the Church of the Sun. In addition, with Valensa's guarantee, Miss Phantom Thief has completely regained her freedom and no longer needs to go to the penitentiary for ideological and labor reform.

But the story doesn't end there... The imposter thief's true identity and motives are highly suspicious.

Although the imposter thief shouted "Long live the Dragon Emperor" before he died, Valensa did not believe that the imposter thief was truly one of the Dragon Emperor's men.

If the imposter thief was indeed an underling of the Dragon Emperor, his final actions would almost be tantamount to representing the Central Continent Empire in provoking the Church of the Sun... which contradicts his motive of impersonating the Red Fox Mask.

The imposter thief probably didn't want his backing to offend the Church of the Sun, so he impersonated the Red Fox Mask to steal things from the Divine Continent... Therefore, he is not only not one of the Dragon Emperor's subordinates, but he may also come from a force that is hostile to the Dragon Emperor.

The final shout of "Long live the Dragon Emperor" is most likely similar to the imitation of Red Fox Mask, a fake phantom thief trying to divert trouble and kill someone else.

However, these are all speculative analyses and cannot be considered conclusive evidence.

To uncover the truth, we must further dig into the available information.

After learning about this, the twin vampire saintesses, the Midara sisters, became very interested and took away the flat, broken head of the imposter thief.

As saints in charge of intelligence work in the Church of the Sun, the Midara sisters have a special secret technique that allows them to read information directly from the blood and brain fluid of living beings... Although the imposter phantom thief's head is severely damaged, he can still try his luck and maybe still read some key information.

After careful consideration, Zero made a very bold decision:

"Regardless of whether that imposter thief is the Dragon Emperor's subordinate or his enemy, the Dragon Emperor will most likely recognize him... So why don't we just ask the Dragon Emperor directly?"

"Ask the Dragon Emperor directly? How do we ask him?"

Valensa was somewhat surprised by Zero's decision, but more than that, she was curious:

"Does Sister Zero mean you're going to take us to the Tianxuan Continent? But wasn't the divine magic array that led there destroyed by the Zhongzhou Empire more than 300 years ago?"

"There's no need to go there in person; our artifact is incredibly powerful!"

Zero wagged her tail triumphantly in front of Valensa, then frowned slightly as her gaze swept over the equally curious Phantom Thief, Chiba, and Ilana. After a moment's hesitation, she gave them an apologetic look.

“I’m sorry, but we can’t let you just stand by and watch this happen… The Church has strict rules that only clergy of Valensa’s rank or higher can access that level of artifact.”

"It's okay, it's okay, we understand."

There was certainly disappointment at not being able to satisfy their curiosity, but it wasn't enough to break the rules of the Church of the Sun just because of their curiosity. Miss Phantom Thief and her friends could only wave their hands to show their understanding.

So Zero told the others to wait for news at Valensa's residence, while he dragged Valensa to the core temple and ran all the way to a room deep inside.

The room was small, but still decorated in a lavish style with gold walls and red carpets. There were only two ordinary-looking items in the room.

The fact that these two items could be placed alone in this room deep within the core temple indicates that they are definitely not ordinary and are most likely the divine artifacts mentioned by Zero.

It was a floor-length vanity mirror with a mirror height of over 1 meter, and a planet model with a diameter about the same length as Valencia's calf, quite like a globe.

The planet model is clearly based on Eve, with over 6% of the planet being blue, representing the vast ocean.

The three continents are separated by an ocean, almost evenly distributed across the planet. The northern part is white, representing the polar ice caps, while the southern part is pitch black... just like the unexplored areas on a game map.

"Doesn't even the Church know what the Antarctic region of Eve looks like?"

Valensa pointed curiously at the planet model and asked Zero.

"I know, but since we can't make it into a model or map, this is the only way."

Zero shrugged, making no attempt to hide anything from Valensa:

"On the surface, that area is still the sea, but it is not a simple ocean... The space there is extremely chaotic, and the terrain is changing almost every moment, making it impossible to draw a map. Even a Radiant-rank cultivator who is skilled in spatial magic would find it difficult to get out once trapped inside."

Chapter 28 You must immediately accept divine punishment!

"Spatial disorder?"

Valensa became even more curious:

Why does this phenomenon occur? Is it formed naturally?

"Of course not, this matter is actually related to a previous civilization..."

As Zero was bending over to fiddle with the dressing mirror, she straightened up, flicked her tail twice, and poked Valensa's shadow with the tip of her tail:

"The great witch in your shadow should know the specifics better."

"Oh right, Sister Friedeja is still in my shadow!"

Valensa then remembered that there was a witch fast asleep in her shadow. She glanced around cautiously before quietly asking Zero:

"Speaking of which, is it alright for Sister Friggia to be here too? This seems to be a very secure core area of ​​the temple, right? Even Aunt Ilana doesn't have permission to come in..."

"It's alright. Anyway, that witch came here when this place was first built, and there are no secrets in this world for her."

Zero waved his hand dismissively:

"Of course, more importantly, the shadow space is a restricted area that is not part of the temple, so she probably wouldn't dare to come out now."

"Who says I wouldn't dare? I'll go right now... wait a minute?"

Friggia's defiant voice immediately rang out, and at the same time, a stunningly beautiful face emerged from the shadows beside Valensa's boots.

But the face appeared for less than half a second before disappearing, and then Friggia's whimpering voice came from the shadows again:

"Trying to trick me into going out? Humph, I'm not falling for it!"

"Uh……"

Valensa was somewhat dumbfounded. It was the first time she had ever seen the Great Witch admit defeat like this, and she gave Zero a questioning look with great curiosity.

"Huhu~~"

Ling covered her mouth and giggled twice before squinting her eyes and saying:

"The reason she doesn't dare show herself in the temple is actually quite simple... This is the closest place on Eve to Her Majesty the Goddess, and she is the first witch in the universe and a survivor of the previous era, plus she's so beautiful... Do you understand what I mean?"

"understood."

Valensa understood immediately and showed a knowing look.

Although it is not explicitly stated in any doctrine or text, many people know that the sun goddess is very fond of beautiful women, especially those with dark bloodlines or who use evil powers.

It seems that allowing wicked women to fall into goodness is a personal hobby of the sun goddess.

There is no doubt that Friggia's beauty and figure are the culmination of an entire civilization.

She is also the first witch in the universe, the strongest false god, and a survivor of the great cosmic catastrophe... which perfectly fits the preferences of the Sun Goddess. It would be perfectly normal for her to be suddenly taken into the divine kingdom to give birth to a saint at any time.

But given Friggia's pride, she certainly wouldn't want to be like that... so she absolutely wouldn't dare to show her face easily in a place like the temple, lest she be discovered by the will of the Sun Goddess.

After Zero finished speaking, he continued to fiddle with the dressing mirror... Valensa then realized that the dressing mirror and the base of the planet model were one piece, and that the two items together should be a complete artifact.

However, this magical artifact must have been unused for a long time, or perhaps it had never been used at all. Zero was currently debugging the artifact like installing an operating system on a new computer, which would probably take at least another ten minutes.

Valensa, still very curious about the southern part of Eve, thought for a moment, then lay down and poked her head into her own shadow like a diver, seeking answers from Friedia.

Frieda lay on the sofa in the shadow space and yawned:

"That... that was one of the attempts the Eve civilization made to survive a cosmic catastrophe, called the Wandering Planet Project, but unfortunately it failed in the end."

"The Wandering Planet Project?"

This name, rife with flaws, left Valensa speechless:

"Could it be that the Eve civilization built planetary engines in the southern part of the planet, intending to use it as a large spaceship to drive away?"

"Planetary engines? To move a planet? Hmm... that sounds interesting, but it wouldn't have been useful in that situation."

Friggia gave Valensa a strange look, then gently shook her head. Her legs, encased in black stockings, kept shifting and changing position, making Valensa's mouth dry.

"That's a depletion of energy across the entire universe... Even if we could move the planet away, it would eventually be overtaken by a cataclysmic event, leaving us barely clinging to life."

However, your idea is not wrong, but it is too conservative... The Eve civilization's wandering planet plan does involve moving planets, but not leaving their current cosmic coordinates. Instead, it uses a super-large teleportation system to send planets to other worlds in order to avoid the cosmic catastrophe.

However, teleporting an entire planet was still too difficult for the Eve civilization... The spacetime engine installed in the southern polar region of the planet overloaded and exploded at the end, disrupting that area of ​​space. Spacetime turbulence often swept across the sea like a storm, which was extremely dangerous.

Later, the Sun Goddess restarted the entire universe. When the miracle occurred, the spatial turbulence in the south polar region of Eve was greatly suppressed, eliminating concerns about further invasions by alien species. However, various spatial misalignments still frequently occurred there, turning the region into a natural super labyrinth.

"So this is ah……"

Valensa nodded knowingly, then reached into the shadow space with another hand, quietly touching Frieda's leg, and asked again:

"Has Franco never explored Antarctica? Why have I never heard of that region in Franco... Ugh!"

Just as Valensa's fingertips were about to touch the absolute territory spanned by the black suspenders, a soft and flexible succubus tail suddenly wrapped around her waist, pulling her completely out of the shadow space.

"Stop playing around, I'm almost ready. You should also get yourself ready. We're about to meet the ruler of the Tianxuan Continent, so we absolutely can't let Her Majesty the Goddess down!"

Zero continued to write divine runes on the dressing mirror with lightning speed, while lecturing Valensa.

"Oh, alright."

Valensa quickly shook her head to calm herself down, snapping out of her reverie about the witch's black stockings and suspender legs, and straightened her silver armor, short skirt, and black stockings.

After confirming that she wouldn't embarrass herself later, Valensa, seeing that Zero hadn't finished yet, asked Zero the last question again.

"Oh, you mean that..."

Zero clearly knew the answer, and casually replied:

"Actually, your Fran has always had legends about the Antarctic region, it's just that you didn't realize that the place in the legends is the Antarctic region... In your Fran legends, isn't there an extremely dangerous area at sea, full of challenging secret realms, where many Radiant-rank powerhouses like to go for a final gamble in their last moments? That's actually referring to the Antarctic region... If I remember correctly, your grandfather's troublesome son, in the end, went to sea with his friend to challenge that place."

"That's it..."

Valensa nodded.

Her grandfather passed away when she was about 6 years old. In her memory, he was indeed a fun old man who was old in years but not in spirit... Even though he was over 200 years old, he still loved adventure like a teenager who was not yet 20. In the end, he chose to challenge the most dangerous area on the planet with his friends to come to an end, which can be considered a good ending.

However, Zero's way of addressing his grandfather left Valensa with mixed feelings.

'A troublesome brat'... The friendship between the long-lived and short-lived species seems to be something that can only be described in their own words, but it is still hard to explain.

Finally, the debugging of the Zero artifact was completed, and the mirror surface of the dressing mirror quickly lit up, displaying the real-time status of the entire sanctuary like a computer monitor with ultra-high resolution and refresh rate.

"OK, startup successful."

Zero breathed a slight sigh of relief, then ran over to the planet model and poked it with the tip of her pink succubus tail.

A magical phenomenon occurred... Whenever the tip of Zero's tail poked at a certain spot on the planet model, the vanity mirror would display a top-down view of the corresponding spot, and it was in ultra-high definition.

Whether intentionally or not, Zero's tail tip lingered for a few seconds in the location of the capital city of Fran, allowing Valensa to clearly see the situation on the streets of Fran.

It was already late autumn, but the temperature in the capital of France was still very high. The ladies and wives on the streets were still wearing sleeveless, low-cut dresses, creating the most beautiful scenery.

And this magical dressing mirror has a top-down view, so Valensa can even see the colors and styles of the corsets worn by young women on the streets of the French capital.

Just as she was about to take a second look, the content on the mirror changed again... Zero's tail tip started poking and dotting erratically again, eventually hovering above the Eastern Continent on the planet model.

"I remember the location of the Central Continent Empire's imperial palace was... somewhere like this?"

Zero muttered to himself, then poked the planet model with the tip of his tail, and a new real-time overhead view appeared on the mirror of the dressing mirror once again.

But it wasn't a magnificent imperial palace of the East; instead, it was a bustling commercial street lined with laughing young women soliciting customers.

"Young master, come in and have some fun! I just learned a new move today~~"

"Oh, I remembered wrong... That seems to be the largest brothel street in the Central Continent Empire."

Zero blushed slightly, retracted the tip of her tail as if electrocuted, pondered for a few seconds, and then poked another spot on the planet model with her tail:

"This time it definitely won't be wrong!"

That's right.

A new image immediately appeared on the mirror of the dressing table. This time it was the magnificent palace. There were many guards in black armor holding halberds guarding the various intersections and palace gates. There were also officials and palace maids of various appearances moving back and forth in the roads and corridors.

After observing for a while, Valensa found that the overall feeling was not much different from the palaces in the period dramas of her previous life... except that the guards were more imposing, the palace maids were more beautiful, and the various buildings in the palace were more spiritual.

After all, this is a world with real magical power. The guards and palace maids in the palace must all be powerful cultivators, and the materials used to build the palace must not be ordinary bricks and stones.

Zero made a slight adjustment to its position, quickly locking the image in the dressing mirror onto the largest palace in the royal palace, and continuously lowering its viewing height.

When the view from the mirror was about 300 meters away from the palace grounds, the palace guards seemed to finally notice the anomaly in the sky. They all raised their halberds and pointed them at the camera lens of the artifact. Even the palace maids drew their longswords from their chests and assumed fighting stances. Only the civil officials fled in disarray.

"Who goes there? Daring to play tricks in the Imperial Palace?"