The story of the black silk female knight

But it turns out that all of this was just worrying... There really are no enemies here.

That second largest city of the wild beasts, which was even larger than Suli City in terms of area, has truly and completely disappeared from this world, leaving nothing behind.

Not a single wild beast, not a single house, not even any remains or fragments; all that remained on the desolate land beneath their feet was…

Um? What's this?

Melody bent down, grabbed a handful of the remaining black granular substance on the ground, and examined it carefully with a serious expression.

"What? Is there something wrong with this sand?"

Seeing Melody like this, the captain curiously approached:

“I already checked the area before you came… As you can see, the Black Rock City has completely disappeared, leaving only this black sand.”

"...This is not sand; it is most likely a substance called residue."

Melody's expression became even more serious.

She and Valensa lived next to each other in the War College and were good friends. They often visited each other's rooms to chat or exchange cultivation experiences.

Although Meludy did not know Valensa's identity as an evil god, she knew that Valensa held a high position in the Church of the Sun and had seen a lot of confidential information about the Church of the Sun from Valensa.

Among them happened to be information about the Abyss Spirit Evil God... Melody felt that she remembered correctly; the scene recorded in that document after the Abyss Spirit Evil God wreaked havoc was very similar to the scene at hand.

"Residue? What's that?"

But the others clearly didn't know, and they all looked at Melody with curiosity.

"...That's the kind of disaster left behind by something a thousand times more dangerous than wild beasts. If these black sand-like things are really remnants, then this is truly terrifying."

Melody took a deep breath, trying to keep her legs and mouth from trembling:

"In that case, the entire Kingdom of Fran... no, the entire world will be in danger."

"...Is it that serious? You haven't been reading some adventure novels, have you? Some authors just like to exaggerate and make rare but harmless things seem very dangerous."

The captain stared intently into Melody's eyes.

Melody did not back down, and looked at the captain very seriously:

“Of course I’m not joking… Captain, you know me, right? I’m good friends with that famous Sunflower Duchess… I learned about the Residue from her.”

"This……"

As the saying goes, a person's reputation precedes them. Valensa is already an absolute legend in Fran. Even though the captain became a Radiant Rank more than 10 years earlier than Valensa, he is still Valensa's senior and senior. He has to admire Valensa's achievements and now he immediately believes most of them.

"Then what should we do?"

"This matter must be reported to the Church of the Sun immediately! If what has appeared here is indeed scum, then this is something that the Kingdom of Fran cannot handle alone."

Melody didn't stand on ceremony and directly gave orders to her captain:

"Captain, you are the fastest and strongest among us. I need you to return to the fortress immediately and contact the capital as quickly as possible to report my discovery to the Church of the Sun in the capital... It would be best to tell Lady Rika or Lady Fran directly, and be sure to emphasize the existence of the remnants."

"understood."

The captain nodded without any objection, and then asked:

"And what about you? It would be dangerous for you to stay here, wouldn't it?"

"...Even if it's dangerous, we must leave!"

Melody took another deep breath:

“We will continue to investigate this area to see if we can observe the route taken by the entity that created the residue after leaving this place. If it chose to head south…”

"...I understand. Take care."

Without saying another word, the captain immediately unleashed his full speed as a Star Glory expert, charging back along the path he had come from without any hesitation.

About three hours later, two more figures rushed towards Fortress 24. One of them was the captain of the reconnaissance team, and the other was a petite vampire paladin.

"Lord Fran!"

Melody quickly went to greet her.

"You found any residue?"

As soon as Fran landed, she couldn't wait to ask, but her expression changed when she saw her surroundings. Before Melody could answer, she picked up a handful of sand-like black particles and examined them, even sticking out her tongue to lick them.

"...It really is scum... Damn it! Damn the Abyss Spirit Society!"

Fran's face looked very pale.

Before Valensa went to the continent of Gods to attend the inauguration ceremony, she specifically told Fran that the remnants of the Abyss Spirit Society might have her blood and were probably planning to use it to cause trouble.

Fran took this matter very seriously and had been investigating the whereabouts of the remnants of the Yuanling Society. However, they were too well hidden, and she only managed to catch and eliminate some small fry. She didn't find anyone who truly knew the current inner workings of the Yuanling Society.

It seems that the remnants of the Abyss Spirit Society have succeeded in their plot... They may have summoned another member of Valenza's race, or created a new evil god life using Valenza's blood.

"Damn it...this might be the end of us...damn it, damn it!"

Fran stomped her feet angrily and spun around twice, then grabbed Melody's hand and asked:

"Did you find anything else? You've been staying here all along, right?"

"Have."

Melody quickly pointed to the east:

“That was originally the location of the east gate of Blackrock City, and it is also the only place where there are traces of battle. It is very likely that it was left by that being when it first encountered the wild beasts... He probably came from that direction, then fought with the wild beasts, and then Blackrock City disappeared.”

"From the east? The Misty Mountains?"

Fran was even more furious when she recalled the information Valensa had provided before she left:

"So those remnants of the Abyss Spirit Society were really hiding there... Damn it, they really know how to hide. We searched carefully several times and still couldn't find them."

"……Why."

Fran muttered to herself, stomped her foot again, and slapped her cheek before finally regaining her composure from her anger.

"There's no use talking about this now... The most urgent thing is to find the location of that being... Can you tell which direction it left from?"

"This...I'm sorry."

Melody shook her head with a wry smile:

"Aside from the signs of battle at the East Gate, we found nothing... The battle probably ended in an instant, and we really have no way of knowing."

"The battle ended in an instant... I remember Blackrock City should have gathered the main force of the wild beasts, right? There were quite a few Star-level and Moon-level wild beasts among them... Tsk, could it really be the worst-case scenario?"

Fran gritted her teeth and pondered for a while before her eyes lit up:

"By the way, my Noble Phantasm might be able to help."

After saying that, she took out the blood-red spear Gungnir and held it in her hand to feel it carefully.

Gungnir's main ingredient is the blood of a demon god, and whatever form the being that caused Blackrock City's destruction took, it must be related to Valensa's lost blood. With Fran's vampire talent and the connection to the shared origin of the materials, she might be able to roughly sense the other party's location.

"Sure enough."

Soon, Fran excitedly stretched out her hand and pointed in one direction:

"over there!"

"The southwest... Oh no!"

Melody glanced in the direction Fran was pointing, thought for a moment, and then rushed out in alarm, with Gil and Harry quickly following behind.

What happened in the southwest?

Fran looked at Melody and the others in a strange hurry and asked the reconnaissance team leader.

"This……"

The captain frowned, thought for a moment, and then slapped his thigh:

"That direction is exactly towards Suri City! It's their hometown!"

"What? Suri City? Isn't that the largest city in the northeastern part of the kingdom... Damn it!"

Fran stomped her foot again and rushed off towards the southwest.

As she rushed forward, she took out a small golden mirror, breathed on it, and infused it with her Yang Flame Divine Power.

Soon, two anxious faces appeared on the mirror, namely Sila and Lika.

"How's the situation?" x2

"Very bad, the worst possible outcome!"

Fran continued running, reporting loudly in a slightly panting voice:

"We must contact the headquarters of the Divine Continent immediately! Activate the world-ending disaster contingency plan! At the same time, call that idiot Valensa back as soon as possible... We absolutely cannot defeat her by fighting; we can only hope that she can win over her own people with emotional appeal, just like her father did back then."

"...Understood, I'll go activate the contingency plan right away."

Sera nodded and turned to leave, while Rika hesitated for a moment before instructing Fran:

"Be very careful over there. Try not to use force if you encounter a target... Valensa still likes you very much. If she is unwilling to establish friendly relations with her own people because of your death, then this world is truly hopeless."

"Yeah, I understand."

Fran nodded:

"I'm not stupid enough to fight an enemy I can't possibly defeat... I just want to find out where He is right now and what form He takes."

After ending the communication, Fran quickly caught up with Melody and the other two, casually activating a divine blessing to greatly enhance their speed, and together they chased after them at full speed in the southwest direction of Blackrock City.

Blackstone City is not far from the northern border of France, only about 110 kilometers away as the crow flies, and no more than 200 kilometers diagonally. Fran and Melody quickly arrived at the border.

Located between Fortress 21 and Fortress 22, this area is not garrisoned by any Francan troops, as it is protected by natural barriers that prevent wild beasts from migrating south.

The natural barrier is not a natural barrier, but a natural barrier created by the powerful Franz people hundreds of years ago by artificially modifying the terrain—Lake Baiga, a long, narrow lake that looks like a baguette on the map.

The artificial lake was created here as a natural barrier mainly because there is a special natural substance underground in this area, which is abundant.

This substance dissolves in water and can turn water into acid. It has extremely strong corrosive power, and most life forms below the Radiant Rank would have difficulty surviving if they fell into the water.

Not only that, humans also released a special monster into Lake Baikal that is immune to strong acid corrosion. This monster is ferocious and loves to eat meat, and it will attack all creatures on the lake surface... The wild beasts that dared to cross Lake Baikal were essentially feeding on this monster.

This is a reliable natural barrier that absolutely does not require garrisoning troops for defense.

However, even this natural barrier... has now disappeared.

The lake, covering nearly 100 square kilometers, has completely dried up, and the silt at the bottom of the lake can be clearly seen. The monsters that used to live in the lake have also disappeared.

It's like a bowl of meat soup that a certain foodie devoured in one gulp, meat and broth alike...

Chapter 33 is your sister

Divine Continent, Sacred Domain, the ancestral home of the Baldr family.

At this moment, Valensa was unaware that her sister was destroying the house and was still listening to the doll girl Yi Qiuya tell the story of the Thirteen Provinces of Tianxuan.

"Flying Swallow Sect?"

After Valensa briefly recounted the story of the imposter phantom thief, the doll-like girl sat at the table, dangling her small, white-stockinged feet a few times, and then nodded gently.

“I agree with Her Highness’s judgment… The Dragon Emperor should not be lying about this matter.”

The Flying Swallow Sect is a small sect in Youzhou, one of the Thirteen Provinces of Tianxuan. The sect's secret techniques are particularly good at infiltration and disguise. The disciples of the sect are all born thieves... except that some like to steal money and are thieves, while others like to steal women and are flower thieves. The sect has a very bad reputation and is almost universally hated, but because they are good at escaping and hiding, they are difficult to eradicate.

However, such skills are not only suitable for being a thief, but also for infiltration and investigation... If Father really investigated the Dragon Emperor's secrets back then, it would be normal for him to have hired people from the Flying Swallow Sect.

The Flying Swallow Sect was wiped out by the Dragon Emperor more than 200 years ago, and it's very likely they were implicated in this affair... And perhaps while cooperating with my father, they learned some information about me, guessing that my father had a backup plan to defeat the Dragon Emperor, which is why they infiltrated the Divine Favor Continent to steal me away.”

"Hmm... a reasonable guess."

Valensa nodded slightly, separated her two legs, which had been crossed, and put them down. She then grabbed a pair of black stockings from her legs, pulled them apart, and snapped them back with a "snap." Only then did she turn her head to look at Zero beside her.

"Sister Zero, do you know when the Star Altar was destroyed by the Dragon Emperor? If the Star Altar was destroyed around the same time as the Flying Swallow Sect, then Miss Yi's speculation is most likely true."

"Well... I'm not quite sure either."

Zero shook his head somewhat embarrassedly:

“Since the Church completely withdrew from the Tianxuan Continent more than 300 years ago, we haven’t paid much attention to things there… The time we went to question the Dragon Emperor together was the first exchange between our Church and the Zhongzhou Empire after they completely severed ties.”

"Ah... The Dragon Emperor sent all our people back, so you're just going to leave the other side alone?"

Valensa was speechless:

"Even if the Central Continent Empire's officials are not friendly to us, Her Majesty the Goddess still favors humanity. As holy clergy, we still have an obligation to protect human civilization from various natural disasters, right? Is it really okay to just completely ignore an entire continent like this?"

"No, our duty is only to protect believers, not all of humanity... Of course, if a human civilization were to face an extinction crisis, we certainly wouldn't stand idly by."