The story of the black silk female knight

The thought of a life of social death, condemned by everyone, is terrifying and causes Valensa's heart to bleed.

"It's really tough... Everyone calls my mother a traitor and me a little bastard... even though I was actually born to my mother alone, unlike my sister who has my father's blood."

Elena nodded gently, then nestled in Valensa's arms and whispered her recollections:

“Many of our kind humiliate and bully us… They think we are a disgrace to our race, and they say they want us to return to the Lord—that is, to let the Lord devour us, erase our self-awareness, and turn us into pure divine power to give birth to new spirit princesses.”

Valensa tightened her grip on Elena's hand, feeling even more heartbroken.

She could do nothing to help her mother and sister who were suffering.

"What then?"

Tia, who was also listening in, couldn't help but ask:

"What did you do, Elena, to regain your and Aunt Teresa's approval?"

"Hmm... I even had a fight with my mom about this, and we're still giving each other the cold shoulder."

Elena smiled wryly, then rolled over in Valensa's arms to find a more comfortable position:

"Although many of our clansmen initially clamored for our execution, the ruler of our Abyss Spirit Clan was not so emotional... It was more like a pure rule or procedure, and it gave me a chance according to the clan rules... As long as I can devour intelligent civilizations like a true Abyss Spirit Clan member, it will acknowledge my identity as Ling Ji and no longer pursue my mother's betrayal."

My mother was strongly against it at the time... She seemed to prefer returning to the realm of dominion herself rather than letting me devour intelligent civilizations... She was truly too kind... Or perhaps my father's death made her somewhat disheartened and unwilling to live alone.

But I can't! I want Mom to live on, and I want to see you again, sister… For that, I must pass the Lord's test and become a true Spirit Maiden, even if my hands are stained with blood.”

"...So, Elena, you went and destroyed other worlds as an evil god? You weren't just bluffing when you said you had devoured three civilizations?" Valensa paused for a moment before asking.

"Hmm... I am indeed a true evil god who has destroyed three civilizations and devoured hundreds of billions of intelligent lives, sister."

Elena said softly:

Will my sister hate me because of this?

"If that's all... no way."

Valensa hesitated for less than two seconds before hugging Elena tightly.

"After all, I'm not some saint... As long as you don't hurt someone I care about like Tia, I will never blame you, and I will only feel sorry for your hard work."

"Hmph, I knew it! Tia... that stupid older sister who forgets her sister for the sake of a pretty face!"

Elena pinched Valensa's waist, then made a big face at Tia from an angle Valensa couldn't see, and sighed:

"It was really tough when I first became an evil god... At that time, everyone in the clan ostracized and bullied me and my mother. My mother also disagreed with me participating in the test of the ruler, so no one taught me how to use the power of the evil god to devour civilization. I had to figure everything out on my own... And at that time, I was just an underage evil god cub, just like you are now, and my power was not complete."

To make matters worse, the first civilization I encountered was incredibly powerful... It was a technologically advanced civilization from your story, sister, that had already ventured beyond its home planet and had a territory encompassing three planets.

Like most evil gods, I was successfully summoned by an anti-government cult through a sacrificial ritual... However, that cult was very unhelpful; by the time I arrived, they had been almost wiped out by the government forces and were of no help whatsoever.

At first, I wasn't surprised that I didn't sense any magic or divine power from the government troops. I was actually quite happy, thinking that I had encountered a weak civilization and could just eat without worry, relying on my instincts.

Then I was stunned by those unfamiliar technological weapons... I was even captured alive by a capture field and locked in a laboratory. Every day I was tortured by various weapons, and they would forcibly cut flesh from my body and drain my blood, not even sparing my brains..."

"Waaah... My poor Elena."

Valensa felt a pang of heartache upon hearing this, and gritted her teeth again:

"Where are those bastards? I'll go cause trouble for you!"

"Hehe... We're all here now, more than 200 billion people from three planets."

Elena, however, patted her belly at that moment and said with a hint of pride:

"Those people's technology is indeed very advanced, but humans are still very fragile... More importantly, that civilization should not belong to this universe. There is no Sun Goddess there, nor a professional organization like the Sun Church, nor any means to truly seal me... and many people like to court death."

After being tortured in that laboratory for a period of time, I figured out on my own how to divide my consciousness and hide it in my flesh and blood... Then, while those people were studying my flesh and blood, I tried to bewitch those with evil intentions and ambitions, and corrupt their souls.

That period was quite long... It took me more than a year before the scattered seeds of evil gods finally blossomed and bore fruit. Various ambitious individuals, bewitched, went on a rampage, igniting a full-blown civil war among civilizations, which gave me the opportunity to escape from the laboratory.

After that… things became simple. That civilization's technology was incredibly advanced, but that was all they had; they hadn't made a single step into the development of supernatural powers. As long as I didn't recklessly confront them head-on like I did when I first arrived, but instead proceeded cautiously, eventually devouring the entire civilization wouldn't be too difficult… Ugh, actually, that was the hardest time; it took me almost two years.”

"As long as it's okay..."

Valensa breathed a sigh of relief and then asked:

"Elena, after you completed this trial, did the Overlord fulfill its promise?"

"Yes, it's been fulfilled."

Elena nodded:

"After I successfully devoured the civilization to complete my coming-of-age ceremony and ascended to become a true Spirit Maiden, the Sovereign forgave my mother's betrayal and officially recognized my identity."

After that, although other members of our clan still ostracized us to some extent, they no longer deliberately humiliated and bullied us like they did at the beginning, and they no longer mentioned bringing up the matter of bringing Mother back to the throne.

But Mom got even angrier at me and completely stopped talking to me... Sigh.

"Didn't you communicate properly with your mother?"

Valensa asked.

"I want to too... but my mom won't talk to me. How can I communicate with her?"

Elena shrugged with a wry smile:

"Actually, I was a little resentful at the time... I went through so much trouble and suffered so much just to improve our living conditions, right? It's one thing for my mother not to praise me more, but she was angry with me and said that I was sinful because my hands were covered in blood... Sigh."

"So you developed a rebellious spirit and went on to devour more civilizations?"

Valensa guessed.

"That's not true... After all, I grew up in human society. Although I'm not as kind as you, Mom and Sister, I don't have that kind of hobby that makes me want to devour civilizations."

Elena shook her head:

"It's quite a coincidence... After obtaining the official identity of Ling Ji, many privileges related to the Yuanling God Clan were also granted to me... For example, I can learn the true divine language, various divine arts of the Chaos God Power, and how to invade the root of the True God World using the laws, etc... But most importantly, I finally understood the historical origin and social structure of the Yuanling God Clan."

Just as I initially guessed, it has no personal emotions; it's more like a program or a rule... much like the manifestation of law in a human society governed by the rule of law, and is the ruler of the entire Abyss Spirit Clan.

Under the ruler, there are spirit maidens like us... what ordinary people in the true god world call abyssal evil gods. But not all spirit maidens are the same; the biggest difference can even be compared to that between slaves and nobles in human society... and the only factor that determines a spirit maiden's status within her race is the number of civilizations she has devoured; everything else is meaningless.

Knowing all this, I thought... since I'm already a sinful evil god, I might as well be completely evil, devour a few more civilizations, and improve the status of my mother and me as a race.

This time, I didn't consult my mother again, but took direct action... like the other Spirit Maidens, I actively sensed the calls of the Abyss Spirit Cultists, used divine pronouncements to instruct them on the correct method of sacrifice, and then guided them to summon me to descend.

"This civilization you encountered wasn't as powerful as the first one, was it? You probably didn't suffer much more before you devoured it?" Valensa guessed.

"Emmm... how should I put it?"

Elena, however, wore a complicated expression:

"The second civilization I encountered was actually more powerful than the first one... Although they did not leave their home planet to explore the universe, they possessed both technology and mystery... Even though I had greatly increased my power and had many new methods by then, it was not easy to defeat that civilization... But devouring that civilization was the most successful of my three civilization devouring attempts."

"Ah? Why?"

Valensa was puzzled, and Tia nodded curiously as well:

"Yes...why is it easier for more powerful civilizations to devour others?"

"Because they were all willingly devoured by me, without any resistance."

Elena's expression became even more complicated, even showing a hint of disdain:

"That intelligent civilization did not belong to humans, but to elves... a group of very powerful, but also very corrupt, lewd, and with a strong tendency toward self-destruction."

Anyway, I still can't understand their thoughts... After fully developing their home planet, they seemed to lose their purpose, indulging in debauchery and decadence every day, yet becoming increasingly empty, and in the end, they even wanted to pursue a magnificent destruction, wiping out their own race.

Even more outrageous is that the decision to completely self-destruct actually received the support of more than 91% of the entire elven population... So the decision was passed smoothly, and the elven rulers even came up with several ways to self-destruct, allowing all the elves to vote on them online.

Ultimately, among the options of blowing up the star core, global war, setting off fireworks with superweapons, and having a massive drug-fueled party until everyone dies, being eaten by the beautiful evil goddess won... So the official elf race personally held a sacrificial ceremony to summon me to descend and devour them.

"Ah, this..." x2

Valensa and Tia exchanged bewildered glances. Could this really be allowed?

However, Valensa thought back carefully to the elves she had encountered... Whether it was the corrupted elves of Northblade Bay who were corrupted by a cult, or the lewd elves of the Moon Worship Tribe who were led astray by a certain inner palace knight more than 300 years ago, they all seemed to be quite something.

If elves in other worlds are like this, then it seems... plausible that they would do such things when they are extremely empty and depraved?

All I can say is that it truly lives up to its reputation as a famous elf.

"After completing the mission of devouring civilizations, have your and Mom's treatment improved?"

Valensa asked again.

"Yes, the treatment is obviously much better now."

Elena proudly puffed out her chest, which was considerably smaller than Valensa's and Tia's:

"Didn't I tell you before, sister? Among the Abyss Spirit Clan, many Spirit Maidens haven't even been able to successfully devour their first civilization... A Spirit Maiden like me, who has been able to devour two great civilizations in a row, even if she's not as noble as a human, at least has the status of a knight-errant... Anyway, since then, no one has dared to ostracize me and Mom... Some Spirit Maidens who haven't been able to devour their first civilization for a long time will even take the initiative to approach me and flatter me, asking me to teach them how to deal with those powerful civilizations."

"...So, Elena, you experienced all the benefits of devouring civilizations, and then you couldn't stop yourself from truly becoming an evil god?"

Valensa, however, did not appear happy; instead, she sighed with a complicated expression.

"Waaah... I had no choice, I just wanted to protect myself and my mom... Sister, please don't be angry with me... I'll just respond to fewer summons in the future."

Seeing Valensa like this, Elena quickly grabbed Valensa's clothes and acted coquettishly:

"Besides, I actively responded to the call because I wanted to see you again, sister~~"

"Seeing me again... you've been wanting to return here all along by being summoned by the cultists?"

What could Valensa do in the face of her sister's pleading? She could only pat Elena's head.

"So, when the remnants of the Abyss Spirit Society wanted to sacrifice Iris Girls' Academy to summon an evil god two years ago, that's why you responded to them?"

"Yes... I finally found my way home and saw lots of sweet and delicious snacks. I was so happy when you interrupted my descent ceremony."

Elena gave Valensa a resentful look:

"Luckily, I reacted quickly and managed to send a small portion of my consciousness over... Otherwise, with your absolute suppression of cultists, I might never have been able to descend here... I had finally mastered the little trick of prioritizing the response to this world's call."

"Prioritize responding to the call of this world?"

Valensa raised an eyebrow:

"Is this a new skill you gained after you devoured that elven civilization, Elena?"

"Well, almost."

Elena nodded and rubbed against Valensa again:

"After I was no longer ostracized by my own kind, I stopped rushing to devour civilizations and instead began to study how to locate a world in the endless void and respond to a specific call."

I might really be suited to be an evil god... The research progressed quickly, and I soon found a way to prioritize responding to this world's call... Our Sun Goddess seems to have done something remarkable, and is quite famous in the endless void... She even has some connection with that powerful empire that can stand on equal footing with the gods... In short, I succeeded.

The place where I descended for the third time in response to the cultist's call is in this world... but unfortunately not on this planet, but on another planet several light-years away.

That planet is quite similar to the continent of Frenoia... The entire planet is just one continent, with more than ten countries coexisting on it. There is also the Church of the Sun, which is above the countries. Occasionally, demon legions that come out of the abyss will invade there, only to be repelled by heroes leading a multinational coalition... In short, it's the kind of planet that's common in adventure novels.

I must say, the Church of the Sun is truly professional... I was discovered by the Church of the Sun not long after I arrived on that planet.

I didn't originally intend to start a war directly. I even wanted them to help me send a message to my sister, but they had no intention of communicating with me at all... They bombarded me with a variety of artifacts right away, and when they found that it was ineffective, they immediately turned the Holy Temple into a spaceship and abandoned the planet to run away.

My main purpose in descending to Earth that time was to find a way home; devouring civilizations was secondary... So I didn't rush to attack the ground, but instead wanted to chase after the Church of the Sun's spaceship.

Then that disgusting, idiotic, self-proclaimed hero appeared…

As she said this, Elena's face was filled with undisguised disgust, as if she had seen a worm in delicious broth:

"That idiot, disgusting man started spouting nonsense at me right away, and even tried to pounce on me and force a kiss to seal my power... It infuriated me, so I broke all four of his legs on the spot, making him watch helplessly as I destroyed his country and ate his two wives."

Then, as expected, that guy had a mental breakdown and went berserk, fighting me to the death... That guy did have some real skills, just like that bald guy at your school, he trained his body to the point where he could withstand the suppression of the laws, and it took me some effort to kill him.

After defeating that idiot hero, I realized... while I was fighting him, all the royalty and learned people on that planet had fled on the Church of the Sun's spaceships. The remaining people didn't even know the concept of the universe or planets, let alone help me locate this planet or send a message to you, sister... I don't know the way around in the universe, so I could only return to the negative space and wait for a cult in this universe to summon the Abyss Spirit Evil God again. And then, I waited for what happened two years ago.

Chapter 39 It's hard to be serious when I'm with you.

"...So, in the last two years, Elena, you haven't devoured any more civilizations? You devoured those three civilizations in the first four years?" Valensa asked.

"Hmm... because I've found my sister, and no one in the tribe will ostracize or bully me and my mother anymore, so naturally I'm not in a hurry to work anymore."

Elena changed positions again, lying comfortably on Valensa's lap, enjoying a lap pillow that she hadn't enjoyed in years:

“A spirit maiden who can devour three civilizations already holds a certain status within her clan, enough to ensure my mother and I can live peacefully over there. Moreover, I also need to keep an eye on things here, to trick those idiots from the Abyss Spirit Society into feeding me more good food, and to help them conceal their presence… to prevent those idiots from being discovered and killed by you, sister, before I even get back.”

"You even helped them cover their breath?"

This made Valensa raise an eyebrow and couldn't resist pinching Elena's cheek:

"So... the reason I sensed the approximate location of my blood last time, but couldn't feel it when I tried to perceive it more closely, was it actually Elena who did this?"

"Hehe~~"

Elena rubbed her cheek against Valensa's palm, her eyes half-closed in comfort: