The story of the black silk female knight

All of this happened shortly after Nana punched and kicked him.

The answer is obvious... This fat body can absorb kinetic energy, but it cannot fully utilize or transfer the absorbed kinetic energy. It must convert the kinetic energy exceeding the absorption limit into heat energy before dissipating it.

Compared to the various skills practitioners use to control and manipulate energy, this method of absorbing and converting kinetic energy is clearly more suitable for man-made weapons.

Even ordinary people without any cultivation have a way of dissipating heat that is many times more efficient than exhaling steam, such as sweating... powerful cultivators are even more powerful and have no need for the act of exhaling steam at all.

Only man-made objects designed for combat use this method to dissipate heat... That body of fat, designed purely for combat, probably doesn't even have sweat glands.

There's no mistake, this fat guy who looks like he has flesh and blood, breathes, and laughs is actually not a person at all, but a remotely controlled flesh and blood puppet... The enemy's real body is not in this underground space, or even in the Sage's Tower.

Because the Sage's Tower is currently filled with rampaging powers, any creature that enters the Sage's Tower will be thrown into another world.

Where is the enemy's main body? Is it hiding somewhere far away?

Probably not.

It's still because of the rampaging pseudo-divine power inside the Sage's Tower... Even Tia's linking arcane technique is affected, preventing her from seeing what's happening around Valensa, so other remote control methods are certainly no exception.

In other words, the enemy controlling this fat-headed, big-eared general is hiding somewhere not far from the Sage's Tower!

...Well, the formula for victory is complete.

What you need to do next is also very simple.

Nana took flight with a whoosh, no longer paying attention to the battlefield, and flew directly out of the underground sealed area and the Sage's Tower to start searching for the enemy's hiding place.

"you……!"

The fat, big-eared general clearly saw through Valencia's plan and immediately became anxious.

He didn't care that Valensa had bitten off most of his leg, and he tried to chase after Nana or return to his main body while half-limping and half-hopping on one leg.

Valensa made no attempt to stop him, simply smiling at him.

Behind that massive body was the gate leading to the central pillar of the Sage's Tower. As soon as this fat-headed, big-eared general left, Valensa could immediately go in and try to calm the rampaging power.

The fat, big-eared general immediately understood Valencia's meaning and hesitated.

The operation behind the door was about to succeed. Giving up now would mean all his efforts were in vain... This was a rare opportunity for him to improve himself. If he missed it, he would have to wait at least several hundred years, or even never have the chance again in this lifetime.

If we don't give up, once the original body is found... there will most likely be no future for us.

The fat, big-eared general suddenly became very conflicted.

The more conflicted he became, the happier and more relieved Valencia felt.

Now it's finally your turn to get anxious!

Sweating buckets, you fatso?

"you……"

After a moment's hesitation, the fat-headed, big-eared general still did not chase after them.

Firstly, he was reluctant to give up the fruits of his labor that were about to be obtained behind the door; secondly, even if he chased after her with his obese body, he would not be able to catch up with Nana.

He chose a method that Valencia had not expected.

He started talking trash:

"Young lady, you are so young yet you possess such abilities. Why ally with these barbarians? In a few years, when my imperial army arrives, this barbarian continent will be as vulnerable as a clay chicken or a clay dog... Young lady, you still have the best years of your life ahead of you. Why don't you make plans sooner?"

"what?"

Valensa was taken aback for a moment, quite surprised.

Then a smile crept onto his lips, a playful glint in his eyes:

"Are you... trying to recruit me for the Dragon Emperor? If I were to join you, what kind of official position could you offer me? And let me tell you, my wife is a future duke... a duke is the highest rank below a king!"

"So what kind of status do you want?"

Seeing that Valensa did not refuse outright, the fat-headed, big-eared general was secretly delighted... He planned to agree to whatever conditions Valensa proposed first, and settle accounts properly after this operation was successful!

Thinking of this, the fat-headed, big-eared general seemed quite proud as he raised his head and said:

"I am the Grand Admiral of the Imperial Navy's Vanguard Fleet! I have been following His Majesty in battles over 700 years ago and am deeply trusted by His Majesty... If I personally recommend you to His Majesty, what's wrong with bestowing upon you a title of non-royal prince in charge of this barbarian continent after it becomes Imperial territory?"

"Really? That would be great!"

Valensa's smile widened.

Then, her eyes lit up, and she came up with another interesting way to play.

So she sheathed her sword, and mimicking the gesture of ancient Eastern civilizations, clasped her hands in a fist and waved them up and down twice in a mocking manner towards the east:

"Speaking of which, I have also wandered for half my life, only regretting that I have not met a wise ruler. If Your Majesty does not abandon me, I am willing to take Your Majesty as my godfather... What does the Grand Commander think?"

"You...what do you mean?"

The fat, big-eared military general was clearly annoyed:

"You want to become His Majesty's godfather... or do you want to become an imperial princess?"

"...What? Am I not worthy of being a princess?"

Valensa's expression immediately changed, and she drew her sword again:

"I'll be a duchess soon. If you want to win me over, at least offer me a princess, right? If you can't even accept that, then there's nothing more to talk about... Let's continue the battle!"

"and many more!"

The fat, big-eared general quickly reached out to stop him, then gritted his teeth:

"Very well! This governor promises you... once this mission is completed and we return to the empire, I will personally recommend you to become His Majesty's adopted daughter, an imperial princess!"

Hmph! You will indeed become a princess, but not an imperial princess, but a brothel princess!

The fat, big-eared general grew increasingly resentful of Valensa, to the point that he dared not even look at her through the eyes of her enormous body, for fear that she might sense his malice.

Wow, you actually agreed?

Valenza perfectly exemplified what it means to push one's luck:

"Then... kneel down now and pay your respects to this princess according to the etiquette of your Central Continent Empire, and this princess will agree to cooperate with your Central Continent Empire."

"you……"

The fat, big-eared general was naturally even more furious upon hearing this.

But given the circumstances, he had no other choice... No matter how unreasonable Valensa's conditions were, as long as they could cooperate temporarily, that would be fine!

However, the fat-headed, big-eared general didn't believe it easily. After forcibly suppressing his anger, he sneered and said:

"It's not that I can't pay my respects, but what if you try to renege on your debt later?"

"This is simple."

Valensa clearly had this in mind, and immediately raised her hand as if to swear an oath:

"I swear on the centuries-old honor of the Badr family as Earls, I will never break my word!"

"...Tsk."

The fat, big-eared general struggled with the decision for a moment, but ultimately decided to believe him.

As the commander of the vanguard fleet of the Central Continent Empire's navy, he naturally learned about the continent of Frenoia before launching the operation here. He knew that the nobles on this continent valued honor the most and would defend it with their lives... especially the noble knights.

Valensa is clearly a female knight, so her guarantee based on her family title and honor should be quite reliable, right?

The fat, big-eared general even breathed a small sigh of relief, but then he was overcome with anger and humiliation, which he forcibly suppressed.

puff.

The obese man decisively knelt down before Valensa, his forehead touching the ground:

"Your subject Zhu Jiuchi pays respects to Your Highness the Princess and greets you."

The anger and humiliation in his voice were impossible to hide, but his posture was indeed very standard, and he didn't stumble over a single word throughout the entire speech.

"……puff!"

Valensa finally couldn't hold back any longer, put one hand on her hip and pointed at the other, bursting into laughter:

"You fat, stupid pig, you actually believed that? Hahahaha... How could anyone be so stupid as to believe the enemy?"

"you……!"

In fact, the fat-headed, big-eared general had already guessed that Valensa was probably just playing a trick on him.

But firstly, he really had no better options, like a drowning person grasping at a last straw.

Secondly, Valencia's vow made in the name of family honor gave him a glimmer of hope.

Now that his hopes were dashed, he was mocked and humiliated by the enemy, and even because of his leg injury, he was temporarily unable to stand up from his kneeling position... Zhu Jiuchi was furious.

"Mmm~~"

Valensa's eyes lit up at that moment, and a knowing smile spread across her face:

"As expected... I really upset you, your emotions are fluctuating so much... That's really bad behavior, especially when playing hide-and-seek."

"what?"

Zhu Jiuchi's furious mind instantly felt as if it had been doused with cold water, leaving him feeling cold from head to toe:

"Have you not……"

"Yes."

Valensa tilted her head, her smile growing even brighter:

"The hide-and-seek game is over—I found you!~~"

It is located in a valley about 700 meters away from the Sage's Tower.

Nana hovered in the air, looking down at a seemingly ordinary tree in the valley below and sneering.

Valensa deliberately used the "godfather" trope not only to humiliate the enemy, but more importantly, to speed up the search for the enemy's true identity.

She was indeed completely ignorant of the principles of various spells, but she did possess mental powers and had some experience in manipulating external objects remotely with her mind.

Regardless of the method used to remotely control the puppet in battle, a signal transmission is required to synchronize the puppet's actions with the user's thoughts.

The energy that supports this signal transmission is basically mental energy or a variant of mental energy... but this energy is often affected by emotions.

The more intense the emotions, the greater the energy fluctuations, and the easier they are to detect.

That's why Valensa deliberately humiliated and teased the enemy before, in order to completely enrage the fat Zhu Jiuchi, making his mental energy fluctuations more intense and easier for Nana to detect.

Now... the plan has succeeded.

Nana descended from the sky, swinging her little fist, and smashed the tree in the valley to pieces with one punch, revealing a thin figure hidden in the trunk.

That was Zhu Jiuchi's true form... completely opposite to the enormous body in the underground space, Zhu Jiuchi's true form was a dwarf.

He is less than 1.3 meters tall, and his limbs are obviously atrophied, but his head is very big.

He wasn't a proper cultivator either... Apart from his powerful, fat body, he had almost no biological energy in his body, only strong spiritual power.

Faced with the aggressive Nana, Zhu Jiuchi's true form still tried to resist with his mental power.

But it was no use. Nana shattered Zhu Jiuchi's concentrated mental energy with a single punch and then kicked him in the neck, knocking him unconscious.

Valensa originally intended to kill Zhu Jiuchi, but considering that Zhu Jiuchi was actually the Grand Admiral of the Central Continent Empire's Vanguard Fleet, she spared his life to extract information from him.

But the death penalty can be postponed, while the punishment for living crimes must be borne immediately.

Click, click, click!

Nana raised her foot and stomped down on Zhu Jiuchi's body without any mercy, crushing all the bones in his limbs to dust... After confirming that he was no longer a threat, she put him into a cloth bag.

As Zhu Jiuchi fell into a coma, the fat creature in the underground space also fell completely silent, remaining motionless in its kneeling posture as it greeted the princess.

Valensa did not let her guard down.

She first used a lightsaber to cut off the defenseless Fatty's head, then used the Six-Flower Floating Cannon to construct a divine magic array and unleash the Yang Flame Strike, blasting a huge hole in Fatty's body before stopping.

After confirming that Fatty was no longer a threat, Valensa walked toward the magnificent door that Fatty had been blocking her way.

There were no complicated puzzles on the door, only a very conspicuous button. Pressing it opened the door to both sides.

Behind the door was another sizable space, with a very thick metal pillar in the center. It was connected to the Sage's Tower and inserted into the ground, and was secured by hundreds of runic chains. This should be the central anchor.

The power here was even stronger... Even though there was nothing around, Valensa had the illusion that she was being swept away by a flood, and that if she lost her footing even slightly, she would be swept far away.

She cautiously approached the central stake and examined it carefully.