The story of the black silk female knight

Tia cast the spell again, the same one that swapped positions, but this time Valensa and Thousand Leaf Grass were the ones exchanging places.

Thousand-Leaf Grass returned to the expeditionary base, while Valensa appeared in a sand pit. More than 10 kilometers away was a large settlement of wild beasts and a sandstorm barrier.

But this is not the large settlement of wild beasts that is currently engaged in fierce battle with the undead legion. Instead, it is another one located in the southeast of the Barrens, more than 1200 kilometers away from the battlefield in a straight line. More than 300 kilometers to the south is Fortress No. 28 of Fran, and 200 kilometers to the east is the Misty Mountains.

This is the real target of Tia's plan for this operation; Thousand Leaf Grass had already been scouting and reconnaissance here for several days.

After Valensa poked her head out of the sandpit, she carefully observed and sensed the area again, confirming that there were no Moon-level beings in this large settlement of wild beasts before she quickly approached.

Under the cover of using mental powers to reduce her presence, Valensa was not discovered.

Of course, the beasts would never have expected Valensa to appear here, given that the battle on the front lines is currently raging.

But that's all. If we continue to venture into the sandstorm barrier, Valensa will still be discovered... Identity verification is a basic function of such a large-scale magical barrier.

Therefore, we cannot rush in easily, at least not just like that.

Valensa took another deep breath, and with a thought, the Divine Particle Armor completely changed its shape according to her wishes.

The silver-white color turned into purplish-black, and the lightweight bikini-style armor was transformed into heavy armor that could cover the entire body. There was also a faceplate that completely covered the face, not a single hair could be seen.

The signature weapons that are already heavily tied to his identity—Moon Kiss and Cross-Handled Lightsaber—should not be used lightly this time either; it's best to avoid using swords altogether.

Fortunately, Valensa still had a lot of enchanted weapons she had obtained from blind boxes in her storage cloak. After a quick selection, she took out a spear that matched the color scheme of her heavy armor.

After disguising herself in a way that would at least prevent her from being recognized at a glance, Valensa did not dare to use the divine magic of the Sun Goddess. Instead, she relied solely on the enhancement of her mental power and her own physical strength to charge towards the sandstorm barrier.

click!

Perhaps because this wasn't the front line and was quite far away, the sandstorm barrier was nowhere near as strong as the one on the battlefield, and Valensa easily crashed into it without much effort.

However, the warning function of the large magical barrier worked normally. The barrier quickly realized that it had been forcibly breached, and a piercing alarm sounded throughout the large settlement, sounding like a donkey braying.

The wild beasts on the street quickly spotted Valensa, the suspiciously dressed uninvited guest, and immediately recognized her as the intruder who had triggered the alarm.

But none of the wild beasts screamed or ran away. Many of them, known for their fierce nature, surrounded Valensa with sticks and stones and launched an attack.

Valensa showed no mercy to these ordinary wild beasts that had no cultivation whatsoever. With a sweep of her spear, she brute forcefully shattered more than a dozen wild beasts into countless pieces, their blood splattering everywhere.

Such a brutal scene finally had some deterrent effect. The ordinary wild beasts around dared not attack easily anymore, but they still did not leave. They kept their distance and carefully surrounded Valensa.

Valensa had no interest in dealing with these ordinary wild beasts; her forced breakthrough was for a specific mission.

The defenses of this large settlement are certainly not as strong as those of the large settlements on the front lines, but they must also be guarded by Rank 1 Wild Beasts, and most likely not just one.

Once Valensa is discovered and entangled by those wild beasts of the Radiant Rank, it will be difficult for her not to reveal her identity. The phantom thief who is impersonating her on the battlefield will also be exposed, and the operation will fail.

Therefore, we must act swiftly and decisively; everything must be done quickly.

After temporarily intimidating the ordinary wild beasts around her, Valensa activated her perception to the maximum, searching for the target that Ritia had speculated about in the large settlement.

"Near a water source...at a certain height...the opening will be exposed to sunlight at approximately a 50-degree angle around 3 PM...and it's also in a windy spot...Found it! That should be it!"

Valensa quickly identified her target.

That was the only water source in this large settlement, a small lake of about two or three square kilometers. There was a 30-meter-high earthen slope on the lakeside. One side of the slope was almost perpendicular to the ground, while the other side was a slope at about a 40-degree angle. There was also a huge square stone tablet at the top of the slope.

Valensa's target was that small mound. She burst into speed and rushed in a straight line to the side of the mound that was perpendicular to the ground, leaving behind a mist of blood from the shattered bodies of wild beasts.

"This is it!"

After quickly searching the foot of the small hill, Valensa soon discovered a hidden stone door and was about to kick it open.

Surprisingly, the door was quite sturdy; when Valensa kicked it for the first time, it only wobbled and didn't shatter as expected.

Valensa was not annoyed at all; on the contrary, she was delighted... This meant she hadn't come to the wrong place. The fact that such a strong barrier was used to reinforce the area meant that this must be one of the sites for the ancestral spirit ritual!

Valensa concentrated all her mental energy into her right foot and kicked again, finally managing to open the stone door, revealing the hollowed-out interior of the earthen slope.

The space reeked of blood, with strange runes covering the surrounding stone walls and numerous skeletons of juvenile wild beasts scattered on the ground.

There's no mistake, this is the site of the ancestral spirit ritual!

The plan is already more than halfway to success!

After confirming that the target was correct, Valensa quickly began the next step... sticking the golden magic cards on the small mound outside the cave, and making sure to stick them all around, at least 10 or more.

When she posted the 6th image, the four Radiant Beasts guarding this large settlement finally arrived. They were all warriors, each wielding a different weapon.

"So many?"

Valensa was slightly surprised, then gritted her teeth.

I thought that since this place is far from the front line, there wouldn't be many Rank 5 Wild Beasts stationed here, but I didn't expect there to be only one less than at the front line. (Valenza has completely forgotten about the two Rank 5 Wild Beasts that were instantly killed at the beginning of the front line.)

Truly worthy of being the race most eager to live and ruthlessly eliminated by the higher-ups... In these thousands of years, just how many Radiant Rank beings has the Wild Beast Clan accumulated?

Tsk.

There was a minor mishap, but the operation must continue.

Valensa is currently unable to simultaneously apply new magic cards while protecting the existing ones from damage, and she also has to contend with the siege of four Radiant Beasts.

At the very least, it's definitely impossible to keep one's identity hidden.

There's nothing I can do about it.

Senior sister, I'm sorry, this time I might scare you a little.

Chapter 42 I'm No Longer a Wild Beast!

On the front lines, Nana, who was simultaneously battling four sand snakes and two sand beasts, suddenly vanished in a flash.

Seeing this, the phantom thief, who was always ready to run away, activated the golden magic card that Tia had given her before without hesitation and teleported back to the expeditionary base.

The leaders of the wild beast tribes within the sandstorm barrier were stunned for a moment. Although they didn't know what had happened, they knew that Valensa had really left this time.

So the more cowardly they were before, the more arrogant they became now, immediately grabbing their treasures and leaping out of the sandstorm barrier to launch an attack on the undead army together with the sand snakes and sand beasts.

Without the top-tier combat power to hold them back, the undead army immediately became vulnerable and was ruthlessly reaped by the strong with various wide-range attacks.

Even though Tia remotely controlled the zombie loader soldiers to detonate all the remaining nuclear bombs on the spot, she failed to kill a well-prepared Radiant-rank expert. Instead, she wiped out all the remaining undead.

Despite the seemingly heavy losses, Tia wasn't angry at all, because she knew that Nana's actions meant Valensa was close to succeeding, and good news should be coming soon.

On the other side, after summoning Nana to her side, Valensa no longer concealed her identity and directly ordered Nana and the Six Flower Floating Cannons to launch a full-scale attack to suppress the enemy. Meanwhile, her main body used up most of the holy light power and mental power within her body to create a divine shield to protect the magic cards that had been attached.

The wild beasts here were already caught off guard by the attack. After recognizing Valensa's identity and being subjected to an explosive attack from Nana and the Six Flower Floating Cannons, they became even more flustered. They didn't understand what Valensa was trying to do and missed the best opportunity to stop her.

Valensa quickly pasted the remaining few golden magic cards all around the small mound.

Valensa then did not participate in the battle against the four Radiant Beasts, leaving them all to be held back by Nana and the Six Flowers Floating Cannons. She then took out Moon Kiss, tucked it into her waistband, lowered her body, and assumed a charging stance for Iaijutsu with her longsword.

He poured all the remaining holy light and divine power in his body into the sword blade in one go... but that wasn't enough, so he also used up most of the reserve energy in the secondary core, all for the next strike.

The moon's kiss, which should have been bathed in moonlight, was now completely enveloped in blazing holy light. The gleaming sword trembled and hummed softly, much like Dreigan's soft-heartedness in Valensa's arms during the Dragon Knight ritual.

Finally, the blade turned completely golden, even forming a halo around it like a sun corona.

One of the ultimate advanced moves in the Holy Light Slash series of divine arts, fully charged.

"My sword is the sword of the gods; its light can cleave mountains and sever oceans!"

"Divine Technique: Iaijutsu - Supreme Flash!"

brush!

Valensa unleashed a blade of holy light, a hundred meters wide, with a single swing. Though not fast, it was unstoppable, its target the bottom of the small hill.

The hard rock, reinforced by evil magic, flickered with blood and tried to struggle after being hit by the blade-like holy light. However, the holy light was the nemesis of most evil magic and quickly gave way to the power of purification. In the end, it was easily cut open like soft tofu in front of a sharp kitchen knife.

First, she used her full power of the Sunfire Blaze to break through the Sand Beast and the barrier on the front line, and then she used her full power of the Divine Shield and the full power of the Holy Light Slash in succession. Valensa is still very exhausted.

Sweat, which hadn't appeared since she advanced to the Radiant Rank, returned, covering her entire body and making her lace shirt and black pantyhose under her armor completely wet, sticky, and smelly.

But Valensa couldn't care less about any of that for the moment. She didn't even bother wiping the sweat welling in her eyes, and quickly pulled out another golden magic card, shouting:

"We've got it... Quick! Tia! Quick!"

"Stop her! She's trying to steal the ritual site for our ancestors!"

At this moment, the four Radiant-Rank Wild Beasts finally realized what Valensa was planning and launched a desperate attack on her. Even though Nana punched them several times, shattering their bones and dislocating their internal organs, they gritted their teeth and endured the pain.

"We must stop her! Otherwise, the Great Chieftain will tear us to pieces!"

Unfortunately, it was too late. Tia had been watching this side intently, and as soon as Valensa succeeded, she immediately activated the teleportation spell that linked the space.

All the golden magic cards flashed with magical light, but by the time the Radiant Beasts, enraged, used their treasures to shatter the magical light, Little Slope and Valensa were long gone.

While they were attacking Valensa's main body, Nana also punched them all several times, causing them to cough up blood and suffer internal injuries. Before being remotely summoned away by Valensa, she left behind two nuclear bombs.

This wild beast colony, located more than 1200 kilometers away from the front lines, suddenly became the place with the heaviest losses in this battle.

The two nuclear bombs that exploded directly within the barrier took away nearly 1.1 million ordinary wild beasts. Of the four Radiant-rank wild beast tribe leaders who were injured by Nana, three were killed instantly. The remaining one, fearing accountability from the Great Chieftain, tried to escape into the Misty Mountains, but was surrounded and attacked by a group of monsters while carrying his heavily injured body, and eventually became a feast for the monsters.

However, for the entire wild beast race, the most serious loss was not the 1.1 million ordinary wild beasts or the four Radiant-rank experts, but the small mound that was stolen by the teleportation spell—one of the sites of the Ancestral Spirit Ritual.

This is Tia's real target in this battle.

Through the first battle and the subsequent intelligence gathering, Tia had already determined that most of the wild beasts were stalling for time, creating an opportunity for a certain plan of her core leadership.

Natia certainly won't carry out the war step by step as the beasts wish. The most important thing is to figure out what the beast leaders are doing and stop them.

After the first battle, Tia stayed up all night organizing intelligence and revising tactical deployments, all for the sake of the ritual site for seizing the ancestral spirits this time.

This is not an easy job.

Both sides are at war, and most of the settlements of the wild beasts have a very high level of vigilance. Thousand-Leaf Grass quietly observed the perimeter of the settlements for several days before choosing this place with the relatively lowest level of vigilance.

Then, based on the information transmitted back by the miniature listening devices and miniature cameras, Tia analyzed and deduced the specific location of the ancestral spirit ritual sites within the large settlements... It turned out that most of the ancestral spirit ritual sites were underground, making it difficult to dig them out and steal them.

In one of the ritual sites, Tia managed to see the sunlight streaming in around 3 p.m. through a miniature camera and listening device she had managed to sneak into. She also saw some fungi growing in the corner between the cave walls and the floor, and heard a fairly noticeable sound of airflow.

Based on this, Tia judged that the site was likely built on the ground, probably in a cave near a water source, and the outside was relatively open.

A cave within a large settlement could not possibly originate from a large mountain; it would most likely be a small hillside only a hundred meters or so high.

Thus, the battle plan was finally devised... The phantom thief would impersonate Valensa to distract the beasts on the main battlefield, while the real Valensa would secretly find the small hill, place a large number of magic cards around its perimeter, and finally, Tia would activate the spatial link secret technique to snatch the hill back.

The operation has now been a success.

Whether it was Valensa unleashing her ultimate moves one after another, or Tia teleporting across a small hill from a distance, it was all quite a burden, leaving them exhausted and drenched in sweat. Their black stockings and white over-the-knee stockings were also damp and smelled strongly.

Even so, they first confirmed that the five Radiant Beasts on the front lines of the battlefield had only wiped out the 400,000-strong undead legion and had not taken any further action before they breathed a sigh of relief and went to take a bath together. After bathing, they meditated and prayed to restore their mental strength and divine magic energy.

The second battle of the expeditionary force's war to exterminate the wild beasts should now be considered over.

Needless to say, on the expeditionary force's side, Tia, along with Lily of the Valley and even the equally interested Great Witch Friggia, studied the small mound together. They had to unravel the true secret of the Ancestral Spirit Ritual as quickly as possible and figure out what the Great Chieftain of the Wild Beasts was up to.

Tia devoted herself to research, while Valensa and Thousand Leaf Grass took over the intelligence gathering work on the wild beasts. They continued to use the Trojan Horse tactic to constantly collect intelligence on the wild beasts, and occasionally they would wander around the perimeter of various large settlements to observe them in person.

As it turned out, the wild beast's reaction this time was unexpectedly large.

The loss of the ancestral spirit ritual site clearly made the wild beasts realize that they were running out of time and that the survival of their race was at stake.

In this situation, there are generally two options: one is to gather all forces to launch a final assault on the enemy, so that even if the entire clan is wiped out, the enemy will still suffer a painful wound.

Another option is to continue with the previous plan, gather all forces to defend and buy time... As long as the plan can be completed before it is disrupted, the plan will still be a success!

The choice of wild beasts is the second one.

They issued a final mobilization order, abandoning even the current six large settlements, gathering all the surviving wild beasts to form an impregnable final fortress to hold until the Great Chief and other core high-ranking wild beast leaders complete the plan.

The wild beasts from all the wild beast settlements began a great migration, moving towards the main wild beast city at the center of the wild beast control zone. Ordinary wild beasts that were too old, too young, or sick and injured to move were killed directly and used as fuel for evil magic; not a single corpse was left for the undead legion.

Seeing this situation, Valensa went to Tia to discuss whether they should launch a surprise attack during the great migration of the wild beasts, which should kill a lot of them.

Tia said we could give it a try, but we couldn't act too rashly. We'd have to wait until the secret of the Ancestral Spirit Ritual was deciphered before we could decide how to fight the real battle.

Valensa immediately set off excitedly, having packed many nuclear bombs into her storage space, intending to slaughter the migrating wild beasts.

But she miscalculated this time.

Just as I entered the central area controlled by the wild beasts, the large red dot on the small map that had disappeared after our last encounter reappeared.

This perception is bidirectional; once you get close enough, it becomes difficult to hide yourself. Valensa will discover the other person at the same time, and the other person will also discover her.

This time, the big red dot didn't remain indifferent; instead, it immediately moved quickly toward Valensa and appeared in front of her in less than half a minute.

It was a lion-headed, human-bodied beast that was over 2 meters tall. Its limbs and muscles were extremely strong, and its golden fur looked sharper than steel... It was a golden lion king in a physical sense.

His highly recognizable appearance allowed Valensa to recognize him at a glance. This guy was the Great Chieftain of the entire Wild Beast race, a Moon-Radiant Peak expert who had ruled the Wild Beasts for over 1200 years.

She is on the same level as the bald-headed principal of the War Academy, the Witch of Destruction Elanfiel, the Demon Queen Himiko in good condition, and the deceased Great Sage.

If this were a land without the blessing of the Sun Goddess, this golden-maned lion-like chieftain of the wilderness might be even stronger.

Although the saintesses of the Sun Church are also at the peak of the Moon Radiance realm, their actual strength and aura are slightly weaker. However, each of them is equipped with divine artifacts and has the support of a true god. If they cannot defeat the enemy themselves, they can have the consciousness of the goddess descend to fight on their behalf. Their actual combat ability is the strongest, which is also the guarantee of the Sun Church's unshakable position.