The story of the black silk female knight

"Oh."

Valensa raised an eyebrow, her tense body relaxing once more, her fighting spirit dissipating.

In my memory, it is very difficult for a single high-level Mist Demon to defeat a Radiant-rank expert in a one-on-one fight; the best outcome is to force the opponent to retreat through a war of attrition.

The giant octopus currently fighting Crimson No. 1, while not as strong as a Moon Glory monster, is still one of the stronger marine monsters among the Star Glory monsters, at least stronger than the centipede crab that Valensa killed with her own hands last time.

A sea monster of this strength would have been enough to take on an entire US fleet in Valencia's previous life. Could Crimson One really win with just one aircraft carrier?

It really works.

If it were a real aircraft carrier, it definitely wouldn't be able to defeat a Radiant-rank ocean monster, unless it launched a surprise attack with a nuclear missile from a great distance.

But what if it were an aircraft carrier with unlimited carrier-based aircraft, unlimited ammunition, and the ability to automatically repair itself at supersonic speed no matter how much damage it suffers from tentacles?

That would be a different outcome.

The giant octopus is very strong, and it becomes even more invincible after expanding its domain.

Even so, after being bombarded by nearly 10,000 2000-pound aerial bombs, it could only flee in a sorry state, covered in wounds.

Seeing that the battle was truly over, Valensa got up from Crimson One's arms, took a few steps from the bridge to the edge of the deck, and jumped off without hesitation. Clad in lightning on the water, she caught up with the giant octopus at 10 times the speed of sound and slashed with her sword.

The already badly injured giant octopus was powerless to resist. Valensa severed two of its tentacles, each over 2 meters long, with a single sword strike.

Seemingly completely unaware of the even more terrifying enemy present, the giant octopus was terrified. After letting out a mournful cry, it fled even faster, diving directly into the depths of the water.

But Valensa did not continue to pursue. She swung her sword again and cut the octopus tentacles, which were about 100 meters long, into smaller pieces of about 2 meters each, storing them all in the storage space of the artifact cloak.

"Should we call upon our sisters, who are skilled in underwater combat, to completely destroy it?"

Upon seeing this, Crimson One hurriedly asked, seemingly believing that Valensa had been angered by the giant octopus, and appeared ready to stand up for the commander.

"Need not."

Valensa waved her hand and explained with a light laugh:

"The tentacles of this octopus have a great texture. It would be such a waste to kill it directly. Keeping it alive means it will always have tentacles to eat... It's about sustainable development."

"understood."

Crimson No. 1 quickly replied:

"Commander, rest assured, this sea area is very close to the base. I will have the sisters track the monster's movements, and we will gather ingredients for you after it grows new tentacles."

"Ah."

After the minor incident caused by the giant octopus, Crimson 1 sailed at a speed of about 200 knots for more than an hour before finally coming to a stop.

"We've arrived, Commander. Now it's time to proceed."

As Crimson 1 spoke, it transformed the entire aircraft carrier back into mist, shrinking and condensing it back into the ship girl form it had in the seaside town.

Then she snapped her fingers and used nano-mist to create a new low-level fog demon, which was a small submarine less than 5 meters long, and gestured for Valensa to enter.

Having come this far, Valensa certainly wouldn't back down. She calmly stepped into the small submarine and found a relatively comfortable spot to sit down.

Crimson No. 1 followed Valensa closely, staying close to her and occasionally rubbing against her, her eyes filled with comfort and dazedness.

The small submarine immediately began to submerge, and its speed increased rapidly.

This area of ​​the sea, being the territory of the Fog Demons, was clearly frequently cleared. During her dive, Valensa saw almost no monsters, only very ordinary marine fish, all of which were small to medium in size.

About half an hour later, the depth had reached nearly 6000 meters, and Valensa could see the seabed rocks through the glass of the small submarine.

But the descent continued.

Because there is a deep, bottomless trench here, about 30 meters wide, and the Fog Demon's base is hidden in the trench.

After descending another 500 meters, the trench, which was originally only about 30 meters wide, began to widen, and soon the widest part exceeded 100 meters.

At this time, the small submarine's diving depth also exceeded 8000 meters.

We've finally arrived at the Fog Demon's base.

It was a huge metal sphere, at least over 100 meters in diameter, with portions of it embedded in the cliffs on both sides of the trench.

The small submarine is accessed from below through a huge metal sphere; the hatch closes as soon as you enter.

Then the drainage system inside the compartment started working, and within a few minutes most of the water in the compartment was drained, allowing the small submarine to float to the surface like a boat.

"Let's go, Commander, don't keep the sisters waiting."

Crimson One, arm in arm with Valensa, stepped off the submarine, waved to open a door, and walked along the passage into the base.

After walking diagonally upwards for about thirty or forty meters, there was another gate.

But behind the gate, it was no longer a cold and boring metal passage; it was noticeably warmer, and various places were decorated with cute, girly decorations.

"Commander?~~" xN

At the same time, soft, sweet voices rang out, followed by several hot bodies rushing over to embrace Valensa, rubbing against her and kissing her indiscriminately.

Valensa walked steadily and calmly, hugging and cuddling each ship girl as evenly as possible, while quickly surveying her surroundings.

This is undoubtedly the core area of ​​the Fog Demon Base. It looks similar to the lobby of a luxury hotel, with multiple sofas and tables and chairs, and traces of the girls' lives.

There were more than a dozen mist demon girls rubbing against Valensa and inhaling her scent. They were all the same as Crimson No. 1, with figures and appearances that were very similar to the ship girls in that game, only having their own style in terms of hairstyle, hair color, eye color and some small decorations.

In addition, there were more than 10 mist demon girls who observed Valensa from a certain distance. They were also completely transformed into ship girls, and their eyes were full of impulse and desire when they looked at Valensa, but they were obviously more calm.

"OK OK……"

Seeing the more excited ship girls rubbing against Valensa and even looking like they were about to push her down and start a party, Crimson 1 quickly stopped them. With the authority of an older sister, she pulled the ship girls away from Valensa one by one and introduced them to each other.

To be precise, it was to introduce Valensa to the ship girls.

Before their 'memory awakening', these mist maidens had no names, and not even identification numbers.

After all, they were just pawns for Lenia's revenge, and there are billions of such pawns in the entire universe, so there is no need for them to have names.

Therefore, after their 'memory awakening', these mist demon girls all adopted ship girl names, such as Crimson No. 1, Golden No. 2, Azure No. 5, and Sky No. 1.

After getting to know each other and exchanging a few words, the dozen or so ship girls who had been rubbing against Valensa earlier surrounded her again, pushing her into the lounge and urging her to quickly fulfill her duties as commander.

This time, Crimson No. 1 didn't stop them; they just watched with a smile.

“The sisters have indeed not been comforted for too long, Commander. Please make sure they are satisfied, just like you did for me before.”

"Don't worry, I will."

Valensa welcomed all the ship girls without hesitation, embracing them on both sides and giving them kisses and cuddles. Amidst the ship girls' laughter and chatter, she was ushered into the lounge.

The reassurance efforts begin.

The ship girls may appear to be delicate and charming young women, but they are actually not delicate at all; they possess extremely high offensive capabilities and endurance.

Even with Valensa's stamina, managing to soothe more than 10 ship girls at the same time still left her feeling somewhat exhausted.

These ship girls are all incredibly dedicated. Perhaps they haven't been comforted in a long time. They all seem determined to completely exhaust Valensa's stamina, persisting even though their cores have trembled several times.

This is somewhat strange.

Valensa's heart skipped a beat, and she roughly guessed some of the possibilities.

So she stopped trying to hold on and even deliberately showed weakness, letting herself be defeated by the combined attack of the ship girls, losing consciousness in the process of being routed.

When Valensa woke up again, she was shivering and her limbs were very sore.

Opening his eyes, he found no longer any warm room or hot, alluring ship girls, only a cold cell and chains binding his limbs.

All her armor was removed, leaving only a thin black bodysuit; her divine artifact cloak and all other equipment were also gone.

...Is that really the case?

Valensa was actually quite calm inside, but on the surface she quickly showed a hint of panic and hurriedly began to gather her divine power in an attempt to break free of the restraints.

crackle.

Suddenly, an extremely strong electric current appeared on the back of Valensa's neck, causing her to tremble violently. The divine power she had just gathered instantly dissipated, and her body went limp from the electric shock.

She seemed to only then notice that a strange device, somewhat resembling a metal centipede, had been implanted in her back, from the back of her neck to her lower back.

The metal centipede would continuously absorb the power in her body and would also release high-voltage currents when she tried to condense bio-energy, interrupting her power accumulation.

The metal chains binding the limbs were clearly not ordinary metals, but rather alloys with extremely high physical properties, making them difficult to break directly by brute force.

Without using Nana's and the evil god's power, Valensa seems to be in dire straits.

But Valensa remained quite calm.

Not only does she possess the power of Nana and the evil god to overcome dangers at any time, but more importantly, she believes this drama will not end here.

If Crimson One and the others really only wanted to lure him here to kill him, then there was no need for them to lock him up like this. They could have easily killed him while he was being drained unconscious by the ship girls.

With that in mind, Valensa stopped struggling and settled down in prison, patiently waiting for the right moment.

really.

About 40 minutes later, there was a sudden noise outside the cell, followed by a click as the cell door was opened, and Crimson Number 1 sneaked out.

"Come with me quickly, Commander."

Seeing that Valensa had woken up, Crimson Number 1 was delighted. He quickly unlocked all the metal chains binding Valensa's limbs, pulled her away from the cell, and fled in a certain direction.

"What...what exactly happened?"

Valensa feigned weakness and pointed to the metal centipede on her back:

"Could you remove this for me too? It's driving me crazy."

"This... I'm sorry, Commander."

Crimson No. 1 gave a wry smile:

“I don’t have the key to this special restraint device, so I can’t open it for the time being. Forcibly breaking it could also harm you… We have to wait until we’re in a safe place before we can slowly crack it.”

"I see... Alright, let's escape first."

Valensa didn't press the matter, but instead asked again:

"So, what happened?"

"...It's betrayal."

Crimson Number 1, pulling Valensa along, remained silent for a few seconds before speaking in a deep voice:

“Some of the sisters have been too deeply influenced by Lenya’s will. They believe that their memories of being ship girls are just a deception, a trick you used to deal with us, Commander… After all, we were mortal enemies not long ago.”

“I’m not so surprised… To be honest, I was quite incredulous when you first approached me.”

Valensa gave a forced smile and asked again:

"And what about you, Crimson One? You have absolute faith in the memories you've awakened?"

"...At first, I naturally had my doubts, which is why I went into human society alone to find you, Commander, and verify that memory."

Crimson Number 1 took a deep breath and replied in a relatively calm tone:

"It turns out that the memory was indeed real... When you kissed and hugged me in that room, Commander, the satisfaction and pleasure I felt in my core and soul was incomparable to anything I had ever experienced before... I believe in you, and I will definitely get you out of here."

"Ah."

Valensa didn't ask any more questions and obediently let Crimson 1 pull her along.

They sprinted across the metal walkway at times, and hid in some corners to hide temporarily, finally slowly approaching the place where they had entered the base.

Just as they were about to evacuate, more than 10 ship girls, led by Azure 2, suddenly rushed over and surrounded Valensa and the others... Most of these ship girls were the ones who had been relatively calm earlier.

Immediately afterwards, several more ship girls rushed over, but instead of stopping Valensa from escaping, they protected Valensa behind them and confronted Azur Lane 2 and the others.

"Big sister, you take the commander and go first, we'll take this place!"

These ship girls, who stood on Valensa's side, conjured ship-mounted weapons with nano-mist as they spoke, and unhesitatingly aimed them at their former comrades and sisters.

The same was true for Azure 2 and their allies who came to surround Valensa; the atmosphere between the two sides was extremely tense, and a fierce civil war could break out at any moment.

But the advantage is clearly not on Valensa's side.

There are 16 ship girls on Azur Lane 2, 4 of whom were comforted by Valensa in the lounge before. They seem to have chosen to continue Lenia's will.

On the Valencia side, including Crimson No. 1, there are only 7, a significant difference in numbers.

"Let's go, Commander."

Crimson One once again quietly tugged at Valensa's arm, urging her to escape.

"Don't even think about running away!"