The story of the black silk female knight

"Hmm, at least you're somewhat sincere."

Valensa then turned her gaze to the military officer and asked in a tone as if checking a census:

"name?"

"...Uh, you can just call me Dong Hui."

The general had intended to make a few lighthearted remarks, just as he had with Melody and the others, but suddenly his eyes met those deep blue ones.

It is extremely beautiful, yet it is like an abyss that devours everything, inspiring fear and trembling.

So he immediately became very obedient, like a primary school student being questioned by a teacher, and obediently answered with his name.

"Dong Hui, right? Okay, I got it. Wait a minute."

After Valencia finished speaking, she once again left the general standing aside. The general nodded obediently, walked a few steps away, sat down properly, and dared not disobey in the slightest.

"This is for you."

Valensa looked at Melody and the others again and handed them two scrolls.

One of them was a very common teleportation scroll, and the other was an order personally issued by the Allied Supreme Command.

The order was simple: Melody and her men had performed exceptionally well in the previous battle, and the command rewarded them with a few days' leave to recover from their injuries, promoted them, and transferred them all to the Allied Command's guard unit.

This wasn't a private question from Valensa or Tia, but a direct order from the Allied Supreme Command, clearly indicating that Melody and the others were not allowed to refuse.

Moreover, the reasons are perfectly legitimate... Given Melody and the others' achievements in the past few days, they deserve both a vacation and a promotion, and no one can find fault with them.

"……Understood."

Melody and the others naturally wouldn't refuse anymore; they had realized that their previous pride and willfulness were wrong.

The idea of ​​making a name for oneself on the front lines of the battlefield by relying on one's own abilities is not wrong in itself, but as one of Valensa and Tia's few close friends, protecting oneself from worrying one's friends or even disrupting the battle plan is a more important responsibility.

The fact that the Allied Forces and the Tianxuan Continent Resistance Army were secretly in contact was clearly not something that a few ordinary scouts could easily do... Melody and the others were well aware of their own limitations, and after receiving the order, they immediately activated the teleportation scroll and left.

Only Valensa and a rebel general named Dong Hui remained in the cave.

"Didn't you want to see me about something?"

Valensa got straight to the point:

"Now that I'm here, you can say whatever you need to say."

"..."

Dong Hui paused for a moment before asking in return:

"Are all the Imperial troops that landed here really wiped out? There's a Sword Pavilion elder stationed there, along with several outstanding Sword Pavilion disciples..."

You mean these small, unwanted fish?

Valensa seemed to have been prepared for this question, and with a wave of her hand, she threw out a cloth bag containing six dead heads with their eyes wide open.

Five of the heads were from relatively young people and were very well preserved, suggesting they were beheaded under extremely unfavorable circumstances.

Another severe head, also belonging to an elderly man, was found broken. It appeared to have been pierced directly from the side by some kind of long-handled weapon, with most of the skull shattered.

"..."

Dong Hui was silenced once again.

It took him a long while to finally speak, with considerable disbelief:

"You killed them all with your own hands? But that Sword Pavilion elder was at the Great Perfection of the Celestial Realm, and his disciples were no less powerful than me... How could you have killed them so quickly?"

"The Great Perfection of Heaven and Man... is also known as the Lunar Radiance."

Valensa shrugged nonchalantly and straightened her posture.

"Then can you tell what my strength is?"

"you……?"

Only then did Dong Hui dare to take a closer look at Valensa, and then couldn't help but be surprised again:

"Also at the Great Perfection of the Celestial Realm? But you should only be in your early twenties... Could it be that your Barbarian Continent also has its own Xiao Yu?"

"How dare you compare me to Xiao Yu?"

Valensa was immediately enraged and unabashedly unleashed her murderous intent:

"I'm nothing like her! She's an ugly freak with her eyes and mouth reversed, while I'm the number one beauty on the mainland... well, tied for first place. My wife is beautiful too!"

"Uh……"

Dong Hui's face turned pale instantly, and he broke out in a cold sweat.

He hadn't felt this way for a long time since he advanced to the Celestial Realm... It was the instinctive fear that a creature feels when facing a predator it can never defeat.

He finally understood why the Sword Pavilion elder had died so quickly... The beautiful female knight in front of him, whose personality was somewhat difficult to describe, was indeed an exceptional being like Xiao Yu.

For such beings, battles where they can kill opponents of a higher level are truly arduous, while crushing those of the same level is as easy as eating and drinking.

Didn't I already guess that Duchess Sunflower was an extraordinary being after hearing those legendary stories? Why would I still have the illusion that there are opponents of the same level who can stop her?

How naive.

But... it's really exciting.

"I'm sorry, I spoke out of turn."

Dong Hui first apologized to Valensa in a very humble manner, and then said seriously:

"We want to cooperate with you to overthrow the Central Continent Empire."

"...So what role can you play? Or to put it bluntly, what leverage do you have to discuss cooperation with us?"

Valensa paused for a few seconds before speaking again, her words still very direct:

“I am not ignorant of the Tianxuan Continent… The strength of your resistance army is worlds apart from that of the Zhongzhou Empire. You would even have difficulty carrying out harassment and intelligence transmission behind enemy lines, right?”

"We can provide assistance in three areas."

It was clear that Valencia disliked beating around the bush, and Dong Hui readily offered all of the resistance's resources:

"We know the secrets of the Vermilion Bird Fire and the White Tiger Mask, and we can personally help you resolve the threat of the Vermilion Bird Fire. Furthermore, we can act as witnesses and victims, giving the Church of the Sun a legitimate reason to intervene."

"As long as the Church of the Sun intervenes in this war, the ambitions of the Dragon Emperor and his group will be swiftly and completely crushed, and the war will end with minimal losses and at the fastest speed."

"Can you give the Church of the Sun a reason to intervene in the war? That's certainly tempting..."

Valensa acknowledged Dong Hui's answer and then followed up with:

"Could you elaborate on your plans? And what do you want?"

"This all started with our identity as core members of the resistance."

Valensa's attitude clearly put Dong Hui at ease; his face was no longer pale, and the cold sweat he had broken out in was gone.

"As intelligent as you are, you should have guessed it long ago, right? That's right, the core members of our resistance are basically descendants of royalty... Of those royal families whose kingdoms were destroyed by the Central Continent Empire, there are still seven bloodlines existing among the people of Tianxuan Continent, and they are all core members of our resistance."

For hundreds of years, we have never stopped thinking about restoring our country and seeking revenge, but unfortunately, the disparity in strength is too great, so we can only endure and bear the burden.

However, we did not come away empty-handed. We have uncovered some clues... The Dragon Emperor Gang is doing some extremely inhumane things, and it is highly likely that the Star Altar has turned against the Dragon Emperor Gang because of this.

"As long as we can obtain conclusive evidence of those things... I remember that the Church of the Sun has a crime against humanity in its doctrine, right? Anyone who commits a crime against humanity, whether individual or group, can be directly purified by the church."

"Evidence of crimes against humanity committed by the Dragon Emperor gang? That is indeed one line of thought... but crimes against humanity are not so easy to convict, and the process of searching and collecting evidence is quite troublesome."

Valensa frowned and thought for a moment, then nodded slightly again:

"However, this plan is indeed worth trying... If the Church can intervene, this war will be completely over in half an hour at most."

"Yes, that's what we think too; it's the ideal situation."

Dong Hui then said:

"As for what we want, it's very simple, and you should have guessed it... We hope that after the fall of the Central Continent Empire, the Church of the Sun can help us restore and rebuild our homeland and recognize our legitimate right to rule."

Of course, after the restoration of our nation, we will establish the Church of the Sun as the state religion, build cathedrals in all cities throughout the country, and ensure that members of the royal family are devoutly believe in the Goddess from a young age, upholding the divine right of kings.

"Hmm... that request is quite reasonable..."

Valensa paced back and forth a few times, simultaneously casting Holy Light over herself several times to cleanse herself of all the enemy blood that had stained her:

"Personally, I think it's worth a try, but I can't represent the Allied Forces, much less the Church of the Sun, so I need to discuss it first."

"It's natural."

Dong Hui smiled and nodded, then reminded him:

"But I hope you can make a decision as soon as possible, after all, the opportunity is fleeting... You have personally wiped out the Imperial Army on this battlefield, so Xiao Yu will probably draw his sword soon as well."

"You don't need to worry about Xiao Yu's matter, we have already made plans."

Valensa waved her hand:

"I can promise you personally that I'll find a way to investigate and gather evidence to get the Church of the Sun involved in the war... So shouldn't you also show some sincerity first? For example, what exactly is the Vermilion Bird Fire all about?"

"Of course, that's no problem... In fact, even if you don't agree to me right away, I will offer you information about the Vermilion Bird Flame and the White Tiger Mask as a token of my sincerity."

Dong Hui quickly said:

"Let's start with the Vermilion Bird Fire... You may have heard of it. The Vermilion Bird is one of the sacred beasts of our Tianxuan Continent, and it was also the totem beast of the extinct Nanli Kingdom. It once received incense offerings from millions of people in Nanli Kingdom."

The Vermilion Bird, at its peak, certainly couldn't compare to the Sun Goddess, but it still possessed strength far exceeding that of ordinary cultivators. Its inextinguishable fire, capable of incinerating everything, would at least severely injure even a cultivator at the Celestial Realm.

"...I understand now. The sacred beast Vermilion Bird is a false god, and the flames are its power...This matches our current most likely guess."

Valensa nodded and snapped her fingers again:

"Continue... If the Vermilion Bird was so powerful, how was it defeated? And how did its flames become a weapon of the Central Continent Empire?"

"...What else could it be? Of course, he was defeated by Xiao Yu."

Dong Hui gave a wry smile:

"When the army of the Central Continent Empire reached the capital of the Southern Li Kingdom, the sacred beast Vermilion Bird appeared and burned tens of thousands of imperial soldiers to death with a single blow. But Xiao Yu was already the strongest person in the world at that time... She personally drew her sword and fought Vermilion Bird in the air for three days, finally severing Vermilion Bird's wings, causing Vermilion Bird to fall with a bloody cry... The capital of the Southern Li Kingdom was subsequently captured by the imperial army."

After destroying the Southern Li Kingdom, the Central Continent Empire did not kill the Vermilion Bird. Instead, they imprisoned it using an array and continuously collected its blood and flames to create weapons… The Vermilion Bird flames you are currently encountering are the result.”

"How should we deal with this kind of flame?"

Valensa pressed for an answer.

In fact, she already had the answer in her heart.

The power of a false god is absolute for those who cannot resist the rules; no matter what equipment the ordinary soldiers of the allied forces use, they cannot withstand the Vermilion Bird's Fire.

There is only one way.

"Of course, it's to rescue Suzaku."

As expected, Dong Hui's answer was exactly what Valensa had predicted:

“We have already located the place where the Empire is holding Suzaku, and some of my companions are direct descendants of the Southern Li royal family… As long as we can rescue Suzaku, the Suzaku Fire can be used by us.”

"But you yourselves don't have the ability to rescue Suzaku, so you still need me to take action?"

Valensa snorted and asked.

"Is such that."

Dong Hui readily admitted:

“We are far too weak compared to the Empire. It’s difficult enough for us to survive and gather intelligence. We have no chance of winning in a direct confrontation… Therefore, we desperately need Suzaku’s power, which is also our guarantee that we can contribute to the plan.”

"Hmm, I can consider that too. You can continue talking about the White Tiger... Hmm?"

Just as Valencia was about to ask more questions about the White Tiger Mask, she suddenly stiffened and looked up at the southeastern horizon.

Just now, an incredibly sharp sword aura rose from Sword Island, traversing thousands of kilometers to strike the Allied Forces headquarters... It was Xiao Yu who drew his sword.

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A few minutes ago, on Sword Island, the main force of the Central Continent Empire's fleet.

"Elder Zhou and his men have all been wiped out."

Xiao Hu once again entered Xiao Yu's quiet courtyard and said in a deep voice.

"Yes, I know, I sensed it with my sword intent."

Xiao Yu, who was sitting cross-legged, opened one eye, her gaze calm and unwavering:

"It was that female knight who made the move."