my armed maid

Chapter 40 38: The Evolving Valkyrie
sunset.

In the sky, Yuna looked at the corpse of the prairie captain and slowly lowered the magic gun: "This should be their strongest person."

"Well, the battle is over."

Nolen responded, "Well done, Yuna, it's time to return."

Yuna nodded slightly. She glanced back and saw the reinforcements coming from Linfeng.

The leader of the reinforcements was none other than a chestnut-haired girl wearing a white cloak.

"Evelin? I didn't expect that the reinforcements that arrived were her." Nolen was a little surprised.

He knew that Evelin had gone to the battlefield, but he didn't expect to meet her so early. What a fate.

"Please stop!"

Evelin rushed over on horseback, glanced at the dead prairie captain, then looked at the white raven standing in the sky, and said hesitantly,
"I am Evelyn Bayhart, team leader of the Rim Peak Knights, unit number 621. Which unit do you belong to? The credit for this battle should go to you."

When the distress signal was sent out, her unit happened to be the closest to here, so she rushed over immediately.

However, the troop's marching speed was still a bit slower after all. If the white raven in front of them had not taken action first, the defenders of Baiyun Village would have been completely wiped out before they could wait for support.

From the behavior point of view, there is no doubt that White Raven is her own ally, but the problem is that she has never known that such a number one person exists in the army of Linfeng City.

"Nolen." Facing Evelin's question, Yuna hesitated, "What should we do now?"

She didn't dare to speak easily, Evelin couldn't recognize her just because she was wearing a white raven mask, but if she heard her voice, her secret would definitely be revealed.

"Don't worry about her and return directly."

Nolen raised the corner of his mouth, "Heroes are very cool and never speak easily. Let her guess our true identities slowly."

The White Raven has just made its debut, has not yet achieved a record, and there is room for upgrading its equipment. This is the time when it needs to develop silently.

Now that the identity is revealed, the sense of mystery is lost, and since oneself has not become strong yet, it will not receive enough attention.

It would be better to wait until he becomes famous in a battle later, and then show Evelin his true identity.

Jie Jie, until then, he would be happy to appreciate the eldest lady's surprise and astonishment expression up close.

Evelin was on the ground looking up at the white raven in the sky. Their eyes intertwined for a moment, and then the white raven raised its flying height, turned around and flew away far away.

"Lord Evelyn!"

Randy, the captain of the garrison, came late with his horse and looked at the back of the figure who disappeared into the sky. "Which strong person in our army is she? Thanks to her timely support, we can hold on until the adults arrive."

Evelin frowned and shook her head, unable to say anything for a moment.

Linfeng City has entered a state of war. Logically speaking, those who can leave the city and fight with enemy troops are Linfeng City's well-organized troops.

But this white raven is different. She doesn't have any conspicuous military markings on her body.

She came quietly, supported their battle and then quietly retired, completely unaware of her true purpose.

Her appearance is also very strange, different from all extraordinary beings. She carries a strange backpack, holds a strange alchemical weapon, and wears a strange white raven mask...

Who would be a serious person wearing a mask?

But it was such a strange ally, and somehow, looking at her back, Evelin felt a vague sense of familiarity...

Maybe it's my own misunderstanding.

……

Yuna landed back to the original take-off position, Aisha helped pack the equipment, and the group headed for the city.

On the carriage, Nolen took off his black raven mask and let out a sigh of relief.

"Is this how you communicate with that girl?" Luo Zhen looked at the mask fiercely, "What is the principle of this?"

"Ah, I thought it would work, so I made a random sample, but I didn't expect it to work."

Nolen laughed and changed the topic, "This sortie provided a lot of valuable practical information, which pointed out the direction for the subsequent modification of Valkyrie equipment. I will change the drawings when I get back, and you can complete them as soon as possible."

"You kid, you know how to order people!" Luo Zhen blew his beard and turned his head to ignore him.

There are too many secrets about Nolen, and until now, he is too lazy to ask them one by one.

Anyway, they are now close partners. He only needs to do what he should do, and let the young people worry about the rest!

Back in the workshop, Nolen was sitting in the laboratory again thinking about his new invention.

In the past few days, he spent more time in the laboratory than anywhere else, but instead of feeling tired, he actually enjoyed it.

Nothing gives him a greater sense of accomplishment than seeing his creativity and inventions come to life one by one, and play a role on the battlefield, achieving outstanding results.

Moreover, using the soul link to immersively experience Yuna's battle process is also his fun.

If it were him who used Valkyrie equipment, he would definitely not be able to control it as well as Yuna due to his physical fitness and combat awareness.

And now by sharing the five senses through the soul link, I have also experienced a wave of addiction to fighting in the sky in disguise.

How should I put it... It's like the feeling that I was addicted to a certain competitive game in my previous life, but ended up being so bad at it that I had to watch the live broadcast and put myself into the role of a technical anchor?

However, the immersion of sharing the five senses is different from watching a live broadcast.

The situation of completely sharing the five senses is too real, such as the arrow that the prairie captain sneaked into Yuna in the battle just now.

For Yuna, she had already been prepared for that arrow. With her fifth-level knight's reflexes, even though it looked dangerous, she was still relatively confident in dodging the arrow.

For Nolen, being able to communicate with souls does not mean that he knows all of Yuna's mental activities and has the same reaction speed as her.

In his eyes, the high-speed changes in the air were already dizzying. Finally, he finally stopped to rest for a while, but the sudden arrow struck him in the thigh.

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So after this attack, he also learned a lesson from it. In the future, he will have to open his five shared senses, but only a little.

You don’t have to be completely immersed in it, but just lower the amount of information until you can properly understand the situation on the battlefield.

After all, he is positioned as a commander and equipment manufacturer, and does not need to perceive such rich battle details, which will instead affect his observation and decision-making.

Putting aside the dazzling battle scenes, this time he also summarized a lot of useful battle information from Yuna's first-person perspective:

The first and most obvious point is that the firepower of Unit [-] is still too weak.

The "Blade of the Wind" engraved with the magic gun has a single attack method. It is okay for harvesting vegetables, but it is powerless to deal with high-level extraordinary beings.

Like this time when she faced the prairie captain, she failed to subdue him immediately.

In the end, he relied on the maneuverability of the jetpack to drive him to a dead end, and then killed him.

This performance can only be described as unsatisfactory.

In order to enhance the firepower of the magic gun, he also came up with a good improvement method:
The new version of the magic gun will be equipped with multiple attack spells. Each attack spell corresponds to a different attack method and has different lethality.The operator can activate the mechanism on the magic gun to switch its attack method according to the specific battle situation, thereby killing the enemy more efficiently.

At the same time, more alchemical weapons are also being manufactured...

In addition to the firepower of Unit [-], its defense also needs to be improved.

Just now when he was immersed in Yuna's battle, the shaman's spell attack and the archer's arrows on the ground were all fired at Yuna, which really made him sweat.

Then he remembered that in the original design drawings, the No. [-] machine did not carry any defensive equipment or install any defensive formations.

The No. [-] unit is able to annihilate enemies at high altitudes without taking any damage, all thanks to the excellent maneuverability of the Valkyrie backpack and Yuna's superb driving skills.

Although this is Valkyrie's unique advantage, thicker armor means higher load capacity and lower maneuverability, which is a trade-off for flying equipment.

But just in case, necessary life-saving measures are also needed, and installing a defensive array does not take up much space.

Well, the enhancement of defensive performance must also be put on the agenda.

Nolen wrote down the things he would be busy with in the past two days in his notebook. After making a plan, he sank his consciousness into the book of omniscience.

This battle actually gave him an unexpected surprise, that is, he discovered that by connecting to Yuna's perspective, he could remotely observe the extraordinary power in the battlefield and add knowledge points to the Book of Omniscience.

For example, the prairie shaman released the spell "Piercing Ice Spear", the prairie knight used the combat skill "Broken Slash" in battle, etc. These are all recorded in the book of omniscience and turned into knowledge points. .

This means that in the future, I don't need to go to the battlefield in person. As long as I use Yuna's eyes, I can still successfully observe the extraordinary power, thereby increasing the knowledge points of the Book of Omniscience.

These knowledge points can allow him to obtain new spells from the book, making Valkyrie equipment more powerful.

Although it is still not enough to redeem the mysterious soul spell, he believes that as long as he participates in a few more battles and observes extraordinary powers a few more times, he will soon be able to accumulate enough knowledge points.

By then, Valkyrie's equipment, which can control flight with mental power, will evolve again.

Learn experience in actual combat and become stronger as you fight. This is Valkyrie, and this is his proudest masterpiece!
……

At the same time, the City Lord's Mansion.

Late at night, the long combat meeting had just ended. The military generals filed away, and soon only Evelin, who was sitting in the chair, and Ryan, who was sitting in the second seat, were left in the conference room.

Originally, the chairman's seat should be occupied by the city lord Ivan.

But after the suicide march incident, Ivan's reputation in the city plummeted, and he himself was also severely hit. He has not been seen in front of outsiders for a week.

Therefore, his sister Evelin temporarily assumed the power of the city lord during the war and participated in the war meeting.

Naturally, all the generals in the army had no objection to this result. In their view, Evelin was not only a powerful high-level mage, but also a good leader who took the lead and went to the battlefield in person.

It is much easier to communicate with her than with a nerd who only stays in the city and gives advice.

Compared with Ivan, who was looked down upon by others, Evelin could be said to be highly anticipated by everyone, but she did not look proud at this time. Instead, she frowned while looking at the battle report and sighed haggardly.

More expectations represent greater responsibilities. She must live up to everyone's expectations and win this war, and once again establish the prestige of the City Lord's Mansion and the Bayhart family.

However, it is easy to declare war, but not easy to win. From the battle reports in the first week of the war, we can find that the overall strength of Linfeng's army is inferior to that of the grassland people.

Among them, the prairie people are ferocious in nature and are brave and good at fighting.

Linfeng's army has been in a comfortable and peaceful environment for a long time, and it is also partly due to its temporary inability to adapt to the rhythm of war.

At the same time, the prairie troops will also use their best guerrilla tactics to harass military strongholds outside the city.

The Linfeng army was scattered in the sparsely populated and vast Lebus grassland. They often looked at the head and tail, and were led by the prairie people's cavalry troops. They were exhausted on the way to support, and finally they were caught in a flaw and captured in one fell swoop. .

This is also the reason why Linfeng's army was always defeated in the early days of the war.

"I think there is something wrong with our strategic approach."

Ryan looked at the map of Linfeng City mounted on the wall and said slowly, "Lebus Plain is too big, and it is unrealistic to rely on our army to recover all the land at once.

"We should temporarily abandon some places with low military value, call back the troops, unite together, prioritize protecting important trade channels and strategic strongholds, and be prepared for a protracted war.

"Winter has come, and the grassland people cannot afford to delay it. As long as we hold on for another month, they will retreat."

Ryan is the leader of the Linfeng Knights and the dean of the Knight Academy. He was recruited by the empire to fight abroad in his early years. He has rich combat experience and has high prestige in the military.

Although he sits in the second seat, he is actually the backbone who stabilizes the morale of the army. In a sense, he plays a greater role than the city lord's palace during the war.

At this moment when the old city lord Aemon abdicates, only he has the strength and qualifications to convince everyone and unite all the troops in Linfeng City.

"Should we give up 'some' places first..."

Evelin frowned and looked at the map. If Ryan's plan was followed, Linfeng City would actually have lost control of most of the Lebus Plain in the west, and troops would only be deployed on the transportation corridor with other cities in the empire in the east.

It is equivalent to cutting the territory outside the city in half directly from the middle, or even more.

As for the so-called winter retreat, it is not that they retreat to the frontier when winter comes, but that these grassland people settle down on the grassland to the west and wait until the spring of next year to launch an attack again.

This is tantamount to drinking poison to quench thirst and does not fundamentally solve the threat of aggression.

"Is this the only way left..." Evelin bit her lip, feeling tangled in her heart.

However, although she was very reluctant, she also understood that Ryan was just the most practical decision based on the comparison of the combat strengths of the two sides.

It is impossible to defend such a large area of ​​Lebus Plain by relying solely on the combat effectiveness of the existing Linfeng City army.

However, even if it is just to defend the territory in the east, it is much better than doing nothing during Ivan's administration.

At least Linfeng's army has done its best to defend their homeland.

However, she also had some thoughts in her heart, hoping that the Linfeng army could truly drive out the grassland people and avenge all the victims of the war.

Thinking of this, the figure of the white raven soaring in the sky that she saw on the battlefield in the afternoon suddenly appeared in her mind.

The biggest shortcomings of Linfeng's army are their ability to collect intelligence and support operations on the grassland, but the white raven can make up for these two flaws very well.

The Peak Knights formed a scout team of extraordinary beings composed of wind mages, but unfortunately none of them were high-level wind mages.

Limited by their strength, their flight speed is slow, and they cannot be distracted to release other spells during flight. Their main functions are detection and early warning.

But the white raven is different. According to Randy, the captain of the garrison, the white raven can not only accelerate flight and provide rapid support, but can also release wind blades in the process of flexibly changing directions. Its magic power is almost endless, and it can be called a human being. Form an army!
If what Randy said is true, the strategic significance of the White Raven is huge.

If her assistance is obtained, the unfavorable situation of the Linfeng Army can be effectively improved.

"White Raven..." Evelin murmured the name in a low voice, lost in thought.

"Who is it?"

　Thanks to Wuwen Tiandi for the reward

　　
　
(End of this chapter)