Things about the female knight in black stockings

"I feel like I'm more suitable for direct combat... That guy should be better at integrating intelligence and making plans... I don't know how she is doing now.

I ran out of the capital without even saying hello to her... She must have been very angry, so she has never contacted me in the past three years... Maybe she has unilaterally broken up with me.

When I return to the capital, I’d better find a chance to apologize to her, hey..."

The memory of an old friend made Valencia a little sad. It wasn't until all the feathers on the Wingblade Falcon's body were almost shaved off that she smiled again.

These feathers are the hardest and sharpest thing on the Wingblade Falcon, and they are also the foundation that allows it to tear apart its prey with supersonic slashes.

Each feather is no worse than a fine steel blade in terms of quality, but it is too small. Even if it is used as a dagger, it is not enough. It can only be used as a hidden weapon like a ninja's shuriken.

Valencia doesn't know how to use hidden weapons, but there are ninjas in this world, and throwing hidden weapons is a compulsory course for ninjas.

Maybe when you return to the Royal Capital, you can find a ninja to learn hidden weapon techniques... After all, it is also the largest port in the Kingdom of France, and there are many people from the Four Islands Alliance living in the city.

Chapter 73 Our top military department needs such talents

After stripping off the feathers of the wing blade bird and keeping them for use as hidden weapons in the future, Valensa looked at the several hundred pound corpse of the Demon Scaled Bull.

According to the regulations of the Zhan Zhan Academy, the corpse of the monster must be turned in with a scroll after a while as proof of passing the first level of assessment, and the magic crystal inside the monster must also be retained.

But the corpse doesn’t have to be complete. Valensa can pick off the feathers of the Wing Blade Falcon and make them as trophies.

What about the Demon Scaled Bull?

From the perspective of improving combat effectiveness and collection value, the whole body of the Demon Scaled Bull is worthless except for the magic crystal.

The big and sharp horns look very fierce, but in fact they are neither sharp nor strong. If the Demon Scaled Ox had not been powerful enough when charging, it would not be considered a pearl-level monster at all.

If the Winged Blade Falcon is the ceiling for pearl-level monsters, then the Demon Scaled Ox is the bottom of the crane. The value of the corpse is very different.

But Valencia doesn't think so, because in addition to wanting to become stronger, she also likes cooking.

She has never eaten the meat of Demon Scaled Beef, but the principle is the same... Meat moistened by magic power often tastes better and is more nutritious, and most monsters are of higher quality than ordinary beasts as ingredients.

The Demon Scaled Beef is also a cow, and beef has always been one of the main food ingredients for humans. So the meat of the Demon Scaled Beef should also be edible, right?

Anyway, I had to get something from the Demon Scaled Bull to keep. After all, it was a pearl-level monster that I had to kill with great difficulty. It felt like a loss just to hand it over to the academy.

With this idea in mind, Valencia cut the demon-scaled cow's body open from the back with her long sword, carefully selected a few large pieces of tenderloin that looked the best and cut them off, planning to study the cooking when she was free in the future. one time.

After everything was settled, she took out the magic scroll from the Zhan Zhan Academy.

This scroll is not only an admission ticket, but also a proctoring tool.

It can record everything that happens around Valencia, show Valencia's experience to the examiner in the form of live text, and can also send a call for help through the scroll when encountering danger.

As Valencia opened the scroll and faced the corpses of the Winged Blade Falcon and the Demon Scaled Bull, a blue-purple arcane light quickly shot out from the scroll, sucking the two corpses in.

After that, the writing on the scroll began to change, and soon new content appeared.

[Congratulations, Miss Valencia Bader, you have passed the first level of assessment. You spent 65 hours in the first level, exceeding 89.3% of the candidates this year]

[Now, please go to the fourth assembly point in Suri City to find your command captain to start the second level assessment. I wish you good luck]

"Is it really Suli City? This is the same as before."

Valencia breathed a sigh of relief and frowned slightly:

"But the captain of the command department... Tsk, those who apply for the command department are basically nobles. I hope they are not the kind of idiots who lust after my body when they see me. I really can't get along with that kind of people."

The first level of the assessment is to defeat monsters to test the combat power, and the second level is to test the teamwork.

After all, vanguard soldiers are also a type of soldiers who serve in the war.

Tactically, top soldiers can act alone based on their own specialties, but strategically, they still have to obey orders and cooperate with their comrades.

The same is true for prospective students in the command department. If you can't even command your own classmates, how will you command more senior soldiers on the battlefield in the future?

The first test of these three departments, vanguard, command, and logistics, is based on their respective strengths, and the second test is to see if they can cooperate.

Another point is that the team formed from the second level is not designated by the Zhanzhan Academy, but the candidates have to choose their own teammates.

The vanguard system needs to show its strength, and the command system needs to show its wisdom. They must be good enough to gain mutual recognition and form a better team.

This is also the reason why Valencia needs to pass the first level as soon as possible, because the faster she passes the first level, the higher the chance of meeting high-quality captains and teammates in the second level.

As for the fourth assembly point being set up in Suli City, it is purely based on the principle of proximity... Candidates who registered in several northeastern cities, including Kelal City, should all gather in Suli City for the second level.

These were consistent with the information Valencia had obtained during her previous preparations, so she was not in a hurry, and she couldn't be in a hurry even if she wanted to.

Her overdrawn heart has not yet recovered, and her head is confused and aching. Even if she rushes to Suli City now, I am afraid that except for those men who are greedy for her body, no one in the command system will take a fancy to her.

After all, Valencia's apparent strength is only at candlelight level, and it is difficult to compete with those pearl-level geniuses... unless she is willing to make some special sacrifices.

Therefore, Valencia did not immediately go to the city of Suli, which is about 500 kilometers away from here. Instead, she returned to the town of Serkin and had a good night's rest to allow herself to recover as much as possible.

The divine power rune is very powerful, but after all, it only comes once a day. Now Valencia's biggest trump card and guarantee is the power of the soul.

Only by restoring her heart pool first could she be better able to pass the second level.

. . . . .

What Valensa didn't know was that while she was sleeping soundly on the bed of the hotel in Serkin Town, she had already become a topic in the War College in the Royal Capital.

In a large office, there were more than a dozen middle-aged or middle-aged people sitting, each holding an arcane scroll in their hands, watching the candidates' live text with relish.

Sudden.

"Hahaha...Okay!"

A little old man who was as thin as a monkey suddenly laughed and raised the arcane scroll in his hand high, showing it to others like a show off:

"Look at this! This is a genius... Can you believe it? A little noble girl with only Candlelight level strength actually killed two Pearl level monsters at the same time! One of them can still make many Lighthouse level monsters feel troublesome Wing Blade Falcon!"

"...She should be holding some kind of inherited treasure, right?"

The eyes of everyone in the office quickly gathered, and someone immediately guessed:

"If we have a powerful inherited treasure in our hands, this kind of result will not make us fuss."

"Inherited Noble Phantasm, hum."

The little old man snorted disdainfully:

"If that were the case, would I be so excited? See for yourselves!"

"This……"

The text live broadcast of Arcane Scroll is very streamlined. Valencia's double kill is completed in a few seconds, with only a few lines of description.

But those present were all teachers from the Zhan Zhan Academy, including many veteran retired soldiers. They could easily imagine the scene from the description.

"It's indeed a very beautiful double kill. I would never be able to do it at her age... But it's a bit too risky, isn't it? And it's mostly luck?"

A middle-aged man with a square and long face and a bit of a fake smile commented.

"You know shit!"

The little old man rolled his eyes rudely:

"Luck? Risk taking? Humph... This is the real art of elite soldiers! We in the elite military department need such talents!"

Chapter 74 Discovery behind the bird's nest

Wan Lunsha didn't know that she had already been noticed by the teacher before she entered school. At this time, she had recovered to [-]-[-]% of her state after a sleep, but she still did not go to Suli City, but came to the north of Serjin Town. Beneath the cliff waterfall where Blade Falcon once lived.

This was the decision she finally made after thinking about it while nibbling bread and sausages at the breakfast table.

Many of the behaviors of the Winged Blade Falcon were so unexpected, and they were all behaviors that had never been recorded or even rumored.

Valencia doesn't think other adventurers are fools, so it must be the fault of this Wingblade Falcon.

It would be so smart and cunning, either because of its extraordinary talent and brain mutation, or...

Valensa had a vague guess in her mind, and it was time to confirm it.

She did not waste the multi-jumps of her leather boots or use her psychic powers to strengthen her. Instead, she relied on the pair of hooks she had bought at the Nora Chamber of Commerce to climb little by little to the cave on the mountain wall where the waterfall flowed out. The nest of the Winged Blade Falcon was also It is built in this place, right next to the waterfall.

Valencia noticed it two days ago when she used enhanced vision to look in the distant jungle, and now she was even more frightened when she looked at it up close.

There are only a few dead branches in the bird's nest, and most of them are made of animal skins and the adventurers' softer clothing.

Judging from the styles and sizes of those clothes, there were at least a dozen adventurers who died under the Wingblade Falcon's attack, including young women wearing cute skirts and underwear.

This made Valencia feel even more... It would be great for the Wing Blade Falcon to die!

She stood by the bird's nest and observed a moment of silence for a few seconds, then began to dismantle the bird's nest.

She collected the clothes that were still intact and sorted them according to styles and sizes, planning to send them to the Adventurer's Guild later.

Because these are likely to be the last relics of the victims.

After dealing with the bird's nest, Valencia continued walking inside and soon reached the depths of the cave.

"This is……"

The origin of the waterfall was not surprising to her. It was a small hole with water flowing down from the top of the cave... Either the snow on the top of the mountain melted, or there was a natural water-based magic crystal vein above the cave.

Valencia prefers the latter, because the water quality of this waterfall is very good, and it is richer in magic elements than normal natural water. It is probably the dregs of water-attribute magic crystals mixed in it.

But what the waterfall looked like no longer mattered to her. Now she was staring closely at a plant growing in the deepest part of the cave.

This plant is a bit like the ginseng in Valencia's previous life. The greatest value lies in the roots, and near the plant is a water source rich in magical elements. You don't need to think about it to know that its roots must be very nourishing now.

However, Valencia did not step forward to pick it, because this plant also has its own personality.

Its name among professionals is unclear, but adventurers and herbal collectors like to call it the self-destructing big soil root.

As the name suggests, if this plant is not picked when it is in bloom, it will self-destruct the elemental power stored in its roots when it senses danger. Not only will the collector get nothing, but he may even be injured by the exploding stones. .

Judging from the current state of this large self-destructing soil root, it should be about half a month before it blooms... It is probably for it that the Winged Blade Falcon built a nest by the waterfall to guard it.

But what does Wingblade Falcon want with this thing?

The self-exploding earth roots do make the roots valuable by absorbing nearby magical elements, but that's all.

Not to mention the difficulty of picking, the effect is not as good as various magic crystals, and the price/performance ratio is completely inferior.

Only certain special alchemy potions require this material.

But that also requires a self-exploding earth root that absorbs fire or wind attributes... This kind of self-destructing earth root that only absorbs water elements can be said to be tasteless.

Because as far as Valencia knows, it seems that the water-type self-destructing soil root can only be used to make healing potions.

But when making a healing potion, wouldn’t it be nice to use the Holy Water of the Church of the Sun, which has the same effect but is more effective and cheaper?

Ordinary holy water can be mass-produced by formal priests praying to natural water sources. Melina, who is currently living as a nun for seven days, is probably doing this kind of work.

It can be said that the self-destructing earth root with water attribute is expensive and useless. Unless it is given away for free, no alchemist will consider using it at all.

But...there is only one exception.

The Holy Water of the Church of the Sun is good for everything, but it only has a healing effect on believers of the Sun Goddess, and will only cause harm to pagans. The same is true for most healing potions with holy water as the core material.

If anyone is deliberately looking for this kind of water-attributed earth root... it can only be those pagans who want to make healing potions.

The Wild Beast Clan, which has been at war with the Kingdom of France all year round, does not believe in the Sun Goddess.

Combined with the information she heard from Melina last month, Valencia felt that she should be very close to the truth.

The elite member of the Wild Beast Tribe who managed to escape during the encirclement and suppression by the Church Paladins and the Farangian Guards probably had the ability to tame monsters and was seriously injured.

The Winged Blade Falcon killed by Valencia was most likely the elite pet of the Desolate Beast Clan. It was helping its master find healing materials, and that's why it stayed here after discovering this self-destructing earth root.

Valencia thought about it a few more times, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt that this guess was correct.

She had no intention of finding the escaped Orc elite, but reported all her findings and speculations to the Zhan Zhan Academy through scrolls.

She hoped that this behavior would give her some more image points and make her assessment smoother.

At this time, Valencia had long been the focus of some teachers at the War College. Those teachers shared the information with the relevant pursuers before she reported the situation through the scroll.

Shortly after Valencia reported it, Scroll responded:

[Valenza Badr, you have not yet become a top soldier, but you already have the qualities of a top soldier. I hope you will perform well in the next assessment]

[The pursuit of the elites of the Desolate Beast Clan has been officially assigned to the top soldiers. Please go to the fourth assembly point in Suli City as soon as possible to start the second level assessment]

[The plant that may be used by the wild beasts to make potions can be destroyed directly]

"You really want me to continue taking the assessment as soon as possible and destroy this thing..."

This response did not surprise Valencia, and she had been prepared for it.