The story of the black silk female knight

Almost half of the pot of soup was sucked in instantly, and from the other side of the spatial rift came a satisfied burp and the sound of a woman stretching.

A few seconds later, a beam of arcane light shot out from the spatial rift, and then the rift disappeared.

The arcane light circled Valensa and Tia twice in the air before transforming into a piece of text:

[Trial begins. Objective: Defeat the enemy.]

"really!"

Valencia perked up and couldn't help but feel a little smug.

She guessed correctly; the correct way to activate this trial mechanism was to perfect the flavor of the soup.

The trial has now begun; all that remains is to defeat the enemy.

The enemy appeared quickly; it was a snake-like monster about 10 meters long, as thick as a bowl, and with three heads of different colors.

After the three-headed snake appeared, it glanced at the soup pot and immediately became extremely angry, as if the eggs and meat stewed in the pot came from it.

Unable to find the person who had actually been drinking soup behind the spatial rift, it fixed its gaze on Valensa, regarding her as the culprit, and its fighting spirit soared.

"What are you looking at? Look again and I'll stew you up with me, you worthless ingredient..."

Valensa was not afraid at all. She also assumed a fighting stance and glared back fiercely.

"Be careful, it's a rainbow three-headed snake!"

After observing for a while, Tia identified the enemy's specific species and explained it to Valensa:

"The Rainbow Three-Headed Serpent is a Pearl-level snake-type monster. Its strength and speed are average, and its main danger comes from the different venoms in its three heads of different colors."

It is called the Rainbow Three-Headed Serpent because its venom has seven types, just like a rainbow, and each Rainbow Three-Headed Serpent is born with three types of venom at random.

And the type of venom this snake possesses…

Tia looked at the three different colored snake heads—blue, yellow, and green—and thought for a moment before continuing:

"The poison in the blue snake's head is probably a cold poison. After being poisoned, one will become very cold, and the body temperature will continue to drop. Although this cold poison is not very lethal, it can put a person into a state of hibernation, which is quite troublesome."

I remember the yellow snake head was poisoned with anesthetic. If you were bitten by that snake head, you would be paralyzed all over as if you had been struck by lightning, and you would be unable to move for a period of time.

As for the final green snake head... well.

Tia's voice sounded a little strange, and her face flushed slightly:

"The green snake's head contains the poison of spring. This poison will greatly stimulate the instinct to reproduce. Once bitten by this snake's head, you will temporarily become a shameless idiot."

However, the green snake head is also the most valuable material from the rainbow three-headed snake, because its venom can be used to concoct a potion to improve certain deficiencies in specific individuals.

"Oh? Is that so? Then it seems we'll have to save the green snake head for last..."

Valensa's voice also carried a strange hint of amusement:

"I also know about the Rainbow Three-Headed Serpent. Besides its seven poisons, it is also famous for the fact that the venom of the remaining two heads becomes stronger after each head is cut off."

Therefore, the order in which the rainbow three-headed serpent's heads are severed is very important, since the green head is the most valuable..."

"Then you can't leave it until last, you have to cut it down first!"

Before Valensa could finish speaking, Tia blushed and stomped her feet.

"You shameless idiot! Don't think I don't know what you're planning... Let me make this clear first, if you get bitten by the green snake head, I absolutely will not help you with the antidote, hmph!"

Chapter 144 Biting Through the White Silk

"Huh? So Tia, you're going to just leave me to die? How cruel of you~~"

Valensa complained to Tia while maintaining her fighting stance and confronting the rainbow three-headed serpent.

Why are you pretending to be pitiful?

Tia just rolled her eyes:

"The poison of spring won't kill you, and it can even enhance your energy to some extent... If you really get bitten, you'll have to figure out how to deal with it yourself. I'm definitely not going to help you, hmph!"

"Solve it myself? How do I do that?"

Valensa's laughter deepened, making no attempt to hide the fact that she was flirting:

"Tia, can you teach me?"

"How could someone as shameless as you not know what to do? Don't try to fool me!"

Tia glared at Valensa with disbelief, then tilted her head and thought for a moment before pointing to a very angular stone by the roadside where they had come from:

"You can use that then, hmph!"

"that?"

Valensa couldn't help but turn around and glance back, then laughed:

"Haha... So this is Tia... Tsk."

She was just about to take the opportunity to tease Tia a bit more when she discovered that the enraged rainbow-colored three-headed serpent had seized the opportunity to launch an attack first.

Three snake heads of different colors shot out like arrows, simultaneously locking onto Valensa's arms, neck, and legs and biting down.

when!

Valensa first pushed the round shield forward, deliberately placing it into the mouth of the snake's head that was trying to bite her arm, making a crisp clanging sound as the snake's fangs collided with the shield, like biting a discus.

Then she launched another kick, just like she had kicked Belloc's groin, and kicked the snake's head below the mouth of the snake that was trying to bite her leg, sending the snake's head flying back.

Finally, she shifted her body slightly to the side, allowing the snake's head, which was trying to bite her neck, to bite her shoulder armor instead.

Shoulder armor is certainly not as defensive as a shield, but the fangs of the rainbow three-headed serpent are not particularly sharp either.

The snake's fangs were not deflected by the shoulder armor, but they also failed to bite through it completely. Instead, they were temporarily stuck because they had bitten in halfway and could not be pulled back.

"Tia told me to cut off your head first, don't blame me~~"

The green snake head was stuck on the shoulder armor. Valensa didn't hesitate and with a flick of her longsword, she severed the snake head.

hiss~~

The loss of a snake head in the very first exchange clearly made the rainbow three-headed snake very nervous.

It retreated more than ten meters in one breath, staring intently at Valensa with its two remaining heads, constantly flicking its tongue and hissing threateningly.

"What? Now you're scared? Weren't you pretty arrogant just now?"

Valensa pressed her advantage, pulling the snake head off her shoulder and tossing it away before launching an attack on the rainbow-colored three-headed snake.

As a Pearl-level monster whose combat power relies entirely on poison, the Rainbow Three-Headed Serpent is not very good in terms of strength, speed, endurance, and defense.

Even if it doesn't work, it's still a Pearl-level monster. Valensa hasn't really reached the Pearl level yet. To completely suppress the Rainbow Three-Headed Serpent, she still needs to rely on the enhancement effect of mental power.

However, the enhancement effect of mental power is temporary, so a quick victory is necessary.

So Valensa stopped arguing with Tia and focused entirely on the battle, each sword strike combining precision and speed, never missing the head of the rainbow three-headed serpent.

The rainbow-colored three-headed serpent struggled to hold on for a few moves, but quickly realized that it definitely couldn't last any longer.

In the face of death, its ferocity as a monster was fully unleashed. It deliberately sacrificed one of its heads to create an opportunity, using its last head to unleash its full speed to bite Valensa's black-stockinged legs.

This was the Rainbow Three-Headed Serpent's all-out attack.

Even if Valensa could suppress the rainbow three-headed serpent in all attributes, she wouldn't have time to defend or dodge after just cutting off the second head.

"A blue snake head with a chilling poison... I've heard that if this snake head is left until the end, the chilling poison, after being enhanced twice, can turn a person into an ice sculpture in an instant. I might not have enough time to generate antibodies in my body... So I absolutely cannot get bitten by it!"

Valensa made a decision in a flash, then drew upon a large amount of mental energy from her Heart Pool reserves and used the move she had intended to use against the Winged Falcon.

Body atomization!

Completely altering one's physical form is already a very high-level technique for using mental power. Valensa only atomized her body for a second, yet nearly half of her mental pool reserves were consumed, and she even had to pant a few times as if she had overexerted herself.

However, the effect was also obvious. After its desperate, all-or-nothing attack missed, the rainbow-colored three-headed serpent, now with only one head left, was powerless to resist and was soon completely slain by Valensa's sword.

"It's done!"

Once she was certain the rainbow-colored three-headed serpent was no longer able to move and the points on the scroll had increased, Valensa smiled and gave Tia a victory sign:

"How about that? I told you this trial wouldn't be difficult... after all, it only costs 2 points."

"It's not difficult at all... As long as you're careful, most Pearl-level cultivators can kill this rainbow three-headed serpent on their own."

Tia nodded, but was still somewhat puzzled:

"But that's what's strange... Why is such an easy trial to score points in still going on without anyone passing it?"

"Perhaps the trial room is in a hidden location, or perhaps it's easy to reset and has already been cleared several times...who knows."

Valensa shrugged, looking completely unconcerned.

"Anyway, we've got the points... Let's go, it seems there's no teleportation service in this room, we'll have to walk back to the entrance ourselves."

“…Yeah, that’s right.”

Tia still had some doubts, but as Valensa said, since the points were already in hand, there was probably no need to think about it anymore.

She turned to take a step, but then suddenly saw the green snake head that Valensa had first cut off with her sword and then casually tossed aside by the roadside.

Thinking of a former teammate, Tia raised an eyebrow and walked over to pick up the snake's head:

“Perhaps we can take this back and give it to Asashi at the freshman welcome party… Isn’t she already starting to feel sexually frustrated? Let her stew this snake head for Luca to replenish his energy.”

"Wait, don't!"

Tia's idea was completely spur-of-the-moment, without any warning. By the time Valensa realized what Tia was planning to do and tried to remind her, it was too late.

"……Why?"

While Tia was still confused, the green snake head that had been severed several minutes earlier suddenly attacked her, biting her calf and tearing through the white silk, drawing blood.

"You keep calling me an idiot, but I think you're the idiot!"

Valensa rushed over immediately, grabbed the snake's head and threw it aside, then scolded Tia:

"Don't you know that snakes don't die immediately even after their heads are cut off, and that they can even launch attacks instinctively from their severed heads? This is common knowledge for adventurers!"

Chapter 145 I Might Have to Call You Senior Sister

"How would I know these things...? They're not written in these books... ugh~~"

Tia leaned against Valensa, looking aggrieved, and gasped in pain.

"You...hey."

Valensa wanted to say a few more words of reproach, but she couldn't bring herself to do it.

This is indeed a rather helpless situation.

Tia has loved reading since she was a child and can definitely be considered very knowledgeable.

But she was still a noble lady who rarely went out, and some knowledge not recorded in books would become her blind spots.

For example, the fact that a snake's head can still be dangerous for a period of time even after it has been cut off is common knowledge among adventurers and is not usually recorded in monster encyclopedias. As a result, Tia fell for it.

Fortunately, she was only poisoned by the Spring Poison, which was not dangerous, and Valensa was there to help her.

"...This is a real boon for you, you shameless idiot..."

Tia clearly anticipated what was about to happen, her face growing increasingly red, and she buried her head completely in Valensa's arms.

"Hehe... Unlike you, Tia, I'm not a heartless person. I won't just stand by and watch you suffer from snake venom. I will definitely help you detoxify."

Valensa smiled lightly, trying to reassure Tia not to be too nervous, but she herself was quite disappointed.

If she could, she would prefer to win Tia over in a more romantic setting, rather than in this dark, serpentine cave.

"Hmph, anyway, you're just a shameless... hiss~~"

Tia seemed to want to pinch Valensa, but as soon as she reached out her hand, she shuddered and spat out a large mouthful of white mist.

"Ok?"

Valencia's frivolous smile vanished instantly, and her brows furrowed tightly.

Something's not right...

Shouldn't someone who has been poisoned by spring fever have a flushed face, a racing heart, a hot body, and a confused mind?

Why was Tia not only constantly awake, but also shivering from the cold, and her body getting colder and colder?