Things about the female knight in black stockings

Valencia was thinking wildly in her mind, but she was very well-behaved and polite on the face. She formally got acquainted with the fishing uncle who she had chatted with many times but still didn't know his name.

The fishing uncle's name is very common, Basel, without a surname. He was a strong man who came from a commoner's background step by step, just like the bald man who also came from a commoner's background.

The bald man also has no surname, and his name is also a very common name, Onisen... Perhaps this is one of the reasons why he and the fishing guy can become good friends.

Chapter 124 Gourmet Points

Generally speaking, even if you are born into a lower-class commoner, as long as you can cultivate to a glorious level, it is easy to become a noble and have a surname.

Although the royal family is now very strict about titles, nobles do not have to have titles. As long as one person in a family holds a title, the rest of the family members can be considered nobles.

Many big nobles and royal families will have some attached small noble families. People in the family may not be related by blood but share the same surname. These people are often close associates and elites of the big nobles.

For example, Tia's Brittania family has a subsidiary family called Brightman.There are now more than 20 people in the Brightman family, but none of them are related by blood. They are all civilian geniuses with military backgrounds. After swearing allegiance to Britannia, they were given the Brightman surname and noble status.

With his status as a bald man and a fishing uncle, he could choose a noble surname at will. Even if he wanted to become a legal relative with the royal family, there would be no problem.

But neither did.

Because accepting the solicitation of the royal family or big nobles means being loyal to them. Although you can get more honors and practice resources, it is difficult to refuse their request.

Fishing Master Valencia didn't know much about it, so it was hard to say, but she could probably guess that with her big bald head... This person was probably not loyal to the royal family at all, but out of a mentality that with great power comes great responsibility, he would protect France. regarded as a duty in itself.

The bald man would not interfere or be interested in the struggle for power between the royal family and the nobility.

But anyone who wantonly harms the innocent people of France or shakes the foundation of France will most likely be smashed into cakes with a head hammer or crushed into soul crystals by hands.

Of course, the only thing that matters is that when these things happen, the bald man is not drunk or goes out looking for a drink...

Valencia and Mr. Fishing knew each other, and they were very happy every time they chatted. Plus the big bald man helped talk, so it was easy for Mr. Fishing to agree to help.

The Gourmet Association is indeed a Gourmet Association. Of the nearly twenty top-quality ingredients on the list, the Gourmet Association has seven of them in stock, and the sources of the other four ingredients are also under control and can be hunted at any time.

It's a pity that ingredients of this level will usually not be sold even if they are paid, let alone given away. Even if the fishing master is one of the three giants, he cannot do anything about it.

"How about this."

After thinking for a while, Mr. Fishing came up with a curveball plan to save the country:

"I will make the decision and give you the permission to accumulate and purchase food points. You can find a way to save enough food points by yourself, and then use the food points to buy those materials."

“Food points?”

The gold-level members of the Valencia Food Association were picked up almost for free, and even the silver and bronze-level members were not clear about many things within the Food Association.

"Is such that……"

The fishing man obviously knew this very well and explained it to Valencia with a smile.

Food points are actually an exclusive currency used by the internal staff of the Food Association. Members with Diamond level or above automatically activate food points, while Gold level members must be specially approved by the three giants.

Many top-quality ingredients, kitchen utensils and recipes that cannot be bought with money can be exchanged for food points, including those materials that Valencia needs.

In simple terms, there are three ways to obtain food points.

The first is to submit various ingredients through hunting, but not all ingredients will work, at least they must be ingredients for monsters above the lighthouse level.

The second is to develop new dishes. Every time a new dish is developed that can be praised by the public, the developer can obtain a certain amount of food points based on the evaluation of the dish.

The third is to complete the tasks issued by the Food Association. There are various types of internal affairs - hunting powerful monsters, working as an assistant to top chefs, participating in some food competitions to gain rankings, participating in the business activities of the Food Association, etc. You can also get food points.

Valencia initially thought of the second method, which was to gain food points by plagiarizing a lot... and developing Chinese cuisine from her previous life.

However, after carefully consulting the fishing uncle, she regretfully learned that Tianchao cuisine is indeed very popular among civilians, but because most of the ingredients used are ordinary ingredients, and the taste mainly relies on spices, it does not meet the world's demand for top-quality ingredients. and the mainstream pursuit of natural and delicious food, so the score is not high. It is very inefficient to rely on this method to earn food points.

The various tasks released by the Food Association are not available at all times, and every time they are released, there will be many members rushing to do them, and it is not so easy to get points.

So in the end, there was only one way for Valencia to choose.

hunting.

Use a large amount of lighthouse-level mid-to-high-end ingredients to exchange for gourmet points. After accumulating a little, you can use the gourmet points to exchange for top-notch ingredients.

Another advantage of this method is that the submitted ingredients do not have to be hunted by the members themselves. They can pay for them or hire others to hunt them. The Food Association only looks at the quality of the ingredients, not the source of the ingredients.

But the advantages are also disadvantages - it's very expensive, very expensive.

Valensa made a rough estimate. If she bought mid- to high-end ingredients in exchange for food points, and then exchanged the food points for top-level ingredients to obtain those top-level ingredients, the gold coins spent would be higher than the apparent market price of those top-level ingredients. More than 40%.

It's a big loss, but there's nothing I can do about it. The seller who has a price but no market is just so willful, whether he wants to buy or not.

In short, this is also a problem that can be solved with money, but the problem is that there is not enough money.

Even though Valencia's current economic situation has improved a lot, and Tia uses her own wealth to fully support her, funds are still very tight.

It costs money to buy high-quality non-attribute magic crystals to develop and repair ruins.

It also costs money to buy mid-to-high-end ingredients in exchange for food points.

Then the next thing is naturally to find ways to make money as much as possible.

. . . . .

With the note and token written by the fishing master himself, Valencia opened her food points very smoothly.

After saying goodbye to the bald man and the fishing man at the pond, she went back to the dormitory to take a shower, then went to the restaurant to have some breakfast, and then rushed to the headquarters of the Food Association in the royal capital to finish the matter.

In the afternoon, Valencia wanted to visit Yahiro to see what conditions Yahiro would offer for the batch of high-quality non-attribute magic crystals in her hand. As long as it was not too excessive, it was not impossible to agree to her.

Who makes Valencia need money now?

However, after arriving at the office building of the Nola Chamber of Commerce headquarters, the sweet and beautiful receptionist said that Yahiro and her honey friend Lanzhi went on vacation together and would not be back for five days.

There was no choice but to go back to school. Valencia took a practical class after a long absence and beat up several classmates who knew they couldn't beat her but still insisted on challenging her.

Chapter 125: Imperial Rewards

With Valencia's current strength, she can still learn some new knowledge in theoretical classes, and the need for practical classes is already quite low.

Except for a few practical instructors who have reached the Brilliance level, other practical instructors at the Lighthouse level may not be able to defeat Valencia now, and they have nothing to teach her.

Valensa doesn't need the experience of fighting against the same level and beating others, but the experience of beating the weak against the strong and leapfrogging the brilliance level is not as good as those of the practical class instructors.

After all, in this world, the gap between the Yao-level and those below the Yao-level is really too big. Not every Yao-level person can muster the courage to attack when facing Yao-level enemies, and not every Yao-level person who attacks Yao-level enemies can still muster up the courage to attack. Even those below the level can survive the fight, and even win.

And sparring with classmates is even more bullying. Valencia has already left her classmates behind in terms of both physical strength and combat experience, making her a veritable top student.

Originally, there was still a gap between her and the descendants of Sword Saints like Ryan in terms of inheritance of advanced combat skills, but as she returned to the Sun Church family to inherit the Inner Temple Knights, this shortcoming was made up for.

In addition, she even learned magic from Frigia, the original witch, and it can be said that she has completely embarked on the path of a hexagonal female knight.

Her classmates were no match for her, and challenging her was just looking for a beating.

After happily beating up many classmates in the practical class, Valencia went to Tia's dormitory to sleep one night and ushered in a new day.

Today is a very special day. Officers and soldiers who have made contributions in the Autumn War will return from the front line to the royal capital to meet the king and receive rewards.

As the person who made the greatest contribution in this war and the winner of the Golden Iris Award for Leading Soldiers, Valencia naturally wanted to go to the palace.

Just like the award-giving conferences in her previous life, the more important the award, the more it should be placed at the end. Valencia was the finale at the award-giving conference.

Not only that, other recipients of awards could only stand and wait in the square outside the entrance of the audience hall before accepting the awards. They could not enter until their names were called.

Valencia, on the other hand, can always stay in the audience hall where there are only more than 20 important ministers except the king, wearing a silver paladin skirt armor, lace lining and pure black pantyhose like a guard, standing behind the military advisor.

She watched the entire reward process.

The Golden Iris Award is the highest award in every Autumn War, but it is not only the Golden Iris Award winners who can receive royal commendations and awards, there are many others.

And just like the Golden Iris Award, those who have received commendations and awards are also divided into three categories.

One is the heroic ordinary soldier.

Although the fortresses on the northern frontline can stop the vast majority of ordinary wild beasts, under the ferocious attack of the wild beasts without fear of death or sacrifice, even the hundred-meter-high fortress wall will be scaled by the wild beasts.

At this time, the masters in the fortress will climb up the city wall to respond to the enemy, but the wild beasts also have masters. The masters in the fortress have to fight the masters of the wild beasts, so the ordinary wild beast warriors can naturally only be attacked by ordinary soldiers.

Relying on the absolute advantages in equipment and medical assistance, even if the physical fitness is slightly worse, the battle loss ratio between human soldiers and ordinary wild beast warriors in hand-to-hand combat can easily reach more than 1:5.

In an autumn war, ordinary soldiers who kill more than 10 wild beasts and still survive can receive military rewards. Those who kill more than 20 can meet the king in the palace and receive the reward in person.

Valencia roughly counted that in this year's autumn war alone, there were more than 200 ordinary soldiers who had achieved this standard of merit.

They were divided into several groups based on their respective fortress or troop numbers and received the rewards from His Majesty the King in turn.

These soldiers received almost all monetary rewards, equivalent to about five years' annual salary of ordinary workers.

But some people did not choose to ask for money. For example, one of the veterans, who was over 30 years old, blushed and begged the king, hoping that the king would reward him with a beautiful wife.

The king really did not reject him. Among the maids in the palace, he selected a maid with good appearance and figure, gave the veteran a marriage, and also gave the maid a rather generous dowry.

The veteran was so moved that he almost cried.

The second category of recipients are officers, but the number is much smaller than that of soldiers.

In addition to the winners of the Golden Iris Award, there are only three.

One of them was a staff officer. He proposed a good strategy in a defensive battle and was adopted, allowing mankind to gain a local victory and annihilate more than [-] wild beasts with almost zero casualties.

The other two were both captains of the logistics transport team. They performed well when their transport team was intercepted by the elite warriors of the wild beasts. They relied on their excellent command and the tacit cooperation of the soldiers to defeat the elite warriors of the wild beasts who intercepted them. Killed back.

You must know that the strength of the elite warriors of the wild beasts is all lighthouse level or above, while the strength of ordinary soldiers is only around the firefly level. Even the candlelight level is rare, and one who can reach the size of a pearl is an officer.

Commanding more than 100 Firefly-level soldiers to kill Lighthouse-level elite soldiers through military formation and coordination is almost as difficult as Valencia's over-leveling against Star Yao. Those two small officers who only have Candlelight-level strength can definitely do it. He is a genius at commanding small-scale team battles.

For these talented officers, in addition to rewarding them with money, His Majesty the King also promoted them so that their talents can be fully utilized.

Finally, the third category of recipients of rewards are the top soldiers like Valencia.

The status of the vanguard soldiers in Flan is very special. They do not have positions in the traditional sense. Their actual authority is linked to their tasks.

When there is an urgent mission, the top soldiers can even meet the senior official. Even the Duke must unconditionally cooperate with the top soldiers' missions, otherwise they can be punished with treason at the highest level.

In the standby state when there is no mission, the vanguard soldiers are almost a group of ordinary soldiers who are stronger and better treated.

Therefore, most of the people who choose to become top soldiers are not interested in the bureaucracy. Instead of working hard to get promoted, they prefer to constantly train and improve themselves.

Therefore, the king's rewards for top soldiers are similar to those of the military. In addition to monetary rewards, they include various weapons and equipment and combat skills and spells.It's just that as a product of the royal treasury, the king's reward is of better quality than the military's reward.

Almost all of the dozen or so top soldiers who received commendations and awards were like Valencia. Within their respective areas of responsibility, they killed a large number of elite wild beast warriors who forcibly broke through to the territory of France. However, unlike Valencia, they There are still many gaps compared to the exaggerated record.

Chapter 126: Reward from the Emperor

After all ordinary war merit recipients have received commendations and awards, it is the turn of the recipients of the Golden Iris, the highest honor in the war every autumn, to receive commendations and awards.

The awards are also divided into three categories: ordinary soldiers, officers, and top soldiers, with the one with the highest merit at the end.

The first one to appear was an ordinary soldier who won the Golden Iris Award, a young soldier with a rustic and simple style who looked similar to Luca.

The way he appeared on the stage was quite eye-catching. Not to mention someone like Valencia who was participating in the award for the first time, many ministers also looked surprised, and even His Majesty the King looked a little surprised.

This young soldier floated into the audience hall - he was a spirit.

Seeing that some ministers couldn't help but start whispering, the military advisor who had always been very calm smiled and spoke about the young soldier's situation in person.

He was indeed very heroic.

In the middle of this autumn war, there was a small fortress on the east side of the northern defense line, which was briefly breached by the wild beasts.

At that time, the Desolate Beast also used a strategy of attacking in the east and attacking in the west - on the surface, it gathered a large number of troops to launch a strong attack on another fortress, but in fact, the people participating in the attack were basically ordinary Desolate Beast warriors who were like cannon fodder.

More than 100 elite Beacon-level wild beast warriors and five Star-level wild beast warriors took the opportunity to attack the small fortress where the young soldiers were located.

This wave of desolate beasts were all equipped with high-end combat power. Even if the military strategist personally tried to use the space link secret technique to deploy troops for support, he could not do so in time - before the reinforcements arrived, the desolate beasts captured the small fortress and Destroys spatial coordinates.

Due to the large gap in combat power between the enemy and ourselves, the commander of the small fortress did not order the soldiers to fight to the death, but chose to retreat temporarily to preserve their strength.

This young soldier who turned into a spirit could have retreated, but the place he was responsible for guarding happened to be near the fortress's granary, and there was still a lot of food in the granary. If it was snatched away by wild beasts, it would be enough for more than [-] people. of wild beast cubs survive this winter.

So the young soldier did not retreat according to the commander's order. Instead, he passed through the interception of the desolate beast warriors like a cheat. There were even three lighthouse-level desolate beast elite warriors among them, and the young soldier's strength during his lifetime was less than a candlelight. .

He rushed all the way into the fortress' granary, activated the food destruction mechanism that had been killed by wild beasts before his comrades could activate it, and let the fire engulf the fortress' granary and himself, avoiding a batch of food at the cost of his life. Little food falls into the hands of wild beasts.

Like the other ministers, Valencia was also a little dumbfounded... She finally understood how others felt when they heard about her outrageous record. She also couldn't figure out how this young soldier managed to survive a group of ordinary wild beast warriors and numbers. He rushed into the granary under the obstruction of a Desolate Beast elite warrior.

But it's not over yet... Under normal circumstances, the Golden Iris Award will not be awarded to the victims. In this case, the young soldier will at most receive a military commendation, and then his family can receive a very generous pension.

However, among the powerful human Fangyao-level warriors who led the reinforcements to recapture this small fortress, one of them happened to be a Star-level Necromancer. She launched a legendary spell during the recapture battle - Heroic Spirit Resurrection.

Under the effect of this legendary spell, the young soldier's soul awakened again and transformed into a heroic warrior. He suddenly gained peak lighthouse-level strength. He killed many elite warriors of wild beasts in the battle of recapture, and once again established a Military exploits.

Unlike ordinary undead souls that are revived and controlled by necromancy spells, heroic warriors not only have complete and clear self-awareness, but can also exist in the world for a long time.