Things about the female knight in black stockings

Unexpectedly, Irene suddenly burst out laughing:

"Old man... Hahaha, luckily that guy was already gone and didn't hear it, otherwise he would have fought you even if he was beaten half to death... Actually, that guy is only in his 40s and hates it when people say he's old."

"Huh? Only in his forties?"

Valensa couldn't believe it:

"Did you forget a number, Sister Ailei? He doesn't look 40 years old. I would believe you if you said he was 140 or even 400."

"Because that guy was just unlucky."

Ai Lei pouted, seemingly also disliking the old man from before:

"Actually, more than 20 years ago, that guy was quite famous. He was one of the very few geniuses who could break through to the Star Glory level before the age of 30 without relying on any inheritance. He was considered the pinnacle of the America Spellcaster Academy."

Shortly after breaking through to the Radiant rank, he entered the Sage's Tower and became one of the Sages.

But the Sage's Tower... you should know about the Sage Apprentice Fiancée, right? Actually, only the top 20 sages there have real status. The rest of the sages are mostly high-level workers, especially sages like him with three-digit seats, who find it very difficult to get independent research projects.

In order to quickly advance his position and produce research results, that guy, for some reason, actually seriously studied the sex industry... He used an interdimensional oath spell to summon three powerful succubi from the abyss, intending to open a succubus sex shop on a trial basis and to study the feasibility of interspecies sex shops in human society.

Unfortunately, he overestimated himself... A Star-level Sage is certainly not weak, but those three succubi from the abyss are even stronger. Even with the restrictions of the magical contract, how could he, who has been single for over thirty years, resist the seductive traps of the succubi?

In short, he messed things up in the end. All three succubi broke free of his control and used him as cover to gain a foothold here. They even tried to use his resources to open a large abyss portal to invade this place.

Fortunately, I discovered it in time. Her Majesty the Goddess has always had a great fondness for succubi as spoils of war, so I led my men in a fierce battle against those three succubi, rescued that fool, and even used the influence of the Church of the Sun to help him escape the punishment of the Sage's Tower.

Although he transferred the contracts of those three succubi to me, enabling me to capture them alive and offer them to Her Majesty the Goddess for purification, this was not enough to offset the fact that I had saved and helped him. Therefore, he has always owed me a great favor, which I can use this time.

As for why he looks like an old man even though he's only in his forties… well, it's naturally the result of those three succubi overfeeding him. His life essence was severely damaged, and even though he later recovered a lot through various methods, his severely aged appearance could not be changed.”

"He's really in a terrible situation..."

After hearing the story, Valensa was no longer so angry with the old man; instead, she felt only pity.

“The physical condition of a spellcaster is weaker than that of a warrior... Even a vigorous warrior would break his sword and fall if he encountered a real succubus. How dare a spellcaster control three succubi at the same time?”

My God, he's so brave! Shouldn't he be a hero, not a sage?

"Well... you can't really blame him entirely."

Eresh seemed to recall the details of this past event, and licked her lips and swallowed:

"I've seen those three succubi before, and I even fought a battle with them. They... well, they were all absolutely stunning beauties. It's perfectly normal that a male mage who's been single for over thirty years couldn't handle them."

"Judging by the time, it's been over ten years since I defeated them and offered them to Her Majesty the Goddess. When you go to the headquarters of the Divine Continent to go through the formal appointment process, you might have a chance to see them again... But by then, they will definitely have become our good sisters."

"I hope so."

Seeing Ereshkigal's reaction, Valensa became quite curious about the three succubi.

However, for Valensa, officially taking up her post on the continent of divine favor would not be possible until at least after graduating from the War Academy, so she quickly put her mind at ease and pointed again to the documents on the table:

"Is this the old man repaying the favor he owed you, Sister Ai Lei?"

"Yes."

Irene smiled and nodded, sharing the documents on the table with Valensa:

"Although that guy is only a sage ranked in the top three digits, he is still a sage after all. His intelligence access in the Sage Tower is not low, and he can access a lot of information that is blocked by the Sage Tower."

These materials were copied from the Sage's Tower and given to me privately, as he requested, as a way of repaying the favor I did for saving and helping him back then.

"Let me see... Huh?"

Valensa glanced at the documents for a few seconds before exclaiming in surprise.

She pointed to a picture in the document, which depicted a creature with a human-like body, except that it had a large octopus head, pink skin, and was dressed in aristocratic attire.

"A mind flayer??"

Valensa recognized this creature, so famous from her previous life in D&D, at a glance, and couldn't help but feel curious.

They've even come into contact with mind flayers at the Sage's Tower? Could some of them have even been to Faerûn?

"A mind flayer?"

Ai Lei raised an eyebrow, somewhat curious:

"You named them yourself? You know these creatures too? But the Sage's Tower calls them Brain Eaters for a simple reason: they feed on the brains of intelligent beings."

"Brain-eating monster..."

Valensa sighed, somewhat speechless. That's just how the culture is here; most non-human, humanoid creatures are named "XX Monster."

"I've never seen this creature before, but I've heard of similar beings in a rumor-like story, where there's a creature called a mind flayer that looks a lot like this."

Valensa pretended to think for a moment and said:

"Perhaps the original creator of this rumor was someone who knew about this matter? He embellished the story artistically and turned it into a legend."

"It's very possible... many of the stories told by bards that are hard for ordinary people to believe actually have real prototypes, but the artistic embellishment in later stages may have been too exaggerated."

Eresh nodded, not paying much attention to the legend, and quickly opened the document, pointing out the key points to Valensa as she explained:

"This happened more than 30 years ago. At that time, a sage in the Sage Tower was exploring another world when he accidentally discovered a world inhabited by brain-eating monsters."

Although there are many other intelligent civilizations in that world, the vast majority of them are enslaved by the brain-eating monster civilization, which is extremely powerful and aggressive.

Realizing this, the sage immediately planned to leave and erase his tracks, but it was too late.

Among the brain-eating monsters, there exists a being known as the Mastermind, possessing immense mental power. He discovered the sage's whereabouts and led the brain-eating monster army to reverse-orient this world, invading the Sage's Tower.

Although the top-ranking sages immediately severed the connection between the two worlds using several legendary spells upon discovering this, a central intelligence and hundreds of tentacle-like conch-shaped aerial warships still invaded this world.

Tentacle conch warship? It's a nautilus, isn't it...? Upon hearing this, Valensa quickly looked at the pictures of that kind of aerial warship in the data and found that it was indeed the mind flayer's nautilus warship.

Could the otherworld discovered by that sage really be the world of D&D?

Valensa muttered to herself, then couldn't help but interrupt Ereshkigal, asking curiously:

"So many invasions by otherworldly enemies have occurred in just over thirty years, why have I, as a nobleman of Fran, never heard of them?"

"Because the place that was invaded was the Sage's Tower, the war ended quickly, and the Sage's Tower did its best to block the news."

Eresh shrugged:

"In fact, if I hadn't seen these materials tonight, even as someone who has personally experienced this event for over thirty years, I wouldn't know what exactly happened back then."

"Sister Ai Lei, did you also go through this back then?"

Valensa asked quickly.

"I guess you could say I've experienced it, albeit in a lesser sense."

Eresh smiled:

"At that time, I had only recently come to America from the continent of God's Blessing and had not yet come to Mosantina. Instead, I was in another city near Arant.

I remember receiving orders that day, saying that an interdimensional invasion had occurred at the Sage's Tower, and the sages were doing their best to resist it. The Witch Forest and the Dragon Clan were all ready to provide support, and our Church of the Sun would naturally be no exception.

However, the Sage Tower is, after all, the headquarters of the Sage Council. There are hundreds of officially registered sages, plus their partners and associates, making up hundreds of Radiant-rank powerhouses.

The sages ranked at the top are even more unfathomably powerful... The brain-eating monster fleet that attacked from another world is indeed powerful, but it is still no match for the Sage Tower.

By the time church reinforcements, including myself, arrived, the battle was already over. I had seen the wreckage of those tentacle conch warships with my own eyes, but I had never seen the complete brain-eating monster.

Actually, similar things are not uncommon. The researchers at the Sage's Tower can come up with something that could potentially become a crisis for the mainland almost every few decades, but they always manage to resolve it properly.

So at the time, our church didn't pay much attention. After confirming that the Sage's Tower didn't need support, we quickly ordered a retreat.

"I see……"

Valensa nodded, then guessed:

"So, the psychopathic killer who lurked in Mosantina for nine years could very well be the brain-eating monster who survived back then?"

"will not."

Ai Lei shook her head decisively:

“The Sage Tower wouldn’t make such a basic mistake. All the brain-eating monsters that invaded back then were definitely wiped out, but... sigh.”

"But what's wrong?"

Valensa asked hastily.

"See for yourself."

Ai Lei sighed helplessly and turned to a certain page of the document:

"I have to say, some sages really do love to court death."

"This is……"

Valensa quickly looked at the information, but soon spotted a familiar name.

Vincent the Sage, the 11th seat of the Council of Sages.

That's the sage who always tries every means to find out about Valensa through Tia, and who always tries to lure Valensa to his side with his power, just like Orochimaru tricked Sasuke.

Vincent's main research topic as a sage is human enhancement and potential development, especially those mixed-race humans with the blood of dark creatures or monsters, which is his favorite. This is also an important reason why he has been trying to lure Valensa to join him.

However, hybrid humans with the blood of monsters or dark creatures are not so easy to find, so in addition to looking for suitable test subjects, Vincent also actively creates them.

Chapters 103-105 Anesse

To create a hybrid human with the bloodline of a monster or dark creature, the best choice for the other half of the bloodline, besides human, is generally a humanoid race or a race that can take human form.

Half-elves and half-dragons are hybrid humans with relatively stable bloodline characteristics. They are numerous, have their own small groups, and often enjoy good living conditions due to their bloodline talents.

Many half-elves and half-dragons who were abandoned by their parents or separated from them at a young age were adopted by Vincent's welfare institutions, received Vincent's potential development, and then repaid him by working for Vincent after they grew up... These are all Vincent's forces, and the main reason why he can hold the 11th seat of the Sage Council.

In fact, vampires and succubi are also very suitable to have hybrid offspring with humans. However, nowadays, almost all vampires and succubi are members of the Church of the Sun, and they are very united. Few individuals or bloodlines are scattered outside. Vincent is also quite wary of the Church of the Sun's strength and protectiveness, so he has not conducted any related research.

But mind flayers... or what the Sage Council calls brain-eating monsters, are different.

This creature is also a humanoid species. Apart from having an octopus-like head, it is almost no different from other humanoid civilizations in terms of its form of civilization, except that it is more aggressive.

As for the brain-eating monsters that eat human brains... Vincent didn't see it as a big problem. Didn't the vampires initially treat humans as food? Now they're good friends of humans, aren't they?

So when the invasion of the brain-eating monsters was defeated, although all the invading brain-eating monsters were killed by the sages, Vincent preserved a lot of biological materials from the brain-eating monsters for research.

To this end, Vincent even established a laboratory on the territory of the Sage Council in the eastern part of the continent, specifically to study the fusion of the bloodline of the brain-eating monster and the bloodline of humans, so as to create a half-brain-eating monster that has both human values ​​and the abilities of the brain-eating monster.

Unlike Friggia, who recklessly conducted human experiments, resulting in widespread anger and resentment and ultimately being sealed away by the Church of the Sun for over a thousand years, Vincent was much more cautious in his human experiments.

Vincent's human experiments were conducted under the pretext of education and potential development. Before each experiment, he would sign various formal contracts with the participants, stating that their participation was entirely voluntary and that they could bear all the risks associated with the experiment.

Vincent used a similar method when conducting experiments on the half-brain-eating monster.

He recruited more than twenty women who were preparing to become mothers from among the ordinary people of America, telling them that he was developing a bloodline potion that could greatly enhance the abilities of newborns.

Vincent hopes that these women who are trying to conceive will try this drug. For this, Vincent is willing to pay these women a lot of nutritional expenses and makes a promise that if the experiment goes wrong, the women who participate in the experiment will receive additional high compensation, and their second child will receive help from his mature technology and will become a magical genius in the eyes of others from birth.

Which parent doesn't want their child to have a head start in life? Although such an experiment would inevitably be risky, the American people are inherently adventurous, so in the end, only three of the twenty-odd women who were trying to conceive chose to withdraw, and the rest all participated in Vincent's experiment.

The experiment was not entirely successful, but it did not fail either.

Of the twenty-odd children who participated in the experiment, more than half died shortly after birth, and the rest either grew into little monsters with tentacles on their faces or had mediocre talents and no abilities whatsoever.

Vincent did not break his promise; he compensated every family that participated in the experiment and also took in the little monsters that were rejected and feared by their parents.

He then used special biotechnology to compress the growth period of those little monsters, which was more than ten years, into six months to a year, and quickly obtained a batch of adult tentacle-faced monsters.

Vincent then made these tentacle-faced monsters mate with each other, further interfering with or modifying their bloodlines through artificial means.

Because these tentacle-faced monsters didn't even get their parents' approval, they were treated as non-human beings resulting from failed experiments, and therefore had no human rights whatsoever.

Therefore, Vincent's experiments and modifications on these tentacle-faced monsters were much bolder. Many technologies that were not used on human test subjects were used on these tentacle-faced monsters.

Persistence pays off. Four years after the brain-eating monsters invaded the Sage's Tower, Vincent finally cultivated the individual he had always dreamed of.

This individual has a completely human appearance, with no trace of alien features. Its lifestyle is basically the same as that of humans, and it is born with all the abilities of a brain-eating monster.

Vincent was overjoyed and attached great importance to the individual he named [Anese]. He poured a lot of resources into nurturing Anese, allowing his strength to grow rapidly. Before he was even 20 years old, Anese was about to break through to the Radiant Rank.

However, it wasn't until Anesse reached adulthood that the danger inherent in his bloodline as a brain-eating monster was revealed.

Anese was exposed to human culture from a young age and has the same aesthetic sense as normal human males, liking beautiful women with pretty faces, big breasts, and long legs.

Normally, when a human male is attracted to a beautiful woman, he only wants to have close physical contact with her. But Anese doesn't have this kind of lower body reaction. After he has a physical urge to a beautiful woman, he only wants to eat her brain.

Vincent only discovered Anesse's characteristic after two young female researchers at the institute were murdered in succession.