Things about the female knight in black stockings

Valensa hesitated for only two seconds before making her decision:

"Perhaps I should ask Her Majesty the Goddess... There should be a place here where I can pray?"

"Of course."

Gamona nodded, then looked at Ilana behind Valensa:

"Let Priestess Ilana take you there."

"Yes, Deputy Commander."

Ilana first bowed to Gamona, then warmly took Valensa's hand and pulled her towards the door.

"Come with me, little Sasha."

Valensa hurriedly followed Ilana outside as if fleeing, and also pulled Tia along with her.

Once outside, with only Tia and Ilana by her side, Valensa could no longer hold back and complained with a grimace:

"What do you mean I have a way... I don't even know what way I have. Your Majesty must have made a mistake... Ouch."

"Be bold!"

Ilana stopped Valensa before she could finish speaking, flicking Valensa's forehead and pinching her cheek.

"Is this the kind of thing a paladin should say? How could Her Majesty the Goddess be wrong?"

"Woo~~"

Valensa shrank back, looking dejected.

"Then the deputy commander misunderstood the divine decree! I really can't help it!"

"The deputy commander is not wrong either."

Ilana rolled her eyes at Valensa, amused.

"When he was devoutly praying for guidance from Her Majesty the Goddess, many priests and paladins were with him, including me... We all received that oracle. Are you trying to say that we all misunderstood it?"

"Ah... gulp~~"

Valensa was completely speechless and could only resign herself to continuing to follow Ilana, while clinging tightly to Tia's arm and rubbing against her body for comfort.

Soon, Ilana led Valensa into another shed.

This shed was much smaller than the previous one, but the interior was more exquisite. Apart from the simpler walls and ceiling, it was almost indistinguishable from a church prayer room.

Valensa took a deep breath, gestured for Tia and Ilana to wait for her at the door, then walked to the white jade goddess statue in the center of the prayer room, knelt on the soft carpet with her buttocks sticking out, closed her eyes slightly, and began to pray.

Less than a minute later, a ray of sunlight appeared in the prayer room, which had no windows and the door was closed. The sunlight shone on Valensa's buttocks for a few seconds, making her black pantyhose smell very pleasant, before slowly disappearing.

Valensa stood up, clutching her backside, after the sunlight had disappeared, her face full of a wry smile.

The sun goddess did respond to her prayer and affirm Gamona's statement, but she did not tell Valensa what to do.

Valensa also received an oracle.

Although the form of divine pronouncements is neither language nor writing, but a mysterious information that can only be understood intuitively, its meaning is not difficult to comprehend.

The oracle Valensa received this time can be summarized in one sentence:

You can definitely do it. Think it through, do it well, and there will be a reward for doing it well.

"How about it?"

Seeing Valensa swaying and looking dazed as she walked out of the prayer room, Tia quickly came over and asked with great concern.

"Even Her Majesty the Goddess said I have a solution."

Valensa leaned against Tia, resting her chin on Tia's shoulder, looking like a limp rag doll.

"But I really don't know what I can do~~"

"I think you do have a way out."

Tia smiled and hugged Valensa, then tidied Valensa's slightly messy long brown hair that was draped over her back.

"You're just too lazy to think of a solution, right? Because you think that with all the experts from the Church of the Sun, the Sage's Tower, and the Witch's Forest here, it's not your place to figure out a solution, so you think you can't do it. But actually, if you think about it carefully, you might not be without a solution, right?"

"Goo~~"

Valensa glared at Tia with a resentful look:

"How can you say that, my darling? This is a matter of life and death involving more than 100,000 people! How can a mere Lighthouse-level Paladin like me bear such responsibility? What if my plan fails? How embarrassing would that be..."

"So you really do have a solution, but you're afraid of failure and don't want to take responsibility, so you're being lazy and not trying... Is that right?"

Tia sighed, cupped Valensa's face in her hands, and made her look into Valensa's slightly guilty deep blue eyes, which met her own crimson ones.

“I understand how you feel… If circumstances allowed, I wouldn’t want you to be in the limelight either. But right now, not only are the lives of over 100,000 innocent people hanging by a thread, but given Savat Langdon’s madness, if he gets enough time to complete his plan, something even more serious could happen, or even a new natural disaster.”

"Then let Ms. Alan Feier take action?"

Valensa pouted:

"Anyway, they don't mind bearing a bad reputation, and the plan is indeed simple and efficient, using necessary sacrifices to avoid a greater disaster..."

"Valensa!"

Tia tightened her grip on Valensa's face and said irritably:

"Stop being so stubborn! You know perfectly well what's going on, don't you? Ms. Ailan Fei'er's so-called simple and efficient plan is only a last resort!"

Then, Tia's expression turned serious, and her tone became extremely solemn:

"I can't say that the idea of ​​using necessary sacrifices to avoid a greater disaster is wrong, but I really don't want you to become such a rational and calm person."

There are many things that are either zero times or countless times... If you can accept the sacrifice of more than 0 people in Poliland today to stop Savat Langdon's conspiracy, you can accept even greater sacrifices to avoid even greater disasters in the future!

What if one day you need to sacrifice me to save the world… or you need to sacrifice the world to save me? What would you do? Would you, like now, choose the easy and efficient way to make a trade-off without trying to create a miracle? Hmm?

"I……"

Valensa was speechless, and complained with a wry smile:

"I really shouldn't have let you get into that 'Justice Partner' series of games..."

"They're trying to talk to you about serious matters, and you're talking about games?"

Tia rolled her eyes at Valensa again, but her tone was no longer so serious.

Seeing that Valensa still looked conflicted, Tia, who knew Valensa's lazy nature and flexible moral bottom line very well, had no choice but to use her trump card:

"Alright, alright... Even putting aside these noble matters, are you really going to disobey Her Majesty the Goddess's decree? Aren't you afraid that Her Majesty the Goddess will perform a miracle and spank you in front of all the believers in the church square?"

"Ugh!"

Valensa only had to imagine the scene briefly before her legs went weak and her buttocks burned. An overwhelming sense of shame swept over her, causing her to collapse onto Tia once again.

"Gulp... Okay, I'll give it my best then~~"

After making the decision, Valensa immediately forced herself to change her mindset, putting herself from a spectator into the protagonist who needed to resolve the situation.

Regarding a solution to the crisis in Poliland, Valensa, combining the intelligence provided by Ilana with discussions with core members of the joint operations team she had previously participated in, did indeed have some inspiration.

But these alone are far from enough to turn that inspiration into a concrete plan.

So Valensa quickly returned to the shed where the important figures were, and went straight to the Witch of Destruction, Elanfeel. Amidst the curious, amused, and expectant gazes of the others in the room, she bowed slightly to Elanfeel and softly requested:

“I need your help, Sister Alanfeier.”

"Hmm~~"

Ailan Feier raised an eyebrow, put down her teacup, and chuckled:

"What? You, who are so favored and pampered by Her Majesty the Goddess, also think that my plan is the simplest and most effective? You have good taste, much better than some pedantic fools."

Several people in the room who were staunchly opposed to Ailanfeier's plan immediately frowned, and the veins on their temples bulged... If they hadn't known very well that they were no match for Ailanfeier, they probably would have already punched her, or at least given her a piece of their mind.

Unfortunately, there are no "what ifs." Even though those people were annoyed by Alanfei's occasional sarcastic remarks, they could only endure it and turn their attention to Valensa, eager to see how this weak but favored paladin would respond.

Valensa's expression remained unchanged, her face still bearing a sweet smile:

"Sister Alanfeier's power is indeed admirable, and I look forward to the opportunity to witness her earth-shattering legendary magic."

Many people in the room immediately changed their expressions, while Ailan Feier became even more smug, puffing out her chest and pushing up the blood-red gem at the top of her necklace.

"But..."

Valensa then changed the subject:

"What I want to rely on now is the wisdom of Sister Elanfeier... As one of the most powerful witches in the Witch Forest, Sister Elanfeier, you can not only destroy the world with legendary magic, but you can also see through all conspiracies, right?"

"Hehehe... Little sister, you really know how to talk... Is it because of your sweet talk that Her Majesty the Goddess dotes on you so much?"

Alanfeier giggled continuously after Valensa's flattery, clearly in a very good mood.

After laughing, Ailanfeier shrugged regretfully:

“Even if you praise me like this, little sister, I just can’t do what I can’t do… Destroying Poliland City with legendary magic is easy for me, but rescuing the hostages is something I’m truly powerless to do.”

"But..."

As Alan Feier spoke, a smile returned to her face:

"If you have any good ideas, little sister, I don't mind helping you."

Chapters 139-141: Turning to the Right Approach

Valensa was waiting for Alan Fehr to say those words.

As can be seen from the previous discussions of the joint action team, Elanfiel, the top witch of the Witch Forest, is not only the strongest among all those present, but her sharp mind and decisiveness are in no way inferior to her strength and beauty.

No matter what approach Valensa takes to solve the problem at hand, she desperately needs the professional advice of a Moon-level expert.

"Then I thank you in advance, elder sister!"

Time was of the essence, and Valensa didn't have much time for pleasantries. After another polite remark, she pointed directly to the magical projection of Poliland City on the oval table, or more precisely, to the defensive ring outside the city formed by the domains of the Radiant Undead:

"I haven't broken through to the Radiant Rank yet, so there are many things I don't understand. If my questions are too silly, please don't laugh at me too harshly, Sister Alanfeier... Is it possible to break through this defensive barrier in another way before launching a decapitation strike?"

As Valensa asked this question, she pulled Tia to her side and introduced her as if she were showing off her most treasured possession:

“My Tia is from the Bretania family, and she has a family-inherited linking technique, especially skilled in spatial teleportation... Could we use spatial teleportation to directly enter the city and carry out a decapitation operation?”

"The Britannia family's linking secrets... um..."

Ailanfeier looked at Tia, or more precisely, at Tia's beautiful long silver hair, her eyes glazing over for a few seconds, as if a long-forgotten memory had been awakened:

"Speaking of which, many years ago I also dated a member of the Bretania family who was training in the Witch Forest... I had a lot of feelings for him, but unfortunately he was already married at the time, otherwise I would really like to try what it's like to be a duchess... cough, I'm getting off topic."

In short, I have some knowledge of the Britannia family's linking techniques. These spatial links are fundamentally different from ordinary spatial teleportation magic. Theoretically, they can indeed break through conventional spatial barriers, but…”

Alanfiel shifted her gaze from Tia's silver hair to Tia's eyes:

"If I remember correctly, your family's secret technique for long-distance, precise teleportation requires setting coordinates at the target location beforehand, right? Do you have the coordinates in Poliland City?"

“No. This is my first time in America, and I've never been to Polyland before, but…”

Tia shook her head, then thought for a moment and took out a golden magic card:

"I am not only the heir of the Britannia family, but also an apprentice of the Council of Sages. My teacher is the 7th seat who is skilled in card magic."

"With the power of card magic, even without coordinates, given time to prepare, I can make precise spatial links to any location within my field of vision."

"Using card arcane arts to support link arcane arts? Hmm... that's quite interesting."

Ailan Feier raised an eyebrow and asked again:

"What is your maximum field of vision? Does it have to be your actual field of vision? Can you use far-vision spells to increase your casting range?"

"It has to be my own field of vision; a field of vision enhanced by magic is useless."

Tia gave a wry smile:

"As for the limit of my field of vision... well, it's probably around 1000 meters?"

"That won't work, the distance is too close."

Alan Fei'er immediately shook her head:

“Those Radiant Undead outside the city aren’t stupid. At such close casting distance, they will definitely take the initiative to interrupt you… If we do our best to protect you, we can definitely keep you safe, but that would also be telling them that we are about to take action. At that time, they will definitely execute hostages to intimidate us.”

After speaking, Alanfeier looked at Valensa with a serious expression: