Things about the female knight in black stockings

Elanfiel first affirmed the idea itself, then looked at Valensa, who was drinking tea with a seemingly smiling expression, but there was no smile in her eyes:

"But how do you find out Savat Langdon's plans and then force him to negotiate? I don't think there's time to slowly investigate Savat Langdon's plans from other clues. The only feasible way is to sneak into the city yourself and look for an opportunity."

But this brings us back to the same problem the decapitation operation also faced—how can we enter the city of Poliland without alerting the Radiant Undead outside?

"Hmm, I also have a general idea about this problem..."

From the moment Valencia stepped into the shed for the second time, her mind had been racing, and she was now resting her chin slightly on her hand.

“As Sister Alanfei said, it is almost impossible to sneak into the city by avoiding the domain of the Radiant Undead… So perhaps we can change our approach and instead of sneaking in, we can try to deceive those Radiant Undead and enter the city openly.”

Chapters 142-144 Unbelievable, right, Sinful Angel? Even you have a day when you're impersonated!

"Deceive the dead and enter the city openly?"

Everyone in the room, including Alan Fair, stared at Valensa in astonishment… they had never thought of this before.

However, everyone here is a smart person. They just hadn't thought of it before, but now that their minds have been opened, they immediately began to consider the feasibility of Valensa's method.

"I think we should give it a try."

Tia, who knew Valensa's thoughts best, couldn't help but speak first:

"According to Sister Alanfeier's previous analysis, the undead under Savat Langdon should have a certain degree of autonomy. They can carry out orders according to their own judgment and will not stop acting immediately because of the death of the necromancer, so the decapitation operation is ineffective."

Everything has its advantages and disadvantages. Having independent consciousness means that the thoughts of those undead are not in sync with Savat Langdon.

In order to maintain his control over the undead, I think that even if Savat Langdon allowed the undead to have a certain degree of autonomy, he would not allow their minds to be too active.

In other words, the undead in Poliland are probably not very clever—finding a way to trick them into entering the city openly might actually be feasible.

"Yes, that's correct in theory, but..."

The old man, the sage seated at the 15th seat of the Sage's Tower, stroked his beard and frowned, saying:

“Savat Landon isn’t stupid. He must have given his undead subordinates orders, such as no outsiders are allowed to enter the city… How do we deal with that? Could we pretend to be undead? But given the sensitivity of Radiant-rank undead creatures to the aura of the living, I don’t think we can fool them by pretending to be undead.”

"No need to pretend to be a ghost, I have a better candidate!"

Valensa felt her brain working faster, with flashes of inspiration flowing through her mind like lights flashing in a bar to the beat of loud music, making her thoughts clearer and clearer.

She pondered for a moment, then looked earnestly at the three sages and said sincerely:

"I need the help of the wise men."

"Go ahead."

The wise old man in seat number 15 readily nodded:

"Saving lives is the priority. We'll cooperate with you on anything we can do."

"I need the sages to help me look up information about the Sage Tower."

Valensa didn't stand on ceremony and immediately stated her request:

“That game knight named Lily is likely to be a very important character, but I need to verify my idea first, so I need to… um.”

Valensa paused briefly, mentally calculating the time of her wicked wife Lily of the Valley's death, before continuing:

“I need records of all of Lily’s missions over the past five years. The mission content doesn’t matter; I mainly want to know the specific time when she left the Sage’s Tower to carry out each mission.”

"Okay, no problem, give me a few minutes."

The sage, seated on the 15th floor, readily agreed once again and gave a wink to the person behind him.

Two middle-aged men, also dressed in sage's robes but presumably of lower rank, standing behind the old sage, immediately nodded and walked out of the shed together, presumably to look up information.

“I also need your cooperation, Mr. Deputy Commander.”

Seeing that the people of the Sage's Tower had already begun to act, Valensa looked at Gamona again:

"I would like to ask you to help me establish a remote magical communication with the cathedral in the capital of France. I need some information to be checked by them."

"it is good."

Gamona agreed even more readily.

"I'm coming, I'm coming, I'm coming..."

Without waiting for Gamona's instructions, Ilana took the initiative to take on the task of establishing remote divine communication and pulled Ereshkigal to help her.

The joint action team sprang into action, and the Radiant-rank powerhouses were remarkably efficient.

In less than 10 minutes, Lily's mission records from the past 7 years were displayed before Valensa. Ilana also personally established a remote magical communication with the Frankish Cathedral, allowing Valensa and Fran to communicate like a video call.

Valensa quickly checked the time periods when Lily left the Sage's Tower to carry out missions over the years, and also asked Fran to help verify the public appearances of the two people that the Sin Angel had impersonated in the capital of Fran—a Diamond-level member of the Gourmet Association and a female teacher at the Iris Girls' Academy.

Soon, they got an answer and came to a conclusion.

The time when the Diamond-level member of the Gourmet Association and the female teacher of the Iris Girls' Academy appeared in public all occurred during the time when Lily left the Sage's Tower to carry out missions alone.

In other words, Lily is most likely the Sin Angel... She probably replaced the real Lily after faking her death and leaving Suzuran, intending to turn Mord into a second Suzuran or a second Savat Landon.

Of course, there may be far more than just these three victims... The earliest criminal record of the Sin Angels can be traced back hundreds of years, and Savat Langdon is only a little over 130 years old this year. Who knows if the Sin Angels had harmed other simple and devoted science students before Savat Langdon?

"I see."

Having witnessed all of Valensa's actions, Alanfeier understood Valensa's plan:

"You believe that Lily, the ranger knight of the Sage's Tower, isn't just a simple traitor, but rather that she was replaced by the Sin Angel long ago. The Sin Angel and Savat Landon are likely in cahoots, so you want to impersonate the Sin Angel to deceive the undead and infiltrate the city? Hah~~"

As Ailanfeier spoke, she couldn't help but laugh:

“Interesting! Little sister, you are so interesting... No wonder Her Majesty the Goddess dotes on you so much, you really are a very interesting person.”

Considering that the Sin Angel has managed to cause so much trouble around the world with her unparalleled disguise skills without ever being caught, she probably never imagined that one day she would be impersonated by someone else.

Wow, this is so interesting!

After laughing for a while, Ailanfeier frowned slightly again:

"But what if the Sin Angel is currently in the city? If you impersonate her and sneak into the city, wouldn't that be like giving yourself away for nothing? And what do you plan to impersonate? Lily? How can you be sure that the undead will mistake Lily for the Sin Angel?"

"The Sin Angel is definitely not in the city right now."

Valensa was very confident:

"The Sinful Angels are revelers, and each reveler has their own principles that they absolutely adhere to... Although those principles may seem crazy or even completely insane to normal people, they themselves will definitely abide by them."

The principle of the Sin Angel is that although she will provide comprehensive and free assistance to some cult-related activities, this assistance is limited to the preparation beforehand, and she will never personally participate in the action.

Therefore, I can be certain that Savat Langdon's real plan is some kind of cult activity, and the Sin Angel is definitely not in the city!

"The revelers' self-principles... Hmm, that makes some sense."

Ailanfeier pondered for a moment, then nodded slightly and asked:

"Even if the Sin Angel really isn't in the city anymore, how can you portray her convincingly? Since Savat Langdon is a collaborator with the Sin Angel, he should be more familiar with her. Are you sure your acting skills are up to par?"

"I don't think I'm a very good actor, but I think I'm good enough."

Valensa's expression remained confident:

"And there's one point where my opinion differs from yours, Sister Alanfeier: Savat Langdon probably isn't very familiar with the Sin Angels... at least not with the Sin Angels in their current form."

Without waiting for Ailanfeier to ask further questions, she proactively recounted the matter of Lily of the Valley and her various speculations about the Sinful Angel, concluding with:

"That's how it is... Although the reason is still unclear, that guy Sin Angel seems to really like to take advantage of people who have outstanding research talent and are deeply affectionate and stubborn."

In other words, the Sin Angel is very likely Savat Langdon's beloved deceased wife, but she is now contacting Savat Langdon under a different identity in order to achieve some purpose.

While the Sin Angel's disguise and acting skills are undoubtedly superb, Savat Langdon must also know a great deal about his beloved deceased wife. If the Sin Angel has too much contact with Savat Langdon, there's no guarantee that Savat Langdon won't see through his disguise.

Therefore, I believe that Savat Langdon probably doesn't know much about the Sin Angel either, so it shouldn't be difficult to temporarily deceive him by using the identity of the Sin Angel.

"Is it possible that the Sin Angel has already recognized Savat Langdon?"

At this moment, the vice-principal of the Holy Knights, Gamona, interjected and asked:

"I've also carefully read the investigation report on that abandoned mine. In the collaboration between Lily and Savat Langdon, it seems that Lily... that is, the Sin Angel, is in a dominant position."

But given Savart Langdon's madness and pride, why would he obey the Sin Angel if he didn't know the Sin Angel's identity?

“The Sin Angel will not acknowledge him.”

Valensa's tone was certain:

"If I'm not mistaken, Savat Langdon's ultimate goal is most likely to see his deceased wife again. If the Sin Angel has already recognized him, why would he still cause trouble?"

Although I don't know Savat Langdon personally, I'm quite familiar with Suzuran and have met and chatted with Mord, so I have some understanding of men like them.

They certainly loved their wives, but love is not the same as blind obedience... If they were truly obedient to their wives, the angels could have commanded them as living people; there was no need for them to fake their deaths to provoke them and then use various methods to lead them astray.

As for why the Sin Angels can dominate in cooperation... it should be simple.

The Sin Angel has been providing free assistance to various cults for so many years, so she must possess a great deal of knowledge about evil gods and evil magic.

She only needed to tell Savart Langdon that there was a way for him to see his deceased wife again, and then provide him with some knowledge and ideas, and she could easily gain the upper hand.

"That's it..."

Gamona nodded slightly, also persuaded by Valensa.

After a brief, quiet discussion, the people from the Sage's Tower and the Merchant Alliance military also agreed that Valensa's plan was worth a try.

In any case, according to Alanfeier's previous analysis, even if Valensa's operation fails this time, she will still have more than forty chances.

The fact that he managed to sneak into the city by deceiving the undead shouldn't be too much of a shock for Savat Langdon, and even if he were discovered, there probably wouldn't be many hostages executed.

This idea, though somewhat ruthless, is better than all the hostages dying or Savat Langdon actually carrying out his plan and causing something even bigger.

Valensa quickly began preparing. She kept looking through the information about Lily provided by the Sage's Tower over the years, and also had a good chat with several people in the Sage's Tower who were on good terms with Lily, inquiring in detail about Lily's personality and habits.

After having a basic understanding of Lily, Valensa began to disguise herself.

She doesn't have the magical disguise skills of the Sinful Angel and her cheap senior sister, the Phantom Thief, so she can only rely on props for assistance.

First, let's talk about body shape and clothing.

Lily's figure is similar to Valensa's; both are quite hot. However, after two years of growth and Tia's efforts, Valensa has become more curvaceous, and her legs are also longer than Lily's.

These differences aren't that significant; theoretically, if Valensa wore a looser outfit, it would be difficult for others to notice.

However, Lily happens to be a game knight, and her usual attire consists of various tight-fitting leather armors, all of which accentuate her figure, significantly increasing the risk of Valensa's body being exposed.

Face is another problem; Lily and Valensa have completely different face types.

Lily has half-elf blood, so not only are her ears noticeably more pointed than those of normal humans, but her face is also very delicate, though she appears rather cold... In the minds of many in the Sage's Tower, she is a cold beauty.

Valensa's face, on the other hand, is the opposite—a warm, cheerful, gentle, and charming face. The difference between her and Lily's faces cannot be concealed by makeup alone.

Since Valensa had no other options, she could only ask the other people in the house for help.

The first to offer help was Alanfeier.

The witch of destruction gave Valensa a bottle of strangely colored potion, saying that drinking it would allow a person to transform into any shape they wanted within an hour, but it also had a side effect—for at least five days afterward, the person who took the potion would lose all sexual desire and have no interest in pleasure.

Although this side effect would make Tia lonely for a few nights, it was relatively harmless. So Valensa didn't hesitate at all and, under Elanfiel's slightly distressed gaze, gulped down the entire bottle of potion like a beverage.

Valensa waited expectantly for the potion to take effect, but after waiting for more than ten minutes, her body showed no reaction whatsoever.

Alanfeier's potion has failed! It's completely useless!

This result made Alan Fairy's eyes widen in disbelief, and her gaze towards Valensa suddenly became fiery and curious, as if she wanted to immediately strip Valensa naked and study her carefully.

Fortunately, Alanfeier knew the priorities. Those thoughts only flashed through her mind for a moment before being temporarily put aside. She simply muttered to herself:

"This is impossible... That potion used so many rare ingredients... How could it have no effect at all?"

If even a top-tier witch like Alanfeier considers a material rare, it must truly be rare. Otherwise, this witch wouldn't have shown such a distressed expression when Valensa drank the potion.

Even if a potion made from such rare materials fails to achieve the desired effect, it should still have some other effects.

But Valensa didn't react at all.

Valensa had already guessed the reason—the good appetite of the evil god's bloodline not only allowed her to devour those highly poisonous or dangerous beings, but also cut off her path as a drug-using warrior.

Although she hasn't tested it in detail yet, Valensa feels that she is no longer affected by the effects of any alchemical potions or magic potions.

However, Valensa should keep this reason to herself; she can't tell Alan Fehr.

So, faced with Elanfiel's utterly bewildered gaze, Valensa could only quickly feign a very devout demeanor and skillfully shift the blame to the sun goddess:

"It must be because when I first received Her Majesty the Goddess's divine decree, there was still a considerable amount of Her Majesty's divine power remaining in my body... Perhaps it was that divine power that purified the potion's effects?"