The Villains Need to Save the World?

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According to the military journals that Richard the Third had left behind, the Beastman continent was split into eight regions and each one was governed by one of the eight Beast Kings. 

　　

The Beastmen were organized based on tribes.
The eight strongest tribes were led by their tribe leader, which was their Beast King, who in turn served a single Beast Emperor who was their lord.
These eight tribes consisted of the Wolves, Leopards, Tigers, Lions, Bears, Winged Men, Centaurs, and Minotaurs.

　　

The Wolf King that Bella had defeated previously was simply one of the eight main Beast Kings.
Each main tribe had their own territories and subregions.
Even though the Beastmen consisted of more than eight tribes, the smaller tribes did not have enough of a population to survive on their own.
These tribes had no choice but to depend on a main tribe.
One example would be the Silver Fox clan that was dependent on the Wolf Tribe.
This was the reason why Bella had seen the Silver Fox Princess Vanessa within the Wolfman army. 

　　

The Wolf Tribe lived on the edge of the Beastman continent closest to its intersection with the human continent.
Since the Wolf King had recently escaped back into the Wolf Tribe’s capital, Bella decided to tackle the Wolfmen first.
If the Beastmen were to combine their efforts and fight, they would become a formidable opponent.
Back then, the Beastman commoners had caused all sorts of trouble for the human coalition and had killed many imperial troops.

　　

The White Wolf Princess Tania and the Silver Fox Princess Vanessa were currently at the Wolf Tribe’s main control center, Wolf City.
Unbeknownst to them, the black rings on their fingers were providing their location in real time to Bella’s demonic beings. 

　　

After determining their final location, Bella’s millions of demonic troops swiftly began to make their way towards Wolf City.
At the moment, the Lion King was leading his Beastman troops in battle against the imperial army, which meant that the Lion Tribe neighboring them would not send their troops as support for the Wolfmen. 

　　

The Wolfmen’s other neighbor, the Leopards, had a grudge against them and it was impossible for them to be willing to send help.
It would be a great help if the Leopard Tribe did not take advantage of the situation instead.
The Tiger Tribe in the back always had their eye on the Wolf Tribe’s territory and were most likely to stand by and watch the invasion, rather than help their neighbor.

　　

The other four tribes were on the other end of the continent with the Beast Emperor.
The Priestly Continent was split into two sections by an extremely long river that spanned across the continent.
This river was reputed to be the Beastmen’s mother river. 

　　

The Wolf, Leopard, Lion, and Tiger Tribes were the weaker of the eight main tribes and were allocated territories that were closer to the human continent.
In terms of food supplies, they were often in a state of emergency and they usually had no choice but to constantly wage war with the humans in order to obtain food items. 

　

The Bear Tribe, Winged Men, Minotaurs, and Centaurs were much more powerful and their tribesmen all resided on the other side of the river, which had more fertile soil.
In terms of land quality and size, the land on this side surpassed anything that the other few tribes could ever expect to own.

　　

The demonic beings that Bella had sent out to collect information had returned once they reached the river.
Along the banks, they had found defensive forts that had been set up by the Dark Humans.
These forts seemed to have been built many years ago and had blocked all forms of access to the river.

　　

The human coalition three thousand years ago did not manage to cross the Beastman river as they did not make it past the Wolf Tribe’s capital.
Therefore, there was little to no information about the Beastmen tribes on the other side of the river. 

　　

There were no defensive structures built around the perimeter of Wolf City.
The population of the city was more than one million and was mostly made up of the Wolf Tribe.
The Beastmen lived differently from humans.
Other than a main city area, most of the Beastmen lived on the grasslands in a manner that was similar to the nomadic tribes from the previous world. 

　　

Wolf City was built in a way that imitated the buildings of the human empires and the architectural style was the closest to the Gabriel Empire.
It was inevitable for the Beastmen to replicate the Gabriel Empire’s architecture as it was the human empire that they had the most contact with.

　　

Unfortunately, the Beastmen had not manage to learn everything about human architecture and infrastructure, which included the Gabriel Empire’s defensive city walls.
The current generation of ferocious Beastmen would never expect anyone to attack them in the homeland.
After all, it had been more than three thousand years since the last time the human coalition had made it onto the continent. 

　　

The Wolf King Springhall’s palace was built right in the center of Wolf City.
In terms of size and grandeur, it could barely match up to Duke Brandon’s palace within Norlander Duchy and looked extremely shabby in comparison.
A race that could not even build city walls was unlikely to be that rich.

　　

The Wolf King Springhall was seated on what seemed to be a wooden chair within his palace’s grand hall.
It was clearly less comfortable than the Dragon Throne at Duke Brandon’s palace.
Other than the Wolf King, a large group of ministers were present, along with Harrington, who was the Wolf King’s son, and the King’s daughter, Tania.

　　

The Silver Fox Princess Vanessa was nowhere to be seen, and no one knew where she had run off to.
Tensions were high within the grand hall, and a palpable force seemed to envelop the entire city.

　　

“Father, Vanessa is Older Brother’s betrothed… how could you give her away to the Tiger Tribe…”

　　

“You’re just a girl, what do you know? Even though the Beast Emperor did not hold me accountable for my last failure on the frontlines, he has put any support for our food supply on hold.
Furthermore, I have cost him millions of elite soldiers.
Also, the Leopard Tribe beside us are becoming increasingly restless.
If we do not form an alliance with the Tiger Tribe, the consequences will be…”

　　

“Well… I can go in Vanessa’s place.
Harrington, won’t you say something? Vanessa was originally your betrothed…”

　　

Tania stared at her father and older brother’s stony faces with immense disappointment at their actions.
There were many eagles in the sky today, which could have been a sign of impending doom.

“Your Excellency, invaders, over by the grasslands… a large patch of black shadows are swiftly making their way here.
They’re everywhere, in the skies and on the ground.
They looked like Master Kenneth’s subordinates who came as backup…”

　　

“Don’t be ridiculous.
Master Kenneth’s subordinates are our allies.
They would not do such a thing.”

　　

The Wolf King Springhall’s deepest fears had finally come true.
The departed spirits and demonic beings that had attacked them at Nolan City had found their way here.
God knows why they did not bother the Humans and turned against the Beastmen instead.
This was getting more and more ridiculous.
Other than the last time that the Twelve Demon Kings had attacked, there was no other time that the Beastman continent had any contact with these demonic beings. 

　　

When the Dark Wizard Kenneth had saved him, he had mentioned that the sudden appearance of these departed spirits and demonic beings was an accident before he left the Wolf City.
Kenneth had also said that the demonic beings would automatically attack the Gabriel Empire.
By the looks of it, it had been a trap and Kenneth had had him fooled right from the beginning.
Those departed spirits and demonic beings had not been part of the team that was under Kenneth’s control.

　　

“My lord, I am willing to stand by the city to the death and to the very end.
In exchange, I hope that you will retract the order to send Vanessa away.”

　　

The Wolf King Springhall did not react to Tania’s suggestion as it was rather problematic.
The Silver Fox Princess Vanessa had long since been sent away by his men and it was useless for him to take back his order.

　　

The strength of the demonic army that was attacking them now surpassed the human coalition who were here three thousand years ago.
The Wolf King Springhall looked back at the golden holy sword behind him.
This precious sword had been left behind by Richard the Third after he had failed to invade the Wolf Tribe’s territory.

　　

After three thousand years, the precious sword was still as sharp as ever.
Springhall had always wanted to relive the glory of his ancestors.
However, it seemed nearly impossible at the moment.
These demonic beings were not humans and did not share the same considerations about food supplies.

　　

Bella’s first battalion of demon beings, the “Darkest Knights”, was the main force in attacking the Wolf City.
This time, Bella had purposely attached the dagger that represented the royal family of the Octavia Empire at her waist.
In addition, the demonic army had raised the Octavia Empire’s flags.

　　

Since Princess Felia was no longer around, Bella intended to take this honor on her behalf.
She wanted to achieve what Richard the Third had failed to do three thousand years ago.
The battle of Wolf City would be the first step of Bella’s crusade against the Beastmen tribes.