The Villains Need to Save the World?

lling down from the sky, Bella took advantage of the time Hell Knight Cromwell was stuck for a vertical slash from above, splitting Hell Knight Cromwell into two halves.
The long rusted and decayed armor Cromwell wore was unable to withstand Bella’s full-force attack.

　　

“You…Your power! Damn you…I will keep fighting…You cannot advance…”

　　

Hell Knight Cromwell let out an unwilling roar as its body, which had been cut in half, dissolved into a bloody puddle.
Alongside its rider, the Hell Bull disappeared completely as well.
Hell Knight Cromwell was not weak; it was just that the countless holy swords Kriss summoned were temporarily granted the power to seal darkness, and his long-decayed flesh could not escape the erosion of time, allowing Bella to take advantage of this for a sneak attack.

　　

After slaying Hell Knight Cromwell, the demons entrenched in front of Crom Cathedral, be it the remaining red-skinned ogres or demon corpses there to act as cannon fodder, they all scattered like frightened birds.
Hell Knight Cromwell was equivalent to this place’s area boss, so all the remaining demons escaped once their leader was defeated.

　　

After giving Kriss and Marionette Master Elaine the signal to stand down, Bella went inside of Crom Cathedral herself to scout the place out.
Without even knocking on the door, she stepped straight through the entrance of the cathedral, whose door had already begun to erode.
The Dark Chanters did not back away due to Bella’s invasion and just continued to sing.

　　

The Dark Chanters were all gathered in the chapel of Crom Cathedral, and their mouths were the origin of that terrifying song.
Where the Goddess of Light’s statue used to be at the center, the statue had already been destroyed and replaced by some statue of an unknown demonic being.
The face of the dark idol looked so ferocious that it clearly was not left behind by the World Destructors on Bella’s side.

　　

With the demon gods and evil gods of the World Destructors all being ladies, they would never intentionally erect ugly, demonic, or terrifying statues of themselves.
They’ll definitely make sure to keep a complete human figure.
The origins of the dark idol in the chapel were unclear as of this moment, but it must have been left behind by the demons who took control of this place.

　　

The dozens of Dark Chanters were standing in several rows, just like the believers of the Radiant Church, singing their daily prayers.
Most of the Dark Chanters had their back to Bella, and only the one in the lead was facing her.
After entering the chapel, she faced that Dark Chanter singing in the lead directly.

　　

Bella almost turned away from the Dark Chanter’s appearance, not daring to look straight at it any longer.
That face was so severely decayed that it looked almost like a skeleton with two black holes for eyes and a mouth that can no longer close.
The image of these chanters was so poorly designed.
Which bastard designed something as tasteless as this? Bella really wanted to blast the guy who was in charge of making these demonic beings.

　　

The Dark Chanters did not even react to Bella’s arrival, as if nothing had happened.
Bella thought it was strange.
Even if they did not have eyes, they surely must have seen her, right? But in order not to scare Kriss and Marionette Master Elaine, Bella contacted them with a magic contact crystal to tell them to wait at the door and not to enter.

　　

The singing voices within the chapel seemed to carry some strange bewitching power, as if it was luring its guests to come closer and join the Dark Chanters in their song.
As a Demon God, Bella could understand the meaning of their song; they were calling her over to join them.
But if you could understand the true meaning of their words, then their alluring song would basically become useless.

　　

Bella did not get close to the chapel.
She was the only one there right now, so she could finally use that precious object.
Bella took out the “Praise of Light” jewel, a gift from the Creator of Light, Anastasia Vianne.
It was strongly effective on dark beings, and due to Bella not being careful last time, she instantly caused damage to many demon kings and demon gods.
So, there were no more surprises this time.

　　

Under the glow, the Dark Chanters finally realized that something was wrong.
Many of the Dark Chanters reacted like snowmen under sunlight, quickly melting into dark water.
The Dark Chanter at the lead fell to a kneel position reluctantly and pointed a finger at Bella, as if it could not understand how this person could resist the charms of their dark song!

　　

“You…Why won’t you sing…Why…Aren’t you…”

　　

“Sorry but your song’s too difficult, You’re better off leaving it for hell!”

　　

Bella was not tempted by their dark song even to the end and cleansed the entirety of Crom Cathedral with her “Praise of Light”.
Following the crisp sound of a crystal breaking, the dark artifact holding the dark shade over Cromwell Village could no longer withstand the power of the Creator of Light, Anastasia Vianne, and erupted by itself.

　　

Bella felt a little regretful that she did not get to take a good look at what the dark artifact looked like.
It might even be useful to her! It really was a waste to have just broken it like that.
Bella came to the chapel and, wielding her knight’s sword, destroyed that dark idol. 

　　

This was just one of Bella’s bad habits, but unexpectedly, it revealed a secret to her.
A secret door to the cellar was hidden underneath that idol.
After making sure that the secret door wasn’t open, she sent a message to Marionette Master Elaine to come in with Princess Kriss to check it out.

　　

“Bella, you…We can’t open this door so it’s better for us to leave it to Assassin Princess Noreya to figure it out!”

　　

“Right.
Bella, the skies are clearing outside.
The Manasvir Empire’s royal guards have come to pick us up.
You should go take a look.
They’re already clashing with our students.”

　　

Before leaving, Bella used the broken rocks from the destroyed idol to seal up the secret door once more.
Outside of Crom Cathedral, the girls of Olsylvia Academy had formed several circles and surrounded the cathedral completely.
Further outside of that were the royal guards of the Manasvir Empire, looking to number about ten thousand in units.

　　

The atmosphere was a little bit tense and Princess Lisha, Princess Irene, and the knight princesses of the Octavia Empire looked like they were going to fight at the front.
More than a dozen royal guards had already been beaten down in front of them.
Bella said that these golden guards were just trash in battle, and when she saw how they were beaten, she knew that Lisha and the others went easy on them.

　　

“That…Please, students.
We mean no harm.
We just came to pick you up.
Where are your teachers? I’ll talk to them.”

　　

“I don’t know if you mean any harm, but the atmosphere of this entire event did not feel the least bit friendly.
We of the Octavia Empire are not to be messed with, so let me tell you now.
Not one girl will be separated from us here! No need to involve the teachers, leave all discussions directly to us sisters of the knight department!”

　　

It turns out that as soon as the crisis in Cromwell Village was averted, the Manasvir Empire’s royal guards had appeared seemingly out of nowhere.
They claimed to have come to escort the girls from Olsylvia Academy to the imperial capital, Macnadix City, and that all the strange occurrences happening in Cromwell Village were just a small test for the girls.

　　

But their next plan disgusted the girls of the Rose Society.
Based on the plan, the girls would enter the city separately in groups of ten, which was a request the girls of the Rose Society resisted.
If they are separated now, then there was the danger of them being taken out group by group.
Also, the royal guards wanted to destroy Crom Cathedral at the first opportunity while Bella was still inside.
As for the reason for the destruction, the royal guards would not say.

　　

This made Princess Irene, who had a sisterly relationship with Bella’s surrogate, Princess Felia, turn hostile with them on the spot.
She directly beat down over dozens of their guard members.
The student union presidents all unanimously choose to keep quiet and pretend that they didn’t hear anything.
At the teacher’s side, Bishop Stanley ate too much and was currently taking a nap.
He had no idea that they had already begun arguing.
Ingrid and the other three female teachers were just like the student union presidents.
They all chose to watch the show on mute.

　　

The commander of the royal guards who was in charge of picking them up, General Joseph, felt his head hurt.
Both the splitting of the students and the destruction of Crom Cathedral were orders from His Majesty the Emperor, and he was given no reasons for any of them, so how could he explain? When he saw the students causing a disturbance, with the student union president and the accompanying teachers choosing to remain silent and even backing them up from behind, he knew that this was going to be hard to deal with.

　　

“Which one of you is in charge? Go and tell the person who gave the order that your empire is only sponsoring the academy’s competition, not hosting it, so please do not overstep your authority!”