The Villains Need to Save the World?

were fable grade and epic grade.
Once in a while, a couple of legendary grade items would be put up for sale.
Bella and the two other girls were merely browsing around as they were not too interested in those weapons at all.
As Bella was a Demon God, none of those weapons could match the power of her Demon God’s Hand in her eyes.

Furthermore, Kriss and Ariel were Black Warriors.
Kriss had thousands of precious swords inside the sword space in her Golden Finger.
Every one of those swords had a much longer history than the legendary grade swords.
The Mage Ariel had a similar Golden Finger as well.
Instead of a sword space, she had a Magic Library filled with an extensive collection of magical books that were nearly as old as Kriss’ precious swords.
This meant that nothing sold within the trading center would catch their eye. 

There was no way they could find any divine artifacts here.
The Radiant Church had sent out a prohibition notice, banning the sale and trade of divine artifacts in any way.
As this was an official trading center, no divine artifacts would be sold here.
Only those large scale secret underground trading markets would have some junior-grade divine artifacts for sale. 

Bella and the girls saw many familiar faces inside this business district, such as the God Chosen Knight Scott, the God Chosen Mage Adelaide, and the God Chosen Swordsman Akmans.
Those male Saviors were on their daily missions as interdimensional travelers as they went around completing the difficult task of “divine artifact hunting.”

Bella had no idea if any of the Human empires possessed any divine artifacts.
However, she knew for a fact that this trading center did not have any.
After all, divine artifacts were basically priceless.
Scenarios, such as those in novels from her previous world, where a divine artifact could be randomly picked up only existed in their fantasies.
The male Saviors brought along their little band of followers and were so engrossed in their “treasure hunt” that they did not notice Bella and the girls.

“Eh, Older Sister Bella, what are you doing here? The equipment here is all used to add weight to transactions.
No one would actually use them.”

“Chairman Charlotte? You’re here too.
It’s been a long time since I’ve seen you.”

Bella spotted another familiar figure sitting on a public bench along the business district – the “pseudo-loli” Charlotte, who was the President of the Wronged Angels Society.
Chairman Charlotte was dressed in a black-and-red gothic loli outfit and was carrying several bags filled with products from various shops.

This pseudo-loli truly made one question their own lives.
Even Princess Kriss and Princess Ariel, who were indisputably beautiful, felt an inexplicable sense of failure when they looked at Charlotte.
Both of them stood rooted to the spot.
For a moment, they had no words to describe what they were feeling.

“Well… President Charlotte, do you know where we could find… well… items that girls would like?”

Bella’s tone felt a little awkward.
Asking a pseudo-lady where to find items that were more suitable for girls did not seem like much of a problem, yet, it felt like a problem.
Either way, it was filled with potential issues.
Fortunately for them, Charlotte did not play any jokes on them and gave them some proper directions.

“Older Sister Bella, you can head over to Golden Rose Street! There are specialty shops with rare accessories that I think you ladies would like.
Just take what you like, there’s no need to pay.”

Once Charlotte had completed his sentence, he strolled away.
As he walked along the streets, no one actually bothered him as most of them were probably experienced enough to know that Charlotte was not a real girl.
As its name suggests, the Golden Rose Street was a shopping area dedicated to female-specific products.
Everything sold here was rare and valuable.

If Bella’s memory served her right, the Golden Rose Street was directly managed by the royal family of the Manasvir Empire.
Other than the opulent decorations, the street was filled with various young ladies and rich women from prominent families with barely any men in sight.
The only men there were those ladies’ servants or housekeepers.

When the trio finally arrived at the Golden Rose Street, Kriss and Ariel began to pay attention to the shops around them.
The street was filled with a glittering collection of accessories that stretched further than the eye could see.
After all, Black Warriors were still girls and were naturally no less immune to the allure of beautiful jewelry than a typical girl.
It did not take long for the dazzling jewelry to capture their attention.

Bella, on the other hand, remained unaffected.
As she walked around with Kriss and Ariel, she continued to keep an eye on their surroundings.
Back in Olsylvia City, the shops directly managed by the Manasvir Empire’s royal family were part of a horrifying trap.
There was a definite possibility that this Golden Rose Street had its fair share of secrets as well. 

Just as Bella, Kriss, and Ariel were about to begin shopping, a few delicate strands of puppet string wrapped around their hands.
Bella turned and saw that it was the Puppet Master Elaine who had left much earlier in the morning.
Elaine was dressed in a black hooded cloak and was using her puppet strings to hold on to their hands from a distance, as though she was calling them over.

“What’s wrong, Princess Elaine? Why are you looking for us?”

“Bella, there is something very wrong with the Golden Rose Street.
Although I haven’t managed to figure out where the problem lies, I think it might be better to avoid the area.
You probably don’t know this yet, early this morning, I went out to get some information on the rumors surrounding some of the landmark structures within this city.
Apparently, this Golden Rose Street…”

For the past decade or so, terrifying urban legends about the Golden Rose Street began to spread like wildfire.
Rumor had it that this street was cursed by a demon as strange black shadows could be seen roaming around every night.
Most of the time, supernatural incidents like this in this Other World, were usually related to demonic beings.

Due to her professional instincts as a puppet master, Elaine noticed that there was something off about the young ladies and rich women walking along Golden Rose Street.
Somehow, they walked around in such an orderly fashion that it almost appeared mechanical.
Furthermore, they did not seem to have to go home at all as they would shop here all day.

“No way, Chairman Charlotte directed us here.
Could it be that pseudo-loli…”

“Chairman Charlotte… Bella, that pseudo-loli did not enter the street at all.
I saw everything.
He merely stood at the entrance of the street and used some form of strange magic to steal all the gold and silver jewelry…”

Bella finally understood that Charlotte had directed them here to “steal” in broad daylight.
That pseudo-loli was being vague on purpose.
In the end, he was still trying to prank them.
As the Assassin Noreya did not come along on this shopping trip, Bella and the others could not use such high-level thievery techniques and eventually turned to make their way back to the hotel.

As Macnadix City was a public place and had a lot of human traffic, it was not convenient for Bella and the other girls to do anything.
They had the other common folk to consider and decided to hold back their powers for now.
The exploration of the Golden Rose Street would have to wait.
At that moment, Bella received a message from the Assassin Noreya on her magical communication crystal. 

“Quickly come to Cromwell Village, I’ve made an important discovery! Requesting backup…”

At the remains of Cromwell Village, only a small number of guards were stationed at the abandoned site of the original Crom Cathedral.
No one knew if it had been done on purpose since there were less than a hundred imperial guards stationed here when there used to be thousands of them.
The Assassin Noreya knew that Bella had already set up a teleportation array and had come here early in the morning to check things out.

The moment she arrived, she noticed that all the imperial guards who were stationed here were dead.
These golden armored soldiers were utterly useless.
Judging by how the bodies were strewn all over the place, Noreya knew that they were all killed in one shot.

Fortunately, Noreya was an assassin who had the occupational habit of being in stealth mode as she emerged from the teleportation array.
These demonic beings who had taken over this place had not noticed her presence at all.
This group of demonic beings looked like demons but spoke the human language.
Each of them carried an extra long sickle used for beheading, and each of those sickles was still covered in fresh bloodstains.
By the looks of it, the one hundred imperial guards were killed by their hands. 

“How troublesome….
I think it would be so much easier to kill all those livestock…”

“Kill them all? Did someone hit your head with a rock? There are people from the Radiant Church inside the city! If the Church were to catch wind of this, our Master’s plan would go up in smoke before it even starts.”

The demons seemed to be a little disgruntled.
They had planned to ambush the Radiant Church’s holy maidens inside the churches within Macnadix City that morning.
However, they did not expect the holy maidens to not appear at the dawn prayers. 

The demons had no choice but to change their plans.
Right now, Bella had the holy maidens of the Radiant Church kept inside golden cages.
Due to their unexpected circumstances, the holy maidens managed to escape the ambush to live another day.