The Villains Need to Save the World?

ught them, these Ratmen had already stolen plenty of treasures.
They were currently moving sacks of jewelry, gemstones, and jade over to this side.

Due to the dim light in the underground waterway, the Demonic Ratmen mistakenly thought that Bella and Demon King Hailey Layman were also their “peers” here to steal treasures from the palace.
They brandished the swords they had stolen from the guards in the palace and attacked Bella and the girls.
They constantly let out squeaks similar to a rat.

Bella was not afraid of any opponent.
In her eyes, it wasn’t even worth her time fighting these rats, but they were in her way.
There was no going around it.
Hailey Layman did not participate in the battle since she wasn’t holding any weapons.
When she was sealed, her weapon was also seized by the infected Demon King.
One of her purposes in coming with Bella was to retrieve her personal weapon.

Stepping forward, Bella quickly grabbed the blade of a Ratman and used it to cut the guy in half.
The Demonic Ratmen were all wearing black cloaks, which provided ludicrous amounts of defense.
After killing that Ratman, she ignored the others attacking her and didn’t even try to defend herself, slaughtering all of them directly.

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The Demonic Ratmen were unable to stop Bella’s attacks.
Their weapons couldn’t even break through the energy barrier around Bella, so she quickly finished them without even needing to block.
After losing about a dozen of their brethren, the Ratmen finally realized they were beating a brick wall.

These Ratmen with almost no battle prowess were all turned into miserable wretches.
They turned tail as soon as they realized they were no match for Bella.
They didn’t even take away their scattered belongings on the ground.
While Bella was hesitating whether she should give chase, the cunning rats triggered the traps they had laid beforehand.
It wasn’t anything terrifying, just disgusting.

The originally closed drainage gates were suddenly opened, and a large wave of sewage gushed toward Bella.
To think these rats could even brew up such a nasty trick.
The waste was coming too quickly, so Bella was unable to dodge it.
She subconsciously turned her body and pushed away Demon King Hailey Layman to the pipe on the other side.

“Bella, you’re really an… idiot.
You could’ve avoided that yourself!”

Hailey Layman, who had fallen on the ground from that push, avoided the splash of sewage, but Bella wasn’t so lucky.
Fortunately, the two God of Creations, Mary Rose and Mary Lola, couldn’t stand the sight any longer.
They cast a secret technique so that Bella wouldn’t be touched by the sewage.
Thus, in the end, she was able to avoid this disaster.

After the sewage water passed, Bella appeared in front of Hailey Layman, looking a little messy.
Although this sort of trap didn’t pose any real danger, it sure got on one’s nerves.
If the Gods of Creation had not intervened, then she would have lost face today.
Bella didn’t want the humiliating title of being the first Demon King to be drenched in a sewage attack.

“Bella, you’re the first Demon King to…”

“Enough, Hailey Layman.
I clearly wasn’t touched by the sewage at all.
I’m warning you; don’t run your mouth out there, or your cake is void indefinitely.”

“I won’t say anything, Bella! And also… Thank you!”

It was the first time Hailey Layman had ever thanked anyone.
As a Demon King, she never bothered to say warm words such as thanks, but her gratitude really did come from her heart this time.
If Bella hadn’t pushed her, she would have been the one drenched in waste.
She said her thanks very quietly, and Bella, who was still thinking of a way to get revenge on those Ratmen, didn’t manage to catch it.

After solving this minor issue, the relationship between Bella and Hailey Layman wasn’t as hostile anymore.
They quickly arrived at the imperial city area, directly below the Empress’s Stardust Palace.
The girls found the tunnels dug by the Demonic Ratmen and successfully infiltrated the Stardust Palace through the underground waterway.

Besides dealing with experiment subject no.1, Bella also planned to confirm Emperor Alfred the Third’s condition.
She could possibly face the infected Demon King.
Among these tasks, recovering the experiment subject was a top priority; the others weren’t as important.

The Stardust Palace was filled with the familiar scent of the birds of paradise, and there were no changes since their last visit here.
Bella and the girls appeared in the courtyard of an imperial consort who happened to be out.
After they came out, the first thing they did was walk to the fence and observe the situation outside through the slit in the door.

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The tunnels dug by the Ratmen were near one of the palace’s treasury.
These Ratmen loved stealing treasure, so they had opened an exit here.
Earlier, they were emptying the personal belongings of this imperial consort and were just about to go and raid the palace’s treasury.
However, they didn’t expect to bump into Bella and get beaten.
Hence, their tunnels ended up benefitting Bella instead.

The last time Bella came to the Stardust Palace, it had left a deep impression in her memory.
The fair and delicate bodies of the maids and guards here were a delicacy for her eyes.
However, things were different now.
There were still nude bodies, but not the bodies of women this time, but demons.

There were humanoid demons roaming around everywhere in the harem zone, all standing more than two meters tall.
They did not have any facial features and looked like mixed demonic beings.
Bella wasn’t interested in the fanservice of these demons, though.
These modified demons looked to be the subordinates of that experiment subject.
The subordinates of Demon Kings all had the mark of that Demon King.
No matter what happened to the Demon King, the fact that their subordinates carried their mark would not change.

“Those are unsuccessful clones of humans.
They are very strong and good at fighting.”

Dark Creation God Mary Rose quickly came up to clear Bella’s confusion.
These humanoid demons did not have any gender, so the highly toxic fumes emitted by the birds of paradise did no harm to them.

The appearance of demons in this harem zone indicated that even the last inch of pure land had fallen.
The Darkness Church, which controlled and operated the harem area, had lost its dominion over this place.
And, so as to not alarm anyone, Bella did not even try to borrow the power of the Gods of Creation that was able to make a map of any place at will.
She chose to observe things in the most primitive way.

The location of this imperial consort’s courtyard was very close to Queen Deborah the Fifth’s chambers, the Star Rain Palace, which was right next door.
They were only separated by a wall that wasn’t all too tall.
In order to confirm the situation of the Darkness Church, Bella directly climbed the wall over to the Empress’s Star Rain Palace.
Meanwhile, the loli Demon King Hailey Layman, who came with Bella, chose to stay here in the courtyard to watch the exit.

The harem was dominated by humanoid demons, so no infected existed here.
Hence, Bella won’t be able to make use of the loli Demon King’s power for now.
She also acquiesced to Hailey Layman’s proposal to let her keep watch here.
Eventually, Bella took the two black and white Gods of Creation with her towards the Star Rain Palace.

The Star Rain Palace was empty.
Not a single person could be seen around the area, not even a corpse.
Since there were no patrolling demons here, Bella didn’t even have the chance to catch a guard.
Undeterred, Bella ran back and forth.
She noticed the black rose petals on the ground, which had left some impression.
They were present on the clothes of the heir of the Darkness Church, also the one who was pretending to be Empress Deborah the Fifth.

But other than the black rose petals, Bella didn’t find any traces of blood.
The Darkness Church had set up many people here.
If there was a battle, there would have been some traces.
But right now, Bella didn’t discover any of that at all, so she couldn’t help but wonder.
She also didn’t sense the air of the Dark Space in here.
The people from the Darkness Church shouldn’t have hidden in the Dark Space.

The only trace was the dark rose petals left behind by Lisnell.
Following the rose petals, Bella walked to a huge mirror in the Star Rain Palace.
The mirror, which stood three meters high, was somewhat exaggerated and bizarre.
No ordinary human would need a three-meter-tall mirror.
And, the black rose petals led all the way to this mirror before breaking off.