The sixth floor of the Christian Hotel in the eastern district of Macnadix City, the capital of the Manasvir Empire. Along the corridor, Bella bumped into “pseudo-loli” Charlotte. He was dressed in a full black gothic loli outfit and held a teddy bear as he stood outside the door, waiting for Bella to emerge.
Bella had changed into a black set of pajamas. When she saw how Charlotte was dressed, she nearly thought that he was a real girl. After all, Bella had seen the other Charlotte from the parallel world. The other Charlotte was a true loli. It was just unfortunate that this one was not an actual girl but was a cute boy instead.
As Bella had gotten closer, she noticed that Charlotte was wearing perfume. In fact, it was the type that was typically favored by young girls. This guy was seriously pushing it. Bella had to constantly remind herself that this Charlotte was a boy, not a pretty girl. What made it worse was that Bella could clearly see a bra strap on Charlotte’s shoulder. This “pseudo-loli” was obviously completely flat-chested. Did he even need to wear something like that? However, his dedication was commendable. He had made sure that he had everything he needed to dress up as a girl.
“Ahem, Chairman Charlotte, you… the way you’re dressed is a little…”
“Senior Bella, this is only my hobby. Can’t boys enjoy dressing in pretty clothes? This is gender discrimination!”
“Well… never mind. Let’s talk further down the hall. They’re all asleep, and I don’t want to wake them.”
In the end, Bella gave up trying to discuss Charlotte’s “cross-dressing” problem as it was obviously a pointless effort. She then led Charlotte to a secluded corner. Of course, no naughty thoughts had crossed Bella’s mind at all. She had so many close friends around her whom she could potentially “prey” on, and there was no need to think about a pseudo-loli that way. However, this was also a problem. As there were so many of them here, Bella was afraid that meeting with a pseudo-loli in the middle of the night in secret would lead to unnecessary misunderstandings. After all, there was nothing wrong with her sexual preferences.
“You mean that the surrogate ring was not useful? Senior Bella, what about this? I’ll give you this teddy bear. This is not a normal soft toy! It can turn into anything you want, just like a real person. However, the catch is that it can only be used three times!”
“That sounds quite impressive. Thank you very much!”
Charlotte gave Bella the teddy bear that he carried everywhere he went. Just like the shadow double created by the surrogate ring, this soft toy could turn into its owner’s image. The body-double that the teddy bear would turn into would be nearly identical to a real human and could hoodwink anyone. This would be used as a safety net if Bella’s two identities, the Dragon Mage Grand Duchess Baize and the Dragon Knight Bellina, had to meet each other. In the best-case scenario, they would never meet. However, if they ever did, then Bella could use this teddy bear to take care of it.
“Right, Charlotte, are you…”
“Senior Bella, are you asking about my identity? I’m just a traveler, that’s all. Let’s leave it at that and don’t ask me anything else. Alright, if I do not leave now, that older sister over there would hate me. Let’s chat again sometime!”
“Charlotte, wait… Erm, older sister over there… are you…”
Bella thought that only Assassin Noreya would stalk her in the middle of the night. However, when she turned to look, she spotted Kriss, who had already turned around and was just about to leave. Kriss was dressed in a formal suit of platinum swordsman’s light armor. Bella immediately walked up to grab hold of Kriss. After all, she was Bella’s only official girlfriend, so it would not be good at all if she were to think that Bella was on a date with the “pseudo-loli” Charlotte.
By now, Charlotte was already gone. He was definitely not a normal human as he had practically melted into the shadows and vanished. However, he was merely suspended in the air outside of Bella’s line of sight, perfectly hidden in the darkness of the night. A strange energy rippled around him. If Bella had caught sight of this, she would have noticed that the magical aura around Charlotte was similar to the Time Space Magic Demon Noesha and the Poison Origin Betty. Despite all being on the same side, Charlotte was a rare anomaly, even within the Chaos Bringers. Due to this, Noesha and Betty did not realize his true identity.
“Kriss, don’t leave. Give me a chance to explain. Charlotte and I were only…”
“Bella, I know. You don’t have to be this nervous! I’m not here because of this. It’s just… just… you…”
Kriss was slightly pink in the face, a little embarrassed. Bella continued to pry. Eventually, she found out that Kriss had heard that she had invited the girls she had fought against in the Sky Arena to her room to discuss their “studies.” As Bella’s partner, Kriss decided to join in the fun. Little did she know that they were not “studying” at all as they were all on the bed.
Before looking for Bella, Kriss had gone to the bedroom on her own. The moment she walked into the room, her ears were filled with strange, feminine sounds. When she saw the unusual scene inside the room, Kriss finally understood what Bella meant by studying. Shocked, Kriss fled out of the room and coincidentally bumped into Bella, who had just ended her rendezvous with Charlotte.
“Right! Bella, Diaz was here with a report earlier. She said that the western warlord, Prince Bilberg, had been planning to advance into the imperial city earlier than expected. However, she had managed to scare him off for now. Nonetheless, it seems as though Prince Bilberg was going to finish gathering his troops. She’s afraid that he would attempt a second advance tomorrow. If that were to happen, the finals would have to be canceled or postponed before it can begin!”
“Hmm, if that’s the case, Kriss, are you free tomorrow morning? We will settle the problems in the west of the capital. There’s no way we can allow Prince Bilberg to disrupt the final round of the competition. Otherwise, I will never be able to complete the agreement I made with President Isaman.”
Bella did not intend to interfere in the politics of the Manasvir Empire. Although Empress Manya Felan was under her control, she had not fully submitted to Bella yet and needed a bit more time to “adjust.” However, if Bella did not stop Prince Bilberg in time, there was a possibility that the ensuing battle would cause the empire to postpone or cancel the finals. Bella and Isaman would be unable to settle their bet this way.
It would be a huge loss to Bella if she were unable to claim Isaman as her slave after defeating her. If Bella were to miss out on this valuable opportunity, with Isaman’s shrewd personality, she would never give Bella such a good opportunity again. Since she already knew how powerful Bella was, it would be extremely stupid for Isaman to agree to another bet.
“Bella, I don’t think that it’s a good idea for us to appear like this. If someone else were to spot us, they would claim that the Gabriel Empire was trying to interfere with the Manasvir Empire’s politics. Furthermore, at the moment, Empress Manya Felan has not publicly announced her support for us yet.”
“Kriss, then shall we switch… to our true identities? There’s no need for us to act as Humans, we can use our original characters!”
“Erm, original true identities… Bella, you… you’re…”
After much deliberation, Bella finally decided that Kriss would be the first to know the truth about her true identity. Of course, she did not reveal that her true identity, Samantha, was a Sacred Demon God. Bella only mentioned that her original appearance, Princess Felia’s body, had been hidden with a special tool. That tool was a gift from the Dark Faust. When used, it would emit a blinding light.
As it was far too bright, Kriss had no choice but to close her eyes and missed the crucial moment when Bella switched bodies. When the light dissipated, the girl in front of Kriss was a black-haired, ravishingly beautiful girl with gold and red heterochromatic eyes. Kriss had met Bella’s original form, the Sacred Demon God Samantha, before. It was during the ball at the exotic race hotel. In fact, they had even shared a dance.
Back then, Kriss had only been a little suspicious and thought that Bella felt inexplicably familiar. She could finally confirm that Bella was actually the black-haired exotic race beauty that she had danced with a long time ago. At this point, a relieved smile appeared on Kriss’ face, as though she had been relieved of some hidden burden. When she was dancing with Bella, Kriss had many thoughts about her true form. Once she was sure that they were the same person, Kriss instantly relaxed.
Kriss was technically the first of Bella’s Half-Human close friends to know about Bella’s true appearance. Before this, the only ones in the know were the Great Evil God Mia, the Demon God Angel, and the Time Space Magic Demon Noesha. They were all entities from the World Destructor or the Chaos Bringer camps. Besides, they were not Human either. Even Bella’s little sister Lisha, as well as Lisha’s original form, the Demonic Dragon Emperor Alisha, did not know what Bella’s original form looked like.
Seeing how Bella revealed her secret, Kriss felt rather happy. She had taken a huge step in their friendship ahead of the other close friends as she was now the only one who knew what Bella’s original form looked like. In fact, she was the first to know as this meant the world to her. In light of Bella’s honest reply, Kriss did not bother to hide anymore. With a flash of purple light, Kriss’ dark form, the Myriad Sword Demon Krysan, appeared in front of Bella.
Like Kriss, Krysan had long, flowing, silver-white hair. The only difference was that Krysan’s hair had a dark tinge and shimmered with dark purple energy. Her irises, though a similar violet color, were a deeper and much richer hue.
It seemed as though countless invisible swords were floating in the air behind Krysan. She was currently still not in her full form and only revealed her humanoid appearance. Most of her combat components still remained hidden. Just like the Demon Gods and Evil Gods of the World Destructor camp, Dark Saviors could control special combat units as well.
“Your Demonic Highness, how may I address you? Or would you prefer for me to call you Kriss?”
“Bella, you… you’re a demon… never mind, no point worrying about which camp you’re in, since our relationship… Just call me Kriss. Either way, we both like you!”
Compared to Kriss, who was more shy, the Myriad Sword Demon Krysan was much more open and did not bother to conceal that she liked Bella. As Kriss was too shy, she was still unable to proclaim her feelings out loud like this. Instead, her dark form did it for her. Back then, when Bella was making a move on Kriss, Krysan actually knew everything that was happening. She just did not enjoy showing up frequently for no reason like the Demonic Dragon Emperor Alisha, who was Bella’s little sister Lisha’s dark form.
Soon after meeting Bella, Kriss’ dark form began to stir and awaken. In terms of the timeline, Krysan had awakened much earlier than the Demonic Dragon Emperor Alisha. Fortunately, Krysan did not have any issues with the harem situation. Otherwise, there would definitely be a conflict between them, possibly even leading to a troublesome love triangle.
Krysan and Bella talked the entire night and were only done when the sun rose the next morning. After leaving some notes behind with instructions for the other close friends, the Sacred Demon God Samantha and the Myriad Sword Demon Krysan disappeared from the Christian Hotel. They were on their way to the western district of Macnadix City to stop Prince Bilberg.
Prince Bilberg’s camp at the western district of Macnadix City, the capital of the Manasvir Empire. The failures of the night before did not deter that dictator at all. Instead, he gathered his army again and even spent a large sum of money to hire a new batch of bandits and wandering mercenaries. He planned to use more than 100,000 bandits and mercenaries as a front for him to officially send his own army into the capital under the pretext of “exterminating” those rogue bandits and mercenaries.
Inside the extravagantly decorated commander’s tent, Prince Bilberg had already prepared the crown he would wear when he would finally ascend the throne. There was a large group of officials and generals who were trying to curry favor with him. It was almost as though Prince Bilberg had already passed his coronation and had the throne firmly in his grasp.
“General Kaz, update me on the plan. Where is the bandit team?”
“Your Highness… no, I mean, Your Majesty, those bandits and mercenaries will soon arrive at the perimeter of the capital city’s walls.”
“Very well. After we have taken the capital, you will be the new Commander-in-Chief.”
Unbeknownst to them, the bandit and mercenary groups who were swiftly approaching the outer walls of Macnadix City had been wiped out before they arrived at the city. The team of more than 100,000 bandits was met with an ambush of a demonic army. Those departed spirits did not come from the Christian Hotel. Instead, they were Abyss Demonic Beings that appeared together with Demon Gods. Those demonic beings mainly belonged to the three Abyss Creators who had entered into a contract with Bella – the Mechanical Empress Andulisna, the Jade Bone Demon Velouria, and the Insect Empress Vicky Hill. At the moment, there was no way to know how many there were as the entire region was swarmed with demonic beings.
The army that consisted of the bandits and mercenaries was rather pitiful. Although there were more than 100,000 of them, they encountered the Abyssal Army Ants when they arrived. Along with the attacks from the Abyssal Blood-Sucking Mosquitoes, those bandits and mercenaries did not even manage to cry out before they were sucked dry by the demonic beings. By the time they were done, nothing was left of them, not even their bones. Within moments, an army of more than 100,000 soldiers mysteriously evaporated into thin air.
Like a wave, the Abyssal Army Ants swarmed over the army and quickly devoured them where they stood. Those mages who could fly were attacked by the Abyssal Blood-Sucking Mosquitoes when they soared into the air. After sucking them dry, the shriveled bodies were simply tossed on the ground for the Abyssal Army Ants to get rid of them.
These Abyss Demonic Beings were extremely lethal against Humans and were much more violent and frightening than the regular demonic beings. If Bella did not order them to hold back, just the Abyssal Army Ants and Abyssal Blood-Sucking Mosquitoes alone would be able to wipe out the entire population of Macnadix City. As their lethality increased proportionately to the population, being inside a bustling city like this with a few million people meant that their level of destruction would be absolutely terrifying. In fact, they would be even more frightening than the other Abyss Demonic Beings.
Following those Abyss Insects was a large Skeleton Army. Compared to the regular skeleton soldiers, these skeletons were in their final evolution form. Each one had combat abilities that surpassed a Skeleton King. The Abyss Mechanical Demons were further behind the Skeleton Army. The various metallic demonic beings looked a little out of place here in this Other World.
As the mastermind, Bella was now observing the situation in the battlefield from afar in her true form with the Myriad Sword Demon Krysan. Standing behind them was the Insect Empress Vicky Hill, who had followed Bella here. Unlike the other Abyss Creators who were merely partners, Vicky Hill had entered into the highest level of the mistress-slave contract with Bella. Thus, she was here personally instead of sending her elite soldiers like the others.
With Bella’s instructions, the Insect Empress did not bother to conceal her Abyss Creator aura at all. This managed to cover Bella’s World Destructor aura and Kriss’ Dark Warrior aura, which meant that the Evil Creator God would only detect the aura of an Abyss Creator and not Bella or Kriss.
“Bella, these are not the opponent’s main force. Prince Bilberg’s main army will only be mobilized later. What do you think? Should we wipe them all out?”
“Kriss, you… you took the words right out of my mouth! However, Prince Bilberg cannot die yet. Otherwise, it would upset the balance of political and military powers in the west of the empire. All we have to do is chase him away; it’s not a bad idea to teach him a lesson too. Vicky Hill, stay here, you will be responsible for commanding the army. Kriss and I will go take a look inside Prince Bilberg’s camp to see if anything unusual is happening.”
“By the way, seal off this area. Other than the demonic beings on our side, all trespassers, including Humans and demonic beings from other powers, shall be killed immediately without question.”
“Yes, Mistress, I understand. I will take care of it. You may proceed without worries.”
After giving instructions to the Insect Empress Vicky Hill, Bella and Kriss got on a Skeleton Dragon and flew towards Prince Bilberg’s base camp. They planned to investigate this rebel warlord’s background and determine if he had any other cards up his sleeve.
Inside Prince Bilberg’s temporary base camp, around 1 million soldiers were on standby, waiting to be deployed. Until now, they had not realized that the army of 100,000 bandits and mercenaries had all mysteriously disappeared as misfortune was about to befall them.
