The Netherworld region, beneath the palace, at the imperial city within Macnadix City, the Manasvir Empire’s capital. Bella was under the impression that the mastermind Evil Creator had seen through her stealth mode. She was contemplating if she should attack when a third person arrived. This person was the one that the Evil Creator had spotted, not her. If Bella had not hesitated, she might have revealed herself.
When Bella turned to look at the mysterious third person who had suddenly appeared, she nearly threw up. That fellow must be the Creator. Why did he have to be a “crossdresser” and share the same weird hobbies as the “pseudo-loli” Charlotte? Furthermore, Charlotte merely dressed up as a gothic loli with twin pigtails. However, this Creator God was basically wearing a set of silver-white holy robes for goddesses. With his long hair, Bella had almost mistaken him for a real girl.
This Creator did not even have a surrogate body and merely appeared as a hologram. It seemed like he had not bothered to find one at all. Bella heaved a sigh of relief. Holograms did not have any combat abilities, which meant that this Creator was not a threat while in this form and would not affect the battle results.
“Time, your hobbies have not changed. It’s still too…”
“Netherworld, what do you know? I’m not the only Creator with such hobbies. In fact, there are so many of us. Why don’t you reprimand them instead?”
“By the way, you should be more careful. The God of Time that I sent to help you had already been killed by the Renegades. If I’m not wrong, entities from the Chaos Bringers and Savior defectors are here too. There’s even a Demon God from the World Destroyers…”
“What? Still, you don’t have to worry about anything. Do you see that Creator’s Gate over there? Even the World Destructor Camp’s Demon God and the Chaos Bringers’ evil beings would not be able to see it, let alone the Renegades. They would never find this place.”
The two Creators moved further in, without noticing Bella’s presence. She quickly followed them and continued to remain hidden as she eavesdropped on their conversation. The mastermind Evil Creator that had taken control of the imperial city was the Netherworld Creator, who was using the blond male in front of her as a surrogate. That hologram-like shadow was the Alternate Creator, who seemed to have both space and time attributes, just like the Extradimensional Creator Alfreia.
Before this, the Netherworld Creator had been working together with the Dark Creator. However, Bella had defeated the Dark Creator on various occasions. As a result, he had even lost his subordinates, Gem Dragon Queen, Emerald Demonic Dragon Princess, and Fallen Love Goddess Mable, to her. Since then, the Dark Creator had fled towards the northern continent. After the Dark Creator’s departure, the Netherworld Creator had invited a new partner, the Alternate Creator, to join him in his evil plans.
Bella did not pay too much attention to how she could see the Creator Camp’s secret gate. Instead, she was far more interested in the interactions between the two Creators. Like the Mothers of Creation, these Fathers of Creation were extremely confident in their own abilities. No topic was too sensitive to be considered taboo. Soon enough, Bella had obtained a wealth of important information just by listening to their conversations.
For some unknown reason, the original Creator of the Other World that Bella was currently in had mysteriously disappeared during the final stages of the war against the invasion of the Twelve Demon Kings more than ten thousand years ago. Since then, no one had heard from that Creator at all, and it was unclear if they were dead or alive. The disappearance of the Creator of this dimension’s Other World had caused the dimension’s defense fortress to collapse completely. This made this “No-Man’s Land” incredibly attractive for entities such as the Creators of other dimensions.
Bella followed the Netherworld Creator into the furthest depths of this Netherworld Region, which was an enormous, horrifying magical array. The magical elements here were so concentrated that even Bella, who was not the best at magic, could sense the magical aura. This was a Great Netherworld Array. It was enormous and was the size of three standard soccer fields.
The ground was filled with strange inscriptions that Bella could not understand. It was not surprising, as those words were from the dimension that the Netherworld Creator was originally from. However, it was immediately obvious that this array was being used for an evil ceremony. Bones could be found everywhere, in various states of rapid decay. Those must have belonged to the live offerings that had been sacrificed for the ceremony, and their energy had been sucked dry by the evil array. These bones had become completely useless and could not even be used as a proxy to summon any Skeleton Soldiers.
There were seventy-two Netherworld Demon Pillars placed in a specific order, most likely representing the seventy-two Demon Kings under the Netherworld Creator. Each Demon Pillar had offerings used to summon the individual Demon Kings. Those offerings were extremely extravagant, as there was a naked beauty chained to every pillar. The beauties were tied spread-eagled to their individual pillars with metal chains. Each of them had a metal ring in their mouths that prevented them from closing their mouths or biting off their tongues in an attempt to kill themselves. In addition, those rings were attached to a clear tube that would sometimes feed some strange unknown liquid into their mouths.
The beauties were all blindfolded and could not see anything. There were tear streaks on their pretty faces that had flushed red from exertion. Other than humiliation, they also had expressions of shame over the fact that they could not control their body’s instinctual behavior. A spiked metal collar was attached to their neck that would kill them when their time was up, and they would be sacrificed as live offerings to summon the Demon Kings. To ensure maximum freshness, they were kept restrained on the Demon Pillars inside the great array for an indeterminate amount of time. No matter how feisty they were when they arrived, every single one of them would be tortured to the point where they could no longer resist.
“These are all young virgins? You pervert, didn’t you always enjoy toying with others’ wives? What, did you have a change of taste?”
“Time, don’t spout nonsense. When have I ever changed my preferences? These girls are being used as proxies to summon my Demon Kings. No matter which world you are in, Humans will always make the best sacrificial offerings. Also, you’re the one who’s fully dressed in female clothes. You have no right to call me a pervert.”
“By the way, although they look like girls in a brothel preparing for their first-ever patrons, if you take any of them out of this place, they would be a famous warrior of this empire. For example, this busty one is the Ice Demoness, and the other one with the perky behind is the Fiery Demoness. Also, that one…”
Bella was surprised to find out that these beautiful young girls were not just good looking but had impressive identities as well. They were all famous individuals of the various professions within the Manasvir Empire. Basically, every single one of them had some flashy names, like “Ice Demoness” and “Fiery Demoness”. In preparation for this evil ceremony, the Netherworld Creator had been secretly capturing powerful young beauties for more than a decade. They would eventually be used as offerings in the final step of his ceremony.
Once those girls were imprisoned here, the Netherworld Creator would create a similar Human puppet to replace the original person. Initially, he had intended to fill the last remaining positions with the girls who had advanced into the top ten of the Olsylvia Academy’s competition, if not the top twenty. However, his plans had been foiled, as Bella had gathered the girls within the Christian Hotel in the east district. Now that he could not get his hands on them, he had no choice but to risk his most competent subordinates by sending them to the Sky Arena to kidnap those girls using time-suspension-type divine artifacts.
Those pretty girls did not have their guard up at all. Regardless if they were famous Mages or Swordsmen, none of them had suspected that Emperor Manas the Eighteenth was actually a demonic being in disguise. Every one of them had visited the palace without thinking twice after receiving the invitation and were captured the moment they stepped into the palace. Then, their clothes were torn from their bodies, and they were stripped bare before being restrained and bred on a Demon King’s pillar.
While his subordinates were out trying to capture Bella, he could not wait anymore and had placed the beautiful female Warriors he had planned to use as replacements on the pillars instead. This way, he would just meet the conditions to summon the seventy-two Demon Kings.
When those elite beauties from the various professions heard the Netherworld Creator’s taunting voice, tears of regret streamed down their faces. In the outside world, they were renowned individuals. However, inside this Netherworld space, they were reduced to female prisoners who had no choice but to satisfy the mastermind’s debased needs and were treated like objects. This sense of shame was far more devastating than any form of physical torture.
Bella resisted the urge to join in on the conversation. She now realized that the Netherworld Creator was actually a “super dom”. If they were not on different sides of the battle, there would be a chance that they could have a little “exchange”. Other than the seventy-two pillars used to summon the Demon Kings, there was also a giant sculpture of a demon in the middle of the Great Netherworld Array, marking the center of the array.
Due to the poor lighting, Bella could not get a clear idea of what the sculpture looked like. Right now, her attention was elsewhere. The demon sculpture was seated in a cross-legged position like a meditating master, and ten elegant beauties were being restrained on its ten outstretched fingers.
Other than a beautiful crown on their heads, none of those girls had a shred of clothing on them. They were restrained to the sculpture’s fingers with black chains, with their legs spread open and their arms by their side. A strip of gold-colored cloth covered their eyes like a blindfold and had a matching collar around their necks. In addition, they had a Demon’s Fruit stuffed into their delicate little mouths. All those beauties looked rather damp, and it was not clear if it was perspiration or some other unknown liquid. However, Bella felt as though those girls had been licked by demonic beings.
Those beauties were not just anyone. From the crowns on their heads, Bella recognized them as the princesses of the Manasvir Empire’s royal family. She had seen those princess crowns at least thrice, and it did not take long before she recognized them for what they were. After the Manasvir Empire’s princes had been killed and replaced by mutated demonic beings, the princesses met a similarly tragic fate. They were imprisoned on the demon sculpture’s fingers and used as offerings at the eye of the evil ceremony. Their faces were flushed red, and it was obvious that they had been dosed with some strange beverages.
Bella had finally seen every single princess of the Manasvir Empire. Including her three close friends—Puppet Master Elaine, Priest Isaman, and Scarlet Knight Pamela—the Manasvir Empire had a total of thirteen unwed princesses in this generation. Since Elaine and Isaman were always by Bella’s side and they had been born in a foreign land after the incident at the imperial city, they had not been involved in this. Similarly, Princess Pamela was born outside the imperial capital and avoided the same fate as the other princesses.
The demon sculptures had thirteen fingers. It was evident that the remaining three were reserved for the three princesses who had “slipped through the cracks”. However, with Bella around, those three fingers were destined to remain empty. As Isaman and Elaine were reincarnations of interdimensional travelers, they had managed to sidestep the many invitations from the Emperor. They stayed where they were and avoided a terrible fate. Princess Pamela had been hiding in a location even further than the former two princesses. Since the other princesses were not summoned, she simply decided to remain behind as well.
“We don’t have enough offerings for the Thirteen Netherworld Wizards. Netherworld, we are still short of three!”
“We do not have much time. I have decided to activate the Road to the Netherworld ahead of schedule and connect this place with my Netherworld Barrier. By then, I would be able to transport my Netherworld Army to this dimension. Since Light Creator Vianne and the other Mothers of Creation did not make any official contact with this dimension, victory will definitely be ours.
“Alright, I will help you this one time. Do not forget about our agreed-upon reward!”
“Of course. When have I ever gone back on my word? Now, step it up. Those Abyss Demonic Beings could fight their way here at any time.”
As the Netherworld Creator advanced, the entire Great Netherworld Array began to glow with an eerie blue light. The seventy-two pillars of Demon Kings also started to react. Vines with sharp ends rose from the depths and stretched out towards the imprisoned offerings in preparation to suck them dry. At the same time, the ten fingers on the demon sculpture began to emit a strange gas. The moment the princesses of the Manasvir Empire smelled it, their porcelain white bodies started to shiver. It was almost as though some weird attributes had been awakened, and they were now in a forbidden trance.
Seeing as the scene in front of her was about to descend into chaos, Bella could not sit back and watch any longer. Although she was sorely tempted to watch the Netherworld Creator, a “senior dom”, finish his performance. However, she was out of time, and her morals could not allow it to happen. Those princesses were Puppet Master Elaine and Priest Isaman’s sisters in name. If Bella were to let them be taken like this in her presence, there was a chance that Isaman and Elaine would blame her in the future.
While the two Creators were not paying attention, Bella initiated her follower’s contract and summoned the six Renegades that were on the other side of the palace to the nearby regions to aid their master in battle. In a flash of golden teleportation light, Demonic Dragon Emperor Alisha and the others appeared from the summoning array. They had arrived just in time before the Netherworld Creator’s evil ceremony could commence.
“Renegades! Impossible! How did you get in? There’s no way you could see the Creator’s Gate.”
Without waiting for the Netherworld Creator to finish speaking, Puppet Master Elaine made the first move and sent out countless puppet strings that wrapped around the seventy-two pillars. The evil energy that had been gathering around those pillars was now being absorbed by the Puppet Master Elaine’s dark form as she used the “Evil Thieving Skill”. This was a despicable skill that allowed the user to claim their opponent’s evil energy for their own use.
Soon enough, Elaine successfully absorbed the evil energy from the seventy-two Demon King pillars. They quickly fell silent and returned to normal pillars. As for the ten fingers on the demon sculpture that was nearly about to explode, they were sliced off perfectly by Myriad Sword Demon Krysan with a few strokes of her sword. Without missing a beat, Demon Gate Lordress Arifiels swiftly followed with the “Space Shift” and teleported the princesses to a much safer area.
Assassin Noreya instantly shattered a little pearl located at the Alternate Creator’s chest with a flash attack. When the pillars were destroyed, the hologram faded away as well. The entire Netherworld Region was then filled with the melodious sounds of blessings. Priest Isaman had her palms together as she recited a strange song that suppressed the Great Netherworld Array with creepy energy.
“You big hulking thing, be quiet!”
The Demonic Dragon Emperor leaped up into the air and landed on the giant demon sculpture’s head. She revealed a set of golden dragon claws on her right and smashed it directly into the top of the sculpture’s head. Using her incredible strength, the Demonic Dragon Emperor forced the sculpture, which was about to get up and go on a rampage, to remain seated on the ground.
As the ultimate mastermind, Bella had already stealthily made her way to the Netherworld Creator’s surrogate. With the Demon God’s Hand, she pierced through the surrogate body’s back and into its chest cavity. Like the other Creators, this Creator had made the same fatal mistake of not realizing that Bella was a part of the World Destructors, allowing her to get close enough to sneak an attack on him.
“World Destructors… Damn it, why are you always disrupting my plans. I am clearly…”
“Sorry, it’s far too noisy here. I can’t hear anything!”
Bella pulled her Demon God’s Hand out. The weak surrogate’s body had instantly dissolved into a pool of blood and other liquids. After Bella’s sneak attack, the Netherworld Creator was forced back to his original dimension and would not reappear here in the near future. Along with the defeat of the Netherworld Creator, the mutated demonic beings that had occupied the Manasvir Empire for the past decade immediately disintegrated and vanished in a puff of black smoke.
As Bella’s dark demonic beings and abyss demonic beings were still around, the supposedly brightening skies remained dark. The only difference was that the darkness had now taken on a slightly different hue. When the Netherworld Creator Creator was still controlling the region, the skies were dull dark grey. Once Bella emerged victorious, that dull darkness had transformed into a shiny black.
With the defeat of the Netherworld Creator, the Manasvir Empire’s greatest crisis was finally resolved. However, Bella could not bring herself to feel happy at all. In that moment when she was killing the Netherworld Creator’s surrogate, she obtained some information about the Netherworld Creator’s identity. Although he was a Father of Creation, the Netherworld Creator was a dark anomaly within the group, an “Invader”. He had some partnerships with the World Destructors. This meant that he was technically half an ally, and Bella had once again gotten rid of her own kind with a flair.
