Book 5: Chapter 269: The Battle Against the Demonic Beings At The Inner World Near the Hausmann Hotel
Book 5: Chapter 269: The Battle Against the Demonic Beings At The Inner World Near the Hausmann Hotel
The gym on the sixth floor of the Rose Society’s Hausmann Hotel at the central region of the Emerson Business District in the Filomena Nobility Academy located at Olsylvia Academy’s northern campus.
Bella had planned to take down the Dark Elf Princess Camille in a single attempt. Unfortunately, she had found a little peephole near the window. It seemed that the mastermind had sent someone to ensure that the princess remained permanently silent. As Princess Camille and the others already knew too much, the situation could quickly turn against them if not taken care of properly.
Succubus Queen Aisha, who was making out with the Dark Elven guard Kelly on the throne, casually threw two small balls of energy behind her and immediately blinded the peeping demonic being.
“How annoying. It’s not good to interrupt someone while they are being intimate with each other. Aisha, I’ll leave this place to you. By the way, next time, make sure that the windows are sealed well. Also, I’ll need a few of you to help me keep an eye on Princess Camille.”
Bella put on her armor and began to make her way out of the special room. Before she left, she purposely arranged for some of the succubi beauties to continue to fondle Princess Camille to ensure that the princess remained in a state of arousal for her enjoyment when she returned.
It was broad daylight and the scout that the opponent had sent was just a normal little demon that had now been rendered useless by the Succubus Queen Aisha’s attack. When Bella opened the secret room’s door, she felt as though she had knocked someone over. She turned and saw a loli with blond twin pigtails sprawled on the ground. Since the girl was wearing a short skirt, Bella caught a good look at that creamy white bottom. The more she looked at the girl, the more she felt that the girl seemed familiar. After some thought, she realized that it was President Lucia of the student union.
“President Lucia… what are you… What did you see? Why is your face so red…”
“Bella… Secretary General Bella, you… I didn’t see anything. I’m leaving now…”
President Lucia’s face was bright red as she ran away. It had been a little suspicious when she said that she did not see anything at all. Bella turned and looked at the gap in the door that she had left on purpose. She was sure that Lucia must have seen something. There was a possibility that President Lucia had seen everything that Bella was doing with the other beauties inside the room.
President Lucia was visiting the Hausmann Hotel to attempt to track down President Isaman and President Maria. Naturally, as the servants and staff of the hotel were all Succubi, they pointed President Lucia in Bella’s direction.
“Bella is involved with the Succubi, no, this information… Mm, I must discuss this with President Ivy and President Britney… should wait at President Angelia’s…”
President Lucia could not help but blush at the thought of Bella working together with the Succubi and doing all sorts of erotic things to the beauties from the Dark Elf Race and Flower Fairy Race. She had never seen something this hot before. Earlier on, President Lucia felt like she had been entranced by the scene in front of her and she was almost reluctant to move. If Bella had not exited the room, she would have continued peeping.
As President Lucia was a Mage, she could escape extremely quickly using her flight magic. She was long gone before Bella had even taken a step out of the room. However, President Lucia’s targets this time were members of Bella’s harem. It seemed like she would not be able to finish her report this time. Bella had already sent out messages to the girls around President Lucia. Since she already knew her secrets, Bella might as well recruit her over to her side.
When Bella stepped outside the Hausmann Hotel, the normally bustling Emerson Business District was unnaturally quiet. The air was extremely still, as though she had entered an Inner World. Bella was used to this by now. She glanced at the mysterious shadow standing not too far away from her. That must be a demonic being coming to clean up the earlier mess.
That demonic being was completely covered in a heavy black cloak and its face was pitch black. It did not have any visible facial features and there was a possibility that it did not have a face at all. With the appearance of that demonic being, many other demonic beings emerged from the buildings nearby. Most of them were mutilated skeleton soldiers and zombies with missing body parts.
This was definitely an Inner World. Ten thousand years ago, the Twelve Demon Kings and many other powerful beings, such as the Radiant Church’s Second Generation Pope Aesop, used to create Inner Worlds. However, the times had changed and there was barely anyone who had such abilities.
“That was you? It’s really unprofessional of you to send someone to spy on me in broad daylight. Wouldn’t it be better if you came at night instead?”
“Fallen Holy Knight, I am the Scourge Gino. We each serve our own masters and I do not wish to make things difficult for you. However, you must hand the Dark Elven maiden and the Flower Fairy maiden over to me. My master needs them.”
“Of course, you will be rewarded for your cooperation. As a token of appreciation, my master is willing to give you one thousand pure human souls.”
The Scourge Gino was the trusted subordinate of one of the Demon Kings. Legend has it, it was a high ranking member of the Demon King’s Army. Gino hoped that it would be able to deal with this peacefully. The Succubus Queen Aisha alone was already too much for the Scourge Gino to take down in a fight. It had always thought that Bella was an ambassador sent by another Demon King and thus chose to negotiate with her instead.
Transactions and deals between Demon Kings were not made with gold. Furthermore, obtaining one thousand pure human souls was no easy feat either. The Demon King on the receiving end could choose to swallow and absorb these souls to strengthen their own self-cultivation or to use them as a crucial component in creating new demonic beings.
The terms of this deal were extremely tempting. If it were any other Demon King, the Scourge Gino would probably have succeeded. Unfortunately, although Bella was a Demon King, she was an unusual one. Women were the one thing that Bella would never agree to trade, no matter how good the terms were.
“No, I reject. Furthermore, the entirety of Olsylvia Academy is my territory. You are the ones who should be leaving!”
“It seems like we are left with no other choice? I apologize for my impertinence then…”
When Bella pulled out her Knight’s sword, the Scourge Gino knew that the negotiations were over. The demonic beings behind it instantly flanked Gino and took up their positions, ready to attack. The sword in Bella’s hand instantly transformed into a forty meter long black Knight’s sword. With one swipe, she managed to take out more than half of the demonic beings that were on the ground. Fortunately for the Scourge Gino, it swiftly lifted itself up into the air, narrowly avoiding the attack.
A large number of zombies and skeleton soldiers had been split into two at the waist and black colored blood spurted out of their wounds. Those demonic beings actually had rather decent abilities. However, they were completely helpless when facing someone like Bella who opened with such powerful moves.
“Is that all your subordinates can do? What a joke. This place is not your…”
An enormous figure burst out of the ground under Bella’s feet. It was a giant demonic being that was more than five meters tall. The demonic being was covered in a layer of black metallic scales and had a zombie-like head. It raised its large fists and smashed them into the area where Bella was standing at. The immense impact caused thick clouds of dust to rise up from the ground.
“Benson, well done. I will report this to the master when we return. Then, he would reward you with a few live humans…”
The Scourge Gino heaved a sigh of relief. The Ogre Benson’s fists were incredibly strong and were able to crush a young Dragon to death. After all, this was merely a Fallen Knight that was at the level of a Holy Knight. However, Ogre Benson remained still.
Benson’s fists did not hit its target at all as Bella held off the Ogre’s attack with her left hand. She had fought many Ogres before and was rather experienced by now. Back then, she had even exterminated the Ogre Race that was living on the New Moon Island. This meant that she was extremely familiar with their attacks. Although the Ogre Benson was quite strong, it could not be compared to the Two Headed Ogre Nelson and its group of elite Ogre lords and Bella did not have to engage in a long, drawn out battle with it at all.
Taking advantage of the situation, Bella slashed at the Ogre Benson with her forty meter long sword and split the Ogre vertically in half. It was a rather gruesome sight as fresh, dark colored blood gushed out of each half of the Ogre’s body.
“Is that all you’ve got? Seriously, I thought that you were a powerful demonic being. Hey you, scourge-something, come on, don’t waste my time. I’m in a rush. After this, I still have to go catch a little runaway girl!”
“You, don’t underestimate the Scourge Army’s abilities. I’ll send you on your way…”
Countless brown scaled tentacles that looked like scorpion’s tails emerged from the black hole that was the Scourge Gino’s face and shot towards Bella. As she moved backwards, she wielded her forty meter long black Knight’s Sword in retaliation. It would not be wise for her to engage in close combat at the moment. The tentacle type demonic beings were ridiculously powerful when it came to close combat. Furthermore, it seemed to have a hidden ability that was specifically used to take down female opponents. If she was careless, there would be a high chance that she would “fall” for the attack.
Bella chose to play it safe and engage in long range combat instead. As her extended weapon was much longer than the Scourge Gino’s tentacles, it would not be difficult to fight from a distance at all. Even though the Scourge Gino had many tentacles, they were not of much use if they could not reach their opponent at all.
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Inside the Frank Civilian Academy Student Union president’s office at the central campus of Olsylvia Academy, President Britney had prepared refreshments and was waiting to meet President Ivy from the Olivia Wizard Academy’s Student Union.
The trouble with the Mask of Darkness Society was fortunately resolved by Chief Natasha of the Disciplinary Committee, who had just left President Ivy. After getting involved with Bella, President Britney had increased her interactions with the other presidents. Since they were all close friends with a certain person, it would be easier to find a common topic between them.
“President Ivy, I really appreciate you and Senior Natasha coming to my aid earlier on. If not for your help, the situation may have escalated…”
“It’s nothing, President Britney. You were too weak previously. Otherwise, Frank Civilian Academy would not have ended up in such chaos. In the future, you must be more aggressive… don’t you have many sisters to rely on now?”
Out of goodwill, President Ivy tried to talk some sense into President Britney who was rather shy. After all, they were all Bella’s close friends and it was only appropriate to help each other out.
“President Britney… eh, President Ivy, you’re here too! That’s great. Listen, I was just at the Hausmann Hotel and realized that Bella was…”
The blond pigtailed President Lucia finally arrived at President Britney’s office. She had wanted to discuss Bella’s matters with her. However, her journey here did not go smoothly. Both of her vice-presidents, the “Dusk Knight” Daphne and the “Thunder Knight” Aurora, had found excuses to not come with her. In addition, the Dragon Knight, Chief Natasha of the Disciplinary Committee, said that she was busy and ignored President Lucia’s request. Even the Maiden Knight Ingrid, whom she bumped into along the way, managed to avoid her as well.
President Lucia was still unaware that the girls whom she had met were all on Bella’s side. There was just a slight feeling that she was the only one who was looking in from the outside. President Ivy and President Britney made eye contact and exchanged a strange look. They had already received Bella’s message long before President Lucia arrived.
“Relax, take your time and tell us. Come, President Lucia, have some tea to calm your nerves…”
“Oh, Elena, you’re here as well. Thank you for the tea then…”
The black haired maiden Swordsman Elena had come along with President Ivy to join in the fun. Since both of them were black haired beauties, they had a lot more in common. President Lucia was still unaware of their “scheming hearts”. She let her guard down and took the tea that Elena handed her. When she was about to drink, she felt that the tea smelled a little strange.
“Elena, did you put anything weird into this tea? It tastes a little… you… what are you all…”
“President Lucia, we’ve known everything that you’ve told us for a long time. It would be best if we take you to Bella later.”
Seeing as President Lucia was not going to take the bait, President Ivy, who had been standing behind her, immediately knocked her out. As Lucia was a Mage, she was not prepared and was rendered unconscious by the assassin’s sneak attack. Before she blacked out, she saw that President Britney and Young Mistress Elena had apologetic smiles on their faces. However, there was an inexplicable air of excitement around them that Lucia did not understand.
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Streaks of black blood could be seen everywhere inside the Inner World near the Hausmann Hotel. Bella’s pure white knight’s armor had been splattered with the black blood as well. She gripped her forty meter long black energy Knight’s Sword in her hands with pride and stood amidst the piles of corpses around her. Bella looked as though she was a female warrior goddess and the dismembered corpses surrounding her were proof of her courage and bravery.
Tentacles that had been chopped off could be seen everywhere on the ground. The Scourge Gino was standing not too far from Bella and its chest had been pierced by the black energy sword. The moment Bella’s sword came into contact with its body, it had already lost the battle. Bella had guessed correctly. The Scourge Gino did not have a face at all. The black hole on its face where the tentacles emerged was basically an empty portal.
“Cough cough… you, my mistress will not let this rest… she will avenge me. Just you wait…”
“You’re too disgusting. Get out of here. Your mistress’s identity is none of my business. Olsylvia Academy… or at least the entire campus where Filomena Nobility Academy is located is my territory.”
Bella turned the sword in her hands and used a spiral method to shatter the Scourge Gino’s chest. If that demonic being had not been ugly, she might have been merciful and left it to retreat with some information. However, the Scourge Gino was far too ugly and Bella had no choice but to “euthanize” it.
With the Scourge Gino’s defeat, Bella returned to reality. It was noon at the Emerson Business District. During this battle, Bella single handedly killed the Scourge Gino and the Ogre Benson with ease, along with the horde of demonic beings that they had brought with them. However, she did not see any of their demonic cores. Bella guessed that the ones she fought might have been their doppelgangers as defeating them would not reveal a core at all.
On the tenth floor of the Eiffel Hotel that was located across from the Hausmann Hotel, a mysterious shadow observed the entire battle within the Inner World from a distance. A few figures dressed in all black were standing around her. Those figures were clearly not human as the shadows cast by the midday sun looked like ferocious demonic beings.
“Gino, that fellow, was an absolute disgrace to the Scourge Army. Your Excellency, please allow me to fight. I want to destroy that Fallen Knight…”
“Do not be rash. Although Gino was not one of our most powerful, it had only been defeated once by the human Knight King Liath more than ten thousand years ago. There’s a possibility that the female knight might be more powerful than he was…”
“You may take your leave and initiate our next plan. I have my ways to handle this.”
“Yes, Your Excellency. We will proceed according to the plan immediately!”
That hidden Demon King seemed to have many questions on her mind. She could tell that Bella had been holding back when she was fighting the Scourge Gino. If Bella had revealed her true powers, Gino would have been killed within mere seconds. She would not have taken the risk of Gino retaliating and sliced off all of its tentacles. This was something that she could not explain at all.
Like the Scourge Gino earlier, this Demon King thought that Bella was the ambassador of some unknown Demon King entity. Before the opposing mastermind emerged, it would not be good for her to step in and assist Gino. In the end, this had led to the Scourge Gino’s defeat.
“Strange, an ambassador should not have so much power. She’s almost as powerful as I am… If not for the fact that I have not fully recovered, I would have loved to meet you. Eh, another girl has shown up… What kind of business is the hotel across from us running…”
“They were all Student Union presidents as well. How many people does that Fallen Holy Knight know? I don’t get it!”
Not long after Bella returned to the Hausmann Hotel, the mysterious Demon King realized that two black haired beauties were carrying some unconscious blond loli with twin pigtails into the hotel by the arms. They were closely followed by a beautiful girl with a blonde who had her hair up in a ponytail. The blonde seemed to be keeping watch as she looked around nervously.
That blonde loli with twin pigtails was the unconscious President Lucia. President Ivy and Swordsman Elena were carrying her while President Britney acted as the look out. They had brought President Lucia back after she had escaped. Actually, many of Bella’s close friends had no idea that they were all on the same side.
President Ivy and the others were still unaware that all of the other girls from the Radiant Church had already defected to Bella. As they were afraid that President Maria would find out that Bella was in contact with demonic beings, they had no choice but to sneak around and secretly help Bella to capture President Lucia.