The Villains Need to Save the World?

would be a good idea for any of your followers to see you in this state.
Why don’t you be a doll and tell me your story?”

The Fifth Generation Radiant Pope Roxanne looked at the smirking Bella, trying to resist her advances.
However, a Priest’s strength was not a match for a Demon King at all.
Furthermore, she had been submerged in this lake for nearly ten thousand years and was rather weak. 

With one hand, Bella managed to pin Roxanne’s arms tightly behind her back.
She then pressed her body up against her and stared dominantly into the beautiful Fifth Generation Pope’s eyes.
The maiden priest who had slaughtered countless evil demons finally opened her mouth to speak after many internal struggles. 

Around ten thousand years ago, after the mysterious disappearance of the Third Generation Radiant Pope McPherson, the Fourth Generation Radiant Pope Douglas began his sixty-year rule of the Vatican. 

The period of sixty years that Douglas ruled were the dark ages of the Radiant Church’s History, and there was no record of anything that had happened during that time.
When the Sixth Generation Radiant Pope Lindburg came into power, he ordered for that part of the Church’s history to be falsified.
The public had the impression that the Fifth Generation Radiant Pope Roxanne had ruled for most of those sixty years, and Douglas had passed away due to illness within ten years of his reign.

After that battle, Roxanne had gotten entangled into Douglas’s curses, and they could not be broken either.
On top of that, the black marks all over her body were the side effects of those curses.
At the moment, she was partially demonized.
Since she could harness the curses’ power slightly, she could tell that Bella was a female demon.

“Look at you, aren’t you almost disfigured? Your Holiness, staying in the ice-cold waters of the lake might have been able to slow the decay due to the curses, but it’s not a long term solution… Come with me!”

“No, you demon.
I’m not leaving with you! Wait, I don’t want to leave this place…”

“Even if you refuse, I am taking you away.
At this rate, you’ll never be able to escape the inevitable fate of being corrupted.
Trust me, just this once…”

Casually, Bella picked up Pope Roxanne in her arms with plans to take her away.
The current Roxanne was not technically human anymore.
For the past ten thousand years, the energy from the curses had already integrated deeply into her body.

Most of Roxanne’s body had been demonized by now.
To Bella, this meant that Roxanne was one of hers now.
The only problem was that the black curses were too hideous looking.
Bella decided that she would have to think of a solution to cleanse her of that black energy.

“What are you holding on for? Your God is not around anymore.
Really, wear this…”

  

Bella’s storage ring had not been damaged by the ice-cold lake.
She took out another Sacred Object, the “Crystal Heart” and gave it to Roxanne.
Under the gentle blue light, the curses on Roxanne’s body were suppressed as the Crystal Heart’s power was comparable to the entirety of the ice lake. 

  

Roxanne was stunned upon hearing that God was not around anymore.
It was as though she had been awakened from a dream that she had been having for ten thousand years.
Tears trickled down her face.
Every reigning Radiant Pope knew the secret that the God World had already perished.
However, they refused to talk about it.
Roxanne had held on to that pipe dream for a full ten thousand years.

Bella was reluctant to make a girl cry for any reason.
However, Roxanne was uncooperative and continued to struggle as hard as she could.
This made things difficult for Bella.
Taking advantage of Roxanne’s inattention, she sneakily used divine chains to bind her hands and legs for now.

  

“The Church’s golden seal chains… Where did you get it from? Wait, I am a Pope, you can’t do this…”

  

Bella was about to continue teasing Pope Roxanne in a bid to obtain more information when a gigantic demonic being rose up from the lake.
It was covered in frosty scales, and its blue eyes were staring greedily at Bella and Roxanne. 

  

Bella felt extremely uncomfortable as the earth dragon-like demonic being continued to stare at them.
The look in the ice demonic being’s eyes was too evil.
It almost felt like it was a hunter sizing up its prey. 

  

“Ice Demonic Beast Joyce, how did you get out…”

  

“You two look pretty good.
I shall add you to my collection…”

  

The Ice Demonic Beast Joyce opened its mouth and began to spray ice-cold blasts in Bella and Roxanne’s direction.
Everything that the ice blasts touched froze.
At this point, Bella did not dare to face this attack head-on.
They were not wearing any clothes, and there was a chance that they would end up freezing to death.
She held on to Roxanne as tightly as she could and sprinted towards the beach.
The Ice Island was the Ice Demonic Beast Joyce’s territory, so they were at a disadvantage. 

  

“Aren’t you fast? You demon, you’re really something.
But…”

  

A few darts approached from a distance and were aimed towards the Ice Demonic Beast Joyce’s eyes.
Instinctively, it closed its eyes for a moment on reflex.
When it opened them again, the girls were nowhere to be found.
The Assassin Noreya and Puppet Master Elaine had arrived on the scene as reinforcements.
After getting separated from Bella while they were in the air, they were worried about her and broke away from the demonic beast army, rushing here to find Bella on their own.

    

Currently, Bella and Roxanne were hiding behind a large stone located further away.
Covering Roxanne’s mouth, Bella was having a discussion with Elaine and Noreya in hushed tones.
Their clothes had mysteriously disappeared as well.
Upon asking, Bella found out that the air in the atmosphere on this island was too cold.
Since they were not wearing any god armor, their standard gear dissolved upon contact with the wind.

  

“Bella, keep your eyes to yourself.
Everyone’s the same here, there’s nothing much to look at.
That demonic being is the manifestation of the curses on that pretty sister in your arms.
The most straightforward way is to…”

  

“No way, Roxanne cannot die.
Sealing her back into the ice lake is not a long term solution either.
This time, we just have to kill the Ice Demonic Beast Joyce, and then the problem would be solved.”

  

“I’m alright with that, Bella.
Even though I don’t have any of my gear, as an assassin, I can still kill with my bare hands.
However, this Pope has already seen our true appearance.
What if…”

  

“It’s fine, she’s mine already.
There’s no way she can betray us in the future.
I have an idea…”

  

Roxanne was intent on denying Bella’s ridiculous speech.
Even if she were to die, she would never submit to the dark side.
However, thinking about it, the two stunning maidens standing next to Bella might be similar to her.
In that case, her explanations would be fruitless.
The Ice Demonic Beast Joyce was at least an SS-Grade demonic beast.
They might as well leave them to destroy each other. 

  

The Ice Demonic Beast Joyce used Roxanne’s scent and tracked them down to where Bella and the others had been hiding.
It opened its mouth and sent another blast of cold air towards them. 

  

A few puppet strings had already entwined themselves around the Ice Demonic Beast Joyce’s legs.
While it was distracted, its four legs were pulled down onto the ice.
Taking advantage of the situation, Bella leaped onto the beast’s back, pulled up a pole made of ice, and stabbed it into its back.

  

“Damn… You woman, I shall turn you into an ice sculpture…:”

  

The Ice Demonic Beast Joyce turned its head around to face its back, revealing its vulnerable neck.
The Assassin Noreya took the chance and stabbed a dagger fashioned out of ice into the beast’s throat.
This fatal blow caused the Ice Demonic Beast Joyce to lose its strongest attack, the ability to send out ice blasts.
Now, its throat was destroyed.

  

Then, countless puppet strings shot into the wounds, targeting the Ice Demonic Beast Joyce’s internal organs.
Bella did not sit idle either.
She brandished the ice pole and stabbed it into Ice Demonic Beast Joyce’s right eye.
It was time for the demonic being to pay for leering at their bodies earlier on. 

  

Despite the fact that the Ice Demonic Beast Joyce was bleeding profusely, Bella did not let its other eye go unharmed.
When she caught Noreya’s dagger, she blinded the Ice Demonic Beast Joyce’s left eye as well.
After some struggle, the ten-meter long Ice Demonic Beast Joyce fell dead on the ice.
Along with its demise, the ice island began to show signs of collapse.

  

As the Fifth Generation Radiant Pope Roxanne witnessed what was happening in front of her, she could barely believe her eyes.
The SS-Grade Ice Demonic Beast Joyce was slaughtered by three “naked ladies” so simply and directly.
Bella and the others did not even bring any equipment, had fashioned temporary weapons out of anything they could get their hands on around them, and managed to kill the Ice Demonic Beast Joyce.
Have the demonic powers increased so much already?