Volume 6 Chapter 335: The Hidden Crisis Of The Region Surrounding The Christian Hotel
Translator: The Light
Edits by Lord Immortal
Olsylvia Academy’s internal ranking compet.i.tion for the year was slated to commence in two days. This time, the partic.i.p.ants would be separated into small groups, and their order would be random. However, each partic.i.p.ant would be able to pick the gender of their teammates. As the students had no idea if they would be allocated with their girlfriends or boyfriends, most of them had chosen to be teamed with someone of the same gender.
Bella, as an old hand who enjoyed “subverting rules”, naturally did not leave anything up to chance. As long as one was close with the teachers, they would be able to make adjustments to the rules. She had planned to make manual amendments to the groupings, as she had two ident.i.ties: the Grand d.u.c.h.ess Bellina of the knight faculty, who was from a combat profession, and the Grand d.u.c.h.ess Baize of the magic faculty, who was from a mage profession.
In this round of the compet.i.tion, Bella decided to use both ident.i.ties. The knight, Grand d.u.c.h.ess Bellina, would be in President Isaman’s team. As President Isaman was a priest, she was technically considered to be part of the mage profession. Since Bella still had an ongoing bet with her, she planned to take her to the finals and defeat her. Then, she would have no choice but to give in and agree to become her personal slave.
This year’s compet.i.tion was different from the past. This time, the ranking compet.i.tion was filled with powerful characters. Since Bella was on the same team as President Isaman, she would be able to prevent her from being eliminated midway after being defeated by someone like Dark Warrior Kriss. If Isaman were to leave prematurely, Bella would not be able to defeat her honorably in an actual fight. After spending some time with her, Bella got to understand her a lot better. She knew that President Isaman would not submit that easily if she did not defeat her personally.
As for Bella’s other ident.i.ty as the magic faculty’s Grand d.u.c.h.ess Baize, she decided to team up with Kriss. Kriss was a swordsman, so being in a team with a fake mage like Bella would not raise any eyebrows. It was rather unreasonable for one person to sign up twice using two ident.i.ties. However, Bella knew that she could make it happen. She knew both the organizers and the teachers in charge. With their help, she would definitely succeed.
After enjoying the banquet that satiated both the hunger for food and pleasure with Kriss and Isaman, Bella secretly went to look for Teacher Ingrid and the others. The beautiful Dragon Knight Ingrid, Supreme Magic Mentor Catalina, and the Supreme Magic Mentor Melvira were sharing a room. When Bella entered, they had just eaten dinner and were looking through some doc.u.ments.
“Bella... you... what are you doing here? It’s night, go back to your studies...”
“Bella, you... I’m leaving for a while.”
“Bella, why are you closing the doors...”
Once they saw Bella walk into the room, obviously with an ulterior motive, the three beautiful teachers were so scared that they scrambled to escape. It was almost as though the roles were reversedâ??Bella was the teacher, while the three of them were the students who had just done something wrong. It could not be helped. Ever since Bella violated them, the usually strict, beautiful female teachers instantly turned into “helpless sheep” in front of her.
Bella locked the door to the teacher’s bedroom and turned to look at the three beauties. She noticed that they were all wearing translucent white robes with black strappy lace undergarments. The moment the three teachers realized that Bella’s gaze had turned elsewhere, they finally used their arms to cover their chests as they practically pressed themselves against the wall.
“You... Bella, don’t misunderstand... Teacher... I... this is not done on purpose...”
“Older Sister Ingrid, by dressing in this manner, aren’t you basically inviting trouble for yourselves? I want to properly punish you, ladies. Tonight, I want you to give me some special tutoring. Come, let’s take off these pieces of cloth that are getting in the way...”
“Bella, wait... we were wrong... What special tutoring? You... don’t come any closer...”
The Empress’s palace within the Macnadix City, the capital of the Manasvir Empire. It was yet another sleepless night for the Empress. Standing on the large balcony, she gazed at the moon. For the past ten thousand years, the moon had been her only constant companion.
Although she was an Empress, her figure was one of a beautiful young lady. She looked young, as though her body had been frozen in the moment that she was the most ravis.h.i.+ng. The always youthful Empress had spent the past ten thousand years in torturous isolation. She could never mention her origins to anyone. Her homeland, the faraway blue planet from another world, could only be forever buried within the depths of her heart.
“Your Majesty... you, you’re crying...”
“It’s nothing, General f.a.n.n.y. The wind was too strong; I got sand in my eye...”
The Empress turned around to compose herself, wiping the tears from her eyes. The night was still, and there was no breeze at all. Everything she said was obviously a lie. Fortunately, the dark-purple-haired General f.a.n.n.y did not expose the Empress’s awkward attempt at covering up her tears. At the moment, the situation did not seem to be in the Empress’s favor, as the issue of her unusual problem was extremely serious.
“Your Majesty, Amy, whom we sent as a special envoy, has already made contact with the students from Olsylvia Academy. Anna and Ronnie have gone to rendezvous with her, and they are still in discussion. Do you think I should leave here for now to...”
“No... f.a.n.n.y, stay here. I need... this place needs your protection... You don’t have to deal with Amy and the others; they will take care of this on their own!”
“Well... alright. I respectfully accept Your Majesty’s edict.”
General f.a.n.n.y looked at the Empress with uncertainty in her eyes. She had so many questions. However, she did not voice any of them. After all, in their hearts, the Empress had absolute authority, and they were not allowed to doubt her. In the end, General f.a.n.n.y left, bringing her doubts along with her.
The Empress had a conflicted expression on her face but decided not to tell General f.a.n.n.y her reasons. She had tampered with the earrings that she had given to General f.a.n.n.y and the other girls. Those earrings had been bugged. Although Bella had taken them off when Amy and the others were captured, they were simply thrown haphazardly to the side.
Because of the distance, the Empress could not hear any of the conversations in detail. However, the bugged earrings had picked up every one of the strange noises that the Envoy Amy, Prime Minister Anna, and Palace Archmage Ronnie made while they were being taken advantage of. The Empress had a.s.sumed that her three capable female personal guards had been “violated” by bad men and her plan had failed. There was no way she could allow herself to lose her last remaining subordinateâ??General f.a.n.n.y. If she were to leave, there would be no one left to protect her.
Although this special ent.i.ty, the Empress of the Manasvir Empire, had existed for more than ten thousand years, her combat ability would never exceed the average human level. This meant that she needed to depend on her personal guard for protection. Her combat ability was basically next to nothing. She had hoped that somehow, one of the competing students from Olsylvia Academy would notice that the Emperor had gone through some strange changes.
Watching General f.a.n.n.y fade into the distance, the Empress seemed to have something to say but held her tongue in the end. She constantly felt indebted to her female personal guards and their unwavering loyalty towards her. She had lived for such a long time that each batch of personal guards would only last around one hundred years. By the time it was General f.a.n.n.y’s turn, she had seen countless generations of personal guards come and go. Until now, she had kept the fact that she was immortal a secret from all her guards.
The next morning, as Bella climbed out of bed inside the teacher’s residence on the fifth floor of the Christian Hotel, the images from the night before were still fresh in her mind. The ravis.h.i.+ng bodies of the gorgeous Dragon Knight Ingrid, the Supreme Magic Mentor Catalina, and the Supreme Magic Mentor Melvira were sprawled on the white bedsheets, unable to move a muscle. The bed had strange wet stains in various spots. The night before, Bella had used the excuse of special tutoring to strip the three of them naked and chased them onto the bed for “cla.s.s”.
The erotic contents of last night were still unknown. When Bella awoke, the three beautiful teachers had just managed to crack open their bleary eyes. Their faces were flushed, and they were still feeling rather embarra.s.sed by the debauchery. Out of mischief, Bella decided to join them at the last minute as well.
The three mature gorgeous ladiesâ??the Imperial Envoy Amy, Prime Minister Anna, and the Palace Archmage Ronnieâ??were “hogtied” with red ropes in humiliating positions. Last night, they had been suspended right above the bed to join in the fun as well. The perspiration on their porcelain white bodies was not any less than Ingrid and the others’.
Amy and the others still had dreamy, unfocused eyes. The trio of girls on the bed would not be able to imagine how it would feel to be violated while suspended in midair, with a small red ball gag in their mouths. Bella crawled over, cut the ropes, and positioned Amy and the two other girls right on top of Ingrid, Catalina, and Melvira. She then swiftly paired them up and bound them together.
“Bella... What are you doing? Amy and the other girls are imperial officials...”
“Older Sister Ingrid, you are all involved in helping me to rearrange the various groupings. From now on, we are all part of a family. Now, take advantage of them, like how I would. Otherwise, the roles will be reversed!”
“Bella, come back here. We’ve already agreed to help you switch the order. You should... Don’t kiss me, Envoy Amy... Wake up... Wuu...”
The Imperial Envoy Amy, Prime Minister Anna, and the Palace Archmage Ronnie, who had been strung up and teased all night, were already highly aroused. They did not care who was being pinned underneath them; they knew that it was a pretty girl and began to shower them with kisses and nibbles all over their bodies.
Ingrid and the others were still recovering from the exhaustion after being tortured by a particular demoness and were unable to fend off the aggressive attacks from Amy and the others. It did not take long before the room was filled with strange, glorious sounds yet again.
Bella took in the sight of six mature gorgeous ladies entangled with each other on the bed and felt an inexplicable sense of accomplishment. Normally, it was tough to even get two pretty girls to be intimate with each other in front of her. This feat in itself was a rare occurrence. When she stepped out of the room, Bella hung up a “Resting, Do not Disturb” sign on the door. Now, these mature pretty older sisters would have the entire day to relax.
“Older Sister Bella, you seem to be in high spirits! Did you do something that made you happy last night?”
“Mm, Younger Sister Lisha, you’re just in time. Let’s go for breakfast.”
As Bella made her way downstairs, she b.u.mped into her younger sister, Lisha, who had just left her room. She was dressed in a set of fluffy pajamas that were made of pure cotton and had a pair of soft bunny slippers on her feet. Lisha’s beautiful blue eyes were hazy. It was likely that she had just woken up not long ago and was still adjusting to daylight.
Casually, Bella picked up Princess Lisha and cradled her in her arms as she carried the girl to the restaurant inside the Christian Hotel for breakfast. Lisha did not struggle at all. Instead, she snuggled up in Bella’s warm embrace to catch a couple winks. After the “lockdown” was put in place, most of the female students from Olsylvia Academy obediently remained inside the Christian Hotel to wait for the compet.i.tion to commence. The only rare exceptions were people like Bella, who usually disregarded the rules.
The restaurant was rather crowded. Kriss and some of her other dormmates were there as well. When Bella walked in with Lisha in her arms, her close friends did not feel jealous at all, as Lisha’s right as her younger sister prevented that. While eating, everyone watched a magical broadcast inside the restaurant.
By now, Bella was getting increasingly suspicious that the Manasvir Empire’s Empress was related to the interdimensional travelers. Based on the structure of the magical display, it was simply an “Other World version” of a wall-mounted television screen on Earth. Even its b.u.t.tons and functions were exactly the same. This was no longer a simple replica; it was basically a complete clone.
This magical display was apparently designed by the Empress. The local staff in the restaurant who had been tasked to welcome Bella and the others planned to explain how the display could be used. This was the same introduction given to tourists from other empires.
However, they did not expect Bella and the other girls to take to using the display like fish to water. Unlike most tourists who would make a fuss, they did not experience any issues while trying to change the channel or adjust the volume. This rendered the female staff momentarily speechless. It was not their fault either. Bella and the other girls were interdimensional travelers who potentially might have come from the same “homeland” as the Empress. This meant that they did not have to be taught how to use a television.
“Olsylvia Academy’s ranking compet.i.tion will commence in two days. Now, the predictions for the rankings. At the moment, the odds are...”
The first channel was mainly focused on the odds for the upcoming compet.i.tion. This came as a surprise to Bella and the others. If even something trivial like this could be gambled on, this meant that the Manasvir Empire was nearly “finished”. At the moment, the current predictions favored the male students, especially those like the Dragon Knight Shawn. None of the female students had made it to the predicted top ten.
Female students were not favored in this particular compet.i.tion because there were far more male than female student partic.i.p.ants. Furthermore, the Manasvir Empire was blindly arrogant. As they lived in a safe zone within the central region of the Human continent, most of the people from the Manasvir Empire were usually unwilling to understand the matters of the other empires. This meant that they were often unfamiliar with famous individuals from their neighbors, such as the great hero, the Gabriel Empire’s Grand d.u.c.h.ess Bellina, who fought valiantly against the invasion of the Beastmen.
The central region of the Manasvir Empire had already been turned into purgatory by the mutated demonic beings. Millions of imperial guards and military guards had been forced to retreat and hide within large cities, such as the capital, after being soundly defeated by the demonic beings. Many of those guards were on the brink of death. However, this news had been sealed by the empire, and none of the thirty million residents of the capital city knew about this. They continued to live in blissful ignorance.
The locations for the designated kill points during the qualifiers had already been set. These included the Goblin’s Forest of the Wild, the Demon Imp’s Dusk Valley, and the Slime’s Cloud Sea Basin. These three independent dimensions were situated within an inner s.p.a.ce near Macnadix City. Rumor had it, the Empress was the one who found them. Bella had gotten this information after she interrogated Prime Minister Anna the night before. Miss Anna quickly caved and told her everything that she needed to know about the political situation of the Manasvir Empire.
Technically speaking, Bella had found out about the general locations where the compet.i.tion would be held much earlier than the other students. As a safety precaution, she planned to run interference and prevent the girls from heading to the Cloud Sea Basin to acc.u.mulate kill points. A demonic being like the Slime had a natural suppressive effect on females of any race, which caused them to be in a drugged-like state. To protect the dignity of her close friends, that location was out of the question.
The most suitable location for the female students to hunt would be the Goblin’s Forest of the Wild. The Demon Imps’ Dusk Valley was too arid, not a good environment at all. Bella planned to send the male students to those two locations to acc.u.mulate points. According to local legends, the strongest demonic being in the Forest of the Wild were apparently not the Forest Demonic Bears but something else that was hidden deep within Thunder Canyon.
The hidden Thunder Lizards and the legendary Thunder Dragons were the most dangerous demonic beings. However, there was no way of knowing if they could encounter them this time. Bella was planning to investigate the area in advance when the Demon G.o.d Angel barged into the restaurant. Once she noticed the unusual expression on Angel’s face, Bella quietly handed Lisha over to Kriss and left with Angel. As most of the other girls were engrossed in the program on the magical display, none of them realized that Bella had slipped out.
“Angel... what’s wrong...”
“Older Sister Bella, come and take a look... Mia and I have already taken care of those annoying things.”
Bella arrived at the outer walls of the Christian Hotel. From a distance, she could see Evil G.o.d Mia standing there with a magical tome in her hands reciting a mysterious incantation. Bella’s personal demon familiar, Demon World Princess Diaz, was there as well. Her hands gripped the Demon Sword tightly, and she was on high alert while scanning her surroundings.
A pile of black corpses that used to be demonic beings lay in front of those two lolis. Those demonic beings appeared to be incorporeal shadows. If not for Demon G.o.d Mia, these demonic beings, immune to physical attacks, would not have been defeated that easily.
“Mia, these are...”
“They’re Night Demons... one of the more troublesome demonic beings. Other than Older Sister Kriss and a few select others, most of the sisters here would not be able to handle them. Even the Radiant Church’s Older Sister Maria would be no exception.”
Great Evil G.o.d Mia briefly described the earlier situation to Bella. After listening to her, Bella realized how serious the problem was. If these Night Demons could be active during the day, this meant that they had already advanced to a rather high level. The worst thing was that these Night Demons did not sneak in from outside the city. In fact, they came from the direction of the palace within Macnadix City. There was a definite possibility that the palace was already corrupted.
This was not a problem that could be solved by simply running away. The capital of the Manasvir Empire, Macnadix City, was also known as the largest city on the Human Continent, with around thirty million residents here. If every single one of them mutated into zombies or other demonic beings... that mental image was absolutely terrifying. Bella did not dare to even think about it.
“By the way, Mistress Bella, our hotel seems to be under surveillance. Those annoying uncles dressed in golden armor are asking to be soundly beaten again. I think you should handle this!”