The Villains Need to Save the World?

n, Dragon Mage Grand Duchess Baize had gone even more overboard.
Somehow, as a Mage, she was able to summon and control many legendary Dragons.
Although they were all Dragons that were either not acknowledged or secretly despised by the Dragon Race, such as the Supreme Demonic Dragons, their power was terrifying to behold.
This meant that even though the other Dragon Knights appeared to mock or disregard her on the surface, in their hearts, they were all incredibly envious of the amount of power Grand Duchess Baize controlled. 

If they did not have to maintain the Knight’s reputation in front of outsiders in public, many of those Dragon Knights would have already approached Dragon Mage Grand Duchess Baize to negotiate a deal for the Demonic Dragons.
After all, despite needing to keep up appearances, the most important thing was to upgrade their abilities. 

Bella had changed into Mage’s robes and adjusted her hairstyle, making her look different from Dragon Knight Grand Duchess Bellina.
Every time she transformed into Dragon Mage Grand Duchess Baize, Bella would cast some Mist Magic on herself to make it seem as though she was always enveloped in a thin veil of fog. 

It was simple cloaking magic that prevented any outsiders from noticing that Grand Duchess Baize and Grand Duchess Bellina were one and the same.
The sole similarity they shared was their blonde hair.
Right now, the only ones who knew of Bella’s double identities were her close friends. 

President Maria had already changed into a set of Priest’s robes that were different from the gold-colored ones worn by the Radiant Church’s Holy Maidens.
This was a set of platinum-colored Pope’s robes made especially for the Radiant Pope’s heir.
Other than the Pope’s crown, the “Grace of the Sun God”, and the Pope’s scepter, the “Divine Scepter”, it was no different from the robes worn by the reigning Pope.
For a moment, an image flashed past Bella’s eyes, and it was as though President Maria had become the Radiant Pope.

“Bella, you… what are you looking at? The expression in your eyes looks so evil! Is there anything inappropriate about my robes? This was made specifically for my measurements.”

“No, no, of course not, President Maria.
You look appropriate in anything.
It’s just that the next time we go on a date, could you put on these robes? I’d like to try…”

“Bella, you’re thinking about doing some strange naughty things again.
No way… wouldn’t this be as though you were doing those things to the Radiant Pope by proxy? I refuse.
Give up those dangerous thoughts.”

“Maria, this is not up to you.
However, if you lose, you have to wear this set of robes to look for me tonight.
Otherwise, I will take things into my own hands and barge right into your room!”

Bella continued to tease and flirt with President Maria as she prepared her magical attacks.
Typically, matches between magical professions were rife with long-range magical attacks.
Most of the time, it would end when one side was blown off the arena by a magic attack or had run out of magical energy and was unable to continue fighting.
This was how most duels between magical professions would happen.

By profession, President Maria was a Priest as well.
This meant that her primary magic was similar to the four Holy Maidens, and she specialized in healing- and support-type magic.
In terms of offensive, she was a far cry from Holy Swordsman Cynthia.
President Maria knew Bella better and had decided to hit her with her most powerful attacks right from the get-go.
If she did not do that from the start, there was no way she could strike if Bella got close.
After all, Bella was a “Battle Mage”, which meant that she did not follow the rules.
If she managed to draw near, there was a possibility that she would use physiological attacks as well. 

A ray of golden light descended from the sky and illuminated the entire Sky Arena.
This was the “Heaven of Light”, a holy-type magic spell that had been lost for thousands of years.
President Maria had learned this from First Generation Radiant Pope Goldsmith.
As the warm rays of golden light shone on them, an expression of bliss appeared on most of the audience’s faces. 

However, some of them seemed extremely uncomfortable.
One such person was the imposter Emperor Manas the Eighteenth.
The palace maids beside him were already holding a large black umbrella over him.
He remained hidden underneath the umbrella, preventing himself from being in direct contact with the holy light.
As a demonic being in disguise, it could not stay under the “Heaven of Light” for extended periods without revealing its true appearance. 

Bella was affected as well.
As a Demon King and Demon God, it was impossible for her to not be influenced by the holy-type magic.
The contact had caused her to significantly slow down.
However, Bella was not a Dragon Knight at the moment.
She was a Mage, and it was not obvious whether her movements were much slower than usual.
Mages were not typically the most agile, as they were heavily dependent on their magical attacks. 

President Maria had already conjured up nine layers of light as her magical defensive barrier.
She had come into battle fully prepared since she wanted to prevent her opponent’s attacks from disrupting her “incantations” while she launched her most powerful attacks.
This nine-layered light protective barrier should be able to hold Bella off for some time.
This would allow President Maria to have sufficient time to launch “Sacred Judgement”, an offensive light-type attack that had been lost for thousands of years.
She had learned it from Fifth Generation Pope Roxanne.
At the same time, President Maria would summon the Spear of Light “Valkyr’s Virtue” that was made up of holy-type magic.
This spear could pierce any dark demonic beings. 

The vague shadow of the Spear of Light “Valkyr’s Virtue” was already hovering above President Maria’s head.
It was now transforming from a blurry shadow into a physical light energy spear that could be clearly seen.
Obviously, President Maria’s powers had improved significantly.
Previously, when she tried to summon “Valkyr’s Virtue”, it would take her at least thirty minutes for the spear to reach its corporeal form.
Now, it merely took her a few minutes.

The Spear of Light “Valkyr’s Virtue” was one of the forbidden light magic spells that Humans could use, and it was extraordinarily powerful.
President Maria had already used her eyes to inform Bella exactly where she would be attacking.
Knowing full well that Bella was a dark entity like a Demon King, President Maria would naturally ensure that the Holy Spear would not make direct contact with Bella’s body.
In fact, her attacks would land in front of Bella instead.

President Maria had planned to use “Valkyr’s Virtue” to blast Bella out of the Sky Arena.
However, Bella was not going to be a sitting duck.
Initially, she did not care much about winning or losing this round, and it did not matter if she lost to President Maria.
After all, they were all close friends, and the battle results would not affect their relationship at all. 

However, when Bella saw that President Maria was wearing the Radiant Pope’s robes that signified holiness and power, she decided to defeat her to satisfy a weird dark fantasy.
This way, she would have no choice but to comply with the strange request that Bella had mentioned earlier. 

Bella sent out a magical attack in the same moment that President Maria shot the “Valkyr’s Virtue” towards her.
The area in front of Bella transformed into six beautiful silver energy screens, and the aura of the interdimensional magic could be felt even from a distance.
This move was also considered to be extremely rare.
Bella had relied on the power of her contract with the magical-type New Moon Demonic Dragon Dorothea to launch this particular attack.

“It’s useless, Bella.
The Spear of Light “Valkyr’s Virtue” cannot be damaged, and your crystal walls cannot defend against it.”

“President Maria, you will just have to wait and see if it’s of any use.”

The Spear of Light “Valkyr’s Virtue” pierced all six “Mirror Walls” in front of Bella and seemed as though it was going to hit the ground in front of her.
Suddenly, a strange mirror appeared out of nowhere and blocked “Valkyr’s Virtue”.
As the placement of “Mirror Walls” had disrupted her line of sight, President Maria did not notice the appearance of that strange mirror and continued to direct “Valkyr’s Virtue” forward. 

The “Valkyr’s Virtue” that had sailed smoothly through the air could not move any further once it reached that strange mirror.
Then, the entire spear was somehow sucked into the mirror.
Within moments, the exact image of the “Valkyr’s Virtue” appeared inside the mirror, and it headed in the direction it had come from, targeting President Maria.

“Mirror Illusion? Bella, that baddie.
I was right; she does have some extremely powerful… eh, Younger Sister Elaine, what are you….
why are you holding on to my arm like this! Be gentler.
You’re using too much strength!”

“Isaman… Older Sister, slowly but surely, you’re almost there at the exit.
Don’t even think of trying to slip away! The arrangements for the next battle have been released.
You will be fighting against Bella next, and she has specifically requested for me to keep a close eye on you.”