I Only Summon Villainesses

Chapter 54: A New Villainess

Before I could account for anything — despite the sounds I was hearing from the lodestar — everything went white. And blank.

I heard nothing anymore. Saw nothing anymore.

’Well... this is it, then.’

I was convinced that death had claimed me as Kassie was having the orgasm of her life. What a way to go. At least one of us had enjoyed the experience.

But then a warm feeling bloomed in my chest, spreading outward like slow fire through my veins, and the white blank void became... alive. The emptiness shifted, folding in on itself, manifesting into an endless plane that stretched in every direction.

The place looked like the hall of a ruined cathedral.

Chains and chandeliers hung down from the cracked ceiling, swaying gently despite the absence of wind. Pillars were tilted at impossible angles, frozen midfall. The altar ahead was terribly devastated, split down the middle like something had struck it with divine wrath. Everything existed in a color of beautiful, plain white — something like a gacha game’s ultra-rare graphics moment before your summoned entity starts flying out with all the particle effects and dramatic lighting.

But this...

It felt more real than that. It felt more solid... and weighty.

And beautiful too.

[Congratulations, your soul plane is expanding]

[The Nave - Main Hall has been unlocked]

As the system announced this, my surroundings began moving. The broken ceiling started to repair itself, massive chunks of white stone floating upward in defiance of gravity, drifting slowly toward the gaps to create a soaring vaulted ceiling that became whole again.

The pillars straightened themselves with grinding sounds I could feel in my bones — they were carved with intricate patterns that became visible as they rose, standing proud and unbowed, as though they’d never fallen at all.

A cascade of clean white sparks raced across the ground, polishing the stone floor along with the center aisle. Everything instantly became clear, gleaming with pristine radiance that made me want to squint.

The broken pews merged together like living things, arranging themselves in perfect rows on either side of the aisle. Silver light filtered through the now-clear beams overhead, casting everything in an ethereal glow.

’This is... actually incredible.’

[Expansion Complete]

[Function: Soul Resonance Chamber]

[You can designate one villainess to The Nave - the longer they stay in The Nave, the lesser the SE cost for summoning them. If they stay for more than twenty-four hours, you’ll be able to summon them with no SE cost for twelve hours]

My mouth fell open, and my hand quickly rose to cover it.

’H—holy cow! That’s broken! That’s actually broken!’

Free summons after a day? The tactical applications alone...

But the lodestar wasn’t done with me yet.

[Do you want to summon a new villainess?]

’Seriously asking me?’

’Hell yes.’

As I confirmed it, a pillar of light shimmered into existence in front of me. It was white at first, pure and clean — then it bled to red. The entire scenery of the nave darkened in response, shadows pooling in the corners, and the silver light pouring through the beams became a crimson flood that painted everything in shades of blood and fire.

The air became oppressively hot. Sweltering. The temperature spiked so fast I felt sweat bead on my forehead, and the smell hit me next — incense, thick and cloying, mixed with something far worse.

Charred flesh.

’Oh... oh no.’

The light condensed, forming into an hourglass figure that seemed too perfect to be real. It shone brighter, red sparks flying outward like embers from a bonfire, and then the merge came fully. The light shattered away like broken glass, revealing—

A woman.

Statuesque didn’t even begin to cover it. She had to be six-foot-three at least, with silver-white hair kept beneath a traditional nun’s veil. Her eyes glowed with inner fire — literal fire, burning embers where irises should be. Pale skin that looked unmarked by age or flame, smooth and perfect. She wore a modified habit, one that clung to her hourglass figure like a second skin, and somehow made the religious garment look... dangerous.

’A nun!’

A dark red chain hung on her waist like a rosary, and deep circles sat beneath those terrifying, flame-filled eyes.

[You have summoned a Calamity-tier villainess - The Pyre Saint]

[You have gained new attributes]

I quickly pulled up the profile to know if this new summon of mine was going to be a blessing or a curse.

’It’s a nun! Doesn’t matter — I need to know what she can do before she decides to purge me for existing!’

[SPIRIT PROFILE]

Name: Sister Magdalene Ignatius

Title: The Pyre Saint

Class: Caster/Commander

Spirit Tier: Calamity

Fortitude: 8.2

[SIGNATURE ABILITIES]

• The Auto-da-fé (Ultimate)

Effect: Magdalene conducts mass execution — all marked enemies within 1-mile radius are simultaneously immolated in pillars of holy fire (instant kill on anything below Hero tier/B rank, massive damage to higher tiers/ranks), she designates who burns with liturgical pronouncements.

Cost: 800 SE, requires a 10-second casting ritual, leaves her physically and emotionally devastated (cannot fight for 1 hour after), and the summoner feels the psychic weight of every death.

• Stigmata Sentencing (Debuff/DOT)

Effect: Brands target with bleeding stigmata wounds (hands, feet, side, crown) — each wound deals continuous holy damage and prevents regeneration, number of stigmata increases with target’s moral transgressions (maximum 5).

Cost: 150 SE per target, lasts until dispelled or target confesses/atones.

• Cathedral Manifestation (Environmental/Buff)

Effect: Summons her personal cathedral (500ft diameter) around the battlefield — allies gain +40% to all stats, enemies suffer constant fire damage and guilt-based debuffs, Magdalene can teleport between confessional booths.

Cost: 300 SE, lasts 10 minutes, requires she remain stationary at altar.

• Confession Price (Interrogation/Truth)

Effect: Forces target to answer three questions truthfully while experiencing phantom burning, each lie they’ve ever told manifests as a small flame consuming them.

Cost: 100 SE, target must be restrained/bound, works on beings up to Sovereign tier/S rank.

’Holy cow... she’s...’

Absolutely terrifying.

I slowly lifted my head again, taking in her figure from top to bottom. The way her modified habit clung to her thighs, emphasizing their lean strength. The outline of her waist curved like opposing crescents meeting in the middle — a perfect hourglass shape that seemed almost deliberately exaggerated.

’Those hips... her ass has to be insane...’

I shifted, slowly circling around her to get a better view.

I hadn’t even reached her back before I caught a glimpse of her massive backside. If Kassie’s looked like it had been sculpted mid-bounce, this one was like it had been fashioned after a particular segment of the moon’s curve — deliberately sculpted with enough shelf space to balance a teacup on it.

’Architectural. That’s what this is. Structural engineering.’

My body suddenly went cold as the urge to reach out and confirm what I was seeing hit me. Just one touch. For science. For verification purposes.

Her red, burning gaze tracked my movement, following me with the intensity of a predator watching prey. Then she glared at me, eyes narrowing with such dark focus it felt like a corpse was about to pass judgment on my poor, unworthy soul.

’Wait. Maybe I should—’

Then a wide grin split her face.

Her eyes immediately radiated with pure, unfiltered lunacy, pupils dilating with manic glee, and she pivoted faster than someone her size should be able to move. Her hand shot out, grabbed me by the front of my shirt, and she hurled me across the aisle like I weighed nothing. My back slammed into a row of the pristine white pews with a crack that knocked all the air from my lungs.

Pain exploded across my spine.

’Fuck me, I’ve gone and summoned another lunatic.’

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A/N: So... after much deliberation, I’ve decided to go with this format for the spirit profiles, since passive abilities aren’t that important, I think I can just fill in for them with explanations when it’s needed. And most times, passive abilities of the spirit is what the summoner gets as attributes, to me it feels like repetition. I hope this version is better.