I’m Going to Destroy this Country

“I’ve become defiled…”

Isaac was lying face down on the bed, gloomy.

No, he looked like the world was about to fall, not just gloomy.

After dealing with the skeletons using , Isaac had been like this constantly.

‘Well, I never intended to use holy spells against the skeletons from the start.’

But still! I can’t believe I did!

Isaac swore he would never use the dreadful ‘anti-undead’ magic that makes his teeth tremble!

Yet, he ended up using !!!

“Ugh… I feel dirty…”

As Isaac lay facedown, shaking his shoulders and sobbing, the members of the Blue team frowned.

Hey, why is he acting like this when he has received so much praise from the Blue Pentagon?

Isaac caused an uproar by using the wide-range divine technique .

The Blue priests who heard the story were amazed, saying it was an impressive achievement, but the other faiths seemed wary.

-You’re amazing, young master! You’ve been hiding such power!

-Even the Pope’s grandson couldn’t handle this level!

-Puwehyngaesaekieuang! (Shut up! You’re all just meat shields, punks!!)

-You’re growing into someone worthy of Eshua’s Blue Sword emblem!

-Ppueuuehyng!!! (Shut it! Eshua will perish first!)

Well, the person himself didn’t seem happy about the situation at all.

‘Like using measly is that great.’

[Well, you did hide your own people, so it’s a bit of a deception. But the spell itself was real and powerful.]

Shut up. Who cares if the useless ‘anti-undead’ holy magic is powerful!

[‘Anti-undead’ holy magic being strong means ‘anti-demon’ holy magic in the same exorcism category is strong too, right? Hah, ethnic genocide after the fratricide!]

Should I banish you first, demon brat?

[…Ugh. I was just saying the better you handle ‘anti-demon’ divine techniques, the better regard you’ll get as a Saint… Sob.]

What Whisperer said wasn’t wrong.

In fact, Shuri, looking at Isaac, seemed uncomfortable, frowning.

‘When becoming a Saint and the Pope, exorcism ability is considered most important.’

Why is that?

Why do you think other countries pay attention to the Holy Empire’s actions?

Why? Of course, because the established powers worry about losing their property… no, they wish for the country’s peace.

And the Holy Empire has the powerful ability to eliminate demons encroaching on the human realm.

So as a result, among various abilities, exorcism ability was highly regarded.

The relatively best at exorcism were the Blue and the Gold. It’s not for no reason the Gold keeps an eye on the Blue.

Hey, those who only have to watch out for the Gold Faith! The Gold already wants a monopoly, but more people are turning towards the Blue… So of course they’re pissed and want to tear them apart!

Anyway, the reason the Blue people are cheering has that kind of background factor.

As a fellow Saint candidate, Shuri could only grit his teeth.

‘To eliminate that many at once, I can’t lose either.’

Well, it was true that Isaac stood out in the most important exorcism part, even if 99% was a deception.

“Thanks to your exploits, all the team members were motivated and got Kings too. So everyone will be participating in the execution ceremony…”

“Ugh… I’ve become defiled. My life is over…”

“Hey, why are you whining when you got a perfect score!”

Finally having enough, Shuri threw an item at Isaac.

Pow!

At that, Isaac suddenly sat up, like asking what it was.

“Kim Shuri, why are you trying to hit me and throw… Huh?”

Then Isaac saw countless boxes piled up in front of him.

Thunk thunk thunk!

The bewildered Isaac blinked his eyes.

“These are rewards from the Blue Pentagon! We were discussing who should get them, but it seemed best for you to take them all!”

Oh.

The rewards Isaac had wanted the most.

The Blue Pentagon rewards were given one to each person. But it seemed the Blue team wanted to repay Isaac.

They shyly rubbed their noses.

“You helped us a lot in the previous Pentagon despite being our junior.”

“We honestly didn’t do anything… so we’re giving them to you.”

“Yeah, we really didn’t do much.”

“What, you jerks!!!”

However, Isaac just snorted with a laugh.

“Well, this isn’t enough to repay my favor, but I’ll take what I can get.”

“…”

Damn, we made a mistake trying to get thanks from this brat.

“Well, it would be pitiful to just make you suck my fingers, so I’ll give you this instead.”

Well, they were actually more helpful than Isaac expected.

Herummaged through his bag and tossed them something.

Thinking he was making them dispose of some trash again, the Blue team was wide-eyed when they saw what they received.

“This is the ≪Golden Elixir≫! You’re giving us this?”

“What? That precious item?!”

The priceless elixir that even the Gold lineage can barely consume, the ‘Golden Eixir’!

At the same time, the Blue team realized something.

“Wait, is this the ‘New Golden Eixir’ with the poison the Molech bastard ate… Puhuk!”

The one who said that got hit in the face with a pillow by Isaac.

“It’s the real Golden Elixir, you know?”

At those words, the Blue team looked at Isaac with touched expressions.

You helped the vassals and still give us such a precious gift just like that!

“Eat it since I’m giving it to you because you are my brothers.”

They hastily put the Golden Elixir in their mouths.

“Thank you, Isaac!”

“Yeah! We didn’t know you thought of us like this…”

“Well, it’s the leftover after I ate, so I kept it in a diaper.”

Freeze.

Those in the middle of swallowing the elixir froze.

…What, you jerk? Where?

“Why? Diapers actually keep things well-ventilated for storage.”

They tried to spit out the elixir they were eating.

“Uughh!!!(You!!)”

“Uughhh!! (That damn diaper! Ah, really!!)”

“Don’t worry. It was clean. For now.”

“Aohahsiahup!!! (But it’s still used!)”

And what does ‘for now’ mean!

“Well, I don’t do laundry that well.”

Suppressing curses, the Blue team ran to the bathroom.

However, Isaac just chuckled as he opened the Blue Pentagon rewards.

‘The Golden Elixir is useless to me now anyway since it has no effect.’

For the elixir to be effective for Isaac, he would need to take a higher level elixir.

So it was better to use it to raise these small fries.

And a higher level elixir?

That was exactly the reward from the Gold Pentagon.

Of course, it seemed the Papacy was stalling and not giving out the rewards, but what could they do about it?

‘Nice, this is perfect.’

With a smile, Isaac headed to the prison.

* * *

“What? Isaac said that?”

The head of the Blue family and Lilai were surprised by the unexpected story.

The Blue knight relayed everything that happened at the Pentagon without omitting a single detail. Lilai, who covered his mouth, was deeply moved.

It was quite unexpected that he was afraid of skeletons, but to think of skeletons as fellow humans…

“My thoughts were too narrow. How deep-hearted this child is…! I feel bad for hurting his feelings.”

However, the family head’s expression was completely different.

…Like that brat could really be that kind?

The head of the family with a suspicious look tilted his head.

But regardless, Lilai was overjoyed.

Although he was scolded by his father for lowering the difficulty of the Blue Pentagon, his lack of further comment was a positive sign, wasn’t it?

“Father, with this, Isaac also has the qualifications to be the heir…!!”

“No. He can’t.”

“What?!”

“I’ll let him pass the Blue Pentagon, but he can’t be the heir. Tell him to pack his bags and come home.”

“Father!”

No, why are you being so stubborn again!

However, the head of the family had a rather serious expression.

Of course, among the current descendants, Isaac was by far the most talented.

But as the case of his fourth son showed, personal character was important. And more important than that was the issue of faith.

Especially for that child who had consumed the body of the Skeleton King.

-We certainly can’t have another fallen one arise in Blue like in the ‘past’. They were surely erased without leaving a name, weren’t they?

The Red Cardinal mocked with a laugh.

It seemed they were adamantly trying to take Isaac away, having already made up their minds.

‘They will surely try to summon his evil spirit during the Offering Ritual.’

They were already confident in that. And using that as an excuse, they would try to execute Isaac, erase his name, and crush Blue’s power all at once.

They might even be eagerly preparing for the heresy trials already.

‘I’m not expecting a god-level spirit. I’d be grateful even if they summoned a mid-level one…’

But with his character, not even a low-level spirit would be attached to him…

Even Goel, who was sent to investigate, had said some ominous things.

-When you hear which kind of god Isaac has been chosen by, you might just faint and not wake up.

-…You’re saying it’s not even at the level of an evil spirit??

-It’s incomparable.

-…Unbelievable.

If it was incomparable even to an evil spirit, just how rotten of a spirit had been attached to him??

A calamity?

The Skeleton King’s father?

The Skeleton King’s grandfather??

Something like that???

Anyway, the top priority was to take Isaac away and re-educate him… or so he thought.

“It is said that young master Isaac has headed for the Papacy prison.”

At those words, the head of the family’s gaze turned unusually fierce.

“Why there? Isn’t that the Red’s territory where we can’t even enter?”

“Well, it seems he received a pass to specially enter.”

“A pass? Did Isaac receive something?”

“Yes. It seems the Red Cardinal gave him the cardinal’s pass after making some kind of deal. Apparently there was a demon he wanted to meet…”

“What the f…”

For a moment, the head of the family muttered a harsh curse.

“…Is that wily bastard trying to kidnap the child by throwing some cheap candy?”

“Father?”

“Who can’t throw candy around?!”

“Father?!!”

The head of the Blue family stormed out of his seat.

Before Lilai could even ask why, he chased after his father Elai.

* * *

Near the Papacy prison.

“Heh. This should do the trick.”

Isaac, who had come to meet his subordinate, chuckled as he looked at the reward from the Blue.

The reward from the Blue was, well…

[It’s a rope.]

‘Right, it’s an item that removes demonic energy. A top-quality item.’

Not only was the quality of the item good, but Isaac had another reason for wanting it.

Originally, it was a valuable item that helped one overcome magic addiction, but if used differently?

‘It can become a camouflage item to conceal one’s magic power.’

It would be extremely useful for the execution ceremony and rescuing his subordinates.

Well… he did end up using the dirty techniques of those clergy scum, but it was still good that he won the Blue Pentagon.

Right.

It was good that he did, but there was still one more thing to take care of.

Isaac snapped his fingers. Then shadows rose from the ground, and skeletons emerged.

The once motionless skeletons immediately changed their attitudes upon seeing Isaac.

“Clack clack clack clack! (Wah! Master, it’s Master!)”

“Clack clack! (Master, I’m so happy, so happy)”

“Clack clack clack! (We thought we’d never see you again! We thought we couldn’t see you anymore!)”

“Huff… Ack…!”

Isaac was once again swarmed by the whimpering skeletons.

Ah… Right. He should take care of this first.

He spoke to Shadow Lich.

“You take these guys back home and come back.”

Shadow Lich nodded, but the skeletons didn’t want to leave and clung to Isaac. It seemed they instinctively sensed the impending separation.

“Clack clack! (Master, did we do something wrong? Did we do something wrong?)”

“Clack clack clack! (Can’t we stay by your side?)”

“Clack clack clack! (I’ll do better at what Master tells me to. Don’t go.)”

The skeletons whimpered and clung to Isaac’s legs.

Isaac’s heart softened at their pleading eyes, but there was no choice.

“If you guys stay here, you’ll get exorcised, you idiots!”

In the end, Isaac stuffed all the skeletons into Shadow Lich’s shadow and wiped his brow.

“Alright, I’ve sent Shadow Lich away, so it should be fine now… Ah.”

Isaac almost screamed when he saw one skeleton hanging on a tree.

It was a tiny, arm-sized young skeleton.

“When did you hide there!”

It was so weak that Isaac couldn’t even sense its presence.

Startled by Isaac’s shout, the young skeleton clung tightly to the tree like a koala.

“Clack clack clack! (If I let go this time, I won’t be able to see Master ever again, ever again.)”

Isaac grabbed the back of his neck in exasperation.

Since he had already sent away Shadow Lich, he could only send it on the next turn.

He took out the reward from the Blue Pentagon.

“Well, at least this works out. Let me test the effects of this… Ugh!”

“Young master Isaac Eshua! Visiting hours are over!”

Dammit, why are these bastards coming to get him so quickly!

Approaching Isaac from afar were the Red priests!

Isaac inwardly screamed.

‘If I get caught, it’s annihilation!!!’

Danm! These are the skeletons I revived with great difficulty!

You think I’ll let those petty bastards take them away!

Isaac hastily hid the young skeleton inside his cloak. Then he took one of the items from the reward and wrapped it around the skeleton’s neck.

“Young master Eshua?”

Isaac kept the skeleton pressed against his lower back.

‘Cling tightly to my body and don’t come out.’

The young skeleton nodded vigorously.

And as Isaac was heading towards the prison with them, he sensed it clearly.

‘This magic power?’

Just then, the Red priest spoke.

“That one is known as one of the Fourteen Demons, a subordinate of the Skeleton King.”