I’m Going to Destroy this Country

“What the hell is thiiis!”

Isaac screamed as he looked at the back of his hand. His face looked as if he had seen a giant cockroach popping up and greeting him on his hand.

“Why is this heeere!”

Isaac’s face was filled with despair, but Shuri’s eyes actually widened.

“What. Isn’t that the Supreme God’s crest? Did you make a contract?”

“No!”

Isaac tried to deny and hide it, but Shuri, who grabbed his arm and confirmed the contract, had a face that couldn’t be brighter.

No, his face was overflowing with emotion rather than just being bright.

“This guy, as expected, there was a reason for everything!”

What, man?!

Reason? What reason!

“Actually, you were trying to secretly make a contract with the Supreme God!”

No! This wasn’t my intention!

“As expected of you, cunning and petty! I believed in you, you bastard!”

What? It sounds like a compliment but why does it feel bad?

In that situation, the Gold priests had no choice but to be flustered. No, their pupils were dilated beyond being flustered.

Of course, they were also startled that the Supreme God fell into the Blue’s hands. But more than anything, they had just handed over a precious tutelary stone to Isaac.

But… to betray them like this…?

To make a contract with the Supreme God right after receiving the God of Wealth…?

Do these Blue bastards have no sense of ethics…?

At those gazes, Isaac shook his head.

“No, this wasn’t my will.”

“Isaac! You bastard, as expected, you’re amazing!”

“I said it’s not, you damn Kim Shuri!”

“Yes! I believed you were such a vicious bastard! To even snatch the God of Wealth!”

Damn it!

But no matter what Isaac said, the Gold priests were looking at the back of Isaac’s hand with a dazed expression.

‘It’s… not an illusion.’

It would be nice if he was just pretending to have made a contract, but that was a real contract mark. That’s why it was startling.

‘…He made a dual contract now?’

Crazy. Is that possible?

As an apprentice at that?

Moreover, with the Supreme God?!

They couldn’t help but feel dizzy.

‘No, that’s not what’s important.’

What’s important is that bastard sucked up only the God of Wealth and pulled a sneaky move, that’s it.

‘These Blue bastards. They were planning to ridicule not only the Red but also the Gold from the beginning!’

Yes, even now, he must be grinning and enjoying fooling the Gold…

“Aaaah! Break the contraaact!”

“…?”

Isaac was actually rolling around holding his wrist as if it would fall off.

“Damn it, this is cheating! Ah, break the contraaact! Heeelp!”

Shit, what’s the case with this?

Moreover, the guy rolling next to Shuri rolled over here and…

“Ah shit! Hurry up and tell me how to break the contract! You annoying bastards!”

He’s threatening as if he’s going to grab the Cardinal’s collar? The Gold priests had no choice but to blink their eyes.

“After ruining the deal, what?”

“I didn’t do iiit!”

He was about to say what do you mean you didn’t do it, but the Gold Cardinal clicked his tongue and reached out his hand.

“Give me your hand.”

“Your Excellency!”

“I know it wasn’t your intention, so I’ll break the contract for you.”

“Your Excellency! Are you believing this kind of bastard’s words now?”

“What can you do if a priest doesn’t believe?”

“!”

“And the Blue aren’t those kinds of people. Only the vile Red deceive people.”

“Your Excellency!”

Yes, it’s better if it wasn’t his own intention. It’s much less infuriating to think he fell for the kid’s trick, isn’t it?

And if he could get the Supreme God back, he could do anything.

The Gold Cardinal grabbed Isaac’s wrist with one hand, shook his sleeve with the other hand, and activated a divine technique.

“Breaking a contract with gods can’t be forcibly done by others. But if you truly have the heart to break it, it will break more easily than drinking water.”

It was because the subject who had faith in gods was humans.

“If you had no intention of deceiving us, I’ll help you.”

Isaac nodded his head.

“If you just make up your mind to break the contract with the god, it will immediately break.”

“I see.”

The Gold Cardinal and Isaac became of one heart and tried to break the contract with the Supreme God.

“Now, then-“

“Yeah. I made up my miiind!”

At Isaac’s words, the Gold Cardinal activated the contract breaking divine technique.

-.

A golden divine technique enveloped Isaac’s body.

And matching the intention to break the contract with the god, the divine technique erased the contract mark…

“…”

“…”

The Gold Cardinal tilted his head.

He clearly used the contract breaking divine technique, but the contract mark on the back of the hand was too intact.

“…?”

Did something go wrong?

The Gold Cardinal narrowed his brows and spoke stiffly.

“Don’t think about other things. Concentrate. Concentrate and think about breaking the contract with the god. That’s all you need to do.”

“Ah shit, I concentrated. I seee.”

“Then again.”

“Yeah.”

Again, a golden divine technique enveloped Isaac. And according to the ‘Bond Breaking’ divine technique, the contract mark…

“…”

“…”

Why isn’t it being erased?

At that point, the faces of the Gold priests had no choice but to become impatient.

“Again.”

At the Cardinal’s voice turning murderous, the Gold priests swallowed their saliva.

“Again.”

“Again.”

“Again.”

When the golden light exploded about thirty times like that, the Gold priests carefully observed the Cardinal’s expression.

Isaac was just blinking his eyes.

“The contract isn’t breaking.”

At that point, the face of the Gold Cardinal looking at Isaac was a sight to behold.

…This guy. Is he ridiculing me now?

He has no intention of breaking it, right?

It was enough to make the Cardinal angry.

Shuri proudly nodded his head as if to say, as expected of that delinquent kid, and the Gold priests raised their voices.

“Are you insulting His Excellency now!”

“That divine technique doesn’t activate if the person himself has no intention of breaking the contract!”

“You had no intention of breaking the contract at all!”

But Isaac had no choice but to feel wronged.

No! I made up my mind like crazy!

I shouted thousands of times that I would break the contract and for the Supreme God to get lost! Rather, it’s me who’s wronged that the contract isn’t breaking!

There was no need to ask why it wasn’t breaking.

“This isn’t my will! The god stopped it!”

“Gods don’t have that much attachment to humans. They may interfere with contracts, but they don’t interfere one by one with contract breaking.”

Aaah! It’s unfair!

‘Supreme God, you bastard! What is this guy, making a contract arbitrarily and even preventing me from breaking it!’

But Shuri cheered as if happy, and Whisper had a ‘give up’ attitude.

[Well, isn’t it rather good for you, Master? Originally, you don’t have the capacity to make contracts with more than two. Even the Pope can’t make contracts with two high-ranking gods, so this is rather generous…]

‘I don’t like it!’

In the end, at that point, the Gold Cardinal approached with veins popping.

“Give back what I gave you.”

“!”

The Gold Cardinal, realizing he had been ridiculed by Isaac, tried to take back the tutelary stone.

“How dare you insult the sacred deal.”

“No! I told you I didn’t make the contract by my will?”

“Whether it was intentional or not, it’s a contract breach anyway. Am I wrong?”

At those words, Isaac rolled his eyes.

Uh… A contract breach is correct. Yeah, that’s right.

“If it’s truly a mistake, hand over the tutelary stone I gave you. That’s the right thing to do.”

Moreover, seeing him trying to take back the tutelary stone, even unwillingly, it must be a really precious item. He must have brought something that matches the level, even though it was the Supreme God.

It’s not because he’s a pushover, but because he doesn’t want to be told it’s lacking. It meant he had pride as the top family.

Shuri also nodded his head as if agreeing with the Gold Cardinal’s words.

In fact, given the situation, it’s the right thing to do to return it.

‘Giving away the tutelary stone is a waste, but compared to the Supreme God, well.’

“Yeah, Isaac. If you think you obtained something better…”

But Isaac, who had been rolling his eyeballs, bowed his head deeply.

“I won’t forget this kindness!”

And he ran away like that.

As he took the tutelary stone and ran, the expressions of the standing priests were a sight to behold.

Uh… So this is eat and run… Eat and run?!

“…That crazy bastard?!”

* * *

“Dual contract!”

The apprentices were in an uproar at the unexpected news.

“This crazy…”

“Is it possible to make contracts with two?”

It was the apprentices gathered in the banquet hall ahead of the Pentagon results. Their faces were all filled with confusion, shock, and envy.

No, it would be more accurate to say they couldn’t believe it.

“Kina is the only one who made a contract with twin gods, making it two. But Isaac made contracts with gods of completely different faiths!”

“Moreover, one of them is the Supreme God…!”

They had no choice but to be shocked. Everyone was surprised by this absurd situation, but there was another reason for them to stir like this.

“Hey, what will happen to the Black Pentagon rankings?”

Originally, there was a lot of talk about giving 1st place to Kina, who made a contract with the highest-level twin gods. But the Black Cardinal mercilessly eliminated the joint 1st place… no, actually the joint 2nd place, and got rid of 1st place.

The reason was simple.

-What superiority is there among high-ranking gods if it’s not the Supreme God?

-B-But, Your Excellency. Wasn’t the winning criteria for the Black Pentagon choosing the best god?

-The best god? Are those little kids that great?

-Ye-Yes?

-It’s meaningless to rank superiority among mere high-ranking gods.

-But at this rate, there will be protests…

-Tell them not to be mistaken. There is no superiority in faith. They don’t know their place or principles because they’re snotty-nosed brats.

-…Then what about the winning prize?

-What do you give to a joint 2nd place?

-…

This person. He says plausible things, but in fact, he pushed it down to 2nd place because he didn’t want to give out the prize, right?

Anyway, that’s why there was no 1st place.

But the Supreme God appeared.

As expected, it was then.

“Stop chattering and sit down.”

“!”

The Black priests wearing masks barged into the banquet hall, opening the door.

The Black faith had all its affiliated priests wearing masks, so there were hardly any who knew their faces. They even wore priestly robes that looked tightly wrapped around their entire bodies as if avoiding exposure of their skin, along with black gloves.

‘Are they torture technicians…?’

If it’s spine-chilling, it’s spine-chilling, and if it’s eerie, it’s eerie.

In that strange tension, the Black priests spoke.

“There has been a change in the rankings.”

“!”

At those words, the apprentices swallowed their saliva.

“As a result of the discussion, the 1st place in the Black Pentagon is Isaac Eshua.”

As soon as the words fell, cheers and exclamations rang out. On the other hand, those who disliked Isaac made a shitty expression.

The Black priest said:

“Isaac Eshua will later go to the Cardinal’s office and receive the prize.”

“Woohoo!”

The Blue team stood up with a brighter face than ever.

“Is this a dream or reality!”

They had tears in their eyes.

“With this, the Blue might be able to win the Pentagon for the first time!”

The Blue, who had always been looked down upon, had no choice but to feel overwhelmed. Moreover, with the best record! With Isaac leaving behind the achievement of the Supreme God!

Yes, but…!

“Where is that Isaac?”

Isaac is not in the seat where he should be sitting. The Blue team just blankly stared at Shuri’s face.

“Shuri. Where’s Isaac?”

“…How should I know?”

Shuri just sighed as if his head hurt.

That guy Isaac, after eating and running with the tutelary stone, his whereabouts are unknown.

‘I saw the Gold priests looking for Isaac.’

“Well, still, the Blue might be able to win the Pentagon.”

“Isaac will be happy to hear this too. I’m looking forward to the final results.”

But the Black priests said as if not to get excited yet.

“With this, all Pentagon evaluations over the past year have ended. You will now officially go out into the world based on the fundamentals you have learned during your apprenticeship. You will be working in sync with senior priests.”

At those words, the faces of the apprentices noticeably distorted.

‘Ugh… Is this the beginning of the famous favoritism field?’

‘I heard the initiation ritual is no joke either.’

Of course, if they were seniors, they had already seen the bishops at the Pentagon, but it’s usually scarier to have someone just one or two years older than someone old enough to be your father.

As expected, young priests were standing in the hallway near the door with scary eyes.

Unlike the apprentices who were at most in their late teens, they ranged from their twenties to thirties. Some of them looked experienced at a glance. They were 2nd-grade priests.

“The apprenticeship graduation ceremony is at the New Year’s banquet in February. Since you’ll all return home for the New Year’s Thanksgiving holiday in January, it would be good if you can make connections and get close with the seniors before that.”

…Get close? They’re telling us to get close?

When they’re looking at us with faces that say they’ll totally exploit us from now on?

‘Of all things, even the captain of the 2nd-grade priests is here.’

‘Isn’t the captain an ace? Why did he come here?’

‘Well, it’s proof that he’s interested in Isaac.’

Well, whatever.

The captain’s faction of those 2nd-grade priests is powerful, and if you get entangled with them wrong, it becomes tiring even after graduation. Rather, they were targets that needed to be shown in a good light.

‘Now that it’s come to this, we have to make sure Isaac doesn’t do anything useless.’

It’s not good to be marked before graduation for nothing.

Well. Isaac himself probably won’t do anything stupid if he has any sense…

“Ah, who are these black bastards!”

“!”

Isaac appeared as if being chased by the Gold priests.

“Catch that guy!”

“Give back the tutelary stone!”

And at that sight, Shuri hurriedly got up.

“Isaac! Come here quickly! The seniors are here! Don’t cause trouble in front of the captain and come!”

The captain clicked his tongue at the figure seen from afar.

“Is that kid the famous Isaac Eshua?”

“As rumored, he’s an unruly colt with no sense of dignity.”

They said that, but they seemed to have expectations inwardly. They had faces as if believing they could control Isaac.

“Eshua! I’m in the middle of explaining about graduation, so quickly return to your seat!”

They guided the way for Isaac, but Isaac’s eyes flashed instead.

“Ah shit, I’m busy as hell! Why are you blocking the way!”

Isaac applied a leaping divine technique to his legs. And jumping high, using the senior priest’s head as a stepping stone…

…What?

Using as a stepping stone?

Squash!

Of all the seniors, he stepped on the captain’s face.

…Yeah. Very refreshingly.

…Refreshingly?

“Sorry! You dumb bastard! Be my stepping stone!”

“?!”

Shuri and the Blue team’s pupils dilated at the sight.

…Holy fuck, we’re screwed.