I’m Going to Destroy this Country

Flash!

A blue flash unfolded before their eyes.

The semicircle-shaped light centered on Isaac instantly covered the Colosseum. It was an energy of considerable size to the extent of covering even the spectator seats of the Colosseum.

Everyone gaped at the swirling light they were seeing for the first time.

‘What is this?’

The expression of being spellbound would be fitting.

That’s because it was a sight that not just the imperial citizens, but even the priests had never seen before.

Should I say it’s a sublime silence? The powerful light seemed to swallow even the sound of the spectators.

At the same time, people realized for the first time in their lives that light also has a form and will.

The light emitting powerful energy enveloped the demons with a strong and sublime appearance like a goddess leading a victory banner.

When the beautiful swirling light collided with the demons, an amazing thing happened.

The demons that collided with the light couldn’t even maintain their form, turned into sand, and disappeared as if being sucked into the light.

Gwoooo!

At the sight that was truly impossible to take one’s eyes off, the priests of other faiths were simply entranced and assimilated into the light.

And when they realized that this was the Blue’s vision they were seeing for the first time in their lives, the priests got goosebumps all over their bodies.

Of course, they had heard about it in books and stories!

-When the Vanguard Saintess raises the energy of victory, a blue flash rises like the light of sunrise, and that light is like the breath of God pouring onto the earth.

It is said that no demon that raised its head existed in that sublime light. It was said that if you see that light, vile thieves repent, and cowards gain courage.

Other priests studying the scriptures ridiculed it, saying the praise and exaggeration were excessive, but it was definitely not an exaggeration.

‘No, rather, even those kinds of sentences couldn’t fully capture it all!’

The priests of other faiths seemed to be greatly shocked by the light they were seeing for the first time in their lives.

‘Th-This is… the Blue’s vision!’

It was long after the light disappeared that people came to their senses.

“Now, the demonstration of the Blue’s vision is over.”

As Isaac clapped his hands as if telling them to come to their senses, the entranced people suddenly raised their heads.

The first to open their mouth was a priest of the Gold faith who was watching from the spectator seats.

“The Blue… has been revived.”

The item he was holding fell with a thud. It was to the extent that even the Gold priest, who greatly disliked the Blue, said such words.

At the same time, cheers erupted.

“Woaaah!”

“Damn! What is it! What just happened!”

It was a huge cheer to the point where it felt like it would be pushed away by the cheers.

“Is that the Blue’s vision?”

“It’s crazy!”

Among the apprentices, there were even those who were so entranced that they didn’t react even when hit next to them. It was clear that they already didn’t have conditions or anything in their minds.

“Fuck… It’s definitely the Blue!”

“Let me work for free!!!”

“Woah! As expected, priests should exorcise demons!”

“The best!”

At the shouts of the apprentices and imperial citizens who came to watch, Isaac spread his arms as if he couldn’t stand the thrill.

“Kyaa, this is the taste. Yes! More! More, my slaves!”

I did well in choosing a flashy one on purpose!

And at that sight, the Cardinals who were watching lamented.

“Damn it… We’ve been had.”

They completely fell for Isaac’s trick.

“Using that here is foul play…”

“To use that kind of thing against just a few demons…”

Originally, the Blue’s vision was close to the ideal of priests, and moreover, it was a vision that appeared for the first time in a hundred years after being thought to be lost.

On top of that, it was a vision that annihilated demons in one go in a situation where the Cardinals were flustered… no, actually they weren’t flustered, but it looked like they were.

How great would that impact be?

“Let’s go to the Blue!”

“It’s the Blue! Definitely the Blue! Uaaaaah!”

The young apprentices’ eyes were already rolling back.

But the Cardinals couldn’t say anything.

Even the Cardinals were overwhelmed by the light to the point of losing focus for a moment, so how much more would it be in the eyes of young apprentices? The game is already over, well.

The Red Cardinal also had no choice but to wriggle his eyebrows.

“That’s cunning. Isn’t that something used only when the Saint subjugates the Skeleton King’s army? Using that in the demonstration area?”

“If you compare it, it’s like a Cardinal stepping up and destroying the ecosystem.”

At the White Cardinal’s words, the Red Cardinal glared at the demonstration priest.

“Why didn’t we show a similar level?”

“Ah, no… Your Eminence. Even if you say that…”

“You always say this level is enough…”

‘Damn it.’

If they step up right now and show a vision of a similar level, they can, but they probably won’t even leave a strong impression.

‘After seeing something like that, what will be remembered?’

The orchestrated situation, topic, symbolism. No matter what you look at, they are behind now. It was all according to Isaac’s plan.

And honestly speaking, they were also surprised. It was the first time even for the Cardinals to see the Blue’s vision in person.

At the same time, the White demonstration priests approached the Blue demonstration priests, expressing gratitude.

“You guys are amazing, right?”

“Right? Right? Our junior family head is amazing, right?!”

“The junior family head is amazing, but you guys are also tremendous.”

“What?”

“You’ve been catching those kinds of things all this time without the vision. To be able to deal with that.”

“Everyone is in a frenzy about how to enter the Blue now.”

“This year, many newbies will… no, honestly, it seems like they’ll all be taken away.”

“Even we were momentarily tempted.”

Although the gods they served were different, at the recognition of their peers, the Blue priests choked up, feeling a lump in their throats. They felt that the Blue had come alive for the first time.

All of this was a wish fulfilled because Isaac was there.

* * *

The vision demonstration ended, and it was time for selection.

The way to choose a faith was to find the Five Great Families in the Colosseum. Then, a person from the Five Great Families distributes badge plates to the waiting candidates.

Usually, they borrowed a waiting room to do that work.

And normally, the most people would flock to the Gold faith, and the rest would be in a close match, but…

“Blue! Me! Give me the badge plate!”

“Let me enter the Blue!”

“Move! I came first!”

This year, a strange sight was unfolding. The majority of the apprentices, no, almost all of them that could be called the crowd, were flocking to the Blue.

The Blue, which had always been neglected, had no choice but to be flustered.

Usually, if five people came, it would be considered a lot… So the badge plates were running out.

In fact, Benjamin’s subordinate, who had come alone every year, was shedding tears and asking Shuri, Isaac, and Shabnak for help.

Well, the only one suffering was Shuri.

“Puhehehe! Puhe, puhehe! Slaves, slaves!”

Isaac was dancing, peeking at the line stretched outside the waiting room.

“One slave, two, three…! How much is that, I’ll sell them all as slaves!! Puhahehe!”

[…No, doesn’t the Holy Empire not have a slave system? It’s illegal, so you’ll get caught?]

‘What do you know! Then I’ll just sell them to the barbarian tribes or the Magic Empire?!’

He looked at the next room and grinned maliciously.

The rooms of other faiths where only flies were buzzing were looking at the Blue with displeasure. Isaac’s eyes curved into a crescent moon, feeling pleasure at that gaze.

Good! I’ll sweep them all in without leaving a single one!

‘Do you think I’ll share even a drop of my slaves?!’

If you were going to do that, you shouldn’t have even held the vision demonstration! This year’s goal is to have all the newbies enter!

But in the meantime, there were also apprentices trying to enter the next room.

“Hmm, the Blue was cool too, but we shouldn’t be tempted at once, right?”

“Right. It’s wise and stable to choose Gold after all…”

Then the priests of other faiths got up happily, but…

“Wait!”

Isaac shouted as if asking what nonsense they were spewing and got on the podium.

“If you just come to the Blue for consultation now, you’ll get a thousand coins support fund!”

“?!”

“And it’s advance payment!”

“!!!”

“If you bring a friend, it’s double the price!”

“??!!”

“If you bring friends, siblings, and family, the bonus will be tripled!!”

At that shout, the apprentices who were about to go to other rooms all flocked together.

Shuri, who was distributing blue plates inside and writing names, was sweating profusely.

That guy, is he really… okay?

‘Uncle Benjamin will explode…’

Maybe the junior family head position will be revoked due to financial ruin…

Moreover, the priests of other faiths are trying to kill us. Hey…

But whether he knew it or not, the Blue demonstration priests were very grateful to Isaac.

“Thank you, junior family head!”

They bowed their heads deeply as if they had vented their grief.

“Thanks to the junior family head, we have also relieved our resentment…”

“What resentment are you relieving?”

“Pardon?”

Isaac clicked his tongue and glanced at the demonstration priests standing at the entrance of other rooms like mascots.

The Red demonstration priest who made eye contact with Isaac flinched. But Isaac’s eyes became even more fierce.

“You guys knew that Maggots were installed in the Blue’s totem, right?”

Then the Red demonstration priests shouted, startled.

“N-No! We never even dreamed that Infinite Maggots would be put in!”

“Yes! Really! If we knew that was the device, we would have told the Blue too!”

Then the Blue demonstration priests who were listening quietly burst out in anger.

“What? Then you knew that a device was installed?!”

“Ah… No, that’s!”

“These bastards, when we see them, we see them!”

Even the Blue knights glared as if they couldn’t stand this, and Isaac laughed, hehehe.

That’s because the most fun thing in the world is watching a fight, isn’t it?

That’s right! Grab their hair!

‘Yes, you damn priests. I’ll just destroy you from the inside!’

Isaac deliberately stirred up the fire maliciously.

“It was all instigated by your higher-ups, right? To make the Blue fall. I can see the petty methods.”

“Wai-! Blue’s junior family head! It’s a false accusation! Instigation, please retract it for the honor of Your Eminences!”

“So, you’re saying you did nothing wrong?”

“Ah, no. We definitely did something wrong, but if you come out like this…!”

“If we come out like this, what!”

The Blue knights tried to grab their collars as if not to touch Isaac.

As the Red priests were about to say something, a familiar shadow approached.

“What’s the commotion?”

The one who appeared was surprisingly the head of the Blue House.

At his appearance, the priests bowed their heads in surprise, and Isaac grinned as if it was according to plan.

‘Originally, I was going to normally scam and extort more.’

He felt Grandfather secretly watching in this vicinity. He deliberately caused a bit of commotion to draw out Grandfather.

Why?

Because he had to call the Cardinals.

As expected, the Blue family head exuded energy as soon as he appeared.

“If you have something to say, don’t hide and come out?”

Along with the angry voice, the Cardinals revealed their faces, staggering from here and there. They approached the Blue head with a reluctant face.

The Red Cardinal greeted as if seeing an unwelcome guest.

“…Weren’t you out on a mission from His Holiness the Pope?”

“I was going to go because of the troublemaker, but I came back for a moment.”

The Blue family head, who only said that, suddenly barged into the Red’s newbie waiting room. Then he plopped down on the top seat and gestured to the Red people to leave as if he were the owner.

The Red Cardinal had no choice but to raise his eyebrows.

“What are you doing in our waiting room? It’s a room where newbies come?”

“What are you talking about? There aren’t even any newbies coming anyway.”

What the hell??

“From the looks of it, we’ll take them all this year.”

This guy??

As the Red Cardinal tried to say something, the Blue Cardinal rather said with a pissed off look.

“I think I have a lot to say about the totem?”

“…!”

As the complexion of the Cardinals who followed changed, Isaac laughed, haha.

Yes, this is it.

Of course, the Cardinals can’t speak the truth either.

“I know what you’re trying to say, but we didn’t know.”

“If we knew there was such a thing, we would have shared it.”

At the words of the Red and Black Cardinals, Isaac laughed as if it was trivial.

“You’re being ridiculous.”

“…?!”

As the Cardinals looked at Isaac, Isaac smiled innocently.

“Ah, my mistake. You all knew, didn’t you?”