NOVEL NEXT Chapter 80.2
Isaac felt the gaze and furrowed his brows. The Red Cardinal was staring at Isaac as if expecting something.
“Are you curious about where the Blue team will go?”
I’m not curious, so stop smirking like that and just say it.
Before the slingshot flies.
“It’s called ≪Krasandia≫.”
Where is that?
However, unlike Isaac, the Blue team froze.
“It’s the territory of the Magic Empire!”
The Magic Empire…?
“Isn’t the Magic Empire an enemy of Hella? If they see a priest there, they kill them, don’t they?”
“Are you insane? Is that our mission location?”
“They’re telling us to die!”
The Magic Empire is a country of magicians. Magicians and priests are enemies trying to kill each other.
Even if you get caught, at least you become a prisoner, or worse, you get tortured.
The Blue team was in shock.
‘Has the Papacy finally gone mad?’
Even if the Gold faith dislikes the Blue, this has gone beyond the bounds of humanity!
“So that’s why others were giggling…!”
Even so, there has never been a mission assigned to the Magic Empire!
“Moreover, it’s right next to the territory of the demons!”
Sure enough, laughter burst from around.
“The team that wins the first place takes on the most difficult mission, right?”
“Difficult mission? How can you succeed in such a mission?”
“Well, the more difficult the mission, the greater the reward. But how can an apprentice go to a place where even the superiors don’t want to go.”
“If you succeed, you’ll be in charge of managing the demon! There’s nothing to lose behind the Pentagon, hey.”
“Yeah, if your life is precious, you’ll give up. Pff.”
Then, Kina sighed, calling them fools.
“Even if it’s the territory of the Magic Empire, there is a place where there is communication with Hella. You won’t die…”
“No, you’ll die.”
Suddenly, Shuri trembled for some reason.
“Not long ago, the paladins in that area were kidnapped with apprentices regardless of rank.”
“Kidnapped?!”
“The culprit is a high-level demon who ate priests from the Gold Pentagon fourteen years ago! It’s still an area under investigation, a restricted area…!”
Everyone was terrified, but Isaac’s eyes sparkled.
…High-level demon?
…And the Magic Empire?
So… Isn’t it like the magic core mine?
It seemed like Isaac’s mouth was about to split as if it reached his ears.
Isaac covered his mouth, fearing that his laughter would be revealed, and bowed deeply.
The Red Cardinal grabbed Isaac’s shoulders, looking pitiful as if he had been waiting for this moment.
“Oh, how pitiful. But it’s okay not to be so afraid. Isaac, if you just say ‘please save me,’ I can change the location with my authority.”
“!”
At those words, everyone eagerly grabbed Isaac as if their lives depended on it. No matter what, they didn’t want to die.
Isaac, bowing his head, shook his small shoulders as if sobbing.
“Can you really change the location?”
The Red Cardinal seemed to enjoy the sight, raising the corners of his mouth at Isaac’s appearance.
Yes, surely dying would be frightening. With this, revenge for tormenting his son at the Red Pentagon would be possible.
“Yes. So just say a word. Come on, say, ‘please save me…'”
“Don’t want to?”
…What?
“I said I don’t want to! It seems like it’s okay even if you don’t change it!”
The laughter that couldn’t be endured erupted from Isaac, and everyone, or rather the Red Cardinal’s expression, was worth watching.
Is this guy crazy? Seriously?
* * *
Around that time, at the Blue residence in the capital.
“This is ridiculous!”
Lilai returned home, furious, saying it couldn’t be like this.
“The mission area is the land of magicians! Moreover, it’s a mission to retrieve kidnapped paladins! This is an S-rank mission! Isn’t this just telling them to go die!”
“Sir Lilai!”
“I was wondering if there was some kind of wind, did they give first place to the Blue and assign the missions in order of performance? I didn’t know the Papacy would come out so shameful! How cruel magicians are and how much they hate priests! Anyway, if it’s not canceled right away, I will destroy the Papacy…!”
“Calm down. Father has already gone to the Papacy to protest, saying the same thing.”
“Older brother!”
Goel sighed and looked at Lilai.
Anyway, this family of saints only knows strength rather than brains.
But Lilai seemed not to understand Goel’s calmness.
“No matter how, this is too much! Even high-ranking knights come back as corpses! Moreover, this time, the target is that demon…”
Lilai gritted his teeth.
It was that demon who kidnapped his friend when he was an apprentice 14 years ago. He knows better than anyone how cruel he is.
However, Goel sneered.
“Well, it’s not strange to leave it to Isaac’s team.”
“Yes?”
Instead of answering, Goel narrowed his eyes.
Although he hadn’t told anyone yet, he saw what the Papacy was hiding in the Gold estate.
‘If he took out the highest god, it means they’re determined to kill Isaac.’
But Goel kept his mouth shut.
At that moment.
[It seems I’m going to be the head of the family.]
“!!”
A huge whale divine beast came flying towards them.
The gaze of Goel and Lilai changed as they realized whose divine beast it was.
‘Fourth.’
Like Goel, with the blood of the Pope, he was the greatest son of a bitch in Eshua, and was aiming to become the head of the Blue family.
Since the ordination ceremony, the head of the Blue House must have been paying attention to Isaac. Moreover, for some reason, Isaac seemed to know the lost vision.
[I heard there’s an interesting youngest member? What a shame, I wanted to see him before he died.]
Lilai frowned.
Surely, that guy is in the middle of the mission to catch wanted demons from other territories. If the mission location is near Isaac’s, then…
At the same time, Lilai, who realized something, looked menacing.
‘Could it be related to the Gold Pentagon this time?’
Did he make a deal with the Gold to kill Isaac?
But Goel clicked his tongue.
“Well, since Father has gone, the test content will change moderately.”
“Change?”
“No matter how, do you think they would give such a dangerous mission that could turn into a diplomatic issue for apprentices? It’s just to give a warning not to mess with Gold.”
“Ah…”
Honestly, even for Goel, this was too much.
He didn’t want his son to be killed by magicians.
“Well, even if you choose a different mission, the Blue House’s honor will drop, but the lives of the kids are more important. Don’t worry. If Isaac has any sense in his head…”
But then, at that moment.
The knights who had chased the Blue family’s head came back with pale faces.
“It’s a big problem! Young master!”
“Young master Isaac has already accepted the mission to that location…!”
Goel’s face turned pale.
…He forgot that the guy had no sense in his head. Damn.