NOVEL NEXT Chapter 94.2
Shuri’s breath caught in his throat, and he found himself clutching Isaac’s clothes with trembling hands without realizing it.
The Red Cardinal’s eyes narrowed. He seemed ready to kidnap and kill them both in some deserted place at any moment.
“Disposing of a mere apprentice is nothing. I wonder who told you?”
The overwhelming 9th-rank divine power began pressing down on the priests.
‘Kuk.’
Asili and Shuri seemed weighed down by the force, swallowing hard and unable to raise their heads. Ash, who had fled as soon as the Cardinal appeared, had probably fainted outside.
However, the only one keeping his head held high was Isaac, who snorted derisively.
As if I’d tell. Who told me?
Do you think I haven’t seen enough Cardinals to know by now?
‘The Red family heads have been psychos for generations.’
Who else could torture and burn people at the stake in their right minds?
Even for their leader, it seems right to say they have no emotions at all. Even if they were always smiling, the fact that their eyes had never smiled was proof of that.
Isaac, on the contrary, let out a mocking laugh.
“If you’ve enjoyed yourself, then pay the price. You haven’t forgotten, have you?”
The Red Cardinal seemed inwardly startled by Isaac’s aggressive words. He had tried to make Isaac lower his defiantly raised head without even knowing what he was up against, but Isaac withstood it?
The Red Cardinal reached out his hand as if to strangle Isaac’s neck.
“Does the Blue teach its youngsters how to lose their lives?”
“…!”
Feeling the murderous intent, Asili hurriedly tried to step forward.
It’s dangerous.
At this rate…
Clink.
“!”
The Red Cardinal held out a pass.
It was the entry pass for the Papacy prison.
As he held it out, he smiled meaningfully.
“I should give it to you, but did Isaac really deal with that demon?”
“!”
They had confirmed the demon during the investigation process.
And that demon was suspected to be one of the demons they had issued a wanted notice for 14 years ago.
“There’s no way an apprentice could have caught it?”
In other words, the suspicious look implied that Isaac had been colluding with the demons.
However, Isaac just grinned.
“That’s the Blue family’s secret. Unlike the Blue, the Red is terribly unskilled at catching demons, so of course you wouldn’t know something like this. But then again, that’s why your son was beaten by the Blue too.”
Oh my gosh!!!
Shuri covered his face, and the Cardinal laughed loudly.
This crazy little bastard??
Isaac swiftly snatched away the pass held by the Red Cardinal, as if telling him to hand it over quickly. It would be troublesome if this fickle man changed his mind again for no reason.
‘With just this, I can meet my subordinate.’
It was essential for smuggling out his subordinate during the execution ceremony.
When Isaac took the pass, the Red Cardinal looked at him with a regretful expression, as if he would have arrested him already if he had evidence.
But that was only momentary. The Red Cardinal then laughed loudly.
“Well, I can arrest you when you make a contract with a god.”
At those words, Shuri froze.
Could it be that he had caught on to Isaac’s faith?
‘Damn it, I heard the chosen deity is only a low-rank god at best…!’
“But before that, you’ll have to survive the Gold Pentagon. Do your best.”
The Red Cardinal, looking somewhere else, said just that and disappeared.
Isaac frowned with displeasure.
“Why is that bastard talking as if we’re obviously going to fail the Gold’s test even though we succeeded in the mission?”
However, there was a reason why the Cardinal said that. In fact, there was someone gritting their teeth while watching Isaac’s appearance.
‘Damn it, he really came back alive!’
It was none other than Molech, who had been acting as a spy in the Blue team.
Molech, who had mocked the Blue team for going to their deaths and completely defected to the Gold team, gritted his teeth.
‘Damn it, the Gold Pentagon scores you based on the items you bring back!’
Of course, the Gold team was brimming with confidence that they were the best, but Molech, who had come to see for himself, bit his nails.
No, he couldn’t help it.
‘To bring back a demont’s head directly, they’re insane?!’
That would undoubtedly be the highest score. The Blue would win.
And for having betrayed the Blue, this situation was very troubling for him. It was reasonable, considering how much his father, Count Molech, had been badmouthing the Blue among the nobles… just you wait until they win the championship!
‘Shit.’
But it’s fine.
‘If there’s no evidence item, they’ll be disqualified.’
It means anything could happen until they reach the judging panel.
Knowing this, Molech hurriedly took action.
‘If I order the others, the story might leak out unnecessarily.’
But there was a perfect target to make use of.
Someone who could handle both ability and item disposal with certainty.
The person Molech found was drinking alcohol not too far away.
Clatter!
“!”
Molech threw a bundle of money at none other than the reverse knights.
“I heard a rumor that you had a big commotion with the Blue team at the mission site?”
“!”
“I’ll give you a chance to shine. This is the down payment. If you succeed, I’ll pay you even more than this.”
The reverse knights disliked hated but loved money. As evidence, they were inwardly surprised by the bundle of money Molech showed them. The amount was substantial – more money than they could ever earn in their lifetimes.
“What’s the job?”
“Burn the demon’s head and core that the Blue team brought back. Get rid of the evidence.”
At those words, the leader of the reverse knights raised the corner of his mouth.
“Ah… get rid of it, you say?”
“Yeah. You guys don’t have any good feelings towards the priests anyway, right?”
Soon, there was the sound of metal scraping.
That sword was pointed at Molech’s neck.
The reverse knights smiled chillingly, as if saying ‘How dare you utter such words?’
“Indeed, which side should be eliminated?”
…Huh?
“You brat, how dare you covet young master Isaac’s belongings?”
…Huuuh?!