I’m Going to Destroy this Country

“Haha. Hahahahahahaha.”

Benjamin was having a mental breakdown.

Lilai couldn’t help but look strangely at his brother.

“…Brother? What’s wrong?”

He couldn’t bring himself to ask if he had gone mad. Benjamin, who looked like he had lost his mind to that extent, seriously clasped his hands together.

“It seems we need to educate the junior family head… no, we need to choose a new junior family head.”

“What?!”

Lilai was shocked, but Benjamin held his face in despair.

“Isaac has become twisted…”

“Whaaat?!”

“I knew his personality was bad, but this isn’t just bad. He must have had his soul switched somewhere…”

“Br-Brother?”

“Did the Skeleton King’s soul enter him or something?”

“What?! Even if you’re my brother, to say such harsh things…!”

But Benjamin seemed to be filled with worry after hearing Isaac’s words that failed to hide his true intentions.

“Slave, he said slave…!”

This isn’t a matter of urgently needing a Saintess’s awakening, but urgently needing to educate the family head?!

I can see why the Red Cardinal likes Isaac. At this rate, I’m worried about the Blue’s future and can’t even go as a living sacrifice.

“What do you mean we need to educate the family head?”

“Isaac told his uncle to become a slave.”

The doting Lilai laughed puhah.

“Of course that’s a joke. Our Isaac is so kind, pure, innocent, clean… to the point where you’d wonder if there’s an angel more gentle than him.”

But that’s not it? Those were sincere eyes?

They were truly the eyes of a Demon King who would swallow his uncle, no, the whole Blue in one gulp.

But as if that wasn’t important, Lilai asked:

“Brother. So what did Isaac say? Why would you die to awaken a Saintess?”

At that question, Benjamin sighed as if tired. So this is why this guy didn’t follow father and the Blue knights and stayed at the mansion. It was because of this.

“Right. Now that Isaac knows and even Leia knows, there’s no point in hiding it anymore.”

“!”

Soon after hearing about the Saintess awakening method from Benjamin, Lilai turned deathly pale.

“Whaat?! That’s the condition for a Saintess’s awakening?!”

So that’s why mother’s expression turned bad every time they talked about becoming a formal Saintess!

“Th-Then Isaac…!”

“He’s trying to use a different method than that one.”

At those words, Lilai’s face brightened.

“So there is another way?!”

“I don’t know.”

“What?”

“Actually, I can’t even guess.”

“What?!”

Benjamin rubbed his forehead, ugh.

Actually, he could guess father’s side.

‘Father probably intends to postpone the Saintess’s awakening by taking away the Stigma.’

Father was someone who would say we should stop the mission of catching the Skeleton King.

Father probably doesn’t have a special method either. If he did, he would have said so already. That’s why he’s prepared himself.

But Isaac is different.

‘Isaac is trying to both awaken the Saintess and catch the Skeleton King.’

Of course, if it were someone else, he would have expected and praised what kind of magic they would use, but…

-Uncle. I will definitely find a solution, so please be patient for a bit. You should live happily as my slave… I mean, as Leia’s father.

“…I can’t even imagine what Isaac will do.”

No, honestly, I’m scared!

“Honestly, I wouldn’t be surprised if he said he’d cut off the Pope’s head and offer the Pope as a living sacrifice!”

“Su-Surely he wouldn’t?”

“Right? Yeah, surely he wouldn’t?”

* * *

There’s a saying that ‘surely’ can kill a person. And Shuri is having a pupil earthquake right now.

‘Damn… Is Isaac in his right mind??’

-Prepare to cut off the Pope’s head.

…You crazy bastard!! What’s with this note out of nowhere!

Shuri popped a vein and tore up Isaac’s letter. He immediately burned it in case someone might see it.

This seems like no joke, but the current situation is not normal.

“Young master Shuri, everyone is ready!”

“We can go in anytime!”

“!”

They were now in Berit territory. And the Blue knights, Isaac’s personal slaves… no, the junior family head’s direct knight order, the were lined up.

They flashed their eyes saying they could cut off the Pope’s head anytime.

“Pope…! We won’t forget this grudge of blocking our promotions!”

“Finally we get to cut off his head!!! Puhahaha!”

“Kya! We’ll slaughter him!”

…Are these priests or the Demon King’s army? Haah.

So why did we come here?

-The Pope is currently taking refuge in a villa in Berit territory. The bastard probably didn’t want to be looked at with suspicious eyes if he stayed at the Papacy? Puhehe.

Well, to be precise, it’s not a villa but a monastery in Berit… Anyway, they came because the Pope came to Berit.

-He came all alone too. Puhehe.

Right, it’s good that he came alone.

But does that mean we should cut off his head? You crazy bastard?

Shuri gritted his teeth as he entered the monastery where the Pope was. They were guarding the entrance, but most of the Blue knights were already facing off against Berit’s knights nearby.

Clang! Claaang!

“Aaargh!”

“Kuhek!”

Bang! Bang!

Screams and sounds of explosions in the monastery could be heard here and there.

But Shuri knew at once. All those screams were from the Gold knights.

In fact, the Gold knights seemed very surprised by the Blue’s attack. They didn’t expect the Blue of all places to attack first, but the knights’ skills were chillingly strong.

“Damn it! Activate the rejection barrier!”

“Where did these bastards come from… Aaargh!”

“Kughk! They disappeared again!”

No wonder they’re knights trained on the frontlines, their movements were extraordinary.

Of course, this is a small monastery in Berit territory. Since there’s less manpower than the main office, they may have suffered more damage from the surprise attack, but Gold’s priests weren’t fools either.

“Kughk! How did these bastards get into Berit?!”

“We couldn’t sense them at all!”

The Gold is a faith specialized in barriers and defense.

As such, there was usually a barrier to detect intruders at the borders of Berit territory. They could immediately notice if anyone entered Berit territory.

It would be even more impossible not to notice people of other faiths.

“How did they not get caught in the barrier?”

“How? That’s why you should have lived righteously.”

“!!”

Along with a familiar voice, an explosion occurred.

Boom!!

The Gold knights caught in the blue explosion collapsed. Shuri turned deathly pale and looked at the culprit who blew away the knights.

“Are you crazy! Where are you firing destructive divine techniques meant for demons at priests?!”

One of the things strictly forbidden in the Blue is using killing techniques to attack humans.

“Even if you attack, there are ones for use on humans! Use those!”

Then Isaac clicked his tongue as if to say that’s why you’re like that.

“Mm, those bastards are demon subordinates. I can see it all with my eyes.”

This bastard, when he becomes a Saint he’ll just say everyone is possessed by demons.

Shuri held his forehead.

“You, if grandfather finds out about this you’ll be scold…”

“Isaac.”

“!!!”

When grandfather’s voice was heard from behind, Shuri was startled. He froze at Elai’s scary face and could only gape.

“Fa-Family head. This is… I mean!”

“If you’re going to do it, you should do it without leaving evidence.”

Boom!!

When Elai flicked his finger, a whole room just flew away.

Shuri screamed.

“Dispose of the evidence of using killing techniques well.”

Um, excuse me? Grandfather?

Forget not leaving evidence, nothing is left at all. The building just disappeared?

But Elai nonchalantly took the lead.

“They won’t die from just this much anyway. They’ll probably be unconscious for about a year though.”

…Hey, isn’t that more of a problem?

Shuri slapped the cheeks of the Gold knights, but they showed no signs of waking up.

Soon Isaac spoke to Shuri, who seemed to feel guilty.

“Get it together. They’re not fools either, so we need to end it in one go. If we go easy on them, the fight will drag on and we’ll have to cause meaningless deaths. And since the Imperial Family is excitedly helping us actively, we should at least do this much.”

“!”

Actually, the reason they were able to enter Berit territory was thanks to the Imperial Family. They cast disguise magic to break through Berit territory’s barrier so the surprise attack could succeed.

‘As expected of dragons.’

No, that’s not what’s important right now.

‘We need to quickly strike the Pope and get out before the Gold Cardinal arrives here with reinforcements…’

It was at that moment.

Boom!!

“!”

They flinched in surprise as they entered the monastery. Along with a loud explosion, the door on the chapel side was shattered. There was no need to see who did it.

‘Kuk…!’

Shuri froze at the piercing holy power.

There’s only one in this Empire who can use such divine technique.

“I didn’t know the Blue had such a rat-like side.”

‘The Pope!’

It seems he revealed himself directly due to the commotion.

As the Pope came out from inside the chapel, Elai immediately sent his grandsons back.

“You block the entrance.”

It meant to not let anyone come this way. It meant the area around would become a bloodbath the moment they clashed with the Pope.

At the same time, Isaac sighed as he dragged Shuri away.

“Haah, that’s why Shuri. I sent you a note. You should have cut off the Pope’s head earlier.”

What’s going on?!

As Shuri looked at him exasperatedly, Isaac looked at Shuri with contempt.

“I guess cutting off heads was too much for you after all.”

Shuri was about to grab his collar but stopped.

“Anyway, let’s block the entrance first. We need to finish before the Gold Cardinal and the Gold reinforcements arrive from the capital.”

He couldn’t let him go to grandfather.

“Should I ask Uncle Lilai how far they are?”

“No, Lilai isn’t coming.”

“!”

Lilai was deliberately not deployed. He was told to keep Benjamin from having unnecessary thoughts.

‘I asked the White Cardinal to take care of Leia, so it should be fine.’

Even though he came for the Saintess’s awakening.

‘Now then, before the Gold Cardinal rushes in from the capital, I should go there…’

But it was then.

Bang!

Golden light poured out from the entrance. At the same time, Shuri was startled to see the figure that appeared.

It was none other than Kina.

‘He already came here from the capital?’

Kina rarely looked pissed as he looked at Isaac and Shuri.

“I didn’t know even the Blue would cross the line like this. You dare attack the Pope?”

Isaac pushed Shuri as if he had expected this.

It wasn’t for nothing that he brought Shuri along.

“You block him instead of me.”

“What? Are you crazy? How can I block him!”

“Use this.”

Isaac placed something in Shuri’s hand. It was a very suspicious object.

“What is this?”

“He definitely won’t be able to attack.”

“I’m asking what this is!”

“Trust me.”

As if I would!

“More importantly, what are you going to do!”

“This body has other business to attend to.”

Isaac chuckled and slipped past.