I’m Going to Destroy this Country

What the Skeleton King discovered were three glass bottles.

Of course, what surprised him was the contents inside the bottles.

‘Wow, they all look like dried jerky.’

Inside the glass bottles were what could be called ‘fishy items’.

Each had a dry hand, a dry heart, and a dried tail, to be precise.

The commonality among the three was that they were all tightly sealed with a cross-shaped rope.

Furthermore, even though the entrance was tightly sealed with a cork stopper, there were seven or more seals on top of it.

The Skeleton King instantly knew the identity of those fishy items.

‘They are the corpses of demons.’

In other words, it wasn’t just well-dried snacks… They were sealed demons.

Usually, when dealing with demons or other such beings, their corpses were completely burned to ashes. And those who had some value were made into useful items like this.

Such items were usually called .

‘Well, each one of them is a valuable creature with a high-level magic core.’

Of course, no matter how high the rank was, they were still the corpses of demons.

It was natural for the priests not to pay any attention, but surprisingly, they had some usefulness to them as well.

‘They make perfect decoys.’

The priests were often dispatched throughout the continent for rituals or to exterminate demons. And when they were being chased by demons, unsealing and throwing these items as decoys had a tremendous effect.

‘They get tangled up just like flies or maggots.’

Since demons killed their own kind and consumed their magic cores and bodies to obtain magic power, it was better to choose the magic power of their own kind rather than a few scraps of human flesh. The higher-ranking demons had their entire bodies, from muscles to bones, turned into a lump of magic power.

The Skeleton King, having lived for hundreds of years in the cycle of being eaten and devouring others, knew this better than anyone.

Some priests used this habit to intentionally summon demons for various purposes.

And then, they would deal with the summoned demons all at once…

‘Ah, thinking about it again annoys me. Those dirty priests who engage in disgusting mass hunting.’

They don’t treat humans any better than dogs.

In the past, even the Saintess herself would entice others like a bone in front of a dog, and that thought made his anger rise.

No matter how much he was a skeleton, he still had human dignity.

What in the world did they see the Demon King as? Shaking that kind of thing.

If they wanted to shake, they should shake it at the highest level!

Besides, demon corpses could also be reliable pocket money. There were plenty of magic core hunters and countries that wanted magic cores.

‘But still, it wasn’t common to carry something like that around.’

Unless they were priests who specialized in demon subjugation, they rarely possessed them.

But why did that Bishop have such a valuable item?

There was only one meaning when a Bishop, who had no reason to go to the outskirts, possessed it.

‘There must be another purpose, or it means that the road is not safe enough for the Bishop to travel without caution.’

It was an easy deduction.

The need for protective items indicated that the public safety wasn’t good.

He didn’t know what happened in the meantime, but it must be a situation where demons are appearing all over the place.

The Skeleton King, who immediately grasped the situation, curled up his mouth.

‘No wonder that the Bishop was strangely insolent towards the Emperor.’

He showed a strange attitude of bullying, even going as far as using the imperial prince’s status as a threat.

Even if he was from the headquarters of the Papacy, it was an attitude that couldn’t be seen unless he was the Pope himself. It was a situation where the power of the Pope and the clergy was inevitably growing.

For example, the number of demons invading the human faction had increased.

‘Well, I don’t know what happened while I was absent.’

It seemed that the power of the clergy favorable to demon subjugation had grown continent-wide.

And in history, a favorable situation for one side becomes power.

‘The Saint, who can become the pinnacle of that power, well, is like a golden goose.’

Well, it wasn’t the time to worry about that yet.

What was important now was that the demon corpses were right in front of the Skeleton King.

The thin corners of the Skeleton King’s mouth curled up.

At that moment, the golden rattle he was holding fell to the other side of the bag.

As if it had been dropped.

Smoothly.

Clang!

“!”

When the pure gold object fell, everyone’s attention momentarily turned to the rattle.

“Oh my, such a precious item.”

The priests hurriedly moved to pick up the rattle.

“We had taken care of the weight, but it seems a bit heavy after all…”

When he held it, it was light, but the moment he dropped it, it became a heavy lump of gold.

Finally, when the Bishop’s attention was directed that way, next to the bag.

The Skeleton King, with a raised corner of his mouth, used magic.

Crackle!

In a fleeting moment, if he could divert everyone’s attention elsewhere for just 0.1 seconds, it would be enough.

Boom!

“!”

The glass bottle inside the bag shattered.

In an instant, the temple turned into chaos.

“Aaah!”

As the glass bottle broke, the demon sealed inside escaped outward.

Black smoke instantly covered the entire temple.

A chilling wailing sound spread as if it would devour the brains of humans.

-Gurrrr!

Whether it was the roar of a beast or the wail of a ghost, the eerie sound wandered through the temple and soon manifested as the form of a demon.

No face was visible.

All that could be seen were skeletal hands and legs without any sign of life. It resembled a figure wearing a hooded cloak turned inside out.

The frozen priests and paladins could only doubt their own eyes.

“Shadow Lich!”

“Why is a high-ranking demon here!”

Startled, they hastily activated their holy spells.

The Emperor also drew his sword while holding the prince.

Soon, their repulsive gazes were directed straight at the Bishop.

“Releasing demons in the temple! Have you gone mad?”

The imperial paladins were even more agitated. Etiquette had long since disappeared.

“Bishop Mas Berit! What is the meaning of this!”

“Daring to plot against His Majesty and the prince in front of the imperial knights…!”

However, the Bishop seemed bewildered and checked the broken glass bottle inside the bag.

What had shattered was the bottle that had withered hands inside. That’s why he could only be more perplexed.

‘What is this!’

It was none other than the seal of the demon personally captured by him!

But wasn’t it already dead?

How could such a thing…!

The Skeleton King secretly chuckled.

‘Yes, it will appear as if it’s dead. In reality, it is dead.’