Shadow of God: The Goblin Contract Act

Article 9(2) of the Constitution of the Republic of Korea, also known as the Demon Contract Act. People joke about the clause, but they talk less at night and walk in the shadows in alleys. Old beings lurk in the shadows, and what used to be called goblins, ghosts, spirits, and legends now have the legal substance of a contract. "The moment you read this, you agree to the contract." Minjae looked down at the old paper, which hadn't been burned by fire or soaked by water. Strangest of all, his name was already written on it. "This is a scam." "A scam? This is an opportunity. You can borrow my power for the price of your life, a fair deal." The goblin laughed. His eyes were flame-red, and he wore raven feathers. His voice was fierce and warm. Its alien warmth shook Minjae's heart. He was being forced to make a choice. To survive, he had to accept the contract. A living sentence, handed to me on death's doorstep. And a single phrase written at the end of it. "The contractor gets what he pays for." The law is a shackle that binds the goblins, and a last resort for humans to survive. No one fully understands the law. But people do. In order to get something, you have to give something. In the cracks of the city, old myths come alive. And a boy slowly opens his eyes among them. The deal he made wasn't just about survival.

He asked. Why do humans always have to be the chosen one. Why should we live on the fringes of the law. When night falls, the goblin moves again. And another contract is made. On that piece of paper, you now have your name. The goblin Min-Jae contracted was named Cha Hwa-Yeon. An old being, born from the embers. She was a spirit of war and disaster, but under contract law she was now registered as a 'legal representative goblin'. Her mission is one and only one - to intervene by proxy to ensure Minjae's survival. But Minjae soon realized that the real purpose of the contract was not just survival. "Why did you choose me?" At Minjae's question, Hwa-yeon was silent for a moment. Eyes blazing red beneath the streetlamps looked at him slowly in the darkness. "You remind me of my past, for I once had to protect the Chosen One. But that human, he chose to fight for himself." "And... dead." "No." Hwa-yeon laughed. "That kid turned the law on its head." Under contract law, goblins can't harm humans. However, humans can always claim to have been 'harmed by a goblin'. There are people who have been wrongfully disappeared in this contradictory web of laws. Those who fight on their behalf are called contractors. Min-jae realizes that she is not just a victim, but a "remembered voice" that moves the world. Finally, he is summoned to the **'goblin court'**.

It is a place that cannot be described by human laws. A courtroom without a sky, where testimony is revealed as memory and evidence as soul. There, she sees Minjae. How so many contracts have been distorted, how the demons have been rendered powerless. And the girl standing in the middle, Yun Seol. She became a contractor before Minjae, and now she's a defense attorney for the goblins, who are advocating for a change in contract law. His eyes were as cold as ice, his voice as stern as a blade. "Minjae, it's time to choose whether you want to be a victim or a witness." The "boogeyman contract law" is not just a shield. It was the oldest trick man ever invented to keep the shadow of God in check. Minjae finds out. The truth behind the word contract. And how you want to be remembered in this world. Now he is determined not just to survive, but to become a speaker. And like a spark, it is reborn. On the border between goblins and humans - to write a new law.