The Wizard: Starting by Scamming the Demon God

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Isaac got up and went to the magic cauldron. Although he knew that Liuli wouldn't make a mistake, he still checked the materials as usual before putting them into the magic cauldron one by one. Then, he held the long spoon and stirred and stirred...

Every now and then, some materials are thrown into the dark green liquid in the crucible, making it more colorful. Every now and then, some bubbles will burst, and colorful gases will rise from it.

At this point, Isaac would usually turn his head away to avoid the gases, as most of them were poisonous, with only a few being non-toxic or even beneficial. These gases were bound to the cauldron by Isaac's magic and swirled around it.

After a while, Isaac put all the materials except for a blank magic book into the magic cauldron, allowing their properties and the concepts they contained to fully merge. Then he picked up the blank magic book and gently waved his hand. The gas swirling above the cauldron immediately fell and tightly wrapped around the blank magic book.

Then, Isaac threw the spellbook into the cauldron, and the originally boiling, multicolored liquid immediately formed a vortex around the spellbook, with the special magic and concepts inside rapidly converging towards the Book of Privilege.

"Hmm?" Suddenly, Isaac frowned, looked up at the sky in confusion, narrowed his eyes slightly, and then relaxed his brow.

Just now, he felt a great power descend, but it was only for a moment, not even a fleeting glimpse. He had dealt with gods quite a bit, and although they were all external gods, their essence was similar, so he couldn't have been wrong about it.

Needless to say, this great power must have come from the God of Trust, and its target is the Book of Privileges that Isaac is currently forging.

This gave Isaac some food for thought. He had initially thought that the Book of Privileges was a power that the arcane mages of the Society of Truth had forcibly seized from the God of Faith. He was somewhat surprised that they, who always rejected violence, had done such a sloppy job this time.

But judging from his own experience, Isaac hadn't thought anything was wrong before, because if he had enough power and connections, he would definitely have done the same thing.

However, Isaac noticed something unusual in that brief moment of great power; he didn't detect even the slightest dissatisfaction within it.

No matter how powerful the wizard is, no matter how badly He was beaten in the past, the God of Faith is still a god, and a righteous god at that, with a legitimate church in the real world. It is impossible for such a being to have no thoughts about this kind of thing that is being ridden on His head.

As the saying goes, even though I can't beat you, that doesn't stop me from disrespecting you!

Therefore, the attitude just revealed by the God of Credit is very important. It shows that the Book of Privileges was not stolen first and then the God of Credit was forced to agree, as the report of the Association of Truth said. Rather, it is very likely that the God of Credit proposed the concept and then the group of arcane mages of the Association of Truth completed it!

Reversing this order completely changes the meaning!

After standing there for a while, Isaac shook his head, clearing his mind of all thoughts. There was no point in thinking about it anymore. Gods were not a realm that Isaac could yet understand. Even if he did understand, it wouldn't matter, given his limited abilities.

Even if the sky falls, there are always tall people to hold it up.

After calming his thoughts, Isaac saw that the Book of Privileges was finished being crafted. He reached out and scooped it up, and the magic book, which had been floating in the liquid of the magic cauldron, flew into Isaac's hand without touching a single drop of liquid.

"Ten slots..." Feeling the power of the Book of Privileges, Isaac smiled with satisfaction. Ten slots meant that the brewing process was perfect. Although he had borrowed the power of the cheat code, Isaac was still very satisfied.

After imprinting his magical mark on the Book of Privileges, Isaac put it away. Then, a shadowy figure appeared in the space behind him, like the maw of a giant beast, and swallowed Isaac whole.

The next moment, Isaac appeared in his bedroom. He lay down on the bed, closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, his consciousness had already descended into the body of the white whale clone.

"Woo~"

Deep on the island, Isaac curiously fiddled with the body of the white whale. Although the white whale clone had been around for some time, Isaac hadn't actually acted much as the white whale because when his consciousness descended to the white whale clone, his main body would stop, which would seriously affect his magical research.

Meanwhile, the white whale clone's greatest role for Isaac is to constantly feed and provide a negligible amount of nourishment to the dimensional world, so even though it descended here, there's not much for it to do.

Of course, this only applies to shallow waters. Once you enter the deep sea, it's a different story. There are many large, magically powerful but low-level sea creatures like the beluga whale there. Once you enter the deep sea, the beluga whale clone's feeding efficiency will increase significantly.

However, the deep sea is not so easy to enter. It has abundant resources, and also many powerful sea beasts. For example, the beluga whale is only one of the top predators in the second tier, but there are quite a few third-tier sea beasts in the deep sea.

So if Isaac wants to venture into the deep sea, he either needs to equip the beluga whale with at least a level 3 bodyguard, or he needs to personally control the beluga whale and find it a relatively safe place.

The former is out of the question; a third-tier bodyguard...

Isaac himself doesn't have one yet!

But the latter is different. This world is different from Isaac's previous life. Because of the immense power of the individual, the deep sea is not a forbidden zone for humans. It not only has designated areas, but also very detailed sea charts.

This time, Isaac chose a good hunting ground for the white whale clone on the Flesh Cult's sea chart.

Chapter 196

(The title was swallowed, so here's a new one, not included in the paid word count: Isaac: I've met a lot of madmen, but they all call me madman)

In the deep sea, a massive beluga whale is carefully swimming with the ocean currents, occasionally breaking free from them, pausing for a moment, and then rejoining the currents to continue swimming with them.

Needless to say, this white whale is none other than Isaac, who has descended into consciousness. At this moment, he is controlling the white whale clone to advance towards the hunting ground he has chosen for the white whale clone in the deep sea.

He would stop from time to time to check his location, after all, he was still a human. Although he could move freely in the body of a white whale without any discomfort due to his clone, he was still human.

But that's about it. Most of it belongs to the white whale, or rather, the instincts of a monster. Isaac doesn't have them, or rather, he doesn't have them now, unless he acts in the body of a white whale for a long time.

Therefore, in this situation, it has to stop from time to time to check its position to avoid going the wrong way. At the same time, it can also scout out the situation ahead. If a powerful monster passes by, it can wait until it passes before taking action.

Although the route Isaac chose for the beluga whale was quite safe, it was still the open sea, and anything could happen. Besides, the nautical chart was quite old, so it wouldn't hurt to be careful.

Fortunately, the Flesh and Blood Cult's nautical charts and routes were quite reliable. The beluga whale clone safely arrived at the deep-sea hunting grounds chosen by Isaac—the Whisperer Trench—following the ocean currents.

According to the records of the Flesh Cult, this place was once the site of the fall of an evil god. Although the body was taken away by a powerful wizard of the Flesh Cult, the place still accumulated a large amount of magic power, which nourished a large number of monsters and magic potions.

Unfortunately, this magic originates from an evil god and is extremely corrosive. Therefore, although this is a rare high-magic area, neither humans, sea creatures, nor deep-sea monsters avoid it, and it remains an unclaimed territory to this day.

But the white whale clone obviously doesn't care about these things. Its origin also comes from the evil god white whale, and its status is not much lower than that of the Whisperer. Whether it is monsters, magic potions, or the evil magic power contained in the sea, it can devour them directly without any taboos!

Of course, most importantly, although this is a high-magic area, due to the special nature of magic, none of the monsters here can break through to the third tier!

Of course, this only means that the rank is not yet at the third level; the actual combat power is different.

Even so, this is still the best place for beluga whales to grow. As long as they avoid the strongest monsters and are careful, with the beluga whales' terrifying growth potential, they will soon have combat power comparable to them!

……

"Whoo~"

Inside the castle of the territory, after delivering the white whale to its destination, Isaac slowly opened his eyes and breathed a slight sigh of relief. Now, it was up to the white whale clone to decide its fate; that was all the help he could offer.

After all, he was a mage, not a knight who trained his muscles or a lord who mainly managed his territory. His most important task was to conduct magical research. He didn't need to focus his energy on the white whale clone. The power and wealth it fed back were insignificant to Isaac at the moment.

Of course, the most important thing is...

Isaac touched his brow, which was now only slightly raised. From its initial promising start to its current budding stage, it showed that Isaac's fusion with the Magic Eye had reached its final stage.

At the same time, the power of the Demon Eye is about to be successfully conceived!

Every day he could feel an extremely evil power trying to come out of the Demon Eye, but it failed every time due to the degree of fusion between the Demon Eye and Isaac's body.

Shrugged and walked out of the castle, entering the mage tower to check on the territory using monitoring spells.

Believe it or not, although it's been a short time, they've actually figured things out. The territory now has three or four hundred people. Although most of them are still slaves, their eyes are starting to light up. Clearly, they've seen the future and are working towards it.

Don't be fooled by the fact that there are only three or four hundred people; managing them is quite challenging. Many people start to feel lost when managing just a dozen or so people, because these are real, living people, not just a monotonous number in a game.

Unfortunately, Isaac's territory was located in the heart of Solomon's territory and was not very large, at most enough to support a small town. This was only because his father later allocated him some more land; otherwise, he wouldn't even be considered a landlord, let alone a lord.

Of course, there were many open spaces around, but those were isolation zones that Caesar and his men had deliberately separated. Although no one lived there, the ownership of the land always belonged to Solomon.

Therefore, its development potential is limited, since the difficulty of development is comparable to that of expanding territory, rather than actually expanding territory.

However, Isaac's original intention was just to build Rona's confidence. If she couldn't develop, so be it. It wasn't a big deal. If Rona really liked expanding territory in the end, he could just give her a territorial expansion order. It wasn't complicated.

In contrast to the development of the territory, other aspects were much more conventional, proceeding steadily in accordance with Isaac's plan.

With the Dimensional Apostle as a convenient tool, Isaac expanded the number of Demon Rats he bred, successfully increasing the material profits from the Demon Rats several times over, and recently he has already made a name for himself.

Before long, he will be able to officially open a shop in the lakeside town, at which time his market for rat ingredients will be even larger!

He had already observed that there were no similar shops in the town, which was why there were so many requests to buy in the hut. After all, this kind of business required a large number of spellcasters to travel back and forth between the town and the farm, and the profit was actually very low.

Only Isaac could do this for free because he had dimensional apostles. After all, if others had that many spellcasters, potions, magical equipment, or even puppets would be much more lucrative.

Besides that, there are dragon lizards. Compared to the rat material business based in the lake town, the breeding and sale of dragon lizards are now on track. As planned, Isaac is responsible for providing high-quality dragon lizard cubs, which are then sold to the Solomon Territory. They then raise some of them and resell the high-quality ones.

The breeding farms and sales channels in the Solomon territory have been successfully established. It is said that the eldest sister's mage tower has even recruited mage apprentices to learn alchemy. Now they are just waiting for the dragon lizard materials to come and let them practice.

Although the income from these two sources is currently small, a drop in the ocean compared to his current wealth, it is still a steady stream of income, ensuring he won't run out of money.

Moreover, everything has a beginning. There are not many things in this world that can be achieved overnight. It doesn't matter if you have little now, as long as you have potential.

After reviewing the information, Isaac pondered for a moment, then rose and went to the top floor of the mage tower where the ceremony was to be held. With a flick of his right hand, the spellbook of the Mad Witch Society appeared, and magical characters began to emerge. Under Isaac's control, they were laid out on the ground, forming a somewhat complex magic circle.

"Click~"

After the magic circle was formed, a bolt of crimson lightning struck out of nowhere, and a crack appeared on the magic circle. Isaac paused for a moment, then put his large wizard's hat on his head and stepped inside.

The annual gathering of mad witches has begun.

Isaac no longer values ​​trading with mad witches of the same level, even though second-tier mad witches are already quite good, and he has begun to acquire some treasures or knowledge that are valuable to him.

But ultimately... it was too little.

Isaac is no longer the clueless newbie he once was when he first entered the wizarding world; he now has a clearer understanding of himself.

In the current world, he is probably one of the few traditionalists among the mad witches, meaning that in the evil god rituals, the purpose is not to trade, but to directly pick up the loot.

Therefore, among mad witches of the same rank, there are probably few stronger than him! Even more...

Well, forget about the money. There's no Outer God there, at least not on me when we were trading.

Therefore, Isaac no longer attends gatherings of people of the same rank, unless he advances to become a high-ranking wizard. He can go and see then, because the gap between high-ranking wizards is greater than the gap between a human and a dog. Even he dares not say that he can quickly stand among the top high-ranking wizards after he advances.

But Isaac was still very interested in this annual gathering, because it brought together a lot of crazy witches of all levels, and when they got together, all sorts of ingenious ideas would come up.

Although Isaac thought they were a bit cowardly, it didn't matter much; as long as they inspired him, that was enough.

For example, he gained considerable insights from his ritual of forcibly awakening billions of flesh and blood beings through his interactions with them.

This time too, he hopes to find some like-minded people here to work together on how to exploit the God of Credit!

After passing through the portal, Isaac returned to the jade-like square a year later. He arrived early, and groups of mad witches were chatting casually. Some mad witches were also gathered around the jade pillars, either trading or discussing topics.

Yes, besides being traded, the white jade pillar can also be used to gather people to discuss certain topics. Most seminars start this way, and only after they reach a certain scale will passing mad witches participate.

Of course, most mad witches still rely on the information on the white jade pillar, as this makes their methods more targeted.

Isaac thought for a moment, then walked to a white jade pillar and entered his research topic into it: "Some Speculations on Increasing the Number of 'Privilege' Positions".

In the end, Isaac did not express his purpose directly, because he had been here once before and knew that although the wizards here seemed crazy to outsiders, they were somewhat timid compared to Isaac. If he made it clear, no one might come.

So I might as well use a clickbait title and lure people in first!

He refused to believe that no one would be tempted by the promise of instant casting of privileged magic!

……

"Huh? Research on increasing the number of privileged slots?" A mad wizard who had just entered stood beside the white jade pillar, and was stunned when he saw this information. "There are... such serious wizards here?"

It has nothing to do with Outer Gods...

interesting!

Looking at the somewhat refreshing title amidst a sea of ​​bizarre and insane research topics, the mad witch's lips curled into a chilling smile. He had seen plenty of witches like this before.

He looks like he just became a mad witch, got lucky once and received an invitation, but ultimately didn't dare to trade with the Outer Gods again, so he came here to try his luck.

This is normal. After all, the Mad Witch Society's vetting process isn't actually that strict. Anyone who has made a deal with an Outer God can join. It's just that it's difficult to stay there for a long time, because if you don't make a deal with an Outer God for a long time, the Mad Witch Society's magic book will leave you.