The Wizard: Starting by Scamming the Demon God

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From the information flowing from the divine spirit, Mephisto knew that this power was called the power of faith. In the divine books, it was a rather omnipotent power that could be used to do many things, but its most basic use was to enhance one's own power.

However, this is useless to them, since their strength cannot be improved.

As for other uses...

Further exploration is needed.

Therefore, it can currently only be used for transforming and strengthening dependents.

There is only one way to increase your ability to gain faith: have more intelligent beings believe in you!

This brings us back to the original problem—population.

The underground city cannot accommodate any more people for the time being, so we must slow down...

"Ah~"

Just as Mephisto sighed, a series of hideous, evil serrations slowly emerged in the void. Mephisto frowned, and golden flames leaped up, but they were extinguished by Mephisto as soon as they ignited.

Only because Isaac's figure slowly emerged from the jagged edges of this righteous void.

"God Lord!"

Mephisto immediately bowed respectfully.

Isaac waved his hand and tossed a piece of monster flesh to Mephisto: "Do me a favor."

After saying that, he casually unleashed a stream of magical light that entered Mephisto's mind; this was the method for creating a fragment of godhood.

"As you command, Lord God."

As a god, even a virtual one, Mephisto possessed exceptional learning abilities. He grasped the process of creating the god fragment almost instantly, nodded in agreement, and then began the creation process.

But soon, the same situation as with the Blood Lord occurred: the divine fragments merged into Mephisto's body the moment they took shape!

The difference is that Mephisto seems somewhat pleased?

Chapter 299 You two seem to have too much humanity!

The experiment failed, but Mephisto was somewhat pleased, as the fragment of divinity, after merging into His body, directly transformed into the power of faith!

Although the quantity is small, it is genuine faith power that can be used to transform and strengthen the faith power of one's followers!

How could this displease Him?

Creating fragments of divinity is much easier than collecting power of faith!

Moreover, in Mephisto's view, this could not be considered a failure, because in His heart, He had a very bold idea—could this thing... have been specially researched and developed by the Gods for them?

It was a very bold idea, but it was proven true after the fragment of divinity merged directly with him, replenishing the power of faith within him!

As expected, the God has us in His heart!

Isaac, who was frowning in thought, looked at Mephisto, who was inexplicably laughing, and tilted his head with a puzzled expression. "Dude, my experiment failed, why are you so excited? Aren't you being a little too human?"

After asking around, Isaac learned the reason from Mephisto and was quite surprised. This thing has this kind of effect?

However, after a little thought, Isaac realized it was normal. Divine fragments could serve as resources for the advancement of gods, but as the saying goes, the mechanism is sufficient, but the stats are not up to par. This thing is not valued by real gods, and even by the current mouse, it is not taken seriously. It is just a delicious snack.

However, the fact that it is useless to real gods and god species does not mean that it is useless to virtual gods, because they are not real gods and their strength cannot be improved. Therefore, no matter how much faith power they absorb, they can only store it and use it to transform and strengthen their followers.

Although the faith power provided by the divine fragments is small, it is enough to transform followers!

According to Mephisto's estimate, about 10,000 of those god fragments could be converted into a first-tier familiar!

Ten thousand sounds like a lot, but you have to understand that what Isaac just gave you was just a piece of first-tier monster flesh, not even flesh essence, just ordinary monster flesh. You can probably collect a first-tier familiar power by killing seven or eight first-tier monsters.

This is absolutely amazing!

There was even an unexpected bonus...

Isaac stroked his chin. Although the experiment had failed, it was still a gain.

Furthermore, this isn't exactly a failure; it's just another incorrect option being eliminated. You get used to these things.

Thinking it over, Isaac took out an eye burning with blood flames and said, "You can handle the matter of the Godhood fragments yourselves, but remember, be careful in everything you do, including using the energy of the Godhood fragments to strengthen your followers."

"Yes, Lord God!"

Upon hearing this, Mephisto stopped smiling and nodded seriously.

“Come on, try again. This time, don’t use your divine power, use the power from inside this divine core.” Isaac handed the Evil Eye and the new monster flesh to Mephisto.

Since the fragments of the divine essence can merge with Mephisto, it means that the problem is not the influence of the Blood Lord's divine authority on flesh and blood, but rather the divine power itself!

The fragments of divine power forged from virtual deities share the same origin as the virtual divine essence itself, which is why the two merged so quickly.

The solution is simple: just use a "dead" virtual deity.

Divinity and deity are different, of course, they should be different.

On the other side, upon hearing Isaac's words, Mephisto paused for a moment, then realized that this thing probably wasn't specifically developed for them; it just happened to be effective...

For a moment, Mephisto felt his cheeks flush and felt a little embarrassed, but apart from that, he had no other emotions; he was a content person.

At least for now.

Mephisto accepted the virtual godhood and the monster's flesh. After a moment's thought, he drew out the divine power from his Evil Eye and integrated it into the flesh.

A series of sinister networks began to spread across the surface of the monster's flesh. A moment later, a flash of sinister divine power disappeared, and a gray fragment of divine essence lay quietly in Mephisto's hand.

Seeing this, Isaac couldn't help but smile; it was done.

Fortunately, he still had a virtual divine spark left, otherwise the "divine assembly line" plan would have been delayed for some time.

"Success?"

“Yes, it’s done.” Isaac smiled and nodded, taking the virtual godhood and godhood fragments from Mephisto. “You can teach the God of War how to create the godhood fragments. It’ll be faster if you do it together. Then get ready. In two months, you can try to conquer the bottom of the dungeon! I will find you some help then.”

Mephisto paused for a moment, then nodded without saying anything. Logically speaking, given the current development progress of the underground city, it shouldn't be touching the lowest level of the underground palace, since it wouldn't go berserk even if left unattended.

On the contrary, going there rashly could cost you your life.

This is not worthwhile for the current underground city; they are the hope of humanity!

You can't live only for yourself.

But there was nothing we could do; it was Isaac's suggestion after all.

Moreover, He believed that God would not let them die inside like that!

Although he hadn't spent much time with the god, that was the intuition that told Mephisto.

After giving Mephisto his instructions, Isaac returned to the basement. A flash of blood appeared, and the figure of the Blood Lord appeared. Isaac handed over the Virtual Godhood Evil Eye and a batch of demonic flesh to Him before going to the side to begin his research.

The optimization of the divine fragments is complete. Next, we need to study how to arrange [miracles] in this world.

At least until the Blood Lord has created enough fragments of divine power, he doesn't need to think about creating new virtual divine power, whether for the true gods of the underground city or for his own combat partners.

Miracles, something wondrous, seem to Isaac, from what he understands now, like a weakened version of the Great Creator, dependent on the world and rewarded to those who have completed rituals or trials.

Just like the great creation, isn't it?

It's just that the great creation has a wider influence and gives better things!

The setup of a miracle mainly consists of these steps: the ritual of construction, the creation of rewards, and communication with the origin of the world.

Each step is interconnected; without any one of them, the "miracle" cannot be created.

Currently, Isaac has only completed the first of the three steps. This is because the "Consecration of Gods" ritual exists in the real world, and he only needs to copy it. There are not many parts that need to be modified, and with his current expertise in ritual studies, it is easy to make the modifications.

But the second and third steps are a bit difficult.

Especially in the second step, although the effect of the miracle magic [Consecration of Godhood] is to create a virtual godhood, the reward of the Miracle Ritual: Consecration of Godhood is not a virtual godhood.

Even the highest-level reward is not it.

Simply put, the level of a virtual godhood is too high to be contained by a mere fourth-order miracle ritual. In fact, Isaac was able to condense a virtual godhood so easily entirely because of his cheat-like ability that increases his tolerance for mistakes.

Otherwise, under normal circumstances, Isaac's miracle magic would be practically useless, even though the benefits are high, the difficulty is also extremely high.

This is not uncommon among miracle wizards. The reason why a miracle is a miracle is that no one can know when it will appear or in what form it will appear.

Of course, this is not a problem for miracle wizards. They have plenty of solutions. Although it is unlikely to be as simple and brutal as Isaac's cheat code, it is still possible to solve it.

Getting back to the point, given the high rank of the virtual deity, it's unrealistic for Isaac to rely on a miracle to keep it here. But it's precisely because of the difficulty that it's worth the challenge for Isaac, isn't it?

Isaac was hunched over his desk, pen in hand, scribbling on a blank magic book. Although he had no idea how to solve the problem yet, he could first analyze and study the Miracle Magic: Godhood carefully. Maybe he would find a solution as he studied it.

Besides, even if he still has no ideas in the end, it's not a big problem. After all, thoroughly studying the Miracle Magic: Godhood will only benefit him, and this is a step he was going to take anyway.

And so, while Isaac was immersed in his research, time slipped by unnoticed. In the blink of an eye, two months had passed, and the day arrived when Mephisto and his companions made their first attempt to conquer the deepest part of the dungeon!

"dudu~"

Isaac was engrossed in studying miracle magic, frowning as he scribbled on a piece of scrap paper. Suddenly, a blue arcane band of light appeared on his wrist, shimmering faintly.

Frowning, Isaac took one last look at the still tangled mess of manuscript paper in his hand and couldn't help but sigh. The progress was truly limited…

Shaking his head, Isaac crumpled it into a ball and tossed it aside. He stood up, straightened his sleeves, and with a casual gesture, the Blood Lord, who had been silently creating blood in the corner of the basement like an ox or a horse, instantly transformed into a streak of blood-red light and flew into Isaac's hand, becoming a ring on his index finger.

Isaac touched the fragments of divinity created by the Blood Lord and couldn't help but show a look of joy. That's enough.

The current quantity is enough for him to condense another virtual godhead. In this way, he can rest assured to let the Blood Lord, whose days are numbered, unleash his final brilliance.

With another wave of his hand, Isaac collected all the fragments of divinity before being swallowed up by the jagged spatial serrations behind him.

When they reappeared, they were already in the temple of the underground city above. Mephisto and the God of War usually gathered godhood fragments and sparred with each other here to improve their combat experience.

Today, the two met again, but instead of sparring as usual, they stood respectfully to the side with their three strongest followers.

After more than two months of development, most of the divine followers are still at the first tier, with only a few of the most outstanding combat abilities being strengthened to the third tier.

After all, although they had divine fragments to replenish their faith power, the amount of faith power required to strengthen their followers to a higher level was still astronomical. Even though they had been creating divine fragments day and night, they had only managed to create three third-tier followers each.

In fact, if this power of faith were distributed evenly among all the divine followers, it would greatly enhance the strength of the followers' army, and at least half of the followers would advance to the second rank as a result.

However, after a moment's thought, Mephisto and the God of War abandoned this option. Firstly, Isaac wanted them to conquer the lowest level of the dungeon, where first and second-tier servants were completely useless; only third-tier servants were qualified to enter. In order to better complete the task assigned by Isaac, they needed third-tier combat power.

Secondly, even without Isaac's mission, they would still choose to concentrate resources on strengthening a few experts first, because this would free them from the deep dungeon clearing mission, allowing them to focus their energy on other things.

After all, the current underground city doesn't lack first and second-tier combat power; what they lack are third and fourth-tier combat power!

This is what it ultimately looks like.

but……