The Wizard: Starting by Scamming the Demon God

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Philo was stunned by these words: "...As far as I know, the official wizards in the Mad Wizards' Guild are only making deals with Outer Gods... We're not that crazy..."

Isaac: "..."

Is the level of mad witches this low now?

Isaac was somewhat taken aback. He had always thought that the other mad witches were like him, playing a game with the Outer Gods and stealing their power through the trading ritual. But it turned out that it was just a trade.

However, after hearing Philo's words, Isaac found it even harder to understand.

"Aren't you losing out by doing this?"

Since making a deal with an Outer God is inherently dangerous and can cost you your life, and using a deal as a pretext to steal the Outer God's power will also cost you your life if you fail, why not take the risk?

This is also the correct way to use the Outer Gods trading ritual recorded in "The Wizard's Path".

Philo glanced at Isaac with a complicated expression, then exchanged a look with Angel, who was equally shocked, and they retracted their previous assessment.

Who said Isaac was a coward? This Isaac is too reckless!

However, amidst her shock, a strange light also flickered in Philo's eyes. Isaac was right!

Since it's all gambling anyway, why not gamble bigger?

Moreover, she also possesses the advantage of the Emperor's Decree!

Even if you lose in the game, it doesn't matter. At worst, you just won't achieve your trading goal. But you can steal some things in the process, so you will never waste the Emperor's Decree. You can gain something from every ritual!

This is great too!

Philo grew increasingly excited as he thought about it, and the glint in his eyes made the others feel a slight sense of fear...

Oh no, the worst thing has happened: the two lunatics have completed their correct communication and become even more insane!

Remington and his companions seemed to see the empire crumbling before their eyes...

Fortunately, Philo only thought about it and did not act immediately. First, she had already used up the Emperor's Token, and if she wanted to use it again, she would have to accumulate merits to exchange for it. Second, this was different from a transaction and would anger the outer gods to the greatest extent. Therefore, she had to ask her father's opinion first. Otherwise, if she failed, it would be interesting if her old man sold her out.

That's possible, after all, there's only one Terra Empire, but many daughters.

After being shocked several times, Isaac and his two companions lost the desire to communicate. They agreed to meet at Solomon's mansion three days later and then went their separate ways.

There's still a month until the Genie's Lamp Trial, but spots need to be secured half a month in advance, so they don't actually have much time to prepare. They'll need to finalize the cooperation plan by their next meeting.

As for why we're not finalizing it now...

That's because neither Isaac nor Philo are in the mood to discuss this matter right now. Isaac has just joined the Cult of Flesh and Blood, exchanged for new witchcraft, and news of his time at Solomon Fortress has already spread quite far. The Third Legend has been fully formed.

With all these issues piling up at once, how could he possibly be in the mood to discuss cooperation?

As for Philo, she was even more anxious than Isaac; she was busy asking the old man about the feasibility of Isaac's suggestion!

If it were really possible to do that...

Then the Outer Gods will suffer greatly!

Before the mage tower, watching Isaac and Philo disperse, Angel's lips curled slightly upward. After bidding farewell to Remington and Prince Norns' daughter, an invisible force propelled her wheelchair away in another direction.

Remington and Prince Norns' daughter exchanged a glance and made a tacit decision to leave the capital as soon as possible and head to the Frontier Territory!

I can't stay here for even a second longer!

It's too dangerous to be around this bunch of lunatics and psychopaths!

……

Meanwhile, Isaac quickly returned to the mansion in a pumpkin carriage. As soon as he entered the study, Hamon eagerly emerged, his palm outstretched in front of Isaac, and three magic books appeared.

One book was surrounded by a blood-red, evil glow; another by starlight-like power of faith; and yet another was entwined with swirling black energy, like a black hole, completely binding the energy emanating from the other two magic books!

Among the three books of legendary wizards, the method of writing one's own legend is a common practice, even in ancient times when many wizards wrote their own legends in all three magic books.

The reason is quite simple: although the magic power gained from self-legend is less, it is more concentrated and will greatly enhance the wizard's ability to control magic power.

Even with only one book written, it can effectively suppress the violent nature of the magic provided by the other two spellbooks.

So even though Isaac's period of magical instability had passed, when the spellbook was successfully condensed, he could still clearly feel that his control over his magic was stronger.

Moreover, the benefits don't stop there. With the condensation of this magic book, once Isaac holds his ascension ceremony, his next period of magical fluctuation will be even shorter!

In other words, he is one step closer to becoming a Grand Wizard!

This is why many wizards choose to write their own personal legends in all three books—they advance incredibly fast!

Of course, these are all minor issues for Isaac. As a cultured adult, he wouldn't be controlled by such minor issues. The most important part of the three magic books of the legendary wizard is the legends that accompany them.

With a gentle wave of his hand, Isaac released the spellbook wreathed in black energy. On its cover were three large, black characters: The Thief of Gods!

"The God Thief?" A hint of curiosity flashed in Isaac's eyes. This story was collected and compiled by his older brother, so he wasn't very clear about the specifics.

He gently flipped through the spellbook, and it quickly began to turn the pages. Lines of text flew directly into Isaac's mind, and he instantly understood what "The God Thief" was, as well as the legend of "The God Thief".

The legend is exactly the same as the book's title—"The God Thief"!

Once activated, it can steal the power of the gods to create one of its own followers. Currently, it can only create one follower!

Sorry... I was too tired after get off work and fell asleep... I didn't wake up until 10 pm. But as I said at noon, the minimum is still three chapters today, although it might be a little late. As for the rest, consider them the chapters I owe, I'll try my best to write more.

Chapter 70 My Best Friend: The Lord of Billions of Flesh and Blood!

The power of the "God Thief" comes from the biography Caesar wrote for Isaac. In that biography, three short stories are recorded. The first is about Isaac feigning friendship with the Lord of Billions of Flesh and Blood, stealing His power to quell the impending goblin horde ahead of time.

The second was Isaac's adventure and deal with the god of the black orcs, from whom he obtained information about the black orcs' autumn raid, allowing the fortress to prepare.

The third is that Isaac used his ingenious disguise skills to deceive the god of the black orcs, and with His power, he wiped out a large number of black orcs in one fell swoop, completely resolving the crisis of the black orcs' attack!

The three stories were only so-so, mainly because they contained too much fiction and sounded far-fetched.

There's no way around it. Firstly, mortals can't look directly at God's glory and can't frequently mention the names of external gods, so the names of evil gods in the books are all made up. Moreover, to prevent a large number of believers from actually creating evil gods, their names are all ridiculous.

For example, the Lord of Billions of Flesh and Blood is called the Master of Blood and Fat, and the God of Black Orcs is called the Black Half-Beast Half-Human, and these are bizarre titles, and they were even misspelled twice!

Secondly, the process of deception was also fabricated, because Isaac did not explain it in detail to the writer, otherwise he might also have been influenced by the power of the evil god.

Stories filled with a lot of fictional content are naturally not very good.

However, thanks to Solomon's vast propaganda machine, the outrageous story of "The God Thief" eventually spread throughout the territory. Furthermore, since the wizard only needed "observation" for his faith power, not "faith," the quality of the story didn't really matter.

In the "Self-Tales," the factors that truly influence the final formation of abilities lie in whether the wizard himself has done these things, how relevant they are, and his own strength.

The [God Thief] is a powerful ability born under these circumstances, an ability that is even close to authority!

Unfortunately, while the story contains many fictional elements, Isaac truly did both deceive the evil god and steal divine power...

And more than once...

So this ability, which is close to power, was eventually born. Isaac suspected that if he hadn't been a little weaker, he probably could have really condensed power!

But it doesn't matter. For him, who is still just a formal wizard, even if [God Thief] becomes an authority, it's just that it's easier to activate and consumes almost no resources, so it's not very useful.

Because the core of the [God Thief] ability is theft, there is a probability of failure, and that probability is not low!

If such a thing fails, the price will definitely be high, so if you want to use it, you have to use his cheat code to turn stealthily stealing into openly picking up!

So whether it is power or not is irrelevant, and there is still hope that it will transform into power in the future, so the future is bright!

When it came to using this ability, Isaac immediately thought of his old friend—the Lord of Billions of Flesh and Blood!

There are two reasons. First, He is now in a deep sleep for unknown reasons, which is a perfect opportunity for Him to do evil!

Secondly, the mats are cheap, with a basic success rate of up to 70%, and one dose of flesh essence can increase the success rate by 1%, so you can easily fill them up!

A demon's familiar would be quite useful to him, not only as an excellent combat unit, but also seemingly possessing considerable intelligence, perhaps able to assist him in conducting some magical experiments.

As research projects increase, Isaac is gradually becoming overwhelmed. Harmon is intelligent enough, but its actions are largely constrained by Isaac. The mouse is free enough, but unfortunately, it is severely lacking in intelligence.

As a legendary wizard, he couldn't take on apprentices like an arcane wizard, because legendary wizards didn't have the concept of apprentices; they started as full-fledged wizards.

While it's not that she can't teach arcane magic, it's really difficult to recruit someone whose major doesn't match hers. Besides, this job is going to start soon for the older sister. How can a mere formal wizard be as attractive as a high-level wizard?

Therefore, it's best to make one yourself.

This is also the choice of most legendary wizards.

For example, in the original plan, Isaac intended to draw upon the legend of the contracted fairy from the magic book "Cinderella".

After roughly formulating a plan in his mind, Isaac put away the spellbook, took out the new sorcery he had exchanged, glanced at it briefly, and then picked up the spatial manipulation technique that he was most interested in and began to study it.

Just as Isaac had suspected, this spatial manipulation comes at a cost, and a significant one at that.

This sorcery is similar to the [God Thief] he just acquired, both relying on the power of gods. The difference is that the [God Thief] can be used on all gods, but cannot be detected; it can only be used to create followers.

But the magic of spatial manipulation is different. It involves trading with a fixed deity, and one gains the ability to manipulate space by offering sacrifices to the deity. Moreover, it requires continuous sacrifices, and once the sacrifices stop, the corresponding deity will take back the ability.

It's called witchcraft, but it's actually more like divine magic, only it doesn't require faith.

This is just like the God of Blood and Flesh worshipped by the Flesh Cult—it's merely a transaction, a way to save fallen gods.

However, despite this, it still contains a lot of content. This witchcraft is divided into three parts. The first part is how to find a reliable deity, simulate prayer by setting up a magic circle, obtain the other party's divine power, and then decipher the name of the deity that can be used for communication and the materials required for sacrifice based on the divine power.

The second part concerns the establishment of the contract. Unlike the rituals for dealing with outward gods, this contract is used with legitimate deities, so its binding force is very strong for both parties. There are not many loopholes intentionally set up, making this part much simpler than the other two parts.

The most promising part is the third part. This witchcraft is not as simple as trading with the gods. Trading with the gods to obtain the ability to manipulate space is only the first step. After this step is successful, the spatial analysis formula in the third part will be used to slowly analyze the nature of spatial manipulation. After advancing to the level of a great wizard, one will be able to master this high-level spatial magic, spatial manipulation, on one's own in a very short time!

Overall, the third part is the most difficult, as it involves formal research on spatial knowledge, but it does not affect its usability.

The most difficult part is the first one, because the requirements for sacrifices are usually not cheap, and you can't ask an external god for help or get something for free; you can only find it slowly.

"Sigh~" Isaac shook his head and put the spellbook away. He couldn't count on it for the time being; he was broke. Both the upcoming battle and the creation of the demon god's familiars required a large amount of flesh essence, and the money Caesar gave him wasn't quite enough...

Let's save our resources. But the material shield is different. This magic is a relatively conventional spell, which can be learned, mastered, and cast.

This chapter and the next one will be updated normally, and then it's time to pay off the debt...

Chapter 71 The Witch's Pleasure Feast

"Ughhhhhh~~~"

The next day, Isaac, who had been studying witchcraft all night, stretched and stood up from his chair. He glanced at the witchcraft spell "Material Shield," which had reached 63% progress on his learning panel, and a slight smile appeared on his lips. He stretched his body, closed his spellbook, and prepared to go out.

He planned to go to the Tower of Truth, rent a laboratory, resolve the ascension ceremony first, and then purchase some essential materials, such as monster flesh essence and more monster flesh essence and more monster flesh essence...

After that, you can set off from the capital to the city where the Great Trial of the Magic Lamp is located.

Otherwise, it's very inconvenient to be restricted in the capital. A rented laboratory is never as safe as your own. When you're out and about, you still have to be careful.