The Wizard: Starting by Scamming the Demon God

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After everything was completed, Isaac did not let Hamon carry the wild boar back, but instead took a step back and carefully observed the boar's condition.

As the newly replaced heart gradually merged with the spell, abundant earth-yellow magic power surged from the heart and quickly filled the boar's entire body. This "massive" amount of magic power, once it entered the boar's body, began to drastically transform its body.

During this process, Isaac was surprised to find that the fusion of bloodline factors was actually accelerating under the influence of this magic!

Although it's slow, it's definitely accelerating...

Looking at the wild boar on the operating table, Isaac narrowed his eyes slightly. He hadn't expected such an unexpected bonus.

However, it remains to be seen which part caused the impact.

This situation was not mentioned in the eldest sister's collection of books. It's possible that she didn't discover it, or it's possible that the eldest sister didn't have that part of the magic book.

However, Isaac prefers the former, because techniques like heart and blood transplants have been obsolete for a long time, and are currently only used by a small number of poor legendary wizards.

For example, Isaac~

So it's quite normal that the arcanists didn't discover this.

However, Isaac did not linger on it for long. Although it was interesting, with a formidable enemy at hand, he could distinguish between what was important and what was not. He simply wrote it down in his notebook and would study it later.

As for now, there are more important things to do.

After collecting the data, Hamon carried the giant demonized wild boar into an iron cage and locked it up. Then, he and Hamon went to another experimental site. In the middle of the site, there were five iron cages, each containing a demonic wolf, a horned rabbit, a wild spirit deer, a demonized wild boar, and a heart-transplanted demonized rat.

Unlike during the surgery, the five monsters did not fall into a coma. They were not only awake, but also very energetic and in good condition!

Sure enough, the most ferocious of the wolves is baring its teeth at Isaac.

"hiss!!"

Hamon flew suddenly to the wolf's cage, his palm splitting open to reveal two hundred neat, gleaming serrations!

Baring your teeth? Anyone can do that!

Isaac patted Harmon helplessly, bringing him back to reality; this experiment wasn't about showing teeth.

Hamon closed the crack in its palm, flew back to the back of Isaac's head, pointed straight to the sky, spread its five fingers, and a stream of magic flowed from Isaac into Hamon's body. Then it channeled all of this amplified magic into the monsters in the five iron cages.

Innate Sorcery: Flesh and Blood Conversion!

That's right, what Isaac is going to experiment with this time is his long-held idea of ​​his own innate magical talent.

Since the effect of flesh-and-blood conversion is to transform demonized flesh into a living being under one's control, thus enabling it to fight, it is clearly a summoning spell.

However, Isaac believes that this witchcraft has another direction that can be developed—that is, its use on living beings!

If this spell can work on living monsters, or creatures with magical powers, then its combat value will skyrocket!

Unfortunately, he had conducted several experiments before, but all of them ended in failure.

This is Isaac's seventh attempt, and also the seventh version of the talent spell, Flesh and Blood Transformation.

Unfortunately, three minutes passed, and none of the five monsters changed. It was a failure...

Isaac frowned. Failure is not terrible; failure is common in experiments.

But a failure that yields no results is truly terrifying...

Is this path blocked?

Isaac frowned slightly and shook his head. "It's not that bad. There are probably some conditions that haven't been met yet, and further research is needed..."

Fortunately, although this experiment still yielded no results, the week's learning helped Isaac find a direction to improve it, which was to start with bloodline factors!

From this perspective, Isaac had many ideas. After all, genetic mutations were not uncommon in his previous life. Although he had not formally studied related topics, he still knew a little about them, so it wasn't difficult for him to imitate them.

Once the painted tiger achieves the desired effect, everything will be much easier, since the beginning is always the hardest part.

The spell was interrupted, and Hamon took charge of cleaning up the laboratory, while Isaac went to prepare the enhancement ritual for Hamon. The items purchased from the Truth Association had finally arrived.

Actually, this thing arrived three days ago, but Isaac was immersed in studying bloodline factors at the time, so it was delayed.

Chapter 39 Wind Blade, got it!

Isaac only bought two types of Hamon's enhancement rituals. Although theoretically there is no limit to the types of rituals that a pet can perform at each stage, as long as you have the money, you can add any types you want.

However, such rituals have a diminishing effect; the more they are used, the less effective they become.

Although using all the rituals currently won't render them ineffective, the cost-effectiveness is very low, and the improvement later on is negligible.

Isaac didn't rush into action, but first carefully studied the two rituals, and he had a conjecture.

According to the brief introduction in the purchase catalog, Hamon can use these two rituals three times and once respectively at the current stage. The three-times ritual is the Hand of the Demon, which can acquire some of the magical talents of monsters, while the one-time ritual is the Hand of the Demon God, which can enhance the mysterious attribute at the current stage.

Isaac wanted to see if he could overcome the limit with his own cheat system. The Magic Hand was fine, but a few more low-level spells wouldn't make much difference, since he could learn them himself. There was no need to waste money on them; every little bit helps!

The removal of the upper limit has a significant impact on the Demon God's Hand. If Hamon's mystical attributes can be enhanced an unlimited number of times, how powerful would Hamon be when he becomes a high wizard?

The reason for purchasing this ritual was also because of this little ulterior motive.

Of course, even if it's not possible, this ritual is still very practical.

Isaac is no longer the newbie who just became a legendary wizard; he has been a wizard for almost three months now!

He already had some understanding of legendary wizards and arcane sorcerers.

Although arcane wizards seem to have evolved from legendary wizards and are a successor, they have actually embarked on a different path. While they still pursue knowledge and transform it into power, they have abandoned one thing compared to legendary wizards—mysticism!

They would publish the knowledge they had researched, letting more people know about it. Then, with the help of geniuses gathered together, they would develop more advanced knowledge through discussion and exchange. They would then repeat this process, gradually approaching the truth.

In this process, although they lost the power bestowed by the "mystery," they also gained the gift of "truth"!

Their power, which originates from the truth, will not be weakened in the slightest by the dissipation of mystery.

But legendary wizards are different. Although the source of a legendary wizard's power is faith, not mystery, they are still influenced by mystery. Long ago, wizards mostly studied on their own, maintaining their unparalleled mystery.

But as time has passed, times have changed. Today, most witchcraft is no longer mysterious, nor is it held by any one person alone, except for high-level spells.

Therefore, since the mystery of magic itself is unreliable, legend has it that wizards have developed another way to be amplified by [mystery], namely, transferring [mystery] to themselves!

The more [mystery] one possesses, the stronger the amplification of some spells will be.

Nowadays, many high-level spells even require a certain degree of mysticism to learn.

Therefore, for legendary wizards, increasing their mystical attributes is definitely not a loss.

……

"Hey~"

After a long pause, Isaac sighed heavily. It was hopeless…

For these two rituals, his "golden touch" can only affect the success rate.

Through research, Isaac discovered that the essence of these two rituals is actually to tap into the potential of the Hand of God, only in different directions. This is why the more types there are, the lower the effect, as the potential has already been largely developed in the previous stages.

There was only so much left to begin with, so naturally not much could be developed.

But because potential is something that you can always squeeze out if you try, even if you use all the current rituals, it will still have a slight effect.

However, even the richest people can't afford this kind of thing, let alone someone as poor as Isaac.

"Ugh, time to get to work!"

Shaking his head, Isaac stood up and walked to another area in the laboratory specifically for setting up ceremonies, where Hamon had already arranged the ceremonial materials.

Even the mats to increase the success rate have been prepared.

The first thing to do is the Hand of Magic. Isaac has prepared two targets for Hamon: one is the Wind Blade of the Gale Wolf, to increase his currently lacking attack methods, and the other is the Illusionary Butterfly's Illusionary Runes, to increase his control methods.

Moreover, the Illusionary Rune can benefit from the [Mysterious] amplification, so it has great potential.

Isaac chose to put the third target aside for now, as the spells he could acquire were definitely more than what he had so far. In any case, the ritual setup was relatively simple, and he only needed to make a choice before he became a Grand Wizard.

The cushion made from the Gale Wolf is very simple; it comes from the wolf's own resources. It requires the essence of the Gale Wolf's flesh and blood, which increases the yield by one percent per serving. It's very cheap, and the fortress has no shortage of this stuff.

So Isaac didn't hold back and directly pushed it to 200%!

With everything ready, Isaac stood in the center of the wave-shaped magic circle. Around him were various bizarre magical materials, including bloody intestines, dried-up monster fingers, broken scales, and black hand-shaped wooden carvings.

In the center of the magic circle, before Isaac, was the heart of a Gale Wolf, and beneath the heart were square pieces of flesh and blood essence.

A mysterious incantation emanated from Isaac's mouth, and a mysterious magical wave rippled outwards from Isaac. The materials on the magic circle all emitted a faint glow, and wisps of magical light converged into the heart of the demonic wolf in front of Isaac. Under the influence of this special magical power, some mysterious blue patterns began to appear on the surface of the demonic wolf's heart.

"Tear~"

Hamon emerged from behind Isaac's head and pounced on the wolf's heart. Its serrated jaws opened wide and swallowed the heart whole. It chewed twice, and crimson blood flowed from the corner of its lips.

"Shut up~"

Its long, purplish-black tongue suddenly shot out, licking away all the blood flowing from the corner of its mouth, and then its palm returned to normal.

However, it was only the shape that was restored. In reality, after Hamon swallowed the wolf's heart, streams of blood-red magic began to spread from his palm to his entire arm, and wherever it passed, it visibly grew stronger.

Soon, the magical fluctuations in the laboratory gradually subsided, and Isaac stopped chanting, a slight smile playing on his lips.

Another ritual was completed, and I became even stronger.

"Hamon!"

After the ceremony, Isaac pointed at the target that had been prepared in the spell training area, gave a soft shout, and then Hamon lightly flicked his index finger, and a wind blade shot out instantly, accurately cutting it in two!

Wind Blade, got it!

Thank you Yeye for the 100 coins!

This name... seems a bit like it's taking advantage of someone else's fame.

Chapter 40 Reinforcements Arrive

Looking at the stats for Wind Blade, its overall damage is slightly less than that of Fire Arrow, but it has a stronger cutting ability.

However, Wind Blade is Hamon's own sorcery, and only Hamon can cast it. Isaac cannot use it before he learns the spell. But conversely, Hamon can cast any spell that Isaac learns.

It's worth mentioning that both of these methods utilize Isaac's own magic.

But this is the drawback of the pet-based build.

The Familiar is only regarded as a wizard at certain times, not as a real wizard.

However, this has little impact on combat power, as magical pets will not disobey their master's orders.

After briefly glancing at the Wind Blade's data, Isaac immediately began setting up the next ritual. The core material for the Illusionary Rune was a pair of Illusionary Butterfly wings, the most expensive material on the Illusionary Butterfly, costing a full two hundred gold coins!