The Wizard: Starting by Scamming the Demon God

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Deities can absorb the power of faith to enhance their strength and even gain new abilities.

As for the power of faith, Isaac knew of three kinds. The first was the most common power of faith, which came from the faith of all living beings in gods, justification by faith, and was the power of "faith". The second was the power of faith collected by wizards, which was born from the spread of stories and was the power of "observation". The third was the power of faith of noble knights, which came from the people living in their territories and was the power of "existence".

The divine species can absorb the power of faith from [faith], a privilege unique to gods!

Because the power of faith, which comes from faith, contains too many visions, only God can ignore these countless distracting thoughts.

If it were an ordinary person, they would take this for granted. After all, he is a god. If he weren't special, how could he be called a god?

But from the wizard's perspective, one must ask why: why can gods absorb the power of faith so easily? If it's a matter of strength, then why can weaker divine species also absorb it?

And it won't be affected?

One question after another surfaced in my mind, and slowly, a rebellious idea was born...

Of course, the original owner of Isaac's manuscript was not powerful enough to kill a god, so he chose to dissect a species of god that shared the same origin as the gods, and finally found the answer in it—a special energy network!

This energy network permeates the entire body of the deity and is key to its ability to perceive and absorb the power of faith. In the manuscript's conjecture, this network is the most basic form of divinity, which may one day become the divine power that brings great strength to the gods!

However, this was just speculation without any basis, so Isaac glanced at it and put it aside, focusing his attention on the special energy network.

The first step in creating a totem is to use the power of faith to create this energy network on the target.

Isaac is currently stuck at this step because he doesn't know alchemy, so he can only use surgery, which he's skilled at, but...

Failed.

Because performing this surgery almost requires completely cutting open his entire body!

Including vital organs like the heart and brain!

Normally, this isn't called surgery, but rather intentional rat killing.

However, a magical spell prevents it from dying immediately.

After enduring a painful dissection, it died in the sixth hour...

Cause of death – autopsy…

Hehe ~

Whether they are demonic rats or devil rats, their vitality is too weak; they simply cannot survive until the surgery is completed.

"Increase the number of life-sustaining spells?"

“No, inscribing the divine network requires chanting incantations to guide the power of faith; there’s no extra time to allocate to life-sustaining incantations…”

"A segmented representation of the divine network?"

"No, the Divine Network is a unified whole..."

"..."

"..."

One idea after another popped into Isaac's mind, only to be rejected one by one.

And so, with wave after wave of brain cells sacrificing themselves, the entire experiment proceeded methodically... indefinitely...

As the sun set, golden rays streamed into the laboratory, illuminating the manuscript in front of Isaac and pulling him from his reverie...

"Hey~"

With a heavy sigh, Isaac got up, stretched by the window to loosen his muscles, then walked to the cauldron, lit a fire, and casually threw in a few handfuls of silver moon grass to boil.

Knight's Elixir, an essential item for a knight's training, is not difficult to make; it can be brewed even without magic power.

Although he himself doesn't drink it, Barton and the others need it for training. Perhaps the reward for Barton has motivated the others, and recently the training intensity of the guard team has increased significantly, which has led to a high consumption of knight's secret medicine.

Originally, these should have been purchased from outside sources. After all, even the lowest-ranking master is still a master, and it's unacceptable for a master to serve a servant.

However, firstly, Silvermoon Grass is produced in the territory, so brewing it yourself will save a lot of money. Secondly, legend has it that the cauldron used by wizards to brew potions needs to be kept warm by occasionally brewing some magic potions, which can effectively increase the success rate of potion brewing.

Therefore, legend has it that wizards generally do not leave their cauldrons idle for long periods of time, and they will even boil extra potions for their pets to keep on hand.

Because legend has it that the process of a wizard brewing medicine is actually a subtle ritual, the cauldron will naturally become unusable under the influence of this ritual setting…

Ok?

Isaac, who was stirring with a spoon, suddenly froze, a flash of inspiration crossing his mind: a ritual…

"Yes! A ritual! Since the process of brewing medicine is a ritual, why can't the process of surgery be a ritual? To complete the totem forging? Or to cast a life-sustaining spell?"

Seizing this unexpected flash of inspiration, Isaac became extremely excited. He even ignored the failed attempt to brew the Knight's Elixir, threw the spoon aside, turned around, sat back down at his desk, and continued writing furiously!

"Tear~"

A demonic claw emerged from the back of Isaac's neck, its palm splitting open to reveal a scarlet eye. This eerie eye stared at Isaac for a moment, and after confirming that he had no intention of going to eat, it slowly drifted towards the door.

As soon as he stepped out of the lab, Claw saw Smith standing guard at the door. He waved his claws at him and then continued to float towards the restaurant with practiced ease. Smith, unfazed, remained standing guard for Isaac.

Although Isaac is now just as strong as him, Smith has gotten used to this kind of life. He has been taking care of Isaac this way for the past ten years and will continue to do so in the future.

Until he could no longer stand.

Meanwhile, the demonic claws drifted into the restaurant, glanced at the maid who was frozen in fear, grabbed the roast meat and fruit on the table, and scurried back to the laboratory.

During these days, whenever Isaac was immersed in his magical studies, it was the Demon Hand that delivered food to him.

However, because of its ferocious appearance, even though she had seen it several times, the maid was still very uncomfortable with it, and every time she saw it, she would freeze...

……

The next day.

"Haha! I did it!"

Isaac stared at the demon rat on the operating table, its body covered in stitches, his expression somewhat manic.

It's too difficult to complete the totem forging directly through rituals. Isaac's current understanding of ritual studies is not enough to do that, but using it to replace the life-sustaining spell is not a big problem.

As long as the Demon Rat's vitality is strong enough, he will have enough time to guide the power of faith to inscribe a divine network for the Demon Rat.

At this moment, Isaac could clearly see specks of light, some bright and some dim, drifting from the mutated rat in the corner to the demon rat.

This is a basic spell included in the sorcery manuscript, called the Faith Catalyst Spell.

Just as its name suggests, it can forcibly strengthen the target's faith level and forcibly generate faith power. However, this faith power is extremely useless and also damages the believer's mind.

Therefore, normal gods would not use this spell.

Of course, wizards don't care, since they don't absorb the power of faith themselves.

For example, the original owner of the witchcraft manuscript.

However, the witchcraft is not actually complete at this stage.

Because the Demon Rat has not yet developed its own divine magic, it is currently only relying on the divine network within its body to instinctively absorb the power of faith, without any means of utilizing it. At present, the power of faith within its body is merely a decoration.

However, this is only temporary. As time goes by, the divine network engraved in its body will slowly merge with it, making it a true divine species!

Of course, this process will be quite lengthy and will require a great deal of faith to nurture it.

Therefore, a second step is needed—accelerating the integration with the divine network and guiding it to condense divine magic.

Only after completing this step can it truly be called a divine species—a totem!

However, the second step is much simpler. Accelerating fusion involves regularly taking some magic potions and applying some spells to reduce rejection. Condensing divine magic involves choosing one of the three basic divine magics and then engraving it into its divine network with the power of faith.

However, although it is said to be three basic divine spells, unfortunately, his manuscript on witchcraft is limited in length and only records two basic divine spells, namely [Command the Clan] and [Blessing].

These are very basic divine spells, and they are all very practical.

Of course, in addition to these two basic divine spells, you can also inscribe witchcraft models into the divine network. There is a certain probability that they will be assimilated into divine spells, but the success rate is quite low.

However, Isaac did not do that; instead, he chose the basic divine spell "Blessing" for the demon rat.

The reason is quite simple: it's not fear of failure, but a lack of money...

He's desperate for money now; he hasn't even seen a return on his investment with the devil rats he was raising, and he's already lost two of them...

Therefore, he could only choose two basic divine spells with a success rate of almost 100%, and he chose the one he was most curious about, [Blessing].

He was very curious about what the Demon Rat, with its extremely limited ability pool, could bestow upon its "followers" after receiving the [Blessing].

Unfortunately, these things will take some time, so we'll have to wait a little longer.

"Whoo~"

After locking the demon rat in the iron cage, Isaac walked to the window, looked at the scenery outside, and felt exceptionally relaxed.

Behind his head, a devilish hand crept out, its sharp thumb and forefinger gently picking up a peeled apple from the desk and offering it to Isaac, rubbing it against his face.

Isaac chuckled, patted his hand, took the apple, popped it into his mouth, and savored the leisurely moment.

I wish these days could last forever...

pity……

Isaac shook his head helplessly. He was a greedy man. The manor was too small to satisfy him. Sooner or later, he would have to go out and make his own way in the world!

However, before that, it needs to develop properly, so...

"Hey~ let's go see how the little guys are growing." With his hands behind his back, Isaac walked out of the laboratory and led Smith, who was standing at the door, toward the farm behind the castle.

"Currently, both the demon rat and the dragon lizard are doing well. Their size and the level of magic power within them are steadily increasing. The dragon lizard's growth is the most obvious. In another three days, they should reach the standard you mentioned, young master."

On the way to the farm, Smith gave Isaac a brief overview of the current situation.

Isaac nodded. Not bad. It seemed he might be able to make it to the Mad Witch Society's small exchange meeting in three days. He was very curious about it.

Although he was immersed in magical research during this period, he would occasionally glance at the Mad Witch Society's chat group. Unfortunately, these people were probably tech geeks, and they basically didn't say anything, and he didn't know why.

A dragon lizard that has awakened its dragon bloodline might be worth trading for something good?

Isaac wasn't quite sure, after all, those who could enter the Mad Witches' Guild were all people who dared to make deals with the Outer Gods and get away unscathed, and they all had some skills.

Even if he doesn't like it, it's not a big deal. Anyway, he's going there to broaden his horizons. If he sells it, he'll make a fortune; if he doesn't, he won't lose anything. After all, a dragon lizard that has awakened the dragon bloodline is a good choice, whether for personal use or to sell to the Tower of Flesh and Blood.

Upon arriving at the breeding farm, Isaac saw his little darlings. After observing them, he found that the breeding farm was even better than he had expected. The dragon lizards would be able to drink the magic potion and awaken their bloodline in about two and a half days, while the demon rats would be even faster, probably ready for market tomorrow, all plump and healthy.

Isaac picked out four that looked good and set them aside to sell, keeping two pairs of demon rats for breeding. As for the dragon lizards…

He didn't move. The growth cycle of dragon lizards is much longer than that of demon rats. Even with the breeding farm, it would take at least a year for them to meet the conditions for reproduction...

It's much more efficient to sell them and buy new pups to raise.

Afterwards, Isaac replenished the food of the demon rats and dragon lizards with the ordinary flesh and blood produced by the Flesh and Blood Gem in the past few days, then turned around and left. He went to the training ground, found a grassy spot to sit down, and flipped through the "Introduction to Arcane Energy, Volume 1" given to him by his older sister.