Wizard: Scamming a Demon God

Arriving at the Sect’s Witchcraft Redemption Center, Isaac first checked the price for the technology for a separate Magic Pool. While not very cost-effective, its main advantages were safety and stability.

Nothing was more important than safety.

Besides, for Isaac, flesh resources were a necessity—a very important strategic resource.

Take the battle in Philis Town, for example. From start to finish, he had completely dominated the fight, steamrolling anyone who came at him!

He fought with supreme confidence!

But behind that confidence was the fact that he had burned through almost all the Demonized Flesh Essence he’d bought for five thousand Gold Coins in that single battle!

When he fought Philo at the end, even that hadn’t been enough. He had to tap into his Dimension’s Infinite Magic Power, and only by combining that with his long-term accumulation of power did he manage to unleash such miraculous combat strength!

However, the consequences were also extremely severe. After the fight, five thousand of the ten thousand Gold Coins Caesar had given him had simply evaporated!

Even with what he managed to recover afterward, he conservatively estimated a loss of over two thousand Gold Coins. More importantly, to reuse the recovered flesh, he would have to reopen the Dimension.

And his Dimension, after using the Infinite Magic Power that time, on top of having been opened sporadically a few times before, was already showing signs of instability. Until he could stabilize it, that power was truly a last resort.

Therefore, his current conventional combat power wasn’t nearly as outrageous as he had displayed in Philis Town. For instance, he could now only summon one of those overpowered Great Sword Ghosts at most.

So, if he could achieve an unlimited supply of flesh, using a Magic Pool would be an acceptable alternative.

However...

’Three thousand Magic Stones...’ Isaac sighed helplessly. ’It’s too expensive. I can’t afford it...’

’And that’s just the price for the knowledge; it doesn’t even include the cost of materials...’ 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

’Looks like freeloading is more my style...’

Isaac began searching for Witchcraft that could steal the power of Outer Gods.

He already had a few ideas about this.

Isaac had already done his research before coming. In this world, most Outer Gods were Mysterious. The vast majority of people didn’t even have a Concept of Outer Gods; they only knew of Evil Gods, because the more one knew, the more dangerous it became.

But there was a certain group of Outer Gods in this world whose power was extremely Erosive. Simply using their power could cause people to mutate. As a result, these Existences were extremely generous—so generous that a mortal could simply utter a few words of prayer, and power would descend, followed by disaster.

It was worth mentioning that some Witches were born this way. ’Perhaps this is also part of the reason their power is uncontrollable?’

Isaac had no way of knowing, but this was good news for him.

Because these Existences didn’t care if their power was stolen. In fact, They would be thrilled for you to use it—the more, the better!

And among the energies spread by these Existences, the most common was Evil Energy from Demons. Those guys were the fondest of using such methods.

But even though these Existences were so dangerous, for Wizards—especially Legendary Mages—there was only one thing in this world they wouldn’t touch: that which was beyond their reach!

A risk of losing control by using such energy?

Trading with Outer Gods also carried a high risk of death, but when had they ever been afraid?

Therefore, any Wizard Organization would surely have collected research on these Existences. The key was the degree of control achievable.

Soon, Isaac found three relatively reliable Tier One Witchcrafts. Two of them involved the use of Evil Energy, and one involved energy obtained from an Evil God named Heart of Infinity.

Needless to say, excessive use of Evil Energy would lead to a creature’s Demonization. In severe cases, it could even provide coordinates to Demons, turning the user into a guide for them. The power granted by the Evil God, Heart of Infinity, was no gentle matter either. Once touched by the energy known as Aurora Energy, both life and matter would begin to transform into an energy state, eventually becoming Its Follower.

Isaac checked the prices. All three together cost only one hundred Magic Stones, which was incredibly cheap. A normal Tier One Witchcraft usually cost around one hundred Magic Stones by itself; the fact that these three combined were only a hundred showed just how unpopular this kind of Magic was.

After redeeming the Magic for those two categories, he still had four hundred of the Magic Stones the Sect had allocated to him. So, he found two more Witchcrafts, the "Evil Power Encyclopedia" and "Demon Contract: Apprentice Chapter," spending a total of four hundred Magic Stones.

The former was a minor, unranked Witchcraft. According to the current Arcanist system, it would be called a Magic Collection. It mainly introduced the characteristics of Evil Energy and some simple methods for its research and use, costing only fifty Magic Stones.

As for the big-ticket item, "Demon Contract," it had a much more significant background. It recorded all types of demon contracts and methods to violate them without penalty. This Witchcraft even gave rise to a well-known school of magic—the Demon Dominators!

"Demon Contract" was the core Witchcraft of this famous school. However, Isaac had only redeemed the foundational part of this Witchcraft, which could only circumvent the contracts of some nascent demons. The main content of the "Apprentice Chapter" was to explain the principles of demon contracts in depth, laying a foundation for the future.

After making his decision, Isaac submitted the application for these five Witchcrafts. He then sat on a sofa to wait, simultaneously searching for Witchcraft related to Dimensions. As a Wizard Organization with its headquarters established within a Dimension, the Flesh Sect had conducted a significant amount of research on Dimensions, and a fair number of Witchcrafts had been derived from it.

Unfortunately, however, none of them were below Tier Three...

This meant one had to become a High-level Mage to use them properly, whether it was to utilize a Dimension’s power or to cultivate a Dimension.

This disappointed Isaac. If they were Tier Two, he could still work toward it. The gap between an Official Wizard and a Grand Wizard wasn’t that large; at most, the research would just be a bit more difficult. Besides, he was close to becoming a Grand Wizard himself.

But Tier Three...

That was out of the question.

The gap between a Grand Wizard and a High-level Mage was simply too vast...

After a while, Isaac’s application for the five Witchcrafts was approved. It had been quite easy, after all. His plan, while a bit bold, was indeed feasible and genuinely required these Witchcrafts.

However, getting approval for the Magic Materials wasn’t as simple. Knowledge and resources had different levels of acquisition difficulty. After understanding the process, he only applied for some basic materials to begin learning these five Witchcrafts. He requested two thousand Gold Coins’ worth of materials and was only approved for one thousand.

Shaking his head, Isaac cursed the predecessors who scammed for funds. ’It’s all their fault,’ he thought. ’They’ve made it so I can’t even scam for funds anymore...’

After receiving his items, Isaac left the Sect headquarters directly. Without pausing, he then headed for Lake Town. There was no time to lose; first, he needed to gather the ritual materials for the two Evil Gods.

From these two rituals, he had to obtain something that would allow his Dimension to grow. Otherwise, after two more uses at most, the Dimension would collapse!

Its collapse wasn’t the main issue; at worst, he could just get another Dimension from a Demon God. But the flesh energy stored inside couldn’t be allowed to collapse along with it!