Steadfast Wizard: From Heart-Swapping Rat to Dimensional Demon God

"Tap tap tap~"

"Huh? That's... my third brother? What's that? A flying pumpkin?"

On the fortress walls, Caesar, Remington, and Cheryl had already arrived. The three of them looked on in surprise as Isaac flew towards them in a pumpkin carriage.

Cheryl, the most knowledgeable of the three, narrowed her eyes and said, "It should be the pumpkin carriage from his story, a legend he possesses, or an accessory to that legend."

"That pumpkin carriage, can it fly?" Caesar turned to Cheryl in surprise. He had read the story, and it was very well written, but the pumpkin carriage in it didn't seem to be that magical, did it?

"There's always a gap between legends and reality." Cheryl shook her head. "The pumpkin carriage in the story is just the surface. The essence is that Cinderella has to attend the prince's banquet on time. To achieve this, not only a carriage, but also spatial teleportation and time travel are not problems."

"That's amazing?!" Remington's eyes widened slightly.

"Otherwise what? Why do you think legendary wizards could leave behind so many incredible legends?" Cheryl retorted.

[Legend] As the core power of the legendary wizard, it is naturally not that simple.

While everyone was talking, Isaac had already arrived at the city wall in his pumpkin carriage. As the purple smoke dissipated, Isaac strode out of the smoke, carrying a small pumpkin.

"Big brother, what's going on? Why did the black orcs suddenly attack?"

"It's not clear yet, but don't worry, it's just a small squad of black orcs, a little over a hundred riders, probably just an outpost."

Hearing Caesar's words, Isaac breathed a sigh of relief. A little over a hundred, that's not so bad...

Isaac first cast an arcane shield on himself, then took a few steps forward to see what kind of black orcs were attacking him.

Orcs are different from the beast girls in the anime Isaac watched in his previous life, who only had some wild animal characteristics. They are generally similar to bipedal wild animals, except that they all have five fingers.

Black orcs are even more brutal than orcs. They live in the wilderness, do not engage in production, and spend most of their time eating raw meat and drinking blood like monsters. Sometimes, when they cannot hunt monsters, they will fill their stomachs with bread they have stolen.

The Black Orcs live in tribes in the wilderness, and different tribes have different breeds of Black Orcs.

Most of the time, the various tribes of the Black Orcs fight independently, only occasionally coming together to act.

For example, looting during winter!

At this moment, arriving beneath Solomon's Fortress were the Black Orcs of the Black Lizard Tribe. They resembled upright lizards, with pointed heads and wielding spears. Some of the leaders even wore tattered leather armor and carried iron swords at their waists.

Their combat strength is quite good; even the weakest among them is at the level of a quasi-knight, and there are more than ten knights.

He rode the most common monsters in the wilderness, the Gale Wolves, whose upper limit was only first-tier monsters and whose potential was very average. Among these hundred or so Gale Wolves, not a single one was first-tier.

With this kind of setup, calling them mere foot soldiers or crab generals would be an understatement.

This was certainly true for the elite forces of Fort Solomon.

"How did they get here with this level of skill?" Isaac asked, pulling his head back out.

"I'm curious too, but it doesn't matter, they can't go back anyway," Caesar shrugged and said indifferently.

"Hmm." Isaac nodded noncommittally, then said eagerly, "How about I give it a try? I've been studying magic for so long, but I've never had a proper battle yet!"

"Next time." Caesar ruffled Isaac's hair, glancing casually at Remington out of the corner of his eye, and said with a smile, "Leave these to me. They've reached the walls; we can't let them send the intelligence back."

After saying that, Caesar turned around, and an almost tangible golden aura ignited from his body. With a soft shout, Caesar transformed into a golden light and leaped down from the twenty or thirty-meter-high city wall, charging alone with his sword towards the hundred-man squad of the Black Lizard Tribe!

"Hiss!!!" Seeing the golden aura emanating from Caesar, Isaac gasped, "Divine power?! My brother has become a high-ranking knight?!"

"Almost there." Cheryl shook her head. "He still has some hesitation about choosing his powers, but it'll be soon."

"Hiss!!" Isaac gasped again, and then a question arose in his mind: if that's the case, then why rush to show his strength?

With a major battle imminent, wouldn't it be better to keep such a powerful force hidden?

However, Isaac quickly caught a glimpse of his older brother's grim face out of the corner of his eye, and instantly, he understood everything...

Why did our leader reveal his strength now? Why did these black orcs get to the city so easily...?

Everything became clear...

but……

Isaac glanced at his second brother, whose face was grim. He knew that this matter would not end there. Colluding with the black orcs was a serious crime. Even if he was a nobleman or a great knight, he would definitely not escape punishment!

Once it's implemented, my life is over!

That's why Caesar was so eager to act; he wanted to personally erase all possible evidence. If he could erase his mistakes in advance, it would be as if he hadn't made any mistakes at all.

Of course, this way he didn't actually need to reveal his knightly powers. Another purpose of Caesar's was to make Remington give up.

The knight's divine power meant that no one in the territory could compete with him for that position.

There are two paths for a high knight. One of them is the path of absorbing the power of faith, like gods and legendary wizards. Only a very few nobles with territories can take this path. After all, a viscount's territory only has enough power of faith to support a high knight. Therefore, only the lords of territories can take this path.

Although Solomon's territory is still only a viscount's territory, its actual area is close to that of an earl's territory. Theoretically, it can support three high-ranking knights on the path of faith. However, if it wants to go further, it can only support two high-ranking knights in reality.

Their father, now Viscount Solomon, has already taken one spot, so the remaining one is naturally reserved for the future lord.

Looking at Caesar, who was enveloped in golden flames and wreaking havoc under the city walls, it was clear that he had embarked on this path quite some time ago.

In other words, the question of who inherited the rights had already been decided long ago...

Looking at his second brother's grim face, Isaac sighed inwardly. So why did he have to be so foolish as to compete with Caesar?

To be fair, Caesar is truly outstanding, a born leader. As a time traveler, Isaac couldn't help but bow down in admiration when he was young; his personal charisma is truly remarkable.

So even if he has no physical problems, he most likely won't go up against his older brother Caesar; that would be too foolish.