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

Chapter 93 A New Story

Even for magical creatures, inbreeding can cause problems.

However, since it can be adjusted with magic, it's not a big problem; this is one of the essential spells for raising monsters.

Isaac would too, of course.

However, in reality, this isn't just for raising monsters; humans can use it too.

Interestingly, this spell was not originally developed for monster breeding.

Because many nobles with strong bloodlines often choose to intermarry within their own clan in order to avoid contaminating their bloodline, over time, and with long lifespans, not only siblings, but also mothers and sons and fathers and daughters frequently appear.

In this way, the drawbacks of inbreeding emerged, and at the same time, a spell to solve these drawbacks appeared.

Even today, many nobles still use this method to maintain the purity of their bloodline.

However, this situation does not exist within the Terra Empire. Among the three empires, the Terra Empire is a relatively young empire and does not have many powerful bloodlines.

After observing the demon rats and dragon lizards, Isaac returned to the laboratory and began to organize the findings of his trip to the capital.

Although there were some inexplicable aspects to this journey, overall, the gains were quite good. The most important thing was the list of Outer God victims given to us by the eldest princess when we met. Ninety percent of the Outer God rituals on this list are still usable, and even the worst ones still have a 2% success rate!

The materials are hard to come by, so I estimate I can only use them two or three more times before I advance to the rank of Grand Wizard.

As for the rest, once he becomes a great wizard, many rituals will need to be adjusted, and it's uncertain whether they will still be usable. This is because he will be able to obtain more power from the Outer Gods, and naturally, the requirements for ritual materials will also change. It will be unknown how many of these rituals will still be usable at that time.

Next came a pile of magical materials, a small portion of which he had bought himself. He was almost ready to complete two sets of evil god rituals; he only needed to go to Lake Town to get some more mats, namely the Lord of R'lyeh, the evil god of the deep sea, and the White Whale, the evil god of the deep sea.

The former is an ancient evil god, one of the symbols of water, possessing extraordinary abilities of erosion and distortion.

Isaac's options from this are limited, mainly because the elements don't mesh well; he doesn't know water elemental spells.

The latter is a demon who became a god. Originally, it was a white whale, a demon from the deep sea. It was huge and possessed the power of "Mist". It could summon sea mist, causing people to get lost on the sea. In the end, its physical body was devoured and its soul was driven by it. Therefore, it also possessed some of the power of "Domination of the Dead".

Compared to the Lord of R'lyeh, the White Whale is more compatible with him. Both [Mist] and [Domination of the Dead] are areas that Isaac is quite interested in. The former can enhance his tactical abilities, while the latter can enrich the Rat's arsenal of divine spells.

However, whether it's the white whale or R'lyeh, despite their different compatibility, they are still high-level beings. Even a tiny bit of their existence would be enough for Isaac to eat and drink his fill. He's not at the point of being picky yet.

He wants them all!

Even junk is acceptable!

Because that's not just ordinary junk, it's the junk of an evil god!

Apart from the ritual materials, the rest of the materials were all parts taken from the alchemy golem. These were the most numerous, and most of them were the third-generation magic furnace of the energy core, which is a second-tier energy core. Even if they were second-hand, they could be sold for a lot of money!

He has several hundred of these things, and he roughly estimates that they can sell for at least 100,000 gold coins!

This is because the Greatsword Demons disassembled the swords incorrectly, resulting in varying degrees of damage; otherwise, they would have been more valuable!

Besides the second-tier energy cores, there was another big guy: three third-tier energy cores salvaged from that hundred-meter-tall colossus. Two were about 30% new, and one was about 90% new. Isaac couldn't even estimate the price of this thing.

Because Tier 3 energy cores are simply not available on the market!

This is a proprietary technology of the Truth Association, not for sale to outsiders. It is only used to exchange resources with major empires, kingdoms and various forces, and is a barter system!

This shows just how fat the eldest princess is!

Of course, this further solidified Isaac's resolve to kill Philo!

Such assets are far from normal, even for a princess, especially considering the imperial decrees she can repeatedly obtain.

It can be almost confirmed that she is a talent specially trained by the Terra Empire, and is even being groomed to be the next demigod!

He couldn't sleep soundly as long as this rich, powerful, and talented enemy remained alive.

He believed that Philo thought the same thing.

However, this matter can only be handled slowly. Within the empire, no matter how fiercely they fight, they cannot kill each other; this is the bottom line. If they must kill, it can only be done abroad.

So, will they go abroad?

That's for sure, because once they reach the level of a Grand Wizard, ordinary rituals are no longer enough to advance them to the next level. They mostly rely on natural rituals like the Magic Lamp Trial to advance.

Even the kind that you can set up yourself still has certain requirements for the terrain, requiring you to travel all over the world.

So unless they both decide to stop on their wizarding path, they will eventually give each other a chance to make a move, so there's no rush.

Besides the list of victims and a large amount of valuable material, he also gained a lot from the Great Trial of the Lamp.

Although Philo messed up the Genie's Trial and didn't follow the normal procedure, that was for those who listened to Philo and attacked Isaac and Angel. For the three of them...

Since the three of them were in the same camp from the beginning, and they did not directly fight each other during the ceremony, they did not violate the trial rules. Therefore, from the perspective of the trial ceremony, the three of them completed the process normally.

They each gained something.

Of the three, Philo received the most, as she also advanced to the rank of Archmage through the Great Trial of the Lamp ritual.

In comparison, Isaac and Angel have less progress. There's nothing that can be done about it; they're not in time. After the two advancement ceremonies, the period of magical instability is even harder to calm down. He still has thirteen percent of his progress left.

Even so, he obtained a treasure and a storybook.

His Noble Phantasm is "Severing All Things," and its effect remains unchanged. It is still currently used by Ruri, but he plans to ask his older sister to switch it with him in a while, because Ruri prefers to use only a cleaver rather than a knight's longsword.

It's strange that she, who looks so delicate, prefers to play a power-based style.

But the most valuable item is undoubtedly the storybook!

This is the best thing a legendary wizard could have in the trial of the magic lamp!

Because its nature is somewhat similar to the three magic books of the legendary wizard, one can write stories on them, draw power from faith, and then become a "legend"!