The Wizard: Starting by Scamming the Demon God

“Stone-armored boar… I didn’t expect to find such a magical beast here. It seems they didn’t release the monsters according to the ecosystem… Harmon, eat it.” Isaac stroked his chin, looking thoughtfully at the wild boar on the ground.

Stone-armored boars are mountain monsters named for their stone scales. These monsters are also often skilled in the innate spell Stone Armor, which, combined with their abilities, makes them even more defensive.

However, this kind of monster is not very valuable. Its flesh is full of earth element, which is difficult to absorb and tastes very ordinary. It also doesn't have any famous ingredients. In addition, it is difficult to hunt, which makes its price always high and its cost performance very poor.

This was the first stone-armored boar Isaac had ever seen, and it was quite valuable to him as a collectible.

"Hi~"

Harmon cried out, then swallowed the stone-armored boar's head whole, and then got stuck...

Unfortunately, even though Hamon had tried his best to open his mouth wide, it was still not enough compared to the enormous size of the Stone Boar.

"Waaaaahh ...

Isaac: "..."

Isaac touched his forehead and sighed heavily: "Idiot, can't you eat it little by little? It won't affect the spell's effect."

Isaac stepped forward and kicked the stone-armored boar out of Harmon's mouth. Then, ignoring Harmon who was happily devouring the boar's carcass, he turned and walked to a large tree. He bent down, picked up a colorful crystal, breathed on it, wiped it, and put it in his pocket.

This thing is really hard to find. I don't know if he arrived a little late or if there were just a few of them, but he's been here for a while and it's only now that he's found this spot. It's really...

Fortunately, this thing can be obtained by grabbing. On the third day, when we go to the third island, the participants from both islands will not only gather together, but a leaderboard will also be set up, and the coordinates of the crystal holders will be announced every half hour. That's when the real battle begins.

So there's no need to rush. The most important thing now is to hunt monsters to collect their flesh and blood, and to survive until the third day, when the real battle will begin.

As for now...

It's time to reap the spoils!

"Harmon! Hurry! Another one's fallen over there!"

Upon hearing Isaac's command, Hamon immediately opened five gaping maws covered in serrated teeth at the tips of its five claws, rushed forward, and devoured the stone-armored boar in an instant. Then, it quickly retreated to Isaac's side to guard the surroundings for him.

After Harmon returned, Isaac quickened his pace, occasionally transforming into arcane streaks of light as he passed through the branches and leaves.

A short while later, he came to a stream. Looking at the sea creature lying by the stream, its face ashen and on the verge of death, Isaac's lips curled up slightly.

"Human..." The sea creature lying on the ground raised its weak right hand, picked up a stone and threw it at Isaac, but because its muscles were almost completely dissolved, it fell limply to Isaac's feet.

Isaac glanced at the pebbles on the ground, smiled slightly, and said nothing more. He took a few steps forward and ended the man's life. Then, Hamon swung a wind blade and severed the man's head. A blood-red halo then floated out from the sea creature's corpse and gradually condensed into a light red gem in Isaac's hand.

Perfectly utilized!

"Is it really that bad? Even if he's a sea creature, he's already dead!" Just as Isaac put away the gem, four figures emerged from the shadows of the nearby woods, coldly staring at Isaac.

Like Isaac, they also had several blood-stained bags clipped to their waists.

"Heh~" Isaac wasn't surprised by their arrival. He chuckled, took the cloth bag that Harmon had taken from the sea creature's corpse, and tucked it behind his back as well. He said nonchalantly, "Are all adventurers this aloof these days?"

"Don't compare us to you!" The leader of the four was a blonde female swordswoman, about 1.6 meters tall, with a figure... that should be pretty good. Although her chest was flat, there were marks on her back indicating that she had been bound. She was clearly from the Ju Tianxia sect.

After all, there's no need to bind those who bring peace to the world.

With such delicate skin, he must be an aristocrat.

This is one of the reasons why Isaac discovered them but did not launch a direct attack.

"So, what do you want to do now? Kill me to avenge him? Or are you looking for me to cooperate? But this doesn't seem like it." As he spoke, Isaac glanced to his right, about two hundred meters away, where their archers were crouching in the treetops.

A shield, a bow, a staff, and two swords—the standard team composition for a noble adventurer.

"So that's how you monitor us. These insects seem to be poisonous." At this moment, the mage, who had been silent from the beginning, stopped the blonde girl who was about to retort, holding a mosquito in his hand and frowning slightly.

Isaac was somewhat helpless. Sure enough, even though he weakened the magic power of the low-ranking Blood Mosquito, enhanced its biological toxins, and made its magic power fluctuations negligible, greatly improving its stealth ability, he still couldn't hide it.

It can only be said that he is indeed a professionally trained arcane mage. Although he is only at the level of a formal wizard like him, his knowledge base is still far more comprehensive than his.

It should be noted that his improved Blood Mosquito was undetectable even to second-tier sea creatures, who mistook it for an ordinary insect.

"Just luck. I happened to have read a paper related to insects." The male mage said calmly, casually tossing away the insect in his hand and looking at Isaac warily.

Isaac raised an eyebrow and said, "So, what exactly do you want to do? Avenge him?"

Upon hearing this, the blonde girl fell silent for a moment. You've taken all the moral high ground, how am I supposed to respond?

No matter how cruel or inhumane Isaac's methods were, he ultimately only used them on the sea creatures; at least that's all they saw. To attack him for that reason... well, that doesn't make sense.

Even if she was confident she could kill Isaac quickly, she still struggled with her conscience. After all, she was a proper noblewoman, and her upbringing prevented her from doing such a thing.

"...You...you're not allowed to do that again."

Isaac: "..."

Teammates behind: "..."

The blonde girl's teammates behind her looked at her in surprise. "Aren't you sisters? You've been holding back for so long and this is all you got? That's it?"

Isaac looked at her in surprise. Although he said it to provoke people, he didn't expect it to be so effective!

Are the adventurers in this world actually quite civilized?

Feeling the surprised looks from the others, the blonde girl blushed slightly and emphasized again, "In short, you're not allowed to do that again!"

"..." Isaac paused for a moment. With such a weak opponent, it was hard for him to muster the will to fight back... "Just don't bother me."

After saying that, he glanced at the mage behind the girl, then transformed into a streak of blue light and disappeared.

Upon seeing this, the male mage was slightly taken aback. No wonder the sense of déjà vu was so strong; it was him.

Chapter 123 Isaac, busy picking up corpses

"What's wrong, Evan? You know who he is?" The two-meter-tall burly man behind the girl slung a shield that was even taller than the blonde girl over his shoulder and looked curiously at the thoughtful male mage.

"Who is he?" Everyone turned to look at Evan.

“Isaac Solomon, you should have heard of him.”

"That mad witch?" The burly man frowned; they were all too familiar with that name!

This has been the hottest topic in the Terra Empire recently. The youngest son of the Solomon family, who was sickly due to the curse of the Mad Witch, has become a Mad Witch. In every sense, this has made the topic extremely popular!

Therefore, although not many people know about the battle in Phyllis, Isaac is still quite famous.

Because he and Princess Philo were the only two legally recognized mad witches in the empire.

"It was him...no wonder he was so ruthless." The blonde girl was relieved.

That's just how people are; they like to compromise.

An ordinary person killed a sea creature and then used its corpse to make magical materials. How cruel!

A mad witch who killed a sea creature and then simply turned its corpse into magical materials could even be considered normal.

"Is he here to summon some evil god?" another swordsman in the team said with some concern.

Upon hearing this, everyone's expression changed drastically, as if they couldn't rule out such a possibility!

"Don't overthink it. He's probably here to use the island battle ritual to advance to the rank of Grand Wizard. It has nothing to do with the evil god ritual. Besides, this place still belongs to Eastport. Grand Duke Noy won't let him do anything reckless." Evan shook his head, denying his teammate's guess.

"Is that so? That's good..."

"Alright, since that's the case, let's avoid him and hunt sea creatures elsewhere!" The blonde girl glanced one last time in the direction Isaac had left, then picked up her longsword and led her teammates away in the opposite direction without looking back.

……

Isaac glanced in the direction they had left, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he withdrew the blood mosquitoes from that direction. Four were second-tier and one was first-tier. If they really fought, he could win, but he would definitely be forced to reveal many of his trump cards. He should try to avoid fighting these meaningless battles as much as possible.

However, Isaac was somewhat surprised that these adventurers would participate in the island battle...

With this setup—three Grand Knights, one formal wizard, and the blonde girl herself being a Grand Knight—she's definitely from a high-ranking noble family. You have to understand, her brother didn't even have this kind of setup when he went on his adventures.

Even the Grand Knight rank was achieved after four or five years of wandering outside. Putting aside his actual combat ability, his training speed alone, as well as the guards he was accompanied by, made him no ordinary nobleman.

He really couldn't understand why these people came to the island battle. Surely they weren't here to kill the sea creatures?

Where can't you kill this thing?

Isaac frowned slightly, taking it to heart. Perhaps he would have to face these people in the end. The others were manageable, but that arcanist was truly troublesome.

His three-pronged attack might work against a brute or a legendary wizard who also only knows three tricks, but against a learned arcane mage, the outcome is uncertain.

Knowledge is power, and this saying is most perfectly embodied in wizards!

Who knows if he might have some way to control himself?

However, Isaac did not worry unnecessarily. After parting ways with the group, he first went to the edge of the island to exchange the sea creature heads for gold coins, and then stored away all the spoils he had.

Although Isaac only killed sea creatures, he also obtained a lot of loot from adventurers, since sea creatures would also kill adventurers.

On this small island, the relationship between hunter and prey can change at any time!

However, Isaac is clearly one of the top hunters.

There's no way around it, those blood mosquitoes are just too effective in this kind of environment!

Normal blood mosquitoes aren't as strong as he initially thought. Insect swarms are ultimately just wishful thinking, because the role of insect monsters is rather awkward.

If you focus on quantity, a single unit might not be able to break through the defense. Reality isn't a game; there's no forced reduction of one unit. If the defense isn't broken, you can't inflict any damage.

Given the size of the Blood Mosquito, even if Isaac enhanced it to the extreme, there would be no need for a Grand Knight. A regular Knight standing there, with life energy flowing throughout his body, would be enough to ignore the Blood Mosquito's bites, unless there were an overwhelming number of them that could crawl into every corner of the human body.

However, the speed of the Blood Mosquito is far inferior to that of a regular Rider. One dash is enough for the Blood Mosquito to chase for half a day, and it is even more powerless against a Grand Rider. One burst of energy can kill a whole group of them...

Moreover, the cost-effectiveness of Tier 1 Blood Mosquitoes is very low. Although they are small, the amount of monster flesh required to create them is not small at all. After all, Tier 1 Blood Mosquitoes are small in size, but their magic quality is high!

From an energy perspective, it is no different from creating a first-tier Gale Wolf.

Actually, it makes sense when you think about it. Nature is amazing. If the number of blood mosquitoes were really that terrifying, then the wilderness would have been their domain long ago.

Therefore, after a series of experiments, Isaac did not continue to enhance the Blood Mosquito, but instead specialized it by weakening its magical power and strengthening its biological toxins, turning it into a scout unit that could also be used as an assassin unit.

Perfect monsters don't exist, and even if they did, Isaac couldn't create them now. So instead of being bad at everything, it's better to specialize in one thing!

In any case, there are no restrictions on the number or type of monsters he can command.

Compared to the original blood-eating mosquitoes, the current blood-eating mosquitoes are much more powerful, especially in the current environment!

There are already many mosquitoes in the forest, and Isaac has almost completely destroyed the magic of the blood mosquitoes, so they look no different from ordinary mosquitoes. Basically, no one will be on guard against mosquitoes all the time in the forest.

Most people only notice those magical insects...

Even insects that are not of a certain rank will be noticed if their magic power is high enough, otherwise they will be ignored.

It was through this skill that Isaac not only laid out a surveillance system in the woods that was like a net covering the sky, but also had a large number of top-notch assassins who could remain silent!