The Wizard: Starting by Scamming the Demon God

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Most importantly, due to the dragon's extremely high magic resistance, it will be very difficult to use magic to transform back into human form!

Even if she transforms back into human form, she will live a very repressed life, far less comfortable than in her dragon form. This is different from Ruri, whose true form is a lump of flesh, which has good malleability. This is also related to the fact that she was able to obtain the power of "Perfect Form".

Dragons could never acquire this power!

Powers generally have requirements, and they cannot be obtained if these requirements are not met. Of all powers, only legendary wizards can break this limitation and use legendary rituals to seize power from the Outer Gods at will.

Therefore, Smith needed to make a choice. Isaac didn't lack the combat power of a dragon, so in addition to this bottle of dragon transformation potion, he also prepared a regular high-grade Black Serpent Great Knight potion for Smith. Although it wasn't as miraculous as the dragon transformation potion, it was still a top-notch product.

Stretching, Isaac casually used a spell to ring the blue bell at the door, then picked up two bottles of potions, one black and one red, and left the laboratory for the council chamber.

Chapter 115 I'm Not Human Anymore!

After Smith, Liuli, and the Holy Lord entered the council chamber, Isaac went straight to the point and explained the differences between the two potions to Smith, then let him choose.

After hearing Isaac's words, the three had different expressions. Smith was moved; he hadn't expected that Isaac's tireless experiments these past few days were for him!

Liuli remained expressionless... Actually, she wasn't entirely without jealousy. She was somewhat envious of Isaac's kindness towards Smith, but aside from the emotional breakdown caused by having her skin torn off, her expressions remained at a pixel level, imperceptible even to the eyes of a superhuman.

The Dragon Lord, on the other hand, has desires, envy, jealousy, greed, and so on, like a pie chart. However, these are just his inner thoughts. The Lord's dragon face is too stiff to express any emotions, except for his eyes, which are quite expressive.

“Young Master Isaac…” Smith took a deep breath, grabbed the golden-red potion, and looked intently at Isaac. “I wish to have the power to protect Young Master Isaac!”

Isaac raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised. He had thought Smith would choose to be human, since he cared a lot about that. When Isaac was preparing to expel everyone, Smith had discussed with him the idea that it would be better to leave some people in the territory, but he had rejected it.

"I respect your wishes, but after using the dragon transformation elixir, you will no longer be human. At first, you may still maintain a human appearance, but as the purity of the dragon blood in your body increases, you will get closer and closer to becoming a dragon! So, think it through."

“I’ve thought it through.” Smith smiled slightly. “I’m very glad that you care about me so much, Mr. Isaac, so I hope I can better assist you!”

After saying that, Smith tilted his head back and drank the golden-red dragon transformation potion!

"boom!"

The moment he drank the potion, a surge of immense magical power erupted from Smith's body!

The powerful magic even shattered his consciousness in an instant!

Smith's eyes rolled back, and he floated slowly in the air amidst the overwhelming magic. The violent magic was frantically transforming his body. Isaac sighed and rubbed his forehead.

Is it in such a hurry? Didn't we say it should be taken in conjunction with the ceremony? Why are you being so impulsive?

Speechless as he was, Isaac still waved his hand, tossed out a few materials, and quickly set up the ritual. Fortunately, in order to make this thing have a better market, he deliberately simplified the ritual to a level that ordinary people could use. For Isaac, it was something he could do with a wave of his hand.

"Remember this, from now on, if you get anything, don't put it directly in your mouth, especially Holy Lord and Rat, you two love to do that!" After setting up the ceremony, Isaac also glanced at Rat and Holy Lord.

The mouse isn't very bright and is often driven by its instincts as a mouse. It will habitually gnaw on anything it picks up. The Holy Lord, on the other hand, is influenced by the White Whale's talent. He has the power to grow infinitely stronger as long as he eats. So he usually just gulps down anything he gets his hands on. The only difference between him and Pigsy is what he eats.

Normally, if the Holy Lord possesses the power of infinite growth, or rather, infinite absorption, he wouldn't need to go through all this trouble. However, this ability can only ensure that he doesn't get sick from eating and that he absorbs the food well; it cannot be used to its fullest potential.

Moreover, if it were the power of a dimensional demon god, it could be even more life-threatening. Therefore, Isaac needs to get the Holy Lord into the habit, otherwise he might just swallow the power of a dimensional demon god whole in one gulp, and that would be the end of him.

Upon hearing Isaac's words, both the Holy Lord and the Mouse lowered their heads and nodded silently.

Isaac wasn't sure if they had listened, so he could only glance at Liuli and signal her to keep an eye on things. He himself was probably spending most of his time in experiments and didn't have time to manage, so this was something only Liuli could do.

Liuli nodded, then looked at Smith, who was constantly transforming, together with Isaac.

Although the ceremony was a little late, the Dragon Transformation Elixir was made with a very mild effect for safety reasons, so the ceremony proceeded smoothly and was not affected.

After all, this thing was originally designed for human use, and safety is the most basic requirement.

Soon, under the influence of the ritual and the potion, the raging magic within Smith's body began to concentrate in his heart. This was the final stage, the beginning of the heart transformation.

As mentioned before, the ultimate success of any wizard's experiment lies in simplifying all rituals, surgeries, and other processes into a single spell. The result is that a single spell can replace complex experiments and directly yield the desired outcome.

This is the ultimate expectation of all wizards for magical experiments!

Isaac is not yet capable of this level of skill. Whether it's the heart transplant surgery he's skilled in or the god network modification surgery he performs almost every day, this step is extremely difficult, so difficult that many experiments don't even get to this point!

He couldn't actually modify the heart with dragon blood, but he could use a magic potion to do it directly.

To be honest, even disregarding the number of potions he possesses, he could be considered a potions master based on this skill alone!

Unfortunately, the title of Potions Master isn't so cheap. A single potion isn't enough to earn that title, and this potion was made with his cheat code. Without it, he might not be able to replicate it.

But it's not a big problem. Isaac's new technologies all have this issue; it can be fixed with some optimization. It should be...

Right?

Never mind, Isaac stared intently at the magical fluctuations emanating from Smith. Although he was confident in his skills, Smith was, after all, the one taking the drug, someone who had watched him grow up, so he couldn't afford to be careless.

Fortunately, the Golden Finger is as reliable as ever; if it says 100%, it means 100%!

In this respect, unlike his experiments or trading rituals, his success rate is not reduced by his own mistakes or interference from the other party, thus turning it from a success rate into a margin of error.

"Thump~ thump thump!"

Soon, a powerful heartbeat emanated from Smith's body, and the energy emanating from him was no longer the superior life energy battle aura, but had turned into magic power.

In addition, a faint dragon's might emanated from Smith, causing everyone's breath to catch in their throats slightly, as if a heavy stone was pressing on their chests. Among them, Holy Lord and Rat were the most unwell. One knelt down helplessly on the ground, while the other dropped the divine snacks in his hand and slumped weakly onto Isaac's shoulder.

One reason is the suppression from superior bloodlines, and the other is simply weakness.

Isaac and Liuli are in a better position, after all, they are strong and have nothing to do with dragon blood.

Chapter 116 Territory Construction

Aside from the change in his aura, Smith's biggest change was in his appearance. He was originally an old man with gray hair. Although his body was still upright and his posture was still elegant, all the signs of aging on his body indicated that he had reached the final stage of his life.

Now, Smith has jet-black hair, and the wrinkles on his face have completely disappeared. He exudes a vibrant life force, just like a young man in his twenties.

However, the young man in front of them had his eyes closed and stood quietly in place, showing no signs of waking up.

This is normal. As I said before, this medicine is for human use, so it won't brutally modify the body like the injections given to monsters. The fact that the heart is the main site of modification is also due to this factor.

In the time that follows, even if Smith wakes up, he will often fall into a deep sleep. The transformation of his body by the dragon blood has only just begun, and his strength will experience another leap forward.

"Take him away to rest." Isaac waved his hand, instructing the Holy Lord to take Smith back to his room to rest. He then took the documents handed to him by Ruri and began to read them carefully.

A month has passed, and the villagers near the castle are relocating faster than he expected. The relocation, which was originally expected to take three to five months, was completed in just half a month.

This is partly due to Isaac's notorious reputation, and partly due to the cooperation of his own territory. After all, migration is always a two-way street; if someone moves out from one side, someone has to pick them up from the other. Places to live, jobs, neighborhood relations, and so on are all things that need to be considered, and are more troublesome.

They're not refugees.

But that has nothing to do with Isaac, since he's only responsible for the relocation.

After everyone moved out, the land renovation plan officially began. First up were the Demon Rats. Don't underestimate them; they've grown in scale. With the help of Glass, just selling the miscellaneous materials from the Demon Rats can bring in fifty to one hundred gold coins a month. In comparison, the demonized flesh essence extracted from the Demon Rats' corpses is insignificant.

In addition, the Demon Rat is mainly used to transform into the Divine Rat, which is then devoured by the other rats to grow. This serves as its experience pack, so the scale needs to be expanded further, as it will be needed sooner or later.

The only downside is that the collection of demon rat materials has reached its limit. It's not a problem with production or the market; it's that Isaac doesn't have enough manpower.

Legend has it that the materials used by wizards are not as standardized as those used by arcane sorcerers. The materials from the same monster can vary greatly in age and purpose, sometimes by a huge margin!

This thing makes money entirely because of the incredible teleportation ability of the cabin in the woods. That cabin connects almost all the wizards. You could say that you could pick any weed by the roadside and find the corresponding thing inside.

Of course, this is difficult to find. The cabin in the woods does not have a filtering function. Usually, Liuli first finds a bunch of rat-related requests from a vast number of requests, then comes back to collect materials according to the request, and after submitting the materials, she continues to look for requests. This process is repeated, and the workload is enormous.

Therefore, the current number of thousands of demon rats has far exceeded Liuli's work capacity, but Isaac still chose to continue expanding.

Firstly, selling rat ingredients is not like cooking; it can be completely replaced by magical servants. This can be solved directly after he advances to the rank of Grand Wizard, so there's no rush. Secondly, the rats also need a large number of divine rats to advance.

Especially in the past month since the Holy Lord's transformation, his enthusiasm has been at its peak, and now he is even studying the Bone Divine Art on his own!

Although we haven't figured out anything yet, it's already a big step forward, and the future looks very promising.

If his divine network modification surgery progresses further and can be completed directly through ritual, then the mouse will usher in its new version!

The demand for demon rats will inevitably continue to rise!

Therefore, the demon rat farm still needs to continue to expand, preferably to a scale of 10,000, and get there in one step.

However, although 10,000 sounds like a lot, the area occupied by the demon rats is actually not large because they are very small. They don't even take up a single medicinal field. So the larger area is actually used for raising baby dragon lizards.

However, the dragonification technology for lizard cubs is not yet fully optimized and requires final adjustments. Therefore, at present, only the area has been divided and some preliminary preparations have been made. The formal construction of the breeding farm will have to wait until the dragonification technology of Isaac is optimized.

Even so, there was still one area that remained empty.

The demon rats and dragon lizards only took over the original location of the medicinal fields, but their territory also included the residential areas of the two or three villages, which also needed to be renovated.

"A puppet factory?" Isaac looked at Liuli as he looked at the proposed modifications to the area in the plan.

“This is Smith’s suggestion. He thinks we can transform this area into a puppet factory. Firstly, the territory will definitely need puppets to operate. Secondly, Lady Cheryl has ready-made puppet factory technology, which we can use directly. It will save a lot of time and also open up a new source of income.” Liuli crossed her fair hands over her abdomen and said softly.

"Hmm...that's something I didn't expect..." Isaac nodded, almost forgetting that he was now a wizard and could legitimately ask his family for money and skills.

Especially unimportant technologies like the Puppet Factory.

Of course, the so-called unimportance is only relative to Solomon. For most small territories, this kind of technology is already top-notch.

Unlike golems, golems are not as expensive to make and can be made quickly. Of course, their combat power is just so-so, especially mass-produced golems, which are almost never used in combat. It's better to let high knights throw gold coins at people instead of using them in combat, as that would do more damage.

Most golems are used for production, as a high-level laborer, or for exploring ruins as consumables for scouting. For example, the Black Knight that Isaac bought was already considered a relatively high-level golem.

These puppets are not part of the mass-produced series; their main purpose is to serve as guards, so their combat power is enhanced.

The puppets that Smith mentioned were purely for work, such as mining.

Because this is a magical world, many minerals have very strong magical radiation. Ordinary people, let alone mining, would die within half an hour just by staying in the mine, let alone being able to dig.

Only those with extraordinary abilities can remain inside for extended periods.

But if everyone's an extraordinary being, who's going to mine?

Wouldn't that be a waste of extraordinary talent?

Therefore, the related work has always been done by the puppet, and there is no worry about selling these things. The family's sales channels are enough for him to make a living.

Chapter 117 Southern Empire

"Okay, let's do it."

With such a high degree of feasibility, Isaac naturally had no reason to refuse, especially since he himself had no plans yet, as for the future cultivation of demonized flesh...

Isaac plans to keep that thing in his own dimension. The cultivation of demonized flesh and blood will be Isaac's core industry in the future, since it is also related to his own combat ability!

"By the way, how is the Holy Lord's work ability now? Is he able to get started?"

"He can do most things, but collecting materials for the demon rats is still quite difficult. He can't control his dragon might and power well, so he can't collect materials without hurting the demon rats."

"Is that so? That's enough. Then you should prepare for the next two days and come with me on a long trip. The Holy Lord and Smith will stay in the castle to guard the house."