The Wizard: Starting by Scamming the Demon God

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Extracting the divine network from a divine species—what's the difference between that and digging up a supreme bone?

If I can't kill the eldest princess, I can certainly kill you!

So Isaac had nothing to say about Remington's death.

But it was still fratricide after all. Although he didn't strike first, he was the one who killed him. So he was still somewhat afraid of his family, especially Caesar.

In other words, he urgently needed to sell this batch of alchemical materials, otherwise he wouldn't have contacted his older sister.

Cheryl understood this, so she simply sighed and put it out of her mind, focusing on business first.

“Let’s go, let’s see what you have first,” Cheryl said calmly, having composed herself.

“Okay.” Isaac nodded. The siblings didn’t exchange many words and walked outside together.

This made Smith, who was behind them, sigh slightly. It seemed that killing Remington had a significant impact. Although Cheryl did not value family ties as much as Caesar, Remington was, after all, her brother and someone she had watched grow up. It was impossible for her not to have some feelings for him.

"Sigh~" Smith sighed again, but in fact, he agreed with Isaac's approach at the time. From an objective and strict point of view, it was the third time Remington had attacked him. As the saying goes, things don't happen more than three times, so killing him was the right thing to do.

Otherwise, who knows what trouble it might cause in the future?

Liuli glanced at the old man beside her who was sighing from time to time, a fierce glint flashing in her eyes. If this old man dared to stand against Lord Isaac, she would definitely not hesitate to take action!

And so, each with their own thoughts, the group arrived at the training ground in front of the castle. By this time, he had already sent the guards back, and the twenty-one men had already left the castle with the Bloodline Essence Potion and headed to the nearest town to report for duty.

Isaac didn't force them to drink the potion, because not everyone who drank it would be able to break through to become a knight. Some needed to continue training, while others had no hope at all.

Some are confident of making a breakthrough because of their innate talent.

So Isaac simply gave them the potion, and how they disposed of it was their own business—whether they sold it, gave it away, or kept it for their children, he didn't interfere.

And the things he gave away were unlikely to be stolen by many, since they would still return to Solomon's army after they left.

Therefore, after they left, Isaac's training ground was empty. After all, Smith was long past the age of training, and Liuli was a demon, not a human, so she did not need to rely on long-term training to maintain her strength.

Therefore, this place is now piled with a large number of golem remains that Isaac transported from the dimensional world.

Looking at the mountain of golem remains in front of her, Cheryl's eyes darkened. Only now did she truly understand what kind of enemy Isaac had encountered in Phyllis Town!

Although the pile of golem remains in front of us is only about thirty cubic meters in size, most of it is the core of the golem!

Only a small portion consists of other metals.

She glanced at them and saw that there were about three hundred obsidian golems, which should be the main fighting force. Although there was a huge high-level core among them, the princess was definitely not capable of controlling a golem of this level.

As an arcanist specializing in golems, and soon to be promoted to a higher level, she has a lot to say on this subject.

Therefore, although this big guy seems to be the strongest, it actually poses less of a threat than the pile of obsidian golems. This big guy was probably destroyed by Isaac through some means after breaking through the golems' defenses. At most, he was just a bit tired from smashing it, but he didn't pose any real threat.

But even just over three hundred obsidian golems were enough to make her angry!

It seems that in recent years, the siblings have focused on the internal affairs of their territory, to the point that some people have forgotten the power of Solomon!

This is not over yet!

With this idea in mind, Cheryl walked around the golem's remains a few times and roughly estimated its price.

"It's a bit of a problem. The items are good, but our current territory might not be able to afford them."

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Cheryl was telling the truth. Despite the tattered appearance of the pile of stuff, it was actually top-notch. Most of it was in excellent condition, and many of the core components could be reused simply by removing the unimportant wires and wiping them clean.

The drawback is that while they are all cores, golems are not just cores; the trunk also requires a lot of materials to build.

But none of that matters. This pile has a conservative estimate of over three hundred cores. Sell some and keep some for ourselves, and we can still make over a hundred more complete Obsidian Golems.

Moreover, the territory doesn't even need to be sold!

Because the Solomon Territory has obsidian mines!

The territory can produce most of the materials needed to create golems, except for Harris Goat Steel, which needs to be purchased from outside. However, the problem is that firstly, they can buy it through official channels, which is a controlled resource for others, but not for Solomon. Secondly, there are substitutes for Harris Goat Steel that the territory produces, although they are of slightly lower quality.

But that's okay, you can use it first and replace it later!

So, in summary, Cheryl can make full use of all of these golem cores to create another golem army for her territory!

Even if you can't afford to keep them, you can sell them now, which is much more expensive than selling materials and golem cores separately.

But right now, the only problem that still exists is that the territory is out of money.

The previous battle with the Black Orcs had essentially depleted the territory's strategic resource reserves. Now, the territory needs money everywhere. Although the Empire rewarded my father with some gold coins when he was promoted, it was nothing compared to the expenses of the territory.

So the current situation is that the products are very good, and they really want them, but they can't afford them.

“It’s alright, you can take it back first, and settle the bill later. I’m not that short of money right now, I have enough for the time being,” Isaac nodded and said casually.

He was also aware of the situation regarding the territories, which was one of the reasons why he didn't want more territories after becoming a wizard—not all territories are profitable.

Especially in a rapidly developing territory, it is an incredibly terrifying money pit!

In the case of the Solomon Territory, the territory has been expanding outwards in recent years. Training soldiers costs money, fighting wars costs money, conquering territories and settling people costs money, and building new territories costs even more money...

Especially the construction of new territories!

That requires money in every aspect!

As a border territory, Solomon could expand outwards, but the lands outside were all wilderness, with extremely harsh environments where only orcs could survive. After conquering a territory, it usually took a long time to develop it into a habitable place for ordinary humans, requiring a huge amount of gold to be poured into it.

Otherwise, do you think the empire would be so kind as to grant such great authority to border lords?

Solomon's territory was able to survive for two reasons: first, Gaia or Caesar often led cavalry to roam the wilderness, killing any Black Orc tribes they caught and plundering a lot of things to sell; second, Cheryl's Golem Workshop continuously turned the mineral resources in the territory into golems to sell to other nobles, resulting in a large cash inflow.

Thirdly, each head of the family would form an adventure team when they were young, travel all over the world, dig up many ruins, and sell a lot of treasures, which provided them with enough funds to support themselves.

It can be said that the Solomon family's success today is due to their hard work, but they have also been quite lucky. If their cash flow had been disrupted at any point, they would have all gone bankrupt.

Therefore, he fully understood Cheryl's predicament. Moreover, the quantity was indeed large and valuable, and it would be difficult to find a customer who would buy so many golem cores at once. Selling them slowly would take forever.

They might even try to lower the price.

Rather than that, it would be better to sell it to the family. Given Caesar's personality, he certainly wouldn't let his younger brother suffer a loss, especially if it were on credit. He might even buy it at a premium.

As for whether they can repay it...

That's impossible. The eldest sister's mage tower can create complete golems. Unlike potions, which many wizards learn as a side skill, golems are a high-end skill that a single wizard simply cannot master.

After all, the main market for golems is still in the hands of various nobles and powers, who buy dozens at a time. Even if the technical problems are solved, how can small wizard workshops produce that many?

Of course, Princess Filo is an exception. She is a princess of a country and a wealthy woman who has her own mage tower during her formal wizarding stage. She is different.

Therefore, he was not worried at all about the territory not being able to repay the money.

Hearing this, Cheryl nodded, her heavy heart from Remington's death easing somewhat. She smiled and said, "In that case, I'll trade to you at 10% above the market price, payable in three installments, once a year."

Isaac nodded, having no objection. Building golems is very time-consuming; with the territory's production capacity, it's only about three per month. These three hundred-plus cores would take several years to produce at full capacity without expanding the production line. Paying in three years is perfectly acceptable.

Since this was already prioritized for him, he naturally wouldn't have any other objections.

So, with Isaac's permission, Cheryl waved her hand, and a magic circle opened above the training ground. A blue light covered the golem remains, and in an instant, all the golem remains floated up, piece by piece, for Cheryl to count.

Isaac's brow twitched at the sight of this spell. Was this the strength of a Grand Arcane Mage trainee?

This pile of golem remains may not look big, only thirty or forty cubic meters, but it's all solid lumps of iron with top-notch density. Although it hasn't been weighed, it's conservatively estimated to weigh at least a thousand tons!

Don't you see that after just two days of suppression, the training ground has already become dilapidated?

When he first transported this thing into the dimension, hundreds of greatsword demons helped him move it. Now, Cheryl just waved her hand and it was done. The difference is...

Thankfully, my older sister is one of us!

“There are 347 complete golem cores in total, and three that are slightly damaged... I'll say 350 for you. Then there are the other materials... they're not very valuable, I'll just give you 100,000 gold coins for them. That's a total of 1.5 million gold coins. Can you check them again?” Cheryl glanced at the floating golem wreckage and understood all the data. She turned to Isaac and said.

"One hundred and fifty...!" Isaac's heart skipped a beat!

Sure enough, no matter what world it is, this is still the most profitable industry!

He's never had a fraction of that amount of money in his entire life!

In that instant, Isaac suddenly didn't want to kill Philo anymore. What a waste to kill her! Anyway, it's said that wizards often have to go out. As a princess of a country, it's normal for her to take a hundred or eighty golems with her when she goes out, right?

Tsk~

The potential for wealth is limitless!!!

"Isaac?" Cheryl gently reminded him when he didn't answer.

"Oh, okay, this one, I have no objection!" After a pause, Isaac continued, "Hey, ma'am, will the territory still accept golem cores in the future? Hmmm, maybe it won't just be cores."

"?" At first, Cheryl didn't quite understand Isaac's meaning, but being an arcanist, she quickly grasped his idea and was speechless. "It's impossible to take them in later... Firstly, the mage tower's production capacity is limited; this is enough to keep us busy for seven or eight years. Secondly, we don't have that many clients. Thirdly..."

We can only buy this once. If you still have some, I can introduce you to a friend, and you can sell it to her later. She's not afraid of trouble.

"Oh, okay." Isaac nodded somewhat sheepishly, realizing he had asked a stupid question.

Unlike the Empire, the Territory doesn't have such a massive production capacity. It's not like you can just throw materials in and golems will appear. Besides, this thing was stolen from the First Princess, and the Empire was in the wrong this time, so it's not good for them to say anything.

But if we try to take it again in the future, the empire will definitely want to cause trouble.

However, it wasn't all bad news. His idea still had potential. Just like Cheryl said, if they couldn't sell it to the territory, couldn't they sell it to someone else?

The price will be a little lower, but that's nothing, since it's all free business anyway.

The transaction went smoothly. Cheryl had done her homework before coming and had a general idea of ​​the number of golem cores here. She had also obtained the authorization from Gaia and Caesar beforehand. She still had the authority to process orders of 1.5 million.

The transaction was completed quickly. However, it was really just a few blank documents that had been stamped beforehand. Isaac filled in the amount, signed his name, and that was it.

According to the contract, the first payment of 500,000 will be given to Isaac three months later. This is the only payment that will be delayed. From the second payment onwards, payments will be made in accordance with the terms of the contract.

After signing the contract, Cheryl waved her hand and used magic to temporarily create a huge space, taking in all the golem remains. Then she turned and left the territory without lingering.

Firstly, the battle at the fortress had just ended, and she had a lot of things to do. Secondly, there wasn't much for Isaac to do here; in this vast territory, only Isaac and Smith were people...

Isaac didn't keep any of it. He was excited to suddenly receive such a large sum of money, even though he hadn't received it yet. He had to think carefully about how to spend it!

First and foremost, of course, is the Mage Tower!

Forget it... this is too expensive, I can't afford it... anyway, I won't need it, I'll just upgrade the lab and make do...

Besides the laboratory, he can now officially purchase materials to build the monster breeding farm. He plans to convert the original herb field into a monster breeding farm, just as previously planned, primarily for raising monster cubs.

There's no need to bother modifying the breeding grounds yourself; you can just buy ready-made ones. These kinds of field spells already have various high-end versions, some of which can even keep the monsters inside in a state of heat 24 hours a day, constantly celebrating life without harming their bodies!

It can be incredibly magical!

Of course, there are also places suitable for monster cubs to grow up in.