The Wizard: Starting by Scamming the Demon God

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"What does my sister want with me?" Isaac closed the book and looked at Cheryl.

Cheryl snapped out of her daze, glanced at the now-tied-up lab, and sighed. In the end, she was still the one who had to play the villain…

"Here's the thing, I just discussed it with my father, and the crisis at the fortress has been resolved. There's nothing you can do here to help, so I won't waste your time. I have a letter of recommendation from the Flesh Cult here. Take it to the office in the capital, and you can join directly. Also, your second brother's punishment has just come down, and my father is planning to have him marry into the Norns family. You can go to the capital with him!"

"Huh?" Isaac looked at Cheryl with a puzzled expression. Had a whole bunch of information just been bombarded into his brain? Some of it he had guessed beforehand, and some he hadn't guessed at all.

Flesh and Blood Cult?

Is it the Flesh Cult from the oldest wizarding organization?

Which wizarding organization requires high-ranking wizards to become full members?

Recommendation letter? There's such a thing?

And... my second brother is going to marry into the Norns family?

If I remember correctly, that was a prince, right?

Should the punishment be heavier or the reward heavier?

"Wait, wait, the Cult of Flesh and Blood, can I just walk in?" Isaac looked at Cheryl with suspicion.

"Of course you can, but you'll join as a believer, which is equivalent to being an unofficial member of other wizarding organizations. The difference is that you'll enjoy the same treatment as official members of other wizarding organizations. Once you become a high-level wizard, you'll be exempt from the assessment and can directly enter the Flesh Cult. Only the Truth Association can obtain a letter of recommendation for this, and I also have a few friends in the Flesh Cult, so you don't need to worry."

After a pause, Cheryl said, "Your older brother also has a few friends in the Flesh Cult, but I don't recommend that you get involved with them."

"Hmm." Cheryl shrugged and nodded helplessly. "Caesar is quite popular."

“Alright, I know the general situation with the Flesh and Blood Cult, but the idea of ​​my second brother marrying into the Prince’s family… isn’t that a bit absurd?” Isaac frowned slightly.

That's a prince...

"Isn't this getting too deeply involved?"

As a vast empire, the relationships among nobles were intricate and complex. In addition to interests, there were also blood ties. Over the years, they had intermarried, and some might even have deep blood ties several generations back.

However, there are several sensitive points in this complex political marriage.

For example, marrying into another's family.

This method is often used to seize someone else's property!

Although, just like in the previous life, those who marry into the family in this world don't have much status, there is one difference: this world has extraordinary power!

When an individual's power reaches a certain level, they can disregard many rules!

If someone can kill you with one hand, you can't expect them to continue obeying your orders and groveling before you.

Therefore, people are very cautious about marrying into a family. Only good-for-nothings with no future can do this. Although Remington is not very bright, he still has the talent for cultivation. Otherwise, he would not have become a Grand Knight at such a young age. With abundant resources in his lifetime, becoming a High Knight is a sure thing.

Therefore, it is most dangerous for someone like him to marry into another family!

And he even joined the royal family!

If someone with ulterior motives were to seize upon this, it could be used to accuse someone of rebellion!

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Chapter 58 Terra Emperor!

"Isn't this getting too deeply involved?"

Hearing Isaac's question, Cheryl smiled slightly.

"Normally that's how it is, but this time it's a bit special. Father will completely remove the second son from the family register."

Upon hearing this, Isaac fell silent.

In the end, it's still the same punishment...

In aristocratic families, marrying into another family is like marrying off a daughter; those with a maternal family and those without are two different things.

Take the second brother, Remington, for example. If he had the Solomon family backing him, even if it was just a branch, he would still have basic rights after marrying into the family. But now that he's gone, he's completely at the mercy of others.

Especially since the other party is royalty!

The Grand Knight is nothing compared to them over there.

This shows that Gaia was determined to punish him.

Although Isaac's relationship with his second brother was so-so, and he hadn't thought much of him for several years, considering him stupid, they were still brothers after all, and blood was thicker than water, so he still felt a little sad.

“He’s committed a serious offense this time. Even Caesar can’t protect him, after all, Viscount Solomon is still his father.” Seeing Isaac’s somewhat downcast mood, Cheryl explained helplessly.

Isaac nodded; he understood that.

And all things considered, this is already a lenient treatment for Remington.

So he didn't dwell on it too much.

"By the way, you should find this lab useful, so I'll give it to you. Once the situation at the fortress stabilizes a bit more, I'll move the whole thing to your castle. Perfect timing, it should be ready by the time you return from the capital," Cheryl said, glancing at the lab.

On one hand, I wanted to make up for it more for Isaac, and on the other hand...

She really wouldn't dare use the lab that Isaac had used!

Who knows how many times he contacted evil gods here?

So they simply packaged the whole thing up and gave it to Isaac, since he'd definitely need it to build a mage tower in the future.

Upon hearing this, Isaac's eyes lit up. Was there really such a good thing?

This saves him the trouble of asking, since the mage tower is quite expensive.

"Thank you, big sister."

“We’re family, no need for such talk.” Cheryl shook her head, glanced one last time at the Liu Bei text in Isaac’s hand, thought for a moment, and said, “I have something to do, so I’ll be leaving now. You… try to control yourself a little.”

After she finished speaking, a blue-purple arcane light appeared and carried her away from there.

"..." Isaac shook his head speechlessly, then continued to lie on the sofa, studying the book carefully with the mouse.

After Cheryl left, both Caesar and Gaia came to visit, discussing the same matter. The difference was that Caesar left Isaac 10,000 gold coins, while Gaia gave Isaac a document, a token, and a booklet.

The document states that all revenue generated from the three villages and a small town surrounding Isaac's castle will belong to Isaac, and the existing local administration system will remain unchanged, with direct responsibility to the Solomon Territory.

At the same time, Isaac does not own these territories, but he can build whatever he wants without any restrictions.

Clearly, this was a clause specifically set up to prevent Isaac from using the territory to make deals with evil gods.

The tokens belong to ten Solomon Knights. Although they are only at the level of quasi-knights, they cooperate well and have good talent, so they have a high probability of becoming knights in the future.

It's not that there aren't knights in the legion, it's just that knights are a special case.

Although with the development of the chivalric path, knights today can no longer directly possess noble status as in the past, they still have a certain historical influence and retain some privileges.

For example, choosing one's own lord.

To be honest, none of the knights in the fortress during this period would choose to follow Isaac. They might be swallowed by the evil god one day. Such an uncertain life is not as reliable as continuing to kill black orcs on the battlefield to accumulate merit.

But actually, Isaac didn't really want it...

Because, not only are ten quasi-knights not as good at fighting as him, but they also eat more than him!

Besides, knights are all reckless and can't help him with his magical research, so it's better to just cash them in!

Unfortunately, my father didn't agree; I suppose he didn't have the money...

Shaking his head, Isaac opened the booklet. It was the Empire's merit exchange manual. In this fortress defense battle, although the risk was high, judging from the result, his contribution was still great, even greater than Cheryl's, who controlled the mage tower. He was undoubtedly number one!

Once the battle merits are tallied, he can redeem them. By the time he arrives in the capital, the settlement should already be complete. He can then redeem anything he wants in the capital, and check what's available along the way.

"Let me see... Holy crap!"

Suddenly, Isaac, who was lying on the sofa, jumped up and stared in shock at the first item on the first page of the booklet in his hand.

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Imperial Decree: Summons the power of the Terran Emperor, capable of instantly killing any higher life form or lower within the Empire! (If a deal with the Outer God fails, the Emperor can repel the Outer God, averting all costs. The Imperial Decree will be revoked upon use.)

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"hiss!!!"

After confirming that he hadn't misread it, Isaac gasped. Those two short sentences revealed an astonishing amount of information!

The emperor of the empire is no less powerful than an Outer God!

As long as you possess the Emperor's Decree, it's like having a valid get-out-of-jail-free card in transactions with Outer Gods!

However, after seeing the string of zeros above the exchange price under the Emperor's Decree, Isaac's burning passion gradually calmed down. Although he didn't know how many merits he could get this time, he figured he probably couldn't afford it.

So just stick to your magic and slowly work your way up; don't try anything too big, or you'll mess things up.

After calming down, Isaac lay back down and flipped through the booklet with great interest, raising his eyebrows from time to time. Although there were many high-end items in the later parts, he had to admit that after experiencing the baptism of the Emperor's Decree, he felt that they were all lacking.

……

The next day, Isaac got up early, took a magic book, and sat quietly in the pumpkin carriage reading it, waiting for his second brother's dowry to be loaded onto the carriage. After saying goodbye to Gaia, Caesar, and Cheryl, the group rode in a long caravan towards the capital.

"Hmm? Isaac, who is he? I've never seen him before?" Remington rode a horse to Isaac's carriage window, looked at the shifty-eyed coachman in the pumpkin carriage, and asked suspiciously.

Upon hearing this, Isaac's gaze briefly left the magic book, glanced at the coachman, and replied, "Oh, it's a mouse. My shapeshifting magic has improved a bit; I can turn animals into people now. Although it still can't speak, its learning ability will be greatly enhanced, which is good for the mouse."

"It's a mouse!" Remington stared wide-eyed at the lifelike mouse. "Wasn't Cinderella's coachman a goose in disguise?"

Isaac looked at Remington with surprise: "Is there a problem? Is magic something so inconvenient?"

After saying that, he continued to read the magic book and closed the car window.

Chapter 59 Solomon and Merlin's First Meeting

Because he needed to travel quickly and it wasn't convenient to conduct experiments, Isaac mostly read theoretical magic books, while also taking the opportunity to review his own combat abilities.

Don't be fooled by how he wiped out thousands of knights on the battlefield and seemed so impressive.

But in reality, it all relies on rituals, is full of luck, and is difficult to replicate.

His actual strength is rather average.

If he's well-prepared, he can only fight one or two high-level knights who are a level above him, and he's currently a standard squishy mage.

In terms of attack, he has fire arrows for mid-to-long range, which is quite good for a formal wizard. However, his real trump card is the monsters created by flesh-and-blood transformation.