The Wizard: Starting by Scamming the Demon God

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But just as Philo was about to speak, she suddenly saw Remington's corpse in the monster horde. She paused for a moment, then quickly realized that this battle was inevitable!

Even if it's a battle we're destined to lose, we must fight!

It's very simple. Isaac killed even his own brother without any mercy, so there's no reason for him to let her, the instigator, go. The reason he's backing down now is simply because of her identity.

Once he becomes stronger and fearless of the Empire, he will definitely come back to find her. So it's best to fight him now, collect data, and minimize Isaac's gains to buy time for your own development!

"I want to fight head-on!" Philo said firmly after thinking it through.

Mensa nodded, then with a flick of his finger, hundreds of obsidian golems, each over three meters tall, crashed down into the town. At the same time, muscle fibers flew out of Philo's body, forming a small ball in Mensa's hand.

Mensa then looked at Isaac: "I've taken out all of her alchemical golems, making sure there aren't any mistakes. I'll keep that big guy running again later, but it's not really suitable for combat. What do you want to do with it?"

Mensa held up the small ball and asked Isaac, "That's Philo's Infinite Demon Armor, the core of the core, and the thing Isaac most wants to obtain or destroy. However, this thing needs to be worn by Philo, so it's definitely not suitable for the battlefield, after all, swords have no eyes."

Although the possibility of Mensa watching over them is small, it's not impossible. We still need to be careful and avoid risks whenever possible.

"Hmmm, just give it to me directly?"

Mensa: "...Okay."

After a moment of silence, Mensa, too lazy to deal with the thing, tossed it to Isaac amidst the surprised looks of Philo and Isaac.

Even after the item reached Isaac's hands, he was still somewhat dazed. Had he really gotten it...?

Startled for a moment, Isaac glanced at Philo, who was filled with resentment but dared not say anything, while holding the small ball in his hand. He felt a strange sense of satisfaction, then happily put it away and waved his hand.

"Then let's fight!"

Mensa nodded, then looked at Philo behind him and handed her a crystal ball: "Your Highness, you can stay with us and use this to control the golem. Don't worry, I've already adjusted the crystal ball. It's exactly the same as if you controlled it yourself, and it's definitely not any better."

Philo: "..."

This feels so strange... Is this person really on my side?

But facing Mensa, she dared not say much. She silently took the crystal ball, poured magic into it, and then controlled her golems to attack the monster horde!

"Boom! Boom!!"

"Tsk tsk~" Watching hundreds of golems, several meters tall, neatly pressing down on him, Isaac couldn't help but shake his head in amazement. No wonder golems could develop so quickly; they are indeed powerful for fighting!

Whether it's actual combat strength or momentum, they are absolutely top-notch!

That's intimidating!

Unfortunately, against Isaac's army of sword demons, it was nothing but a bluff...

As the alchemical golems marched heavily toward the demon army, the greatsword demons charged toward them like ferocious tigers. Dark magic swirled around their greatswords, and with each streak of dark sword energy, golems were dismembered before Philo's twitching eyes!

No matter how strong the Obsidian Golem is, it is only a first-tier golem. Only its defense and pure strength are close to the second tier. It cannot compare with a true second-tier golem, not to mention that there are so many more Greatsword Demons than golems!

So after the battle began, Isaac's attention was mainly focused on the enormous colossus in the center of the town!

At this moment, as Mensa dispelled the time-stopping spell on the colossus, a massive amount of magic began to converge again, and each of the seven raised hands of the colossus fired a ray at the rat floating in the middle.

"Squeaky!!!"

As a massive influx of magic power poured in, the rats began to scream in pain!

The sound was so piercing that Isaac and his companions could hear it from hundreds of meters away!

'Hmph! I'll make you taste the bitterness of loss too!' Hearing the screams coming from the rats, Philo's face showed a gleeful expression.

Heath and Mensa, watching from the sidelines, sighed. So, mad witches are all insane...

However, when Philo looked up to admire Isaac's pained expression, she was surprised to find that he was not sad at all!

He even playfully teased the mouse on his shoulder!

Are mice really that fun?

You're going to die soon, you mouse... huh? Teasing a mouse?

Philo stared blankly at the mouse on Isaac's shoulder, and Isaac, seemingly noticing her gaze, turned to look at her and returned her a very heartwarming smile.

Overwhelmed with mixed emotions, Philo gave a self-deprecating laugh, casually tossed the crystal ball aside, and realized she had lost... utterly and completely...

The thought of how smug and self-satisfied she had been these past few days made her feel utterly ridiculous…

After all that, the other party didn't lose anything. Whether it's strategy or raw power, I'm far inferior to him, yet I'm jumping around like a clown...

It's ridiculous...

At this moment, she no longer wanted to resist. She raised her head and took another serious look at Isaac, imprinting his image deeply in her heart. Sooner or later, she would surpass him and kill him!

“It seems the princess has figured it out.” Mensa flicked his finger, and the crystal ball on the ground flew into his hand. He glanced at Philo, then looked at Isaac with curiosity.

He was incredibly curious about Isaac. After all these years, such a pure mad witch was a rare sight. He even dared to steal dimensions, something many mad witches today wouldn't even dare to dream of. The key was that he actually succeeded!

So he was actually quite curious about how far Isaac would grow.

As for this battle...

It's just a children's game; it's obvious at a glance. Only a fool would take this game seriously.

Hitz glanced at Philo, who had completely lost his fighting spirit, and sighed with some emotion. Then, he asked with some curiosity, "Master Mensa, do you think he can handle that big guy?"

Mensa: "..."

Mensa glanced at Hitz speechlessly. Well, he hadn't expected there to be an idiot here...

"Just keep watching and you'll see. For him, this is actually the simplest thing."

"Oh?" Hitz became interested and looked at Isaac.

……

"Squeak?" Why is it squealing so pitifully?

“Because that thing is stripping away its divine network.” Isaac withdrew his gaze from Philo, then tapped the mouse’s nose and said with a smile.

"Squeak?" What is the Divine Network?

"...Your food."

"Squeak!" The mouse nodded in sudden realization.

"Hehehe~~~" Hamon above his head let out a merciless laugh. This stupid rat didn't even realize he was almost dead.

Liuli, standing behind Isaac, looked at the mouse speechlessly, but along with her speechlessness came a hint of envy. After all, silly mice have their own kind of luck; although they're a bit dim-witted, they can always stay on their owner's shoulder and receive meticulous care—how wonderful!

However, it's also great that it can help its master defeat powerful enemies!

Isaac was unaware of what his companions were thinking. At that moment, he was watching in amazement as the colossus was being pulled out of the divine network. He finally understood what Philo was trying to do with all this.

It's not actually the creator god that Angel said. If it were, the first person to kill Philo would have been the Emperor. You're kidding. It's true that demigods have power comparable to gods, but the Terra Empire doesn't have that power!

If a fight really breaks out here, will the country even exist?

So what Philo actually wanted to create was a divine being, but she had bigger ambitions. She wanted to create a huge thing, using the colossus in front of her as a vessel, to create a flesh-and-blood mechanical golem of the divine being. Then, she would take advantage of her convenient identity to collect faith on a large scale. Judging from the size of this thing, it could hold a lot of faith power.

With the help of these beliefs, it is not impossible for him to become a god directly!

However, in Isaac's view, there is a problem here, which is the old issue of control. Contracts cannot restrict high-level life forms.

Of course, this is the problem in Isaac's eyes. Perhaps the royal family will have a solution, but before that, Philo is actually facing an even more serious problem—she can't modify the divine network!

Even after discussing it in depth with Isaac for so many days, she still couldn't grasp it.

So at this point, she had an idea—why not just seize the godhood network from the mouse!

Then fill it into the colossus, and that's it!

A very simple and straightforward plan.

However, she didn't understand Isaac's strength. She didn't know that she could actually buy it from Isaac...

The low success rate is other people's problem. Isaac's success rate is not low. This thing is just a treat for Isaac to improve his strength.

Unfortunately, due to her preconceived notions, she believed that this item was extremely important to Isaac, and since mad witches all liked to get things for free, the idea of ​​trading never even crossed her mind.

Previously, Isaac was unaware of what she intended to do, but he could vaguely sense that she was overly enthusiastic about the divine species. Therefore, he specially modified another divine rat and, before the ritual began, entrusted it to Remington for protection, citing the reason that it could only command one familiar.

This was something they had agreed upon before the ceremony.

At this point, the whole story became clearer in his mind; in short, it was nothing more than a farce caused by a mad witch.

But it's too late to think things through now. Remington is dead, Philo's golem is almost completely destroyed, and he's killed more than a dozen noblemen from the capital. The feud is now set in stone.

But that's for later. Right now, the most important thing, and what Isaac cares about most, is...

Will Philo's experiment succeed?

Chapter 89 Experiment failed

Even though they are now on opposing sides, Isaac has to admit that Philo's idea is truly ingenious!

The established divine network is extracted and transplanted into a colossal alchemical golem. A magical ritual is then used to accelerate the fusion of the divine network and the golem. In this way, an exceptionally powerful divine being can be created in the shortest possible time!

The most difficult part of the entire experiment was extracting the divine network and fusing it with the colossus. Isaac has observed this so far and still can't figure out how it was done. He can only guess that it was either forbidden knowledge traded from the Outer Gods or her innate sorcery.

Of course, it's also possible that both are true, for example, his incredible sorcery, the Flesh Nest, was obtained through a deal with Outer Gods.

If he can do it, others can too.

Once you understand one thing, you understand everything; so if others can do it, he can naturally do it too!

Let's take a good look at it first. If it seems reliable, we'll take it back, disassemble it, and he can build one himself when he gets back!

And so, under everyone's watchful eyes, the divine network extracted from the rat slowly merged into the giant golem. Then the ritual began, and the golden network started to spread downwards from the top of the golem's head.

Seeing this, Philo was excited, Hitz looked serious, Mensa was indifferent, and Isaac sighed.

Failed.

He has worked on nearly a hundred divine networks to date, and since they were mostly successful due to the power of his cheat system, he has seen too many instances of divine networks failing to unfold. The current progress seems to be going smoothly, but judging from the size of the colossus, the divine network will likely get stuck around the nose.

Because the power of faith is insufficient.

Although Philo somehow obtained a batch of faith power, she clearly overlooked the issue of attrition. The faith power of a god has an object; faith power that is not one's own will either suffer huge losses or cause mental confusion.

This is also one of the reasons why Isaac speculated that the historically recorded creation of a god eventually went out of control.

Although legend has it that wizards also need the power of faith, this is completely different from the power of faith in gods.

The simplest example is that believers in one god cannot coexist. Once you become a believer in another god, you cannot become a believer in another god. Only one faith can exist at a time.