The Wizard: Starting by Scamming the Demon God

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Isaac chuckled at Cheryl's sudden change in tone, not taking it to heart.

If he had followed the normal path, his father and the others would have been happy and proud of his advancement. But unfortunately, he is a mad witch, and the path he took was slightly abnormal.

So it's normal to have mixed feelings.

Cheryl glanced at the people and monsters behind Isaac, her gaze lingering on Liuli and Smith for a moment. She frowned slightly but didn't say anything. She simply turned around and led Isaac through the castle gate.

Chapter 138 Suckling Suckling

Passing through the gate, a "castle" covering an area of ​​more than 1,000 square meters comes into view.

It's called a castle mainly because Solomon and his family lived there; in reality, it's just a larger manor.

However, it has all the necessary facilities.

The castle's architectural style is similar to that of a military fortress, with its dark outer walls, scattered watchtowers, and arrow towers gleaming coldly, giving it a solemn feel.

The castle is divided into three parts, with the middle part being higher and the two sides lower. The higher part is mainly the office area, where the lord's mansion is located. The two sides are connected from the rear of the castle, forming the residential area.

This is where Isaac grew up.

Frankly speaking, such conditions are considered meager, not to mention for an earl, even among viscounts.

However, Solomon always acted this way. As a border noble, they were well aware of the importance of military force, so most of their expenditures were focused on training personal martial prowess and the army.

Besides their talent, the investment of their territory was also a very important reason why Caesar and Cheryl were able to achieve higher life forms at such a young age.

Especially with Cheryl, Gaia truly embodied Isaac's philosophy of raising sons frugally and daughters lavishly from his previous life. Her status as a Grand Arcane Master was practically built up with money!

The mage tower in the fortress, in particular, almost exhausted all of our family's wealth!

Of course, Cheryl proved her father Gaia's choice was right with her own strength, and successfully became a Grand Arcanist.

Although she is a third-tier mage like Caesar, she is a noble mage!

He's the kind of rich and skilled, truly noble mage!

Whether in terms of combat power, productivity, or social status, Cheryl is far superior to Caesar, and even rivals the senior high knight Gaia.

Keep in mind that Gaia, her father, is a veteran of the Empire, and even holds the titles of Imperial Sword Saint and Mad Lion, while Cheryl is merely a newly promoted high-level wizard.

However, that's the reality: games need to be balanced, but reality doesn't.

When the level is low, the knight, a melee class, is stronger than the wizard, who doesn't know many spells and is slow to cast them, and is far stronger than the wizard.

But once they reach higher levels, mages are equipped with luxurious gear and have a constant stream of spells. In one-on-one combat, they can easily defeat high-level knights of the same level!

Even in skirmishes, this is true!

This also shows how wise Gaia was back then, almost giving up his entire fortune to raise such a great arcanist as his eldest sister...

With his eldest sister around, it's no exaggeration to say that within ten years, Solomon's title will be promoted by one rank, and for the next five hundred years, this foundation will be relatively safe, unless there is a change of dynasty and their family chooses the wrong side.

In this era where great power belongs to oneself, the strong are so important!

Unfortunately, no matter how large this family fortune was, it had nothing to do with Isaac.

Looking at the familiar castle, Isaac was filled with emotion. When he left, he was just a sickly man who could be blown away by the wind. Now, when he returned, he had become a great wizard and a second-tier superhuman!

Moreover, although he is a newcomer, his strength is not weak even among those at the second tier.

This feeling... is kind of strange~

Unfortunately, the Mad Witch's identity was rather dishonorable, which prevented him from experiencing much of the joy of returning home in glory.

And so, following his eldest sister, Isaac led Smith and the others to the lord's mansion in the central castle. At this time, their father Gaia and eldest brother Caesar had already received their eldest sister's message and were waiting there.

Normally, this is the procedure for subordinate nobles to see their lord or for other subordinates to see their lord. It's not necessary for family members to go through such trouble when they meet.

However, the Solomon family was used to military-style management and had grown up like that, so they naturally didn't find it strange.

"Father, elder brother."

Upon arriving at the lord's manor, Cheryl and Isaac bowed to their father, who was sitting at the desk, and their elder brother, who was standing to the side. Cheryl then moved to stand on the other side of her father, while Isaac remained standing in his original spot.

“Smith…” Gaia glanced at Isaac. He wasn’t surprised that Isaac had become a great wizard. As a mad wizard, Isaac’s progress was already extremely fast. According to their estimation, it was about the same time.

However, he was quite surprised by Smith's reaction.

He actually advanced to the second tier...

Moreover, the aura emanating from him...

Monster!

Gaia frowned. As a seasoned veteran, he was incredibly experienced and could tell at a glance that Smith was not human!

While humans are not incapable of possessing magic, the feeling of human magic is completely different from that of monster magic, especially when compared with the magic of the two wizards, Isaac and Cheryl, which makes the difference even more obvious.

Gaia frowned as he looked at Isaac, a hint of coldness in his eyes. If Isaac couldn't give him a satisfactory answer, then he wouldn't be so lenient as to expel him from the party!

For Gaia, this was even more serious than killing Remington!

"What's going on with the changes in Smith?"

Upon hearing Gaia's words, Cheryl and Caesar both frowned, for they could sense the coldness in their father's voice and looked at Isaac with concern.

Even Caesar, before understanding why Isaac did this, dared not easily plead for Isaac. Gaia still held some authority in this household.

"My latest research on the secret medicine for dragon transformation." Compared to Caesar and Cheryl, Isaac was much calmer. Firstly, he had a clear conscience, and secondly, because of his physical condition, Gaia had spoiled him since childhood. Naturally, he had no fear of his father. Therefore, after speaking, he took out the golden-red secret medicine for dragon transformation from his sleeve and handed it to Cheryl.

"This is it. After taking it, you will gain the bloodline of a pure-blooded dragon, but only a part of it. To transform into a true pure-blooded dragon, you will need to invest a lot of resources. Even so, it is still an outstanding product. With this, I have officially joined the Dragon Blood Purification Project Group of the Flesh and Blood Cult. Don't worry, apart from not being able to become human, this secret medicine has no side effects. It is perfect."

Seeing his bewildered father, Isaac shrugged and then added, "Of course, Smith took the medication voluntarily."

Upon hearing this, Gaia's bewildered expression subsided slightly. He didn't understand how powerful the first part of the sentence was, but he understood the last one. So he looked at Smith without saying anything, but lightly tapped the table with his right index finger.

This was a secret code he and Smith had agreed upon when they were young, known only to him and Smith. He needed to use it to confirm whether Smith still had any self-awareness.

“Thank you for your concern, sir, but taking the Dragon Transformation Elixir was indeed my own idea. I want to have the power to continue protecting Young Master Isaac!” Smith bowed and explained to Gaia.

Upon hearing this, the coldness in Gaia's eyes dissipated, and Caesar beside her also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Is this dragon transformation potion very powerful?" Gaia then looked at Cheryl, who was carefully examining the golden-red potion.

In the early years, in order to train Cheryl, Gaia also crammed a lot of knowledge about the wizarding world. However, the Cult of Flesh and Blood was an ancient and mysterious sect, so even Gaia only knew that such a large wizarding organization existed, and did not have a specific concept of the research groups or the like within it.

The same goes for Caesar. Although he has many female companions in various wizarding organizations, he doesn't have a deep understanding of the structure of these organizations. They all need Cheryl to answer their questions about this.

Cheryl didn't rush to answer their questions, but instead carefully examined the potion in her hand.

Although she didn't say anything, her posture was enough to tell the story. Cheryl was now a Grand Archmage, and there weren't many things that could make her take things seriously.

After a long pause, Cheryl let out a long sigh and put down the potion in her hand.

I don’t understand…

This is normal. Although she can also concoct potions, her skill level is limited to being able to make potions according to the recipe, just like most non-potion-making wizards.

To develop new potions from scratch, or to analyze the technical principles or formulas of new potions...

Let alone the fact that she is only a third-tier archmage, even a fourth-tier archmage might not be able to figure it out, especially the legendary wizard's potion.

Although she didn't understand the technical principles, that didn't stop her from knowing how powerful this potion was!

One of the major problems with purifying the bloodline of dragons is that the direction of bloodline purification cannot be controlled. Often, the bloodline will deviate directly from the pure bloodline of dragons and then it will be impossible to continue purification!

Isaac's potion, however, directly solved this problem. Although it could not directly transform him into a pure-blooded dragon, it found the most correct possibility among countless possibilities and confirmed it!

Therefore, Cheryl looked at Isaac with some emotion: "Little brother, it's a real shame you didn't become an arcanist~"

This wasn't the first time Cheryl had felt this way, but each time her feelings were different, and Isaac's achievements were different as well.

Unfortunately, to become an arcanist, one needs to be born with magical talent, and Isaac did not have that talent!

"It's alright, the legendary wizards aren't bad either, are they?" Isaac said with a grin.

Since there's a cheat code, it doesn't matter what happens.

His cheat ability does seem very suitable for being a mad witch, but that's because he chose to be a mad witch. If he were an arcanist, then his cheat ability would naturally have the same uses as an arcanist.

While Isaac's success today is undoubtedly largely due to his connections and talent, his own hard work has also been indispensable!

Cheryl shook her head, not arguing with Isaac. If he was just an ordinary legendary wizard, she would naturally be happy. Not only him, but her father would be happy too. Although the family had already used up most of its resources to raise her, there was still some left.

With her new income, it shouldn't be a problem for him to conduct his magical research.

But Isaac is a mad witch...

And it's the oldest and most insane mad witch!

For the sake of the territory's future, they must sever ties with Isaac. Things are better now, but once Isaac advances to the rank of High Wizard, the territory will truly have no further connection with him!

Thinking of this, Cheryl shook her head. It was too early to talk about these things now. Even for Isaac, it would take a long time to advance to the rank of high wizard. Just finding the location for each advancement ceremony would be enough for him. This was unlike a regular wizard who could prepare everything without leaving home.

Therefore, Cheryl didn't say much about it, but instead turned to her father and Caesar to explain the power of the Dragon Transformation Elixir and the importance of the research group within the Flesh and Blood Cult.

After Cheryl's explanation, Gaia and Caesar's gazes towards Isaac changed. Gaia's eyes were filled with surprise and regret. He was surprised because he hadn't expected that his youngest son, whom he had worried about the most, would now have such great abilities.

And that's the regrettable part: Isaac, despite his great abilities, was a mad witch, and a mad witch...

It's like a ticking time bomb; it absolutely cannot be left in the territory. As the lord, he has a responsibility to his people!

However, compared to his father Gaia, Caesar's eyes were much purer. He only had a look of satisfaction in his eyes. His younger brother's success was more important than anything else.

Gaia glanced at the demons and monsters behind Isaac, sighed, and waved his hand weakly, telling them to leave. He really didn't know what to say.

Isaac shrugged, not surprised at all. However, when his older sister handed him the dragon transformation potion, he waved his hand and said with a smile, "Big sister, please accept it. This potion is also a gift from me to celebrate your advancement to Grand Archmage."

Cheryl paused for a moment, then smiled, holding the Dragon Transformation Elixir, and said, "Then I'll accept it."

Even dragon familiars are valuable to archmages, and it's worthwhile to invest a lot of resources in their training; it's an investment that's guaranteed to be profitable.

Moreover, this is especially true for a great arcanist like her who has a great connection with the territory, since dragons have very long lifespans and can serve as guardians of the territory for a very long time.

If she no longer wishes to stay in the territory in the future, she can simply have the dragon familiar guard the territory in her place, and it can be passed down for three to five generations without any problem.

After Cheryl accepted the secret medicine, Isaac led his men out of the room, leaving the three of them alone.

Such was the family tradition of Solomon: no matter what the reason for the gathering, once the stewards had finished discussing other matters, they would always proceed to discuss the administration of the territory.

These kinds of things are never-ending, and now that the family's title promotion and Cheryl's promotion have coincided, there's naturally even more to do.

Therefore, after Isaac left the room, the three of them immediately began to discuss political matters one by one until evening!

But that was none of Isaac's business. After leading Smith and the others out of the lord's mansion, he took them to the backyard and had Smith take them to find lodgings, while he himself went to a small garden.