The Wizard: Starting by Scamming the Demon God

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"Sigh~" Isaac sighed heavily as he walked out of the adventurer's tavern. He hadn't expected that improving his strength so quickly would cause such a problem...

I should have just checked with the Truth Association. They must have information about the demiplane where the third-tier monsters are located. Unfortunately, the nouveau riche atmosphere there is just too strong, so strong that Isaac felt very uncomfortable just being there...

However, it's not a big problem. This trip wasn't a complete waste. At least he now knows the location of Eastman Valley. The rest can be left to the dimensional apostles. After all, they won't really die, making them perfect scouting materials!

Chapter 213 The Continuation of the Miracle of Life: The Three-Eyed Goblin!

Eastman Valley is located in the Reno Mountains, more than 50 kilometers north of Nebula City. The Reno Mountains are one of Nebula City's important trade routes, so it is bound to be a dangerous place. Where there is profit, there will be conflict.

And the trade route, especially the trade route through Nebula City, obviously offers enormous profits.

Therefore, a large number of bandits exist in the vast Reno Mountains. Although Nebula City sends troops to sweep them every month, the waters in the Reno Mountains are so deep that no matter how many times Nebula City sweeps them, it is impossible to wipe out all the bandits.

Of course, this is also an important reason why there are adventurers in Nebula City. Most of their tasks are to escort caravans to and from Nebula City and earn some protection money. Isaac even suspects that the reason why the bandits in the Reno Mountains cannot be eradicated is probably because some kind of interest transfer chain has been established between the bandits, Nebula City, and the adventurers.

However, this was just Isaac's guess. He didn't know the specifics, nor was he interested in knowing, because it was none of his business.

Even though the Eastman Valley he was going to was deep in the Reno Mountains.

After all, Isaac's Adventurer's Tavern didn't come away empty-handed. At least he obtained the coordinates of Eastman Valley. With the coordinates, he could directly use spatial teleportation to go to Eastman Valley, thus avoiding the bandits in the mountains.

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At the entrance to Iskandar, eerie and distorted spatial ripples appeared, and Isaac and Liuli slowly emerged from them.

Isaac stood at the valley entrance, curiously looking around. Beneath the lush jungle and bushes, on the ground, there were some obscure aberrant substances, signs of being corroded by high concentrations of magic.

Furthermore, it possesses a high concentration of earth elemental magic, which means that the demiplane in the valley not only contains a very rich amount of earth elemental energy, but also has its doors wide open!

This is a bit tricky...

Isaac looked helpless, because although the demiplane is attached to the real world, it is relatively independent and rarely borders the real world. Even if a wizard goes to the demiplane, he can only go through the special property of the dimension that runs through all worlds and is parallel to all worlds, or he can use magic to analyze the laws of the demiplane and create the corresponding magic key. Otherwise, even a demigod cannot go there!

Of course, while demigods cannot go there, they can directly destroy demiplanes.

However, this also reveals the special nature of demiplanes.

However, not all demiplanes are so independent; there are always a few exceptions!

When the magic concentration of a demiplane reaches a certain level, the demiplane will actively move closer to the real world and merge into it, becoming a part of it. This is one of the reasons why the real world is so vast.

Therefore, the demiplane in the valley is clearly a demiplane that is merging with the real world.

This is also what troubles Isaac, because normally, a demiplane with this level of magic concentration should produce more than ten Tier 3 monsters!

There's even a chance it could nurture a fourth-tier monster!

But now, according to Shiva, there are only three high-level monsters inside...

Either Sylva's intelligence was wrong, or...

Those three high-level demons are extremely powerful!

Whatever the reason, it's destined to cause unforeseen complications for Isaac's actions...

More importantly, since this demiplane is filled with such a dense amount of earth elemental magic, the monsters inside must also be of the earth attribute, or even earth elemental creatures!

And this kind of monster...

They are usually very difficult to deal with!

Nothing special, just thick skin and tough flesh!

They're all tanky characters with high defense and high attack!

It's just a little slower.

The best way to deal with these kinds of monsters is earth elemental magic. However, unlike the earth elemental magic that most people are familiar with, this kind of magic is not simply magic that manipulates earth elements. Strictly speaking, it is energy manipulation magic.

Earth elemental magic, strictly speaking, should be called the manipulation of earth elemental matter. The most common type of this kind of spell is various disintegration spells. Against these tanky characters with high defense and high attack, a single disintegration spell can have a devastating effect...

Destroy the world!

Unfortunately, Isaac wasn't good at this kind of magic...

Therefore, he and Liuli had no choice but to resort to brute force...

This is really killing me...

Of course, even if Isaac is skilled in earth elemental magic, things might not go smoothly, because Shiva's intelligence also mentioned that the lair of the three-headed monster grows Moon Goddess Flowers, a magical plant that is utterly useless against the vast majority of earth elemental monsters...

Therefore, those three-headed monsters might not be earth elemental monsters, but rather powerful monsters that killed them in the earth elemental plane, the home turf of earth elemental monsters...

Regardless of the outcome, it will be equally unfavorable for Isaac...

"Sigh~" Isaac sighed deeply, waved his right hand, and shadowy spatial ripples appeared behind him, swallowing Isaac and Liuli. However, this time it was not spatial teleportation, but an extremely subtle concealment method. Once covered by this spatial layer, without a certain level of spatial mastery, it would be impossible to detect Isaac and Liuli.

After Isaac and Liuli hid, several dark and deep rifts appeared, and more than a dozen three-eyed humans emerged from them. They were surrounded by deep and evil magic, and their faces were expressionless. They were Isaac's dimensional apostles.

After the dimensional apostles arrived, most of them stepped directly into the valley. The only one, a short figure less than a meter tall, stood still. No, it's not fair to say he stood still.

Although it did not walk into the valley, the pitch-black dimensional magic beneath its feet spread like water into the depths of the valley. As the dimensional magic spread, green goblins holding wooden clubs and stones slowly rose from the ground and then charged in with howls.

In addition to these ordinary goblins, there were also a few scattered yakuza goblins that were three meters tall and covered in blood!

Needless to say, this short figure was the lucky one who survived Isaac's magic eye experiment. After being converted into a dimensional apostle by Isaac, it did not disappoint Isaac's reward. In addition to strengthening the development of the magic eye and improving the extraction of dimensional magic, most importantly, it began to work on modifying ordinary goblins!

Although the current modifications are still very primitive, they are limited to injecting dimensional magic into the bodies of ordinary goblins, using the profound characteristics of dimensional magic to forcibly modify the goblins.

As you can imagine, such a primitive method has a very low success rate, but no matter how low the success rate is, it can't stop the sheer number of goblins!

After countless goblins were sacrificed, this red-skinned goblin covered in muscle tumors was created, and its combat strength reached the mid-level of the first tier! Moreover, it is immune to pain!

One red-skinned goblin can easily defeat a hundred ordinary goblins!

The only pity is that although the Three-Eyed Goblin has some intelligence, it doesn't have much. Although it has made some progress in modifying goblins using dimensional magic, it doesn't know how to summarize or analyze the reasons, so it still hasn't mastered a stable method for modifying red-skinned goblins.

Fortunately, Isaac didn't have high expectations for the Three-Eyed Goblin anyway. As long as it improved, it would be a win for Isaac.

Chapter 214 Isaac: Stone? Stone is flesh and blood too!

As the dimensional apostles and goblins relentlessly explored the area, the information about Eastman Valley quickly became clearer in Isaac's mind.

What distressed Isaac was that the situation in the valley was the worst possible scenario—all of the above!

Unlike the lush vegetation outside the valley, the impact inside the valley is significantly more severe. As far as the eye can see, there are barren, gray-yellow stone walls covered with traces of elemental distortion. There is not a single patch of green in the entire valley!

What made Isaac even more desperate was that a large number of earth elemental spirits were wandering in the valley!

There were even six high-level earth elemental spirits among them!

Their bodies were covered in wounds, clearly indicating they had been through a fierce battle, yet these earth elementals were so harmonious together, suggesting that the wounds were not caused by civil war.

So the conclusion...

It's quite obvious...

That damned Silva!

No wonder they used this place to test his combat abilities!

Beyond the demiplane, there are six high-level elemental spirits, and they are also tanky monsters with high attack and defense, making it quite difficult. Not to mention, there are also powerful monsters within the demiplane that can at least take down six high-level elemental spirits...

"Sigh~" Isaac sighed, but he had no intention of returning.

It's a bit difficult, but not impossible. It just requires gathering more intelligence...

A glint flashed in Isaac's eyes as his [Analysis] power was fully activated. The intelligence data transmitted from the dimensional apostles flowed through Isaac's mind like water, and was completely disassembled, reassembled, and then filled into the spell formula in Isaac's mind by his [Analysis] power.

Actually, earth elementals aren't that difficult for wizards to deal with, especially for Isaac, whose learning ability is now maxed out. He can easily defeat them by simply learning some disintegration spells, even high-level earth elementals.

Unless they possess the power to resist disintegration spells, but the probability of this is extremely low. After all, even among the extraordinary, only wizards can reliably master a certain power, and even knights can only master a certain power with a high probability, not absolutely.

Therefore, for monsters, the awakening of powers is basically entirely random.

Of course, even if he awakens the corresponding power, it's simple for Isaac. He can just keep firing his magic cannon, since his magic power is infinite with that move.

However, Isaac didn't want to do that.

He had a slightly more complicated, but more agreeable, approach.

That is, by using the intelligence data collected by the Dimensional Apostles, dissecting it through the [Analysis] power, integrating it into one's current spell system, and optimizing it, the problem can be solved.

Believe it or not, he actually found it—flesh and blood mutation!

This was a spell that Isaac modified based on his own innate magical talent. It can cause the flesh and blood of enemies to mutate, grow some strange limbs, or bring a certain part of his body to life. It is a very evil spell.

However, as Isaac's strength rapidly increased, the enemies he faced also became stronger, and this spell was quickly phased out due to its excessively long wind-up.

And now, it seems that it is time for it to shine again!

The reason for adding "seems" is that this spell still needs some optimization and upgrades. After all, flesh and blood mutation only targets flesh and blood, while the valley is currently full of earth elemental spirits, whose bodies are all made of earth lumps and have no flesh and blood for this spell to mutate.

and so!

This spell needs a minor upgrade and optimization. For example, instead of targeting a specific substance like flesh and blood, optimize it to target a vague concept like flesh and blood.

In this way, its scope is greatly expanded. For example, the clods of earth that make up the body of the earth elemental spirit are also included in the concept of "flesh and blood". In this way, there are naturally objects of distortion!

However, this is still not enough to guarantee success, as there is a possibility of upgrade failure. After all, concepts are not so easily incorporated into spells.

So Isaac also prepared Plan B—to create a spell that could transform other substances into flesh and blood.

The feasibility of this plan is quite high, because Isaac has dimensional worlds that he picked up from billions of flesh and blood, so it is not difficult to achieve this level.

Therefore, although the dimensional apostles had already explored the situation inside, Isaac and Liuli remained hidden in the phase space, quietly watching the dimensional apostles rush in one after another, only to be smashed into mincemeat by the earth elemental spirits, and then come from the dimensional world to the real world, only to be smashed into mincemeat again...

During this time, even the Three-Eyed Goblin, who was always guarding the valley entrance and summoning the goblin minions, died several times. After all, although the earth elemental spirits were made of earth blocks and even their brains were made of stone, they were not that stupid.

Enemies kept pouring in from the valley entrance. Although they were all weak, even flies are annoying if they keep coming, so they naturally came out to check the situation.

Unfortunately, the lives of the Dimensional Apostles are bound to Isaac's dimensional world, and they cannot be killed by conventional means.

So even though the dimensional apostles were no match for them, their intelligence was still continuously sent to Isaac's mind by the dimensional apostles. In addition, they were also harassed and became very irritable, which was of some benefit to Isaac's upcoming battle, and could be considered an unexpected bonus.

After all, the Earth Elemental Spirit is already slow-witted, and now that it has become extremely agitated, it will become even slower.

Isaac quickly completed the spell optimization. As a legendary wizard who had profited from numerous trades with the Lord of Flesh and Blood and successfully escaped unscathed, Isaac already had a deep understanding of the concept of "Flesh and Blood." With the assistance of the "Analysis" power, the spell "Flesh and Blood Aberration" smoothly incorporated the concept of "Flesh and Blood"!

In other words, from this moment on, his flesh mutation spell will be effective even against earth elemental spirits, which are monsters covered in clods of earth, although the effect may be slightly weaker and the duration of its effect may be longer.

But it didn't matter. At this moment, the incredibly irritable Earth Elemental's senses had become even more sluggish, giving Isaac ample time to prepare for casting the spell.

In fact, after this spell was optimized, it did not reach its limit. Instead, it was given a second life and its limit became even higher. It can be further optimized into a privilege spell or even an authority spell!