Chapter 307 - 228: Grand Secret Treasure Acquired! The Empire is in for a World of Hurt

Chapter 307: Chapter 228: Grand Secret Treasure Acquired! The Empire is in for a World of Hurt

The only downside was that the Divine Blood contained a vast amount of data. An ordinary Crystal Ball couldn’t handle that much information; he would need to use a specially made one.

However, compared to the difficulty of increasing the precision of his Analysis Authority, this was a much smaller problem. After all, such Crystal Balls could be bought on the market. It was just a matter of some Gold Coins—a simple fix.

With that thought, the dense layers of Magic Seals surrounding the room were released one by one. Isaac gave the Divine Blood an excited glance before turning and walking out.

After Isaac left, the Magic Seals closed again, tightly sealing away the aura of the Divine Blood.

Once outside, Isaac immediately walked over to the Magic Instruments in his Mage Tower. Using Magic Communication, he placed a massive order with the Truth Association, buying two hundred extra-large-capacity Crystal Balls in one go!

Two hundred was merely the limit of the Truth Association’s current inventory, not Isaac’s.

After all, the amount of data contained within the Divine Blood was simply immense. Even if ninety-nine percent of it was junk, it was still information that needed to be saved first. Not a single Crystal Ball available for direct purchase could withstand that much data.

Therefore, Isaac would need to process them a bit.

He would fuse these smaller-capacity Crystal Balls together to create one with a super-large capacity!

Perhaps then it would be able to withstand a significant amount of data.

That’s right. Even with two hundred extra-large-capacity Crystal Balls, Isaac was still skeptical about whether it would be enough to handle the data from the Divine Blood.

But for now, he had no other choice. Few people bought these kinds of Crystal Balls. Most Wizards were accustomed to relying on their own minds for memory. After all, as a Wizard’s Life Level increased, their brain function improved as well. Under normal circumstances, a mind was far more useful than any Crystal Ball.

But while Isaac was waiting for the Crystal Balls to be delivered, something unexpected happened: Caesar’s negotiations with the Empire regarding the Water Tornado had concluded!

Yes, they were over!

The negotiations hadn’t dragged on for a long time as Isaac had initially guessed.

In the castle’s Study, Isaac looked at Caesar, who sat across from him, and asked in surprise, "How did the negotiations end so quickly? Did the Empire just give up on the Water Tornado?"

Caesar smiled faintly, picked up the cup of red tea before him, and took a light sip. "Normally, it would have dragged on for a very long time," he said. "But we got lucky. Another Water Tornado descended on the border of our territory, closer to the Empire’s side. So we just had to give that one to the Empire."

"That’s it?" Isaac looked suspiciously at Caesar, who wore a faint smile. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

’Don’t be fooled by how well Caesar treats me, making it seem like he has no ulterior motives. The truth is, that guy is devious as hell!’

’If he were truly that kind and simple, why would his father, Gaia, have abdicated for him so early?’

’After all, while High-level Knights don’t have the many life-extending methods that Wizards do, their own powerful Life Force allows them to live for one or two hundred years without any issue.’

’In that respect, his father, Gaia, was still in his prime, with plenty of room to grow stronger.’

’The only reason he abdicated so early was that Caesar was not only gifted and powerful but also a masterful politician.’

’He just never used those schemes on his family and friends.’

’Just because he didn’t, didn’t mean he couldn’t.’

And Isaac’s suspicions were correct. Caesar just smiled, swiped a finger across the Sapphire Ring on his right hand, and a document instantly appeared. Caesar handed it to Isaac.

"This is for you. Have a look."

Isaac took the document, giving the beaming Caesar a suspicious glance. He had no idea what game his friend was playing.

He slowly opened the document. As he read the contents, Isaac’s eyes widened in shock!

It was an Infinite Expansion Decree!

What was an Infinite Expansion Decree?

It meant exactly what it said: you could expand into the Wilderness without limit. Any territory you claimed was yours, and the Empire wouldn’t take a single inch!

On the surface, an Infinite Expansion Decree didn’t seem particularly valuable. A regular Pioneer Order was much the same; after all, even with unlimited rights to expand, you still needed the strength to do so, didn’t you?

But in reality, it was completely different. First, the Infinite Expansion Decree had to be viewed from two angles. One was territorial ownership: under an Infinite Expansion Decree, all claimed territory belonged to you. Not only were you not under the Empire’s jurisdiction, but you could even establish your own Kingdom!

Furthermore, for five hundred years, your territory would nominally belong to the Empire and thus fall under its protection.

More importantly, Isaac couldn’t sense the conceptual power of the Lord’s Book within this decree!

In other words, any territory claimed under this decree would not be controlled by the Empire!

That made its value incredibly high!

But if that were all, it would be of little use to Isaac. He had no desire to manage a territory, let alone go through the trouble of pioneering one.

For Isaac, the most important aspect of the Infinite Expansion Decree was that the territory he pioneered would be entirely his own!

This might seem no different from the first point, but it was!

One had to remember: Isaac was also a Mad Witch!

And among Mad Witches, aside from blood sacrifices, there was an even more heretical and versatile method of offering: sacrificing one’s own territory!

This was why even someone as sentimental as Caesar had been forced to administratively sever ties with Isaac’s territory after learning he was a Mad Witch. It was simply too dangerous.

Of course, the requirements for sacrificing a territory were not low. The most crucial, core requirement was possessing complete ownership of the land.

The Infinite Expansion Decree fulfilled this condition perfectly. It also contained a special conceptual power, unlike an ordinary Pioneer Order which required one to fully govern a territory before true ownership was granted.

With the Infinite Expansion Decree, as long as you conquered the land, you held ownership—even if you hadn’t begun to govern it!

Therefore!

In Isaac’s hands, the value of the Infinite Expansion Decree was no less than—and perhaps even far greater than—the Secret Treasure Philo had obtained from the Itra Kingdom: Francis’s Life Derivation Technique.

That thing required specific materials to create the Artificial Humans for sacrifice, and it was limited to flesh-and-blood offerings. But with the Infinite Expansion Decree, Isaac could simply have his Dimension Apostles or Great Sword Ghosts do the pioneering.

War?

That was something Isaac excelled at!

However, everything comes at a price. So, what was the price of the Infinite Expansion Decree?

Naturally, it was the Concept attached to it. To put it in more mystical terms, the decree consumed the Empire’s national fortune!

So, while it was called an Infinite Expansion Decree, it wasn’t truly infinite. It usually came with a time limit. After the deadline passed, if you wanted to use the decree again, it would consume the national fortune of your own territory.

The Infinite Expansion Decree in Isaac’s hands had a time limit of only five short years.

Clearly, the Empire was well aware of the martial potential Isaac possessed as an individual and didn’t dare let him run wild, hence the short duration.

For Isaac, however, it was more than enough.

’Besides, now that it’s in my hands,’ Isaac thought, ’is the time limit really up to the Empire anymore?’

"An Infinite Expansion Decree, hmm? Interesting..." Isaac looked up at Caesar, the corner of his mouth curling upward. The two brothers shared a conspiratorial grin.

With this in Isaac’s hands, the Empire was in for a world of pain.

"Besides this, I assume there were other benefits?" Isaac asked with a smile.

"Of course." Caesar smiled. After all, the territory they had bartered away was Solomon’s. No matter if it was borderland, it was still Solomon’s territory. Everyone knew how valuable a Water Tornado was, let alone having two of them at once.

That couldn’t be bought off with a mere Infinite Expansion Decree.

So, Caesar once again swiped his Sapphire Ring. A list appeared in his hand, which he then passed to Isaac.

"Have a look."