Chapter 582 - 407: Evil God: Oh, Great Isaac, Please Grant Me Power

Chapter 582: Chapter 407: Evil God: Oh, Great Isaac, Please Grant Me Power

But the problem was, if he fought the Orcs, wouldn’t Terra go after Caesar?

So, if he didn’t want to put his brother in a bad spot, the best choice was to get involved on behalf of the family.

With this in mind, Isaac immediately shared his thoughts with his brother. After receiving his brother’s approval, Isaac returned to his glacial research settlement in the Antarctic and dove back into his work.

He did, however, adjust his research plan, officially prioritizing the development of the Authority Crystal.

His current technological foundation wasn’t quite sufficient, making the research rather difficult. But he had no other choice. The war had escalated, so he had to grind this thing out, one way or another!

He wasn’t too worried about his brother’s safety at the moment. The guy was ridiculously strong—he’d even managed to, as a Tier Three, take down a Tier Four... That was an accomplishment even Isaac himself had never achieved.

But, if he could successfully develop the Authority Crystal now, he would make an absolute killing from this war!

He might even be able to place an order with the Truth Association for a Floating City!

But before all that...

Isaac first needed to conduct an experiment. If this experiment succeeded, his research on the Authority Crystal would progress even faster!

He planned to forge a contract with an Outer God for research assistance. It would be a special contract ritual, one he had modified and optimized from a standard trading ritual, with the goal of maximizing and extending the ritual’s binding power!

Isaac didn’t let his subordinates conduct this experiment. First, their skill level was too low to handle an experiment of this caliber. Second, Isaac was using his Golden Finger for the ritual, which maxed out the margin for error!

Even so, he wasn’t certain the experiment would succeed. It was a long-term process, and Outer Gods were notoriously insidious and treacherous. Nothing was guaranteed.

...

「Soon.」

The experiment began.

The experiment ended.

The experiment... succeeded...

The contract ritual was far simpler than Isaac had imagined. It was so simple, in fact, that the contract was sealed before he even had time to react. The margin-of-error value hadn’t budged at all!

It was still at one thousand percent!

This was completely different from a normal trade, where the number would plummet bit by bit. ’They’re... this agreeable?’

Of course, the Outer Gods weren’t that agreeable. The contract ritual succeeded purely because assisting with research was a trivial matter for them. After all, it wasn’t as if *they* were the ones being put under the microscope.

So, when such a simple request was met with Isaac’s ridiculously generous offering, the principle of equivalent exchange ensured the contract ritual was completed smoothly.

The logic was simple, so Isaac figured it out quickly. He fell silent again. ’So... I spent all that energy researching this thing for *this*?’

Thankfully, Isaac’s research wasn’t a complete waste. He surmised that because normal Mad Witches weren’t as "generous" as he was, any other Mad Witch using this ritual would only have a relatively higher chance of success—they would still ultimately fail.

Besides, the biggest danger in an experiment like this wasn’t the initial contract, but the "assisted research" that followed!

He had to formulate a contract with incredibly strong binding clauses, much like a Demon Dominator, to prevent the Outer God from running amok. Otherwise, who knows what monstrosities they might end up creating?

That, however, was a problem for later. For now, Isaac was going to run another experiment...

"Come, use these materials to set up a trading ritual. Then, I will make a trade with you and grant you power," Isaac said, summoning his Evil God Divine Power avatar and pointing to the materials and diagram on the table.

The Evil God: ???

’Who’s granting power to whom, now?’