A True God Seed!

"Haha! It worked!"

Isaac looked excitedly at the God Seed Rat on the experiment table in the third-floor laboratory of the Wizard Tower.

This experiment had not merely helped it condense a divine art; it had also incorporated some of Isaac's own conjectures regarding the Divinity Chapter.

He had no choice. He wanted to take the easy route too, but as mentioned before, the original owner of this witchcraft manuscript had not been particularly skilled. Though it was called the God Research Handbook, it was really just research on God Seeds.

Therefore, compared to the Anatomy Chapter, the Divinity Chapter contained far less valuable material. It was filled with speculation and did not even include the corresponding witchcraft.

Judging from the content, it had not been removed by the Witch. The reason was simple: although God Seeds were not gods, merely rather special magical creatures, not all God Seeds were weak. Some were powerful.

To gain a deeper understanding of the Divinity Network, dissecting weak God Seeds alone was not enough. And the credibility of a theory lacking extensive data spoke for itself.

Still, it was not completely worthless. At the very least, Isaac had figured out the direction of his future efforts—authority!

The next stage of a God Seed lay in authority, not divine arts.

Divine arts were merely derivatives of authority. The two were not even on the same level.

And authority, in the wizarding system, was something only High Wizards could control!

That was what made Isaac so excited!

Because with the special nature of God Seeds, he could glimpse the realm of authority while still a Formal Wizard!

The current God Seed Rat possessed two abilities. The first was the Divine Art, and the second was—Authority Rat Swarm!

Though it was only a very weak authority, its quality was there. No matter how weak it was, it was still authority!

From its name alone, Command Rat Swarm might seem similar to the Divine Art Kin, but in practice, the difference was quite significant.

As an authority, Command Rat Swarm possessed a higher priority than divine arts and witchcraft. Moreover, using authority basically consumed nothing.

"Squeak, squeak~" The Demon Rat, obediently lying in the middle of the Magic Array, tilted its head at Isaac. It did not really understand why its master was so happy, but if its master was happy, then it was happy too.

The Demon Rat curled its lips into a grin, revealing a pair of clean white front teeth. A hint of amusement appeared in its soybean-sized eyes.

Seeing this, Isaac became even happier.

Normal Demon Rats did not possess such intelligence. Forget Demon Rats—even Dragon Lizards, which were far stronger than them, found it difficult to possess such intelligence. This was limited by the nature of magical creatures.

And that was the fundamental difference between God Seeds and magical creatures. Under the influence of the Divinity Network, their brains developed faster, and their learning abilities became stronger.

After a while, Isaac gradually calmed down. He studied the Demon Rat in the center of the Magic Array while stroking his chin.

He was considering the direction of the next stage of God Research. This was currently the most promising research project in his hands.

Isaac had conducted other experiments as well, and they had basically all succeeded. But aside from Flesh Mimicry, the other research projects could only be considered normal progress. They would not greatly improve his strength.

Of course, God Research had originally been like that as well.

However, in order to grant it authority, Isaac had tried using the Golden Finger to make minor improvements to the ritual during this experiment, gaining quite a bit in terms of rituals.

But it still had not significantly improved his strength.

So, should the next stage of research focus on converting it into strength?

Isaac fell into deep thought.

Though the core of a wizard's power lay in knowledge, it would not be ideal if knowledge could not be transformed into power. However, that would be difficult and would inevitably consume a great deal of energy, slowing his research progress.

How to balance the two was an important matter.

But moments later, Isaac made his decision. There was no need to rush the conversion. He would continue researching!

For one thing, his current gains could not yet be converted into any particularly powerful witchcraft. For another, he was currently in the fortress, where his personal safety was guaranteed. Unless he could advance to High Wizard in an extremely short time, there would be taller people to hold up the sky if it collapsed. He did not need to worry about it.

Third, he could find ways to improve his strength through the arcane arts. Learning was much easier than creating.

With that thought, Isaac smiled and scratched the Demon Rat under its chin, making it squint contentedly.

"Rip!"

The Demonic Claw emerged from behind Isaac's head and rubbed against his cheek somewhat unhappily.

"Alright, alright, I'll pet you too~" Isaac helplessly reached out and patted the ferocious Demonic Claw.

"Hiss-ha~" Having received Isaac's response, the Demonic Claw excitedly spread its five fingers and showed off to the Demon Rat.

Unfortunately, the Demonic Claw might as well have been flirting with a blind man. Though the Demon Rat's intelligence had developed, that development was limited. It simply could not understand the Demonic Claw's actions. It merely tilted its head in confusion and stared at the Demonic Claw without blinking.

Demonic Claw: ...

Receiving no reaction, the Demonic Claw immediately lost interest. It drooped its claws and dejectedly slipped back into the nape of Isaac's neck.

Isaac shook his head helplessly. After copying the Divinity Network inside the Demon Rat onto a parchment scroll, he had been about to put the Demon Rat back into its cage when he suddenly noticed the liveliness in its eyes. After thinking for a moment, Isaac did not return it to the cage. Instead, he placed it on his shoulder and lightly scratched its nose.

"From now on, you can live outside."

The Demon Rat tilted its head ninety degrees and looked at Isaac blankly, not quite understanding what that meant. Still, it should mean something good, right?

Thinking that, the Demon Rat grinned again.

Isaac, meanwhile, did not look at the Demon Rat again. He walked to the desk, organized the copied parchments, then took out the list he had requested from the Tower Spirit and began considering how to strengthen the Demonic Claw.

Magic Pets were also part of a wizard's strength. They could assist or even replace wizards in casting spells, so in a sense, Magic Pets and wizards were one. This relationship surpassed any contract!

Many wizards even specialized in strengthening their Magic Pets, forging them into formidable combat power.

And Hand of God was an exceptionally powerful type among combat Magic Pets.

It was just that the enhancement plans for Hand of God all burned through money, so he had only looked at them once before and had never considered them again.

But things were different now. Though his family had not yet formally approved the Dragon Lizard breeding proposal, his older brother Caesar had already taken five thousand Gold Coins from his own private funds and given them to Isaac for spell research!

Once the breeding proposal was approved, another ten thousand Gold Coins would be allocated to him from the territory's accounts for experiments. There was even a chance they would build him a Mage Tower after the first batch of Dragon Lizard profits came in!

So now, he had money!

More money than ever before!

He could not spend it all, no matter how hard he tried!