Isaac rubbed his chin in thought, then twitched his fingers, sending out two magical messages. One went to Mephisto, informing him of the changes in the God of Strife and warning him not to act rashly, lest he interfere with Isaac's upcoming plans.
Isaac trusted Mephisto quite a bit. Though he had started out as a mere mortal, his continued studies had made him remarkably capable.
That was also one of the reasons Isaac had decided to start researching a way for the Virtual Divine Spark to resist [Divinity] ahead of schedule.
Mephisto was highly capable, but if things continued as they were, he would ultimately be unable to escape being eroded and dominated by [Divinity]—
it was only a matter of time.
That would be far too cruel to Mephisto. Since he had the talent, Isaac certainly did not mind giving him a chance.
Thus, the other magical message went to the Mother Goddess, asking her to come to the laboratory for a physical examination.
Before long, a beam of five-colored divine light descended into the laboratory. The Mother Goddess's voluptuous figure emerged from it, and she bowed respectfully to Isaac.
"Divine Lord."
"Mm." Isaac, who was leafing through some documents, nodded and pointed toward the Ritual Magic Circle beside him, signaling for her to stand inside it.
This Ritual Magic Circle could help him analyze the Mother Goddess's data. Although the [Analysis] authority could analyze Virtual Deities and Virtual Divine Sparks to a certain extent, it was not particularly efficient—the same held true for actual gods.
He therefore needed a ritual to strengthen his [Analysis] authority and assist with his experiments.
There was no helping it. Even among Outer Gods, few possessed the [Analysis] authority. So far, Isaac only knew that the Lord of the Eternal Secret Star