Manches's decisiveness caught Isaac off guard. He had only just found Manches's divine true name in the Mysterious Void and scooped up a little Forbidden Knowledge about magical organ modification when the ritual was cut short, kicking him out of the Mysterious Void.
In a blink, Isaac's consciousness returned to the laboratory, where he stood before the ritual.
Scratching his head, Isaac stared at the finished ritual in confusion. Just before he left, he thought he had heard Manches roar—
What was he yelling about? I only took his true name and a little Forbidden Knowledge.
That was hardly anything.
And why did the ritual stop?
Isaac frowned. Everyone else called him a reckless madman, but only Isaac knew how cautious he had always been, how much he valued his life.
Whenever he traded with an Outer God, no matter how smoothly it went, he always kept an eye on his Golden Finger's margin of error. If the curve dipped the wrong way, he would pull out at once.
And he clearly remembered that, the instant before he left the Mysterious Void, the margin of error had been a staggering 970 percent!
So why had I suddenly been kicked out?
As he puzzled over it, Isaac noticed a crystal floating at the center of the Ritual Magic Circle. It radiated a sickening, cloying glow in five colors. Looking at the evil aura around it, a wild thought surfaced in his mind—
"No way—"
Isaac swallowed. Resisting his instincts, he did not use [Analysis] on the crystal. Instead, he walked toward it step by step, slowly closing the distance. A moment like this called for a little anticipation.
When he reached the five-colored crystal, Isaac took it in his hand. Information immediately flowed into his mind.
"It really is all of