Damn! Cows!

Hearing this, although he had not held out much hope to begin with, Gaia still let out a sigh.

Yet upon learning the answer, Gaia slowly felt relieved as well, because he did not know—if Isaac said it was possible, would he make Isaac do it...

On one side was his youngest son, whom he loved most. On the other were the subjects he had sworn to protect with his life...

Either choice was agonizing!

"Can we find out which Outer Gods are on the other side? Is it dangerous?"

"Umm..." Isaac did not know how to put it.

It definitely was not dangerous. Information of this level did not require particularly high-quality sacrifices. Do not overestimate the moral standards of Outer Gods; those guys were even less reliable than the Saint Lord.

At least the Saint Lord would still claim, on the surface, that he always kept his promises.

For these Outer Gods, taking one second longer to sell out an ally was an insult to their identity as Outer Gods!

So obtaining this information would be easy. What made Isaac hesitate was whether holding a ritual solely for this information would be too wasteful.

Even though he currently had a pile of research projects waiting and was not short on much, he could still fleece some resources for nurturing his dimension. As the saying went, a thief never left empty-handed.

But if he did that... would it look like he was padding the budget?

Hmm, no. There was no "look like" about it.

But his conscience was one thing. More importantly, if he told Gaia the truth, Gaia definitely would not agree. That much went without saying.

Thus, after hesitating for a few seconds, just as Gaia began to regret asking, Isaac nodded. "No problem. It's very simple, but I need to consider the target of the transaction. Different entities have different requirements for rituals and sacrifices."

"..." Gaia swallowed the words at the tip of his tongue. After a moment of silence, he let out a heavy sigh. "Then make a list of what you need and give it to your eldest sister. She'll provide it."

"Understood. Then I'll... go back and do some experiments first?" Isaac blinked at his family, whose expressions had grown somewhat heavy, and spoke cautiously.

"Go on." Gaia waved a hand and sighed again.

Isaac nodded, turned, and walked out of the Council Hall. He could not wait to pick out a lucky Outer God!

"Ah..." After Isaac left the Council Hall, Gaia watched his retreating back and sighed yet again. With a desolate expression, he said, "Are we really doing the right thing?"

Caesar pressed his lips together, his fists clenched tight. He did not know how to answer that question either...

From the family's perspective, it was naturally right. To put it bluntly, the family had reached a critical point of life and death. The more intelligence they had now, the better their chances of victory. As a member of the family, Isaac had that obligation. After all, Solomon Family blood flowed through his veins as well!

But...

From Isaac's perspective, this was wrong... Isaac had been frail since childhood and had never lived a good life. His body had only just recovered, yet he had to take risks again... It was unfair to him...

For a time, the atmosphere in the Council Hall became even heavier...

Of course, that was all just wishful thinking on their part. After all, they did not know that Isaac had a cheat.

At that moment, Isaac had already strode out of the castle, taken the Pumpkin Carriage back to the Mage Tower, then plunged headfirst into the study and happily began searching for a lucky victim.

Before long, Isaac had narrowed it down to three targets: the God of Courage, the Dream Fairy, and the God of Black Orcs.

There might have been more suitable options, but Sheryl's study did not contain them. That was normal; after all, Sheryl was a Truth Wizard and did not know much about Outer Gods.

Still, these three were enough. Among them, the God of Courage was an extremely deceptive name. Judging by the name alone, one might think it was a benevolent god, but that was not the case.

The God of Courage should actually have been called Khorne, also known as the Blood God. It represented uncontrollable belligerence, madness that destroyed one's sanity, and a surging sea of blood that flooded the battlefield. It possessed an insatiable thirst for blood, and anyone who took up a weapon to slaughter in its name would surely gain its favor.

It was an extremely dangerous evil god, but also an extremely generous one. Among Outer Gods, it was the most common public-transit type: swipe your card and you could get on. Of course, whether you could get off safely depended on your ability. Public-transit Outer Gods were usually extraordinarily powerful.

There were many ways to trade with it. Isaac had found three Basic Rituals in Sheryl's study alone, and every one of them worked!

Of course, the odds were all very low.

What was especially interesting was that, based purely on his ritual knowledge, all three Basic Rituals appeared to have an extremely high success rate—ninety percent!

No wonder it was such a famous public-transit god!

But just like its title of God of Courage, that too was merely a disguise. The Golden Finger showed that these three rituals had an actual success rate of only one percent. Using them for real would be nothing but throwing away offerings.

Khorne was a fine transaction partner. Aside from being easy to contact, the most important thing was that it reveled in war and surely knew the situation with the Black Orcs like the back of its hand. It might even have had a hand in this affair, so the gains should be considerable.

The second choice, the Dream Fairy, had been selected from the perspective of dimensional development. Based on the scant information he had gathered over the past few days, the Dream Fairy's realm possessed a special crystal that could greatly accelerate a dimension's growth. Furthermore, the Dream Fairy's dream realm was more closely connected to the real world, so it certainly knew what was happening with the Black Orcs.

The third, the God of Black Orcs, was added after Isaac thought it over repeatedly.

As everyone knew, Outer Gods had no credibility.

None whatsoever. So even if it was a plan they had devised themselves, as long as you offered sacrifices, they would tell you about it. Naturally, that was assuming you could still be alive after the ritual ended.

Thus, the God of Black Orcs could also serve as a transaction partner, and it had two advantages. First, the sacrifices were easy to obtain—Black Orcs would do, and they were readily available. Second, whatever benefits he got from it might have an exceptional effect against Black Orcs!

All three were quite good. How should he choose~

Isaac stared at the three targets and fell into deep thought.

If this had been any other kind of magical knowledge, Isaac would not have been so conflicted. As an adult, he would have chosen all of them!

But this involved Outer Gods, after all. Even with a cheat, he had better take it slow and proceed one at a time. Otherwise, he feared he would become careless after getting addicted to the pleasures of shortcuts.

Besides, all three of their summoning rituals were basic rituals, each with a one-percent success rate. Raising that to one thousand percent would not be easy...

Collecting the materials alone would take a long time.

Therefore, after considering it again and again, he ultimately chose the God of Black Orcs!

For one thing, Black Orc sacrifices were easy to find and could even be bought. For another, using the divine power of the God of Black Orcs to deal with Black Orcs sounded thrilling! It gave him an inexplicable sense of taboo!