Filo Terra, Grand Princess of the Terra Kingdom, had ascended to become a fifth-tier Legendary Wizard. Piloting a Floating City, she had launched an expedition against the Lord of Billions of Flesh and Blood, consigned him to eternal slumber, and successfully earned the demigod title of God Witch King!
By the time Isaac learned of this news, a month had already passed. He had only just developed the initial version of his Extended Standby Ritual, extending its duration from three days to ten. His target of sixty days remained a distant prospect, and that was only the time requirement. He still had no idea how to handle the binding force.
Aside from that, he had found time to communicate with the God of Gourmet and had largely completed the first phase of his development plan.
Oh, right. The candidate for the God of Slaughter had also been decided—a newly promoted High Knight, Black Serpent Barry! (Appeared in Chapter 41
.)
A longtime retainer of the Solomon Family and a baron who had once served under them, he had managed to become a High Knight through a stroke of luck. Feeling that he had no hope of advancing further, he had accepted Caesar's invitation without hesitation.
In the past, Isaac would have been delighted to make so much progress in a month, but this time—
He couldn't feel happy at all—
The moment he learned the news, he went straight to the royal capital of the Solomon Kingdom, met Caesar and the others in the conference room, reviewed the intelligence on Filo, and then fell into a long silence.
He wasn't actually very surprised that Filo had reached the fifth tier. Unlike him, she hadn't chosen the most difficult and lavish path of ascension, the three Great Deeds. Instead, she had