Should he seek a deal with an Evil God, or obtain some knowledge that could speed up Rat Rat's intellectual development...
After pondering for a moment, Isaac abandoned the idea.
It was not that he could not find a suitable Outer God. Eldest Sister's collection might not have such things, but Lakeside Town had plenty. As long as one had money, many things could be bought—especially knowledge that someone was deliberately circulating.
And getting to Lakeside Town was simple enough. Now that he had the Pumpkin Carriage, its speed meant a round trip to the nearest woodland would take only a single day. More than enough.
Isaac was worried that an Outer God's methods might be problematic. If they turned his Rat Rat into a lunatic, he would really be screwed.
After all, Rat Rat was Isaac's first. It still held considerable commemorative value.
So in the end, Isaac merely flicked Rat Rat on the head before turning toward his desk to continue his research. Dumb was dumb; it did not matter much. He did not really need Rat Rat's fighting strength right now anyway.
And so, time quietly slipped away amid their active preparations for war.
During this time, aside from steadily advancing his various research projects, Isaac also found time to attend one Mad Wizard gathering, only to...
Return disappointed...
Other than two people dying, there was basically no difference from before. The same people were trading, the same things were being traded, and those things still could not be traded away...
Even the Witch Isaac had paid a bit of attention to failed to offer anything that interested him. They were all standard formulas for making magic puppets.
Isaac no longer lacked such things. On one hand, the field of Alchemical Golems was rather profound, and his