Chapter 89 An unexpected new spirit contract
After the voices of Gilgamesh and Kotomine Kirei disappeared, the Tōsaka family fell into silence again, with only the sound of broken wood crackling in the flames.
But soon, a new figure appeared here.
Roland walked out slowly from the dark shadows, looking with strange eyes at the incredulous face of Tōsaka Tokiomi, who was slowly rolling on the ground because his skin and flesh could no longer support the weight of his head, and finally stopped at his feet. He stroked the Key of All Spirits in his hand for the first time in a long time.
"It's really like searching for something without any effort. The magicians I killed with my own hands were not qualified to become contracted spirits. Instead, it was you, the overlooked guy, who stepped into this realm."
Roland had originally just come here to confirm whether the storyline of Kotomine Kirei was developing as he had expected, but he unexpectedly received a pleasant surprise.
The power of the Key of All Spirits was already in operation. Tohsaka Tokiomi actually possessed the qualifications to become a contracted spirit. This was beyond Roland's expectations.
Although making Tōsaka Tokiomi into a contracted spirit would not be of much help to Roland at his current level, it was the first contracted spirit he made, so he was still looking forward to it.
After a while, in the flow of silver light, new spiritual contract information appeared before Roland's eyes.
——Contracted Spirit [Tohsaka Tokiomi] (Not Contracted)
Signature: A charming mustache will grow on your chin.
Influence: Under the influence of Tohsaka Tokiomi, your vigilance towards people around you will be greatly reduced. As long as they can gain your trust, it will be difficult for you to doubt them. In addition, you will become careless easily. Whenever you are at a critical moment, you will always cause things to deviate from the expected development due to various factors. In addition, Tohsaka Tokiomi requires you to be elegant at all times.
Empowerment:
Magic Circuit: You have the talent to explore mysteries, and gain a bonus to the number of magic circuits equal to that of Tohsaka Tokiomi when he was alive.
Excellent family head: You know how to manage a family. Whenever you become the head of a family, you are always able to run it in an orderly manner and always keep it profitable.
Ordinary Magician: In terms of magic knowledge, you gain a bonus equivalent to the level of Tohsaka Tokiomi when he was alive, and as your understanding of knowledge deepens, you will gradually lack empathy.
Digestion Requirement: In a large ceremony with at least seven people, always achieve victory with grace and ease.
"To describe it as subtle is already a compliment. Can a spirit contract like this be classified as yellow?"
Looking at the Contract Spirit in his hand, Roland's expression was very strange. He didn't even want to say anything disdainful, as if saying so would lower his own style.
Other contracted spirits may have a half-and-half cost and ability, but for Tōsaka Tokiomi, it's all cost, and they're all very subtle. To say that this contracted spirit is completely useless is not appropriate, after all, it can barely be considered as having the ability to pursue the path of magic. But to say that it is useful, the densely packed negative traits are enough to scare people away at a glance.
If Roland had just traveled through time, he might have gritted his teeth and accepted the price of losing his guard, maintaining elegance, and even having his worldview distorted in order to gain the power to protect himself. However, Roland would never accept the curse of failing at that critical moment.
Although judging from Toosaka Rin's performance, the curse in this bloodline varies from person to person, as long as one's own conditions improve, the errors caused by this curse are limited and will not completely kill people.
But combined with the other costs given by Tōsaka Tokiomi, he is simply the perfect backstab tool.
"As soon as I sign the contract with the old sword, I will get this contract spirit. I always feel like you are hinting at me."
Looking at the Key of All Spirits in his hand, Roland sighed.
"Next, what should we do with this spirit?"
There is no requirement to make a contract with a spirit. The Key of All Spirits is just a prop and is not compulsory.
How to use it is entirely up to Roland, the user, although nothing will happen if you just leave it alone.
But Roland felt troubled about wasting the precious spiritual contract.
After all, it makes me feel a little uneasy to keep such an unlucky spirit around, so it is better to deal with it quickly.
Although he was the only one who could use the Key of All Spirits to harmlessly digest the Contract Spirit, the power of the Contract Spirit did not only affect him.
"If I throw him at a random guy, will it have the same effect as a curse? But we also have to consider the compatibility issue... After all, without the Key of All Spirit, the Contract Spirit will be a wild disaster."
As Roland was thinking, he reconnected with the Key of All Spirit and threw Tōsaka Tokiomi into the silver vortex formed by it.
"If you have a chance next time, you can verify it."
That's right, he had already thought of a use for Tōsaka Tokiomi's contracted spirit.
[Key of All Spirit]
——Holding Contract Spirits: Shendu Spirit (contracted) Tousaka Tokiomi (contributed)
——Number of Contract Spirit Extractions: 1
——Status: Can Travel
Only when you recycle the new contract spirit can you get the chance to extract the entire Key of All Spirits contract spirit, but this is not absolute.
During the journey, if the owner of the Key of All Spirits creates a contract spirit that is unusable, he or she can choose to contribute it to the Key of All Spirits in exchange for a new drawing opportunity.
But this extraction opportunity has a range.
He limited the extraction to the world owned by the contracted spirits that the user had contracted or digested, and what was obtained might not necessarily be a contracted spirit. If one was unlucky, what one obtained might not even be a contracted spirit, but just some useless debris.
"How do I choose?"
Roland looked at the two worlds he could choose from, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and Jackie Chan Adventures.
After pondering for a while, Roland threw his consciousness directly into the vortex symbolizing JOJO's bizarre adventure.
Although Jackie Chan Adventures may be able to draw items with a higher upper limit, to be honest, Roland is not lacking in strength now. Rather, he is too busy to complete himself. Therefore, even if he gets the opportunity to draw a new contract spirit, he did not take any action.
But the world represented by the Stand is different. Although he does not look that powerful, he is full of possibilities.
Moreover, Roland had something that he needed very much.
Among the key factors to go to heaven, apart from substitutes, friends, secret words symbolizing experience and the courage to abandon substitutes, Roland had no accurate idea about what kind of soul and ritual he needed.
After all, this is what DIO realized after many years of training and being chosen by fate. The original Roland intended to complete it slowly, using the knowledge of various worlds as a reference, and finally find a ritual that suits him.
But if we can have someone who understands this ritual as a reference, it will surely be more effective.
Roland reached his hand into the vortex, followed his instinct and took out the object. Then, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up.
Compared with other intact contract spirits like gems, this new contract spirit is basically damaged. Even the warm blue light it emits cannot make up for this.
But the moment he saw the name of this spirit contract, Roland understood that fate was still on his side. Now, he would soon see the result of the combination of the spirit contract and the object with suitable compatibility.
——[Spirit Fragment-Enrico Pucci]