Chapter 234 - Spirit Contract (2/2)

Eventually, a thought surfaced in his mind, which Argentum pondered over it for a while, deeming that it was the ideal response to her statement a few seconds later. Imitating the sound of a being clearing their throat to attract the Undying Flame Spirit's attention, he went ahead and responded to her statement regarding the percentage of ownership he wanted from the Flame Spirit Inheritance.

”It'd be better if you, the great Undying Flame Spirit, would decide on how much of the inheritance I would have control over,” Argentum said in a slightly respectful tone. He then added, ”I'm definitely sure that the great Undying Flame Spirit would be magnanimous in her decisions.”

”Magnanimous in my decisions, eh?” Although the Undying Flame Spirit had a hunch that Argentum responded with that kind of answer in order for him to possibly obtain a greater share of the inheritance from her, she could not help but follow through with Argentum's words, deciding to become a bit more magnanimous than usual in terms of rewarding Pseudo-Animates like him.

”Hmm…” The Undying Flame Spirit hemmed and hawed for quite some time, making Argentum slightly expectant yet nervous at the same time. Of course, the Undying Flame Spirit had already decided on a percentage quite some time ago that would not make her lose that much power while allowing Argentum to experience a great boost in power. After hemming and hawing, she then said to Argentum, ”I'll be willing to part 35% of my control over the inheritance to you. How does that sound?”

”I accept!” Argentum unhesitatingly decided to accept the offer since 35% was slightly higher than his expectations, which were around the 20s. Noticing Argentum's response of sincere elation, the Undying Flame Spirit could not help but radiate an aura of slight happiness as she said, ”Alright then. Give me a moment to give it to you.”

Whoosh! Whoosh!

After saying those words, the Undying Flame Spirit went ahead and closed her vision as she muttered a few incantations that Argentum could not understand, condensing the energy within her body into a sphere that only she could see. A few seconds after that, a whirlpool of Fire energy particles appeared, with the Undying Flame Spirit at the center of it. At this moment, a tyrannical aura radiated from the Undying Flame Spirit, making Argentum feel like it was hard to stand up. Fortunately, the aura did not radiate for too long as the Undying Flame Spirit suppressed at the very instant it had reached its peak.

”Under the sights of heaven, I, the Undying Flame Spirit, shall now bestow Argentum here a portion of the Flame Spirit Inheritance's control. May this agreement last for eternity!” she said after she had suppressed the aura, extending her right palm out as it fired a small ball of fire towards Argentum.

Fwoosh!

Noticing that the ball of fire was heading towards him at great speeds, the first thought that came to his mind was to dodge it. Of course, just before he could do so, the Undying Flame Spirit went ahead and shouted, ”Don't dodge it! Let it collide with your body! I've condensed the share I'll give to you in that ball of fire!”

In response, Argentum nodded his head, using all of the willpower he had to resist the urge of avoiding such a fast fireball. Thankfully, Argentum did not have to resist the urge to dodge it for long as the ball of fire eventually made contact with his body, imbuing him with a great sense of power in an instant. Not only that, but after the great sense of power he felt welling up in his body had stabilized, he then felt that he could check all of the rooms that were in the Flame Spirit Inheritance.

Ding!

A few seconds after that, a notification sound resounded in his mind, prompting him to open up the notification screen in his mind, eliciting an aura of happiness from him soon after.

'You have obtained the title [Flame Spirit Inheritance: Partial Owner].'

Although he was quite eager to check how much of a boost he had obtained from the title he had just received, it would be rude for him to not thank the Undying Flame Spirit beforehand, unhesitatingly bowing down in front of her and saying in a tone filled with gratitude, ”Thank you, great Undying Flame Spirit for being magnanimous.”

”Stop saying I'm magnanimous,” she responded to his words with a chuckle. ”Anyways, how does it feel obtaining a part of the inheritance's power?”

”It feels great,” Argentum said in a cheerful tone. ”I feel like I've become twice as strong in an instant.”

”Good to know,” the Undying Flame Spirit said in response to his words, letting out a sigh of relief before adding, ”Since you've successfully obtained partial ownership of the inheritance, let's now form a Spirit Contract.”

”Eh? A Spirit Contract?” Argentum could not help but ask, to which the Undying Flame Spirit answered, ”A Spirit Contract is a contract that allows me to sense wherever you may be, with you being capable of doing the same to me as well. We can communicate at any place and any time, plus I could also teleport to where you are at any time, with you being capable of doing the same as well.”

Listening to what the Spirit Contract entailed, Argentum could not help but think that the Spirit Contract only gave him a ton of benefits. In his mind, he was considering the contract as a way for him to obtain a bodyguard with great power, allowing him to be safe at any time. Though he was quite eager to go ahead and accept the contract, he could not help but ask, ”Why do we have to form a Spirit Contract though?”

”For safety measures,” the Undying Flame Spirit replied. ”If you die, then the percentage I've given to you will be lost, reducing the power I obtain from the inheritance even further. The same applies vice versa. If I die, the percentage you have control over will weaken as well, thus reducing the amount of power you have. Do you want that to happen?”

Realizing that the death of a fellow partial owner of an inheritance would bring detrimental effects to him, the thought he had in mind a while ago had now overlapped with a new one, leading Argentum to respond to the Undying Flame Spirit's words with a hint of determination, saying, ”Of course not.”

”If you put it that way, then I have no choice but to accept, right?”