Please call me CyberGhost King

Chapter 229 Another Special Ghost Servant

“Matou Kariya, if I’m not mistaken, you won’t live for many days, right?”

Ke Ling looked at Matou Yanye. The imprinting worms were constantly converting Matou Yanye's vitality into magic power. The more magic power was consumed, the faster Matou Yanye would die. At the current consumption rate, he might only live for about ten days.

"I'll die if I can save Sakura."

Matou Kariya said calmly, and it seemed that he had become indifferent to life and death. Before he decided to do all this, he had already put life and death aside. Now his only goal in life is to rescue Sakura from the evil den of the Matou family.

The "Sakura" mentioned by Matou Kariya is the child of Toshiomi and Aoi, the child of childhood sweethearts and love rivals.

Tohsaka Tokiomi's two children, Tohsaka Rin and Tohsaka Sakura, are both gifted, but only one of them can inherit the Tohsaka family's inheritance, so Tohsaka Tokiomi sent his youngest daughter, Tohsaka Sakura, to the Matou family.

The Matou family currently has no successor and is in need of an heir. The two sides hit it off, and the talented Toosaka Sakura became Matou Sakura.

Why is there no successor to the Matou family? Matou Kariya, who has a magic circuit and is qualified to inherit the Matou family's magic, sees through the nature of the Matou family and rebels by leaving the Matou family.

After learning the news, Matou Kariya returned to the Matou family without hesitation, and wanted to exchange Toosaka Sakura's freedom on the condition of helping Matou Zouken seize the Holy Grail. He didn't want to let the child fall into the Matou family's evil den.

In fact, Ke Ling admired Matou Kariya very much. This man was the most rebellious among several generations of the Matou family.

Over the generations, Matou Kariya was not the only one who saw the truth about the Matou family, but he was the only one who dared to resist.

In addition to his rebellious spirit, this man is also a kind person, at least he is not willing to drag others into trouble because of his own selfishness.

This is also the reason why his childhood sweetheart Zenjo Aoi was taken away by Toosaka Tokiomi. Matou Kariya saw the truth about the Matou family, and in order not to drag Zenjo Aoi into the water, he took the initiative to distance himself from Zenjo Aoi, which gave the former Toosaka Tokiomi an opportunity.

Of course, even if they compete directly, Matou Kariya may not necessarily win against Tōsaka Tokiomi. After all, childhood sweethearts are vulnerable to the enemy who drops from the sky, and Tōsaka Tokiomi is indeed better than Matou Kariya.

"I admire your attitude, but I don't understand the way you do things. If you want to save someone, why do you have to rely on winning the Holy Grail War? Can ordinary people stop the power of Berserker?"

Ke Ling looked at Matou Kariya. Now that he had a powerful servant like Berserker, wouldn’t it be nice to counterattack and kill Matou Zouken?

"Although these imprinted worms are in my body, they are controlled by the caster, so you can also think of them as a familiar. The person who has been implanted with imprinted worms will naturally become the caster's puppet. I have no way to resist that old thing."

Matou Kariya gave a bitter smile. Did he really think he hadn't thought about it? But how could that old bug leave such an obvious flaw? Once this kind of engraved bug enters the body, life and death will no longer be in one's control.

"It's so miserable. Being manipulated by others, having no control over life and death, you won't have many days to live."

Ke Ling couldn't help but sigh, this Matonguji Zouyan was much more cruel than him, he was doing this with the purpose of killing someone.

“Matou Kariya, have you ever thought about this question: what if you don’t win? Or, in other words, why do you think that a half-baked magician like you can win the Holy Grail War?”

After expressing his feelings, Ke Ling pointed out the most unreasonable aspect of the whole incident.

Why did Matou Kariya think he could win the Holy Grail War? With the strength of a half-baked quick-learning magus like him? Wasn't he treating the other participants as human beings?

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How to say it? After Ke Ling mercilessly punctured his fantasy, Jian Tong Yanye was silent for a while. Didn’t he know it in his heart? ! But if he didn’t do this, what else could he do? !
It was impossible for him to defeat the old bug who had lived for who knows how many years by himself! And he couldn't find any external force to borrow. The only external force, Tohsaka Tokiomi, was the one who pushed Sakura into the devil's cave with his own hands! He could only rely on himself!
".This is my only option."

Matou Kariya gritted his teeth, his tone was painful, as if he thought of the consequences of his failure and the fate of Sakura's child.

"No, now there is another way."

Ke Ling smiled and extended his hand to Matou Kariya in a friendly manner.

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Matou Kariya was stunned for a moment, then he stretched out his hand stiffly and shook hands with Ke Ling, and Ke Ling pulled him up from the ground.

"Matou Kariya, to what extent can you save that child?"

Without waiting for Jian Tong Yan Ye to speak, Ke Ling asked, and Jian Tong Yan Ye did not hesitate at all, he said directly:
“I can do anything.”

"Even if I am no longer human? My life and death are controlled by others?"

Ke Ling continued to ask, but his words were obviously a bit unnecessary. Matou Kariya smiled helplessly and showed his appearance.

"Look at me now, isn't it? Do I still look like a human being? I haven't looked in the mirror for a long time."

Matou Kariya said this with self-mockery. He didn't think he was still a human being now. He had become a half-human, half-ghost.

"That's good."

Ke Ling smiled. A drop of the Ghost King's blood condensed in his hand, and then he injected it into the body of Matou Yanye without hesitation. Under Matou Yanye's astonished gaze, the Ghost King's blood merged into his body.

"what did you do to me?!"

Matou Kariya didn't react at all. He had just asked Berserker to stand aside and now he had no time to help.

"Don't worry, I'm saving you."

Ke Ling disappeared, dodging the attack of the Berserker who rushed over, and then appeared at a slightly farther position.

The blood of the Ghost King has begun to take effect, and the extremely domineering power has begun to erode Matou Kariya's body, transforming him into Ke Ling's ghost servant.

"Control yourself and don't kill all those engraving bugs, or we won't be able to find your cheap dad later."

Ke Ling reminded them that those engraved insects would definitely not survive under the erosion of the Ghost King's blood, but if they all died, they would definitely be discovered by Matou Zouken, so Matou Kariya had to leave some of them.

"I try my best"

Matou Kariya had gradually figured out the situation. The Blood of the Ghost King contained basic instructions about the rights and obligations between ghosts and ghost kings. This was forced in by Ke Ling to save him from having to explain after each ghost transformation. He just packed the "contract" and sent it over. Of course, this "contract" had very overbearing clauses, and it didn't even require the signatures of the parties to take effect. It was a real overbearing clause, and the only way for the parties to terminate the contract was to commit suicide.

[Ding! Obtained the special transformation ghost servant "Matou Kariya". ]

【Ding! Gain the special trait "Rebellious Spirit".

"Rebellious Spirit": When fighting with people who disagree with you, your overall ability increases by 5%]

Soon, the transformation was completed, and Matou Kariya actually provided a noble percentage-enhancing trait, which made Ke Ling very pleased. It turned out that it was right to come to this poor guy, but the triggering condition was a bit confusing, not as convenient as the [White Reaper].

"You're a nitpicker, right? Of course, it's convenient to beat up nitpickers."

Ke Ling complained that either he or his enemy was good at arguing, otherwise it would take some effort to trigger this bonus.

"What kind of power is this?!"

Matou Kirei had a look of disbelief on his face. After being transformed into a demon, all his injuries were healed, and most of the crested bugs were killed. Only a few were specially preserved by him.

Matou Kariya himself has magic circuits, of course they are not very good, but now, his magic circuits have become stronger!

In fact, if we compare them only in terms of magic circuits, Matou Kariya is not much worse than Toosaka Tokiomi. Toosaka Tokiomi is a hard worker, and his talent is very mediocre among the generations of the Tosaka family. To put it bluntly, it is very poor. Matou Kariya is similar to him, both of whom are just above the passing line.

But now everything is different. After being transformed into a demon, Matou Kariya has more magic circuits and the quality has become better than before!

With his half-baked level, he can actually withstand Berserker's consumption without the assistance of the Marking Bug. This is definitely a miracle.

Although he severed his ties with the mage tradition a long time ago, Matou Kariya knew very well that magic circuits were predetermined by nature, and it was almost impossible to add to them later.

Magic circuits are the foundation of becoming a magician. Without magic circuits, magic power cannot be generated and the magic base cannot be connected.

That's why magicians care so much about bloodline, in order to maximize the possibility of giving birth to excellent children.

For example, Tōsaka Tokiomi was extremely lucky as he had two excellent successors at once, while Matou Zouken was not so lucky as he only had a mediocre successor like Matou Kariya.

Matou Kariya understood that if the person in front of him could expose the secret of how others could increase their magic circuits, it would definitely attract a bunch of coveters, and even the Magic Association and the Holy Church would be tempted by it.

“Is there such an effect?”

Ke Ling was a little surprised at Matou Kariya's feedback. To be honest, this was a bit beyond his expectations. He had never encountered such a thing before. After all, the people who had been transformed before did not have magic circuits. He initially thought that only the speed of converting magic power would become faster. After all, the vitality of ghosts was too strong.

"It's really changing very fast, otherwise a half-baked person like me wouldn't be able to support Berserker."

Matou Kariya nodded. This change did exist. The conversion speed had indeed become faster. It felt like the magic power was endless. He just needed to replenish it with more food.

Thinking of this, Matou Kariya's expression was a little strange, and he was obviously not used to the new diet. Is this the price of gaining power? It seems that it is not unacceptable.

"Let's go, find your cheap dad and rescue the child."

Ke Ling did not dwell on this issue any more, and directly took Matou Kariya to find Matou Zouken. There was naturally no reason for Matou Kariya not to go. Now he certainly would not think about fighting in the Holy Grail War anymore, and would rather kill that old bug first!
Along the way, Ke Ling summarized what he had gained after coming to this world. The first was a copy of "The Textbook of Luoyan City". After the nuclear explosion, Ke Ling found Gil de Ray, who was dying, in the river and took the book from him.

This A+ grade Noble Phantasm is still very powerful. Gil de Ray is too weak and cannot bring out its power at all.

Ke Ling believed that in his hands, the effect of "Luo Yan City Textbook" would definitely be better. Although he himself did not know magic and did not even have magic circuits, his main point was confidence.

In addition to this, there was another gain, which was that he was promoted to another level. Killing a Caster and a sea monster directly gave him 2500 experience points. Together with the scattered monsters he killed, his level was directly raised by one level.

[Level: Lv17]

[Experience: 85/2900]

This time, Ke Ling added the few attribute points gained from the upgrade to strength, raising his strength to 19 points, just 1 point away from obtaining the optional special trait.

There is no need to rush for agility. After all, there is the [Shadow Leap] ability, [Sian Westin], and the burst-increasing [Yuhe]. The demand in this aspect is not particularly great. The main focus is on a low basic attribute, and it all depends on various ability bonuses.

As for the intelligence attribute, it was increased to 20 points during the last upgrade, and it also successfully obtained the optional special traits.

The three optional special traits given when the intelligence reaches 20 points made Ke Ling confused for a while, because they are all very useful.

Optional special traits

Quest Master Lv1: Experience gained increased by 10%

Xueba: Learning ability increased by 10%

Memory sketch: You will never forget something you have seen once, and you can even reproduce it. 】

The three abilities each have their own merits, and Ke Ling finally chose the first one [Task Master]. His idea was simple. The improvement of intelligence attributes would in itself strengthen learning ability and memory. The latter two were within the coverage range, but the ability to gain experience points was something that could only be encountered by chance.

Besides, the faster you gain experience points, the faster you level up. The faster you level up, the more attribute points you will have, as well as the more skill points and skill optimization points you will have. These are the most important things.

Of course, the 1 skill point gained from the last upgrade was added to [Ultimate Creature] without hesitation.

[Ultimate Creature Level 13: A special physique formed by the fusion of the ghost king's blood and Rc cells. Strength, agility, and constitution +17, charm -1, and obtains the blood ghost technique and physique alienation state. 】

Seeing that there was only a little bit of negative charm left, Ke Ling was still very happy. If he continued to upgrade, he would definitely start to increase his charm in the future, right?

It's already the Ultimate Creature, so it's reasonable to have unlimited charm, right? If people don't like and admire it when they see it, can it still be called the Ultimate Creature? It must be both strong and beautiful!
As for the few skill optimization points gained from the last upgrade, the effect is not that great. It just optimized the "humanization". Now the "humanization" state has no attribute debuffs.

For Ke Ling, his strongest combat state is definitely after the transformation. The attribute reduction of the "humanized" state is actually dispensable. This optimization point did not bring any surprises, but it is better than nothing.

(End of this chapter)