Chapter 39: Gold Ritual

Keith sat in the office with Edward and Clara while the other two were out to deal with a minor case. He had a book in his hands but, he was looking at something else; his system screen.The soldier guy had managed to sleep with 10 women in under a week, and now that both him and Aria had finished doing their things, Keith could now use his gacha wheel again.

He stared at he red button in front of him and decided to postpone it until he got off his shift.

'I have a lot of money right now, so instead of gambling with extremely low chances, I'll use the luck enhancement ritual.' he thought as he recalled the ritual that Clark learnt about in the latter half of the novel.

The day went on peacefully and once his shift was up, he immediately left the place and went to the Empire's official Bank that was in Auberg District. It looked like regular stalls with a counter, but there were three people behind it.

Keith silently walked up to them and placed his three 1 Chron notes along with a bunch of Zen notes which added up to 100.

"I'd like to exchange this for fifty grams of gold." he said the the man behind the counter nodded before he began to count. Once he was done, he looked up at Keith, "Exchange fees will be five Zen." S~eaʀᴄh the Novёlƒire.n(e)t website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

Hearing this, Keith let out a soft sigh and placed a 5 zen note on the counter.

He then saw the guy grab the money and walk into the back room where only the staff were allowed. He didn't have to wait for too long as the guy game out with a small gold coin and placed it on the counter for Keith.

"On the name of Money God Mammon, I swear that this gold coin weighs 50 grams."

Keith watched the guy make his oath and nodded before taking the coin from the counter. Promises and Oaths when made using a god's name, had a huge impact on people. If they broke that promise or lied while making one, they would receive severe punishments.

Since nothing happened to the guy when he made the oath, Keith happily took his coin and walked away. Instead of going back home, he headed to an inn and paid the owner one brak coin for the night before going to the room that he was given.

Once inside, he he took out his knife and made a small cut on his palm before using the empty bullet shells to store the dripping blood. It took him some time, but once he managed to fill them all up, he went on to the next step.

Blood still continued to drip from the cut, so he used his small handkerchief to stop the blood flow. Once done, he used a small chalk that he had bought on the way to the inn to draw two simple shapes.

An equilateral triangle that had equal sides and a circle that touched all three corners of the triangle. It took him multiple tries, but thanks to the ability to rub the chalk off the floor, he could get it done more efficiently.

He looked at the simple diagram from multiple angles and made changes until he was satisfied with the outcome. Once done, he placed the bullet shells filled with blood at the center of the triangle.

The first layer was a triangle, with a total of 9 bullet shells. On top of these bullets, Keith placed three more and then he carefully put the gold coin on top.

"Phew... finally done." he said out loud and sighed. He then took a few deep breaths to calm himself down and then took off his handkerchief as he needed more blood. He wiped some of it off of his palm and used it to write one word around the bullet shell pyramid.

He did this three times on each side and once he was done, he clasped his hands together, "Oh great god of prosperity, I humbly offer you this gold and my blood as a sacrifice. Please grant me some enhanced luck."

Keith stayed still with his eyes closed for a few seconds and then, he suddenly felt heat radiating from the front. He didn't open his eyes and kept them close until he no longer felt any heat hitting him. This took a few seconds, but once it was done, he immediately opened his eyes and glanced at the clean, empty floor that only had empty bullet shells on it.

With a grin, he mentally commanded the gacha wheel to appear before him and pressed the spin button. As it spun, Keith prayed like he always did when he was playing gacha games in his previous life, hoping that he could get a 5 star character.

'Yellow system is confirmed but I really really hope that I can get an orange one. Please please please pleaseee!!'

He watched the gacha wheel slow down at a yellow section and sighed, knowing that his wish wouldn't be fulfilled.

But it didn't stop there and slowly moved to the next section and stopped at red.

Keith stared at the gacha wheel, shocked and surprised. He didn't move for two whole seconds before the excitement suddenly erupted like a volcano.

"Gah DAMNNN!! Let's fucking goooooo!" he screamed as he jumped back up from his sitting posture, breaking into a little victory dance as if he were at the wildest rave.

Once he calmed down, he felt a slight headache that hit him thanks to the information regarding the red system which was the most valuable type. They were long term and extremely powerful.

They remained active with the user indefinitely or until Keith wished to withdraw the system from them. The only drawback of this was that, if he did withdraw the system from them directly, then he wouldn't be able to give this system to anyone else and it would simply cease to exist in the world.

'Now... I can't just give this to a random person. I'll have to give it to someone who has high potential and the timing must also be right.' he thought as he recalled every single character from the novel that were still in his memories.