6 hours later.
Zach came out of Aria's portal with Aria, and he was immediately greeted by Cerberus.
No, Cerberus didn't come to greet Zach, rather, he ran into Zach while rolling on the floor.
Zach raised his brows and squinted his eyes as he saw Cerberus rolling on the floor and crushing the corpses of the demon under him.
'Sometimes, he acts like a typical dog…'
SIGH!
Zach let out a weary sigh. And that 'sigh' was enough for Cerberus to realize that he was in the presence of Zach.
"What are you doing… Cerberus…?" Zach asked.
[My apologies, my liege. I ate too much, so I was trying to digest everything…]
"You are already dead. So does your body even function normally?" Zach wondered with a puzzled look on his face.
[I do not know, but it feels good when I do that,] Cerberus replied.
"Well, whatever." Zach glanced around to see that Cerberus had eaten almost all the dead demons from the capital.
"Yeah, I would be rolling on the floor too if I ate that much…" Zach muttered.
"Did you level up or get anything after eating that much?" Zach asked Cerberus.
[No.]
'Hmm~' Zach placed his hand on his chin and wondered, 'So the undead doesn't gain anything. Unlike Milo, who grows stronger by eating beasts. But I guess that's obvious since the undead are dead, and Milo is alive.'
"Anyway, 6 hours are about to pass, so I want to 'arise' my army of demons before I lose my chance to do it."
Zach rushed to the piles of demons and touched them.
"Arise!"
Just as before, Zach could feel his MP getting sucked dry. However, instead of resisting, he let his MP flow, resulting in it opening the way to the HP to MP conversion.
Zach only cultivated for 6 hours in Aria's domain, and even with the double benefit, he cultivated 9000 MP.
However, the pile of demons was more than that, and Zach wanted more quantity in his army.
He could simply cultivate again, but he was running out of time to revive the dead. So he had no other choice but to use his HP.
The time limit to revive Rank 1 demon was already over.
Zach revived 400 Rank 2 demons, which used up 4000 MP. 50 Rank 3 demons, which used up 2500 MP. 20 Rank 4 demons, which used up 2000 MP. And 5 Rank 5 demons, which used up 2500 MP.
Zach had used up almost all of his HP and MP.
[Congratulations! You have acquired the title; Undead General!]
"Oh, great."
Zach wanted to revive more demons, but he was out of MP and HP.
"I could have used MP potions if I had them, but I gave them to Xie Lua the other day."
SIGH!
Zach turned to Cerberus and said, "You can eat the rest."
Cerberus spent three hours eating the rest of the dead demons. Meanwhile, Zach walked around the capital and met his followers.
He spotted Ninia at a distance and smiled inwardly.
Aria shot a glance after seeing that, but she didn't say anything.
Zach and Aria walked to Ninia, but Ninia was busy talking with the NPC, and she was facing her back on them. However, when Zach stood behind her, Ninia sensed Zach's presence and got on her knees before turning around.
"My lord."
Zach pinched Ninia's cheeks and pulled her up after saying, "Don't do this. You are my first follower, and that makes you worthy of looking straight at me and standing beside me, or walking alongside me."
Aria facepalmed herself and thought, 'Here he goes again.'
Ninia's face flushed a little as she said, "I would never do something like that."
"Shh!" Zach placed his finger on Ninia's lips and uttered, "It's my order."
"…"
"Do you understand?" Ninia nodded while looking into Zach's eyes.
Zach removed his finger from Ninia's lips and said, "Good girl."
A few seconds later, Ninia opened her mouth to say, "I have successfully managed to gain you 100 followers."
"Whoa! Already?!" Zach exclaimed. "It hasn't even been an entire full day yet."
"Your lover saved all the NPC, so they are indebted to her. And thanks to that, they feel indebted to you too," Ninia said in a calm voice. "They realized how helpless and hopeless they are in this world, and they need salvation— which is to become your followers."
"…"
'I only started a religion to get soul powers. But that goal might change over time. Since they worship me now, it is my duty to protect them,' Zach uttered inwardly.
'In the end, it's benefits me. The more people worship me, the more soul powers I will get. And if I get stronger, it would be a piece of cake to save them too.'
"My lord." Ninia looked at Zach's eyes with an alluring gaze in her eyes. She stared at him for a few seconds before saying, "You said you would name our religion if I get you 100 followers."
"Yeah…"
"I did that, so please, give us all a name!"
'I didn't expect this to happen this soon!' Zach turned to Aria, seemingly seeking help. But Aria simply shrugged her shoulders in response, as though she was telling him to deal with the issue on his own.
Aria didn't want to get involved with religion and worshipers as that was the reason behind her suffering. She was called by name names for being the goddess of death and destruction, and people worshiped her to wish for bad things to happen to others.
She was happy that Zach was getting his own religion, and she was ready to support him. But she didn't want to be the one taking the lead on deciding anything regarding it.
However, Aria didn't know that she currently had one follower, and it was none other than Zach.
"My lord, please name your religion."
Zach pondered for a while and said, "How about…"
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