The divine Resurrection Spell consumed an enormous amount! And the target of this resurrection had only been Silver-level.
Partway through, the Dragonman Youth switched to mana and used an Undead Spell, raising most of the corpses and transforming them into Undead Life.
The expenditure of mana and mental power was also significant.
Finally, the Dragonman Youth activated several Alchemical Puppets and bestowed Deception Disguise Art upon them.
Everyone who had been resurrected had been implanted with False Memory. This was another expense.
There were also multiple layers of Deception Disguise Art. He had to deceive not only Hun Tong, San Dao, and the others, but also those who had become Undead Life. At the very least, he had to make them believe they had truly been resurrected.
The Dragonman Youth had invested heavily, only to gain a few Devout-level believers and mostly Common-level believers.
In business terms, it was like investing over a million gold coins and earning only a few thousand in revenue. It was a catastrophic loss.
"Preaching is so difficult."
"I walk on behalf of a god. I have divine spells and a divine kingdom at my disposal, yet even I struggle this much. What about other Clerical Positions trying to preach?"
"Most clerics spread doctrine, or use low-level divine spells—Healing Spell at most—to display divine might, earn the people's goodwill and trust, and slowly work on them."
"Stirring people's emotions is easy, and changing their thoughts is not difficult either. The crucial thing is making them truly acknowledge the god and live according to that god's teachings. Only believers cultivated this way are of sufficient quality."
The Dragonman Youth's greatest realization was that preaching was never something accomplished overnight. It was a long-term undertaking that required time and subtle influence.
"The preaching methods of ordinary, low-ranking