The Death Aura produced by these undead creatures was already enough to keep the Virtual Divine Kingdom running, if only barely, and to boost the undead creatures' combat strength.
When the Necromancers who had stored their undead creatures there summoned them into battle again, they immediately noticed a difference. Their combat strength had risen by at least ten percent.
That made the Necromancers' eyes light up. Earlier, various misgivings had kept them from storing most of their undead creatures there. Now that they had tasted the benefits, they sought out Princess Mulesina again, ready to sign larger contracts.
Princess Mulesina had never advertised the service as open to everyone. She claimed that "places were limited" and accepted only Necromancers who had done business with her before. Storing undead creatures was not free, either. She charged a modest fee so no one would suspect the Gemu Company had ulterior motives.
Sometimes that was simply human nature: people turned down a benefit offered freely, then scrambled to pay for it.
Soon, Princess Mulesina was approached one after another by relatives and friends, all Necromancers hoping to store their undead creatures there. Some even offered to pay higher storage fees.
Princess Mulesina gave an award-worthy performance, looking terribly conflicted before reluctantly agreeing. She earned their gratitude into the bargain.
In less than a fortnight, the number of undead creatures permanently residing in Anubis's Virtual Divine Kingdom had passed thirty million.
Most Necromancers would never go into battle at the same time, so fewer than ten percent of those undead creatures were regularly summoned out. The rest remained in the Virtual Divine Kingdom almost year-round, becoming the firmest foundation of faith Anubis had possessed since his revival.
With that foundation in place, Anubis, an ancient God of Death, recovered his strength quickly. He had