21st Century Necromancer

Just as Audis and Xiao Lan had just walked out of the park, preparing to head towards the apartment building, they were unexpectedly caught from behind by the scruff of their necks and lifted up.

"Thinking of subjugating Tokyo's cat population to gather Power of Faith and achieve Divine Enthronement, and even expecting me to change your cat litter every day, your audacity keeps growing, Audis," Chen Yu said as he picked up Audis, looking at its face which completely read "Oh no! I've been discovered", which immediately infuriated him.

"Xiao Lan, how could you start picking up bad habits from Audis!" After lifting Xiao Lan, Jounouchi Hiromi didn't hold it by the scruff like Chen Yu but embraced it in her arms instead, lightly tapping its head with her hand and scolding it like one would scold a real cat.

Since they were outside, Yu Chen and Hiromi Jounouchi didn't say much, but took their cats and went home.

Back home, Yu Chen and Hiromi Jounouchi placed the two cats on the dining table while they themselves dragged chairs over to sit in front of the table, their faces wearing expressions of anger as they looked at the two cats.

"Speak up, what have you both been up to?" At the dining table, Yu Chen crossed his arms and stared at Audis, who was looking around evasively on top of the table, and pressed him for answers, "If it weren't for overhearing some people on the subway talking, I'd have never known the two of you had such grand ambitions. You actually plan to conquer all the stray cats of Tokyo, and then use the cats' Power of Faith to become divine. You've really got big plans! What kind of god do you want to be, Audis? Have you thought of a divine title for yourself? Don't tell me you want to be called the Cat God?"

Hearing Chen Yu's questions, Audis and Xiao Lan exchanged glances, seeing in each other's eyes the frustration of a plan falling through.

This plan was concocted by the two of them when Yu Chen and Hiromi Jounouchi were away in China, originally because Audis wanted to dominate the feral cats in the nearby park, while Xiao Lan was dragged into being the muscle for the operation.

Even without the ability to use its giant dragon form, even as a cat, the Child of the Storm still possessed immense strength. With Xiao Lan's help, Audis quickly dominated the feral cat group in the nearby park, amassing a following of about a dozen Meow Star People.

However, ordinary Meow Star People, whether in terms of intelligence or strength, were hardly a match for a Legendary Dragon and a Necromancer's magic pet. Audis was somewhat indifferent given its own cat past, but Xiao Lan simply couldn't respect these creatures that couldn't even account for lower intelligent life forms.

Consequently, Xiao Lan used its unique dragon powers to enhance the bloodlines of the dozens of Meow Star People in the park. Using a drop of Dragon Blood as a medium, all of these Meow Star People were endowed with the bloodline of a dragon. Although so diluted that they were hardly better than gnolls, these Meow Star People's intelligence and strength were indeed improved, at least qualifying them as the lowest tier of intelligent life forms.

After these Meow Star People gained intelligence, they became followers of Audis, who enjoyed being the boss. This led them, along with Xiao Lan, to instinctively worship the strong, a primal form of worship that unexpectedly gave rise to the Power of Faith.

Xiao Lan and Audis were quite surprised to receive the Power of Faith. Audis wasn't very clear about what faith was all about, but Xiao Lan, having once stood on the threshold of Divine Enthronement as a Legendary Dragon, understood it perfectly.

Although in the Multiverse, it isn't strange for deities to be worshipped by intelligent beings, it is rather difficult for creatures lacking even basic intelligence to provide any significant Power of Faith to these deities. Only intelligent species can be considered true believers. And while these dozens of Meow Star People had been elevated by Xiao Lan to the threshold of a lower intelligence life form, it never occurred to them that these cats would worship them as deities, let alone that their worship could generate Power of Faith.

This turn of events greatly inspired Audis, and it came up with this plan to become divine using the faith of the Meow Star People.

"…So that's the situation. We discovered that the worship of these Stray Cats could generate the Power of Faith. Thus, we tried to subdue more Stray Cats, teaching them to worship us as deities, and the accumulated Power of Faith turned out to be quite considerable. With it, Audis and I are planning to use this Power of Faith to become divine," Xiao Lan explained. Having a spiritual connection with Hiromi Jounouchi and being her familiar, it would have been difficult for Xiao Lan to keep any secrets from her. So, after being questioned by Hiromi Jounouchi, it revealed the entire plan.

"You two really have some schemes. Transforming common wild cats into the lowest class of intelligent beings, then collecting their faith to fashion yourselves into a refuge for stray cats…" After listening to Xiao Lan's explanation, Yu Chen finally understood what these two had been up to. He shook his head helplessly as he looked at Audis on the dining table and sighed, "It's a good thing we found out about this. Otherwise, if you carried on without restraint, you might indeed have a shot at divine ascension through faith."

"Mr. Chen Yu, could their plan really succeed in Becoming Divine?" Hiromi Jounouchi asked with a touch of surprise after hearing Chen Yu's words. She originally thought that even if Xiao Lan and Audis collected Power of Faith through their foolish antics, it would be hard for them to become divine. But now, Chen Yu suggested that there was a chance for them to succeed.

"The essence of divine ascension through faith is to ignite the Divine Flame and raise the Divine Throne by gathering faith. As long as you can accumulate faith, there is a possibility to succeed in Becoming Divine." Seeing that the whole plan had been disclosed by Xiao Lan, Audis no longer kept it a secret and began to explain, "We've already subdued dozens of cat colonies with over a thousand Stray Cats in Tokyo. Even though the Power of Faith they can provide isn't much, if our plan succeeds, the numerous Stray Cats in Tokyo will be enough for us to collect sufficient faith to ignite the Divine Flame! Once we become divine, I can overthrow the tyranny of the despicable Necromancer and turn him into a poop scooper!"
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Hearing Audis's big talk, Chen Yu burst into laughter, "Overthrowing tyranny and turning me into a poop scooper? You sure have some lovely dreams, Audis! Your method of transforming Stray Cats into intelligent beings and collecting faith might seem grand, but even if you manage to gather enough Power of Faith and succeed in Becoming Divine, you would still end up as the weakest God of Faith in Multiverse history.

The Divine Rank provided by the Cat God would offer you Divinity and Divine Power that might not even compare to one of a powerful Legendary Creature. If that's all you've got, I wouldn't mind having two divine specimens in my lab."