CHAPTER 305: CHAPTER305-COMPETING TO DIE

After Alice left with Ally, Daniel lifted his hand to check the time.

Right on cue—barely thirty seconds later—a message arrived from the Human Emperor.

"Daniel, I’ve found the races you asked for.

Also, the first batch of supplies brought back from the Divine Realm has arrived.

If you have time, you can come over and see if there’s anything you need."

Upon receiving the message, Daniel didn’t hesitate. With a flash of power, he activated Flashback, instantly transporting himself to a wide, empty expanse in the northern frontier of the human territories.

This was a new site Daniel had selected personally—its sole purpose: to build a new city.

Not a city for living, politics, or trade, but one entirely dedicated to storing supplies and transporting personnel.

At this very moment, the races Daniel had specifically requested were already gathered inside the city.

Daniel’s sudden appearance didn’t surprise the Human Emperor in the least—he was long accustomed to such abrupt arrivals.

The chosen members of these races turned to look at Daniel, their eyes filled with pure reverence.

The Human Emperor stepped forward.

"Daniel, I’ve already granted these races certain privileges.

At present, their treatment is second only to that of humans and the founding members of the alliance."

Daniel gave a small nod at those words. He had no objections to the Emperor’s arrangements—nor did he care to micromanage such trivial matters.

"I’ll leave everything in your hands," Daniel replied briefly.

Then, without further preamble, his mind power expanded outward, covering every single individual present.

"Everyone, I need to borrow your bodies for a while.

As compensation, after you are resurrected, you may go to the human race’s pet department and claim a gold-rank pet."

This wasn’t a casual promise. Daniel had thought this through carefully.

For these races that had chosen to trust him of their own accord, he couldn’t simply slaughter them without explanation.

And besides—thanks to his constant monster-hunting, his reserves of pets had grown tremendously.

With the existence of Divine Incubation, every pet produced was automatically of gold rank. The current total had already exceeded one million—far more than he could ever use alone.

Given those numbers, Daniel could easily afford to hand some out as rewards.

In fact, when he first decided to use Divine Incubation to continuously breed pets, he had set up a dedicated department to handle them. This pet department collected the newly incubated creatures and distributed them to awakeners who had made notable contributions.

It was simple logic—if he didn’t give them away, what was the point of breeding so many?

And with him soon to take Odin’s place as the new Human Emperor, all awakeners who received these pets would ultimately be his subordinates anyway.

When the gathered races heard Daniel’s offer, their faces lit up with shock.

All they had to do was die once—and they’d be revived immediately afterward—and in exchange, they’d receive a gold-rank pet?

That was... absurdly generous!

For a moment, they even wondered if they were dreaming.

Then, a massive scorpion-like creature with a body encased in rock-like armor scuttled forward at high speed.

"Your Highness Daniel, please choose me! I’m willing to be the first to die!"

Immediately, others of his kind surged forward as well.

"Me! Me! I want to be the first to die!"

In the face of such irresistible temptation, all fear of death evaporated.

With so many newly established resurrection points, there was no real risk anyway. Many of these individuals were already resurrected beings—they had experienced death once before and no longer feared it.

And if dying once meant getting a gold-rank pet... well, if there were no restrictions, they’d be tempted to die multiple times just for more.

Unfortunately for them, reality didn’t work that way.

Because the queue to die was already far too long.

Seeing them compete for the privilege of dying, Daniel naturally wouldn’t refuse.

After all, the main reason he wanted to kill them in the first place was to collect their bodies—high-quality materials for synthesizing God Rank Skills.

Without hesitation, Daniel activated Meteor Arrow Rain, covering the entire open ground in a storm of radiant arrows.

In an instant, the gathered creatures were wiped out.

Almost simultaneously, Daniel swept all of their corpses into his inventory space, then set up a resurrection area at the site.

This time, instead of delegating the task to one of his avatars, he used Mass Resurrection himself.

In the blink of an eye, every slain individual was brought back to life.

"It’s done. Your names have been recorded.

Go to the Human Emperor to collect your proof, then take it to the pet department to claim your gold-rank pets."

Once everything was arranged, Daniel’s figure flickered, and he appeared inside the city’s storage warehouse.

With his loot growing larger by the day, his inventory space had long been insufficient. This warehouse had been created for the express purpose of storing all collected spoils.

What lay within was nothing short of the finest treasures of the myriad races.

There were mountains of orange-grade equipment, countless S-rank skill scrolls, and piles of powerful consumable items...

But what truly caught Daniel’s interest were the rare materials brought back from the Divine Realm—materials that could not be found anywhere on the continent.

To his delight, he discovered that some of these materials could indeed be used to synthesize God Rank Skills.

One such skill caught his attention:

[Psychic Perception]

Effect 1: Greatly increases information processing capability—enhanced by 1,000,000 times.Effect 2: Upon activation, allows the user to sense the thoughts of all creatures within a certain range and directly control any target with a divine power level lower than their own. Grants immunity to all mental influences. (This skill has no effect on gods; if forced, it can only cause a brief stun.)

Daniel’s eyes widened slightly.

"This God Rank Skill... is ridiculously strong."

He murmured to himself, then decided to test it immediately.

The moment he activated the ability, his vision filled with a flood of text-like thought projections:

"Yes! It’s finally my turn to soar! With a gold-rank pet, I’ll rule the underground labyrinth!"

"Thank you, Lord Daniel, for letting me get such a powerful pet so easily!"

"I wonder how strong Lord Daniel has become now? With his power, he should be able to handle the Millennial Apocalypse, right?"