After a generous reward, both Beizhai and Atago found themselves completely satisfied, both physically and mentally.
Inside the palace's inner chambers, Beizhai knelt on the ground with a devout expression. "Master, Atago and I recently captured the High Heaven Lord on Sakaar and acquired a fine spaceship from her. We wish to present it to you as an offering!"
Hearing this, Phils nodded with satisfaction. "It's been some time since I last blessed a ship girl. Since you've acquired a fine battleship, it's time to see it!"
"Yes!" Beizhai replied with joy, starting the ritual of offering the ship.
Immediately, a series of system notifications echoed in Phils' mind.
[Log]: Your saint Tirpitz held a devout sacrificial ceremony for you.
[Log]: Your follower Tirpitz has offered an 8th-tier legendary-class starship.
[System]: The offering you received has triggered a critical system reward, boosting its quality a hundredfold.
[System]: You've obtained a demigod-tier starship.
"A demigod-tier starship, huh? Not bad, I'm quite pleased!" Phils smiled as he gave Beizhai a playful pinch on the cheek, which left her utterly excited.
"Master, I also want you to pinch me!" The flirtatious Atago said, pouting as she watched Phils show such affection to Beizhai.
Phils chuckled and shook his head. "This starship was your achievement as well, Atago. You too should be rewarded."
As he said this, Phils raised his hand to pinch Atago's cheek. But before he could, Atago moved closer.
"I don't want a cheek pinch, Master. I want you to pinch somewhere else!" Atago cooed in a sweet voice.
Atago slowly squatted down.
Tirpitz called Atago cunning but followed suit and crouched down too.
"...." Phils.
After a long pause, Phils finally began the process of blessing the ship girl.
A blue light immediately enveloped the starship.
[Log]: Host consumes 200,000 points of faith to bless a demigod-tier starship.
[Log]: The ship girl's personality is randomly generated using the Azure personality template.
[Log]: You have successfully generated a demigod-tier ship girl, Princess Eugen.
[System]: The ship girl you received has triggered a critical reward, boosting her strength a hundredfold and granting her Land Battle Boots.
[System]: You have received a demigod-tier ship girl, Princess Eugen.
Phils grinned. "Ironblood faction's Princess Eugen, a fine addition!"
At this moment, a stunning woman with silver hair, wearing black and white knee-high socks, slowly stepped out from the blue light. She then knelt respectfully before Phils.
"Master, I am the miracle of the Ironblood Third Empire, Admiral Hipper's third ship, Princess Eugen. It is my utmost honor to serve you!" Eugen said with great reverence.
"Rise," Phils nodded with satisfaction.
"Master, I smell something special. What is it?" Just then, Princess Eugen sniffed the air.
Phils felt a little awkward at her question.
Atago, the flirtatious woman, chuckled and covered her mouth. "Princess Eugen, it's not some special smell. It's just Master's... masculine scent."
"Masculine scent? What's that?" Princess Eugen asked curiously.
"Princess Eugen, you'll understand in time!" Tirpitz, with a blush on her face, walked over to Eugen.
Unexpectedly, Eugen turned to look at Beizhai. "I didn't expect the lonely queen of the north to be here. But you seem a bit different from before! Your complexion and aura have changed. Did it have to do with Master?"
Beizhai smiled. "Indeed. I've long since bid farewell to loneliness. Now, I have many warm-hearted sisters, and you're welcome to join our big family."
Eugen nodded silently, a look of curiosity forming on her face. She then turned to Atago, asking, "Why did you say I'll understand the 'masculine scent' in time? Can't I understand now?"
Atago smiled brightly. "Whether you can understand now or not, that's something you need to ask Master!"
"Master, can I know now?" Princess Eugen asked, her voice filled with anticipation.
Atago raised an eyebrow and smiled at Phils. "Master, can she know now?"
"...." Phils.
"A man cannot say no!" Phils said with righteous fervor. He waved his hand, and the already open doors and windows slammed shut again.
Time passed quickly. Since the Twilight of the Gods event had ended, half a year had passed.
During this time, the Earth remained much the same. Underground activities were still rampant, and peace for the Marvel world seemed impossible.
In the meantime, some new superheroes emerged, with Spider-Man becoming the most famous among them.
Phils, the guardian of Blue Star, kept an eye on all these events, though he didn't pay them much mind. What he cared about was the faith from this planet. As long as there wasn't an apocalyptic disaster, there was little need for him to intervene. The Holy Light Church could handle everything. As for the Earth-based superheroes, they were far beneath his notice.
In the past few months, Phils' number of followers had grown significantly. This was mainly due to new followers from Asgard and Sakaar.
Indeed, after the incident with Hela, the High Heaven Lord had become one of Phils' followers. In order to save his life, he had been vigorously spreading the teachings of the God of Life on Sakaar.
As a result, many locals became Phils' followers. As for Asgard, the situation was a bit more special. Although no one specifically spread the teachings of the God of Life there, Phils' previous display of power had drawn the attention of the Asgardians, leading some of them to naturally become his followers.
At the luxurious manor in Roland Estate, Phils sat in a meditative state, opening the follower interface in his mind.
Follower Interface
[Saints]: 18
[Apostles]: 120,000
[Fanatics]: 8 million
[Devout Followers]: 600 million
[True Followers]: 7.01 billion
[Shallow Followers]: 7 billion
In just a few months, Phils' shallow and true followers had increased by about 1 billion each. His devout followers grew by 100 million, fanatics by 2 million, and most surprisingly, the number of apostles had increased by 20,000.
Becoming an apostle wasn't easy. It required both deep faith and recognition from the God of Life.
Yet, in this short time, so many had achieved the status of apostle. This indicated that the four major races in his divine domain were in the midst of a great period of population growth. This was a great boon for Phils.
With the peaceful and prosperous state of his divine domain, this was the ideal environment for species to thrive. According to current trends, in a few years, the population of these four races would grow to a terrifying size.
This would become a key source of his faith and power, enabling him to reach even higher realms.
As for the planets with the teachings of the God of Life, in addition to Asgard, Sakaar had now joined the ranks. The combined population of these four planets was around 19 billion.
Currently, Phils had 14 billion followers, leaving him with room to absorb 5 billion more. That was a large untapped market.
With this, Phils was now able to collect 9.012 billion points of faith per day. A million points of faith could condense a fragment of divine power, and 100 fragments could form one full divine power.
With this rate, Phils would accumulate enough divine power in just 30 years to ignite the divine fire, a step closer to becoming a true God King.
The future was looking bright indeed!
Just then, a terrifying energy fluctuation appeared. Phils smiled slightly, murmuring to himself, "Finally, after months of effort, is it time to see the results?"
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