Holy Zombies!

Ainz's POV

After that performance, I tasked all the Angels to collect all the Skulls present on the island and pile them up so I could collect them within my inventory.

I still kept the single skull in my hand as I thought of various possible ways to anchor the essence of my Angelic Summons to this plane.

Our OG Daddy Bonez used corpses to create his permanent undead army. And I thought the perks of him being a necromancer, made it so that it no longer mattered what state or level of decomposition the corpse is, may it be fresh, rotten, or bones. He could make it happen.

But in my case, being an Angel. Though my classes may not be of a pure build that could make things easy for me. I would need something alive to make things effective, right? I will have to make do with what I have in my arsenal for now.

Looking at the mossy form of the skull in my hand, I evoked a series of Spells to test things out.

"{Chain Magic: [Cleanse], [Purification]}!"

With those spells taking effect, I was left with a pure white skull, free from the dirt moss, and other stains it had gathered over the years. However, there are still evident cracks and chips in some places.

"Hmmm... Perhaps?"

"[Reparo]" I evoked a repairing spell and low and behold it slowly started to fill the gaps from the cracks and chips. And I was left with a complete and undamaged Skull.

'But it's still a skull though...'

"Perhaps the [Restore] Spell could work? I mean, if it can grow back lost limbs, it could possibly create its whole skeletal body, right?"

"But the receiving end of that spell has to be alive though if I'm not mistaken. Hmmm.." I pondered my way through the various possibilities.

"[Resurrection] perhaps? Maybe it could work"

"But first... [Restore]!"

*Cricket noises*

Nothing happened.

"Okay up nest, [Resurrection]!" A glowing golden light came forth in the form of a magic circle.

The skull from my hand levitated as tiny golden specks came to exist and take form of a complete skeletal body. From bones to flesh and veins, then came after its organs manifesting into thin air.

And after a few moments, when the spell was complete.

There lies a naked man of thin stature.

I went for a closer look and observed that his hair color was quite familiar, those of Valyrian descent.

Only for it to jerk stiffly and suddenly try to come for me.

"[Hold Species]!" I evoked in reflex.

"Arghhh Rarggh!" Growled the newly formed moving body as it stood its ground.

'A zombie?'

How can that be, that a body has become a zombie from resurrection?

'This is interesting...'

I don't know how this correlates to the body being Zombified when I used a Holy Spell to resurrect it.

Is it perhaps because this guy's been dead for so long so no sentience remains? or is it because the 'Soul' doesn't wish to live again? Which resulted in this... a moving husk.

Is it because the body's owner decided to refuse to live another life? That the system decided to turn it into a Zombie, to compensate for the lack of soul? Just to cater to my intentions of resurrecting the dead body?

Or is it perhaps something more? Gandalf and Albus did say that these dead people were rumored to be sacrifices to some unknown god...

Does this mean their souls no longer exist? destroyed? trapped? enslaved in the afterlife? or perhaps it has been... consumed?

Countless thoughts and worries rushed through my mind.

"Well, at least I've got myself a complete and fresh body. Zombie it may be"

Let's try to test things out more, shall we?

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*Many Hours Later*

I was finally able to find a way!

It was a bit of a hassle but with constant trials and errors, and with 24 Angelic pair of hands it was finally done.

The Angels have completed their task of collecting all present skulls on the island, or if you can still call it that.

'They're quite up to the task. Maybe the thought of them being able to stay and serve me indefinitely is motivating them quite well Hahahaha'

All that is left of the once large island of skulls is just a few floating trees and debris.

'These skulls ran deep, I couldn't tell how long they've been dumped in here'

Anyway, with my inventory filled with dirty and damaged skulls, I distributed them all equally and tasked the Elder Sages to do the [Cleanse], [Detoxify], [Purification] Processing, aka CDPP.

While I'm the one responsible for performing the [Reparo], [Rite of Light], [Ressurection] Processing, aka 3RP

I tried different combinations of spells to test out which ones were effective and finally came up with this.

Some test subjects turned into Zombies the same way as the first, the others turned into dust, while in some rare cases, it exploded.

'No Angels were harmed during the whole testing process'

Now that I have quite a lot of fleshed-out, living, breathing human bodies lined up in front of me. I can't also store them in my Inventory anymore. Guess these guys are 'alive'.

Though these 'Resurrected' bodies aren't truly alive, since it is empty.

And what I mean by empty is that it has no soul.

I still have theories as to why that is, but once when I tried to use [True Resurrection], I was having a hard time playing tug-o-war against something or someone that I eventually gave up on.

Whatever or whoever that person holding that child's soul I was testing out to resurrect is quite formidable.

'I guess the gods of this world are indeed true and existing?'

'I cannot help but sweat drop a little. The Tug-o-War that happened just then must have brought their sights on me?'

I mean, if they consume souls, that would be the same thing as me pulling the food out of someone's stomach by force.

'Better lay low for now. Godly matters are not my thing'

Now where were we?...

Oh right!

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Narrator's POV

"My beloved Angels! Come forth" spoke our hero in a commanding but regal voice.

All of the Elder Sages and Angel Guardians lined up before as commanded and kneeled.

As our Hero stood infront of the angelic crowd, kneeling. He spoke out loud, brimming with Charisma, as the crown upon his head shined bright in contrast to his dark garbs.

"Rejoice, my children! For the time has finally come!"

"Today shall be the day that you all will be created anew!"

"No longer will you be forced to be dismissed without my consent."

"Today is the the day that we remain as one!"

"One that will purge this world of it's sins and darkness!"

"One that will pave the way to a new and brighter future!"

"One that will honor the gifts that the Angelarium has granted us!"

"One that will mold this world in an image as the Goddesses wills it"

He then turned his back on them, as he grabbed the edge of his cloak, facing the 24 human bodies lying naked underneath the shade of his favorite tree.

"Arise"

As our hero said that, the series of spells he has prepared earlier with his Metamagic enhancement spells such as [Silent Magic] and [Delayed Magic] were triggered.

24 Magic Circles appeared above each body, 12 being magic circles corresponding to Summoning the [Elder Sages] and another 12 magic circles for the [Angel Guardians I].

Once the spell was completely activated, the bodies of the Angels started to shine and turn into motes of light, converging into small golden orbs as they float and rush towards their respected assigned bodies.

Slowly, the orbs turned into golden liquid, consuming the naked body beneath.

A couple of moments later, 24 tall, well built Angels stood. Each one differing by face, some with fair skin, some olive and some kissed by the sun. Wearing the same outfit as they were summoned

They all stood and simultaneously opened their eyes as they set their sight upon the Highest amongst all Angels there are to exist in this plane.

24 pairs of deep ethereal blue eyes stared at our Hero with reverence and pure joy.

Now they can finally serve their Lord well.

All for Ainz's greater glory!

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Spells Used in the Chapter:

[Cleanse] is a spell that basically means what it says, it cleans things.

[Detoxify], a spell that removes toxins, poisons, stains, etc.

[Purification] on the other hand, purifies things from impurities both the physical and metaphysical.

[Reparo] is a spell for fixing broken things.

[Restore] restores the target's health to max fixes broken bones and grows missing limbs.

[Rite of Light] can enhance Angelic creation skills through Holy ritual.

[Resurrection] a spell that can resurrect the dead at the expense of Levels or Life Source (Results may vary; Won't work for those afflicted with the spell [True Death])

[True Resurrection] resurrects the target without expenses. (Results may vary; Nullifies the effects of the spell [True Death])

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