"Excellent!"
Raion exclaimed, clapping his hands together like a child who just received a mountain of sweets. "Now the final phase of the plan can begin!"
"Might I ask what the final phase is, My Lord?"
Lim Hyun-woo asked with his head still bowing down. Raion gave him a chilly look.
"As a vassal of mine, what do you have to do with MY plans, the leader?!"
This was the last reaction Hyun-woo expected to see, he had pictured this master of his as a very cheery person, little did he know he had this side of his. He bowed his head down even further, "It is my mistake, My Lord."
"No need for apologies, little Lim. Just know you are not to speak without my permission. After all, you submitted so easily, who knows if you still had anything in mind, humans can be very fickle things after all. This is a reminder to you NEW generals! I have not given you any power of any sort, so you have no RIGHT to speak on equal footing with ME! Even if I gave you all sorts of powers, I can take them back and kill you just as easily. Is that clear?!"
His voice surprisingly echoed through the walls of the packed room. Unknowingly, Raion's right eye turned a light yellow, like the eyes of a giant viper.
Raion covered his right eye with his hand and spoke again on the seat, but this time in a slightly more carefree manner; but this carefree manner of speaking had a very very large tinge of authority in it.
"Hehe, anyway, it would be very beneficial to you and me if you don't do such anymore. But since you asked, I guess I could enlighten you a bit and answer your question."
"The final phase is... the end of this universe."
His words struck like a lightning bolt, even after a few minutes that he said the words, they still hung in the air like an anvil being hung from the roof.
"Pardon?"
No one could believe their ears, the end of this universe. Did that mean that they would die?
"Haha, did I recruit a bunch of idiots to be my subordinates, what do you think I got you for? Hired labour? Menial chores? Of course not! You all shall be the generals in the new universe that I will rebuild out of the ashes of the husk of this old universe!"
Without his knowing, Raion was standing and spreading his arms out wide, looking like a politician who was giving a campaign full of mostly dribble that the masses would eat up. But Raion was no politician, neither was he a liar.
"Haha, look at the looks on your faces, heh, I almost forgot that I haven't gifted you ten the powers I promised."
'Uhh, didn't you already forget?' Nyx's mind was in utter chaos right now.
"Now, you all kneel in a straight line."
"Yes, Lord Raion!" The ten new recruits yelled simultaneously and arranged themselves in a straight line (They were already kneeling).
Raion placed his arm on the armrest of the flesh throne and looked uninterestedly at the kneeling subordinates of his. He didn't need them to be strong, what he needed was some formidable cannon fodder to promote Energy particle cultivation in this universe, and he could keep the formidable subordinates by his side. The ones in front of him had no idea of his scheming of course, but they still kept their heads down and their knees on the floor, waiting for the arrival of the power they were to be gifted.
Raion lifted his index finger up slightly and brought it down onto the armrest. The light tap that sounded was nothing in comparison with what was to come.
*Boom!*
The deafening sound of thunder was heard as a bolt of green lightning struck the ten people that knelt in front of the throne. Raion figured he had to fully win their acknowledgement and used a super technique specifically made for posturing.
"Bestow!"
He yelled, the technique he used was called the [Lion Roar Technique], it was actually a useful move for stunning opponents at the lower levels, but to Raion thus technique was merely one used for posturing.
"Argh!"
They yelled at once, the veins in their bodies became accentuated and crawled across their skins like vicious snakes. Frailty. It was a feeling that most humans are familiar with, even these strongmen before Raion, they had lost the feeling of frailty long before this day. Now they felt what it meant to be weak. They had regained this feeling that was to be cherished to the ends of time.
"Haha, let's see what abilities you ten will develop. I have my two right-hand men; Chris and Nyx. My Four horsemen; Huxian, Hou, Dorian, and Isis. Now, we shall see if the ten generals are fated to become my subordinates!"
None of the "Ten generals" heard him though, they were all focused on earning the power that was bestowed unto them.
The first general was... Banzan. A white crystalline light appeared on his palms and feet, and a golden buddha light on his head. From then onwards, he was no longer Banzan, but now, the Diamond and Gold General.
The second general was Kurayami. Dark shadows wrapped around his body like a cloak and hid him from the view of others. He is now the Shadow Cloak General!
Shi Juexin became much more than a disciple and servant of buddha himself, he became a buddha in the flesh. His body floated up into the air and fire erupted on the upper part of his body and water on the lower part.
Most didn't understand what happened but Banzan, Hou, Raion and Shi Juexin himself. What he just performed was one of the ten indispensable duties of buddha, the great Miracle at Savatthi. Hou and Banzan nodded to themselves and sat cross-legged on the floor. No, it was more apt to say it was in the air. They were former disciples of buddha, and upon receiving the Deadman Cells, achieved nirvana.
But this also meant the first abilities he showcased weren't what he received. His hair grew longer and reached his waist, a third eye appeared at the centre of his brows and four pairs of illusory arms appeared by his side. Shi Juexin: Forceful Buddha General!
"Hoho, a Heruka!"
Raion clapped in delight at the powers of the first three generals, he decided to keep these ones with him for now.
But, if the first three were already this amazing, what would the other seven be like?!