It took a couple of hours to collect that much Origin Energy, so it should take about the same to collect the rest for Seronia. Then I will start collecting Krenocia's share, once I have done that I will ask more questions. I can't help but wonder if I am going to get a serious kiss like that every time I turn over energy.

Not that I will be complaining if that is the case, in fact I am hoping that it is. After all, who would complain about getting kissed by two gorgeous goddesses? I certainly don't plan to, although I might tease them a little, but not too much.

Despite me killing over fifty undead, the number attacking the crack has gone up. More and more undead keep being released as the ice retreats into the mountain. I have to be careful not to pull too many at once because the new arrivals keep joining in.

Still, smacking down the undead is quite fun, and I am getting rewards for it. Even if I don't get more kisses, the goddesses being more powerful will benefit me. If Seronia can grant the ability to level to her followers, that is going to be huge.

Even the elves can get levels if they become followers, which shouldn't be hard. With how much most of the elves revere me, all I have to do is tell them about the goddesses. I never really thought of myself as the missionary type, but it is something I should probably do.

It is not like the elves have any gods of their own, so I am not stealing them or anything. Although, before I convert them I should probably check with Core first. After all, they are her people and she is going to be their leader so asking her is the polite thing to do.

I am fairly confident that she will say yes even before I tell her about the ability to gain levels. Then again I should wait until I know for sure that Seronia has the ability before I say anything. That shouldn't be too long, the rest of the Origin Energy she needs will only take me an hour.

Although, I have to keep backing away from the crack because there are too many undead. Their numbers just keep growing, it doesn't look like the seal will be able to hold for long. Those that I have killed so far are just a drop in the bucket, it is a bit discouraging.

Once I have collected another fifty Origin Energy I back off and call out to Seronia. She shows up immediately and once again kisses me deeply as she takes the energy. When she takes the last of the energy there is a sudden thunderclap released from her body.

"Oww! What was that?"

Seronia says "That was me becoming a greater deity, again."

"Oh, congratulations! Wait, didn't I need to destroy the other temples for that to happen?"

Seronia says "Originally, yes. However, the Origin Energy has allowed me to become stronger. When you finally do destroy the temples I will be stronger than I ever was before."

"That's awesome!"

Seronia says "It's all thanks to you, Ash!"

Seronia gives me another amazing kiss before she leaves and I start collecting energy for Krenocia. As I am killing the undead I finally encounter one of the death knights. It is painful to fight and actually takes nine hits of the warhammer before it goes down.

Gained 3 Origin Energy!

So, it turns out that the death knight contains a lot more energy than the other undead. That should make them commanders for the army or something similar. From that point on I keep an eye out for them and try to intercept them before they reach the mountain.

After all, taking out the commanders should do a lot more to weaken the army. Unfortunately, the weapons and armor of the death knights turn to dust when they die. So I am not getting any loot or exp, all I am getting is the gratitude of the goddesses.

However, since this situation is my own fault I don't really have any room to complain. So I just keep killing the undead, gathering energy for Krenocia and wondering if she will kiss me too. Going after all the death knights I see actually speeds up the collection of energy.

"Krenocia, I have the first portion of energy for you."

Krenocia quickly shows up and walks towards me, she smiles after looking me in the eye. Then like Seronia did, Krenocia grabs my face before she starts kissing me. Seronia is normally the more affectionate of the sisters, but to my surprise Krenocia is the better kisser.

Krenocia also kisses me for longer, either she is slower at taking the energy or she is doing it on purpose. Either way is just fine with me, I simply relax and enjoy the kissing. Although, I behave and keep my hands to myself, it is safer that way.

All this kissing has me wondering if becoming a god wouldn't be the better option. Having the two of them as my wives would definitely make life interesting. Then again, all the restrictions gods have to obey would drive me insane.

Besides, with the damage to my soul I don't even know if that is an option anymore. When Krenocia finally ends the kiss I just stand there staring at her. She giggles at me and then disappears, leaving me to go back to beating down the undead.

Her actions leave me highly motivated and I am killing the undead faster than before. Despite not wanting to get into anything serious when I know I am going to die. Getting another kiss from Krenocia has me beating down the undead like I am playing whack-a-mole.

Despite being in something of a rush I still prioritize killing the death knights. Mainly because they hurt a lot more than the rest of the undead and I don't want to fight a group of them. I am actually expecting there to be another type of undead that is stronger than the death knights.

After all, if they are the commanders then there should also be a general above them. It might be the maker, but I kind of doubt it since there should be multiple generals. From the numbers I am seeing, just in the area outside the mountain there should be over ten thousand undead.

If there are undead inside the mountain with the maker then there might be over twenty thousand. That large of an army would need a substantial amount of leaders to control it properly. Then again, if you are just using mob tactics then you only need one leader.

However, something tells me that if it was just mob tactics this army would have been defeated long ago. Well, there isn't much point in theorizing about it when I will see for myself soon enough. At the rate the ice is retreating I am guessing I have a little over a day before the seal fails.