Chapter 5: Names Are Earned

The rain calmed down, the battle had already been won. The skeletons suffered very minuscule losses while the humans lost all of their warriors. Today was a great day in the name of Nazarick. The skeletons regrouped into a tight line formation soon after the battle ended, and proceeded to wait for their commanding brother's orders.

"I, Brother Skullbane, am proud of our performance. As a reward for all of your collective success, you may all claim the souls of the humans that you personally killed. Enjoy the feast, brothers!"

The awakened one proceeded to gather 4 corpses from the battlefield, being the commander, the mace human, and two others. The awakened one did just as Doorman had instructed it a few hours before. The skeleton put its hand over the heart of the mace human, turning its palm to face the sky, then raising it. The result was a bright red orb with only a few imperfections. The skeleton then proceeded to repeat the same steps with the other corpses, amassing 4 orbs of red energy.

"Become my fuel."

The awakened one absorbed all of the souls, turning their power into its own. The transfusion of power took a little over a minute, blasting bursts of red light from the skeleton. The skeleton once again awoke, feeling much stronger then it was before.

BOOM

The red light process restarted, and the awakened one was engulfed in negative energy. The skeleton's figure became a figure of pure negative energy. Its body went through an explosive metamorphosis, slowly growing 2 protrusions from its skull, and also gaining the outline of actual armor around its body.

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Name: [PROCESSING]

Race: Bone Devil

Level: Skeleton warrior 15, fighter 8, executioner 3, Bone devil 1

HP: 29

Phy attack: 28

Phy defence: 24

Agility: 27

Magic attack: 15

Magic defence: 25

Resistance: 15

Special ability: 10

MP: 12

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The skeleton's body stopped radiating the negative aura. The end of the level-up had come, and the skeleton was satisfied. Looking to itself, it noticed that it now possessed a grey suit of full pale armor. Although, it did not include a helmet. Grasping its skull, the skeleton found what seemed to be 2 small horns on its head.

"BROTHERS! I HAVE EVOLVED TO BONE KNIGHT!" Skullbane shouted.

There were many brothers who finally reached a racial class evolution due to the battle, so it was quite a joyous event. The Reserve Tomb Of Nazarick finally had tier 2 racial class warriors. The strength of The Reserve Tomb had taken a step into a new realm of power.

"WE HAVE BROUGHT GLORY TO NAZARICK!"

1 week later:

Due to the large influx of corpses, the tomb was able to produce a large quantity of brothers. Soon the tomb numbered at around 1000 brothers, a staggeringly high amount compared to a week ago. Although many skeletons came into existence, they were still low level skeletons with little combat potential. This could still be remedied with the appropriate training, however.

The awakened one had been pondering about the status of its name for the last week, slowly training itself while patrolling the tomb. The skeleton still didn't know what was going to happen with its name, but it assumed that it would receive one soon.

The great tomb was quite lively now, the 100 brothers from before had already grown in strength, becoming powerhouses in their own ways.

"Brother! We meet again." A loud voice shouted.

The awakened one turned around to see a magnificently armoured figure with a red cape.

"Brother Doorman, is that you?" The skeleton asked.

"Yes, Brother. It is I, Doorman."

"As thou can see, Brother, I have finally evolved my racial class; becoming a Skeletal Guardian. But anyways, thou must come with me."

The awakened one followed Doorman back to the green door from earlier. They both proceeded through the door and found a large round table before them, nearly filled with strong looking skeletons in their seats.

"Brother, take a seat." Doorman spoke.

The awakened one proceeded to sit down next to a familiar figure, who was in fact Skullbane. Skullbane had much heavier looking silver plate armor, decorated by the crests Of Nazarick.

"Brother, I see you have also made it to the meeting. May I know your name?" Skullbane asked.

"I have yet to receive such a blessing, Brother." The awakened one said with shame.

"Ah, Brother, this will be an interesting meeting then."

THUMP THUMP

"ATTENTION BROTHERS!"

A masked figure with a black cloak sat at the table, giving the first announcement.

"Brothers, welcome to this meeting. Today is a joyous occasion, for today we have grown to 1000 brothers. We are growing into a very large cohort of brothers, bring glory to the Supreme Beings in everything we do. But because of this growth, we must create a command structure. This will also help us deal with the impending threat of tomb raiders, like from last week."

"In light of this issue, the 9 strongest of us brothers have devised our command structure."

The masked skeleton laid out a diagram on the large table.

"The 50 brothers here today have been chosen as part of the upper echelon of the chain of command."

"The first order of business is to appoint the 41 Outer Pillars Of Nazarick. This will made up of some of the strongest and talented brothers of the tomb. Then the 9 Inner Pillars Of Nazarick shall be installed."

"But before all of this may start, a few brothers are to receive their names."

The masked skeleton clicked his fingers and another skeleton brought forth a stone ball.

"As some of us may know, this is the holy relic of our tomb; The Stone Of Undying Growth. This stone converts a corpse into potential, rather than instantly converting it into a stronger undead. This is the reason why our brothers are born always weak. This is also the reason for our divine and blessed growth."

"This stone also has the ability to bestow names unto those that were birthed from it. It is truely a divine gift from the Supreme Beings!"

"Now, bring forth the 3 brothers present that haven't received their names."

The awakened one and 2 other skeletons got up from their seats and walked towards the seat of the masked skeleton.

"Brothers, put your hands on the stone, and receive your names."

The two other skeletons went first and received their names. The first skeleton wore a yellow and black cloak, wielding a metal staff. The skeleton placed its hands on ball, creating a green aura of negative energy.

"LEGERE, THE KNOWLEDGEABLE"

The next skeleton, who was dressed in elegantly light plate amor, went forth and did the same, making the orb glow orange.

"FLOURISH, THE SWORD LORD"

Now it was time for the awakened one to receive a name. The thought of receiving a name was enough for it to tremble in anticipation. A skeleton should almost never know fear, but for some reason the awakened one who had put everything into receiving a name, was feeling the pressure of it. A name is as good as a rank, the awakened one was ready to receive that gift.

The skeleton proceeded to the stone, placing its hands on it. The purple light appeared from the orb, brightly radiating it with negative energy.

"CORVUS, THE OMEN"

The room was silent, it had been like this since the first name was called out. the Brothers all seemed to be holding in something.

CLAP CLAP CLAP

"Excellent!" Doorman shouted joyfully.

"Welcome brothers, Legere, Flourish, and Corvus." The masked skeleton spoke.

"We will announce your ranks first."

"Legere The Knowledgeable , 39th Outer Pillar Of Nazarick!"

"Flourish The Sword Lord , 28th Outer Pillar Of Nazarick!"

"Corvus The Omen, 12th Outer Pillar Of Nazarick!"

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Author:

So... things have been paced relatively fast so far. This will change. The New World In Overlord considers Beings such as the awakened one as hero level, so progression in levels will become much more difficult and hard earnt from here on out. The MC must now find opponents that are strong enough to raise his level.

So please don't worry about the story being too fast paced, balance has come.

Btw, I'm going to add a Q/A chapter in the near future, so I can answer some questions.

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