21 Naming

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The system notification prompted Victor after he swallowed a chunk of the monster's flesh. He wasted little time after that and proceeded to raise the tiger as part of his legion.

There was something he noticed this time, after the tiger died, a short while later a cross appeared above the beast's corpse, floating just above it. Victor needed no explanation, as he knew what it meant, so he approached the tiger, and with the trigger word he rose the beast.

[You have acquired an undying soldier that will forever serve at your side with unquestionable resolve]

[White Mountain Tiger has dropped in level due to effects of being reborn]

[White Mountain Tiger Level 40]

After checking out the beast for some quick seconds, Victor put him away. Seeing as he had found the tiger unexpectedly while heading for the door to the next floor, Victor thought maybe if he did more exploring and went around the whole dungeon, he would be able to find something useful.

Unfortunately, after wasting his time navigating through the entire floor, he didn't find anything noteworthy. "A complete waste of my time. Maybe I should leave these encounters to fate." Victor said as he headed back towards the door to the next floor.

He began his descent, just like always when going to another floor, but halfway through he encountered water. Because of the narrowness of the passageway to the next floor, it meant for the most part he would have to travel underwater, at least until he got to the next floor.

Although Victor hesitated for a moment, he quickly remembered that he didn't need normal bodily functions to stay alive. He quickly checked if he was even breathing, to begin with, though he had checked this before, he wanted to make sure, just in case.

As Victor found out, he still breathed normally as any living thing would, but when he held his breath, there was no discomfort, and he didn't run out of breath. 'The perks of being a zombie.' Victor thought as he approached the water slowly. Another thing he wasn't sure of was what underwater combat would be like. 'Guess we'll have to find out.' All he needed to do was get a touch on his target, and that was it.

Victor wasted no more time and dived into the water. Underwater, he found breathing not to be a problem, after all, he could just hold his breath for as long as he wanted. After a while, Victor came to a point where he could see a bit of light above, so he headed out. The cave had these little crystals stuck to the walls and ceiling that emit light(I forgot to point this out sooner) Though the light produced is never enough and is just as much as a dim moonlight in most areas, Victor as an undead had no problem seeing at all.

He swam towards the closest land, and after getting out of the water, he continued his journey towards the door to the next floor. As a zombie, he needed not to dry his clothes as he didn't catch a cold nor get skin disease, it was just perfect.

Quickly, he pulled out the device that had the map, and after studying it for a while, he placed it back into his inventory. There was something else he wanted to try, so he brought out the serpent.

"Come forth, giant forest snake," Victor said, and following his words, the ground a couple of feet away from him was covered with mysterious black smoke as the serpent emerged from the smoke.

Looking at its size now, Victor changed his plan. What he wanted to do was let the serpent go towards the door to the next floor after giving it some instructions. This was to test how intelligent the beast was or how much they could follow orders. But, the fact that it could get stuck in some part of the cave that might be narrowed was the reason why he changed his mind.

"You are too big," Victor said. He also thought if, whether he could name them, as calling them by their species name, was a bit tiring.

"System, is it possible to name my legion members?" Victor asked.

[Yes. Would you like to name them?]

"Yes," Victor answered.

The same mysterious black smoke that felt ethereal started forming and covering the area around the snake, and after a while, the tiger and the spider came into view.

[Please, grant a name to your legion members]

"Hmm, You," Victor said, as he shifted his attention to the spider. "I don't know what gender you are, though," Victor said, as he rubbed his chin a bit. He looked at the system, but even the system couldn't tell what gender the spider was. So, Victor just went with instincts. The spider wasn't intelligent enough to notice anything, so it didn't matter in the end.

"You shall be called, Arac," Victor said. At the moment when he gave the monster its name, something changed within Victor, as he could feel the bond between them strengthen and grow. "What a feeling. It's like I can tell what this guy is thinking.. or something like that, I guess."

"You shall be called, Konda." Victor named the snake.

"And you, I want something fierce, something that shows power," Victor said, as he looked at the tiger. "How about, Gurok? Yes, let's go with that. From now, you are Gurok." Similar to the other two, Victor also left the bond between him and the tiger strengthened, but unlike the other two, this one was more powerful and deeper.

'This... Is it because I put more thought into his name? But I don't know what it means though. Or is it because he is a beast, and beasts bond better than reptiles and insects?' Victor thought to himself.

He couldn't help but feel sorry for the poor creatures. Victor wasn't the best when it came to naming things, especially living things, and he didn't want to give them human names either, that would just be weird, so these guys could only cherish whatever names he gave them.

[Note. Members with a deep connection with you can also be evolved through the system to a certain extent]

The system said while Victor was still checking his monsters. This news was a good one, as it meant he would be able to make them stronger.

"This is good news. I wonder how much I can enhance them through evolution." Victor said, with a bit of anticipation.