Chapter 8: Naming monsters.

Morning came and Louis woke up from his sleep. Jay was woken up by the disturbance Louis caused waking up. "Did anything happen during night-time?" asked Louis. "No, why do you ask?" replied Jay. Louis pointed at the hole in the floor. "That wasn't there before," said Louis. "It was Wendigo. It was bored so it dug a hole in the ground," Jay replied. Louis looked like he really doubted Jay's answers, but he decided to let it slide. "Speaking of Wendigo, perhaps I should give you a name?" said Jay, desperately trying to change the subject. "What's your gender?" asked Jay. "Wendigos. Male." replied Wendigo. "Good thing I am good at naming, you will be called Wen," said Jay in a straight face. Louis was bewildered by Jay's awful naming sense. If this was what he thought was good, then how bad would a bad naming sense be? Wendigo's body glowed brightly.

[Naming Ceremony Initiated]

[Naming Target Wendigo]

[Chosen name: Wen]

[Named Monsters: 1/7]

Jay could feel Wen's aura power up as mana left his body to enhance Wen's. After spending about half of his mana reserves, it was finally over. Wen's aura was now at peak lieutenant-grade, on a verge of breakthrough. Jay telepathically informed Pseudo Skeleton that it was its turn to get a name. "I already have a name in mind," Pseudo Skeleton hurriedly said, afraid of Jay's "good" naming sense. "My name would be Malum," said Pseudo Skeleton. "If that's what you wish for, I would respect it. Such a pity that you don't want me to name you. Do you want to hear my name suggestion before I name you?" "No, no . I am not good enough for my lord to name, please just stick with Malum," replied Pseudo Skeleton nervously. "Sure, then you will be called Malum," Jay said, as Malum's body started to glow. "I really think Skeley would be a good name," thought Jay.

[Naming Ceremony Initiated]

[Naming Target PseudoSkeleton]

[Chosen name: Malum]

[Named Monsters: 2/7]

A quarter of Jay's mana was sucked out as the mana reinforced Malum's bones. Malum's aura soared until it stabilized at low lieutenant-grade. "All this makes me hungry," said Jay as he looked for something to eat. He muched on a piece of bread as he poured a cup of instant coffee. "I just want to go back to bed. Oh, I would kill to have a nap in my fluffy bed," said Jay, as he and Louis had breakfast.

Meanwhile, in a classroom in the first grade department, there was someone shouting with anger. "I powered-level six of you up to level 20, and you still couldn't kill an tramp and a femboy?" roared Bill. "I'm really sorry, he was just too strong. We were no match for him, and there was also a mid lieutenant-grade monster adhering his commands," meekly replied a mole-like student with torn limbs, blood spilling everywhere.

"Useless! All of you are useless bastards!" shouted Bill furiously. "Calm down brother, do not let anger blind you," said Turner. Seeing heavily wounded people, Asher quickly came to help. After casting all his normal skills, the bleeding stopped, but the mole-looking student's limb was still gone. Seeing this Asher focused deep within his soul to summon his unique soul weapon. A wooden staff with a serpent wrapped around it materialized out of thin air.

[Item: Counterfeit Staff of Aesculapius Rank:

Category: Weapon

Rank: Artifact

Description: A Counterfeit of the staff wielded by the Greek God of health, Aesculapius. Has a single snake wrapped around the staff, often mistaken with Hermes's staff, which has two snakes wrapped around the staff. A staff capable of creating miracles, can even revive weaker entities. Soul Weapon of Asher, one who is blessed by the God Aesculapius himself.

]

"Aesculapius, this humble servant begs you to help ones who are in need," Asher chanted. A golden light emitted from the staff, those who bathed in the light felt a warm sensation as their aches miraculously disappeared. The mole-looking student's limbs started to reform, his bones grew out first, followed by his flesh and veins, finally skin formed, wrapping around the bloody hand. The mole-looking student fell on his knees, thanking Asher for healing him. "It's my duty. Now go and rest, regrowing a limb costed you a lot of stamina," said Asher. Bill clapped, followed by Turner. "What a wonderful display of skill, so much better than those useless bastards," said Bill. "Indeed, indeed," replied Turner. Asher looked at Bill with disdain, he wanted to kill him. But killing was against his morales, and he knew the group couldn't survive without Bill. He turned around and walked back to his room.

"We should go to the students dormitories to take a shower and a nap," said Jay. "I think we should explore our surroundings first, we don't know what the outside world looks like," replied Louis. Although he really wanted to take a steamy hot shower, he wanted to raise the chances of their survival first. "You're the boss," replied Jay, packing the food they scavenged. "We should head out the west gate and take a look around," said Jay.

Meanwhile, in a luxurious room decorated with gold. "Your majesty, our scouts have returned," said a person, kneeling on the floor. "Rise, what are the reports like?" asked an old man sitting on a throne crowned with gems. "Our scouts spotted three major groups of teenagers, one located in the east building, one in the north, and one in the west. The east building group seemed to be under the rule of a student that is quite strong. In the group, there are three who have awakened their soul weapon, one even seems to be the Staff of Aesculapius. The group located in the north seem to be all out more stronger than the group in the east, but they cooperate poorly due to every single one having strong powers. The last group have been eaten by the Strix," the man said. The king was half-heartedly listening to the report, until he heard the last line. "The Strix? You mean the Bird of Calamity who almost wiped out a country, are you sure?" the king asked so agitated that he stood up. He quickly adjusted his posture and sat down. Seeing the king so emotional, the man nervously said ,"We are pretty sure, the scouts even saw the bird cast its unique spell, Feather of Curses." "Order your man to recruit every teenager they could find, give them offers they can't turn down, especially the one with the Staff of Aesculapius, get him no matter the price," ordered the king. After everyone left the room, the king stood up and sighed, "You hateful bird, how much people will die this time. Everytime you appear, it either marks the birth of a hero who will save the world, or the birth of the Harbinger of Destruction, who will burn the world down to ashes."

"Oh my lord, what happened here?" said Jay, not recognizing anything around him. Earlier, they had broken through the front gate, successfully getting outside the school. But to their surprise, the road that they would always take to the bus stop and hospital was gone. Instead the roads were replaced by forests, the city they were used to was nowhere to been seen. "We should carefully explore our surroundings," advised Louis. "We should try to find a settlement to ask for our current situation," replied Jay.

In a realm that mortals have never been to, several celestial beings were staring down at the world. "I hope that they would survive, thousands of worlds have already been destroyed," said a God, holding a bolt of electricity in his hand. "Then you should start blessing them," said a one eye God with two crows standing on his shoulders. "I can't believe you chose someone like that to bless," said a certain Sun God. "I see potential in him. Speaking of blessing, why did you bless someone like her, dad?" replied a God of Medicine, holding a staff with a serpent in his hand. "Because she would become someone very important to the savior of that world. You have to remember something Aesculapius, I'm also the God of Prophecy." replied the Sun God.