Ah, I see..
The enemy that Ogakichi-kun had killed yesterday wasn't actually me.
It seems that Ogakichi-kun had been fighting a shape-shifting monster that had turned into me to try and throw him off. This, however, served to infuriate Ogakichi-kun, and led to its destruction. Ogakichi-kun seemed to have been struggling that day and even ended up nearly losing once, but in the end, he managed to [Rank Up] and destroy the enemy.
Haaa... I had really thought for a second there that his actions were because he hated me, but it seems that I'm probably wrong.
Well, that's a relief.
In addition, he's gained a new rank and has also received a [True Name]. Though, since a [True Name] can cause no small level of trouble if certain sorcerers were aware of it, it seems best to avoid using these [True Names] as our public names.
Therefore, I decided that we would continue with the same naming style.
I'm now an [Apostle Lord] and will be called Aporou, similar to the name Apollo. I liked the naming scheme, with a name similar to that of a god, I hold a bit more respect for myself.
I informed the group that, from this day onward, that I would be called Aporou and not Ogarou.
Next was Ogakichi-kun. Since he was a new breed of the [Minotaur] species, it would be best to come up with a new name for him as well. The two of us settled on Minokichi-kun.
Minokichi-kun didn't seem to mind, and in fact, he actually thought the name was pretty good.
Hmmm, Cow + Kichi = Katsudon?
No, no, best to stop thinking about that.
I really can't wait to see him with my own eyes though, because for the moment, the image of him that I had just created needs to be struck from my memory at once...
So to conclude, I will refer to myself as Aporou and Ogakichi-kun will be referred to as Minokichi-kun.
I have to say, the fact that both of us have Ranked-Up together had made me quite pleased.
Minokichi-kun said that he would love to come back to fight with me, but they needed to increase Asue-chan's rank and have been entrenched on the top floor of the maze within Dyushisu.
During this time, he planned on training with his new body.
Hmm. Well, since Asue-chan doesn't seem to have much longer in order to increase her rank, we won't have to wait very long before we get to spar with each other.
Once Asue-chan raises her rank, I informed Minokichi-kun that it would be a good idea to spar with each other as soon as possible. It wasn't necessarily to stay dominant, but because I really wanted to see how strong the two of us had become after our recent [Rank Up] and be able to enjoy going all out.
Even since my previous life, my character has not changed very much. Well, I suppose it doesn't really matter that much anyway.
With that concluded, we began the morning workout. During the morning workout, I decided it would be best to use some previously unused abilities of mine.
I spent some good time using each of them in various ways to see if there are any special uses to them, you really need to know each ability to its fullest if you want to survive.
Many of these abilities turned out to be quite useful to me. One of the most effective was [Lesser Summoning: Giant] which took nearly thirty seconds to use, all the while a large black mass began to form.
After that, three different beings formed, the first was a two and a half meter Ogre, the second was a four meter Troll and the final was a thirteen meter Fomorian. The latter can't be compared to the Giant King though.
All three species were significantly stronger than the usual Skeletons that I would create, though just as my Skeletons, their skin was black.
I have to mention, in a great contrast to the Black Skeletons, these giants were, for a lack of kinder words, quite stupid.
These things can only really be compared to dolls. If I don't give them orders, they do not move.
They just carry dull expressions on their faces. Luckily, at least they respond to orders. If they hadn't, then this skill would have been worthless.
Moving on, in order to celebrate Redhead's receiving of her new job [Job-Sacred Beast Eater], I gave her the standard [Rank Up] gift of three magical items.
The first was [General's Cleaver] which was shaped somewhat like a square Chinese Kitchen Knife with a length of roughly 80 centimeters. It is white without any spots on it with the blade itself cutting through flesh like butter.
The second was [General's Shield], a triangular kite Shield which, when not being used, shrunk down to fit into the palm of your hand.