Overlord: What is Negative Energy?
Overlord has no shortage of class types, races, abilities, and magic types. It’s a world based on fantasy, so what does one expect? Still, certain forces of magic or energy or shrouded in mystery, while others are just kind of there without being thoroughly explained. Negative energy is one of those forces.
It’s introduced in the series rather early on, and it has its moments to shine, more than some of the series’ other magic forces that shall not be named. Let’s take a look at negative energy in Overlord and see if there’s something more to it.
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In the world of Overlord, negative energy is something of a phenomenon. Borne seemingly from another world, this energy naturally spawns from corpses in the new world. This energy is tied to death and the undead in different ways. Not only does it emit from corpses and the dead, but it can also be used to create new undead. Undead creatures all have some negative energy within them, but only certain creatures like Elder Liches can naturally harness it to use against others. Killing a whole city’s worth of people has been known to produce large amounts of negative energy.
For the most part, negative energy is a force of energy that directly drains life force. Consequently, it’s especially lethal to living creatures and can even pass through armor. So all that decked-out, shiny armor won’t make much of a difference. Conversely, negative energy heals the undead, so anyone trying to use negative energy against them is likely to face a rude awakening. Negative energy can be infused into items, physical attacks, and magic attacks.
In the new world, there are pockets of negative energy that naturally exist throughout. These patches of
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