Bro, I'm not an Undead!

A minute before...

"Okay Red bro. You must be done putting on the armour by now, right?" Skullius said to himself before injecting mana to expel Red Rage from the ring.

The armoured Red Rage swiftly appeared and stood in his ridiculous stance which made Skullius slap his face.

"We have to get away from this place as soon as possible. Come on, take me away," Skullius said.

Surely an addition of 50 favourability would make the Pelvis Boar-Man heed his words right?

Surprisingly or unsurprisingly, Red Rage didn't do as Skullius asked. He merely looked at the fantastical battle taking place over the cover of the rubble.

Skullius was about to start yelling bone expletives when Red Rage turned to him.

Red Rage's intent travelled to Skullius and the Discount Human couldn't believe what he heard.

"You want to help her?" he asked.

Red Rage nodded.

Skullius sighed.

Since when did his murderous Apostle become a saint. This sockethole was definitely influenced by his skills and race.

Now he was a hero of justice as advertised? Really?

"You'll get pounded into bone dust bro, it's not worth it. We might as well run away while the whole city has its hands full."

Red Rage didn't budge, his intent silently travelling to Skullius once more.

"What? We are the bane of evil and a just representative like the pelvi- oh shut up, you bonehead!" Skullius shook his head.

Given how powerful the influence of a race was on Red Rage, he couldn't imagine what would have happened if he had really chosen the False-Hope Bone Devil.

He should be grateful that it was only this much.

It might have been disastrous otherwise.

Red Rage slumped visibly.

Being denied of a chance to show his justice lessened the vigor in his bones.

Skullius found himself actually being touched by this.

"Woow bro, this really means a lot to you, huh?" he asked while looking up and down at Red Rage.

Should he do it?

What if his Apostle was razed through within seconds? Sure he was Tier 1 now and had some pretty cool abilities, but... was that enough?

Definitely not.

However...

Skullius peeked behind the rubble he hid under to see Elita being bodied!

If Red Rage could help her, perhaps they could team up and the Apostle wouldn't be in as much danger.

And if that really turned out to be the case...

'Right! I do have some good stuff, don't I?'

Skullius had a bright idea. He was in possession of something that could help tremendously.

It wouldn't work if he was alone though.

"Fine. But! If you find yourself in danger, be sure to run back here!"

Red Rage regained his stance as he stood heroically with his arms on his hips.

He then expressed his thoughts to Skullius once again, the Discount Human's eyes opening wide.

"Oh really? Well, how observant of you, Red bro."

.....

As Elita looked at this curious figure that had not answered her enquiry, she set to scan him with her mana but...

"RaaaAAaaAr! ANoThER MeDdLeR!!"

The tall undead raged as it stormed towards Red Rage and Elita!

Red Rage immediately ran up to meet the creature under the shocked expressions of both Elita and Skullius!

'What are you doing you SOCKETHOLE?!' Skullius barked internally with his eyes bulging!

Elita hadn't searched Red Rage but from the mana signature he emitted, she could tell that he was no more than a white core Knight!

Skullius knew his Apostle's stats and even though he hadn't yet viewed the skills he was sure this was a really bad decision!

To think that this privileged bone brat would do something so... so... reckless!

While he didn't know what Tier or Stage this monstrosity was at, as his guidance field couldn't tell with the difference in level, he was sure that a direct confrontation wasn't the answer.

What happened to sticking to the safe plan?!

Red Rage stormed forward, his speed much, much lower than his opponent's.

The Undead roared as it scoffed at the small and weak figure before it!

"You DaRE MeDdlE wHeN YoU aRe sO WeaK?! I wiLL shREd yOuR SoUl!"

The Undead swung its Dadao sword with such a speed that the weapon turned into a barely visible blur!

Red Rage remained within his charge against his foe and...

FUUWAAAH!

A brilliant golden light erupted right when the undead's Dadao sword struck against Red Rage!

A small circular shield appeared on the Apostle's arm with the burst of light, bearing a golden colour and rings of black along with the protruding design of a boar on its front!

[Brilliant Boar Balance Buckler]!

A racial skill had activated in response to the attack!

Even though it had happened so fast, when the buckler and the sword smashed against each other, tiny streams of energy connected the sword and shield for a fraction of a fraction of second!

The ground broke and Red Rage was flung away a short distance following the destruction of the buckler which became specks of light!

"..."

"..."

"..."

Skullius, Elita and the undead were all shocked by this development!

Where was the scene they expected, where Red Rage was cleaved cleanly?

The Pelvis Boar-Man merely anchored his feet on the ground and rushed back to the Undead as if nothing had happened!

Elita's mouth was agape.

Was she mistaken?

Her sweat was still trickling for crying out loud!

She had been putting her back into tanking every one of the attacks from the Undead!

How was this Knight able to do it?!

Skullius slapped his face as he wondered why he bothered!

Within his arsenal, only Red Rage was the honoured one!

The Pelvis Boar-Man rushed up to the undead which roared in rage at seeing the nonchalant return of its uninjured enemy!

"HoW DaRe YoU SurvIvE So CasuAlLY?!" the undead growled nonsense as the arm that had been cursing Elita before pointed at Red Rage and spurred a curse!

Yet...yet...

Nothing happened!

"WHAT?!"

There was no flesh to cause for the growth of its monstrous entities on this valiant Knight?!

Ridiculous!

Impossible!

Red Rage leapt forward as he activated a skill that caused everyone to marvel.

The golden light it emitted was different from Elita's. It wasn't as gorgeous and it didn't bear any overbearing presence!

It was serene!

The tall undead was dazed by this light that covered Red Rage as in the next moment, a new image appeared!

It all started with a long golden cape that swam in the air without a sound...