Bro, I'm not an Undead!

(A/N: Bonus Chapter).

Two days before...

Within the Elimparidis Stone Staff's miniaturised World.

"What? You want to train? Alone?" Skullius asked with a brow raised as he slid into his spatial ring two items that he had just upgraded with [Unbound].

One of these items was the Fleeting Ghoul's Adornment which he had promised himself to upgrade in future and well, the future was now.

Red Rage nodded in response to Skullius' request for clarity while pointing downwards.

"You want to do it here? Why so suddenly?"

The Apostle raised his arm and made a muscle gesture while simultaneously sending his intent to his master.

"You feel like you're growing weak compared to me and him?" Skullius asked as he pointed at the large dark blue beast that rested beside him.

Red Rage nodded.

Oh.

Skullius hadn't expected this.

Was this the reason why this guy was kind of moody since the fight with the Galemonger?

In his opinion, Red Rage wasn't weak at all, especially when he used [Incandescent Attire of the Omnipotent Pelvis-Hegemon].

Then again, when compared to the Limitless Null Demon Hound, he could understand why Red Rage felt this way.

His new Apostle seemed to have a lot to work with despite the RESET flaw while the Pelvis-Boar-Man was yet to fully unlock the true potential behind his powers, such as his Class as the Tempered Bone Hegemon as well as the other skills he used.

Ever since the Tremur, the Apostle seemed to have lost his rapid growth. At least that was what he felt. Or rather, he had beaten quite a lot as even in Inhone, he had barely managed to kill three Bulk Terrors while the new Apostle had beaten dozens of those easily.

"Well, if you need it, I can't stop you. Might as well put that [Blessing of Serenity] to good use," Skullius said as he patted the Apostle's shoulder. "But... don't you dare start thinking you're not good enough for me. You've saved me many times over before. Get stronger if you feel you need it. I'll be waiting."

The Pelvis-Boar-Man nodded with a bright flash of light piercing from his sockets to show his resolve.

[Apostle Red Rage approves of your decision. +10 favourability]

"That must really mean a lot to you..." Skullius mumbled to himself as he checked the guidance field notification.

When one thought about it deeply, it made sense. For this once murderous sockethole, having his ability to take care of threats stripped by the continuous growth of the enemies that they were facing was devastating and he was motivated to regain it through a retreat.

"I should probably ensure that I'm stronger by the time I have to enter that Premium Age thing too," Skullius said to himself as he recalled the bit of knowledge that Stylla had told him above the basics of this event he had to participate in.

The Premium Age Royale.

'There are three opponents that you should be especially wary of. They are considered to be most challenging people to fight among all the other participants you will see. One of them is considered the strongest, the other is considered the most dangerous and the last is considered the most unpredictable. Their names are...'

This was the detail that Stylla had shared.

Apparently, before all the participants had even arrived, these three well known individuals were already considered as worth looking out for.

'Then besides my most powerful skills, I should also have my support abilities in their best forms,' Skullius thought while scrolling through his skills on the guidance field. '[Luminous Healing] is probably going to be important in the upcoming fights. If I could use [Lanterns of the Pure] again, it would be even better but unfortunately, I still have 15 more days until [Bringer of All] comes off cooldown.'

When considering how much he had to heal up during fights with strong opponents, Skullius decided to level up his sole healing skill out of necessity.

[Lanterns of the Pure], the Limitless Body Null Demon Hound's ability which he had access to in his Ogwulf the Limitless form was not available even if it would the best choice and thus his only options for now where [Irisa You Whore], his sword's skill and [Luminous Healing].

"Alright then. Time to do what we're for," Skullius said as he looked at the lush forestry, sea and mountain ranges around this place.

He intended to thoroughly explore this world and sea all its hidden perks. There had to be more to it than the Enriching gems.

That, and...

The Discount Human inserted mana into an extra ring on his hand, and thousands of Enriching gems fell out!

From the purple red to red gems, there was a bountiful amount of these that Skullius needed to absorb before he was completely saturated.

As a rule that had been made known to him, he could only absorb energy from a 1000 purple gems before his body refused to draw any more, 2500 purple red gems and 6000 for the red ones.

While it seemed like this inflated stat figures for those who absorbed such values in Enriching gems, the issue lied in the quantity of the gems.

It was harder to find gems higher than red, as their amount even in higher level Clusters was dismal.

Skullius brushed all these thoughts aside however and sat down, grabbing two gems in each hand before he started rapidly pulling in the wisps of white energy within the purple-red and red gems.

Soon, familiar notifications began to appear over his vision as the powerful energy from the gems worked their wonder over the flesh of the Discount Human.

[Your flesh and bones are augmented. A factor of 3 applies]

[Your flesh and bones are augmented. A factor of 3 applies]

[Your flesh and bones...]

Skullius' body continued to enjoy minimal changes as he continuously absorbed the energy in the Enriching gems before him under the gazes of Red Rage and the still unnamed Apostle.

The Discount Human's stats soared and at the same time, one of the skills he had levelled up.

['Flesh It Like You Mean It' has reached LV10. Would you like to evolve it into its next form?]

Skullius grinned.

This was one thing he had been hoping for and he couldn't wait to see what he would get.

Unlike all the other skills he had, this wasn't a normal skill.

It was a Supreme skill.

While he didn't understand how he had a skill of this level even with his core, given the knowledge he had on the hierarchy of skills in this world, he was greatly expectant.

There had to be some really good returns, right?

"Yes," Skullius affirmed.

The moment he did, his flesh bubbled and ballooned, beginning to shiver intensely!

'The flesh?!'

Skullius did not expect his body to suddenly become a large ball that hid all his features, his clothes tearing off as the flesh he held turned elastic over the bones underneath!

Ripples ran along it as pulses of unknown energy streamed through it vehemently!

Red Rage and the Limitless Body Null Demon Hound backed away as they gave space.

They did not sense any danger and thus did not rush to any action.

As the Discount Human grew, he started to float while a continuous stream of notifications flashed before him, giving him peace of mind.

No.

It was more than just peace of mind.

It was excitement and joy.

Yes!

This skill was definitely worth its rank!

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