Bro, I'm not an Undead!

It had become a thing after Skullius had gained his other self in the Discount Human form, that the guidance field would ask him where he would like allocate his Exp.

However, after his hours’ long journey with the Grinning Jester Fox, Skullius had discovered that he was free to use his Exp however he liked, as long as it pertained to him.

The issue of levelling up Red Rage after reviving him had been something he was really looking forward to and he had searched for a way to make it possible.

Luckily for him, it wasn’t too hard as the guidance field had showed him that his class, [Vehement Bone Nullmancer], took the issue of him and his Apostles being very closely linked seriously.

Therefore, sharing his Exp was possible, especially when it was all pooled up, ready for him to use.

As for his current amount of Exp…

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[ Exp : 3,758,480 ]

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This seemed like a lot, but only Skullius knew better.

Three times the amount of experience required for each subsequent level was a pain in the pelvis.

Spending this Exp on himself would be a complete waste as for him, it wouldn’t even net him more than a single level.

Once again, Skullius wondered just how far did this experience thing go?

Red Rage jumped up and down in excitement.

Levelling up and reaching its master’s level?

That was incredibly exciting.

“Now you want to be active, you sockethole?” Skullius said with unveiled rage. “Let’s get this over with.”

For him and Red Rage, a total of 983,740 cumulative mana experience points was required to level up from Level 1 to Level 10.

Since Red Rage was not starting from scratch, it wouldn’t take that much but a lot would still be drawn from the pool.

“Transfer enough Exp to Red Rage to reach Level 10,” Skullius commanded the guidance field._.

A burst of mana exploded from Red Rage creating a mini storm that blasted outwards, roaring against the atmosphere.

Red Rage’s sockets flickered before they released a bright luminesce which light up Skullius’ armour.

Skullius looked at all this unimpressed, waiting for it to end so that he could get on to the important stuff.

[Apostle ‘Red Rage’ has broken past many hurdles and reached LV10. Apostle ‘Red Rage’ is now able to evolve into the First Tier of power. Do you accept?]

“Yep, let’s do this,” Skullius affirmed.

[Loading possible evolution options for ‘Null Lifeform (Bone Boar)’…]

[Possible evolution options for Tier 1:]

“Skip those creepy details!” Skullius immediately yelled before the marketing information appeared instead of the actual useful stuff.

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[Abominable Pelvis Boar-Man]

A powerful Bone variant whose main strength lies in sturdiness. The Pelvis Boar-Man has a powerful body that cannot be easily damaged. However, the bulk of its uniqueness lies in the fact that it has the traits of the pelvis actualised into attributes and qualities. All forms of damage are transmitted through its body and down to the ground, nullifying much of their effect. It can naturally expand its bones as well as toughen them to protect itself. Its most unique trait is the ability to ‘Balance’. The Pelvis Boar-Man can equalise an exchange with most opponents, bringing a fight to a more or less equal match up.

(Due to its unique powers, the Abominable Pelvis Boar-Man has inherited a flaw to balance its existence among the natives of different worlds.

The Abominable Pelvis Boar-Man MUST NOT punish those who do not deserve it and only deliver justice to those that are in the wrong. Failure to adhere to this will call upon The Anchor from “%#$!” for judgement.)

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<Stats>

+1400 Mana

+300 Strength

+130 Agility

+1000 Health

+50 Intelligence

<Skills>

-Tusks of Justice

-Brilliant Boar Balance Buckler

-Pelvis Boar-Man Majestic Attire

-Hero’s Fist

-Hero’s Hero

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If you choose this race, you will have multiple evolution choices within this series all the way up to “&#%^!”.

-Possibility of gaining a Supreme Skill in the next evolutions.

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[False-Hope Bone Devil]

An evil bone variant that revels in destruction and excessive cruelty. The False-Hope Bone Devil has the natural ability to manipulate and assimilate all bones as well as obtain features of the creature that the bones belong to. It is also closely linked to “%@#%!” unlike most species, being able to summon its two most vile servants ‘Giratosh’ and ‘Levatis’ in accordance to its level. The False-Hope Bone Devil has a good balance of power and speed being mostly great at offense.

(Due to its unique powers, the False-Hope Bone Devil has inherited a flaw to balance its existence among the natives of different worlds.

The False-Hope Bone Devil MUST devour 1,000 souls every three days. Failure to do so will cause the Bone Devil to turn transform into the Hope-Ridden Useless Saint for a full day.)

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<Stats>

+2000 Mana

+175 Strength

+200 Agility

+500 Health

+100 Intelligence

<Skills>

-True Malevolent Ascendance

-False Bone Amalgamation

-Summon: Null Devil

-Bitter-Sweet Hell’s Inferno

-Hellscape Creation

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If you choose this race, you will have multiple evolution choices within this series all the way up to “&#%^!”.

-Possibility of gaining a Veneration art in the next evolutions.

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[Anonymous Deity Avatar]

A very special bone variant with the sole ability of forcing any Deity into making itself the Deity’s Avatar. An Avatar is a representative, a voice, a follower. When the Anonymous Deity Avatar becomes the Avatar of a Deity, it gains all the core of their powers and traits, gaining strength that exceeds its level by leaps and bounds. The Deity Avatar can become an Avatar to a maximum of two Deities. Prior to finding a Deity to force into a contract, the Anonymous Deity Avatar has no special qualities that taints it before it eventually receives the boons from its target.

(Due to its unique powers, Anonymous Deity Avatar has inherited a flaw to balance its existence among the natives of different worlds.

The Anonymous Deity Avatar CANNOT inherit any new skills or unique powers other than its class and Avatar attributes.)

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If you choose this race, you will have multiple evolution choices within this series all the way up to “&#%^!”.

-Possibility of gaining advanced powers from Deities.

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“Wait! Wait! Wait! BRO! How did this bastard gain much more interesting evolutions than me?!” Skullius blurted as he alternated his gaze between his guidance field screen and Red Rage.

“Aren’t I the master?! Is this another hidden advantage of that [Blessing of Serenity]?!”

The evolutions that had popped up for Red Rage seemed more insane that his own.

They were extraordinarily unique!

However…

“Hmmm… I have a choice to make and its pretty hard,” Skullius quit complaining and relaxed his mind. This was tricky.

First of all, the Pelvis Man evolution had returned and it was slightly different, no doubt to accommodate Red Rage who was a boar.

This made Skullius wonder what was so unique about. Its flaw was a bit different too.

While it was cool to see, Skullius was more interested in the other two.

The False-Hope Bone Devil and the Anonymous Deity Avatar.

The False-Hope Bone Devil’s ability to assimilate any bones and even gain the creature’s traits was really interesting, to say the least. It could also summon minions that seemed to be overpowered too.

Skullius couldn’t help but smile bitterly.

Unfortunately there were a lot of downsides to this evolution, especially if Skullius linked it to Red Rage.

As far as he knew, Red Rage’s personality was shaped by his skills and the [Blessing of Serenity].

His gift as an expert killer was probably the one that made the little sockethole a murderous fool.

If he gifted that Boar this evolution with loved destruction and excessive cruelty…

Skullius turned to Red Rage who gave him a big thumbs and shivered.

“I can’t… he’ll kill everything that he sees…” Skullius mumbled.

This bro was already hard to control. There’s no one he could choose that for him.

“I can’t believe this evolution offers my Bitter-Sweet Hell’s Inferno though. That’s unexpected. So that skill belongs to the False-Hope Bone Devil? Also, with this evolution you can summon the Null Devil? Gah! There’s too much I don’t know!”

These two skills had shocked Skullius. Perhaps this answered his question on where the skills and armour from [Unbound] came from, but that was all he could figure out at the moment.

Still though, Skullius brought his thoughts back to the objective.

The other downside of the False-Hope Bone Devil was its flaw.

Where on earth would he find 1,000 souls?!

What was this Hope-Ridden Useless Saint anyway? It sounded like a trash creature without a single redeeming quality.

The Anonymous Deity Avatar was another cool evolution. Skullius didn’t know much about Deities except for the crumbs he had heard from powerful existence that hailed them as absurdly strong beings.

Benzard had once said something about them too.

If Red Rage could forcibly make a Deity give him his powers that would insane. What more if he succeeded with 2 of them!

However…

“Before that… this sockethole will be useless to me! He’ll be deadweight! At that point he might as well roll over in a grave and sleep!” Skullius bellowed once more.

Red Rage wouldn’t even be able to learn any other skills until he found a Deity to contract, as the status said.

These bloody flaws were too much.

With all these things considered, Skullius really wanted to choose between these two evolutions. Any one of these would allow him to have a powerful helper at his side but…

Skullius was about to venture into unknown territory. He didn’t need a murderous skeleton as his backup or a trash stack of bones that couldn’t assist him in a tough fight until he figured out what a Deity truly was.

Besides, he had the chance to gain more Apostles in the future. He would risk having one with one of these evolutions someday but for now, the rational choice was to choose an evolution that balanced out Red Rage.

“You need to chill the flesh out, bro. This is for your own good. Besides, you’re always going to overpowered with that blessing of yours,” Skullius said before he ultimately made his choice for the Boar that was still extending its hand in a thumbs up.

“Let’s go with the Abominable Pelvis Boar-Man.”