Reincarnated As The Hero Ring

It was true that the fireball keeps coming onto us when we were tried to attack the Elite Skeleton. Because of that, it makes us really hard to keep defeat the elite skeleton. The skeletal mage didn't even bother with Tane's arrow as his dead eye was locked on us. 

We just kept trying as we thought that we might have a chance to attack it but there was not a slight opening at all. Tane also realizes that it was futile to keep shooting his arrows at the skeletal mage, he then decided to help us to defeat the elite skeleton first. 

With that all of our attention was on the last elite skeleton, we thought that we have the chance to hit the elite skeleton now but the skeletal mage will burn down the Tane arrow when it tried to hit the elite skeleton. Vicar couldn't strike the elite skeletons as well. 

While Tane was shooting his arrow from his bow, the skeletal mage suddenly cast the fireball towards Tane. He didn't realize it at all as he was too focused on the elite skeletons. 

"Tane! Look out..." Vicar tried to warn him about the incoming fireball. 

Tane then look and saw the fireball was coming towards him, he didn't have the time to dodge it and he will be hit by it. When Vicar trying to warn Tane about it, he was already running as fast as he could towards Tane. He managed to push Tane away from getting hit by the fireball. 

Saving Tane from the incoming fireball, Vicar was hit by the fireball instead of Tane. I never thought that Vicar would do that, to sacrifice himself to protect his friend. 

"Vicar!" Tane shouted as he saw Vicar getting hit by the fireball. 

But something amazing happens, Vicar didn't burn like before when he hit by the fireball. As his whole body was getting burn after getting hit. What amazing was this time, when the fireball was about to hit Vicar? The fireball completely disappears before even hitting Vicar. 

It surprised both of us as we thought we will get burned by the flame of the fireball. I don't understand how the fireball magically disappeared when it was about to hit us. 

Tane was on the ground as he realized something, another fireball was coming towards Vicar. He quickly warns Vicar about it. "Vicar! The skeletal mage is firing another fireball..." He said that. 

We didn't realize that the skeletal mage already prepared another fireball and currently was coming towards us very fast. We didn't notice it at all as we were wondering why the fireball suddenly disappeared like that. Vicar can't dodge this fireball as it was already too close. 

We really thought that this time for sure that we will get hit. Tane still shouting towards us and telling us to dodge it. The fireball came and somehow the fireball disappears again, this time it happens clearly in Vicar's eyes. We see that the fireball really did disappear in the air. 

Tane gets up from the ground and was surprised as well that we didn't get hit by the fireball at all. He then said that it like Vicar was immune to the fireball spell as he didn't get burned by it at all. I guess Tane must close his eyes when the fireball was close to us, I guess he couldn't see Vicar getting hit by it

Both Vicar and I were wondering what had happened. I remember what Tane had said to Vicar earlier and started to notice something. I then realized something that might be the reason why the fireball didn't hit us. I checked back the description of my purify talent and noticed that it give us immunity to any kind of spell for 22 minutes.

"Vicar! I think I had figure out why the fireball disappears." I said to Vicar. 

He was currently dodging another fireball, "Really? How..." Vicar said. 

"Remember the talent purify that you activated a few minutes ago..." I mention that to Vicar as I was trying to make Vicar remember about that. 

"Yes, I do remember that. What sort of relationship did it have with the fireball disappear right in front of us." Vicar said as he was still wondering about it. I guess he didn't even know what my purify talent effect was. 

"Well, the purify talent grant us immunity to any kind of spell for 22 minutes and the fireball that was about to hit us was a spell," I said that to Vicar hoping that he would understand it. 

"That's mean the fireball will not affect me now?" Vicar asks me to make sure that he was right.

"Yes! The fireball will not have any effect on us for 22 minutes, but I guess we only had 14 minutes left." I said that to Vicar.

"14 minutes are plenty enough, with that time left I might even have the chance to defeat the skeletal mage." He said to me. 

After Vicar knew about his immunity to any kind of spell, he then when offensive rather than being defensive. He didn't take any time to defeat the last elite skeleton. Vicar doesn't even care about the incoming fireball as he knows that the moment the fireball near him, it would completely vanish in front of us. 

With all of the elite skeletons defeated, we then could focus on the skeletal mage that been firing the fireball toward us. Vicar casually walks toward the skeletal mage, the skeletal mage keeps firing fireballs but it doesn't have any effect on us.

Tane literally confuses as he didn't know why the fireball would vanish when it was about to hit Vicar. I wanted to explain to him but that means that he needs to equip me on his finger, just to allow us to have a conversation. But I don't think that I should do that as it would cancel the purify status on Vicar. 

When we were approaching the skeletal mage, I realized that there was something odd about it. It seems like somehow I could see pass through his body as I see the building behind him. I don't know what happens to it but I guess the skeletal mage body was like that. 

Vicar finally in the range, he takes out his dagger and started to attack the skeletal mage. But we were thrown back by his dark shield. I completely forgot about the skeletal mage dark shield as it could repel any physical attack. 

Vicar tried again but he couldn't break through the skeletal mage dark shield. Tane was providing support as well as he tried to shoot an arrow hoping that it would somehow break the dark shield around the skeletal mage. All our effort was futile as we couldn't break it. 

Our only option was to try to break it with a magic spell but sadly we didn't have any magic spell. Both Vicar and Tane didn't know any spell, sadly I also didn't have any magic spell. But again, this might not be so bad as we had the advantage. 

We keep trying for a few minutes and it still didn't break the dark shield. Vicar purifies status will only last for about 6 minutes more. We must break it before the effect was gone as it would be hard to avoid the fireball while trying to break it. 

Suddenly I realized something when I think about the skeletal mage fireball. I noticed that the skeletal mage didn't cast any fireball towards us for the last few minutes, the skeletal mage doesn't cast any spell at all when Vicar near him. 

It was really fishy but I think that the skeletal mage needs the MP to maintain the dark shield and wouldn't waste it to cast the fireball as it will cost it MP. I really think that was the reason why the skeletal mage didn't cast another fireball spell on us. 

I tried Vicar about it and he soon realizes it as well, he agrees with me as well as he said that the fireball might cost the skeletal mage a lot of mana. I remember that I could check the skeletal mage stats and see for myself whether it's MP was low or not.

[Skeletal Mage] Level 35

HP: 1000

MP: 50,000/49,000

*Body*

Str-12/60

Dx-11/60

Ag-14/60

*Mind*

Int-44/60

Perception-51/60

Charisma-0/60

*Spirit*

Magic-57/60

Resistance-39/60

When I see the stats of the skeletal mage, I noticed that it only had 1000HP. But it seems that the number of skeletal mage MP was quite high. What surprised me right now was how much MP the skeletal mage had left. It's still had a lot of MP but why wasn't the skeletal mage cast another fireball. 

When I was thinking about the reason, Tane suddenly shouted at us and he said something that shocks us. We immediately turned behind to see what it was.

"Vicar! Ring! There were...."