Reincarnated As The Hero Ring

"The reason I'm not dead yet because of my beliefs..." Vicar said that to the skeleton lord. 

Well, it clearly not because of his belief, it just because he been dodging all of the skeleton lord attacks. But the look on the skeleton lord when Vicar said that, I know that look as the skeleton lord doesn't know what Vicar meant by that.

"Believe? What do you mean..." The skeleton lord asks Vicar about that. 

"I will answer but only if you agree to my request," Vicar said as he tried to make the skeleton lord agree to stop all of the movement of the skeleton. 

"Ha! If you don't tell me, I then will use force to make you spill it out..." The skeleton lord commands the skeletons near us to attack Vicar. 

Vicar knew that his stamina would not last that long but it would be sufficient enough to fight the skeletons and then escape from this area. Vicar didn't waste any time and quickly defeat all of the skeletons that were coming near him. 

With the path clear, Vicar immediately runs as fast as he could. We know that this escape doesn't mean that we were coward to fight but just to restore Vicar's stamina again and to think a way to break the dark shield. If we didn't do this, Vicar could get killed by the skeleton lord. 

We thought that we were able to escape from the skeleton lord but suddenly the skeleton lord appears in front of us. Seeing that, Vicar quickly changes his running direction but the skeleton lord kept appearing in front of us. We didn't know how the skeleton lord could catch up. 

I know that Vicar would able to outrun the skeleton lord as Vicar agility was much higher than the skeleton lord but how can it still catch us up. It just doesn't make any sense. 

"Human! You can't escape from me... Fight me or die!" The skeleton lord said that but Vicar just ignores it. 

Vicar tried to run away again but it doesn't work as the skeleton lord was able to block our escape. I was thinking about how the skeleton lord was able to gain such speed and then I realize something that could be the reason behind the skeleton lord speed. 

I remember that the skeleton lord has a skill called enhanced attributes, I could guess that it was the reason behind it. That skill might have boosted the stats of the skeleton lord dramatically and his agility stat might be higher than Vicar. I then checked whether it was true by looking at the skeleton lord stats. 

[Skeleton Lord] Level 40

HP: 7000

MP: 4500

*Body*

Str-51/60

Dx-43/60

Ag-49/60

*Mind*

Int-45/60

Perception-52/60

Charisma-0/60

*Spirit*

Magic-30/60

Resistance-45/60 

What I guess was true after all when seeing the skeleton lord stats, it has become much more powerful than its previous stats. The skeleton lord has become more dangerous right now. 

"Be careful Vicar, it seems that the skeleton lord has gotten much stronger now and I don't think you could be able to dodge his attack..." I said that to Vicar trying to warn him about the skeleton lord's power right now. 

"Thanks for the heads up ring, I tried to be more cautious right now," Vicar said that as he stops his plan to escape from here. 

Vicar was on his defensive stance right now, he knows that if he tried to run away. It would give the skeleton lord the chance to attack Vicar and he also knows that he could die from it. 

"It seems that you are prepared to fight me now human! Let's see whether you could dodge this attack..." The skeleton lord said that as the skeleton lord prepare to attack Vicar.

As soon as the skeleton lord finish to say, the skeleton lord vanished just like that. I know that the skeleton lord didn't vanish, it just moves to fast for our eyes to see the skeleton lord movement right now. 

"Vicar! Be careful, it could attack us any..." Before I could say it. 

The skeleton lord suddenly reappear in front of us and was about to slash us with its sword. Vicar couldn't react to it, it was too late to evade the attack. Vicar was just tried to block it with his dagger but right in front of us, the dagger breaks when the skeleton lord sword hits it. 

I couldn't look as the skeleton lord was about to hit Vicar with its sword. Vicar could not evade it and I know he will be killed, we already used up our last teleport. I realize that this was the end of Vicar and me, I couldn't even have the time to say something to him. 

I reopened my vision after I heard a sound, it might be the sound of Vicar being split into two-part. But when I see, I saw a woman with white hair and a slender body, don't forget the big b.r.e.a.s.t. She was in a white dress when I saw her. 

I immediately realized who she was as both Vicar and I knew her, not for a long time but a lot of a question suddenly appeared on my mind after seeing her here. I was surprised to see her as she was stopping the skeleton lord sword with her hand. I couldn't believe it that she save Vicar's life. 

I could see that Vicar was also shocked to see her, what's more, shocking was that she save Vicar from being slash by the skeleton lord. 

"Eli! Why are you here?" Vicar shouted to her. 

To think that Eli was here saving Vicar's life, whoever thought that will happen as I really think that Vicar will die. This was really unexpected indeed but why would Eli be here and save Vicar's life. Isn't she part of the undead, shouldn't she just let Vicar die by the skeleton lord. 

We then had another surprise, Eli was able to talk. We remember that she couldn't even talk to us and doesn't even have any emotion. Right now, Eli clearly shows us her emotion and it seems that she was worried about Vicar. 

"Are you okay?" Eli asked Vicar. It was the first time we heard Eli talk. 

When the skeleton lord sees Eli, the skeleton lord didn't stop as the skeleton lord keep attacking Eli. Eli does get heavy injuries but completely heal in a second. I don't know what happening but Eli grabs Vicar and tried to escape from the area. 

The skeleton lord did try to stop us from escaping but Eli somehow was a lot faster than the skeleton lord. She managed to lose the skeleton lord and successfully escaped from the area. Vicar tried to escape from Eli's grasp but she holds Vicar so tightly. 

Because of that, it kinda reminds me of the last day when Eli still clings with Vicar all of the time. That time the situation was not that bad as the current situation. We did have some trouble but we could solve that and I think the hardest was to escape from the dungeon. 

"Stop Eli! Where are you taking me..." Vicar said that to Eli as she still wouldn't stop even though we already in a safe area which there were no skeletons here. 

Eli didn't reply to Vicar's question but she seems to be taking Vicar somewhere. A few minutes later, she finally stopped and we realized that we had been brought back to where we come from that was near the manhole at the outer wall. 

Eli then said something toward Vicar, "Are you hurt?" She then touches Vicar's face with her hand. She seems worried about Vicar. 

Vicar pushed away Eli's hand, "Why are you saving me? Aren't you part one of them..." Vicar said that to her. He didn't even say thanks to Eli for saving his life. 

Because of that, Eli started to let out a tear in her eyes. It seems that she was hurt because of Vicar's action just now. I don't know why but Eli does really have emotion because before this she was just like a human doll that doesn't have any emotion at all. 

Right now, she shown a lot of expressions. Seeing her cry now, Vicar felt guilty but still didn't want to apologize for it. I then had to interfere and told Vicar what he must do now or Eli wouldn't stop crying. 

"Vicar! Just apologize... you're a man and you should do the right thing." I said that to Vicar hoping that he would do it instead of getting mad at Eli.

Vicar hesitated at first but he knows that he must apologize for his action towards Eli, "I'm sorry Eli, I shouldn't do that..." Vicar said that as he apologized for his action at that moment.

Eli slowly stopped crying as she looks at Vicar directly in the eyes. She then said something to him.