Is this really a Game?!

Everyone nods in agreement after seeing Tank's resolute eyes. They all knew that he was recently feeling a bit down, not only did Beast manage to increase the rank of his ability, but since the party hadn't fought monsters that were able to really push them to their limits, his role as the tank wasn't as important.

Even during the battle on the mountain, Tank tanked attacks the bosses there, but even without him he was certain that the party would have managed to bring the boss down. Earlier he would usually block attacks and keep Beast safe as the latter wasn't good in close quarters, but after he acquired his fusion ability that weakness was gone.

Tank stood in front of the boss as the latter started twirling his glaive above his head.

[ Immovable Resolution ]

The skill Tank used was something he managed to acquire on the mountain, since a lot of the bosses were able to push him back even when he was successful in defending against their blow he knew he needed to come up with something that would allow him to stand his ground. The immovable skill was a simple one and it was Rank C, it would simply allow the user to have much better stability and weight during blocks which would make him a lot harder to push back.

[ Tornado Slash ]

The twirling of the glaive made the wind blow around the chieftain as a small tornado was formed with him at its center. With mighty force, he brings the glaive down on the slightly deformed Rank A shield that Tank had propped up in order to block the attack. Since the dome was previously broken through he was unable to use it for a short period of time, his shield was still in good condition and the deformation would get fixed after some time as all Rank A items could slowly recover from damage if it wasn't too big.

[ Bulls Charge ]

The phantom of a great red bull forms around Tank as he charges toward the boss in order to meet his attack head-on. As the glaive collides with the horns of the bull the charge was stopped, Tank's muscles bulged out as he was using everything he had in order to continue forward.

Crack

The horns suddenly crack as the glaive breaks through them and slashes the bull in half before meeting Tank's shield. The wind was blown around them as cuts appeared on the wooden floor and walls of the hall. Reign and the others all use their mana in order to shield themselves from the wind before attacking the boss who was shocked after seeing that his blow was successfully blocked, even though the [ Tornado Slash ] was a skill that he used in order to deal AOE damage most of the times, it was still a powerful skill, the final hit especially was something that was not easy to be blocked by anyone.

After seeing how Tank barely managed to block his previous hit after using everything he had, the boss didn't expect him to completely block this one, not only was Tank still standing, but the man hadn't even moved a step back from his position. His bronze skin stopped all the wind blades that were blasted from the attack as his shield was covered in a golden hue that was littered with many ancient-looking runes.

[ Guardian's Blessing ]

It was a skill that Tank acquired after the trials, it was a powerful defensive skill that was above the mana shield in every aspect, but for some reason, Tank wasn't able to activate it at all, that is until today. Even after asking his trainer why it was so the latter simply shook his head and told him that he needed to figure it out himself otherwise the skill would never unleash its full potential.

'So it was like that', Thought Tank as he looked at the divine-looking shield that had covered his own. Only after he let go of every notion other than defending and blocking the attack had the skill activated, it happened by itself as he never even tried using it. With such a powerful rank A skill in his arsenal he was even more confident in blocking the boss, he was so excited that he didn't even realize something was currently happening throughout his body.

Reign and the others arrive and a barrage of attacks was sent Azar's way, the huge orc scowled in anger as he tried to defend against the blows while counterattacking them. Tank however didn't allow him as he used his [ Knight's Roar ] and forced him to attack him.

The [ Knight's Roar ] skill wouldn't work on anyone as some enemies had great resistance to it as it attacked their soul and forced them to focus completely on Tank. In his anger however, the chieftain was more vulnerable to such skills and all of his attacks were sent at Tank's way.

He wasn't an idiot however, after realizing that his body would automatically send an attack toward Tank no matter what he did, he started using all kinds of AOE skills that he had. The [ Tornado Slash ] was his most powerful AOE skill and the closer the enemy was the more damage it would deal, but of course, he had other ones.

Thanks to the great size of his glaive he could also slash in a semi-circle and block or attack someone before his attack reached Tank. To his great surprise, however, Tank managed to block and nullify all of his attacks. The opponent that the chieftain marked as almost finished after his previous attack was standing straight and looking at him provocatively.

With each passing second, the color of his skin was changing as it slowly turned into a dull-gold color. Tank felt incredible, he could feel that his body was becoming stronger and stronger over time and the chieftain's attacks were becoming a bit easier to block.

Beast was the first one to notice the change, at first he was confused and didn't know what was happening before breaking out in a smile as he suddenly launched a couple of arrows that got embedded in a circle on the floor around the chieftain.

" Spirit of the wind I call thee" Beast suddenly throws an arrow above the chieftain as it shines a brilliant green color.

"Fierce wind of the world, obliterate."

All of the arrows suddenly explode as a huge tornado was formed around the boss, Tank was right in front of it and even he was caught up in it for a bit. The fierce wind cut any part of the boss that wasn't covered by his armor and even coating himself in mana wasn't enough to completely block the attack. His injuries however were mostly superficial and they wouldn't really matter.

Tank however was stunned as he looked at the tornado in front of him, he was shocked that Beast would actually use such a skill when he was so close to it, but even after the numerous wind blades hit him, he felt nothing as they simply scattered after hitting his body.

He turned around only to see a smiling Beast who was giving him a thumbs up. Tank nods at him and enters the tornado before attacking the boss, he didn't know why his body was suddenly completely immune to Beast's skill, but he thought it was probably Beast that did something in order to keep him safe.

Even the powerful boss had to use his mana in order to block the wind, but for Tank it wasn't necessary, his body was enough to defend against them and soon he clashed with the boss who had his eyes opened wide after seeing him. The bronze skin that Tank had finished its change and now he was even more powerful.

Each of his attacks carried more weight behind them while the attacks of the chieftain were easier to block, and inside this tornado, he was the one who had an advantage as the chieftain couldn't fully focus on fighting him while coating his whole body with mana.

"Reign, give it some lightning!" Beast suddenly shouts at Reign who looked at him with confusion.

"Tank will be fine, remember his ability, just discharge some lightning!"

Reign nods at Beast before sending a couple of arcs of lightning towards the tornado, the lightning enters as the battle inside was becoming even harder for the chieftain. Tank again didn't need to do anything in order to resist the lightning as his bronze body did enough, but the chieftain was simply put under more pressure as the lightning shocked his body.

For the first time since he had arrived here, Azar was being pushed back by his enemies, the chieftain was furious but there was nothing he could do right now, luckily he could see that the tornado was slowing down and soon he would be able to fight normally.

Outside of the tornado Reign and the others looked at the two figures that were fighting, it was only now that the rest had managed to spot the changes that happened to Tank.

"Hey, do you think what I'm thinking? Shadow suddenly asked the others who all nodded in response.

"His ability ranked up."