Ranking Up Multiple Skills At Once

Grrr… Grrrrrr…

With a voice that sounded like grinding teeth, the Apostle approached.

Even though I had bombarded it with nearly a hundred flaming arrows using [Fire Arrow: High Grade], it seemed to have suffered almost no damage.

This thing was strong…!

“I won’t let you hurt my brother! [Fire Arrow]!”

This time, Flare unleashed a barrage of flaming arrows.

The Apostle staggered backward amid the explosions, but that was all.

It showed no signs of having suffered any meaningful damage.

Whoooom!

The Apostle fired a projectile of light from its emblem.

“[Ice Shield]!”

I activated the magic skill I’d learned from Zels, conjuring a shield of ice.

I somehow managed to block the projectile, but the ice shield shattered in the process.

The Apostle fired another shot, then a third.

I kept conjuring [Ice Shield] after [Ice Shield], but the relentless barrage left me completely on the defensive.

Flare fired [Fire Arrow], while Millet unleashed [Lightning Arrow].

However, neither attack inflicted any significant damage.

“It’s too strong—!”

I was gradually beginning to panic.

Ever since acquiring [Skill Appraisal: Ultimate], this was the first time I’d faced such a difficult battle.

I was scared.

My body instinctively stiffened.

“Uuuugh…”

Flare’s teeth were chattering.

That’s right. Flare was scared too.

And that meant it was my job as her big brother to protect her!

I stepped in front of Flare.

“Brother…?”

“It’s all right. I’ll take that thing down. You just stay back and watch.”

“B-but even for you, Brother, fighting something like that all by yourself is…”

“Just watch. It’s only natural for an older brother to protect his little sister, right?”

I took a step forward.

“I worked hard to earn these Skill Points, but I guess it’s time to spend them extravagantly.”

Half-hearted skills wouldn’t work against that Apostle.

In that case, I would raise my skill ranks straight to Ultimate and stake everything on the outcome.

“First, my offensive skills—[Fire Arrow], [Slash], [Thrust], [Whirlwind Slash], [Ice Blast], [Straight Punch], [Martial Arts], and [Throwing Techniques]. I’ll raise all eight to Ultimate!”

It seemed to have gone more smoothly than I’d expected.

“That just cost me 80,000 points in one go, but it was worth it.”

I fixed my gaze on the Apostle.

The creature possessed tremendous offensive power and durability.

Ordinary offensive skills would either be repelled by its attacks or fail to inflict any significant damage on its incredibly tough body.

There were only a few ways to defeat an Apostle like this.

And one of them was—

“To overwhelm it with sheer firepower!”

I unleashed [Fire Arrow] and [Ice Blast] in rapid succession.

Generally speaking, the more skills I used, the more they drained my concentration and stamina.

Yet even after taking numerous hits from Ultimate-rank offensive skills, the Apostle stubbornly refused to fall.

It really was incredibly strong…!

“Haa… Haa… Haa…”

After unleashing more than ten attacks, my stamina was rapidly approaching its limit.

My vision began to blur.

Even so, I continued firing off skills.

[Fire Arrow]

[Ice Blast]

Another [Fire Arrow]

And yet another [Fire Arrow]

Then—at that very moment.

W-what the…!?

I’d just been awarded a bunch of titles—

But what exactly were they supposed to be used for?

Or were they nothing more than decorative titles?

Which was it—?