Rendshield Tiger, Closer

**Rendshield Tiger, Closer** was a Legendary UBM.

## Appearance

Closer was a huge tiger with blue fur covering its whole body, without any stripes.

## Personality

Closer was a true battle maniac. He desires to seeks out challenges and be challenged into a life-threatening battle.

## History

Closer was born more than 600 years ago in the present-day Caldina territory, in a jungle that was not a desert at that time. He has been an Epic UBM since he was born. Because he was strongest in his area by nature, there was nothing to challenge there.

A year after becoming an adult, Closer, which has evolved into a Legendary UBM, set out on a journey to the east. Along the way, he defeated many monsters and Tians who challenged him, until at last he met Fanlong Ren Wai, the Draconic Emperor of that time, and was completely defeated and trapped in a Treasurebeast Orbs.

Closer, who had lost for the first time, strangely felt satisfied and was excited to fight him again one day. However, the wish that Closer had for the first time did not come true, because Fanlong died at the end of his life several years after Closer was sealed in the orb. He was deeply saddened by it, but also thinking there will be another strong man that could be a challenge for him, and that he might be able to get outside when a fierce battle caused his orb to break. He then continued to meditate inside the orb.

Several years have passed, and contrary to expectations, Closer was still trapped in the orb, and has not even been taken out of the inner treasury. That was because during the Huang He civil war, both side had greatly respected the late Draconic Emperor's will and decided to not use them for the civil war and because they simply couldn't even open the inner treasury, where the Treasurbeast Orbs were kept, that could only be unlocked by either the emperor or the Draconic Emperor, and if anyone other than them tried to enter, then they would vanish alongside the treasury. Closer then passed his days without any fight again.

After the civil war ended, the orb that sealed Closer was given to the Earth Dragon clan that went to the west. During that journey, every time his power was used, he wished a strong man would appear, destroy this bead, and fight with him. However his wishes did not come true, and by the time they arrived at the mountain close to Gideon, the orb of Closer was enshrined in the summit as a god by the clan. He was worshipped for generation without fighting anyone, and Closer was becoming more desperate for a challenge. However, his wishes remain unfulfilled for 600 years.

Over 600 years, Closer wears out little by little, even without starving and thirst, and his power had fallen to Epic class. He thought that he would only be enshrined until he died quietly after hundreds of years. It was then, Closer was attacked and released by the Epic UBM, Lonely Shadow of the Wolf Pack, Fieru. At the same time, for the first time in hundreds of years, Closer fully used his power and developed a large barrier that envelops the mountain and a black barrier that will be the battlefield with Fieru.

Their fight continued for a week, until they were interrupted by Shu Starling who then baited Fieru away, while Figaro came to fight Closer and eventually defeat him after a hard fought battle.

## Abilities

### Skills

* **Unnamed Skill**: An active skill that creates a spherical barrier centered on the user that can block any kind of external attack. It was shown to be able to creates 2 barrier, a transparent spherical barrier that covers a whole mountain including the underground and a opaque black spherical barrier with a diameter of less than 300 metels. Both of the barriers allows air to pass through.
* **Aggressive Slashing Barrier** (攻性斬撃結界): An active Skill that creates a rod-like **Slashing Barrier** (斬撃結界) that could be used for attack and defense. The appearance that looks like a striped pattern is also the reason why Closer with blue fur is called a tiger.
	+ **Liferend Shield Formation** (断命絶界陣): An active skill that creates thousand of **Slashing Barriers** used to shreds the enemy. It is a skill developed by Closer after meditating for more than 100 years in the sealed orb, and is a deadly blow that is activated by spending all of his remaining MP.