Holy Aura

After experiencing enough battles, Zhao Xu had developed a very clear framework for understanding monsters.

On the static panel, there were usually just HP, movement speed, Armor Class, basic attacks, attack methods, and the like.

Any monster could be measured by those standards.

Beyond that, one had to look at its "traits."

For example, the Soul Reaver before them had Damage Reduction 10/good, 20-meter Darkvision, immunity to electricity and poison, acid, cold, and fire resistance 10, Spell Resistance 22, 30-meter telepathy, True Sight Spell, and so on.

It possessed most of the abilities demons typically had.

Then there were its "special attacks." The Soul Reaver's Evil Ray and demon summoning had already been laid out on the table, leaving only its Spell-like Abilities as unknown cards.

The remaining monster data consisted of attributes, saves, skills, and Feats.

Naturally, there was also its treasure rating.

Compared to Undead Creatures and elemental creatures, those blatantly impoverished bastards—

Soul Reavers, as Zhao Xu remembered, were relatively generous. They were the sort that carried a few Magic Weapons on them.

That was right. Using Magic Items was not a privilege exclusive to players.

A Soul Reaver's Use Magic Device skill was above rank 20. Using ordinary magic scrolls was no problem at all.

That was also something Zhao Xu had to guard against, lest one of them really pulled out a Mage Disjunction scroll and gambled with their lives.

Still, he found it somewhat strange. These fiercely surging Soul Reavers were considered elite demons. They normally disdained combat, and only when they desperately craved blood would their fighting instincts be awakened.

For them to make such a huge show of force and fight three passing strangers before even meeting them was rather odd.

As Succubi, Glabrezus, Berserker Demons, and other creatures swarmed forward, their