Ernest's Trial

For the vast majority of creatures in Arthur, in high-level combat, a Wizard of the same level was far more terrifying than a monster.

And even more terrifying than a Wizard was a monster that could cast spells.

Once a monster's body made up for the terrible base attributes of a Wizard, the situation became nearly impossible to solve.

Races such as dragons, which naturally gained Sorcerer levels as their Class Level increased, could simply multiclass into Sorcerer and improve linearly.

A monster's stat sheet was fixed; once you knew the information, you could counter it accordingly.

But a monster that could cast spells was an unknown. No one could guess what trump cards it truly held.

Going monster grinding covered in buffs, only to take a Fifth-Ring Spell Backlash Vortex or even a Ninth-Ring Greater Disjunction head-on, was enough to make anyone feel utterly screwed.

Zhao Xu abruptly realized that he was facing exactly such an awkward situation.

He was up against a "Wizard-type" or "Sorcerer-type" Animated Cellar. It was immune to magic, yet could hurl unpredictable spells at him!

This was outright one rule for itself and another for everyone else.

Originally, Zhao Xu had been the only one capable of using the shameless tactic of casting Anti-magic Field, then removing its suppression from himself with Iron Heart Strength. Now he had encountered something even more outrageous?

Not to mention that the dozen or so Imprisonment Spells hurled at him in that single barrage alone showed that this "Animated Cellar" was no ordinary legendary monster.

It was completely beyond the syllabus.

At that moment, Zhao Xu was genuinely glad that he had cautiously sent Zheng Xinyun and Lu Yu away. Otherwise, he would truly have tried to show off only to get struck by lightning.

To be safe,