Chapter 1114 - The Arcanists' Weakness
Chapter 1114 The Arcanists’ Weakness
A wide stretch of earth spikes rose from the ground, quickly covering the entire area where the three Fourth Ring arcanists stood.
The long, tragic scream of an arcanist could be heard within all the dust and smoke.
When it all settled, only two arcanists remained untouched around the ravaged spell pool. A thick earth spike had pierced through the body of the other arcanist, leaving him hanging limply in the air.
The radiance of arcane shields shimmered around the two other adepts. Their shields had just withstood a tremendous beating from the ferocious attack from earlier and were, consequently, dimmer. It almost felt like they were on the verge of breaking.
The Fourth Ring arcanist hanging on the earth spike did not have a very trained and refined body. His Physique was speechlessly low. That was why he was already on the brink of death before his companions could save him.
It was the consequence of arcanists focusing too much on the accumulation of arcane knowledge while ignoring their Physique.
If it were adepts in their place, they would never be so easily killed by Illhoof, even if they were only Third Grade.
After secretly watching Illhoof’s battle with the arcanists from aside, Greem was disturbed and concerned.
When it came to Physique and combat ability alone, Illhoof was far superior to him.
Defeating an opponent like this was nearly impossible, even if he were to use all of his abilities. On the contrary, he risked a 39% chance of dying in battle.
However, if Greem were intent on escaping, Illhoof would have difficulty stopping him.
The information that the Chip had collected from the aftershocks of the battle appeared to be so concerningly high.
[Illhoof. Minor Scourge Lord.
Advanced Fourth Grade. Earth attribute affinity.
Bodily Attributes: Strength 31 | Physique 46 | Agility 36 | Spirit 42.
Skills: All intermediate and advanced earth spells. Earth Mist Corrosion (Fourth Grade), Petrification Beam (Fourth Grade), Halo of Gravity (Fourth Grade).
[Arcanist.
Fourth Ring. Affinity unknown.
Bodily Attributes: Strength 8 | Physique 14 | Agility 6 | Spirit 42.
Basic Abilities: Arcane Mastery, Golem Creation, Arcane Affinity.]
The difference in fundamental attributes was like heaven and earth.
With such a difference in attributes, it was not a surprise that the arcanists were as frail as paper in front of Illhoof, having lost the support of their arcane facilities.
Greem disapproved of alternative spellcasters who relied excessively on the use of external items, like the arcanists.
As spellcasters, magic research and experimentation were necessary. However, one could not give up the refinement of the physical body and the training of battle consciousness solely for the sake of research.
All adepts in the World of Adepts had to place the improvement of their combat power as their first and highest priority. It was only when they were powerful enough to guarantee their safety that they would divert some of their attention and resources to research that interested them. After all, what was the point of researching if you were dead?
That was why it was often said that these arcanists of Morrian Plane were far more thorough in their belief of pursuing the ultimate truth when compared to the adepts. Sadly, while they were exceptional at research, they were terrible at protecting themselves. That was why not a single champion powerful enough to save the Arcane Empire could be found in such a moment of crisis.
Greem could only express his deepest sympathy for their fate.
After all, the multiverse was a violent world of conflicts. Trying to crush the enemy by steadily scaling the technological tree and obtaining overwhelming technical prowess might be a good idea, but it was not viable or practical in the least!
They were unlike the adepts, who held practicality above idealism, and individual might above collective good. The adepts had concentrated the vast majority of resources in the hands of very few adepts. In doing so, they had managed to create several extremely powerful entities that terrified their enemies. It was the only way to keep their enemies’ thoughts of invasion in check, providing their own faction and successors with the opportunity to grow and develop.
The reason the World of Adepts could remain standing in this universe filled with powerful races had everything to do with their three Ninth Grade Great Adepts!
Sadly, the Arcane Empire’s Arcane Emperors had only reached Eighth Grade.
It was not enough power to scare away their cruel and greedy enemies!
Greem slowly stepped forward. He jumped into the ruined spell pool and had the Chip scan all of the strange runes carved on the walls. After confirming that he had not left anything behind, he emerged from the pool. He took a look at the arcane palace in the distance before turning and walking in a different direction.
There were far too many places worth visiting in the floating city. There was no need for him to go to the same site as Illhoof. If he wasn’t wrong, Illhoof was heading for the Fifth Ring Great Arcanist.
Even though they had agreed on the distribution of spoils after killing the Fifth Ring arcanist, such an agreement was ridiculous to begin with.
If the three adepts really helped Illhoof defeat the Fifth Ring Great Arcanist, what came next would not be the splitting of spoils, but the start of a new battle.
After all, no one liked to spit out meat they had already put in their mouth!