Chapter 795 - 806 Kalalin’s Decision
Scholars are individuals with a certain level of learning who engage in specialized academic research. To some extent, the term is almost the antonym of warrior, as they mostly lead relatively peaceful lives, and their most intense conflicts are usually just verbal, occasionally involving poison, but rarely ever armor and swords.
But for Kalalin, he had long passed too much time leading an adventurous life. Although everyone still called him a scholar out of habit, that title no longer accurately described Kalalin’s abilities, just as Lancelot was no longer merely a human knight. This spellcaster, who had once been engrossed in knowledge related to the Abyss and demons and was still under an invisibility spell, silently approached his companion trapped against the wall and whispered in a volume only the two of them could hear:
"Lancelot, Lancelot! Can you hear me?"
The human knight’s head hung low, seemingly sunk into slumber, yet his lips moved imperceptibly, and the next second, Kalalin heard the other’s somewhat weary voice in his ears.
"I can, go ahead."
"The Dead-Eye Tyrant’s weakness is its agility. Remember the fight we had with the Giant Skull Demon?"
"Using the vines to catch it?"
"Catch it, then shake it as violently as possible. Can you do that?"
"I can."
"Good, get ready."
Dispel Magic is a Third Circle spell that can instantly terminate all magical effects on the target that are of the Third Circle or lower, but higher-level effects might not be terminated unless the spell is cast at a higher circle. As a scholar who had long relied on scrolls for casting spells, magic was not just an art of gestures, spells, rituals, and arcane knowledge for Kalalin, but also a rigorous discipline composed of symbols, formulas, and models. Thus, he had a deeper understanding of how to construct the high-circle version of a spell than an average wizard did.
The scholar pulled a special scroll from his backpack. Even though he was adept at cost-saving techniques in scroll-making, this scroll had still cost Kalalin over ten thousand gold coins, merely because it contained a Seventh Circle version of Dispel Magic. Despite only being able to cast Fifth Circle spells himself, Kalalin, through his profound knowledge, had forcefully deduced this Seventh Circle version and had absolute confidence in its correctness after repeated checks.