Celestial Era: The Rise of the Full-Time Enhancer

The situation immediately calmed down as the news of the Third and Fourth Disciple's arrival spread throughout the whole city.

The soldiers just explained that Vincent and his seniors were sparring for a while so there was some disturbance in the central part of the city.

The explanation was easily accepted by everyone and continued with their work.

On the other hand, Shane and Brycen received decent treatment as they can finally wear clean and high-level Magician Robes.

They wanted to pay for it but Vincent didn't accept their payment… Well, he will be asking for a few requests later on so he wanted to make them feel that they owe him a favor.

In any case, Vincent confirmed that these two aren't part of the Black Magic Organization. As a matter of fact, they even fought with a squad of them while on their way here.

"You've fought against them? Is that why you guys have torn clothes and everything?" Vincent asked as they were walking on the streets of the city.

Vincent was quite proud of his city so he decided to bring them around personally.

"Ugh… That… It's different. We bump into a group of Celestials and somehow, we got into trouble…" Shane then explained what happened and based on their description, they seem to have encountered Tara's group!

Vincent, of course, remained quiet about it. He didn't tell them that they are working for him and it was probably a misunderstanding.

Anyway, he was able to indirectly get an update from them and confirmed that Tara's group has already grown into five Celestial Beings.

No wonder these two can only escape.

"Hmmm? What are those things? I can feel a familiar aura from them?" Shane asked as he looked at the wagons filled with jars being transported to the huge warehouse near the tower.

He doesn't know the content of the jars but whatever it is, he can sense a familiar aura on it. The smell seems nostalgic and he couldn't help but be curious about it.

Vincent glanced at the wagons and carts being moved.

"Oh…"

Vincent smiled as he can understand why these two felt familiar on these items.

"They contain some special octopus ink… I was informed that it was used to coat the Black Towers… Lola confirmed it as well so I took a few jars of them to cover my Mage Tower. She mentioned that it can also help gather mana a lot faster so I purchased as much as I can…" Vincent answered as the two looked amazed by the amount of ink he gathered.

As far as they know, the creation of the Black Towers had stopped at 36 because of the lack of materials. Four main materials are lacking and one of them is this black ink…

"Incredible…"

"I didn't expect that this ink can still be harvested."

The two can only sigh in admiration as they realized Vincent's dedication was on a different level. Creating a great city comparable to or even better than the current cities in the Black Tower's territory is not an easy feat.

"Well, I was just lucky… It was all thanks to Senior Lola's ability to grab an opportunity." Vincent replied.

"Huh? What happened? Did she make a deal with the Sea Creatures or something? As far as I know, they stopped making contact with humans several decades ago…" Brycen, who had just come from Solomon's Pillar, know this story well since there were many records of it.

It's not just the northern Sea Creatures that stopped contacting humans but also those in the western and eastern parts of the continent.

Since this was brought up, Vincent had no choice but to explain what happened in Nidite City and how they deal with the Sea King.

Vincent isn't really a good storyteller so it took him almost an hour before he finishes the story. They were already inside the Kayser Tower's reception room and were even served some tea and snacks…

"Those bastards! I already know they are up to no good… I didn't think they'll order the Sea Creatures to conquer the land… What a bunch of lunatics!" Brycen exclaimed as soon as he heard the complete story.

On the other hand, Shane remained quiet as he seems to be deep in his thoughts.

"What are you thinking about?" Brycen suddenly asked after noticing his companion frowning.

"I just find it really weird…" Shane muttered.

"Weird? Of course, it's weird… They were trying to harm their fellow humans! They probably wanted to live with their puppets and not with humans. Hmph… Disgusting cult."

Vincent listened as he realized that Brycen is actually quite an aggressive fellow. Nevertheless, he looked at Shane since he had a similar thought. He couldn't think how it would benefit the Star Garden Peak if they ordered the Sea Creatures to attack. It was too suspicious. It was as if they were aiming for something else.

Furthermore, it even seems that it would greatly harm the Sea Creatures instead of helping them if they decided to occupy the land.

"Everything lies on their ability to predict or maybe even summon that meteor…" Shane said after a while.

"That's true…" Vincent agreed.

The meteor that was summoned isn't something that a Fusion Art can create. The sheer size was just too much even for a Grand Magus of the highest level.

"Perhaps it's related to their Astromancy… We don't even know what they are observing in the skies all year round. Maybe their prophecy about the future of the Sea Creatures is real?" Brycen replied.

He wasn't too interested in the Star Garden Peak before but now that they have involved themselves in the matters of their Second Sister, they couldn't just let this go.

"That might be the case… In any case, I was already invited by this organization to visit their place together with Alchemist Faviona… I will probably find out once I got there."

"What? They invited you?" Shane and Brycen asked in surprise.

"However, it won't happen soon… We still have to deal with the Black Magic Organization." Vincent hastily said as he laid out his plans to help their Master deal with the organization.

After all, this organization was also targeting them because of their identity as Ignacy's disciples…

Time quickly passed and the three fellow disciples spent a peaceful week within the city sharing their knowledge about the outside world Vincent learned a lot about the Martial Arts Alliance and the Solomon's Pillar.

He even learned about the Demonic Cult that Shane has been hunting for a long time and he can't help but be surprised after learning that the leader of this cult is possibly one of the alien races that are aiming for the Celestials!