Celestial Era: The Rise of the Full-Time Enhancer

"The enemies are those large bronze-skinned people… Make sure not to injure our allies."

[ I understand. ]

Vincent nodded after hearing the Tome's confirmation.

The ability of the Tome of Glutonny is related to the Devouring Ability that it had assimilated before. Devouring any living being doesn't necessarily kill them but they are stored inside the page of the book itself.

If they have the power or special ability to escape from its confinement, then they were lucky. If not, they will be at Vincent's mercy whether he orders the Tome to just leave them be on their occupied page or get devoured and have their mana consumed by the Sentient Book.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

A powerful suction force started affecting the nearby Barbarian Kings as they finally realized that they have a new enemy heading over their location…

'They're resisting?' Vincent mused as he realized that the Barbarian Kings started using an energy that is not similar to mana.

It was disrupting the devouring force that was trying to pull them inside the tome's pages.

Nevertheless, their movement was stalled for a moment allowing Millie and Ceri to have a breather, and even took this time to counter-attack.

Although the Tome failed to devour the enemies, they still managed to kill four Barbarian Kings at once.

Millie looked gratefully at Vincent while Ceri nodded at him.

There was no need for greetings at the moment since they are still at war and the other Barbarian Kings are still present…

"Can you do that again to the other Barbarians?" Ceri suddenly asked Vincent as she gulp down a potion…

"Yes… There's no problem repeating this technique… They have some decent resistance but they won't be able to adapt to it in time… Just kill them as quickly as possible." Vincent replied.

"Got it…"

With this combination, the battle against the Barbarian Kings on their side had gone a lot easier.

Although he can't devour them with his Sentient Tome, with the help of the two Grand Knights, they were able to win easily.

'But what was that energy? It's not Aura or Aether… It seems violent and full of killing intent… Wait, is that something related to Corruption Energy?' Vincent thought as he had never encountered the cult's Bloodlust yet.

***

A few minutes ago outside the eastern gate, Yulia noticed a flying vessel rushing toward the city.

'Is that Vincent's group?' Yulia mused as she avoided the Armored Barbarian's attack.

The Armored Barbarian in front of her was very tricky to deal with, although she can use her Darkness Mystic Eye to restrict its movement, no attacks can injure this Totemic Barbarian.

Elemental Arts doesn't work including the Mind Attacks that they have prepared.

Bang!

Another strike was avoided as the ground broke into many pieces. Rocks and dust flew everywhere hitting several barbarians around the area.

"You keep running away… Is that all you can do!!" The Armored Barbarian taunted.

He was moving slowly because of the bindings from the Darkness Energy and it was quite impossible to hit his target.

The most he could do was put an explosive power in each strike that would affect the surroundings. He was hoping that Yulia gets careless and get hit by some stones or stumble on something.

This Totemic Barbarian knows that once Yulia lost her concentration, he would have a chance to be freed from her control.

Yulia didn't bother replying to this guy as she remained focused on controlling his movement. Brycen and Shane already tried attacking this Armored Barbarian but it was useless.

Instead, she ordered the two to just eliminate the remaining barbarians….

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Several Barbarians started dropping to the ground as Brycen and Shane killed them as fast as they can.

They have consumed over 80 percent of their mana and the Magic Knights near the gate are already dying… They would lose this battle at this rate. The Barbarians just keep pouring at them!

Their injuries keep piling up and they would probably die here if this continued.

If Yulia wasn't controlling this Armored Barbarian, they have probably infiltrated the city and caused mass destruction.

"This is not good… I'm already too exhausted… Should we escape?"

"I don't even have the energy to run…"

Shane and Brycen were leaning on their backs as they held their weapons tightly. Their arms, thighs, chest, and even their heads are bleeding from the injuries they suffered.

Even if the normal barbarians have slow movements and couldn't keep up with their swords, they are still incredibly tough and wouldn't die easily.

Their enormous vitality won't kill them even if you pierce their hearts… They can still grab you with their hands and squeeze you to death.

There are many times that the two of them almost died after one barbarian on the ground just suddenly grabbed their feet or bit their legs…

"Aacck!"

They heard Yulia's cry as she was struck by a sneaky barbarian who lost the lower half of his body…

At last, the Armored Barbarian was freed from her bindings!

"Gahaha! Die!" The totemic barbarian didn't waste his time as Yulia might use her Mystic Eye again.

He has to kill her as quickly as possible…

Whoosh!

He threw his sword in her direction creating a buzzing sound… At this moment, Yulia was still disoriented by the strike. Although she managed to put a hole in the head of that Barbarian who struck her, she still felt the Bloodlust energy that entered her body…

Her movement became stiff and although she discovered the sword flying at her, she was unable to react in time…

'I'll die---' This is her final thought as she closed her eyes and greeted her teeth… She can only blame herself for being weak.

Perhaps, if she mastered the fifth stage of the Darkness Mystic Eye, this wouldn't happen at all. She wouldn't be too hopeless in front of the heavily armored Totemic Barbarian…

Crash!

As she was expecting to get hit by the sword, she felt a cold aura surrounding her… It wasn't hurting her and she even felt comfortable… It was as if it was accompanied by a healing aura…

'What's going on?'

She opened her eyes to see what was happening. To her surprise, the huge blue river dragon was by her side and cleaned up all the surrounding barbarians…

"K-Krusk? Did you fail to transform into a human?"