Celestial Era: The Rise of the Full-Time Enhancer

The items that have been destroyed were actually treasures that they have brought from the Tudor Kingdom.

Although they weren't aware of the real mysteries hidden within them, they were sure that those things weren't simple.

All the appraisers they know were unable to even grade them… It means that those things were most likely above Legendary Grade or perhaps, those Special Grade items that they've read in books or ancient texts.

They were lucky enough to put them in "active" mode and they started using them to train themselves to become stronger Mana Practitioners.

They were benefiting just from the aura effects alone but it wasn't really enough to cross the talent gap of each individual.

No matter how fast they get in their cultivation, their talent would still limit them with the amount of mana they can take in their Mana Core. After they reached this limit, these ancient stones or fragments would be useless to them.

In the end, even though they think that they are still very valuable, they weren't grieving their loss as it only means that they get to train at a normal speed.

"From the looks of it… It seems that she just really aimed her weapon at those things…" Patriarch Leon muttered as he completed his investigation.

Although many of them were injured, no one died in this clash against the Celestial which is already something they should be thankful for…

"Father… You really shouldn't have let those Celestials go…" Lesley said with an annoyed tone since they no longer have a Celestial Being with them…

"How many times do I have to tell you? I did not let them go… Someone took them." Leon said as he took out a bottle of Mana Recovering potion to replenish his mana.

The Tier 5 Lightning Elemental Body Art he used consumed over half of his Mana. He can't just wait for his natural mana recovery speed since they might get ambushed again.

"That's impossible… There's a contract… Even if they got taken away, they should be able to return by themselves."

"It's not as simple as that… The one who took them might be the Overseer I've read about… In any case, we're still going to Vera City… We can ask Vincent for compensation for the mess that his Celestial has made."

Leon announced their next plan as he looked in the direction of Vera City.

***

Within the Vera City's hospital, Vincent and the others watched Ayla glow and start to mutate… It is a very mysterious phenomenon and their eyes never left her body.

The scene was somehow similar to when Mana Practitioners are using their Transformation Arts which is quite confusing for the three of them.

Was her Transformation Arts wearing off after being put in a comatose?

Vincent wanted to immediately call Krusk to ask him what he knows about her but he felt the surrounding mana started to get thicker… It wasn't threatening to them and as a matter of fact, it felt beneficial to Mana Practitioners like them…

Their Mana Recovery Speed Rate started to increase and they felt that casting Mana Arts right now will be 15% stronger than before.

"W-what going on?!" Turhan was surprised as he clenched his fist as he was trying to feel the minute changes in the surroundings.

"Look! Ayla is really transforming!" Faviona had a look of surprise and excitement as she saw this happening with her own eyes.

As an Alchemist who deals with numerous mysterious phenomena, seeing these things personally would be a great help to her…

Vincent then looked carefully at Ayla and was stunned to see her face.

She seems to be transforming into another woman's face but it keeps changing back to her original appearance. It was as if the conditions hasn't been fully met yet that's why it keeps going back and forth…

What's even more surprising, however, was that she was transforming into a very familiar face!

Vincent thought that he was just hallucinating so he rubbed his eyes for a moment and stared at her again.

Ayla's face keeps changing still and Vincent can confirm that her other face was really similar to Tara, the Number 999 Celestial!

'What's going on?'

Vincent was really confused this time…

"She's similar to Tara…"

"R-right… That's what I was thinking as well."

Turhan and Faviona finally said what he was thinking as well. There was no way that the three of them are hallucinating right now…

Anyway, none of them acted after seeing this since they don't really know what they should do at this moment…

This lasted for about five minutes before the mysterious phenomena finally ended.

The surrounding mana had stabilized and Ayla's figure stopped glowing.

"Ugh…"

Ayla grunted as she seems to be having a nightmare…

Nevertheless, the three people who were watching her felt glad after seeing this reaction. It means that waking up should just be a matter of time.

As soon as Ayla opened her eyes, Turhan immediately held her hand as he almost cried in happiness…

"Ayla! You're awake! Thank goodness..."

Although Ayla's weird transformation shocked him for a while, it doesn't change the fact that she's still the disciple that accompanied him for over a decade now.

"M-master… What's going on?" Ayla weakly spoke as she looked at her surroundings… The wooden ceiling, the smell of medicine, and her Master's worried but relieved expression, all of these were unfamiliar to her.

"Y-you don't remember anything?" Vincent suddenly asked as she stood beside her bed.

"No… I---"

Ayla suddenly felt a headache as she grabbed her head trying to ease the pain. It was as if her head is being drilled as she couldn't even hear her master's words.

If this continues, she might pass out again…

Suddenly, she felt a cold liquid splash on her and she immediately felt refreshed.

She looked beside her and confirmed that Vincent just poured a high-grade potion on her… Even Faviona was shocked to see this extravagant use of a potion.

Even for a Tier 5 Alchemist like her, it was quite rare to see someone waste a high-grade potion like that.

"I think you need to rest a little more… We can ask you questions once you're feeling better." Vincent said as he checked Dianne's condition as well.

To his surprise, Dianne's breathing had changed, and it seems like she was just sleeping now.

'Was she also healed after Ayla released that high-quality Mana a while ago?' Vincent mused but in the end, he decided to leave it at that…

He was lacking too much information and he wanted to talk to Krusk as well about Ayla's identity.