Celestial Era: The Rise of the Full-Time Enhancer

Vincent looked at Number 18. She appears like a warrior and has short blonde hair tied neatly to show her attractive face.

Her leather armor and equipment were quite old… Needless to say, she doesn't have a Source Cube or Celestial Armor, and even a Celestial Weapon.

"Ehem… Can you tell me what happened, Number 18? Ahh, before that, do you have a name?" Vincent asked.

As much as possible, he wanted to call their names instead of the number marked on their bodies. Anyway, he can faintly see the number "18" on the left side of her neck and it is strangely attractive to see… Aside from her, the other Celestials seem to have their marks hidden by their clothes.

"I was previously called Agatha…" The Celestial replied with a smile. She liked how Vincent wanted to call her by her name instead of her number.

She immediately had a good impression of him.

"Agatha… It's a good name. Can you tell me what happened with your encounter with the Avatar?"

"Yes, it happened only two months ago near the 15th Tower… Have you seen the Mana Calamity surrounding that Tower before?" She asked.

"Yes… That was quite some time ago… I thought it has already disappeared earlier than that." Vincent was confused.

He indeed went to the 15th Tower before but quite some time had already passed since then.

"It seems that they were able to trigger this Mana Calamity a few more times… I'm not sure how they wanted to use it so I got curious that time and saw the Avatar bathing on the Mana Calamity above the 15th Tower." Agatha explained.

"What? The Avatar was at the top of the Tower surrounded by the Mana Calamity?" Vincent asked.

Bathing might be an exaggeration but it means that the Avatar's body can actually survive while inside the Mana Calamity… That is an incredible feat since he knows how chaotic and destructive the Mana Calamity was at that time.

"Yes… However, I'm not sure whether it's trying to control it or perhaps, it was trying to strengthen himself with the calamity…"

"Ugh… No wonder why it was so strong according to Master… Anyway, do you think it's really using Mana and not Aether?" Vincent asked.

This is what he truly wanted to know. After all, if the Avatar is using Aether, then he might have to consider changing his set of items when dealing with that being.

"It's both… It can use both Mana and Aether… However, although it can wield mana, it doesn't seem to be able to store it inside its body." Agatha replied.

"No wonder Master Ignacy couldn't properly appraise or inspect the Avatar's physique… So it can only control external Mana and there is no mana inside its body…" Vincent softly muttered as he finally discovered a crucial thing about the Avatar.

He then asked about its appearance and it was similar to what he have seen using Brycen's observation tool.

The Avatar has a body of a man that seems to be made of iron and has a blindfold on his eyes.

Well, the blindfold was really what instilled his appearance into Vincent's mind since it does seem intimidating.

"Are you planning to fight against the Black Magic Organization?" Agatha asked.

This seems to be the concern of the new Celestials as well.

Vincent noticed this in their eyes so he immediately answered…

"Even if I have to fight the Avatar, we won't lose… I'm not just relying on Master Ignacy or you guys… I also have a few tricks in my sleeves…" Vincent confidently said.

"Hmmm? Even if I have a Celestial Armor and Celestial Weapon, I won't be confident fighting against the being alone." Agatha spoke as if she was trying to probe Vincent's limits.

She couldn't help but doubt Vincent's words after all.

Normally, she would feel the strong Mana Fluctuation of a powerful Mana Practitioner. She will be able to tell how good they were just with this fluctuation.

However, Vincent is barely emitting some Mana Fluctuations… No, it doesn't even seem like Mana at all. It feels very familiar…

'Wait… What's going on?' Now that Agatha tried to observe Vincent closely, she noticed something inconceivable.

"V-vincent… You aura… You're not a Mana Practitioner?" Agatha suddenly asked which alerted the other Celestials.

They were too focused on the Serums given to them that they failed to notice Vincent's abnormal body…

"Celestial Energy? No… It seems to be mutated…"

"T-that's true…"

Numbers 105 and 115 muttered after sensing Vincent's abnormality.

The others also realized it as they couldn't help but give Vincent a questioning look.

"Don't worry… This is just one of my secrets… Look."

As Vincent said this, he activated the Source Cube hidden inside his clothes and covered himself with the Celestial Armor…

"You can use it? So it's really Celestial Energy… No, a variant…" Number 105 said as everyone here knows that only members of the Celestial Race can use that armor, or at the very least, someone who can imitate their Celestial Energy.

Vincent is obviously not a Celestial Being so it only means that his energy is really a variant of their Celestial Energy…

With this in mind, they were no longer surprised that he was able to create the serum or potion that can recover their strength.

"Well, it's not a perfect Celestial Energy… I call it Pseudo-Celestial Energy. It allows me to use the Armor but unlike the member of your race, I can only use it for a limited time." Vincent replied as he deactivated the armor and turned it into the Source Cube.

However, Vincent forgot to order it to just hide as it floated beside him and even spoke out loud to everyone…

[ I can use my own Energy to extend your current usage, Owner. You don't have to use your Pseudo-Celestial Energy all the time. ]

As soon as it spoke, all the Celestials were stunned and some of them even rubbed their eyes to see whether they are hallucinating.

"I-it can speak? I don't remember that it has that kind of function, though…" Luna commented as she looked at the other Celestials to confirm that she had heard and seen things correctly.

They also couldn't believe it so they immediately interrogated Vincent.