Celestial Era: The Rise of the Full-Time Enhancer

"What are you planning to do with her?" Luna asked after looking at Ariana who seem to have been hypnotized by Vincent.

She saw how Vincent tricked her into drinking the potion that was normally used for prisoners. She didn't have to appraise the potion to know that it was the infamous Subordination Impulse Potion that could easily control anyone.

"I need to ask her a few questions later. According to Levent, they seem to have already communicated with the enemies. A while ago, they also mentioned the Apostles of the Magic God… I'm curious about them. Anyway, where are the other reinforcements? I'm pretty sure that they'll arrive here first." Vincent asked…

At this time, it was the blind Patriarch Leon who answered.

"I noticed their presence a while ago when I used our clan's artifact, they were blocked by some airships from the Martial Arts Alliance… I felt the presence of another Paragon there. They must be fighting against them right now." He immediately replied.

"I see… If there's only one Paragon out there, then there shouldn't be a problem. By the way, your eyes weren't healed by a high-grade recovery potion… Was it simply injured by the explosion or from other reasons?" Vincent curiously asked as he looked at the man who is now wearing a blindfold as if he was afraid that they wouldn't know that he was blind.

Leon then explained the negative effects of the artifact he used. Although he had become incredibly stronger in a short period of time to take all those explosions with his physical body, it comes with a price.

Unfortunately, even a high-grade potion wouldn't be enough to heal his eyes back to normal.

"That's too bad… I'll see what I can do…" Vincent replied as he looked in the direction where Leon sensed the presence of the other Celestials.

Well, he was really concerned about Leon's eyes since the city doesn't have many Grand Magus in the first place. Even if he dislikes this person, Vincent can at least tell that he genuinely wanted his Clan to prosper and will do anything for it.

Furthermore, Guven already confirmed that the members of the Zemin Clan weren't thinking of harming the city so it should be fine to give them a bit more benefits from now on.

'Rem and the others should be just fine… There's no need to worry.' Vincent said to himself as he shifted his gaze to the monk Paragon.

He must admit that this person was quite difficult to deal with. It was a good thing that Vincent rushed to kill this man before he was able to show his true might.

Even right now, Vincent can tell that the monk still has plenty of energy in his body even if he's already a corpse. If he wasn't caught off guard by his Astral Night Dagger, he can prove to be a very tough opponent.

Vincent then decided to loot the items of the Paragon…

[ Damaged Soul Killer Ring ]

[ Quality: Pseudo-Legendary

Number of Enhancements: 0/10

Durability: 45/380

Soul Killer: A passive ability that can contain a part of the soul of the killed target. Each soul can increase the user's strength with a limit of up to 1,000 soul units.

Contained Soul: 0/1,000

Soul Defense: An active ability that consumes the Contained Soul to protect the user's Soul.

Description: A damaged ring that has a very strong relation to the Soul Cultivators. Every usage will decrease the durability of the ring. It is forged using an unknown method closely related to Soul Forging.

Remarks: The item must be worn for at least 10 days before the skills can start to take effect. Every successful enhancement will improve the durability and effects of the ring. ]

"Hmm… This is quite an unusual ring…" Vincent muttered after seeing the ring's effects.

The Soul Killer ability and Soul Defense ability seem to be very useful but it's a pity that it already has terrible durability.

Furthermore, it wasn't a Soul-Forged item so he can't use his Soul-Forging Method to fix it. It also seems that his Magic Crafting skill wouldn't work on this peculiar item.

Nevertheless, he still kept it inside his system inventory as he might find a method to repair it later on.

The Paragon's clothes were all Epic-Grade but they aren't in a good condition. In addition, the clothes don't have unique item skills aside from increasing his defense and sensitivity which is quite common to highly rated clothes.

Vincent didn't take interest in his clothes but he found that the person's necklace was quite good.

It is only a unique-grade item but it actually has a very useful effect. It was no wonder the Paragon was using it even though he can afford a Pseudo-Legendary grade magic tool.

[ Damaged Stone Basilisk's Fang Necklace ]

[ Quality: Unique

Number of Enhancements: 0/10

Durability: 30/210

Destruction: 120

Petrification: In exchange for 100 units of mana and 5 durability points, you can select a single target to petrify. The chance of resisting this magic will decrease if the target is affected by the destruction attribute.

Description: A damaged black gauntlet made of basilisk scales. Effects have declined by 50% because of the damage.

Remarks: Special Destruction Attribute found. This attribute and its Durability will be upgraded in every successful enhancement. Skill effects will only be upgraded if the item has ascended to an Epic Rank. ]

This is Vincent's first encounter with Petrification ability. At the very least, this should be his first time seeing an item with such an ability. He didn't expect that it would also come from a Basilisk Fang that doesn't seem to be very useful…

He had seen many items made from Basilisk Scales so he thought that only its scales were usable for Magic Crafting...

It's a good thing to know that its fangs can be useful so he decided to keep it with him even though it's only a low-grade item.

He can only hope that it can be ascended and get a stronger petrification ability.

***

Fifteen minutes had quickly passed and as Vincent was getting bored and thinking of leaving with Krusk's help, they finally heard the sound of the aircraft coming to take them home.