Celestial Era: The Rise of the Full-Time Enhancer

"Stellar Residence…" Calidia muttered as they looked at each other.

She was together with two other important members of their group. To be honest, there is no leader in the Followers of Qheglena.

They felt that they were all equal and have to contribute one way or another.

If there is an important decision to make, as long as more than half of them agreed, they will just follow it. Also, having different opinions barely happens within their group. They have all experienced the inhumane experiments of the Fifteenth Tower, they have incredible bonds and everyone is thinking of what's better for everyone.

No one has selfish thoughts as they all think of themselves as family.

"Caelus, Vel, do not think of scanning the surroundings using your gifts…" Calidia reminded the two as she looked at the estate with wariness.

She hasn't entered yet but she can feel another presence of a Celestial Being.

It appears that this other Celestial is not wearing the cloak that is blurring her ability to sense their presence.

If Caelus and Vel tried to scan the surroundings carelessly, they might offend someone they can't.

"I understand. I don't think they're gonna hurt us anyway. The Celestial could've done that in our base if she wanted to."

"That's true… Let's just hope that Miss Celestial can also help us."

Caelus and Vel were both males in their twenties. They were quite skinny and have long gray hair like every other survivor of the experiment. It seems to be one of the side effects of getting in contact with the blood of a Celestial.

Nevertheless, even if they have an unkempt appearance, they were still filled with vitality. Their burning desire to get revenge on the Fifteenth Tower and find Qheglena is what kept them going.

As soon as Tara entered the estate, Calidia and the two followed silently.

Based on the surroundings, parts of the estate seem to be undergoing renovations. Since it's already late, the workers have probably left already and will return by tomorrow.

The three can still see several scaffoldings and planks of wood in one area of the front court.

As soon as they were brought to the main hall building, they saw a group of people waiting for them.

Aside from Tara, there were two pretty ladies, a young man, and a middle-aged man observing them.

Calidia took a brief glance at them as she bowed a little to greet them. It was not the time to appreciate their appearance.

The two others followed suit.

"Followers of Qheglena… I heard about your matters from Celestial Tara. May I ask for your names?"

Vincent spoke.

In truth, he wanted Yulia to start investigating them but she said that she's not good at this and she doesn't know what to really ask them regarding the Fifteenth Tower and the Celestial.

"I'm Calidia and these two are Caelus and Vel. I heard that you wanted our leader to be brought here but there is no leader in our small group. At the very least, the three of us here are quite capable of protecting ourselves and trusted by the others."

"That's good enough. I asked you to come here since as you can tell, I'm blind and can't travel around easily. Take a seat and let's talk calmly. We have prepared a tea so you can relax for a bit."

Since they have a newly renovated reception hall, Vincent decided to bring everyone here so they could also relax by having tea and some snacks.

He did this specifically since he knows that the people that Tara will bring here would be very perceptive.

They should've realized by now that there weren't just Celestials in this residence but also expert Mana Practitioners.

They might get nervous so serving them a bit should calm them down and loosen their guard for a little. That way, they could have a better conversation.

On the other hand, the three were surprised to know that Vincent was actually blind. They didn't expect that at all.

They also have an impression that it is very rare for a blind to survive in this world. As a matter of fact, any experimental subject that became blind due to the side effects of their surgery would be killed as they would lose their value and will just be a burden that would leech off on their food supply.

Furthermore, this young man doesn't seem to have a low position within the estate. A sense of respect for Vincent was immediately built because of that without him knowing.

"Thank you… I'm sure you have many questions regarding our story… You can all ask away and we'll answer to the best of our ability. What we only want is for the Celestial to possibly guide our group from now on."

Vincent went silent for a moment before he nodded. He can easily tell that they just want another Qheglena to rely on. Anyway, he will still need to confirm whether they will be useful for his plans or not.

"Alright… But first, I hope that you can answer my questions truthfully…"

"Of course."

With that, Vincent started questioning the three as his group slowly understand the horror they have experienced within the Fifteenth Tower.

There were humans, Celestials, and Demihumans being dissected for research. The Tower's desire to replace the Celestials seems to be endless as their sacrifices know no bounds.

As long as it would benefit their experiment, no one could really stop them within their territory.

Vincent also recalled the mysterious war that is going on. That bit of information was only for official members but he luckily heard about it thanks to his assistant's babbling.

Anyway, he also asked Calidia whether she heard about it.

"Hmm… It wasn't me who heard about this war. Rufia, another member of our group, mentioned it to us. She said that while her doctors were waiting for the drug to take effect on her body, they chatted about a war that is going on… Right, she heard them complaining because the budget for research has been cut off because of this war… After we managed to escape, we tried to ask around about the war that was going on but no one knows about it."

"During that time, we thought that she just misheard it so we no longer mentioned it as we deemed it unimportant. Perhaps we can try asking her later if she heard other details…" Caelus said as he really wanted to increase the value of their group.

There are two Celestial Beings in this Stellar Residence after all! If they received some help, they would no longer have to worry about the Fifteenth Tower and grow stronger!