Celestial Era: The Rise of the Full-Time Enhancer

The two were escorted outside…

They were quite lucky that they only ended up like this. Nevertheless, Vincent made sure not to forget this disrespectful behavior against him.

Right now, he doesn't have the status that he needed yet so he has to be careful and not have any criminal charges against him that could stop him from getting the emblem.

Injuring the two of them should be more than enough since it would be difficult to justify if they were killed mercilessly. Of course, this would be their last chance.

Once he got the emblem he wants and came under the protection of the Tower Lord, then even if he has a dispute against fellow members that ended up in murder, he wouldn't be heavily punished.

"Ahhh… Wait… I just assumed that they have an emblem since they said they were my seniors. Rem, did you see them wearing an emblem?"

Vincent suddenly asked.

"Hmm… I didn't notice. Do you want them to be followed?"

"Oh, it's okay… They weren't the real enemy anyway. I'll just settle it in the competition. Hopefully, I'll get a chance against Magnus."

Vincent said as he clenched his fist.

In this upcoming competition, he was only worried about three people that he might have difficulty winning if he was still blind.

Apparently, one of them is Magnus who was always wearing a mask. The other two were Elena and Alexander.

Based on the piece of information he gathered, Magnus is already an Adept Mage. He currently has two Tier 4 Mana Arts or body modifications and mastered 4 types of elements.

Furthermore, Magnus has incredible talent and was able to do Fusion Arts and was probably even better than Lesley Zemin.

Elena and Alexander's strengths were about the same as per Professor Levent but they hadn't really shown their true combat strength yet.

He was only able to know Magnus' strength because many people had seen his battle against an Archmage within the Tower's Arena.

As for Elena and Alexander, they were quite secretive about their strength and only a few people in the academy knows their limit.

"I guess I have to increase my preparation, huh…" Vincent muttered as he recalled what the two just said.

Aside from Faviona who is a Tier 5 Alchemist, he already knows that many distinguished individuals will be watching the competition. However, he didn't expect that even the current Tower Lord or basically the leader of the Black Tower organization would attend the said event.

It seems that he will truly become part of a historical Emblem Assessment of the First Tower.

With that in mind, he has to make sure that even though he doesn't have talent in cultivating mana, he would still be able to get their attention with his combat skills and magic tools.

In any case, bringing a Magic Tool that you can wield is encouraged in the competition. This will allow them to judge not only your combat skills but your technical skills as well.

After having a simple dinner, Vincent returned to his room for a shower before he turned his attention to the cube or the Celestial Armor.

He held the metallic green object in his hands.

[ Would you like to bind the item to you? ]

[ Warning: Removing the binding status will require special material. ]

Vincent took a deep breath after seeing this notification.

"Yes…"

After giving an answer, he felt the same sensation when he binds the Astral Night Dagger to him.

He immediately felt the mysterious connection between him and the armor…

This time, he decided to appraise the Celestial Armor.

[ Origin Form: Source Cube ]

[ Quality: Legendary

Number of Enhancements: 10/10

Durability: 875/1,000

Description: An object made of an unknown alloy capable of having four forms. The Source Cube, The Chamber, The Protective Suit, and The Celestial Mode.

Bound to Vincent

Remarks: Fully Enhanced Object. There will be no Enhancement results if Enhancement Skill was used. ]

Ding!

[ Only Pseudo-Celestial Energy has been detected on the user. The Celestial Mode of the Source Cube can not be activated. ]

'Only Pseudo-Celestial Energy, huh… I wonder, can I get a real Celestial Energy?'

Vincent had a sudden thought but he immediately shook his head as he recalled how troublesome it was.

Although Celestial Energy is good, it's difficult to gather them.

The Celestial Beings even had no other choice but to obtain Blood Essence as an alternative to recover their energy.

Furthermore, they can't forcefully extract this essence and it must be something that was voluntarily given. It was such a hassle and he didn't want to go through that.

Having a Pseudo-Celestial Energy that allows him to use both mana and aura still sounds a lot better.

After resting for a bit, Vincent explored the other forms of the Source Cube.

The Cryogenic Sleep Chamber and the Protective Suit.

He realized that the chamber actually has a few functions and not just to preserve his body. It can be used to heal external injuries and it could reform muscles.

In addition, once it is in its Chamber form, it uses the word's mana to power it up! It was very convenient.

The only concern was the Protective Suit. He realized that using this armor form of the cube would cost 100 Pseudo-Celestial Energy Units for 3 minutes!

This was a very costly suit!

It was quite unfortunate but it will still be very useful to him.

Anyway, only when he can actually use Celestial Energy like Tara and Rem could he use the armor indefinitely which is probably not going to happen anytime soon.

After doing all of this, Vincent checked his current energy and realized that it has already recovered a bit.

With that in mind, he decided to continue with his schedule… It was to try another upgrade session on his Mana Upheaval Potion!

That's right… It was the item that he bought in the auction for 13 thousand Mana Crystals.

He didn't really want to consume this since he already had one before. It means that its effectivity would be greatly reduced compared to before.

Nevertheless, his fighting spirit was somehow ignited after learning that the Tower Lord would appear in the competition.

After considering all of this, Vincent took out the Harmonious Potion to the side before consuming the Mana Upheaval Potion with a single gulp.

***

Finally, the day of the competition arrived and another visitor came to meet Vincent.

This time, however, was a welcomed visitor. It was Professor Turhan who had come from Thirtieth Tower.