Celestial Era: The Rise of the Full-Time Enhancer

As Vincent was carefully observing Joran's movement, he realized that the man was indeed weakened at this moment.

Joran's Mana Fluctuation is weak, his Magic Tools appear to be about to break, and he can tell that he was also out of breath and barely holding on.

'But why won't he order his Celestial Beings to extract him from here? That shouldn't be a problem if he will not order them to attack the Zemin Clan, right?' Vincent mused as he slowly gets closer.

It shouldn't be against the rules if the Celestial Beings interrupted just to save him.

'Ugh… Whatever…'

Vincent stopped thinking about it as there must be another reason he's unaware of.

For now, rescuing Lesley is the most important thing, this tough young lady even seems to be ready to sacrifice her life just to kill Joran!

He can't just let her do that!

'It's definitely not because I like a 15-year-old girl but I'm doing this for the Zemin Clan as well. After all, their clan head knows what happened to my parents… That's right…'

Vincent thought as he made a fist. No matter what, he wouldn't let Joran take Lesley away!

"You really wanted to die, huh!" Joran angrily pulled Lesley at the back of her neck as he hurriedly walked away. Although three hundred meters weren't that far, it would still take him some time since he's dragging Lesley…

'Opportunity!'

Thanks to Lesley's actions, Joran was extremely annoyed and he was unable to focus on his surroundings.

It was at this moment that Vincent made his move!

Ten meters!

It is Vincent's distance when Joran finally noticed his presence!

"You!"

Joran saw a shadowy figure holding a cane or staff in his right hand. He had never fought anyone who uses such a weapon before so he knows that this person was newly arrived and not part of the Zemin Clan… No one uses a staff in that clan.

With that in mind, he kicked Lesley in his direction and pulled out his sword! He was planning to skewer the two with his sword!

In such a brief moment, Joran made the best move to eliminate both of them. Anyway, if his life is truly in danger, those Celestial Beings would surely save him at all costs.

Hum~

Vincent saw the young girl flying at him and immediately caught her while his eyes didn't leave Joran's figure.

The young girl felt like an enormous piece of cotton when she smashed into his body. She felt warm and soft and Vincent didn't hurt at all.

'This young girl has a great body… Ugh… No time for that…' Vincent's mind drifted for a moment but as soon as he felt the murderous aura targeted at them, he immediately maneuvered to avoid Joran's attack.

"So fast?!" Joran exclaimed in shock after seeing how Vincent easily recovered and moved with incredible agility!

He was planning to stab the two but he planned to avoid Lesley's heart in the process. In any case, he wanted to injure her just enough to delay the Zemin Clan's elders from pursuing him since they would surely focus on healing the two.

That should be a perfect opportunity for him to escape but he didn't expect the person who had arrived was an Aura Knight!

"Aura Knight?! How are you so young?! Ugh! I have no time for this! Don't follow me!"

Joran said as he noticed that Lady Yulia and the others were already making their way to catch him.

"Hmph! You won't get away!"

Vincent already confirmed that Lesley wasn't in any danger. She was only tired and exhausted most of her mana. After putting her down, he immediately followed Joran and arrived behind him.

Since he's no longer hiding his Aura, he didn't mind showing his explosive strength.

Whoosh~

Vincent's Soul-Forged Ironbark Cane with his Aura Resonance was unstoppable.

Boom!

He felt something hard was hit and it was definitely not Joran's body.

Crack… Crack…

A floating turtle shield actually manifested behind Joran and received the strike… Nevertheless, the shield still cracked and it spread throughout the shield.

However, something unexpected happened.

Whom~

It seems that this is a high-rank magic tool as it slowly repaired itself!

Vincent frowned after seeing how has quickly regenerated. It was the first time he had seen something like that…

'No, wait… Tara's Celestial Armor also has this function.' Vincent thought as he glanced at Joran who was looking at him dreadfully.

​ It seems that he had just realized how strong he was.

Vincent didn't stop at all as he doesn't believe that such a weapon that could regenerate infinitely could exist.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Vincent struck three more times and as expected, the cracks can no longer repair themselves. Then, Joran also appeared to be injured.

It seems to be an internal injury after he successfully brought down the floating turtle shield. It was at this time he decided to use his other Skill.

"Ensnare…"

Iron Vines started gathering at Joran's feet but the latter's boots appear to be a Magic Tool as well. It was unable to wrap Joran as if he was a slippery target.

"You three! This person has Magic Artifact! Save me now!"

Joran shouted to the three Celestial Beings watching him. It seems that he had mistaken Vincent's weapon as a Magic Artifact which is supposedly an item from an older era that can no longer be manufactured.

This probably means that the broken turtle shield on the ground is a Magic Artifact.

As Joran shouted, he also continuously backed away…

"Hmph! You'll die before they can save you."

Domain! Soul Pressure!

Aside from his Ensnare Skill and Soul Sense, these two 3-Star Aura Knight's abilities are his only ranged skills.

Suddenly, Joran felt his movement slow down as he also felt suffocating! This is an indication that the young man he was fighting just now is a 3-Star Aura Knight!

It has been quite a while since he had seen an Aura Knight. Furthermore, he had never engaged in a battle against them since he was always warned not to fight them alone.

Right now, he finally understood why Grand Knight France didn't want to engage in a one-on-one duel against the Guardian of the Royal Family who was said to be a 3-Star Aura Knight as well aside from being a Grand Knight.

Luckily, Joran can see that the three Celestial Beings are about to arrive!

'The three of them won't be stopped, right?'

Joran had this thought as he felt Vincent's staff coming closer to him.

Whoosh~

A figure suddenly appeared in front of the three Celestial Beings. It was a young female figure with short blue hair and in a common combat attire just like a normal female adventurer.

However, the three other Celestials didn't dismiss her at all as the two of them decided to fight her while the other one, hurried to Joran's location.

It seems that they have expected the figure's arrival as they already had a plan to deal with her.

Bang!

Vincent's cane finally hit Joran's right shoulder.

"Aaarggghhh!" Joran cried in pain as he tried to endure it… but he still fainted and dropped to the ground.

Vincent was obviously aiming for the head since he didn't want to give an opportunity to this guy and take an act of revenge.

However, it probably has something to do with Joran's magic tool as Vincent's attack veered off because of some unknown force protecting him.

It was the same with Vincent's iron vines a while ago. No wonder Joran was barely injured in his fight against the people of the Zemin Clan a while ago.

'Tsk… No time, huh…'

Vincent gritted his teeth as he immediately backed away.

Although the Celestial Being was probably just coming to save Joran, it was better to get away just in case they got mad and no longer cared about the rules. He definitely wouldn't gamble his life and experiment with whether he could endure a Celestial Being's attack.

'Oh… It was Kai's spear-user Celestial…' Vincent mused as he noticed the black spear held by the Celestial Being who came to rescue Joran.

He also had the time to see that the figure who stopped the other two Celestial Beings was doing well with her bare hands.

She's not carrying any weapons as she struck the two with her fist and kicks.

Bam! Bam! Bam!

The two were able to buy eight precious seconds for the other Celestial to carry Joran away from this place!

Nevertheless, they weren't unscathed as they had several bruises and some part of their skins was torn off!

This is definitely a work of another Celestial!

"So powerful! No wonder they were only watching a while ago… They probably know that there is a Celestial Being here… She probably has a lower number. It might even be a single-digit since she's unafraid of facing three Celestial Beings."

Vincent finally understood. Joran is probably aware of this as well so he didn't want to use his three Celestials until the last moment.