Celestial Era: The Rise of the Full-Time Enhancer

As soon as Vincent heard Faviona's words, he was left confused. As a matter of fact, the others were the same.

Dianne has no idea why her master brought it up. Even Severin furrowed his brows trying to understand what was going on.

Since she said that it's a piece of information that could be very important to Vincent, does it mean that the Red Alliance is related to him? No---perhaps the prisoners?

Vincent reached this thought as well so he replied.

"It's my first time hearing about it. If I'm not mistaken, the Red Alliance is a territory governed by the Barbarians. They call themselves the Red Race. I don't see why it will be important to me to learn such information." Vincent honestly replied as he recalled the information he learned in the academy.

"Hehehe… You may not be aware of this but the Red Alliance is now controlling the Tudor Kingdom. So, where do you think these prisoners come from?"

Faviona s words struck Severin who was listening silently. He unconsciously looked at Vincent with a trace of horror on his face.

Vincent now understood. He did not need to think for long as he realized what she was implying with her words.

After all, he heard similar information from Turhan about the Barbarians who had helped the rebels fight against the Kingdom.

The Barbarian Kings there were officers that the Red Alliance sent to take over the 'small island'.

Of course, since he's already an orphan, he's definitely not related to any prisoners taken by the Red Alliance.

'Hmm… Is there anyone there that I might consider helping?'

Vincent couldn't think of anyone.

As for the Primal Sword Sect where his childhood friends should be staying, they shouldn't be part of the prisoners as the Sect did not really fight against the rebels…

At most, the expedition led by Elder Han had only encountered the members of the Dark Sky Cult.

'Wait… If the Dark Sky Cult is part of the rebels… Then the sect might really be captured after the Duke won…'

Vincent mused. He can easily remember the event with the Cult since Macy, the leader or maybe commander of that cult has a lasting impression. Macy was a powerful magician at that time who was wearing a loose robe and a bandaged chest… She looks attractive but also dangerous.

Lastly, her red hair was also iconic since there weren't many red-haired people that he had seen before.

"Hmm… I guess you're assuming that I might know someone among the prisoners?" Vincent probed.

"Yes! The Red Alliance bought five large Floating Mystic Ships from us that could carry a thousand people each… They have captured talented humans to work for them. Although they said that these prisoners will have very good working conditions, they were just going to be slaves of those barbarians… Who knows, with that many, you might know a few of them, right? Especially the talented ones…"

"Ugh… Slaves? Is that something that the human alliance will ignore?" Vincent asked. No matter what, if they are from the same race, would they allow their fellow humans to become slaves of other races? That's quite unthinkable.

"The Martial Arts Alliance might think of doing something but we can't really act that much on that island. The Barbarians won the bid on that place so they can send their Barbarian Kings there as long as they won't be annihilating the human species."

This revelation stunned Vincent and the others.

"They won the bid?"

"Well, that's how I would like to put it. The Red Alliance, gave several Unnumbered Celestial Beings to the Black Tower in exchange for us not helping that island…" Faviona said with a helpless smile on her face.

"This… You know the Zemin Clan, right? They were taken by Professor Turhan from the Black Tower…"

"Oh, that's different… You may not know but the large organizations already have contact with that island before the Red Alliance bought it over." Faviona said as she revealed a piece of information that Vincent found incredulous.

Seeing that Vincent wasn't speaking, she continued. "The Zemin Clan has contacts with the Black Tower, the Star Garden Sect has contact with the Star Garden Peak, the Marshall Clan should have contact with the Martial Arts Alliance as well—"

"Wait! The Star Garden Sect is related to the Star Garden Peak? It wasn't just a coincidence?" Vincent asked in surprise. He tried researching any information related to Star Garden Peak which is one of the six large organizations on this continent. However, he didn't find anything valuable aside from their way of living and how their place is very mysterious.

"You're right… I know it well since I made a Tier 5 Pill in that place as per their request. They're rich so it's not surprising for them to have a connection to other islands. Did I finally pique your interest?" Faviona said with a teasing smile.

"Hmm… I'd like to know more about the prisoners taken by the Red Alliance and the Star Garden Peak… I'm willing to pay using Magic Tools similar to the ones I've used in the auction." Vincent said with firmness in his voice.

At the very least, he knows that any information that could not be published in the newspapers and recorded in the knowledge base crystal is something that has a price. He knows that he has to pay her to know more about it.

"That's great! But just one magic tool is enough… Instead, you have to let my disciple, Dianne, stay here and observe you during your consumption of the potion. It will help her gain more insight into this high-grade potion… Furthermore, she knows all the details of Star Garden Peak since she was with me when I accepted a commission there… Regarding those prisoners, it was her who got the information as well…"

"Ugh… It seems that you already planned all this…" Vincent said in a weak voice.

Although he's reluctant to have a stranger here, it would be better for him to get all this information from them.