Celestial Era: The Rise of the Full-Time Enhancer

Ignacy has a few techniques in his arsenal that allows him to use his consciousness to affect his target. It may not be as strong as those Magic Artifacts that specialize in this technique but it is still very easy to cast and only requires a brief moment to activate.

As soon as Vincent mentioned using their consciousness energy to attack, he didn't hesitate and followed it since they have no better choice.

The barbarians were advancing and not giving them time to try their Magic Tools or ephemeral mana arts.

Since time is not on their side, he used his Command Inducement to one of the tattooed Barbarians. Normally, this technique isn't that powerful and could only affect weaker mana practitioners.

He commanded the barbarian to step back.

It is a simple command. If the barbarian followed his instruction, then Vincent was truly their lifesaver.

It is common knowledge that strong beings can't be affected by mind control techniques or any illusion traps. This is why they have an impression that these fierce and robust barbarians wouldn't be affected by this simple technique.

However, they were completely wrong. The tattooed barbarians were truly vulnerable!

This is a perfect time to counterattack! Since the Warlocks' curses were no longer effective after Vincent did something, they were able to focus and activate their mind techniques.

Techniques similar to Command Inducement like Sleep Inducement, Sensory Possession, Thought Manipulation, and Hypnosis were used!

Normally, even Adept Mages can resist this kind of attack. But to their surprise, these tattooed Barbarians were completely vulnerable!

"It's working!"

"Hahaha! Kill them all!"

The Archons started celebrating after seeing that the tattooed barbarians are struggling…

The warlocks, on the other hand, were alarmed seeing that their "walls" suddenly collapsed. The Totemic Barbarians they brought were unable to defend them anymore! Since they can no longer rely on them to safely cast their spells, their defeat is only a matter of time.

They were bombarded not just by the Archons' mind attacks but also by elemental arts!

This is the scary thing about the Grand Magus. Multicasting is something so difficult to defend! While the Tier 5 Mana Arts are techniques that would have the most destructive power, it is not the scariest thing about the Grand Magus.

Vincent then saw the group of barbarians being crushed into a meat paste as the Archons were truly angered this time.

Although they were able to win this battle, they were terribly humiliated. They were all looking down on these barbarians but in the end, they caused so much trouble and they were even cursed in the process.

This served as a lesson to these Archons. They didn't think too much when 20 Barbarians arrived in the tower… They grew complacent over the past peaceful decades and they stopped caring about the advancement of the Barbarians.

"Vincent… You did well. However, how did you know that their weakness was related to Consciousness Energy?" One of the old Archons suddenly asked after cleaning up the corpses.

The barbarians' corpses were incinerated by a blue flame including the items they brought with them. It was a shame to destroy it like that but they probably do not want any evidence of their humiliation so they made sure to clean up everything.

"Well… I'm quite sensitive to this kind of thing. You know that I'm specializing in that technique, right?"

Vincent could only lie after being questioned. After all, he can't say that he already fought against these Totemic Barbarians since it will be revealed that he was involved with the disappearance of the prisoners being transported to the Red Alliance.

Luckily, they didn't pry too much and respected his answer.

Although he received a few suspicious looks from his master, the latter decided not to ask any more questions.

Cough! Cough!

Suddenly, the group of Archons started coughing violently as their temperature also started to rise. Although Ignacy was also affected, he seem to be in a better condition than the others.

"We're affected by the curse… No… This is familiar… Is this Black Decay?"

"What? Check your symptoms again… I'm-"

Everyone immediately listed the symptoms of the Black Decay in their minds and checked their condition. To their surprise, it really seemed like they weren't simply cursed… They were affected by the plague that has been spreading throughout their territory!

"Those barbarians..."

"Did they really spread that disease?"

"There's no other explanation! They must be the ones trying to slowly kill our people!"

"This… This is war! Tower Lord! We must engage in war! They're looking down on us!"

As the Archons just suffered terribly, they were all quite hotheaded and wanted to immediately retaliate.

However, there are many things that Ignacy has to consider. He can't hastily decide the fate of millions of people under his rule.

"Let's focus on recovering first. If it's really the Black Decay, we can still probably use the medicines made by our alchemists… If not, we will have to find that Dispelling Death Flower." Ignacy said as prioritizing their health should be the first thing.

Vincent heard everything but he decided to remain silent for now.

Soon, the doctors of the tower arrived and immediately checked everyone's condition. As expected, everyone was affected by the disease.

It was really the Black Decay!

Furthermore, it seems more potent than the ones spreading throughout the other cities. The current medicines they have can't suppress the disease as it is slowly corrupting their bodies.

Right now, they can't use their Tier 4 and Tier 5 Mana Arts but soon, their bodies will start weakening, and even casting Tier 3 Mana Arts would be difficult.

The doctors could only suggest finding the Dispelling Death Flower in the dungeons where they can be harvested or purchasing them from the merchants who have been monopolizing them.

'So it really end up like this…' Vincent thought as he heard everything after following everyone to the infirmary.

As everyone felt helpless about their situation, Vincent finally decided to speak up and introduced the Fairer Potion that Severin has made.