Celestial Era: The Rise of the Full-Time Enhancer

Vincent had previously mentioned to her that he wanted to visit the Star Garden Peak. He had almost forgotten about it but it seems that Faviona kept it in her mind.

However, from her tone, there seems to be a problem with this request.

"In four months, huh… I'm fine with that. However, is there something wrong with this request?" Vincent asked.

Faviona then sighed as she revealed her concern.

"They asked me specifically to bring you there as well. I'm quite worried… The one who contacted me is an elder of that organization and at the mention of your name, it doesn't seem that he was looking forward to your arrival at all."

"W-what? They're asking for me? Wait, how can they even know me? Did you tell them? I have never met someone from that organization…" Vincent was surprised as he didn't expect this at all. He thought that Faviona will just request something from him that is related to his specialty.

It didn't come to his mind that he would be invited by the Star Garden Peak so suddenly.

"Haa~ I did not… I'm not sure how they know about you, Vincent. However, since you have recently become popular, your name and title were probably spread around more often." Faviona replied.

Vincent was quite suspicious about this…

'Did I reveal my last name? I'm sure that I'm only known as Vincent here…' He mused.

There shouldn't be any records about him being a member of the Kayser Family. Even if the people from the Star Garden Peak are related to his parents, there was no way they could recognize him.

"Did they mention the reason why they're inviting me?"

"They only mentioned that they wanted you to see your ability… I'm not sure which ability it was… In any case, they promised that they will pay you some compensation if you agree to join me."

"A compensation, huh…"

Vincent weighed his options for a while… He knows that this is actually a good opportunity as well since he already has plans to visit that place.

He plans to confront them about their coercion to the Sea Race to attack the land. His only concern is that he only has four months to prepare.

During that time, he has to ensure that this city wouldn't be in trouble during his absence. The matters regarding the Black Magic Organization and the magic god's avatar must be settled.

It is certainly a difficult task but if the Celestials he sent out during this time can complete their mission, then he shouldn't be worried at all. He just needed to make sure that their potion production line is constantly producing low to mid-grade potions that he can enhance.

"Yes… If you requested them crates of Mana Crystals, they will not reject that at all… However, if you will ask for compensation from them, I suggest that you request their best puppet… They were called Diamond Automatons if I'm not mistaken…"

Faviona said as she explained the human-like puppets or automatons that these people are using…

Unlike golems that have cores containing a bit of sentience, these automatons were more like puppets that needed precise orders or controls to work… However, they can be controlled by the owner's thoughts so it is very easy to move them according to their will.

The Brass Automaton is the lowest grade and the Diamond Automaton is the highest grade. As for their prices, the highest grade was actually 3 or 4 times more expensive than the warships of the Black Tower.

"Automatons… That's very interesting… I will try and ask for this compensation if possible…"

Vincent said as he already knows that these things weren't being sold elsewhere. If you're not part of the Star Garden Peak, you wouldn't have a chance of obtaining this item.

"That's right… So can I tell them now that you'll be coming with me?"

"Don't tell them yet. We still have four months anyway. If they asked about it, tell them that I'm still thinking about it."

"That should be fine then… You have to make sure that you complete your preparation. I won't be able to help you there once we arrived at the peak."

"I understand… In any case, do you know if controlling those automatons requires a special type of cultivation?" Vincent asked as he suddenly recalled that these things would've been copied by other organizations if they don't have some sort of uniqueness that could stop others from fabricating them.

"Hmm… Not really. However, they have something called a linking process to connect the automaton to you. It should be very safe as it is similar to soul bind. I know you're not unfamiliar with soul-bound items since I've seen you wielding a few of them."

"That's true… Thank you for answering that…"

"No, I should be the one thankful for your help all this time. Did you know how many alchemists you've helped because of the high-quality items that you'd always bring us?" Faviona said as Vincent was indeed doing such transactions with the Alchemist Union.

Faviona then stayed for a little while as Vincent asked her about any of her knowledge regarding the existence of the corruption energy.

Unfortunately, although she knows that this type of energy exists, she doesn't know its origin at all. Furthermore, there are no ancient records about the corruption energy as well. Based on the information they have, the first discovery of corruption energy was about 30 years ago and the corruption was a very insignificant amount so no one really took it seriously.

Even now, although there were a lot of them appearing in the market these days, they weren't being seen as dangerous materials since some alchemists still have a use for them and they weren't harmful to many magicians… The effect of the corruption energy is quite weak as far as they know.

Only those who hadn't gone through Mana Baptism could possibly be affected by this. In short, the existence of corruption energy isn't a big deal at all.

Vincent kept it in his mind as his curiosity about the Enchanted Bloodstone only grew larger.

***

Seven days after this event, Vincent finally heard the news about the Celestial Beings he sent out… It didn't come from the Celestials themselves but surprisingly, it came from his two senior disciples!