Celestial Era: The Rise of the Full-Time Enhancer

Vincent had first heard of the Celestial Beasts that turned out to be Demihumans. They were an alien race that followed the Celestials here to take control of the land or some other reason he doesn't know.

There is also the Xonid Legion which he already encountered after it parasitized a Celestial's body.

The other three were the Arkhan Legion, Thoran Empire, and the Morian Collective.

Even when Luna was talking about them, she didn't seem well and didn't want to recall her experience with these aliens.

Needless to say, they are troublesome opponents because how most of them were capable of wielding Aether, a different type of energy that can corrupt things…

'Hmm? Corruption?' As Vincent reached this thought, he immediately had an idea.

"May I ask more about your experience dealing with the members of the Demonic Cult?" Vincent asked. The reason why he thought that the cult is being led by an alien race is because of how they are wielding another type of energy which is most likely Aether based on his description.

"Of course! I've been hunting them for years! I have a lot of stories to tell…" Shane said with enthusiasm.

Currently, only Vincent and Shane were inside the reception room. As for Brycen, he went to visit the lake where the River Dragon is currently resting.

He had never seen a Mythical Beast before so he wanted to observe it as much as possible and perhaps, he could get lucky and get a chance to fight against it.

Well, he at least wanted to fight against a Mythical Beast once in his lifetime.

***

While this was all happening in Vera City, a huge battle between members of the Black Tower and the Black Magic Organization was happening at the 30th Tower…

Dark clouds started to loom over the entirety of this land and numerous warships can be seen across the sky…

The warships are ten times more than the ones that attacked Vera City and they are raising the flag of the Black Magic Organization.

"Tower Lord, you should escape for now! You haven't fully recovered yet…" Archon Thyrus urged Ignacy to escape while they are still in control of the situation.

Currently, the area around the 30th Tower has become a battleground filled with many corpses of magicians…

The previous prosperous city was now filled with rubble and fires can be seen everywhere. It was such a painful sight considering they were all previous members of the same organization.

"I can't leave this tower and watch it get destroyed like the others! This should end here! We have to win! Cough! Cough!" Ignacy coughed out a mouthful of blood as he was still suffering from internal injuries.

His previous battle against the magic god's Avatar didn't end well.

Although he managed to survive and saved several people who were close to him at that time, he received an injury in his heart, and not even the finest elixirs of the organization can cure him.

At the moment, he is using almost half of his strength to continuously suppress it with his mana making him really weak at the moment.

Perhaps, if not for his Legendary Staff, his strength would just be the same as some other Archons from the Tower. However, with the existence of his staff, he can at least become equal to other Tower Masters…

"Tower Lord, there are too many of them… The tower's defenses wouldn't last for a long time… They have planned it really well and destroyed several formation arts from the inside. We have been careless and we didn't eliminate their spies in time. We have to retreat for now and gather our strength…" Thyrus did his best to convince Ignacy.

At this time, the 30th Tower Master had also arrived. This tower master is an old woman who seemed to be in her 90s…

Although she can probably use transformation arts to appear a bit younger, she had decided not to use such trickery and maintained her real appearance.

Currently, she's holding a scepter with a blue gem embedded on top of it. It is such an attractive Magic Tool that it consistently emits a cold aura in its surroundings.

"You don't look well, Ignacy…" The Tower Master said seeing how Ignacy was wiping the blood he coughed up with his hands.

"I'm fine. I can still fight… Even if we can't win this time, we have to least destroy all their vessels and their formation cores… This way, they won't be able to attack my disciples…" Ignacy said since he knows that they are really outnumbered this time.

"Hmph… You should just recuperate…"

"I will fight with everyone… We still have a chance of winning… Right now, there is no Avatar that we'll have to face… We're just fighting against magicians!" Ignacy said to boost their morale. He knows that it will be very difficult.

Although he had gathered many magicians on his side to fight against the Black Magic Organization, he just can't compete against the mysterious powers of this organization.

They have medicines that seem to have come from a devil which allows many magicians to become incredibly stronger in just a single night… Furthermore, it doesn't seem to have side effects so it was very convincing to join their organization.

However, Ignacy can tell that although there are no visible side effects, there is a huge consumption of life energy for every magician involved with the Black Magic Organization.

He was able to tell that at least 20 to 30 years of their lifespan was consumed after they have forcefully increased their talent in magic or cultivation.

They probably used some type of drug to do it or this magic god really assisted them…

If that's the case, the magic god is probably getting stronger the more magicians he "helped" to get stronger…

Is he eating those lifespans to get stronger?

The Tower Lord can only guess since he doesn't have a clue what kind of being that magic god was…

This is also one of the reasons why he doesn't want this to continue for long and eliminate them as quickly as possible. If his guess was right, the longer this war goes on, the stronger the magic god could get.

"What about the Martial Arts Alliance and Solomon's Pillar? I've been helping them for a long time but what happened now? Are they really going to watch us die here?" Ignacy angrily asked as he clutched his chest in pain.

However, as soon as he said this, his communication crystal lit up.

It was a message from the Martial Arts Alliance!