Celestial Era: The Rise of the Full-Time Enhancer

After reaching the 3-Star Aura Knight, Vincent's close combat skills have reached a whole new level.

As long as he doesn't get overpowered by Elemental Mana Arts, he's confident that he could win against any Master Magicians or Magic Knights with his current set of weapons and skills.

It wasn't like he's lacking combat experience since he has been living in a jungle filled with many Savage Beasts when he was still young. So he has plenty of experience using his cane and his dagger to kill.

With the addition of his newly learned Soul Pressure, Vincent felt unstoppable!

As soon as he released his Soul Pressure, the Master Magicians exclaimed in horror.

"How could this young man be an Aura Knight!"

"Disperse! Stay away from him!"

"Do not engage with him alone! Ken! Blow the smoke away with your wind---Aaaacck!"

"I'm trying! Ahh—He's here! Help!"

Vincent started moving like a ghost under the cover of the dust and smoke.

With his Soul Pressure, the senses of the Master Magicians became clouded as he could barely locate Vincent.

Normally, for Mana Arts Practitioners like them, sensing their opponent's movement is a very easy thing to do.

It is something that they would learn before they could graduate from the academy.

However, if there is one thing that could stop them from controlling the situation on the battlefield, that would be the Aura Knights.

Aura Knight not only possesses a superior physique, but they also have strange techniques that could not be defended by Mana Shield or Magic Armors.

They are techniques that could directly affect their souls!

Normally, they wouldn't be engaging against Aura Knights in close quarters. They would swiftly flee or scatter to avoid being targeted. However, they did not expect that a young man like Vincent was already an Aura Knight so they allowed him to get closer and didn't panic even after one of them was killed.

Whoosh~ Whoosh~ Whoosh~

As soon as they gathered their mana, they immediately fled in hurry to avoid the Soul Pressure released by Vincent.

After all, even if the Soul Pressure can cause them to feel suppressed and weak, it still has a range and at most, it could cover at least five meters of Vincent.

Thud… Thud… Thud…

Five Master Magicians managed to flee in time but the others remained within Vincent's range.

Whooshhh~

Finally, one of them managed to blow away the smoke and dust. Unfortunately, it was already too late as all the others already died in Vincent's hands.

"You'll pay for this, Brat!"

"I'll destroy you and your whole clan!"

The five of them acted in unison as they no longer cared about the four barbarians being bombarded by people from the Zemin Clan.

They realized that killing Vincent will certainly deal a huge blow to whatever clan he belonged to…

However, before they could even aim their Mana Arts at Vincent, something unexplainable happened.

Without any signs of formation, thorny iron vines suddenly appeared on their feet!

Crank! Crank! Crank!

"W-what this?!"

"Metal element?! Impossible!"

"Aaahhh! My feet!"

They tried to remove the vines with all their might but Vincent's Ensnare is no longer the same. With a proper Mana Art to an incredible physique, getting away from these iron vines can be very tricky.

Furthermore, the thorns on it would inflict pain to the captured target making it harder to focus and cast a spell.

Nevertheless, these Master Magicians weren't new Elemental Mana Arts that could trap their target.

There are skills called Water Prison, Earth Trap, Fire Chain, and Ice Coffin to name a few. They have Magic Tools that they can use to escape in case they are trapped using these Mana Arts but unfortunately, they weren't prepared to face such an unusual method to capture them.

These Iron Vines feel like they were alive as they tried to completely wrap them with thorny vines!

Traps like Earth Trap can be removed by just using Water Element to soften it out before using another Mana Art to destroy it. The Fire Chain is the same since an Ice Element can be used to remove it. It is the same with others.

However, these thorny iron vines were moving like it was alive and they have no idea how to effectively remove them!

Of course, Vincent did not give them any more time to think of a plan as he started hitting them one by one with his Epic Rank weapon.

Bam! Bam!

With such a high Crush Attribute, the scepters or staff that they were using were easily destroyed by his Can with a few strikes!

Their Rare Weapon, or perhaps, Unique Rank weapons were nothing compared to his Epic Weapon!

'So strong… I wonder if this Crush attribute can damage a Celestial Being as well.'

Vincent couldn't help but think of it as he incapacitate the Master Magicians who were unable to flee from his Ensnare ability.

He wasn't sure whether they actually died from his strikes but he made sure to destroy the magic tools they are using to create powerful Mana Arts.

Although Master Magicians can still convert their Mana into an Element that they have mastered, it would be very slow and requires more concentration which they couldn't afford right now in this battle.

As soon as their Magic Tools were destroyed, they would be like sitting ducks in front of his Ironbark Cane.

Boom! Boom!

As Vincent was busy dealing with these Magicians, Lady Yulia and Romain also managed to kill two Barbarians who lost the protection of these Master Magicians.

On the other hand, Arch Knight Reaver was finally able to get out of the dangerous position he was previously in. It was all thanks to Knight Claude's assistance.

It was no wonder why General Yves decided to give Claude a task to protect Vincent and Severin, his skills are definitely approaching the level of an Arch Knight already!

"S-stop! Spare me! I surrender!"

The last magician who saw how brutal Vincent was decided to throw away his magic tools and surrender. He raised his hands so he can appear completely harmless.

"Hmm… Does that work that way?" Vincent paused for a moment unsure if he really should stop if they decided to surrender.

He can already tell that these people weren't here to completely eradicate them. At most, it seems that they are just trying to delay them from saving the people in the fourth camp.

After all, there was no way that this is the main force of the Rebel Army that even the Royal Family couldn't defeat in the capital.

"I'm still a noble! I'm Alceste from the Troy Clan! I'm sure that General Yves wouldn't want me dead… I won't be fighting back."

The man revealed his identity which made Vincent frown.

Although it was Lucius Clan who literally destroyed his Village, Joran Troy was also part of it since he decided to kill Kai in their village so the attention was put on them.

Furthermore, Joran has three Celestial Beings and probably has a high position within the Rebel Army.

"Fine… I won't be killing you." Vincent said.

Alceste heaved a sigh of relief after hearing that his life will be spared.

However, he suddenly felt a pain in the back of his head before passing out.

Thud!

Vincent had to put him asleep instead and let the others take care of him later.

Clip clop! Clip clop!

"Vincent! Hop on! We will be going to the fourth camp now! Your fiancé might be in danger!"

Severin shouted as he rode a black horse to pick up Vincent. Behind him is a group of people who were similarly planning to head towards the Fourth Camp.

Although the fight here hasn't ended yet, they are no longer in a dire situation after the Rebel Army lost the element of surprise in their attack.

As expected of the Blue Storm Army who had plenty of experience on the battlefield, they were able to stop the advance of the armored soldiers of the Rebel Army, and perhaps, these rebels would be forced to retreat once they realized that they won't be defeated anytime soon.

"Alright! I'm coming…"

Vincent answered as he rode the black horse with Severin.

***

On the other side of the battlefield where the elite soldiers of the Rebel Army are concentrated, General Yves can be seen calmly assessing the situation of their battle.

"General! The forces of the Zemin Clan and Jung Clan managed to break through. They are now headed to the Fourth Camp. The Rebel Army who wanted to chase after them stopped mid-way and changed their direction to attack us."

One of the elite soldiers of the Blue Storm Army reported.

"Good… We can't let any of the Rebel Soldiers escape… Let's them come to us!" General Yves smiled as he waved his sword to create three floating swords of ice and released them to the few enemy Magic Knights who were killing his soldiers.

The Hailstorm that he created a while ago to defend against the enemy's long-range bombardment can no longer be used since it requires over an hour of cooldown time to be used again.

However, General Yves wasn't too worried as he wanted all the Rebel Army to concentrate on his unit.

As soon as he felt that the enemies in his range were enough, General Yves pulled out a gold necklace with purple crystal as a pendant…

It is not a destructive magic tool but only a device to communicate with someone.

"Marriane, is there any Celestial Being nearby?"