Celestial Era: The Rise of the Full-Time Enhancer

Vincent had no idea that they would come to him at all. He thought that they would just wait until he arrived at the tower to participate in the Immortal Project.

Nevertheless, he didn't feel worried that they would take the Immortal Stone from him or deny his participation since he still has the Tower Lord backing him up.

No matter what, they have to at least respect Ignacy.

After confirming all the details from Yulia, he decided to come out and meet the guests in their reception area.

Over the past few days, their shelter area had improved significantly as they've made a small building to meet any visitors to their land… Well, it was mainly for the people of the One Sea Merchant Union who would come here from time to time but they can also use this as a receiving area if they're not present…

Before entering this building, Vincent paused for a moment and then instructed Rufia, who seem to be going to the kitchen area, to call for someone.

Soon, Vincent entered the reception hall and saw three magicians wearing the robe of the Black Tower and red emblems on their chests. It means that these people were actually Grand Magus at the same level as Professor Turhan or Levent.

Yulia joined him as the two of them approached the group.

"Vincent, it has been a while…" One of the magicians said as soon as he saw Vincent entering the room with Manager Yulia.

'Ah? Did we meet before?' Vincent tried to recall but he was sure that he hadn't met this man before. Although blurry, he can tell that this blond man with a mustache never had any sort of conversation with him. He would surely remember this kind of face.

Did he meet him before he consumed the Moonbreaker Potion? Well, he couldn't tell since he was obviously blind before that happened.

"Oh… I haven't introduced myself yet. I'm Bertram, I watched the competition and saw your incredible performance that time. I have tried to recruit you to join our faction but you declined my offer…" Bertram explained after noticing that Vincent could not recognize him anymore. He really can't blame him as well.

Nevertheless, Vincent finally recalled how he just rejected the people who wanted to recruit him since he had already become Ignacy's disciple.

He had certainly forgotten them since he didn't even bother recalling their Mana Fluctuations.

"So it was you… I didn't expect that you're also part of the Immortal Project..."

"Haha… I was just lucky since the leader decided to help me… I was previously an average magician who couldn't even reach the level of an Adept but thanks to him, I now own this red emblem…" Bertram said as he touched the red emblem of the Tower on his chest.

"I see… So joining this project have this kind of benefit? The leader of this project must be incredibly talented…" Vincent replied.

The three Grand Magus, on the other hand, were surprised to see how calm Vincent was.

Bertram already mentioned that his talent had increased because of this project. It is already considered an act of god if it was heard by others. People wouldn't normally believe them as it was too unbelievable but Vincent just accepted it without any suspicion at all.

​ "Right… Our leader is definitely a talented individual. After hearing that Karsten willingly gave up his chance to get this kind of benefit, he was really interested in meeting you." Bertram said but he seems to be hinting at something.

"It was just a coincidence… I didn't even know about the Immortal Project at all. Karsten just came to me and offered the immortal stone as his wager. Well, he obviously lost and I obtained it." Vincent explained. He had a sudden feeling that these three were thinking that he had forcefully taken the Immortal Stone from Karsten.

As expected, they all had shocked faces as Karsten seem to have mentioned a different story to them.

"So he actually used the stone to gamble, huh…" Bertram muttered as he shook his head… This is no longer important. What's important is that Vincent now has the Immortal Stone instead of Karsten.

He looked at the two people beside him to signal something before they nodded their heads.

This didn't escape Vincent's eyes although he doesn't have good vision.

Click…

Suddenly, the door of the reception area opened. Luna entered and stood behind Vincent like a guard.

"This is…" Bertram trailed his voice.

"Ahh… She's my assistant for today. She just got delayed by something. As you know, I'm blind and needed some help…" Vincent replied matter-of-factly.

The three looked at each other since they have previously seen Tara and Rem accompanying him in the Tower.

This white-haired woman is completely different from those two.

Her face was delicate and slightly pale. Although she appears like a teenager with her body proportions, her large eyes, sharp chin, slightly tilted nose, and oval face certainly make her really attractive.

Nevertheless, there is something that they have noticed from her aura…

'Another Celestial Being?'

'He has three Celestials working for him?'

'This… Perhaps he has a method to make them work for him?'

The three of them silently communicated using Telepathy. They can't believe that their 15th Tower, which should be specializing in countermeasures against Celestial Beings failed to gather this important piece of information.

They thought that they were already fully informed about the number of Celestial Beings within the Black Tower's territory but it was obviously not the case. They have no report about this white-haired Celestial at all.

Bertram took a deep breath as he realized the seriousness of this matter.

"Vincent, we would like to invite you to the 15th Tower. If it's possible, you can follow us now… You can also bring all the Celestial Beings working for you. I'm sure that this will be very beneficial for them as well…"

As soon as Luna heard the invitation, she squinted her eyes as she looked at the three with piercing gaze… The three stiffened for a moment but they immediately tried to brush it off and act normally.

"Don't be nervous, Sir Bertram… Don't worry, I'll bring them with me. However, I have important matters to do at the moment. Can it be done in the next two days?" Vincent replied.

"Two days? There shouldn't be a problem then. However, the two of us will leave now since we also have to invite the others."

"I see… Please be careful on your trip then…" Vincent replied as the three decided to stand up and immediately leave.

Vincent followed them with his gaze, his thoughts were unknown.