"Ahhh… This…" Vincent was stunned after hearing this reason.
That's right, he didn't consider whether the contracted magicians of those Celestials were inside the Warship. He just ordered the Awakened Tome to take care of them…
In any case, since he's not using his own Mana to use the Devour Skill, he didn't mind how much it will consume at all.
He just thought that if Glutton's mana is not enough, it could just devour the magicians to boost its mana.
"This is not good… We can't go outside if those five decided to surround our city…" Vincent said as he knows that fighting these Celestials outside the range of the Kayser Tower would be very difficult.
Furthermore, because they are using large Mana Gathering Formations within the city, the Mana outside isn't in the best condition. It is thinner and would obviously be harder for Mana Practitioners to manifest their Mana Arts in such conditions.
"That's true… But you have options. First, you can consider giving back their contracted practitioners. Next, you can create a battle plan to defeat those five and get them to leave our region. Killing them is close to impossible. The last method is to gain their trust and change their view of recovering Celestial Energy…" Luna explained as she stared at Vincent seriously.
She wanted to know what would Vincent choose with these options.
The young man then went silent for a moment as he realized that these Celestials were anticipating something from him.
They were looking at him with expectant gazes and he knows that he should give them a satisfying answer.
Well, the first option is obviously not on his list. The Tome of Gluttony has already converted them into energy to strengthen itself. Its growth attribute requires this kind of conversion after all.
'Should I just send them away? Ugh… But they will just return if they contracted some Practitioners who were serving this Magic God or something…' Vincent thought as he looked at the five from afar.
He really can't see them with his terrible vision but he can tell from their aura that they were quite nervous.
'Nervous?'
It is not easy to sense the behavior or the condition of the Celestial Beings. They have this Celestial Energy which could block normal probes to them after all.
However, since he can easily sense or feel their emotion using his Aura Sense, it means that they were truly in shock after he captured those warships where their contracted magicians are at.
'Can I really invite them to my flock and supply them with enough enhanced potions?' Vincent contemplated as he looked in their direction. Although his success rate had certainly increased a lot, he still has a lot of things he needed to do.
His Pseudo-Celestial Energy is about 3 thousand units and may not be enough to support more Celestials… Furthermore, he didn't feel safe with them. Perhaps, if he only needed to invite one or two Celestials, he wouldn't mind it at all since he has three trustworthy Celestials with him.
However, inviting five Celestial Beings might create some kind of tension between these Celestials…
'Ugh… Am I overthinking this?' Vincent thought as he shook his head…
He looked at Luna for a moment to think of an answer but he suddenly remembered something.
"Are they Numbered Celestials like you?" Vincent asked.
That's right, if they weren't that strong, perhaps he can indeed consider taking them all if they wanted to join him. After all, he knows that if they can't take Blood Essence in the next five years, they will be forced to hibernate or use their Cryogenic Sleep Chamber again. They probably didn't want that to happen.
"I'm not sure… However, Tara is a lot stronger than each of them and she's already Rank 999… So I'm thinking that they were unnumbered or at least in at the bottom rank…" Luna explained.
However, she felt that comparing them with Tara is a bit unfair considering that she was already about to reach her peak strength while the other five were not.
"At the bottom rank, huh… Alright, can you try to speak to them outside? I'll wait right here. Bring them these five potions so you can negotiate with them." Vincent said as he handed over five +8 potions. They do not have plenty of Celestial Energy inside compared to +9 potions but they are still enough to attract those five who might be considering hibernating already.
The three Celestials then looked at him curiously.
"You don't want to meet them? I will protect you…" Rem said as she stood behind Vincent thinking that the latter was just afraid to face the five Celestials.
Well, that is one of the reasons but Vincent shook his head and replied.
"I'm good… I'll stay here inside the Kayser Tower's range. Ehem… I want you guys to handle them without my interference. In any case, you'll be the ones who will be working with them most of the time if they joined us. You need to establish your authority as early as now…" Vincent tried to explain.
Luckily, they accepted this explanation as they headed off outside.
Their movements had obviously attracted the soldiers' attention and they were a bit worried about the Celestials going outside.
Nevertheless, there is nothing that they could do since this is a matter between Celestial Beings.
***
Vincent watched the group of Celestial Beings go into a discussion just about 100 meters away from their artilleries' range.
They seem to be arguing in the first five minutes but when Luna brought out the five potions, they started calming down as the five decided to inspect the potions for over 10 minutes.
They needed this much time to assess the potion but in the end, consuming them is the best way to confirm their findings.
Soon, one of them dared to drink the potion as the four others watched seriously. They even seem ready to fight if something went wrong with their colleague.
However, their worry was for naught since Vincent had no desire of betraying them…
Soon, Vincent saw them consume the potions one by one as they probably realized the effectiveness of the +8 potions that he provided.
They seem to be elated by this discovery but after several minutes, Vincent noticed that their aura had suddenly changed…
The five Celestials suddenly became extremely wary of Luna and the others!
Vincent was confused about this but what happened next surprised him even more, Tara actually removed her armor and seem like she was going to undress!
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