In the meantime, while the Celestials are being tested by the two Paragons, one of the "slaves" working in another cavern looks in their direction.
Because the Paragons and the ten Celestial Beings were far away, there should be no way for her to see what was happening but her gaze looks as if she could even hear the conversation between the Paragons and the Celestials.
Furthermore, unlike the other Celestial Slaves that are working in an almost animated manner, she's the only Celestial that seems to have full control of her consciousness… She appears to be in her twenties and she has long black hair and blue eyes.
If Vincent was here, he would certainly recognize that she's Tara, the Number 999 Celestial and his first companion! However, the number on her shoulder seems to have been missing so she can be mistaken to be an Unnumbered Celestial.
She briefly glanced at the First-Class Martial Artists guarding them and as always, they weren't really paying much attention to them. They were only waiting for their shift to end and hoped to get out of this dungeon as quickly as possible.
The red crystal is emitting some form of corruption after all. Even if the Martial Artists are wearing protective gear, they still have to circulate their martial cultivation to ensure that they wouldn't be affected.
'Is it already time to make my move? These Celestials should be more than enough, right?' Tara asked her as she considered her option…
Apparently, she's still completing Vincent's mission for her!
It was to recruit Celestial Beings!
She had never abandoned Vincent nor the mission given to her! Nevertheless, she had really gone to the extreme and even had herself captured to recruit more Celestial Beings…
A few more minutes passed and she sensed that the Paragons and the ten Celestials have left the Dungeon…
During these few minutes, she heard their conversations and learned that they will be rescuing a Paragon… It seems that two other Paragons died in a major battle so they have to be careful in this mission.
She heard that they will be attacking a certain city under the Black Tower's territory filled with Grand Magus and a few Celestial Beings. The Paragon tested the slave's strength just now and passed his test so the ten of them will be used as cannon fodder…
Tara has a bad feeling about this. For some reason, she felt that the city that is going to be attacked is Vera City.
This prompted her to hasten her plans…
'My preparations should be more than enough… If the two Paragons will leave this place as well… I'll only have to worry about the Alliance Head...'
Tara mused for a moment as she looked at the creature that was crystallized. She looked at the Celestial beside her for a brief moment before secretly poking the other's glabella.
In that brief moment, the color in the Celestial's eyes returned as if she had woken up from her deep sleep.
Nevertheless, she didn't make a noise and only observed her surroundings. She noticed Tara's gaze and realized that Tara also has similar eyes… She immediately understood their situation without the two making any noise.
Tara smiled at this as she repeated the process secretly…
It will take quite some time for her to finish this task but she wasn't in a hurry… Since she had made such long preparation to recruit these Celestials, she certainly has a lot of patience and would not accept any mistakes.
***
At the Star Garden Peak's territory, Vincent's group has finally arrived at the Eternal Sun Peak. It took them quite some time but aside from the previous bandits they'd encountered, they were no longer blocked by other bandits or Renegade Manipulators.
Manipulator is the title given to the people who are capable of controlling Automatons and Vincent only learned it here since this type of profession seems to be exclusive to this land…
Anyway, they have decided not to enter other villages and come straight here after considering their options.
The Eternal Sun Peak is situated on top of the northeast ridge of Mount Kayser and to their surprise, only 10,000 people were living here according to Ronan. It was like a small town but it is very clean and the wind breeze is refreshing…
The population is a lot lower than Vincent's estimation. It is completely different from the Black Tower's cities which have about 2 to 3 million inhabitants each of them.
"This place looks so big… I'm pretty sure you can allow 100 to 200 thousand people to live here." Millie commented after having a quick look.
"I'm more impressed at this carriage that can climb this mountain with such uneven road..." Ceri added as they entered the Eternal Sun Peak.
The carriage that they were using also attracted the people's attention so she couldn't help but think that the carriage is quite special.
"This carriage was previously being used by Sage Vivian before she passed it to me. I only modified it a bit." Ronan replied as he continued to drive the carriage to the central part of the town.
"That reason why only a few people can live here is that they need qualifications… Those bandits we encountered were people that had probably lost their chance to enter the Peaks. Well, I don't think it's appropriate for me to discuss this since you are visitors from another land. You'll probably know it soon." He added with a smile.
After a while, they entered the inner wall of town where the sage's residence is located. As they began to disembark the carriage, Vincent noticed that they are being watched. Faviona noticed this as well but they did not react since there was no hostility coming from it.
Ronan didn't notice anything as he spoke.
"Right, Vincent, if you want, I can call a merchant here to put a proper price on the items you wanted to sell. I can only give you a rough estimate after all. Of course, you can also go to the shops that we've seen a while ago but if we called them here in the Sage's residence, they might give you a better price…"
Ronan was indirectly hinting at Vincent to use the Sage's reputation.
Vincent didn't mind it as long as the Sage, or the owner of this residence, wouldn't mind…
"It's up to you. As long as it wouldn't get me into trouble with the Sage." Vincent replied as he looked to the side…
He suddenly felt a familiar energy and realized that the Eternal Sun Peak's Celestial Beings have finally taken notice of them.
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