Chapter 297 Return

Of course, they were referring to both Ceri and Millie.

Vincent didn't panic as he immediately provided them with an explanation.

"We've come from Nidite City. That place is my senior sister's territory. I selected these two to be my apprentices in the tower after her recommendation."

Vincent said as he showed his Blue Emblem to remind them of his status.

Within the Black Tower, a Gray or Yellow emblem allows you to bring one apprentice to receive your plaque. They can similarly enter and leave the tower as long as they are carrying this item.

As for those with Blue Emblem, they are allowed to get two apprentices at most.

Since the official member will shoulder the responsibility if the apprentices did something wrong within the tower, they would normally choose to take in a servant instead of a real apprentice.

"Apprentices from Nidite City?"

The inspection officer immediately checked something in his records.

"There's no report of plague in the city… That's a good start. Anyway, we will still check everyone's condition. I hope you can all cooperate with our medical team." The officer said as he looked at the people behind him. He realized that Vincent had good taste after carefully observing the two beautiful women.

Vincent, on the other hand, did not refuse to receive a medical checkup but he wanted to know what was the situation outside.

"Can I ask for a bit of information about this plague? I want to know its symptoms and possible effects on our bodies."

The officer thought for a moment before nodding his head.

In any case, he is talking with the Tower Lord's disciple so it's just a matter of time before the latter knows the full situation.

With that in mind, he decided to explain the disease so he can at least gain his favor.

Vincent then learned that the spreading disease was suspected to be a pneumonic plague. Aside from common symptoms like fever, shortness of breath, chest pain, and cough, there is also blistering and severe eye discharge.

Currently, they have named the plague as Black Decay. It was mainly because people who are in severe conditions can see parts of their bodies decay over time before they die.

Because the Black Tower never encountered this kind of disease before and most diseases are cured by alchemist recovery potions and pills, they underestimated the plague as it spread to twelve more Black Towers.

There were now fourteen towers affected.

This had obviously alarmed the remaining towers and immediately tightened the security of their territories.

"Is there a cure already?" Vincent asked.

"Unfortunately, it is still in the developing stage. The most that we could do right now is to suppress the symptoms. If they're already in a severe state, we'll need to use a special flower to cure them… but getting this flower is too difficult." The officer said as he sighed after recalling the steep price of this flower.

Vincent understood that he was referring to the Dispelling Death Flower that the others were collecting.

'The Silent Creek Dungeon must be very busy, huh…' He mused.

Most likely, only those very rich people could purchase the petals of the flower. Sacrificing two Magic Beasts Cores to get a single flower is too expensive after all.

Furthermore, defeating the golem wasn't easy for average explorers as well. There was no way they would set the price low for such an item.

Ten minutes had passed before the medical team confirmed that everyone is safe. Vincent also noticed that they looked weirdly at Tara and Rem but didn't say anything.

'Did they get surprised by their physique?' Vincent mused.

After they were released, they left the dockyard and moved the Vermillion Hawk to the front court of the Stellar Residence as Calidia and the others welcomed them with smiles on their faces.

'Hmm? Avian Lion isn't here? Did someone use it?' Vincent thought after realizing that his other airship can't be seen in the vicinity of the estate.

Anyway, it shouldn't be a big deal so he looked at Calidia.

"Calidia, give these two a room they can use. They'll be the sword teachers of Lar and the others. Millie, Ceri, I'll be a bit busy so please follow her for now. She'll also tour you around the place."

"Yes, sir Vincent…" Calidia said as she approached Millie and Ceri and introduced herself.

Millie and Ceri accepted this arrangement without question as they followed the young and beautiful lady.

Vincent then turned to Yulia…

"Was it tomorrow?" Vincent asked.

"Yes… Karsten wanted the battle to happen in the arena within the Tower. He also didn't want many people to watch so he mentioned that you can only bring two people to witness the battle aside from the referee working in the tower.

"Hmm… That's good… I should bring Millie and Ceri to the tower as well."

,m "Eh? Are you not going to bring Celestial Tara and Celestial Rem? I think that Karsten might bring their two Celestial Beings instead." Yulia worriedly said.

"It should be fine. We're inside the tower anyway. If we're outside, I might be worried and bring more than just Rem and Tara." Vincent answered with confidence.

Since they are inside the Tower, Vincent grew more confident in this battle. After all, he knows how the Tower Lord can be protective of his disciples in a certain way.

Noticing that Vincent already made his decision, Yulia stopped persuading Vincent as she mentioned another matter…

"Have you heard about the plague spreading throughout various towers?" Yulia suddenly asked catching Vincent's attention.

"Yes… What about it?"

"I think Severin had a breakthrough and he wants to meet you. He was able to get a blood sample from one of the patients and… well, you know he's a poison expert… He did his thing and it seems that he believes that he found a way to cure the disease even by not using the Dispelling Death Flower… However, he mentioned that it's not very effective for those patients with severe symptoms… You can ask him for more details about it." Yulia said as she's not really a medicine expert and couldn't give more information about it.

"Oh… He wants my help?" Vincent immediately realized what Severin wanted.

Yulia also approved of this as she added.

"I think so too… It's not a secret among us that you have an incredible modification ability… It's probably a Tier 4 gift or something, right? In any case, that's how it is."

Vincent nodded. He didn't really hide his skills from these two. Even the Followers of Qheglena already have an idea about the gift or talent he possesses. Just the unusual improvement of the products being sold in the Beacon Magic Shop is already enough to trigger their suspicion.

In any case, if it's true that they have a solution to end this plague, then they could certainly find the budget to build their territory!