"Whenever in a state of urgency, my talent will activate a protection that makes me invulnerable for a while and will activate a skill that is useful for saving myself"
"Every isginias and Starian has a special talent, there are three talent classes, namely normal, rare and Unique"
Normal talent is a common talent that appears in most isginias, rare talent is only about 10% of all isginias, and unique talent is only one.
Realizing that he has a unique talent, his inner feelings become more volatile and make him even more excited.
"Uncle, how do you see the level of insignias?"
"You can only see the level below you, now try to use your perception of the star beasts here".
Astrum's perception improved greatly after leveling up, he was now able to recognize the level of the star beasts around him. He read that there were five-star beasts of the same level as him, and the others are level 4.
He tried to read Stella and Sidius' levels, as he expanded his perception to reach Stella and Sidus; he felt a great pressure like a wild beast about to pounce on him.
"You tried to read our level?" Sidius is aware that Astrum tries to read his level.
"Yes, but why is there such a huge pressure that seems so dangerous?"
"That's natural, every star has a hierarchy; the higher level shows dominance so that the lower level will submit," Sidius explained plainly.
"When you read our levels, recognize that aura of pressure. It will be useful for you if you face Isginias who is stronger than you" Stella added.
Then Stella and Sidius explained their levels, Stella was currently at level 28 while Sidius was at level 26.
"Uncle – Aunt, your level is still in low ranks, why not use existing materials to level up?" Astrum was very curious.
"Even though we are in the low ranks, we are currently ULTRAS. The materials we need are bigger than other Starians and other normal Insignias and besides that, we need an understanding of our new energies."
Stella and Sidius didn't spend the materials they had because they provided for the Astrum family.
"Currently, your level has reached level 5. You need to try practicing sparring; it will be useful to practice control over your star energy."
Sidius suggested that Astrum spar with some level 4 star beasts first.
Then they set up an arena in the middle of the forest, a simple arena in the form of a field surrounded by the glyphs of the cage that Stella had made. This glyph is useful for containing the damage from the battle inside the area without damaging the surrounding area.
"Astrum, your opponent this time is a level 4 Star beast, although its level is below yours its energy mastery is better than yours, so be careful."
Stella had also prepared an area with healing glyphs to prevent the unexpected.
Astrum braced himself, using his glyph which was shaped like a bracelet. This time he made two glyphs for his hands.
Sidius gave the signal to start, both sides began to advance rapidly shortening their distance to 3 meters.
The star beast started with a normal physical attack, it swung its arm attacking towards Astrum. Astrum can read this move, he can easily dodge this attack but he doesn't. He wanted to try the strong defense of the glyphs he made.
Several attacks occurred in an instant, Astrum was still standing with his arms crossed in front of his chest, he just defended. He realized that the defensive glyph he created had only 50% of his original energy remaining, he felt that this glyph was still not strong enough.
Then he changed his tactics from defense to attack, he started to attack the star beasts.
His attack was able to make the star beast take a few steps back, but did not inflict any serious damage.
Astrum continued to attack, blow after hit the star beast could withstand. Astrum was already showing exhaustion from the repeated attacks, but the star beasts didn't show any fatigue at all.
After a while the glyph faded, it's a sign that the glyph's energy had run out.
The Star beasts saw this and then charged straight at Astrum. The star beast's punch threw Astrum several meters into the air, he fell to the ground and rolled out of the arena.
Sidius stopped this fight and Stella checked Astrum's condition. There were no serious injuries on Astrum's body, only a few minor scratches which could be healed instantly with Stella's help.
After a while, Astrum recovered from his exhaustion and volunteered to start sparring again.
Sidius agreed to Astrum's request, and the fight broke out once again. After 6 hours of practicing sparring with a star beast, Astrum had never once defeated the star beast.
Even though he lost many times, he realized that the attack and defense power of the glyphs weren't strong enough.
"What did you learn today?" Sidius asks worthy of a coach.
"My glyph's power isn't strong enough; I need to increase its strength" Astrum replied after analyzing from the previous battle.
"How's your stamina?"
"Right now, I'm very tired, I need to eat and rest to recover"
"Okay, today we finished the sparring. We'll continue tomorrow."
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The next day Astrum was ready to spar again, this time he tried to increase the energy in his glyphs. After 6 hours, the result was the same; Astrum can't beat the Star beasts at all in 10 fights.
Sidus asked the same thing about Astrum's stamina, Astrum also answered the same thing. Then they went back to rest.
On the third day of the fight, before sparring Stella gave some hints.
The instructions are simple, Stella explains that the more energy that is channeled into the glyph means the drain on stamina. The power of the glyph is not just the amount of energy available, but the control over that energy.
Thinking of the clues given by Stella, Astrum was currently in the arena. He tried to understand the meaning of energy control in the glyph. In this battle, he didn't defend using his glyphs but dodged every star beast attack while thinking he meant to control.
He tried to use his perception of the star beast, he could see that the star beast had a constant flow of energy. Every time a star beast attacks, the energy flow in its body flows to a single point that is its punch, and after that its energy flows back to the rest of the body.
Seeing what happened just now; he tries to apply the same thing. He felt his body full of energy but disorganized, the energy in his body was like a mist moving wildly and most of that energy was concentrated in the glyph on his wrist.
He tried to regulate the energy in his body, slowly he could realize that the energy within him was starting to form a flow that followed the shape of his body.
"BAMM!!!" Star beast's punch had landed on his face, he was blown out of the arena.
Astrum was not aware of the fighting conditions, he was too focused on his inner energy.
Astrum took a few moments before starting the sparring again, he sat quietly meditating to form the energy in his body.
Gradually the chaotic energy in his body began to order and form a constant stream that swirled like a circle within him. He knows this circle is his center of energy, he needs to transfer this energy to his arms.
He tried to make a branch off the energy circle into the position of his two arms.
The process was very slow, the branches moving slowly following the blood veins in him. Without realizing it, he had been meditating for 1 hour to form the flow of energy in his body.
Sidius and Stella who looked from the side just smiled at Astrum's progress they could detect the flow of energy in Astrum's body.
After 3 hours, he had managed to create 2 branches of the energy circle on his body, the two branches flowing into his two arms. This time he was ready to try again to spar with the Star beasts and Sidius also agreed.
In this battle, Astrum used a different tactic; he doesn't use glyphs to defend.
He dodged every star beast attack nimbly, looking for opportunities to attack. When he saw there was an opening; it attacks the star beast's body.
"Boom!" The blow landed right on the star beast's body.
The star beast took a few steps back, only 1 meter away from the circle of the arena. Astrum realized that his tactic had worked, then did the same thing again.
Finally, the fight was over with Astrum defeating the star beast. This is the first battle he won.
While resting before another spar, he checks the flow of energy in his body. He realized that the energy flow was still concentrated in the center, but the branches showed inconsistent and unstable.
Some points on the branch are very thin, while other points are very thick. He realized that the energy he was creating was not constant enough.
He meditated again to strengthen the branch.