"You can get your body out already?" Sidus is surprised by Thea's presence.
"Thank you Thea" Astrum's voice was heavy, his body was very weak at this time.
Lilo rubbed her body against Thea's feet as a sign of gratitude. Thea replied by giving Lilo a warm pat. Stella was still focused on forming the glyph array for healing, but she noticed something odd. Her glyph was disturbed by green roots.
"Thea, what does this mean?" Stella was very upset and suspicious of Thea.
"If you use a healing glyph on him, then this whole opportunity will be wasted."
"Opportunity? What bullshit is this!" Sidius responded harshly to Thea's statement.
Stella contemplated Thea's words, she began to pay attention to Astrum's condition. She could see the wounds on Astrum's body slowly recovering, although the speed was very slow she could still notice it. The torn flesh on Astrum's body slowly rejoined, there were very small grains of green light in the wounds. The light powder acts as an ant sewing on the flesh.
"Thea, what really happened" Stella was very curious about this event.
"His body will undergo a change" Thea answered very briefly, making Stella even more confused.
"Change? What kind of change?"
"Those wounds are a form of baptism. The glyph that Astrum used earlier is an ancient glyph from The Beast Clan that disappeared 1 million years ago."
"Ha? Ancient glyph? How did you know about this?" Sidius who this time asked, had some suspicions towards Thea.
"A long time ago about one million years ago, the Beast Race lived equally with the Starians. This is all recorded in the classic Green Starian records."
"Until one day, suddenly they disappeared without a trace. Our records tell of how the Beast Race was so powerful, back then that no Starian dared to interfere with them. They are blessed with extremely strong physiques, surpassing even other races. Somehow, they ended up being the protectors of the Green Starian race."
"When they disappeared, they left behind some tribal glyphs. The predecessor of the Green Staran gained enlightenment from the glyph. Since then the Green Starian have looked after and trained the beast race."
"Why haven't I heard of this?" Stella doubted the story Thea had told.
"When the Beast Race disappeared, they only left the record to the predecessor Green Starian. I don't know why our predecessors didn't submit this record to the Inner Circle." Thea replied very calmly.
"How did you know about this? This isn't something a young Starian like you can figure out" Sidius asked suspiciously.
"If I were to say that I got this knowledge from commander Thiberry, surely you wouldn't believe it."
Sidus didn't respond to Thea's answer, he just stared suspiciously.
"To be honest, I don't even know how I got this knowledge. When the Glyph appeared, Part of my consciousness was exposed. It seems this is the experience of my previous body."
"Who were you before?"
The Starian race who lost their bodies transform into Star Source, all of their experience and knowledge left in their bodies. Thea got her new body just a few years ago, so probably she doesn't remember anything.
"This I don't know, maybe you can ask the commander Thiberry directly. After all, this body can be formed by the help of him."
Hearing this, Sidius had no more questions for Thea. He guessed that Thea couldn't possibly remember from her previous form.
"What will happen to Astrum?" Stella asked worriedly.
"This is a form of Beast Baptism, this baptism will destroy the old body and make the new one stronger. Usually, this only happened to the Beast race, it never happened to any other race. From ancient records, there are at least 5 forms of Beast Baptism. If this process of Baptism is violated it will never happen again".
"You'd better be patient waiting for this baptism process because this is just the beginning. I only helped to endure a little bit of his suffering, but couldn't stop the process."
"Astrum, this baptism will be very painful, you have to be strong." Thea motivates Astrum.
Astrum saw Thea and nodded as a sign that he was ready. Not long after Thea spoke, the pillar that had previously disappeared appeared again. With the appearance of the pillar, Sidius and Stella took a few steps back. The pillars re-released the energy net, and quickly the net wrapped around Astrum again.
Lilo right next to Thea just stared at Astrum expectantly. Lilo seemed to trust Thea. This time Astrum was more prepared than ever, having heard from Thea that this was an opportunity to make his body stronger; he steady himself. The net wrapped tightly around Astrum's body which had not yet fully recovered started to hurt again. He felt excruciating pain all over his body, his skin fell as if bitten by thousands of ants. He didn't scream, all his strength was saved and he felt all this pain.
At this time Astrum's body was wrapped in the net, and in it, Astrum was subjected to tremendous torture. Stella and Sidius could only see it from a distance, their perceptual powers were unable to penetrate the net.
"Thea, how long will this process take?" Stella asked Thea who was right next to her.
"The length of this process depends on Astrum, if he can give up his body then this process will take place quickly. But if he refrains from defending his body, the process will last longer."
"Thea, since when did you get your body out?" Sidius asked Thea very curiously because previously Stella was able to expel her body after 200 years.
"This was recently when my level increased to level 19; I tried to get my body out and it worked."
"Level 19 can already take your body out?" Stella was curious this time because at that time she was already at level 77 but needed to wait 200 years for her body to recover.
"Maybe it's because the injury to my body isn't so bad."
Currently, the nets that bind Astrum have tied very tightly to the shape of a mummy.
"This will be over." Thea saw this realizing that this process was coming to an end.
Not long after, the webs loosened revealing Astrum's body within. Astrum was floating in the air and there were many scars on his body, there were still bloodstains on the scar but his face was very calm and peaceful.
The nets coalesced into a thread of energy and floated into Astrum's chest. When the thread entered his chest, Astrum's eyes opened. His eyes became glowing white and quickly the wounds on his body disappeared leaving only bloodstains. After that Astrum fell to the ground hard, the fall made a huge crater and Astrum was unconscious in the middle of the crater.
"Is this over?" Stella is still on guard with the current conditions.
"Yeah, it's over." Thea nodded and smiled at Astrum.
Stella rushed to the center of the crater and brought Astrum out, she read that Astrum's condition, which was still unconscious, had now fully recovered so there was no need for a healing glyph.
"He's just tired, let him rest for a few days," Thea said to Stella.
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Two days passed, Astrum had woken up from his sleep. Seeing that his parents were beside him with a worried face.
"Son, are you all right?" Ave guarded Astrum for two sleepless days. When he heard what had happened to Astrum, he immediately rushed to guard him.
"I'm fine mom, I feel very fresh right now."
Astrum got up from his bed by jumping excitedly, but he was surprised to see his room. His room was now clean and tidy and he looked at his mother with an embarrassed face.
"You are no different from your father, if there were no women to help you guys would be very messy" Ave realized the intention of Astrum's behavior.
Astrum is used to messy conditions, he can sleep anywhere and anytime. It seemed that 14 years of living on this planet and just playing with beasts and Star Beasts made him a bit wild.
Astrum felt that at this moment his body was full of vitality, he wanted to immediately go out to meet Thea for enlightenment.
"Son, you calm down first. You've been asleep for two days."
"Two days? Have Uncle and Aunt left yet?"
"No, they are waiting for your condition."
"Alright, I'll meet them first."
Rushed out of the room and accidentally bumped into John who was just about to enter his room but the one who fell was John.
"Hey, why are you in such a hurry?" John asked as he stood.
"Fathers, we will talk later. I have to see Uncle and Aunt first." Astrum quickly disappeared from their sight.
"What happened to the child? Why has he become this strong?" John mumbled because he realized the crash just now felt like hitting a wall.
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At a location near the plane, Astrum saw Sidius, Stella and Thea gathered.
"General Sidius, you must allow me to come with you to Nexor."
"Your condition doesn't allow you to come to Nexor. Your level won't help much in this attack anyway."
"That's right Thea, even though your body can come out your level is still low. If you participate in the attack this time you will likely be injured."
"But if I don't come, you won't be able to save commander Thiberry."
"What do you mean?" Sidius was confused by Thea's words.
"Thea!" Astrum called from a distance.
"Oh, you're awake, sooner than I thought" Thea looked at Astrum with a proud smile.
"I have to thank you, without your previous help I might have died".
"Hahaha, there's no need to be like that. I am well aware that you are very special, so you will definitely get through it."
"Thea, right now my body is full of vitality. Is this the blessing of the baptism you told me about?"
"No, that's because you slept for two days!"
"Huh?" Astrum was confused because he thought that this vitality was obtained from Baptism.
"Beast Baptism strengthens your body, not replenishes vitality. You may not be aware of this new body yet."
"You try to lift that boulder without star power" Thea pointed at the big rock.
"Lift that boulder?"
"Yeah, give it a try"
Astrum walked towards the boulder, Stella, and Sidius also noticed and wait for what was going to happen. He hugged the boulder and tried to lift it. He used all his strength to lift the stone, but the stone remained unmoved.
Suddenly Thea threw several flat stones flying at him, the stones were very sharp as a knife.