Thea watched this in confusion, she didn't understand what Astrum's purpose was.
Looking from above, Astrum found what he was looking for. It wasn't long before Astrum brought two Star Beasts who were also from the crowd and met the Bear Star Beasts. The Bear Star Beast looked at the two Star Beasts that Astrum brought with it longingly.
These two Star Beasts were comrades of Insignias Goren. These two Star Beasts did not know what the Star Beast bear's gaze meant because their memories had not yet been opened.
"Astrum, what happened?" Thea looked at this in confusion.
Astrum then told what happened when he entered the Star Beast's consciousness.
"What? You entered the Star Beast's memory?"
Looking back at the bear Star Beast, Thea realized Astrum had managed to unlock her memory.
"Thea, I have some questions." Astrum suddenly asked Thea who was still staring at the Star Beast.
"If a Star Beast can metamorphose every 10 levels, why doesn't it undergo metamorphosis in its previous form?"
"Star Beasts can only metamorphose into their original form, if they integrate with Isginias, they will generally change their shape to Insignias weapons or equipment."
"Ohh…" Astrum just realized that Goren managed to get the star mark from this Star Beast at the initial level.
"Oh yeah, how many asterisks can Insignias have?"
"Oh, it depends, normally one or two. Some with high power and control over star power can have more, and they are usually referred to as Collectors."
After finishing a brief conversation with Thea, Astrum approached Goren's two Star Beasts. He placed his hand on the back of the Star Beast and tried to enter its consciousness.
Before he wanted to enter the Star Beast's consciousness Thea stopped him.
"Astrum, what do you want to do?"
"I want to unlock their memory."
"You can't possibly unlock their memories under these conditions."
"Ha? Why?"
"Star Beast's memory can only be accessed directly to its Star Source. Under normal conditions, Star source has a defense mechanism to prevent anything from accessing it."
"When a Star Beast undergoes a metamorphosis, its defense mechanism is weakened so it can be helped to unlock its memory."
Hearing Thea's explanation, Astrum did not stop his actions. He was increasingly curious as to what would happen if he tried to enter Star Beast consciousness at a normal time like this.
He tried to enter the Star Beast's consciousness but to no avail as if there was a transparent wall blocking it. He realized the truth that was said by Thea.
"Astrum, there are now 5 Star Beasts that have finished metamorphosis. It's better if you help the others." Thea approached Astrum and gave him a suggestion.
"Okay, but first I have to pick up my parents. They look forward to witnessing this metamorphosis process."
Then he flew with Lilo to the main ship to pick up his parents. John and Ave heard Astrum's story became very excited, they immediately rushed to follow Astrum.
After a while, there was Lilo who had grown up flying from a distance carrying the Astrum family on her back. Get off Lilo's back and regroup with Thea.
"Astrum, if one Star Beast takes one day then to help them all takes 75 days. With the time spent on the metamorphosis, the time to level them up is getting less and less." Ave analyzed the amount of time needed to assist the metamorphosis of these entire Star Beasts.
"It doesn't have to be like that, If Astrum doesn't enter the Star Beast's memory then the time it takes won't be that long."
"But if Astrum manages to unlock the memories of those Star Beasts then it will help accelerate the metamorphosis of other Star Beasts."
Thea analyzed the previous events because it was very rare for a Star Beast to stimulate the metamorphosis acceleration of another star beast.
"Now that the choice is yours, what will you do?"
"I will try to open their memory," Astrum answered firmly without a second thought.
…
One month passed, Astrum managed to open 10 Star Beast memories. Because the opening of the memory of the star beast accelerates the metamorphosis of other star beasts and the rest of Star Beasts managed to metamorphose naturally without Astrum's help.
There is no deep story other than the story of the Bear Star Beast, generally, the memory of the star beast that Astrum gets only tells about the star source being thrown into the outer ring and some of the star sources being eaten by the cosmic fiend.
Currently in front of him were 75 Star Beasts that had already transformed and each of them was level 10.
"Astrum, you know what their metamorphosis is?"
"They have become stronger than their equivalent level," Astrum replied after observing these Star Beasts.
"True, but not only that."
"Normal Star Beasts can only reach a maximum of level 50, Superior Star Beasts can reach a maximum of level 80."
"With this metamorphosis, they will gain a maximum level increase of 10 levels. And normal Star Beasts can only metamorphose three times while Superior Star Beasts can only metamorphose once."
"Oh…"
"And you know why Star Beast is willing to give Insignia?" Thea continued with a critical question.
"Only those who are worthy can gain power" these words come out from his lips.
"That's right! That is a common doctrine in Insignias."
"But it's not that simple, the Star Beast is only willing to give its insignia to the worthy ones. In another sense, it is for those who are strong."
"The goal is that they want to grow strong so they can return to where they came from."
"Back to origin?" Astrum was getting more and more confused by Thea's explanation.
"All cosmic races originate from the Core galaxy within the Inner Ring. They all have a natural urge to go back there."
"But the Core galaxy has Restrictions, only the strong can enter it."
"What's in the core?"
"I don't know, as far as I know, there is no Starian race that can enter the core galaxy."
"Why?"
"There were rumors that only Insignias could enter the galaxy's core, but this rumor was denied by Starian in the Inner Ring."
"With the Star Beasts giving them their insignia, they get benefit as well. They were able to raise their level thanks to Insignia's help."
Astrum felt that his insight into the Star Beasts was still as small as a drop of water in the ocean. Hearing this information from Thea made him even more curious about the origin of this Star Beast.
"Now we focus on leveling up these Star Beasts." Thea said as she pointed at the 75 transformed Star Beasts.
He took some medium-rank materials and distributed them among the 75 Star beasts.
"Right now they are using tier 4 materials is enough for them."
"Thea, how did you recognize this material grade?"
"Oh it's simple, pour a little star energy on this material and you can see the level"
Thea showed the medium-rank material she was holding had 4 white lines.
Low-rank materials were grades one to three, Medium-rank materials were grades four to six and High-rank materials were grades seven to nine.
"For low-level Insignia, the limitation is using tier 4 materials."
"Why so? Doesn't a low-level Isignia need as many materials as possible to level up?
"Because the concentration of energy in tier 5 and above materials is very strong, low tier Insignias won't be able to withstand that energy. If he or she forced to use it then his or her energy body would be torn apart."
Realizing what Thea had said, he realized when he used medium-rank materials there was a large energy wave compared to low-rank materials.
Currently, the 75 Star Beasts were waiting for instructions from Astrum to use the materials they had obtained. Astrum realized that this Star Beast was not moving, he waved his hand in the air as a sign to start using the material.
Seventy-five Star Beasts get a 5 level increase from one material, after they finish they use the second material. After the 75 Star Beasts finished consuming the second material, their bodies showed changes once again. They would undergo metamorphoses once again, as they were currently level 20.
Seeing the 75 cocoons in front of him, Astrum moved closer to them to help accelerate this metamorphosis. Before he managed to get close, 10 cocoons have shown changes.
These 10 cocoons open together and complete their metamorphosis.
Astrum realized that these 10 Star Beasts were Star Beasts whose memories had already been opened, he had a guess that these Star Beasts' metamorphosis was fast because their memories were exposed.
"Of course! Thanks to their memory opening, they gain past experience from reaching their previous level." Thea suddenly said excitedly.
"Thea, you know why their metamorphosis is faster than before?" Astrum asked.
"My guess is due to their memory, if at the last form body they have reached a level above this then they can stabilize their current level quickly."
After the 10 Star Beasts finished metamorphosis, their roars stimulated the metamorphosis of other Star Beasts to accelerate.
Unexpectedly, in just 1 day, he had already obtained 75 Star Beasts with level 20.
Thea handed over 2 more materials each to the 75 Star Beasts, in order to speed up their leveling up. If they got 75 Star Beasts at level 30 then attacking Nexor would be easier.
Astrum signaled once again to the Star Beasts to use the materials.