After this accident, Hiru ordered the troops to bring Beastros' corpse out of the depths of the cave, and Stella and Thea helped in the recovery of the other Beastros.
They came out from the depths of the cave carrying the bodies of Beastros and the few who were still alive to the village square.
The other Beastros wrapped the Beastros' corpses in black cloth. 30 Beastros died in this accident and only 20 managed to survive.
Bi and other Beastros surrounded the corpse which was already wrapped in black cloth.
One of the Beastros came with a torch and handed it to Bi.
"May you return to the holy realm" and then Bi threw the torch at the corpse.
The fire burned the corpse quickly, the black cloth seemed to make the burning very large. The fire was so great that it rose to the cave ceiling.
"This is Beastros' funeral"
"Their body will not be left like that, it must be burned into nothing."
Thea spoke to Astrum.
"Why should they burn their bodies to nothing?"
"So that their bodies are not used by other creatures."
"Ha? Used?"
"Beasts' bodies are very strong, other races often use their skin, bones, and bodies to make equipment."
"This only applies to the beastros race, in fact, the beastros also use other beast body parts."
"Isn't that immoral?"
"The Beastros race is different from other beast races, the Beastros race already has consciousness."
"Many other beasts are mindless and attack other living beings, and the Beastros race is no exception."
"There is no option for them to befriend other savage beasts. Other savage beasts also see Beastros no different from seeing humans."
"They see everything is food for them."
The Beastros stared at the blazing fire with solemn gazes, they didn't close their eyes in the slightest.
After the burial process was completed, the corpse's body had turned to ashes.
Several Beastros came out of the circle and walked towards the cave wall. Lifting a boulder it turns out that other Beastros are hiding there. They were children and women, they were hidden by the other Beastros when Zax's army attacked.
Readjusting them back to their respective homes, Nulua led Astrum's group back into the depths of the cave.
In front of the Astrum, there is a small pyramid with a height of only 2 meters. The pyramid has a very unique glyph carving.
"This is the pyramid of Nexor. We can't open it without a key." Nulua explained to Astrum's group.
"Stella, can you recognize this glyph?" Sidius asked.
"No, this glyph must belong to the Starian race as well but this glyph is very ancient," Stella answered after observing the engraving of the glyph.
"That's right, this Pyramid is an ancient relic." Thea suddenly said.
"Commander Thiberry tried to study the glyph but was unsuccessful, but he found several other records of this pyramid near the planet's core."
"Commander Thiberry discovered that this planet is the planet Nexor that disappeared from the Ring Galaxy one million years ago."
"We don't know what happened at that time to put this planet in the Outer Ring. But we are grateful that we got this planet and can live a few hundred years."
Astrum approached the pyramid, he was attracted to the glyph in the pyramid. He tried to study the glyph, tried to pour star energy into the glyph but the glyph didn't react.
"The pyramid only activates with the key," Thea explained to Astrum.
"Alright, right now our priority is finding the key."
"You know where your clan chief is?"
Sidius asked the Beastros group.
The Beastros just shook their heads.
"Most likely the clan chief isn't in the canyon near here anymore."
"The Horn Clan occupies the 5 canyon and 5 valleys of this continent. It's most likely that the clan chief is in one of those gorges."
"Alright, now let's find your clan chief."
"Show me another location," Sidius asked Nulua.
"It will take a long time if we search one by one, we can scatter to each canyon."
"Besides, it's very likely the other beastros aren't safe in their place. And it's very difficult to keep them safe with such scattered locations, we have to gather them in one place."
John gave an opinion.
Sidius considered John's opinion, he felt that what John said was quite logical. Then he set the next strategy to gather the Beastros.
By now they had found two villages which meant that there were eight villages left to look, but he also didn't know about their enemy's whereabouts. He arranged for the Astrum family with Thea to stay in this village to look after and arrange for the others to go to other villages.
"Uncle, count me in."
"With three Star Beasts, it should be safe. And we can sweep multiple locations at once." Astrum pleaded with Sidius.
Sidius considered Astrum's request, he also realized that Astrum's Star Beast was at level 30. That was already enough to deal with any problems that might occur.
Finally, he decided to split into 3 groups. The first group consisted of John, Ave, and Thea guarding the main village. The second group of Astrum, Stella, and Nulua show the location of other villages and the last group is Sidius with Bi and Hiru.
"General Sidius, this Thorn clan continent is huge. You need their planes to go to other locations." Thea told Sidius.
Before they leave, the Beastros are given growth fruits. Waiting for them to finish their transformation, Sidius and Stella decided to interrogate the enemy.
Currently, they have captured four of Zax's men and they are all tied to the rock cave.
"You stupid! How did you guys get caught!" Horax saw Bolx and Solux bound next to him.
"Hey! You think you're smart! Look at your current state!" Solux replied with a shout.
Bolx didn't react, even his gaze was blank like an idiot.
"Stop it! Do you know who they are?" Thorax asked.
"Two Starians were supporting them. We ran into them by accident while chasing the Green Starian who were running away." Solux replied.
"Starian? Does that mean our mission was discovered?"
"No, it doesn't look like they're from the Inner Circle."
There was the sound of footsteps approaching them, Sidius and Stella approached them with sharp gazes.
"I won't mince words, tell me how many of you occupy this continent!" Sidius asked loudly.
"Bastard! We won't tell you anything!" Horax replied to Sidius' words.
Solux just shook his head at Horax's reaction.
"It's useless to ask them."
Stella stepped closer to Horax and held his head.
"Hey beautiful, you have a crush on me?" Horax reacted by pursing his lips as if asking for a kiss.
Stella didn't react to Horax's behavior, her fingers touching Horax's head were shining.
"ARGGGGGHHHH!!!!!"
Horax could only scream as he felt his consciousness being forcefully penetrated by Stella. Torax who was right next to him saw this with a scared expression, he realized what Stella was doing.
Stella wanted to break through consciousness and dismantle Horax's memory, this was a very painful and excruciating process. If she penetrated too deep, their memory would be damaged and go crazy.
He just realized that Bolx had experienced something like that, his memory had been damaged by forcibly breaking through.
A moment later Horax was unconscious.
"Okay, now it's your turn." Stella put her hand towards Torax.
"Wait! Wait. I will speak!" Torax was so scared, he didn't want to be like Bolx.
Stella removed her hand from Torax's head and smiled.
"Now tell me what you know."
"There is only one army left on this continent."
"Where are they?"
"I don't know, we split up to find the location of these Beastros."
"Lie!" Stella put her finger again on Torax's head.
"Not! I do not lie! The commander only sent two armies to this continent."
Stella paid no heed to Torax's words, she broke through Torax's consciousness.
"ARGGGGHHH!!!!"
After a while, Torax passed out.
"You weren't lying after all," Stella said casually.
"Sidius, our guess was right! They invaded Nexor without reporting to the mastermind."
"What else did you get?" Sidius asked.
"One of them has a way of cultivating the soul leeches."
"I can't force breaking through any further for now, just leave them like this for now."
"We will continue after they recover."
"Why wait? Just restore them now." Sidus gave an opinion in an excited tone.
Solux looked at them in shock, he felt grateful that he wasn't treated the same as Horax and Torax. Then Stella uses her glyph to restore Horax and Torax.
Horax and Torax woke up with sweat all over their faces and their expressions were terrified.
"STOP! STOP!"
"I'll tell you whatever you know!"
Horax was very scared when his consciousness would be breached again.
"Which of you can cultivate Soul Leeches?" Stella asked with a sinister look.
"Commander Zax!"
"LIE! I know from your memory, Zax doesn't have this ability!"
Stella immediately placed her finger on Horax's head again.
"STOP!!!"