"Hey, human boy! You're really magical. You can withstand the blood turmoil of my inheritance with that body."
"Thank you, ancestor, I'm still trying my best."
"Oh, you are so polite. I never thought any other race could do this. I'm Harad, what's your name?"
Harad has a figure similar to Tiluk, his body is equally large. His height is at least 8 meters and the difference is his body shape. Tiluk has a broad shape with his body covered with scales like dragon scales, while Harad is slimmer and at the elbows, his body has horns that are like sharp daggers.
"Ancestor, my name is Astrum."
"Oh, what a strange name. You call me ancestor, then you already know who we are?"
"I've previously had a chance to talk to the Tiluk ancestor."
"Oh, that is good. This will shorten our introduction. How did you get my inheritance?" Harad asked with a cold expression.
"I helped the Beastros of the Lon clan to evolve, and I got the tribal symbol in their consciousness."
"Ha? Can you speed up the evolution of Beastros?" Harad was very surprised by Astrum's answer.
Even Tiluk was shocked until her jaw dropped. Previously he had not asked much about how Astrum got the tribal symbol.
"How can you speed up the evolution of the Beastros race?" Harad became even more curious.
"I used the glyph of aunt Stella."
"Ha?" Harad and Tiluk looked at each other in astonishment.
"Aunt Stella is Cyan Staran." Astrum tried to explain.
But Harad and Tiluk showed increasingly confused faces.
"How do you have an aunt from the Starian race? Ah no-no, how did you manage to use those glyphs?" Harad bombarded Astrum with questions.
To Harad's knowledge, no glyph accelerated evolution, let alone using it at a level as low as Astrum.
Astrum then tells about his family meeting with Stella and Sidius and how they became family. Then Astrum tells that Stella has a special talent for accelerating evolution.
Harad heard Astrum's story and became more and more curious, he asked: "Even though your aunt has the glyph, it is very difficult to accelerate this evolution?"
"That's right, Aunt Stella also said this. But we experimented with Bi and Hiru. They were stuck in this evolutionary process, then I helped by guiding their consciousness."
"Oh! There is such away. Then you got this symbol from their consciousness?" Harad had just realized there was another way to get his inheritance without an Altar.
After all, the Ancient Beastros left a legacy for future generations not only on the Altar but also on the DNA.
"Well, you're great! You have the acknowledgment of our generation." Finally, Harad gave a confession to Astrum.
"Alright, since you've passed this exam, you can wake up now. But before that, I want you to do a task."
"Is the task to search for the ancestor's Star Beast?" Astrum suspects Harad has the same hope as Tiluk.
"Oh, apparently you know. Good! Now wake up!"
Harad touched Astrum's forehead with his big finger, and Astrum instantly disappeared from before them. Now there are only Tiluk and Harad in the room.
"Tiluk, did you notice?"
"Yeah, I've sensed that there's something strange about this kid. Maybe this kid is what Midnite was waiting for?"
"Well, we can only hope so."
***
At this time, Astrum was still with a posture like that of a savage beast. The Beastros who were still on standby surrounded Astrum.
Slowly Astrum's skin color changed, from a reddish color back to normal. The blood-red color on his skin turned into a tribal shape and spread to his chest.
This time the tribal symbol on his chest began to change, previously the symbol was black. The symbol on his chest didn't change shape, but now two colors were blending. There are black and red colors that are intertwined harmoniously.
Astrum returned to his senses and looked around.
"Sorry to bother you guys."
"Astrum, you did it!" Thea, who realized Astrum was fully awake, immediately rushed towards Astrum.
Bi, Hiru, Lander, and Certi also immediately surrounded Astrum more closely.
"Thanks for everyone's help, I've managed to get it," Astrum said while showing the tribal symbol on his chest.
"Extraordinary!" Thea congratulated by shouting happily.
"Now, you can return to practice your new abilities. Let Astrum rest."
"Wait." Astrum stopped those who were about to leave the room.
He walked towards Lander and Certi, touching their shoulders. From his hand came a red light that flowed onto Lander's and Certi's Shoulders. The red light flowed into their arms, and slowly a tribal symbol appeared.
Lander and Certi also received symbols such as Bi and Hiru. What distinguishes it is the color, the symbol on Bi and Hiru is black while the symbol on Lander and Certi is red.
Lander and Certi become more respectful to Astrum.
They immediately walked out of the room after hearing Thea's instructions. And Thea also followed them from behind with light steps, she was overjoyed with Astrum's achievement.
Currently, Astrum was left alone in the room, he was curious about what he got. He checked his star diagram and focused his attention on keeping the tribal symbols. At present, from the tribal symbol, two pieces light up, namely the piece from the baptism of skin and the baptism of blood.
What differentiated them from the two was that the skin baptism slab had two thorns whereas the blood baptism slab had only a ring of light.
Then he turned to the main piece and touched it.
[Astrum – Level: 31]
Strength: 8
Agility: 8 + 10 (18)
Defense: 5 + 20 (25)
Perception: 6
AP: 28
Then he adjusted the distribution of his attainment points, increasing strength to 20, agility to 15, and perception to 15. He purposely didn't increase his defense because the number of additions from skin baptism was huge.
[Astrum – Level: 31]
Strength: 20
Agility: 15+ 10 (25)
Defense: 5 + 20 (25)
Perception: 15
Even with this achievement, he felt that he was not enough to fight Zax. He realized from the previous fight Zax's level was above his current level.
***
After a full day of rest, Astrum went to meet Aun. In the main room, he met Aun and Thea. He didn't see Lander and the other Beastros.
"Captain Aun." He called politely.
"Oh, Mr. Astrum. You've come."
"Where are Lander and the others?"
"Oh, they're practicing."
"Good, how is the current situation?"
"Right now, Zax's army has departed for the beak clan. In the green city, there are only 500 Zax troops and a few Green Leaf troops bound by soul leeches."
"Master Astrum, what should we do with the prisoners?" Aun asked about Solux, Horax, Torax, and Gorux who were still being held in one of the rooms.
"Do whatever you want, they're useless." Astrum didn't show any sympathy towards Zax's aide.
"Astrum, what are we going to do now?" Thea asked.
"I want to go save the Horn clan and avenge the beak clan," Astrum replied in a firm tone.
"Good! I will gather an army." Aun said excitedly.
***
In another location, the house of the beak clan. They were surprised by the arrival of Zax's troops. Zax's troops were led by 5 Zax's aides with 500 troops, looking very majestic.
Anggul greeted them with astonishment, he did not know what had happened. He was very afraid if Zax broke his promise and invaded the Beaks clan. Although the number of insignias he has is quite a lot, it will not be enough to fight Zax's army.
"Gentlemen, what brought you here?" Anggul asked one of Zax's aides in a polite tone.
"We have an assignment, you don't have to worry. We will not interfere with your activities." One of Zax's aides replied coldly.
"Task? What task requires this many troops?" Anggul spoke in his heart with suspicion.
"What task sir? Can we help?" Anggul asked while bowing.
"We will catch the rebels."
"Ha? Catch the rebels? Why do you want to catch him here?"
"You don't need to know much, you can just help!" one of Zax's aides said sarcastically.
"Here, take this." One of Zax's aides handed Anggul a black tube.
"Thank you, convey my greetings to commander Zax" Anggul accepted the canister with a satisfied smile. The tube is a tube filled with liquid that serves as a substitute for the material.
Anggul handed the black tube to his subordinate and instructed him to distribute the liquid. Then he walked back into the main room with a sinister face.
"Is the child still alive?" He muttered, he had concerns that Astrum was still alive and joined the rebels.
***
After a while, the troops of Green Leaf and Lon Clones gathered in the main hall.
"What is our strategy to attack them in the beak clan? Right now half of Zax's squad is there." Certi asked.
"That's right, we can't possibly attack them using a single spaceship?" Lander also gave an opinion.
They discussed the strategy of attacking the beak clan with each other. The room became very lively like a market, everyone's voices overlapping.
"No, we are not going straight to the beak clan!" Astrum said in a loud voice, making them stop talking.