Giant Beast Forest Encampment...
Inside the tent, Wu Yan and the girls sat in a circle, staring gravely at Astrea, who sat uneasily in the middle of their encirclement.
The atmosphere in the tent fell into a prolonged silence because of this baffling scene. Only Astrea's restless eyes darted around, while her body remained taut. Clearly, she was extremely nervous...
Seeing how tense Astrea was, Wu Yan could not bear it any longer and spoke up to break the deadlock.
"Has anyone thought of a solution...?"
As Wu Yan spoke, the silence was instantly dispelled. Astrea also seemed to escape an immense pressure and looked at Wu Yan with gratitude in her eyes.
Shokuhou Misaki looked at one person, then another, before shaking her head. "Even Astrea herself doesn't know what to do. How are we supposed to know?" Hearing Shokuhou Misaki's words, the girls nodded helplessly. Kotori smacked her lips around the Chupa Chups in her mouth and turned her gaze toward Ikaros.
"Hey, haven't you already had experience with this once? Don't even you know how to make Astrea evolve...?"
That was right! They needed to make Astrea evolve!
The Pandora System, an evolution system installed in Ikaros and Astrea!
It was a system Daedalus had designed to prevent the three first-generation Angeloids from being controlled by their emotions. When an Angeloid equipped with it experienced emotions at their absolute peak, it would trigger their evolution!
During the Beast King's birth incident, Ikaros had advanced to the ninth tier. Her growth had exceeded the strength parameters Daedalus had originally set for her body, causing the Pandora System within her to show signs of awakening. When she faced the Beast King, the Pandora System activated, and she successfully evolved!
Now, Astrea had finally advanced to the ninth tier as