After killing the Golden Hippo, the Witch Slaves once again collected the loot and presented it to Eva. After that, the whole group temporarily withdrew from this Field Zone, taking the lightspeed transport that was Luxia back to the Aether Hall.
Here, Eva brought the three women to the Anomaly Realm in the depths of the Aether Hall. This area was its own world that was connected to the outside, but the outside was not connected to it.
In other words, it could draw energy and whatever else was needed from the outside, but nothing outside could easily peer or detect what was happening within.
"You can freely Rank up now. I'll watch over your children in the meantime." Eva said as she took Rosella and Loki in one arm each. As for Rila, she skipped over to Eva and held onto her leg with a smile.
Hikari, Roma, and Zaine shared a look and nodded. They took deep breaths as they released their suppressed advancements, letting the change wash over them.