Star Spirits used consciousness to communicate.
So this race almost never lied, after all, if they lied during communication, the other party connected by consciousness could immediately sense it.
Reji and the demon apostles, from the "telepathy" that the high-ranking Star Spirit had just actively connected, in addition to those explanatory images, also felt the emotions from this Star Spirit.
It was towards humans, towards the empire, towards the Mage Nation...
Anger.
Hatred.
Humiliation.
Although Reji didn't know what exactly had happened between the empire and the Star Spirits.
But just looking at the results, their race's leader had been turned into a power source for maintaining the Psionic Wall by the humans, turned into a tool for operating the relic. No wonder the Star Spirits could even put down their hatred for the demon race and instead help the demons.
The demon race wanted to attack the empire, and they couldn't avoid the Psionic Wall.
And for him to save the enslaved leader, he also had to destroy the relic.
Their goals were aligned.
"...relic coordinates leader location separate..."
Star Spirits didn't use verbal speech much.
So when he spoke, it was also intermittent.
But the meaning conveyed was still very easy to understand.
Next, he would tell the demon race where the humans had hidden the relic, which was also where their leader was imprisoned. As long as they reached there and destroyed it, the empire would no longer have protection, equivalent to being nakedly exposed to the demon army.
However.
This crucial "coordinate," he would not tell everyone like before.
Someone had to step forward and communicate with him alone.
And who this person was.
It went without saying.
The luminous body of the Star Spirit had already fixed its azure gaze on Reji.
Leo immediately frowned. The Wisdom Demon was about to say something but was interrupted by Reji raising his hand. Reji nodded to the Star Spirit, indicating that he accepted a one-on-one, two-way telepathy.
Afterwards, Reji reached out his hand to the Star Spirit, and the Star Spirit immediately placed its hand on Reji's palm. The moment they made contact, the powerful telepathy immediately pulled Reji into another illusory space.
In this space, only the consciousness of the Star Spirit and him belonged, and no one else could peek.
The first thing the Star Spirit did when it pulled Reji in was to immediately sense Reji's conscious emotions.
It wanted to know one thing.
One of the forty-two companions.
"Great Sage... promised... contract not to harm... queen..."
The Star Spirit's intermittent voice turned into the simplest thought under the sea of consciousness, conveying to Reji.
The reason why it had been sleeping underground in the Syndicate was indeed as Reji had guessed, it had been arranged long ago, coming from the "Great Sage's" chess piece.
And back then, the Great Sage, after saving the remnants of the Star Spirits, had also promised them that in the future, someone would help them complete their racial revenge.
To distinguish whether that person was the one it wanted to wait for was also very simple.
Just probe the other party's consciousness a little, and it would understand.
Now, the Star Spirit indeed understood. After sensing Reji's "evil thoughts," it definitely confirmed that Reji was the one the Great Sage said could help it.
So in the end, the Star Spirit asked Reji to make a promise. It didn't care if Reji slaughtered humans, it only cared that Reji would rescue its queen and not harm the queen as well.
"Alright, I promise you."
"As long as your queen does not act to harm our interests, I promise you that I will not harm her."
"This holy sword shall be the witness to the oath."
Without the Star Spirit saying more, Reji took the initiative to take out the Sword of Oath and made the promise on the spot. When the Star Spirit saw the light rising from the holy sword, indicating that it had witnessed the oath, it finally completely relaxed.
Back then, it had learned about this holy sword from the Great Sage, which was also one of the reasons why it agreed to the Great Sage's request. With the Sword of Oath as a guarantee, it was not afraid of the other party going back on their word.
Next, the Star Spirit forcibly separated a part of its consciousness and pointed it towards Reji. A ball of memory light merged into Reji's body.
Reji was not in a hurry to sort out this memory now, but he roughly knew that it was the location of the most core relic and the queen, hidden within the Mage Nation.
Compared to this, what Reji was actually more concerned about was...
"Give me your memories related to the Great Sage as well."
After Reji spoke, the Star Spirit shook its head. It then took the initiative to show Reji the deeper memory images of the "Great Sage," and then Reji could see that it was...
A piece of chaos.
As if it had been forcibly erased by something.
"He left you... another... path..."
"Let you meet another... human..."
The Star Spirit told Reji that these memory blanks were erased by the Great Sage himself, and the last item in the Great Sage's agreement with it was that after it reached a contract with Reji, it was to help Reji meet with another person.
Now, the Star Spirit began to consume its remaining little strength and used psionic energy to wrap around Reji, concealing Reji's appearance and aura. Immediately after, it opened another telepathic door.
And from the other side of the door, after some time, fluctuations came, and a new illusory figure walked out from the door.
The Star Spirit's consciousness informed Reji of the other party's identity in advance.
The empire's second prince.