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There were two reasons why Reji didn't immediately take action.
Firstly, although he had the highest authority over the relic in the spiritual space, just like a hacker who could treat someone else's computer as his own, Reji's main goal was not to paralyze the relic, but to take back the relic that originally belonged to him. For this, he still needed to physically come into contact with the relic's main body in reality.
So for now, it was better to let the relic remain as it was.
As for the second reason, to be honest, Reji didn't have a very good feeling about this Star Spirit Queen. It wasn't because of her somewhat condescending tone despite asking for help. More importantly, judging from the miniature banner accompanying him, it was clear that the little banner was emitting a strong sense of wariness towards the Star Spirit Queen.
This was especially evident from what happened next.
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Seeing that Reji was not responding, the Star Spirit Queen probably thought that Reji needed more enticement.
So with a slight movement of her eyelids, as if reluctantly sparing some of her power for Reji, one of the star spirit worms that Reji had seen before crawled out from under the eyelids of the gigantic queen. It then swam towards Reji and finally stopped in front of him.
"Human...use it."
"You will...gain the power I bestow... to access part of the relic."
"Use it...find me...kill the humans imprisoning me."
"I will satisfy... your every desire."
As the last words fell, the space began to tremble.
It was as if in the physical plane of reality, the Crown Prince had sensed something unusual about the Star Spirit Queen and was about to inspect the relic.
The "woman plugged with wires" in front of Reji quickly disappeared, and everything returned to tranquility.
No, not quite.
Except for the star spirit worm left behind by the queen, still floating in front of him.
This worm looked even more plump and lively than the one the Governor had taken out before, seemingly eager to burrow into Reji's head.
When Reji touched it with his palm, the star spirit worm couldn't wait any longer. Without even waiting for Reji to make a move, it began to crawl along his palm, trying to make its way towards his eye socket.
The miniature banner beside Reji changed from its previous wariness to emitting a strong sense of hostility.
However, neither the worm nor the Star Spirit Queen seemed to be able to sense the existence of this miniature banner.
Poof!
Of course, Reji would not accept such a disgusting thing.
He flung the worm to the ground with a flick of his hand and stomped on it, turning the star spirit worm into star spirit mush.
Seeing this, the miniature banner beside Reji seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. It then cheered for Reji, happily circling around him, looking very pleased.
If it weren't for the other Radiant Sword watching intently nearby, the miniature banner would have probably rubbed affectionately against Reji a few times to express its joy.
"What's your name?"
"Lulu."
"You want to join us? Why? If you're afraid of having nowhere to go and being unable to survive after losing your memory, then you're probably overthinking it."
"This kind sister beside you will most likely go find you secretly afterwards and send you to an orphanage. She might even slip the dean a large sum of money and urge them to take good care of you."
Vielsia, who was beside Reji, lowered her head like an ostrich after hearing this. Obviously, all her little schemes had been completely seen through by Reji.
However, the little girl in the iron cage shook her head.
"It's no use. I've tried many times, and the ending is always the same."
As Lulu spoke, she looked at the scars on her body. Reji then vaguely understood what the little girl meant.
Indeed, a beautiful appearance is a lucky blessing for a wealthy young lady, but for a refugee, it is nightmare...
The whip marks, beatings, and various tortures on the girl's body had already explained everything.
And this had also made the girl grow up.
She now had a mental capacity far beyond her peers.
"I have value to you. I can become your goods and help you infiltrate their headquarters. This way, you won't need to bring any other children."
If Reji were not to launch a frontal assault but to go to the relic's main body through normal means, he would have to do so under the pretext of "transporting goods".
And these goods would naturally have to be children with magical talent.
Some of these children would inevitably be sacrificed. Reji had no intention of doing that, so he had originally planned to find a few inferior demons to disguise themselves. But now it seemed...
As if to prove to Reji that she alone had the qualifications to become the goods, Lulu, inside the iron cage, pointed to a token not far away among the Governor's luggage. It was a counterfeit of the "Bonding System" that could detect a target's potential.
When Reji took it and pointed the token at Lulu, it burst out with a strong purple light.
Purple light represented the target's four-star potential quality.
"The executor who found me at that time didn't close his eyes for the entire night," Lulu added.
Purple?
No.
Looking at the light completely overflowing from the token, Reji tossed it aside. This counterfeit could only produce purple light at most.
Then, when Reji used the real "Bonding System" to cast a quality detection on the little girl in the iron cage in front of him, the light that appeared was a dazzling orange.
Reji: "What do you want to obtain from us?"
Lulu: "Power."
Looking at Lulu, who answered without hesitation, Reji smiled. He personally opened the iron cage and extended his hand to the little girl.
"As you wish."