Ophelia Federation.
Pegasus Star Realm, Heaven Star.
Within the Celestial Castle, symbol of the planet’s supre authority.
The deepest core hall.
The Planet Governor, Venicca Riel, knelt before a featureless crystal sculpture.
If the tens of billions of subordinates of Heaven Star were to witness this scene, their jaws would surely drop to the ground in shock.
This is Lady Vinka!
The current ruler of the Riel Clan, she can even face the Ophelia Central Federation without showing a trace of fear.
Moreover—
Since its founding thousands of years ago, the Riel Clan’s creed has always been to "be loyal to Heaven Star"!
No one could ever imagine that Venicca would kneel in allegiance to an existence beyond Heaven Star.
"My Lord..."
Venicca lowered her delicate head slightly, murmuring softly.
Within the hall,
apart from her, not a soul could be seen.
The servants of the Celestial Castle had indeed seen this featureless crystal statue, but they could never guess what, or whom, it symbolized.
They—and the other tens of billions on Heaven Star—were completely unable to imagine...
The na behind this statue, a na they had heard countless tis during this period, until their ears grew calluses.
Yu Jin!
Aaron Ferguson’s mysterious benefactor, the enigmatic youth for whom Athena Ophelia had set a ten-million reward!
No one knew—
that he was also the only master whom Planet Governor Venicca Riel sought, revered, and followed with utter devotion!
"Thirty years ago..."
"The night before I was installed as Governor, I survived an assassination attempt by another faction of the Riel Clan."
"At that mont, it was the Lord’s power that saved !"
"And more than that."
"It was because of the Lord’s strength that, after my succession, I was able to purge the internal Riel factions at unprecedented speed. To this day, I have completely seized all resources and power in the Riel Clan..."
Venicca murmured in a low voice, a glimr of reminiscence in her eyes.
Were Aaron, or even Yu Jin himself, to hear these words, they would look entirely bewildered.
Thirty years ago—
he hadn’t even been born on Blue Star yet...
No matter how hard it was to comprehend, this was the truth.
There is no loyalty without reason in this world, let alone for Venicca—a loyalty so willing to bow low, to wait silently and patiently.
Buzz——!
Suddenly,
Venicca, still kneeling in prayer, snapped her phoenix eyes wide open.
The crystal statue before her, not far away, began to tremble ever so slightly, without warning!
This statue...
was crafted by Venicca herself with special ans, fashioned from the resonance of her bond with Yu Jin.
It symbolized Yu Jin!
"My Lord?"
"Has descended..."
The confusion in Venicca’s eyes vanished in a flash, replaced by a surge of indescribable agitation and ecstasy!
For this mont—
She had knelt tirelessly before this statue for three decades!
Until...
Not long ago,
the ten-million reward issued by Athena, and the news of Aaron encountering Yu Jin, had spread.
Venicca finally heard—after thirty years of longing—the na she’d been obsessed with.
At the sa ti,
she was utterly certain it was not a nasake, but the Lord himself!
Only her Lord could possess such great power and magnetism—enough to drive the Federation heiress Athena to madness!
"He finally ca..."
"Venicca always knew, this day would not be far..."
Each ti Venicca spoke, her delicate body shivered.
Within her, various Attribute Energies surged uncontrollably.
It was known to all that she was the current head of the Riel Clan.
Yet—
Few on Heaven Star realized that her power had now far surpassed all previous generations of Riel Clan chiefs.
Those prior chiefs had, at best, reached the Tier Six Limit-Breaking Level.
But Venicca?
[Limit-Breaking Coefficient: 7.5%!]
Seventh Rank Fifth Level Unlimiter!
Vastly beyond all her predecessors!
This, too, was part of the gift Yu Jin bestowed thirty years ago...
Buzz——!
Within the hall—
Venicca’s eyes closed tightly, and from her form radiated an indescribable, turbulent aura.
She was perceiving, sensing the distance between herself and her Lord.
"So distant..."
"Yet..."
"No matter how far, Venicca shall follow in Your footsteps..."
Swish——
Venicca’s eyes snapped open.
An Energy Value of 750,000 made the void of the hall itself tremble.
She had sensed Yu Jin’s location.
It was a star realm separated from Pegasus Star Realm by over ten thousand light-years—a vast domain Venicca did not know, nor understand.
Perhaps it was already near the edge of the Federation’s territory—perhaps desolate and chaotic.
But—
"Follow!"
Venicca slowly stood up.
Ka—
Crack—
The featureless crystal statue before the hall shattered, as if on cue.
The fragnts did not scatter upon the ground, but transford into countless pale-blue pinpoints of light, rushing, or rather, returning into Venicca’s body.
This was "the bond."
By virtue of this "bond," Venicca could precisely find Yu Jin, offer her loyalty, and unerringly follow him.
Buzz——
Spatial ripples spread out.
Venicca’s figure vanished from the hall.
The hall returned to stillness, cold and silent.
Outside the hall—
A supre planetary decree was delivered to all of Heaven Star!
A supre clan command resounded through the Riel Clan!
The whole Heaven Star trembled!
Countless people, at once bewildered, yet jubilant.
Confused—because they could not grasp the aning of the decree.
Exultant—because Venicca promised them this decree would change the fate of them all forever.
"It will be..."
"A future even more radiant and brilliant than the Federal Central Star itself!"
That was how Venicca phrased it.
Bang——
Rumble——
In but a short ti—
The entire Heaven Star, like a machine dormant for ages, roared into motion.
Shwoosh——
Whoosh whoosh——!
Warships soared into the Celestial Vault.
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