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Staring at Noah's face, which showed a trace of confusion, Restia's voice gradually became somewhat subdued.
"Don't play dumb. You should know perfectly well what Ren has on her."
With Restia's reminder, Noah immediately understood.
—World Shards.
If there was anything on Ren that could influence even an existence like a Spirit King, then it could only be World Shards.
"Ren said that she has something that belongs to you," Restia said, staring intently at Noah.
"I don't know what it is. Even Ren herself doesn't know what it is. But it was because of that thing that the Dark Spirit King's power chose to reincarnate within Ren."
Ultimately, the Dark Spirit King's goal had been to one day destroy the five great Spirit Kings. That was why, before dying, the Dark Spirit King had used a grand sorcery that ordinary people could never glimpse, reincarnating that power into the human race, which was destined to flourish in the future.
And the reason the Dark Spirit King had chosen to reincarnate that power into a human male had merely been to avoid drawing attention.
In other words, the Dark Spirit King's power was not limited to reincarnating into human males. The Dark Spirit King had simply chosen human males due to personal considerations.
Naturally, if circumstances changed, the Dark Spirit King's power had no need whatsoever to reincarnate into a human male.
"I don't know why the Dark Spirit King's power chose to reincarnate in Ren this time instead