Xu Yuan gave a deliberate sneer and said:
"She came to kill me, and now I'm supposed to let her go?"
A tiny figure suddenly appeared on his retina and waved. "That's her subordinate. Let him see Ming He and find out what she wants first!"
—The little girl in his eye had woken up.
Why? Xu Yuan asked silently.
"Ming He keeps order outside. If she disappears for too long, the whole place could descend into chaos."
"If things spiral too far out of control, attacks on the Three Realms will come even more often."
"Then we'll all die."
"So at least make sure she knows what's at stake!"
The little girl rattled it all off, then yawned.
Xu Yuan nodded to himself.
In that case, he really couldn't keep Ming He here!
And that matched what he'd been thinking.
The situation was dire.
He needed the Crown's power!
The man spoke.
"Sir, I can pay you with this, as long as you release Ming He."
He placed a silver metal shard on the table.
"Take it. Quickly," the little girl said.
Xu Yuan swept a hand over the table, and the shard vanished.
"You took it?" The man froze for a moment.
"Yes. Deal. And while you're at it, I hope you'll persuade Ming He to stop causing me trouble," Xu Yuan said.
"Once I tell her what's happening outside, she won't have time to trouble you!" The man raised a hand in assurance.
The next instant.
He vanished from across the table.
Xu Yuan had activated Void of Authority and sent him into the Nibelung.
Then—
Xu Yuan dismissed the Nibelung at once.
"You really let her go?" the little girl asked.
"I'm a reasonable man," Xu Yuan said.
If Ming He left, he could reclaim the