There was nothing special about the rest of the Golden Fruit. They were meant for power replenishment, with the same effect as grandma’s rice porridge, instantly restoring stamina to full.
Mu You paid special attention to the daily double Experience Card.
This feature was only activated when fighting wild beasts, which severely limited its usefulness.
However, it mentioned in the instructions that these cards could be stacked. But the calculation was additive instead of multiplicative, only doubling basic experience. If you used two Experience Cards simultaneously, the final experience would be tripled, not quadrupled.
So, if you used three cards in a row, slaying one monster would yield four times the experience, and four cards would give five times the experience, and so on...
In other words, the effect of this card was the same whenever you used it. There was no need to use it daily. You could accumulate them, for instance, save up to several dozens of cards, then use them all together when you had the opportunity to efficiently slay wild beasts. The experience rate would instantly multiply several times, making it easy to earn tens of thousands of experience points per hour!
Of course, even with such efficiency, compared to the tens or even hundreds of millions of experience points needed after level twenty, it was still just a drop in the bucket.
All one could say was that the path to leveling up remained long and arduous...
Still, the City Lord’s rewards satisfied Mu You greatly. Other rewarding positions could be allocated to his people, such as the position of Deputy City Lord.
The limit for Deputy City Lords was two, with rewards amounting to forty percent of what the City Lord received. Even so, earning as much as two thousand in experience daily was unheard of for most players, as they could only earn two to three hundred at most. Such bountiful rewards were enough to make countless players envious.
Of course, the rewards were secondary. The main significance of the Deputy City Lord position was that in case the City Lord unexpectedly died, the Deputy could automatically succeed as the City Lord.
Because of this feature, the position of Deputy City Lord must be held by a completely trusted person, otherwise, there could be a risk of the Deputy undermining the City Lord.
This deputy positions were promptly assigned by Mu You to Lin Xue and Little Ya.
Other positions also came with impressive rewards, such as the City Defense Captain, Warden, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Justice positions, all raking in over a thousand experience points.
However, he was in no hurry to assign those positions. That would wait until he returned to the city.
Mu You was about to examine the other features when abruptly a message arrives in his mind: someone from outside wished to meet him.
Mu You switched his perspective to outside the castle and saw Son of Heaven waiting at the entrance.
After acquiring the City Lord position, Mu You hadn’t bothered himself with Son of Heaven’s and Jack’s men. He neither banished nor retained them in the city. After all, the competition was over; there was no need to raise arms again.
Moreover, causing harm to other Fools with the City Lord’s authority for no good reason, would significantly lower his reputation.
Mu You clicked on the screen and let Son of Heaven in.
Son of Heaven walked into the castle alone, took a quick glance at his surroundings, and headed straight towards Mu You.
"You two can go and look around. I need to discuss something with him," Lin Xue, sensing that Son of Heaven had something important to talk about, told Mu You and then dragged Little Ya up the castle stairs.
"Congratulations on becoming the highly merited Lord of Dawn City," Son of Heaven turned to Mu You and began with a greeting.
"Hmm...take a seat first."
Mu You waved his hand, and a chair automatically appeared behind Son of Heaven.
"I apologize as the castle is yet to be renovated and I don’t have anything to offer you," Mu You said.
"No need, it’s already good enough," Son of Heaven replied and took a seat without ceremonial fuss.
Mu You sat down at the desk, checking the status of the people in the city before turning to Son of Heaven: "Jack and his men, have they left?"
At this moment, only a handful of players from his group were left. Jack’s men had departed without a trace.
"Yes, they left the moment the city set sail," Son of Heaven admitted.
"They left so decisively...seems like they’re not entirely pleased with my taking over as City Lord," Mu You commented.
"It’s a bit of dissatisfaction, but more of an inability to accept the reality for now..."
Son of Heaven gave a bitter smile, "Also, my decision to give up at the last moment disappointed many, including my subordinates. Quite a few of them were dissatisfied, but they still support me and haven’t shown it openly."
"Oh...What are you planning to do now?" Mu You asked.
"Plan..." Son of Heaven paused for a moment, then shook his head and sighed: "I don’t know yet, I need to think about it..."
"Why not stay in Dawn City?" Mu You put forward an invitation.
"Dawn City?" Son of Heaven seemed slightly surprised.
"Yes, I can arrange for your members to be among the first batch to move into the city. As for you, there’s currently no position of Deputy City Lord available, but you can choose from other senior positions," said Mu You.
Son of Heaven’s crew was filled with high-end battlers, surely capable and powerful enough. Son of Heaven himself was also exceptional in management. If he agreed to serve Dawn City, Mu You would be more than happy to have him.
As for the previous conflicts, they were purely competitive rivalries, with no dirty tricks involved from both sides. Now that the competition was over and the dust had settled, they could sit down and talk like friends. They were not dire enemies, and there was no place for resentment.
Upon hearing this, Son of Heaven paused for a moment, then shook his head with a bitter smile: "Thanks for the offer, but it’s really not necessary. If it was just me, I would have chosen to stay, but I need to consider the people in my guild. I’m afraid they wouldn’t be willing to accept this proposal."