"Oh?" Mu You raised an eyebrow.
It was the information he had asked Solomon to investigate last time, which was regarding the Desert Emperor, Radath Caesar.
"But this message might be... somewhat dubious..." Solomon hastily added another line, preparing Mu You mentally.
"Alright, let’s hear it," Mu You typed.
"It was reported to me by a player from City of Dawn who has been doing delivery tasks near Blue Stone Desert recently. They learned from a Bard that in the neighboring Crimson Desert, a group of bandits have established a ’Caesar’s Cult’. It is said that they worship the mysteriously vanished Desert Emperor Radath Caesar. They’re actively recruiting believers and funding for the cult,"
"According to them, Caesar isn’t dead, but instead trapped in the Divine Kingdom serving the gods. They claim that if enough funds are raised, they can liberate Caesar, and when that happens, Caesar will lead his Desert Legion back to the world and conquer the entire Star Spirit World. Those who provide funds will be knighted as personal guard generals of the great emperor, promising wealth and status..."
Solomon sent two paragraphs of explanation.
Mu You, however, had an odd expression on his face after reading them.
"This... why does it sound a bit like a pyramid scheme?"
"Ahem... I also think so, which is why I said it’s not very reliable. It might just be a ploy by a bunch of bandits to swindle money..." Solomon sent an emoji of profuse sweating, feeling that the information was too outrageous, but he had to share what he had been tasked to investigate.
"Thanks a lot, please continue to keep an eye out for any news on Caesar for me," Mu You thanked him via typing.
It concerned the Pen of Order, so whether these people were swindlers or not, if the information had any truth to it, he needed to verify it.
But not now, as he was currently focused on the Tower of Heroes.
For the average player, reaching the 100th floor and claiming all the rewards would be considered a complete success. The remaining Demon King, if undefeatable for the moment, was not urgent; they could wait and gradually power up until they reached a level where they could simply steamroll over him.
But that wasn’t the case for Mu You. His initial purpose for ascending the Tower of Heroes wasn’t to complete the main quest and get the rewards, but to find the Demon God Corpse.
Now that the area around the Tower of Heroes was turned upside down by players without a trace of any Demon God’s corpse, the most likely possibility was that the God’s Corpse was still hidden inside the tower. Only by defeating the Demon King would he have a chance to discover it.
"No problem, it’s a piece of cake!" Solomon hurriedly assured him.
Then, seeing that Mu You mentioned going offline, he quickly spoke up.
"Hey, wait a moment, my lord..."
"Well, I wanted to ask if you had any leads on obtaining a God’s Corpse?" That was the real question Solomon wanted to ask today.
After unlocking the legacy quest, the next urgent task was to find the Divine Artefacts and God’s Corpses. Divine Artifacts were straightforward; spreading money around to search throughout the world would certainly yield results as long as it was still within the Star Spirit World.
The hard part was the God’s Corpse, a thing unheard of by most, which might not even exist in the Star Spirit World. Solomon was completely clueless, not even knowing where to start, so he had no choice but to consult with Mu You.
Of course, he knew that in matters they were in competition with each other as City Lords, and he didn’t expect Mu You to directly reveal the location of a God’s Corpse. Just a nudge in the right direction would suffice, letting him know how to begin his search.
"A God’s Corpse, huh..."
Mu You thought about it and didn’t hide anything. Solomon had been diligently helping him collect intelligence on Divine Artifacts, and it would have seemed dishonorable to keep secrets.
So he shared the clues about the God’s Corpse that he had uncovered in the Silent Library, except he kept the details about the Tower of Heroes to himself, and informed Solomon of everything else.
"The Elf Clan, Dwarves, Outer Realm..." Solomon was somewhat shocked after hearing this. The two well-known races were a given, but the name ’Outer Realm’ was something he had not heard before. Had Mu You not explained, he would have been unaware of such a place.
"Forget about the corpse of the deities from the Elf Clan and Dwarves. The difficulty and side effects of obtaining those are too high for us to consider. What we can do is look for an entrance to the Outer Realm. As long as we find any entrance, we might have the chance to uncover a divine corpse," Mu You explained.
"Oh, I see, thank you so much, my lord!" Solomon had an epiphany and thanked Mu You profusely, clearly grasping the immense value of the information.
After ending the chat, Solomon immediately arranged for his staff to start searching for the location of the entrance to the Outer Realm.
"Take care on your way, master!"
Late at night, Cola sat at the front desk, waving its paw like a beckoning cat while watching Fuya follow Little Ya out of the pet store, heading to the place prepared for her to stay.
Cola maintained the smile and waving gesture until its master completely disappeared around the corner of the street. Only then did it relax, swiftly jumping off the counter and moving to the computer. It started tapping frantically on the keyboard while quickly passing a message to Mu You at the door.
"Mu You, lend me your phone to play, I’m going to drop ranks if I don’t play this week’s promotion match..."
Two minutes later, Cola contentedly took the phone from Mu You’s hand, downloaded several games swiftly, and dived into battle within the games while occasionally glancing at the cartoon streaming on the computer. Its paws rapidly tapped and swiped, busier than soldiers on the frontline.