This king is a pragmatist. He has made it clear that he is not interested in artifacts. He is also very concerned about the strength of his country. He just wants to protect his own three-thirds of land.
Anyway, there is no penalty for failure. The other party is willing to send him a land ship directly. Mu You has no reason to refuse this task.
[You agreed to the king’s request for cooperation. 】
[The king was overjoyed and immediately ordered his men to prepare a banquet to welcome you. 】
[You declined the king's kindness and expressed your hope to set off as soon as possible. 】
…
This country's ability to take action is quite good, and the king did not delay. When he heard that Mu You wanted to act as soon as possible, he immediately canceled the banquet and started preparations.
About an hour later, Mu You received a notice: the land ship for him was ready and stopped outside the south city gate.
Mu You hurriedly controlled the character and went over to take a look.
[You came to the south of the city and saw a huge sloop docked on the sand outside the city gate. 】
[The land ship is twenty meters high and about a hundred meters long. It is in the shape of a fusiform, with eight reptile-like mechanical webbed feet extending from the bottom.]
[Sand Land Ship: A sand ship modeled after the body structure of a desert salamander. It can travel on the sand as if it were on flat ground. Combined with the assistance of the sand sail, when the wind direction is correct, it can explode. Unimaginable speed...]
This land ship was different from what he had imagined. It actually had 'legs'. It looked like it was made after the structure of a reptile, and the description of its appearance was a bit weird.
But no matter what, the things must be genuine. With this boat, it will be much easier to move around in the desert in the future.
[You have gained control of the sand land ship. 】
[In addition to land ships, King Adromar also provides you with several accompanying guards. 】
[A dozen people dressed as caravan guards stepped off the ship and stood in line in front of you. The leader of the guard came out and introduced their identities to you. It turns out that they are all military elites of the Adromar Empire, and the leading guard is Kimi Evans, the empire's legion commander. 】
Mu You was not surprised that there would be someone working with him. After all, it was impossible to send such an expensive ship without sending someone to watch it. What if he just took the ship and ran away? What surprised Mu You was that the leader turned out to be a top level 30 expert!
You know, due to the deliberate suppression by the Wizards Association, it is almost impossible to find masters above the legendary level in several major human countries. However, I did not expect that there is still a full-level master hidden in this remote desert country. !
[Evans came to you, pointed his fingers to his forehead and chest, gave you a gesture that represented 'divine protection', and then handed you a few things. 】
[You have obtained a set of 'rich businessman clothes with special patterns'. 】
[You have obtained a 'King's Treasure' ring. 】
[You have obtained the 'Treasure House Temporary Voucher' mark. 】
[The King's Treasure House: A special space ring is connected to the private treasury of King Ajomar. The treasury is filled with all kinds of gold and silver jewelry, but the treasure can only be taken out with the treasury certificate mark. 】
[Treasury Temporary Voucher: A mark that only takes effect when there is a demand for funds during the mission. Treasures can be withdrawn from the king's treasury. However, if the treasure is used for purposes other than the mission, the voucher will immediately become invalid and the mission will be counted as a failure. You will be at war with the Empire of Adromar. 】
This king was quite generous. In order to ensure the completion of the task, he directly handed over his private treasury to Mu You. Of course, the other party is not a fool. He has made some restrictions. The treasures in the treasury can only be used for the task itself. In other words, the king will reimburse him for the consumption he incurred during the task. But if he does not follow the rules and wants to embezzle public funds, On your own, no way.
[Evans tells you that your identity in this mission is to play the role of a wealthy businessman from other places. At the same time, you are also a loyal believer of Caesar. After hearing the teachings of the 'Caesar Cult', you immediately sold your property. Go to them. And these few of them are the 'caravan guards' you hired in the desert. 】
[You put on the clothes of a wealthy businessman and boarded the land ship with Evans and others. 】
[The land ship made a whine like a train, and with a rumbling tremor, it officially began to slide on the sand, and the speed became faster and faster...]
[Heading to the Scarlet Desert, expected to arrive in ten hours...]
The ten-hour journey is actually not that short, but the advantage is that there will be no monsters harassing you along the way, so you don't have to stop and go, and you can just hang up safely throughout the journey.
But Mu You couldn't sit still. According to the description in the text, the land ship drove on the undulating sand dunes, but the interior was as smooth and comfortable as riding a train.
At this time, more than a dozen guards on the ship gathered in the passenger room, sitting together in twos and threes.
Mu You controlled the character to circle around the crowd and tried to interact with them one by one.
["All mortals are mortal, may the Desert Goddess bless you, warrior!"]
["As long as you are an enemy of Caesar, you are our friend!"]
["Caesar's undead army may be powerful, but as warriors of Eldromar, we will never flee without a fight!"]
["The greatest honor for a desert warrior is to die on the battlefield, shrouded in horse leather..."]
["If Caesar reappears, there will never be peace in the desert!"]
["When the war starts, will you stand on our side?"]
["Caesar must be stopped! This is our mission!"]
…
After clicking all the way, Mu You found that these soldiers seemed to have been brainwashed and could only speak some fixed lines.
Only when I clicked on the legion commander Evans, the option for normal interaction finally appeared.
[You come and sit across from Evans and try to talk to him. 】
[Ask about his past], [Ask about his ambitions], [Try to recruit].
Mu You's eyes lit up, can he be recruited?
He was originally wondering, how could a top level 30 expert, who always walks sideways in the Star Spirit World, be willing to be inferior to others and become an ordinary legion commander?
Now that the recruitment option suddenly appeared, Mu You's heart suddenly moved, and he decisively clicked to try.
[You tell Evans that you are also the lord of a city, with tens of millions of people in charge, and you are insinuating whether he has the intention to follow you to Sky City. 】
[Evans glanced at you, shook his head and declined your recruitment. 】
["I am a warrior born in the desert, and I am also a loyal believer of the Desert Goddess. My faith is placed in this desert. I am destined to protect this land in my life until death!" Evans answered seriously. 】
Mu You was disappointed, but he somewhat understood why the Wizards Association did not suppress his level.
This person is powerful, but he is a rather paranoid believer. No matter how powerful he is, he will not leave the area where he was born. The Wizards Association looked down upon a remote and desolate continent like the desert, and had no conflict with the people here at all, so they naturally left it alone.
Shaking his head, Mu You continued to try to interact with the other party.
[You ask about Evans’ past. 】
[Evans will tell you that he served in Caesar's army in the past and was one of Caesar's most capable bodyguards. But later he couldn't stand the cruelty Caesar treated ordinary people and decided to assassinate Caesar. Unfortunately, the assassination failed. He was forced to escape from Caesar's legion. For a long time after that, he was chased by Caesar's army and wandered in various deserts. However, he also escaped the bizarre destruction of Caesar's legion later... …]
"oh?"
Mu You was stunned. This legion commander was actually Caesar's personal guard, a figure from more than a thousand years ago. No wonder he has such a high level!
Unexpectedly, he had just entered the desert and had not found any trace of Caesar, but first he met a client who had been hanging around Caesar.
[You hastily ask Evans, did Caesar ever really get the 'Pen of Order'? 】Muyou immediately asked this most important question.
["Caesar did possess the Pen of Order..." Evans glanced at you, nodded and gave you a clear answer, because he had seen the existence of that magical pen with his own eyes, but this pen had not existed for thousands of years. He had mysteriously disappeared into the desert with Caesar's army. 】
Mu You breathed a sigh of relief. In this way, he at least confirmed that the legend was true. The magic pen was indeed still in the desert, and his trip this time would not be in vain.
[Evans tells you that it is precisely because he has seen the power of the magic pen with his own eyes that no one knows better than him how powerful the undead army that Caesar created with the magic pen is. Once Caesar's army is restored, Now in this world, the entire continent will be devastated! 】
["So our mission this time is very important! No matter what the cost, we must prevent the Caesar Cult from resurrecting Caesar!" Evans looked at you extremely seriously. 】
["If you are so afraid of Caesar's resurrection, why don't you just send the army to destroy this organization?"]
This is also what Mu You is confused about, why does the other party need an outsider to intervene to help when dealing with an organization composed of gangsters?
["The people of Caesar's Cult are very vigilant, and they are hidden deep in the hinterland of the Scarlet Desert. Once they notice that our army is approaching, they will immediately evacuate." Evans shook his head: "Besides, our purpose is to stop Caesar Resurrection, rather than just destroying an organization. Even if they are eliminated, if the method of Caesar's resurrection is spread, Caesar will still have a chance to be resurrected."]
["We have also arranged undercover agents before to try to infiltrate them. Unfortunately, they are particularly strict on the identity checks of locals. All the people we sent never returned. Therefore, we can only try to find outsiders for help. , and it must be an outsider who is strong enough to protect himself..." Evans looked at you and said. 】
"..."
Mu You was speechless, because he suddenly found that his and the other party's goals seemed to conflict: the other party did not want to resurrect Caesar's empire, and to put it bluntly, he did not want Caesar to reappear in any form.
But his goal is to get the magic pen. If, as the other party said, the magic pen is still in Caesar's hands, then he must first find Caesar before he can talk about stealing the magic pen...
Mu You shook his head and did not mention it for the time being, so as not to affect cooperation.
Along the way, he began to communicate with Evans constantly, asking him for information about Caesar.
And Evans also told everything he knew.
According to Evans, Caesar was indeed a tyrant, and the title "war madman" is not an exaggeration at all when applied to him.
However, Evans was vague about the mysterious disappearance of Caesar's Legion. He only said that overnight, the entire city suddenly disappeared without a trace in the desert.
In short, the game lasted all night, and it was not until the next morning that Mu You finally received the prompt to enter the Scarlet Desert.
By this time, Mu You had also discovered that the days in the desert were too long.
The sun hadn't even set until around 9pm local time last night, and the sun rose again around 3am the next morning, which shows how long the days here are!
And according to Evans, the next Scarlet Desert is an 'Eternal Day Desert'. The sun never sets throughout the day. It is completely opposite to the Undercity. This area is full of daylight 24 hours a day!
This makes Mu You quite uncomfortable, because it means that his vampire skin will not be usable here.
[Your sand land ship was attacked by a group of sand bandits! 】
[At Evans's signal, several soldiers on the ship immediately disembarked to fight and easily defeated the sand bandits...]
…
[...Another group of bandits jumped out from the roadside and intercepted your land ship...]
[Several soldiers took action again and easily defeated the enemy...]
…
After entering the Scarlet Desert, he began to encounter sand bandits attacks from time to time on the road. Fortunately, the guards on the ship were strong enough that Mu You didn't need to use his hands at all. These soldiers would automatically clear all obstacles along the way for him.
In fact, Mu You didn't know where their destination was, but since someone was leading the way, he was happy to fish.
I went deep into the Scarlet Desert for about two hours. When I encountered the tenth wave of robbers, another text finally popped up in the game.
["Here they come! It's them!" The familiar shouts of bandits came from outside the ship again. Evans, who had been closing his eyes to rest, suddenly opened his eyes. 】
[You look out through the car window and find that the number of bandits has increased significantly this time. They are densely packed with at least a hundred people, and all of them have a nine-toothed sun pattern painted on their chests, which is exactly the same as the pattern on your wealthy businessman's clothes. : This is exactly the battle flag pattern of Caesar’s Legion! 】
[Including Evans, a dozen soldiers pretending to be escorts immediately went out to fight. 】
[You only hear the fierce fighting and screams coming from outside the ship. 】
[After waiting for several minutes, after the outside sounds gradually subsided, you walked out of the cabin. 】
[At this time, the fighting outside has come to an end. More than a dozen soldiers are guarding the land ship. Everyone is bloody, but the number has not been reduced. On the opposite side, hundreds of sand bandits surrounded the entire land ship, but fear clearly flashed in the eyes of most of the bandits. They were obviously aware of the extraordinary combat effectiveness of this caravan guard, and they were hesitant to give up this area. Hard bones. 】
["Stop!" You shouted loudly, and then walked off the land ship as agreed with Evans, and revealed your identity to the other party: as a wealthy businessman who sold his property and came from other places to support the Caesar Cult. , this is really a flood that has washed away the Dragon King Temple. One family does not know the other, and this battle is really a misunderstanding. 】
[After listening to your 'self-introduction', the group of bandits opposite looked at each other with suspicion in their eyes, and they all looked at you with questioning eyes. 】
[Until you show the image of the nine-toothed sun on your chest and raise your arms and shout: "Long live Caesar!"]
[The bandits around you were instantly infected by you, and they also showed their emblems. They excitedly raised their arms and shouted with you: "Long live Caesar!"]
Mu You had a strange look on his face. Isn't this Caesar's Cult a pyramid scheme?
At least the behavior of these people in front of me really looks like a group of extremist believers gathered together...
[After some chanting, the tense atmosphere at the scene suddenly eased. The way the bandits looked at you has changed to the way they look at their own people. 】
[A man dressed as a bandit leader walked out through the crowd and quickly came to you. He looked at you up and down, and then at the soldiers around him, with suspicion still on his face. 】
[The bandit leader begins to carefully interrogate you about your origin, experience, net worth and other information. 】
[Fortunately, Evans has prepared detailed identity information for you in advance, and you can answer it fluently at this time. 】
[After the bandit leader's cross-examination, the doubts on his face have not completely dissipated, but he doesn't want to let go of such a big fish like you. After pondering for a long time, the bandit leader looks at you: "You, come back with us, everyone else, leave! ”]
Mu You breathed a sigh of relief, he should have successfully sneaked in here.
As for Evans and the others, they had never thought that they could follow him to find the other party's lair and send Mu You to the Caesar Cult. That was their entire plan. The rest was up to him to do whatever he wanted.
[You take out the treasures you prepared in advance, reward all the guards in turn, and indicate that they have completed the escort mission and can return on their own. 】
[Evans pulls you aside and transmits a message to you: The 100,000-strong army of the Azromar Empire is stationed under the Temple of Abyss on the northern border of the Scarlet Desert. If you encounter difficulties, you can go there at any time. Ask him for help. 】
["May the Desert Goddess bless you!" Evans touched his forehead and chest, and after blessing you, he glanced at the bandits behind him, then waved and led his men away. 】
