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Chapter 877 - 427 Eternal Daylight Desert_2

Chapter 877: Chapter 427 Eternal Daylight Desert_2

"When war breaks out, will you stand with us?"

"Caesar must be stopped! This is our mission!"

...

As Mu You clicked through, he found that these soldiers seemed brainwashed, only capable of repeating a set of predetermined lines.

It was only when he clicked on the legion commander Evans that options for a normal interaction finally appeared.

[You sit down opposite Evans and try to engage him in conversation.]

[Ask about his past],[Inquire about his ambitions],[Attempt to recruit].

Mu You’s eyes lit up. He could recruit?

He had been wondering how a top-tier expert of level 30, a figure who would command respect anywhere in the Star Spirit World, would be content to stay and serve as a mere legion commander.

Now, with the recruitment option suddenly appearing, Mu You felt a surge of excitement and decisively clicked to try it.

[You tell Evans that you, too, are a lord of a city, overseeing tens of millions of people, and hint whether he might be interested in following you to Sky City.]

[Evans looks at you and shakes his head, politely declining your recruitment offer.]

["I was born a warrior in the desert, and am also a faithful follower of the Desert Goddess. My faith is entrusted in this sand, and I am bound to protect this land until my dying breath," Evans answers earnestly.]

Mu You’s disappointment is fleeting, but he starts to understand why the Wizard Association did not suppress Evans’s level.

This man might be powerful, but he’s a rather fanatical believer who won’t leave his birthplace. Since the Wizards Association does not value a remote and desolate land like the desert and has no conflict with the people there, they naturally leave him be.

Shaking his head, Mu You continues trying to interact with the man.

[You ask Evans about his past.]

[Evans tells you that he once served in Caesar’s Army and was one of Caesar’s most trusted personal guards. However, he could no longer tolerate Caesar’s brutal treatment of the common folk and tried to assassinate Caesar. Unfortunately, the assassination attempt failed, and he was forced to flee from Caesar’s Legion. For a long time afterward, he was pursued by Caesar’s army, becoming a wanderer throughout various deserts, but this also helped him avoid the mysterious destruction of Caesar’s Legion later on...]

"Oh?"

Mu You is startled, realizing that this legion commander was once Caesar’s personal guard, dating back over a thousand years. No wonder he’s of such high level!

Unexpectedly, he had yet to find any trace of Caesar upon entering the Crimson Desert, yet he had already encountered someone who had been close to Caesar.

[You urgently ask Evans if Caesar truly once possessed the ’Pen of Order’.] Mu You immediately poses this crucial question.

["The Pen of Order, Caesar indeed had it..." Evans looks at you and nods, giving you a definitive answer. He had seen that divine pen with his own eyes, but the pen mysteriously disappeared in the desert along with Caesar’s army a thousand years ago.]

Mu You breathes a sigh of relief. At least this confirms that the legend is true and that the Divine Pen is indeed somewhere within the desert. His journey has not been in vain.

[Evans tells you that it’s because he has witnessed the Divine Pen’s power firsthand that no one understands better than he does how powerful the Undead Legion created by Caesar with the pen was. If Caesar’s army were to rise again, the whole continent would be plunged into chaos and suffering!]

["That’s why our mission is of the utmost importance! No matter the cost, we must prevent the resurrection of Caesar by the Caesar cult!" Evans looks at you with grave seriousness.]

["If you are so afraid of Caesar’s resurrection, why not just send out an army and wipe out this organization?"]

This is also a point that puzzles Mu You – why would such a mighty empire need the help of an outsider like him to deal with a bandit-formed organization?

["The followers of the Caesar cult are very vigilant, and they are deeply hidden in the Crimson Desert. As soon as they detect our army approaching, they will immediately evacuate," Evans shakes his head. "Moreover, our goal is to prevent Caesar’s resurrection, not just to eliminate an organization. Even if we were to destroy them, if the methods for Caesar’s resurrection were to spread, there would still be a chance for his return."]

["We’ve previously placed undercover spies in an attempt to infiltrate their ranks, but unfortunately, they’re very strict with the identities of locals, and all the agents we sent never returned. Therefore, we can only try to seek the help of outsiders, and they must be capable of defending themselves..." Evans looks at you as he speaks.]

"..."

Mu You is speechless, suddenly realizing that his goals might conflict with those of the other party: they don’t want Caesar’s empire resurrected in any form.

His goal, however, is to obtain the Divine Pen, and if it is as the other party has said, still in Caesar’s possession, then he would first need to locate Caesar in order to even consider seizing the pen...

Mu You shakes his head without bringing this up to avoid affecting their cooperation.

On their continued journey, he begins to converse with Evans incessantly, asking for any intelligence regarding Caesar.

And Evans, knowing no restrictions, shares all that he knows.

According to Evans, Caesar was indeed a tyrant; the title of a ’war maniac’ was no exaggeration when it came to him.