The front hall of the Mage Association, reception desk.
Caesar was digging under a wooden table, searching for something. The only visible leg twitched every so often, as if to show that he hadn't suffocated yet.
Caesar crawled out from a pile of miscellaneous items, clutching a crumpled black sheet of paper. Judging by its texture, it looked like the skin of some creature.
"This is Heru's map, left behind by a poor bastard before he died."
Caesar looked at Su Xiao with a shameless grin and rubbed his fingers together, clearly asking for money.
"Don't mention it."
Su Xiao snatched the map from Caesar's hand and began examining it.
Generally speaking, Heru could be divided into three areas: the Silver District, Bone Harbor, and the Mist Graveyard.
The Silver District was where Su Xiao currently was. The Mage Association guarded this area, which was surrounded by extensive residential districts. It could be said that the Silver District occupied four-fifths of Heru City.
Bone Harbor was also a residential district, but it was a slum. Law and order there were so chaotic that even the Mage Association couldn't manage it—or rather, didn't want to.
In a place like Heru City, overly strict management would only cause a backlash. That was why Bone Harbor had come into existence. It was a gathering place for scum, criminals, and desperadoes.
No one in Bone Harbor was willing to cause trouble without good reason. Those who had been exiled there were hardly kind souls. If someone provoked a ruthless individual, they might take a dagger straight through the skull.
As for the Mist Graveyard, it was the smallest area. It was where mad mages lived, as well as Heru City's public cemetery.
It had to be known that more than ninety percent of the