Instead, after Red Protector finished beating Long Yifa, she turned to look at me and said:
"Tell me, what secret?"
"I-I'm not entirely sure what it means.
It said one could obtain the power of the abyss, and only then could Carefree Tower rise again.
It involved a route map, but I couldn't make it out at all.
It seemed that only special methods could reveal it.
Her Majesty meant that by following this route map, one could avoid the guardians and reach the abyssal lands to obtain immense power.
It might even make perfect corpse-based resurrection possible.
Sir, I don't know where your true body is.
Should I bring the route map to find you?"
I asked tentatively.
This involved Nine Corpse Tower and the Great Fiend within Abyss Ghost Cave.
And the Carefree Tower Empress was merely a ghost supported by the Great Fiend!
As one of Carefree Tower's higher-ups, Red Protector should know more or less something about it.
I brought up a few things, kept others vague, mentioned the "corpse-based resurrection" she wanted most, and with no second person to verify it—
It all depended on whether she would take the bait and whether she could resist the temptation...
Li Feihu kept his head lowered the entire time, not saying a word. He did not dare ask anything, nor did he dare look at us again.
For an old hand like him, whether he understood what we were talking about or not, he knew perfectly well what he should be doing right now.
After hearing this, Red Protector's eyes widened slightly.
"Her Majesty truly mentioned perfect corpse-based resurrection?"
I hurriedly nodded, spinning the tale vividly.
After all, I had participated in the great battle at Carefree Tower. I also knew Carefree Tower's origins and why the