The war in this land of yellow sands had raged for more than a year.
Saine had also gone into battle during that time, though not very often.
Throughout the war, Saine had received no indication that the Galente Federation legions intended to withdraw from this subspace.
He did not know whether the Wizard Civilization's offensive had simply been too ferocious, or whether his grandmaster Cuilisi's judgment had been mistaken.
In truth, the battle across this stretch of yellow sands under Saine's command had not yet ended.
At least more than a third of the Galente Federation legions remained, besieged by Saine and the others' army as they desperately held their ground and awaited reinforcements.
However, the frequency with which Saine personally oversaw the battle had steadily declined lately.
It was not that Saine did not regard the situation in this war zone as important, but that something even more important lay before him.
The World-Class Secret Treasure—the Magic Cube—had finally completed its upgrade.
The upgraded Magic Cube was crystalline blue throughout, its surface speckled with starlight. At a glance, it seemed as boundlessly dazzling as a sea of stars.
Compared to before its upgrade, the Magic Cube's greatest new feature was that it could directly bolster and amplify Saine in battle.
Previously, the Magic Cube had merely been a tool for awakening robotic intelligence, of little use to Saine Himself.
But now, because the Magic Cube contained the Origin Power of fragments from multiple Technology-Based Secret Treasures, Saine could draw upon its power and unleash the technological energies it had absorbed.
For instance, among the technological laws absorbed by the Magic Cube was an offensive weapon from the Ai Youlan Butterfly Civilization—the Red Temperature Shackles.
Saine could now directly use the Magic Cube to unleash Red Temperature Shackles strikes.