Warm blood dyed the cold desert sand red beneath the night sky.
If one looked closely, wisps of heat could be seen rising from it.
On the Garrison side, all the frontline squad leaders and company commanders were at their wits' end.
Those lowly sand slaves they had never bothered to notice in the past had all become like rabid dogs.
Driven forward by their compatriots, the sandfolk rebels truly displayed a spirit of fearing no death.
Had they never seen the sunlight, they might not have found such courage.
After witnessing the hope of liberation, they risked everything to seize that sliver of light.
All so they could tear apart the cage the Crescent people had built around them.
So that more of their compatriots and descendants might have a chance at freedom!
Those stirring scenes moved even Zong Shen.
He felt that he might have underestimated how deeply these sandfolk yearned for freedom.
Or perhaps all things surged after being suppressed for too long, and people were no exception.
Zong Shen casually checked the current reward multiplier for the quest.
The figure of [+61%] was especially striking.
Aside from the army of summons and the five golems, Zong Shen's spatial interference with Mist Oasis had also reduced the multiplier by quite a bit.
But the greatest impact had come from Blue Dopey and Jeanne, whom he had sent into the inner city to control Nur.
This prevented Aga's personal guards from joining the battle, further widening the gap between the two sides in terms of high-tier combat power.
Moreover, Blue Dopey's Dragon Roar before landing had frightened a great number of mounts both inside and outside the city.
Many light cavalrymen on the Garrison side had missed valuable opportunities because their mounts panicked.
With a faint sense of