The Team Battle Begins

The open war between Dawn City and the Legendary Mercenary Group caused plenty of trouble in cities across the Human Empire and the Kingdom.

Fortunately, few civilians were hurt. They had seen the notices and knew better than to approach either faction's strongholds.

City guards had also cordoned off the strongholds. The two sides could fight all they wanted as long as they stayed inside those areas; everyone else could carry on with their lives.

Some residents with nearby rooftops even posted prices for seats and sold sunflower seeds, stools, and little bottles of red wine.

For now, though, the struggle over the strongholds was secondary.

The Legendary Mercenary Group intended to attack the Five Cities of Sandsea, so William had no choice but to take the fight to them, hoping to catch them in a trap.

Who would have thought Paul Bain's intelligence network was so capable? It discovered the Dawn Legion secretly moving toward the Five Cities of Sandsea.

With that, there was no turning back.

Both sides raised their banners and sent millions of troops converging on the Sandsea Plains for a head-on clash.

The Five Cities of Sandsea were not the defensive line. The battlefield lay out in the Endless Sandsea. William had no intention of letting artillery pound his own territory.

If the Legendary Mercenary Group had caught them unprepared and charged straight in, the players could never have held them, but the cities would not have suffered much damage. Defending the cities was another matter. Their fortifications might well be blasted apart by Magic Cannons, and then the players would have plenty to complain about.

So the Dawn Legion would keep the enemy far from its gates!

The Dawn Legion had deployed 800,000 troops across the boundless sands. Their line stretched for dozens