The sky grew pale. The rising sun marked the arrival of a new day.
A new day, a new war.
Even with the Erdtree, the Lands Between still relied on the sun's rising and setting to distinguish dawn from dusk.
The sun did still matter.
For an army, sunrise heralded the resumption of military operations.
After a sleepless night, tension hung over both sides' positions.
Everything remained as usual at Stormgate, with the two armies still facing off. Simply put, they stared at each other, and neither moved.
The main battlefield was still on Aureg's side.
But faced with the Redmane Army's fire attack strategy, Aureg had little idea how to respond.
That was nothing strange. Fire attacks worked well in many eras.
Fire and water were merciless. There were few ways to extinguish fires on a battlefield, and a sudden blaze meant considerable trouble.
Last night, even the Redmane soldiers, who understood fire best, had panicked somewhat when their camp caught fire, let alone the men of Godrick's Army.
Especially since the fortifications on Aureg's side were all wooden.
On the first day, they could take a shortcut and prevent fires by soaking the wood with water. That trick would not work so well on the second day, because there was no time to obtain large quantities of water.
There was a river ahead, but it lay between the two armies.
Aureg could not rashly send men out to fetch water, because that would only make them live targets for Barrett's side.
So, to defend against the Redmane Army's expertise in fire attacks this round, they would have to rely mainly on storms.
Aureg stood on high ground, surveying the entire battlefield.
Holding the high ground certainly offered an advantage. He also had the wind in his favor.
Favorable