Chapter 1098: Chapter 1098

"Really, there’s no challenge at all; they died so easily," Lin Yushi complained as she looked ahead.

"Isn’t that a good thing, no danger," Lin Yucha scolded without any good spirit, the battle took a long time to prepare, but it ended in a very short time. There was no danger, and they killed off the enemy with ease.

Now, not to mention the Sandpeople, even those Desert Wolves didn’t escape. Every living creature brought by this group of Sandpeople died. There were some that could have escaped, but under the pursuit of the Death Scorpion, they still all perished cleanly. In the desert environment, the abilities of the Death Scorpion are much stronger than the Sandpeople’s, not to mention this was a tier-five Death Scorpion.

"That’s not good; with such a simple task, the rewards are definitely going to be subpar, don’t you agree, Master?"

Lin Yushi hopped over, swinging Du You’s arm as she grabbed it. "Alright, alright, let’s see what we have before we talk about it," Du You said somewhat speechlessly.

Du You felt at a loss for words. After all this time as husband and wife, why did Lin Yushi still act like an overgrown child? While cultivation could stabilize one’s age, can it also fixate one’s psychological age?

After submitting the task and opening the treasure chest, Du You saw there was indeed nothing good inside. Other than Crystal Coins, there were only a few useless items. The spheres erupted by the fallen tier-five Quicksand soldiers were no different.

Quicksand soldiers were purely Warriors; it would be strange if they produced items useful for a Mage. There was a bow, but this bow wasn’t as good as the one the sisters used, enhanced by the Mother Nest crystal.

"Master, what shall we do next? After wiping out their vanguard, they’ll surely be on alert," Lin Yucha said.

Du You nodded, "Exactly, we can’t expect to ambush them moving forward, so we’ll retreat and make use of the Oasis Town’s defenses. We’ll let those tier-five soldiers attack in several waves then leave. If we can win, halting the enemy entirely at the Oasis is also an option," Du You explained the plan as it stood.

At that moment, the mirror on Lin Yucha’s body suddenly started to glow. She picked it up; it was their means of communicating with Shaliya. "Sister Shaliya, why are you contacting us all of a sudden?"

Everyone knew that if it wasn’t something big, Shaliya wouldn’t disturb them at this time. Their preparations for battling the Sandpeople were known to the upper class of the Shenghai Kingdom.

Of course, no one knew that Du You, the king himself, went to the battlefield and left his subordinates behind. After all, that kind of behavior wasn’t exactly honorable, and speaking of it would tarnish their kingdom’s reputation.

Shaliya looked solemn, "I have some leads on the investigation of the Quicksand Empire’s actions. This isn’t the first time it has happened; there have been several instances documented in ancient texts. If I hadn’t looked into it, perhaps no one would have remembered. Things might get troublesome this time around."

"What happened? If it’s happened several times in history, what exactly took place? Could it be a war for annihilation?"

"No, the Quicksand Empire has indeed eliminated a few small countries, but the empire itself has never been destroyed. It’s just that the Quicksand Empire’s actions are too troubling for us, the regular forces."

"How so? What kind of trouble?" Du You, considering it merely a matter of battle, truly didn’t see the trouble.

"Wait a moment, let me show you the information on this matter," Shaliya said as she took out the newly collected data to read. Because the images weren’t clear, it was virtually impossible to inspect them directly.

As they listened, the expressions of Du You and the two sisters turned serious.

"Analyzing this information, the Quicksand Empire’s vast land area comes entirely from expanding in this manner. They aren’t expanding their territory but expanding the desert itself," Shaliya said gravely.

Throughout history, there have been several incidents where after the Quicksand Empire had amassed a significant force and materials, they proceeded to attack all the surrounding countries and regions fiercely.

Once the army and civilians entered these areas, the Sandpeople would begin to use ancient rituals to sandify the land and, along with their concoctions, continually expand the reach of the desert.

They left only a few oases at most to sustain the Sandpeople’s lives. Sandpeople don’t demand much in terms of living materials, so a few oases sufficed. But in such an environment, typical creatures cannot survive. Consequently, these races either retreated or died in the desert, with the Sandpeople ultimately taking over the desert.

Thanks to this method, the Quicksand Empire grew from a small barren region to the expansive desert empire it is today. If they succeed this time, the desert’s scope will continue to grow.

The ones affected would be their neighboring regions. The transformation of one’s own region into a desert would carry severe consequences.

At the start of their founding, the Divine Flame Empire faced this once, and they lost a significant span of their territory to desertification due to their oversight. Yet, after so many years, few people remember it.

Now that this issue has resurfaced, the nobles, especially those near the border, are getting anxious.

"Then why don’t we delve deeper and eradicate the Quicksand Empire? Not only the Divine Flame Empire, but surely the other neighboring countries would suffer losses as well," Du You asked, puzzled.

"It’s not that simple. The desert is the home ground of the Sandpeople; in the desert, our human and other races’ combat abilities would face serious threats, and even our lives would be in danger, but the Sandpeople’s strength would increase. But that’s not the main issue. The main point is, the desert is the domain of the Desert Death God; he does not allow other races to threaten the Sandpeople’s existence."

Desert Death God! Du You narrowed his eyes; this entity was the one that had left him with a curse the last time. Although it was just a statue, it took him a long time to remove the curse.

"Then what about the other Divine Spirits? Isn’t there any one of them trying to stop this?"

"We don’t know about the other Divine Spirits; there’s too little information. The Divine Flame Empire has a diverse set of beliefs and no Divine Spirit backing. Such matters are probably only known by the central empires’ upper class," Shaliya explained.

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Thinking this over, Du You spoke gravely, "It seems that our plan needs to change." The two sisters nodded emphatically. Who could have thought that the Quicksand Empire was attacking the surrounding areas for such a reason, and they even had the audacity to be fearless.