Under the Shield Guards’ slaughter, the scared and confused black sand soldiers heard this explosive roar and suddenly seemed to find their backbone.
One deputy led a group of black sand soldiers, one group of black sand soldiers led more scared and confused soldiers.
No matter the cost, they frantically surged toward the royal tent.
The Shield Guards quickly swung their great swords, cutting down black sand soldiers who dared get close.
But with their small numbers, they couldn’t block every direction.
Many black sand soldiers got around them and charged straight at the royal tent!
They were desperate, about to reach the Dark Purple Force Field.
At the top of the dark purple barrier, Purple Vortex took in everything below.
So many weak ants coming to throw their lives away?
Instantly, the terrible Dark Purple Force Field formed spikes that suddenly shot out in all directions.
Right away, the group of black sand soldiers about to reach the royal tent got skewered!
The deputy felt sharp pain from his chest. His look toward the royal tent showed pure despair.
He crumbled with a rustle!
With just one strike, the area around the royal tent was cleared of black sand soldiers.
The distant black sand soldiers felt chilled to the bone:
"What... what the heck is that!"
"Monster! Another awful monster!"
On the dark purple barrier, Purple Vortex looked down from above, like it was part of the Dark Purple Force Field, giving off terrible choking pressure!
All the black sand soldiers who saw it didn’t dare move any closer.
Just as they got ready to back off, they saw behind them terrible crimson flames step by step getting closer, eating up everything around!
For a moment, they fell into hopeless confusion again!
Purple Vortex noticed Red Spirit approaching.
These monsters are mine!
It didn’t want Red Spirit to steal its glory, and suddenly had a bright idea!
Then, the brownish pupils in its pure white right eye flickered with magnificent light:
"Hypnotic Eye Waves!"
Waves rapidly spread until they hit the surrounding black sand soldiers.
"Grandma, you came to see me!"
"Mom, I miss you so much!"
In an instant, the deepest memories in the black sand soldiers’ corrupted souls got awakened.
Loving calls rang out across the battlefield.
They saw the people they missed most and most wanted to see!
Impatiently, they ran toward Purple Vortex.
Purple Vortex happily made sounds.
It was still smart—these monsters were all mine!
It was about to cruelly launch dark purple spikes to finish off these monsters.
Just then, master’s voice rang out:
"Purple Vortex, stop the Hypnotic Eye Waves!"
Purple Vortex didn’t get it, but it still obediently listened. The brilliant light in its pure white right eye disappeared.
Suddenly, the illusions vanished.
This group of black sand soldiers let out heartbroken sounds:
"You... you left again!"
After brief sadness, they all became confused:
However, they no longer had time to be confused. Several Shield Guards moved toward them.
Great swords flashed, streams of black sand splattered, and the brutal slaughter continued...
Carlos landed next to Purple Vortex, his gaze falling on the black sand soldiers getting slaughtered by the Shield Guards below, his eyes carrying some sadness.
Purple Vortex was puzzled—it had never seen master .
"You wondering why I told you to stop?"
Purple Vortex felt master’s mood seemed pretty bad.
Instinct told it that right now it should keep quiet and just listen.
Carlos didn’t mind his retainer’s reaction, looking down at this group of black sand soldiers who had already forgotten their recent reactions.
"Before they got corrupted, they also had people who loved them and people they loved."
Purple Vortex didn’t understand.
What is love? What is being loved?
Master’s voice continued:
"It’s just that time is like a knife—whether it’s them or the people they loved, they’ve all disappeared."
Purple Vortex quietly listened.
It felt confused. Master’s mood was even worse, but it couldn’t understand.
"Not getting killed by those they love, even if it’s just an illusion—think of it as the last mercy for what they used to be."
This sentence, Purple Vortex felt it understood!
Not using Hypnotic Eye Waves to kill = mercy to humans!
Red light approached.
Red Spirit, having killed from one end to the other, immediately saw master on the dark purple barrier!
It sensed master’s mood wasn’t good and immediately flew to master’s side.
It held out two tightly clenched little hands like it was presenting treasure.
Carlos played along and showed a curious expression:
"Red Spirit, what did you find?
Could it be some treasure?"
Master’s curious reaction made Red Spirit really happy.
It opened both little hands.
In its palms were actually a pair of sparkling black crystal earrings!
Without checking, Carlos knew this had to be another piece of the Radiant Stone Equipment.
Carlos took the earrings and didn’t forget to praise Red Spirit:
"Red Spirit, good job!
This treasure’s great!"
Red Spirit rolled in mid-air, "casually" turning to get between Purple Vortex and Carlos!
Purple Vortex angrily let out a low roar but didn’t dare push away the red guy.
Besides, the red guy had just made master’s bad mood better.
It couldn’t give master a worse impression.
It could only "glare angrily," trying to use its stare to force Red Spirit to back off.
Red Spirit felt the piercing fierce look from behind but didn’t care.
This round—this round was definitely Red Spirit’s win!
That purple guy wasn’t worth squat.
Carlos had no time to deal with the two retainers right now. He started checking this pair of earrings’ stats:
[Crystal Clear Obsidian Earrings]
[Quality: Purple (***)]
[Special Enhancement: Hearing +1 (***)]
[When worn by Obsidian Clan, greatly improves quality and enhancement]
[Warning: This is one of the Obsidian Stone weapon components, with extremely high chance of attracting Obsidian Stone Clan attention.]
"...What kind of weird stats are these!
Charisma, Dexterity, and now Hearing?"
Carlos was momentarily speechless.
These stats weren’t exactly "useless."
Charisma was a comprehensive representation of temperament and appearance, symbolizing a creature’s looks—a must-have important stat for creatures skilled in charm abilities.
Dexterity related to weaving, forging, alchemy... oh right, and abilities like theft.
Hearing was pretty straightforward—simply boosting hearing, generally a requirement for certain spirit skills.
But these were totally useless for Carlos’s fighting power!
"Put it away, put it away.
Hope what the Black Sand King drops is something decent."
As for whether it might not drop anything at all—well, that seemed possible.
Pulling back these scattered thoughts, Carlos quietly watched the battle below...