To the people of Salem, the Shadowmon is also a novelty. Few of these desert elf warriors had seen this kind of "new weapon" before, and in comparison, it was the scimitar in their hands and the horse under their crotch that made them feel more at ease.

In a similar vein, the deceased Hajir Otto once pondered the question of "should this strange biological weapon be exposed to the world?"

In fact, this problem has been bothering him for a long time, although he has paid a great price to fuse the hearts of the beasts that can control this weapon, but the great chief of the desert elves has also kept all the bred blazing shadow beasts in the crypt as a follow-up, and their number has also been strictly controlled at about a hundred heads.

But Harkonnam Otto, the new lord of Salem, thinks differently.

Having served in the Lair of Childbirth, he was well aware of the dangers of this beast—a young Shadowmon that could easily kill multiple adult Desert Elves in a fit of madness.

It would be a grave waste to leave such a powerful weapon in the dust in its arsenal.

Moreover, Harkonnen at this time was in dire need of an unprecedented victory. He needs to use this to assert his authority and gain the approval of all the desert elves for his self-proclaimed khan. And what he hasn't realized yet, to meet the requirements of the Soul Binding Crystal.

It was with all of these considerations in mind that Harkonnen finally decided to make the Blazing Beast appear on such a dark night, and ask for a cheer from Salem's old enemy audience.

With the help of the Soul Binding Crystal, he was able to fuse the hearts of the beasts into his body in just one day. Contrary to his father's choice, Harkonnam didn't transplant the alien heart into his arm—according to Soulbinder, it was a pure waste of the beast's heart.

The desert elves slit open their chests and mercilessly placed them on top of their young hearts. Then, according to the teachings of the Soul Binding Crystal, after reciting a few simple spells to activate, the power of the beast's heart was completely released.

Harkonnen fainted in a few breaths due to lack of blood, but then when the blazing blood accumulated in the alien heart flowed from the connected blood vessels into his limbs, the young desert elf was instantly awakened by a warm current.

When he opened his eyes, the wound he had just cut open had healed. Fingers stroking over the red blood scab on the healed wound, Harkonnen could clearly feel the pulsations inside his body—a power that resembled a burst of flame, and an irresistible thirst for blood and slaughter that grew deep within.

"The beast has awakened. ”

The Soulbinder is the final epilogue to the evolution of this ambitious desert elf. Harkonnen had completely abandoned the slightest remorse he had for killing his biological father and framing his mentor, and at this time, he only wanted to show the world the power he had just gained and spread the great terror to all the lands he could touch.

"Someone!" the rejuvenated Lord of Salem let out a roar louder than a beast, echoing deep underneath the tribe's bred Shadowbeasts: "Gather the Blazing Beasts and set out at once, we will arrive tonight, and I will drink in the Golden Tent of the Sawama when the blazing sun rises tomorrow!"

Due to transportation and supplies, the distance between the warring sides in this world is rarely greater than a day's journey on horseback. Most of the time, tribal wars in the desert are decided within a few days. Like Sasha and Salem, who have been at war for nearly two years, it can be called a rare occurrence in a century.

The long battle has made both warring parties familiar with each other's routines. Normally, the duel between two tribes is a "ritual war" - at a certain time, a large army is sent to fight each other. As for the raid tactics, both sides, which are also desert nomads, naturally have a lot of preparations for counter-raids. For example, the "sentinel system".

As the name suggests, the "guerrilla sentry" is the guerrilla sentry. In the desert, which is less than a hundred miles apart, there are many guerrilla squads composed of elite samurai. Similar to the moa riders they encountered before they approached the oasis where the court of Sason was located, these sentries had no fixed combat missions, and existed to be on routine alert against enemy raids.

Sentinel squads are usually in groups of five, and rarely fight when attacked. Even if they are forced into a deathmatch, they will fire "Ringing Arrows" made by their respective tribe's Sylographers in time to relay the news of the enemy attack to their nearest companions. As a result, large-scale military operations between the two sides are rarely carried out without being known in advance by the enemy.

It's just that with the Blazing Shadow Beast in action, the situation is very different. Under the guidance of the hearts of the beasts, more than 100 blazing shadow beasts formed ten hunting teams. Highly skilled in stealth combos, these dangerous synthetic weapons are able to dig through the sand quickly, lurk to their flanks when the Scattering Sentinel is difficult to detect, and then launch a surprise attack.

The Blazing Beast Squad will prioritize attacking the Sprinkler rider on the back of the mount, and the beast that emerges from the sand will instantly pounce on the rider and seal the throat with a kiss. As for those moa, they will be taken care of in the next wave of blows. If the mounts don't kill and turn and run away, the synth's foot strength will be able to catch up with the prey in a matter of breaths, and incinerate it with the blazing flames that gush out of its belly.

Murder and arson, a good hand!

In this way, the Blazing Shadow Beasts covered and killed all the way, and none of the sentries escaped to report the news. Shortly after nightfall, Salem's army reached the vicinity of the court of Sasam.

Only about 2,000 Salem soldiers came with the Blazing Beasts, as it took at least a full day for the Desert Elves' tribal warriors to assemble. For young chiefs who have not yet established their personal authority, the time will be even longer. And Harkonan, who couldn't hold it anymore, was naturally unwilling to endure the pain of burning blood in his heart, so he only led his own personal samurai to come together.

Standing on top of the sand dunes and looking out over the oasis where the court of Sasha is located, the young desert elves can feel the battle song in their new hearts.

The Shadowbeasts who could also hear the song were infected by the depiction of blood blooming in it, but the Synths were no ordinary beasts, and the more emotional they were before the battle, the more quietly they gathered their strength. The heat storage organs exposed to the surface of his body were compressed by the muscles that were gradually taut, and the light, which had been somewhat scorching up close, had dimmed a lot.

Once the Shadowbeasts had finished their sipping, the warriors moved the special troughs filled with black oil made of whole cow skins to the rear of the group. Harkonnen drew his accustomed scythe-bladed sword and slashed forward, and the young King of Salem gave his order in a tone of impunity:

"All the troops are attacking!"

Although they couldn't understand the words of the desert elves, the "song" of the hearts of the beasts still accurately reached the minds of the blazing beasts that roamed the sand dunes. This group of synthetic war beasts born for killing all rose to the ground, and the heat storage organs on their bodies seemed to be ignited under the boiling blood, emitting a blazing light that caught people's eyes.

Blazing Shadowmon, charge.

Wild beasts like black panthers, magnified many times over, leapt from the top of the sand dunes, alternating between six-legged rotations. At night, when they can't see their fingers, they draw a straight line with the vast desert as a picture scroll.

"Don't say it, it's pretty good. Quith stood on the back of a sand rhino sleeping on the ground, and when he saw such a scene, he couldn't help but admire. In order to prevent the sand rhinoceros from blowing up the camp due to fright, the ogre witch doctor gave them all some hypnotic potions, and the huge camel beasts fell into a deep sleep.

Unlike the calm of Queth's gang, there was a lot of noise in the Oasis of Sashan's royal court at this time. The children, who had slipped out to see the excitement, were all called home by the anxious cries of their families.

Except for the warriors of the tribe who quickly assembled, all the men who could wield the bowstring and hold the scimitar took their gear and went out of the house to meet the enemy. Some of the older Eminem led the women to set up rafts made of animal leathers on the shores of the Sapphire Lake, which would allow the children to retreat to a safer surface in case the form changed.

The Sasha tribe has more than 10,000 people, and thousands of elite warriors are stationed in the oasis where the royal court is located all year round. In addition, the tribal herdsmen who spontaneously defended their homeland - all men who picked up swords and stepped on horses could be counted as half a samurai, and the passing caravans who were passively or actively "arranged" by the Sasha warriors to "help" in the battle - Quis and others were among them. Chief Sasan took the enemy very seriously, but although he received information about the Blazing Beast from Epicurus, whom he had "borrowed his head", and responded with a solemn attitude, when the battle broke out, he realized that he was not fully prepared.

The first wave to engage the enemy was the sentry squad that had been traveling quickly near the royal court, and they were now tasked with delaying time for the Sasha tribe to gather strength. Dozens of moa-ridden samurai divided into two groups and launched flanking attacks from both wings at the same time at the blazing shadow beast dragging the light.

This two-wing flank formation is the conventional counter-charge tactic of the desert cavalry, which can not only avoid the enemy's edge, but also continuously eat away at the living force of this army from both flanks. When used properly, it can effectively play a tactical role in blocking the enemy's charge.

However, the Blazing Shadowmons charged at them were far from the opponents they had ever encountered before, and not only did the synths have an innate understanding of tactics that surpassed that of the average military commander, but they also possessed the strength to ensure that their missions could be accomplished, as well as the courage to "treat death as if they were home".

The main force of more than 100 Blazing Shadow Beasts has not changed, and they still maintain a charging formation. Two squads on each side, in groups of ten Blazing Shadowmons, launched a sniper operation that seemed to be more appropriate for the word "hunt" against the moa riders who had come from the wings.

Some of them run straight into the sand, while others still run hard to catch the moa rider's eye.

It didn't take long for the "murder and arson" scene that had previously occurred in the desert to be staged again.

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