Genshin Impact: Rise of the Desert

There is only one sun in the sky.

There was only one Chanyu on the ground.

For the glory of the Chanyu

I beat the war drums of the camel-skin-covered mantle.

I rode a golden desert horse

I donned the iron-hard Thousand Rock Armor

I picked up the Liyue spear forged from white iron.

I carried the recurve bow, carved from the sunset fruit tree, on my back.

I fastened the sharp arrow wrapped in peach skin.

I tied on the brocade red silk that my mother had sewn by hand.

I hung up the curved knife that my father had sharpened himself.

I sprinkled the weapon with elemental oils brewed by the priest himself.

I will kill every enemy I see who I hate.

For my most honorable Chanyu

Win the most fertile pasture

The desert people shouted their oath of war, and the infantry and cavalry charged together!

The Rock Slayer charged ahead, channeling the rock element within him to attack the city wall.

This wall, a crude structure built by the owner of the Eye of the Rock God, crumbled within minutes under the combined attack of dozens of Rock Mages.

As the city wall collapsed, the people on it fell with it, buried in the rubble, and lost most of their lives.

The infantrymen scrambled over the rubble, followed closely by the cavalry, and launched an attack on the Thousand Rock Army, which had not yet formed its battle formation.

The massacre began.

Even the most skilled warriors in the Thousand Rock Army are still mortals. The few who possess the Eye of God are powerless against the combined attack of the gilded forces, who outnumber them several times over. Under the cover of darkness and heavy rain, the accuracy of their ranged attacks drops drastically.

The thunder, rain, and roars made it impossible for anyone to hear their superiors' words; they charged forward on instinct.

Ivan floated in the air, unleashing a torrent of lightning.

It feels so good to be invincible and control the lives and deaths of thousands!

No wonder people are willing to give up gold, silver and jewelry, or even their bodies, for power.

Ivan floated in the air, killing every Thousand Rock soldier who tried to drag out the grain to soak in water.

The fish died and the net broke.

Unable to squeeze into the front lines, the Chiyan Army went desperately to the armory and granary.

They soaked essential supplies like grain, salt, and fresh water in the rain, which damaged military equipment.

I won't need it anymore, and you bunch of bastards can forget about using it either!

Hatred, sorrow, pain, joy, excitement, happiness, anger!

The intense emotions caused the remnants of the demon god to emerge.

The remnants of demons are their emotions, mostly composed of resentment. They were the losers in the struggle for power in the mortal world and were naturally unwilling to accept it, so they wreaked havoc on the earth after their deaths.

They are no longer gods, so naturally they cannot love people. They will pollute the life within their sight and slaughter other lives.

There are no traces of demons in the desert.

The King of the Great Red Sand Sea was not as benevolent as other gods. Any deity who opposed him became the building blocks of the divine heaven.

For example, the seeds of the great tree in the Dew Flower Sea were the corpse of the previous water goddess, Egolia.

kill!

kill!

kill!

A roar echoed across the boundless sky, blood splattered across the muddy earth. Life shattered and scattered with the wind, souls journeyed to the land of reincarnation!

With ranged weapons rendered ineffective by the heavy rain, the archers of the Thousand Rocks Army picked up their spears and joined the ranks, while the crossbowmen of the desert took weapons from the corpses and rode their warhorses behind the cavalry.

Only the Wind Hunters, they disassemble the bowstrings and hide them in the saddle, using wind elements to create new bowstrings.

...............

After a night of slaughter, the entire Thousand Rock Army perished; not a single soldier escaped.

How rare and precious!

The next morning, the soldiers cooked the grain in the granary that had not yet been soaked by the rain, and the officers ate their meal before tallying the casualties.

Ivan then discovered that the Thousand Rock Army had gathered here in numbers of 120,000!

All were killed in action.

Not a single person retreated.

This is the terrifying aspect of the existence of a real God in religion.

The desert army suffered over 10,000 dead, over 20,000 lightly wounded, and hundreds seriously wounded or disabled.

That's why everyone will talk to you nicely if you have the Eye of God. Look at how badly the army was beaten when the people without the Eye of God were defeated!

After breakfast, the scouts led by Huo'erchi set out to explore the mainland north of the island, and they would return carrying the corpses of the Thousand Rock Army.

These Thousand Rock Army soldiers came from various villages or towns, and their duties were similar to those of police officers; each team consisted of no more than fifty people.

How can an all-infantry force possibly defeat cavalry?

Ivan rubbed his temples, feeling the shock his body had received from the lightning element, and sighed, "Send the order: rest for a day and set off tomorrow. Oh, and bring that spy up here!"

The person, who had been drenched in heavy rain for half the night and soaked in rainwater and mud all night, was finally brought ashore.

The already thin man looked even weaker now. Ivan hadn't been fed for two days and nights, and all his fingernails and toenails had been pulled out. His tender flesh was now covered with dried soil and grass roots.

Half of each tooth was cut off by the blade, exposing the fragile inner walls. The hands were tied behind the back with a tight knot of rope, the hemp rope digging deep into the flesh. Sleeping wasn't allowed; if you closed your eyes for more than two minutes, you'd be woken up.

His tendons in his hands and feet were severed to prevent him from escaping, which means he slept soundly all night without anyone watching him.

Ivan showed no remorse for the man's miserable state. The desert people had been terribly bullied by the Liyue people, and the ranged soldiers guarding this spy had tried every means to torture him but had failed to extract any information.

Ivan looked at the man in front of him: "Are you still not going to say anything?"

The man chuckled, seemingly a little out of his mind: "Come here, come here, I'll tell you where the rest of Shenyu Valley's army is hiding."

Ivan's heart sank. Shenyu Valley still had an army? Another expedition would be the end of them!

Then, Ivan approached the man.

He opened his mouth, revealing uneven teeth, and laughed, "Hehe...hid...hid in your mom's bed...hehe..."

“…Take care of him.”