Officers like Manuel, who belong to the middle and lower ranks, are not uncommon in the Nanni Nation. Deep in their hearts, they despise and reject the Red Barbarians but lack the power to enforce their own ideas.
His team stopped outside the Blood Fog, and a strange multi-headed creature emerged from it. The creature had no eyes, mouth, or ears, but had several noses. Each nose sniffed someone in the group—even not distinguishing between warriors and criminals.
Every time they underwent such an inspection, Manuel felt humiliated: in the eyes of the Red Barbarians, the self-proclaimed honorable Nanni warriors were no different from these criminals!
Once the Blood Fog confirmed their identities, a passage opened. With a livid face, Manuel led his team in silence through it. The valley was bustling under the cover of the Blood Fog; everything in it, every living being, was dyed with a faint red light.
