With the airborne bandits wiped out, I turned my sight towards the ground.
The bandits that had been charging towards the travellers seemed to have gone ahead with their attack despite the loss of their air force, either because they did not know about their decimation or they didn't care.
It also looks like their surprise attack had been quite effective as the group of travellers they hit were scattered around and some of them were even fleeing.
The bandits had targeted this group specifically due to the fact that they were quite a distance away from the other groups and could not receive help easily.
I dove towards the group of bandits, aiming to smash into the ground to make as dramatic of an entrance as I could to get their attention and take off pressure from the travellers.
But right as I was in the middle of my dive, the ground suddenly shook and something burst out under the sand near the group of bandits and throwing up a giant dust cloud.
