Chapter 658: Followers
"That bastard! That damned noble ran away!!!"
"We've been abandoned!!"
"Splurt!" "Aaargh!!!"
"Help me!!"
After their commander fled, the Kingdom Army's formation fell into chaos, mercenaries and soldiers alike cursing in fear and anger.
Amid the clash of flesh and blood, this almost immediately triggered a chain reaction that shattered their morale.
Some soldiers and mercenaries near the rear saw which way things were going and quickly chose to flee as well. Of the roughly eighty men left in the Kingdom Army's formation, another twenty or thirty ran off at once.
With their numerical advantage gone, those who remained were immediately in dire straits. In moments, the Savage Beastmen cut down seven or eight more men. But almost everyone left was locked in combat with the Savage Beastmen and could not disengage; trying would mean instant death.
"These Soma People can't escape now!!! Kill them all!!"
"Roar!!!" "Roar!!!" "Roar!!!"
Although a dozen or so Savage Beastmen had also fallen, the rest only grew more vicious and bloodthirsty, baring their sharp fangs as they roared in fury.
In no time, this small battlefield turned into a slaughter.
Riva and Youyi happened to witness it from a distance, watching the officer flee and the Kingdom Army's formation collapse.
"If we don't help, they're dead! Youyi, keep an eye on our surroundings!"
Riva charged straight out without a second thought. After fighting four Giant Monsters in the darkness and seeing the severed limbs they had torn apart, there was little left that could frighten him.
A kingdom spearman faced the descending battle-axe of a Savage Beastman. The shield-bearing comrade who should have shared the pressure was himself in danger under another Savage Beastman's blows, leaving the spearman no choice but to raise his spear to block.
With a clang, tremendous