The Human Saint is Bored, so I was Summoned to Another World

Darkness Falls on Chersea (Side Chapter, Part 1)

Kuro's men were ecstatic when they saw the missing cavalry of Winters finally made their way towards their enemies, cutting the Imperial legionnaires like grass from behind. Finally assured of victory, they get to have their well-deserved rests after that close battle and let the defenders of the town of Gebrei run after the stragglers in their stead.

Griffyth, Kuro, and Stephan met Winters himself, who was also searching for them.

"Sir Kuro!" greeted Winters and Kashca, who were riding the same horse, "We apologize for the late arrival."

"It's all good, Winters!" Kuro answered him, "You don't know how glad we are seeing you here."

"Aside from the fact that we lost a lot of good men, it's all fine, really...Winters." Griffyth's voice was rife with sarcasm.

"Sorry for your loss Griff!" the cavalry captain told him, "However, we also lost a lot of men to the west."

"It's all good, Winters," Kuro reassured him.

However, Winters was still tense, "No, it's not yet good, Sir Kuro! We lost a lot of men defending ourselves from a group of legionnaires coming here. I guess those Imperials got way too stressed out from the battles and went crazy!"

"Hold on!" Griffyth, who was a former legionnaire, asked, "What do you mean by that? Our training was tough, and we don't break easily!"

"I think you should worry about the fact that there's another group of legionnaires coming towards us." Kuro surveyed the battlefield and the marching prisoners, "We should retreat to the Holy Palatial Gardens."

"Retreat?" Griffyth protested, "But I thought we're going off to Huirot to relieve our allies there?"

"I don't know Griff." Winters told him, "I'd like to recommend going there, however, my men are scared to go west. These legionnaires I'm telling you about looked like they came from a battle—carrying god-awful wounds, and their armors looked battered. It goes even strange when they would not attack us with their swords...rather, they'd try to bite and tore us apart. We lost a lot of men that way."

"Sir Kuro..." Kashca suddenly spoke up, "Are you alright?"

The group turned their attention to their commander.

Kuro was pale and his body shivered, "Rabid? Crazy? Bite and tearing apart? Is it even possible?"

"Huh? Do you know something about this, Sir Kuro?" Stephan asked him.

"Winters, tell me what they looked like."

"Sir Kuro...all I could say is that they're abnormal. Their eyes were emotionless, yet bloodshot. And it's as if they don't get tired from running and chasing our men. We only escaped them because some of my commands sacrificed themselves as the rear guard."

"Griffyth...how're the men? Could they hurry and run?"

"Er...well, we got a lot of wounded, so we have to rest for a while."

"Move them away from here. Let's evacuate this place as soon as possible."

"Huh? Can't we just—"

"Just do what I say!" Kuro snapped, which startled Griffyth, Kashca, and Winters.

"!!!"

However, their shock was superseded by an even bigger surprise when they began hearing terrible screams coming from inside the town of Gebrei, as well as the surrounding areas. As if that wasn't enough, the men noticed that the sky was getting dimmer, much to everyone's horror.