The conflict on the battlefield did not last long.
Viscount Elton was reluctant to sacrifice his army, but he knew this was no time for sentimentality.
The results of this approach were clear: the Beastmen had focused their main force on the human army, largely ignoring the fleeing nobles.
Viscount Elton led the human nobles in a wide loop, returning to the road they had come from.
Just as they returned to the original road, they ran head-on into one of his own Honorary Knights, who was also one of his Officers.
"What's the situation? How many men do we have left?" Viscount Elton asked, looking at the blood-soaked Officer.
The Officer was physically and mentally exhausted. Upon seeing his Viscount, he could no longer hold it together. The big, tough man was on the verge of tears.
"My lord, those Beastmen are too strong. They hit us so hard I couldn't even organize the troops."
"Wim and I split up when we ran, but I don't know what happened to him..."
