Claude and Bain both cried out in alarm. The contents of the message were simply too shocking.
'The Third Legion, while en route to Tiyaer to rest and refit, was ambushed by several thousand elite, armored Centaur Legion soldiers. They lost all of their supplies and suffered a total rout. Only a few hundred Cavalry managed to escape. The Legion Commander is missing, his fate unknown.
The Eighth and Ninth Legions have now entered the battlefield to resist the Half-Beastman counterattack. The Twenty-Third Legion remains stationed in eastern Danustika, protecting the southeastern regions of the Empire.'
For this news to have reached Henry's hands, a week must have already passed since the event occurred.
"My lord, the Third Legion has had it so rough. If I remember correctly, they were ambushed by Half-Beastmen back in the summer, and now they've been completely crushed. Sigh."
