Just Who Is Getting In My Way?! [Part 1]
"Did they really think that they could escape from death?" A man wearing a black robe on top of a Giant Rat Monster chuckled. "Well, this is at most a prey's struggle for life before the hunter takes its life. This is also a form of entertainment."
After finding out that the entire town of Bradford had been abandoned, the man didn't even bother ordering the monsters to loot whatever that was left. Instead, he ordered them to pursue the townspeople to the closest town possible.
What he came here to do was cause a massacre. He needed to do it to spread fear and anxiety to the surrounding towns and villages in the Southern Regions of the Empire.
Judging by the scent that still lingered by the roadside, he could tell that the people had left not too long ago. Traveling with plenty of people would greatly slow down the pace of the journey, so the black-robed man was confident that he would be able to overtake them in just a few hours.