Charles was immediately tied up and placed on one of the cavalry's reserve horses.
These reserve horses allow the main horses to rest during a gallop.
Now that the cavalry had captured their target, there was no need to gallop, so they could trot, which barely drained the horses' energy.
Because of this, the reserve horse Charles was riding even seemed a bit frolicsome.
However, Charles's mood had plummeted to rock bottom.
At that moment, as if resonating with his mood, a downpour started, and a streak of lightning slashed across the sky.
Moura's cavalry continued to advance in the heavy rain, the light from the hand-held storm lanterns only illuminated the vicinity of the horses, beyond that was boundless darkness.
Charles had a delusion, feeling that something terrifying was lurking within the curtain of rain; he swore he had seen it more than once, so he trembled and said to Moura, "Something is chasing us!"
