Railway (3)

The Chinese incarnations' attitude toward the train changed 180 degrees.

Those who had insisted until then that we absolutely had to flee now saw a possibility and began cooperating, offering whatever information they had.

“I didn't know they had something like this hidden away."

The Chinese people's words, relayed through the interpreter, were filled with anticipation.

I sat in the cab and listened carefully to the information they provided.

“They say the army is an undead legion made up exclusively of the dead. Its numbers are... probably over a thousand, and they may have grown even larger by now. The monsters are advancing while slaughtering every living thing along their path.”

One of the Chinese swallowed nervously and pointed toward the sky.

“The most dangerous thing seems to be the legion's boss monster. They say a skeleton floating in the air on a throne made of bones can immediately resurrect the corpses of monsters or humans killed by our side as undead soldiers. We have no way of knowing how many animals, monsters, and humans they killed and added to their army while coming down from the north, so they warn us to be careful.”

"...That's a frightening ability."

An army whose numbers increased every time it killed an enemy...