The humans were overrun not long after Julius gave Aria, Eisha, and Sammael his orders.
It was fine for the champions, but none of them, including Maximilian and Master Desmond, wanted to leave behind their troops just to save their skins. They would rather die than shamelessly retreat like that.
When the blood demons all began pouring out of the forest en masse, Charles had to make the hard decision of leaving the beach and retreating with the soldiers he was commanding.
It was a tough decision because he wanted to remain on the beach for his friends but he couldn’t possibly drag the soldiers under his command with them to their potential doom.
The other Light Alliance forces still on the beach or were just about to land had already started retreating. It was only the Vulcan Kingdom’
