The guard is right, it only took three minutes for the Roman search forces to extend their range and came in to the place where Semseddin and his men were hiding just now. They found nothing but some grass patch that seemed to be just stepped on, some burnt smell and random blackened smaller pieces of cloth and armour lying around randomly, this is already far from enough to determine that their visitors were indeed here.
The higher ups are called in soon after to walk the grounds. Khalid, who is a hide and seek master with years of experience among the deserts and hills, has a unique way of himself to search for people. He kneeled down in front of a pile of horse poo, gently tapped his finger to touch it, wiped his hands clean and made his conclusion. "The horse dung is still hot; they must be still near around here. Disperse yourselves and send the signal at once when you find their trace!"
