With the mahouts quickly leaving the field to save their own skin, the soldiers under Remus did not have to run far to escape the sudden attack.
As a matter of fact, the attack dissipated almost as suddenly as it came, causing much chaos in Remus's ranks but surprisingly few casualties- only a few wounded by arrow fire and exactly seven trampled to death by elephants.
The total death from this attack would be less than twenty.
Thus, suffering only surface level damage to his forces, the captain of the contingent was fortunately able to quickly regain control of the 2,000 men and reform the lines, before finally coming to Menes's rescue, killing almost all of the 500 men that they had found.
Remus's narration helped solve that mystery for Menes, and so following that, he turned to solve the other one, as he turned to face the other group who had handed him a crucial hand in his time of need, wondering about their origins.
