Surrounded by light infantrymen, who now spared no hesitation, the fallen guards were mercilessly hacked with axes, swiftly claiming the lives of five or six more.
The remaining members of Mibo's guard, realizing the futility of their situation and seeing their charge knocked unconscious, descended into despair.
Recognizing the grim reality, they chose to lay down their weapons.
Their shields, crafted from oil-soaked wood bound in cowhide, fell to the ground, symbols of their lost will to fight.
Portwan, a mayor, could have returned home since his soldiers were gone, but his city of Wislot was lost, leaving him no home to return to.
He had continued marching with Mibo's army, hoping that his efforts might redeem his earlier failures and that Mibo, upon reclaiming Wislot, would reinstate him as mayor.
