Kimari's grain shortage made it impossible to keep people's loyalty. He begrudgingly nodded in agreement, and two thousand allied forces left on the same day. Thereafter, he left two thousand warriors from the smaller tribes to block the enemy at the mountain pass. The remaining eight thousand tribesmen quickly headed south, straight toward Hand Snake City.
At the beginning of the month, the allied forces finally returned to the Hand Snake Basin, only to find villages turned to ashes along the way. Everyone was on edge, and upon arriving at Hand Snake City, they were greeted by ruins and the sight of thousands of male skulls piled up into a chilling spectacle!
The strong men of the tribes were gone, the women and children in the city were gone, the chieftain's hall was gone, the wooden houses were gone... and most crucially, the granaries filled with grain were also gone!
