In less than half a day, the fleeing remnants of that Barbarian Cavalry force brought news of their defeat back to the main Barbarian army.
At first, Heshima did not believe the terrible news. Those ten thousand Barbarian Cavalrymen had been elite troops drawn from the Iron Bone Tribe and the Faith Order. How could they have suffered such devastating losses?
Moreover, the reports had come only from scattered fugitives. He believed they might simply have seen that the battle was difficult, lost their nerve, and fled. Their words were not trustworthy at all.
But then more and more defeated soldiers returned, bringing fuller battle reports. The details of the battlefield became increasingly clear, and even the entire process of their defeat was vividly described.
Heshima finally abandoned his doubts. He understood that the ten thousand Barbarian riders sent to carry out the harassment operation had been utterly defeated and suffered grievous losses.
After fully confirming the intelligence, he summoned Apostle Keledu. Keledu did not believe it at first either, but Heshima took him to question the fleeing soldiers and learn everything that had happened on the battlefield. He had no choice but to believe it.
From the mouths of those defeated soldiers, the two reconstructed the full picture of the battle, from the initial bait-and-split maneuver to the later head-on clash with the enemy cavalry, as well as their encounter with that terrifying weapon.
After being attacked by that weapon, the Barbarian force had fallen into chaos, lost command in a short time, and then faced the enemy's desperate charge.
In the end, that series of changes had plunged the Barbarian force into total collapse. They had not even been capable of fighting back, while the enemy's losses were minimal.
After learning the full battle report, Heshima felt powerless