When the First Infantry Battalion reached the city gates, there were already no forces left to resist. Anqiluo and his men had all fled.
They quickly seized the area around the gates. The city's residents had long since been frightened into hiding at home with their doors and windows tightly shut, leaving the entire little city deathly quiet. Bryce left one company to guard the gates and ordered the other two companies to advance toward the Lord's Manor.
Paul soon entered Butuya City with the staff officers and the musket company. He had already seen through his telescope that Anqiluo and the others had not even returned to the city, instead fleeing around the walls. Unfortunately, he had no cavalry force of his own and could do nothing about their escape.
Bryce sent men to report that they had encountered no resistance on the way from the West Gate to the Lord's Manor. One company of soldiers had already occupied the manor, while another was conducting a search of the surrounding area centered on the manor, looking for any remaining enemies in hiding.
When they reached the Lord's Manor, it was already a complete mess. After the Alarda Army carried out a thorough search, they found none of the conspirators—the steward, Miers. He had presumably slipped away secretly.
His subordinates and trusted followers—the servants and guards he had arranged in the Lord's Manor—had presumably grown afraid of being punished after learning that the Seal-Holding Chief Steward had failed outside the city. They had all secretly taken whatever valuables they could find and fled on their own.
The few servants who remained were trembling in corners. The soldiers temporarily detained them.
An hour later, the Second Battalion finished gathering the prisoners and counting the casualties on the battlefield. It also entered