Scuffles

Fargo and the others raised their weapons in tension, ready to defend as they heard the soft sound of Aka's head rolling down to the damp soil, leaving a bloody trail in its wake. 

When the aborigine's head stopped rolling to the foot of the tree, the rustles of plants sounded around them—soon revealing several figures. 

This was Garan, Mao, and a few others, totaling to about 20 people. 

As for the rest, they were either guarding the other gate (Sammy) or guiding and protecting the hundreds of slaves from the mine back to Fargo's wall. Now that it was safe to go back, they naturally didn't want to keep them outside. 

Anyway, when they received the aether letter, they were already separated into groups with Garan's and Sammy's teams were in-charge of capturing the escapees at different gates.