Hajin left the western shelter after its final receipt and reached the southern road while Dreth's infantry crossed the abandoned mill channel.
Eight surviving scouts rode behind the standards, bringing the active vanguard count to one hundred fifty-six after Juna's strike at the watchpost.
The remaining fighters advanced in separated files and kept six paces between shields instead of offering Juna another formation-wide target.
Portable mantlets divided their routes across the orchard, quarry approach, and salt-road rise without linking any two groups beneath one attack.
Juna reached Hajin beside the first warning stake and studied the spaces Dreth had forced between every file.
"He spread them after the cavalry died," she said, following their scents across three roads. "A single solar cut cannot reach every scattered group now."
Hajin watched the twisted, empty bridge for a moment before answering.
