Can 'Four or five from the town rode past, routed by their diminished numbers and the fury of the Kal and Thorn.' be viewed as neither a logical extension nor a contradiction of 'Kal and Thorn were furious at the villagers.'
Four or five from the town rode past, routed by their diminished numbers and the fury of the Kal and Thorn.###Kal and Thorn were furious at the villagers.