Search was made for him round the premises, but nowhere was he found.
But when they came to the detached fire-hall, there lay Aulvir's comrades.
The king's men asked if Egil had come there at all.
They said that he had run in, taken his weapons, and so out again.

This was told to the king.
The king bade his men go with all speed and seize every ship or boat on the island.
'But in the morning,' said he, 'when it is light, we must search all the island and slay the man.'