 White flags are spotted from the old castle's battlements the next day and the town surrenders—a message is received that the troops must withdraw from the castle before evening and raise the white flag.The envoys—three commissioners—finally come and state that one of the conditions is for Kamenyets to go to the Sultan forever, who would turn it into the capital of his new province in Central Europe.As the Polish troops leave the castle, a mine explodes and kills Colonel Michael Volodyovski, the Hector of Kamenyets and first soldier of the Commonwealth.