When Archer finished explaining what would happen, half the crowd was angry and in an uproar, but the Dragon-kin soldiers behind them kept them in line. After speaking, he opened a portal to the new city and told the people to start entering.
They would find themselves in a spider or ant nest being devoured alive if there were any complaints. The imminent danger spurred the people into action, and a steady stream of individuals began flowing through.
After a while, the entire square was emptied, quickly replaced by a new wave of people. By the time the sun dipped below the horizon, the whole city was empty of everything. All the people and treasure was gone.
When the Ettins and Stone Men returned, he stored everything worth something in his Item Box. Once that was done, Archer, Ella, and Marzena returned to the new city with the Dragon-kin.