As Clavicus Vile eventually took notice of Fendros’ pack starting to circle around him, he actually appeared surprised for a moment, then soon started to laugh. “Wait…are you telling me that the “Great Huntsman” is [i]actually[/i] depending on these insects to help fight me? That is…hilarious! How desperate are you?” He said with an even harder laugh. “I’ll admit, there was a moment there where I was actually slightly worried, but this is just pathetic.”

Regardless of Vile’s amusement, it seemed there was no more provocation needed for Hircine to strike. Pointing his spear forward, Hircine rushed at Vile, prompting the rest of the pack to do the same since Hircine clearly seemed to have his attention. Unfortunately, they had hardly made it a few steps before a brightly glowing magic barrier appeared encircling Vile on all sides to cut the pack off from him, while also trapping Hircine inside with him. “I’ll crush the insects in a few minutes. First, I’m going to have fun with you, Huntsman.” 

Hircine turned his spear around, stabbing it into the barrier and unleashing his power through the weapon to try to break through it, but he was interrupted by an incredibly powerful surge of energy struck his back. The magic bore a deep red glow and seemed like it burned at Hircine’s very essence harshly enough to send even him to his knees. It would take more than one strike to defeat Hircine, but this was the kind of power that could injure a god. 

“Was this really your plan?” Another, weak voice sounded out near to Sabine. It came from the dog in the cage, though it did not seem like it was actually “speaking” aloud. It felt more like the voice was in the minds of each and every member of the pack. “Yeah, you’ve got my name right, but my master doesn’t really need [i]me[/i] to fight anything, on account of the fact that he still has my half of our power. It feels like it’s only been a few years since my essence re-formed after I was killed…by [i]that[/i] axe, actually. I really hate that thing. Been in this cage ever since.” He said, gesturing one paw towards Fendros.