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"You've returned." The voice of Hircine exclaimed.

Graicus couldn't help but smirk at what he thought was surprise in the Daedric Prince's voice.

"Aye, that I have."

The bear looked at him from across a large barren root across the ground.

The bite in the gladiator's shoulder still bled profusely but he shrugged it off.

"This will end only one way." Hircine assured.

Graicus tightened the grip on his spear.

"Yes it will."

And with that, both the gladiator and the beast leapt at each other and fought brutally. First Graicus stabbed the bear deep in the belly with his spear, causing it to roar in agony and try to swat away Graicus with its clawed paw.

The imperial didn't budge but could feel warm lashes tear across his face from where the claws had torn it open. Still, both his eyes were still working so he didn't care.

He pushed the spear deeper into the black belly and could feel a warm liquid coat the hand clenched on the spear. The blood of the beast dripped from its fur onto the ground. With his free hand, Graicus bawled it up in a fist and hammered it on the bear's left eye socket until he could hear bloody crunches.

The bear recoiled its head but as soon as Graicus' fist came near again it shot out and brought its razor sharp teeth down on the gladiator's massive forearm, piercing skin and bone. Graicus let out a cry of pain and quickly let go of the spear that stuck out of the beast's belly so he could use it to wrestle the big beast's muzzle off of his trapped arm.

He pulled at the bear's lower jaw to force it open but was met with little success. But he wasn't giving up just yet. The free hand shot to the beast's ursine nose and with great force, he tore off the skin between the alar folds with a sickening snap.

The bear howled in pain allowing Graicus to reclaim his gnarled forearm. It looked like it was riddled with giant red craters pooling with blood and saliva, but, again, the gladiator didn't care. He tossed aside the piece of black flesh he had torn off and pushed all his weight into the giant bear in an effort to topple it. Wrestling with the beast proved difficult however. With his arms clung around its fat neck he could feel himself being dragged along across the ground as the bear started running. He tried to push his feet into the ground. To prove any resistance but it was useless.

Together they disappeared deeper into the forest.