The waves of frost were certainly enough to stop many of the archers in their tracks. The spells, while not always lethal, hindered movement intensely. In total, four were caught in the waves of ice at least partially, while the others ducked into cover between the frost and fire spells. For those caught in the ice, they were sapped of their stamina as their bodies tried desperately to fight off the cold, and the ice itself cut them on the outside, and from the inside some water froze within them. One of them, who was caught in the direct middle of the wave, fell to the ground showing no signs of life, while two of the others were able to get back up and move into cover. 

The last of the archers who was hit by the ice was none other than the Cathay-raht leader, but he was not so easily deterred. Cathay-raht were the tallest and most massive of the Khajiit, apart from the Senche forms. In height, he was taller than even a werewolf, though did not have as much mass or strength. Even so, he could challenge a lycan in melee combat if he was skillful enough, and that seemed to be what he intended to do. He rushed through the cloud of ice, ignoring the bleeding, and ran straight at the tree Sabine was hiding behind. However, Peiter was not far behind, and was closing fast. 

Peiter ignored entirely the line of archers in cover, instead leaping over them and sprinting at the Cathay-raht. The large Khajiit ran around the tree and raised his silver blade to strike at Sabine, but it was at that point that Peiter pounced onto his back. Quite surprisingly, the Cathay-raht was somehow able to avoid being knocked off his feet. Instead, he used Peiter's own momentum to throw the werewolf to the ground in front of him. He had a few gashes from Peiter's claws, but was still more than able to fight. Fortunately, Peiter recovered quickly and was able to retaliate within seconds. Given that the Cathay-raht was wearing chainmail, a slash would not be effective, but piercing still could be. With as much force as he could manage, Peiter thrust his claws forward into the Khajiit's chest. Three of the claws did indeed pierce through, but did not penetrate as deeply as it would have an unarmored target, and it came at the cost of the Khajiit slashing his blade across the inside of Peiter's arm, as well as diagonally across his abdomen and down to his leg.

Peiter jumped back and glanced over to see if Sabine had finished her transformation. Together, they could perhaps fight the Cathay-raht, but his men were already getting out of cover and drawing their bows. They needed to run.