A loud thud resounded as a large weight hit the ground nearby. A cry of fear came from the scholar who had only just left, but it ended quickly with a choking gasp for air, a horrid snapping noise, then silence once more. An intimidating figure moved out of the shadows with purposefully slow, heavy footfalls, with a thump behind it as the body dropped to the ground. It grinned with a cruel cunning, as it had perfectly timed the moment to attack its prey. The other creatures accompanying Mergoux confused it slightly, but for the most part it didn't care. They had put her in the vulnerable position she was now in; it was even inclined to thank them. Though it didn't, it did speak a warning to them.

"Stay out of my way. My business is with the woman. If you don't interfere, you get to live; is that not fair? Oh, and..." It began to laugh. "...you may wish to avert your eyes."

When it finished, a hand like a steel vice attempted to grip Mergoux's neck. It would lift her up about a foot this way, before repeatedly slamming her down against the floor. It was the brutal creature's hope that this would knock her unconscious, that it might take her somewhere secluded to hurt her properly.