With Rayek's triumphant return, Cutter has the opportunity to vent his rage for abandoning him on the World of Two Moons for thousands of years while Rayek pursued the mysteries of the universe in the spaceship known as the Palace of The High-Ones.Picknose's underground troll clan becomes the welcome scene of a wrestling match between the two warriors. Rayek and Cutter deliver several brutal blows to each other, but the fight is until the death, and no healers were allowed to intervene unless one of the fighters gives up. Cutter gains the upper hand and subdues Rayek, who withstands much abuse but doesnot forfeit. In the end, while nearly dead, Rayek only thanks Cutter for raising his daughter Venka.