Thoroncir laughs at Bitur’s jest, and shouts, “Of course, we all knew that, but I think he’s emboldened enough now. Strike him, Bitur, strike him hard!” The knight-errant has neither seen a bigger foe than the cave troll (on land, anyway), nor smelled a fouler one, in all his days. He steadily hacks away at it, being careful not to hit Gwaelur, who is closest to him in the shield wall, as he does so.