followed him amidst the wilds of Tartary and Russia thanks to peasant who had spotted the creature and his tracks in the snow
the monster left marks in writing on trees: "My reign is not yet over ... you live, and my power is complete. follow me; i seek the everlasting ices of the north, where you will feel the misery of cold and frost to which i am impassive. you will find near this place, if you follow not too tardily, a dead hare; eat and be refreshed. come on, my enemy; we have yet to wrestle for our lives but many hard and miserable hours must you endure until that period shall arrive"
went to the cemetery and swears an oath at their graves to pursue the demon until one of them dies; the creature was happy to hear victors oath