In the tragic wake of Kamus's demise, his proud and ambitious kinsman, Saveh, swept into the arena thirsting for vengeance. Brandishing a sharp blade of Indian steel, he circled Rostam left and right, calling out arrogant defiance. He taunted the Iranian champion, comparing his incoming wrath to the engulfing waves of the Nile, and swore that he would exact bitter vengeance for the fallen Kamus.
When these haughty boasts reached Rostam's ears, the elephant-bodied hero did not hesitate. Reaching down, he raised his heavy iron mace and brought it down with crushing force upon Saveh's helmet and skull. The blow was so catastrophic that Saveh's soul departed instantly in torment; it appeared as though his body had never possessed a head at all. Rostam cast the lifeless champion down and spurred Rakhsh across his shattered corpse, leaving not a trace of Saveh upon the earth.
Without missing a breath, Rostam charged straight into the frontline of the enemy host and toppled the royal banner of the Kushan army, striking ice-cold fear into their ranks. Sweeping ruthlessly from their right flank to their left, Rostam crushed all resistance beneath his path, turning the dusty battlefield into a grim harvest of shattered helmets and crushed skulls, leaving the whole Kushan host broken and engulfed in grief.