Cuchulain separates the fighters as the druid asks him, by killing each of them with a blow.
"'You have separated them,' said the druid, 'they shall do each other no more harm.'
"'They would not be so silenced,' said Cuchulain, 'hadst thou not prayed me to interfere between them.'
"'Give me thy spear, O Cuchulain,' said the druid.
"'I swear by the oath which my nation swears,' said Cuchulain, 'you have no greater need of the spear than I. All the warriors of Erin are come together against me, and I must defend myself.'
"'If thou refuse me,' said the druid, 'I shall solemnly utter against thee a magic curse.'
"'Up to this time,' replied Cuchulain, 'no curse has ever been levelled against me for any act of refusal on my part.'"
And with that he reversed his spear and threw it at the druid butt foremost, killing him and nine more. Lewy, the son of Curigh, immediately picked it up.
"'Whom,' said he to the children of Calatin, 'is this to overthrow?'
"'It is a king whom that spear shall slay,' said they.
"Lewy hurled it at Cuchulain's chariot, and it pierced Laeg, his charioteer.
"Cuchulain bade his charioteer farewell.
"'To-day,' said Cuchulain, 'I shall be both warrior and charioteer.'"
The same incident happens again. Cuchulain kills the second druid in the same way, and his spear is picked up by Erc.