In the end, Jason decided to trust his instincts since because of them, he survived until now. With that in mind, instead of attacking the monster from behind. He circled around the battlefield to see things from the perspective of his minions.
"If I had gotten closer enough to use Complete Appraisal, that thing would have been able to sense me," Jason thought. "Still, what kind of creature is that?"
It didn't feel like a mythological wolf from the myths, even though it passed that magical sense to Jason. In any case, that was a problem for the very near future, and Jason didn't believe that he would have a hard time fighting that giant wolf and his minions when he had Thrud, Chiron, and the others alongside him.
