Doubt when translating しかも and しかと in this excerpt


I was reading an answer on [Yahoo!
Chiebukuro](https://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q1195558141)
about _Nichijou_ series. In the answer, the poster quoted an excerpt from a
light novel _Nichijou no Shousetsu_. It's about a tale of
_[Momotaro](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momotar%C5%8D)_ being played by
_Nichijou_ characters.

> さて、さるをお供にしたももたろうが、元気良く鬼が島に歩いて行くと、その途中で、今度は犬が現れました。  
>  「……!」  
>  「……!」  
>  **しかも、戦っています。**  
>  **しかと、戦っています。**  
>  いぬ役の校長先生が、役をほっぽり出して、 **しかと戦っています** 。校長先生、出番ですよー!  
>  [中略]  
>  **「な、なんでしかと戦っているのー!?」**  
>  このおじさんが校長先生だと知らないももたろうは、あわてるばかり。  
>  たしかに、街中で **いぬとしか** **(1)** **が戦っていたら** 、誰だってびっくりします。

I could understand the overall meaning, but having a doubt on bolded sentence.
When I was reading it the first time, I translated the bolded sentence as:

> 然も【しかも】、戦っています。  
>  Moreover, he is fighting.
>
> 確と【しかと】、戦っています。  
>  Certainly, he is fighting.

However, when I reached (1), I realized that I might be mistranslating しか
since 鹿【しか】 (deer) was more likely.

In the end, I translated them as

> 然も、戦っています。  
>  Moreover, he is fighting.
>
> 鹿と、戦っています。  
>  He is fighting with a deer.

One thing that made me doubtful was, as far as I know, there was no deer in
_Momotarou_. However, I heard that there are alternative versions with
different companies, so it might be just another variation that _Nichijou_
created.

Also, I didn't translate しかも as 鹿も because it's the first time the deer was
introduced, and there was no fighting introduced beforehand (in this excerpt).

Am I correct in translating those sentences? (I realized that the redacted
excerpt might remove some important context, but it's beyond my control)




I think your translation is good.

I think this was played on a street where there were deers because the content
says that いぬ役の校長先生が、役をほっぽり出して、しかと戦っています(The school headmaster is fighting with
a deer, forgetting his part as a dog) and 街中で(on a street). This 鹿 would not
be related to the content of Momotaro.




I think your translation is good.

I think this was played on a street where there were deers because the content
says that いぬ役の校長先生が、役をほっぽり出して、しかと戦っています(The school headmaster is fighting with
a deer, forgetting his part as a dog) and 街中で(on a street). This 鹿 would not
be related to the content of Momotaro.

