'How did it get so far?'
Gio didn't expect the serpent to be this resilient. Unlike monsters, beasts had a strong desire to live that surpassed everything else, so he did expect a struggle, but for it to almost reach the cave entrance?
The gas had cleared up and Gio approached to look into the tunnel, but he never thought his eyes would lock with those of his target.
For just a moment before they lost their light, he saw it, and it saw him.
'That could have gone terribly.'
With just a little more power, it would have charged out of the cave. Even if it would have fallen regardless, Gio didn't want to risk any kind of contact.
'But it should be fine now.'
He physically watched the life fade away from its eyes.
He still approached slowly, but with much less caution. The beast was nothing more than a corpse, so he didn't need to fear it.
