Whether this was the intended goal of that being or if this was simply a coincidence I had no idea, but after I caught sight of the cloaked figure in the distance - and after it had disappeared from my sight - I was just a fraction of a second to slow on this second batch of attacks.
One of the globs of venom got dangerously close to my neck, and another serpent managed to slither closer than I had wanted it to be, forcing me to make use of the blunted cap at the bottom of my halberd.
Three quick jabs at the rocky ground below sent a small wave of debris and cracks in the rock off towards the serpent, with the second strike catching it in the middle of its body and breaking its spine clean in two.
A very pained and pleading hiss escaped the serpent's maw as it looked for help from its comrades, but that third strike cracked its skull apart and ended its life early, yet even in death it had served its purpose.
