He was able to slither along the darkness' tebdril which had attempted to overwhelm him. His back glided over the monster's gaseous form and pushed his waist forward while the girth went past him. Unscathed. There was only one thing to do-- kill or be killed. He regsined his footing, and twosted his entire body as the sword firmly grasped by hsi hand delivered a slash again-- now at the incoming girth in hopes to sever it as it meets.