United Kingdoms

The warrior wasn't particularly surprised by the answer, although she had secretly hoped for a different outcome. The girl didn't really want to start her career as a mercenary by watching one of her comrades die on her very first mission. But fate, apparently, had other plans. Besides, it was hard to deny that such events best highlighted the path she had chosen – it would have been naive to expect anything else from such a profession.

After the squad held an impromptu funeral and gradually recovered from the tragedy, they decided to return to what they had originally set out to do – fight the snake. Heos was sent on reconnaissance again, deeper into the cave. Meanwhile, Abigail began to butcher the carcass of the slain monster.
I'll take the snake's head with me and use its body for ingredients. I suppose Garliy will extract the venom.