At the next sound of movement I lunge with Blitz, it hits but the feel is not what I was expecting. It feels like I hit bone but without going through anything else first, but since I can't open my eyes to check I back off and wait. Hearing it moving towards me again I set my footing and use pierce.
I feel pierce tear through something hard and hear pieces of something hitting the floor. Shortly after I hear the thing collapse to the floor, I carefully walk over and kick it then jump back. Hearing no reaction I carefully open one eye to look and see what is going on.
What I see is the skeleton of a basilisk laying on the floor with its skull split in half. So it was an undead basilisk, that is wrong in so many ways! Well, that's one part of the problem solved, now I just need to figure out how to restore them.