Krosstoen's mountain had taught Liam frugality. He knew better than to waste his limited resources, which had mainly involved his supplies and arrows back then.
However, Liam's hunter upbringing had also taught him when to use those resources. Saving an arrow was worse than failing to kill his prey or risking getting injured.
Hesitating could even lead to similar results while wasting the resource, and Liam applied that reasoning to his pill, using it without thinking twice.
After all, Liam had decided to kill Neil, Milo, and Jason ever since realizing that they had trapped him with the snake. He also acknowledged their individual strength and numerical advantage. They were no mere rats, so Liam went all-out from the get-go.
Liam's decisiveness and secret weapon caught the trio by surprise. Neil, Milo, and Jason had only planned to dodge the incoming mysterious object, but couldn't have predicted the cloud that it had released.
