That let him avoid any life in there, thus avoiding the "Gazeing upon her" curse. He only won by baiting Gorgon to use Breaker Gorgon and then hopping into his magic bag which reversed "Inside and outside" thus reversing Breaker Gorgon on Gorgon herself, allowing him to kill her
The way he won was an extreme battle of struggle and attrition. He had full knowledge of how Gorgon's abilities worked and knew he couldn't win. So he literally spent a long ass time just going into the same cave and hiding from her and from sight, using his shield as a gps
One thing i hate about socially inept men as a fairly socially inept woman is how brazen they're allowed to be about their social ineptness.. like they're truly so unaware & have never been made to feel aware of just how fucking awkward & bizarre they look.. and like ive never -