Less panicking more dying, please, the second monster would very much like that. But that isn't going to be the reality here, the moment Zafika's dagger stabs it in the head its entire body vibrates for a moment. A moment later, its long legs are standing outward around it; two legs are down below it, two out front, two out back, and two more have slid up past Zafika and Matilda...

...and then the second monster starts tilting forward, its whole body falling forward until it can land on the two feet it had put out in front of it. Unless Matilda and Zafika clamber to climb to stay on top, they're going to topple off the front of it and sixty feet to the ground! Panic!