Chapter 4 - The Semi-Dragon
The enormous creature that Noah watched, frozen behind the rock, was a gigantic serpent—the visible portion of its immense black body, striped with red, protruding from the cave's opening.
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[Alert! Danger!]
[Alert! Danger!]
[Hide immediately!]
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Upon hearing the system's warning, Noah quickly ducked completely behind the rock, breathless and with his heart pounding, for he had come perilously close to being seen by the creature.
When the serpent slithered out of the cave, it began to scan its surroundings with a blurred gaze, searching for the one responsible for rousing it. Its yellow eyes roamed about until they fixed on an enormous, flaming lion coming toward it.
Upon spotting the approaching devastation, the serpent roared—
"Raaawww!"
As it lunged in the direction of the source of the destruction.