I was now surrounded by a group of women whose lower bodies were long, thick snake tails, their scales catching faint light as they slowly shifted around us. The strangest part wasn't how terrifying they looked—it was how silent they were. When they had come at us earlier, there wasn't even the slightest hint of sound. No scraping of scales against stone. No disturbed air. No warning. It was as if they simply appeared, slipping into existence around us without disturbing the world itself.
That alone told me these weren't normal enemies.
"Oooh… haaa… You have a very large life force for a male. I've never seen this before…" one of them said, her voice low and slow, almost savoring each word. She licked her lips with a tongue that was far too long to be human, the tip flicking out like a snake tasting the air.
Her eyes were fixed on me, not in lust exactly—but hunger.
