[Music recommendation: Salt and Sea, Fire and Blood · Ramin Djawadi]
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Around them, the guards struggled to their feet, coughing and shielding their faces as they tried to see through the thick clouds of dust.
"Where are we?" one of them asked.
Orin narrowed his eyes through the haze, taking in the jagged volcanic peaks, before his face paled completely. "This... this is the core of the fifth level."
Just then, a deafening roar shook the very ground beneath them.
Gavriel and Belial immediately pushed themselves to their feet, their bodies tensing as their crimson eyes fixed on something massive looming beyond the dust.
One by one, enormous white heads began to emerge from the haze.
Orin stared at the sight in disbelief.
When he finally found his voice, all he could manage was a breathless question. "Who woke him up?"
The remaining guards froze in absolute horror as the legendary, thousand-headed white serpent slithered into full view.
