I descended into the arena, my boots hitting the repaired stone floor with a solid impact that echoed across the vast space.
My body still ached from the fight with Krathax; my divine core had not yet fully recovered, but I pushed the discomfort aside and focused on the gates ahead.
GRRRRRIND!
The massive doors opened wider, and what emerged made me immediately reassess my approach.
She was massive, easily four meters tall at her full height, though most of that height came from the serpentine lower body that coiled and uncoiled as she moved.
Her upper body was humanoid and female, with pale scales covering her skin that shimmered with an iridescent quality under the arena's strange light.
But what drew my attention immediately were the three heads.
Each one emerged from her shoulders and neck in positions that shouldn't have been anatomically possible, three distinct snake heads with different colorations and features.
