In an interesting turn of events, the anaconda swung towards Melody.
Its body moved in a wide, sweeping arc, the sheer mass of it displacing the air as it came around.
Melody leapt back, but the snake was already adjusting, its head dropping low and tracking her movement, as if it didn't need to hurry.
It was already confident that it had secured dinner, even if the dinner was the same rank as it was.
It spat again. Melody threw up a [Hex Shield], the venom splashing across the surface and running down in thin, smoking lines.
Lukas stepped out from behind the tree at the sight. This was largely his battle to fight.
"Hey!"
The anaconda's head swiveled. Its eyes found him, staring unblinking at him as if it was processing what it saw purely in terms of what it could eat and what it couldn't.
Then it redirected entirely, its body following the head in a long, rippling motion.
Lukas ran.
