Chapter 6
The Serpent's Hunger
As darkness engulfs the world in Kenneth's vision, a monstrous, pregnant snake emerges. It relentlessly chases fleeing people, devouring them and unleashing swarms of offspring, multiplying the terror and destruction.
Darkness, thick and suffocating, had descended upon the world, a shroud woven from fear and despair. In Kenneth’s vision, the sky wept fire, each molten tear a harbinger of doom, igniting terror in the hearts of those who scrambled for refuge. Their cries, a symphony of anguish, echoed through the suffocating gloom, a testament to the chaos that had become their reality. People ran, a frantic tide of humanity, their faces contorted in silent screams, their bodies wracked with an abject terror that no prayer could assuade. Confusion reigned, a palpable entity that fed on their panic, scattering them like leaves in a tempest.
Kenneth found himself swept along in this desperate exodus, his own heart pounding a frantic rhythm against his ribs. The air crackled with an unseen energy, a precursor to the horror that was about to unfold. Then, from the churning abyss of shadows behind them, a monstrous form began to coalesce. It was a snake, colossal in its proportions, its scales shimmering with an unholy luminescence in the infernal light. Its eyes, twin embers of malevolence, burned with an insatiable hunger, fixed upon the fleeing throng. An angry hiss, a sound that scraped against the very soul, tore through the cacophony, and the serpent lung