361 Emergence (1/2)

Somewhere East of Grand Ancestral Plane, a showdown amongst beast was happening.

On one side, there is a pack of large hyenas drooling over a prey. Each hyena weighs at least 500 kilograms and stood for about 10 meters in height. The leader of the pack was the largest, it was 20 meters tall and weighs 1000 kilograms. There's at least 30 hyenas in total, which makes up for a terrifying force that should be avoided at all costs.

On the other side, was just a lone Albino Snake. The snake was at least 100 meters long and has a girth of 50 meters. The scales on its body shone with luster specially under the influence of sunlight. The top part of her scales were dyed with a hint of a crimson color, making her a bit more unique compared to a regular Albino Snakes.

At a glance, this is an unfair battle. One snake versus 30 hyenas. The defeat of the snake was almost certain since their numbers would just overwhelm her. But even if that was the case, the snake didn't show any signs of fear nor had any desire to retreat.

*Hiss!*

On the contrary, the snake issued a challenging hiss at the drooling hyenas. Its provocation was effective and at least five hyenas came charging towards the snake's direction.

*Woosh!*

As soon as the hyenas entered a specific distance, the snake moved and its large body disappeared from sight. Its movements were too fast for its size, and before the rest of the hyenas realized that the snake disappeared, it reappeared once again but this time with a bulging stomach which inflated as soon as paid attention to it.

These hyenas didn't have a high intelligence but it didn't take them long enough to realize what just happened. The five hyenas that came towards her were eaten and digested in a blink of an eye. This is obvious by how the snake's mouth was covered in blood.

*Hiss!*

The snake once again issued a challenge towards the hyenas, and just like before a portion of the pack came running towards it. There was no suspense about what happened next, what happened with the earlier group happened to the next one as well. This snake just devoured half of their pack and something tells them that she still has room on her stomach for more.

The pack started to get nervous. It didn't take them long enough to realize that this snake is a more ferocious predator compared to them.

It was then that the Leader finally stepped forward and issued a groan. With him leading the pack, he order everyone to charge at the snake, of course the Leader was included as well. And compared to the rest of the pack, the Leader was stronger and faster as well.

Unfortunately, it wasn't as fast as the snake. Who would've thought that the snake was holding back all along?

*Whoosh!*

Now, the battle was a one versus one. This should've been a fair battle but alas, the Leader knew that it wasn't. Their numbers didn't matter at all, none of them even managed to lay a finger on the snake. The Leader now realized that it was completely outclassed by a beast that should've been weaker according to the strength charts.

Fear gripped the Leader's heart. It wanted to run and survive, but of course that was impossible. The snake was much faster compared to it. And while the Hyena Leader was thinking of ways to survive, it failed to realize that the snake already made a move.

When the realization hit, it found itself looking at the vertical pupils of the snake. The leader couldn't feel its body anymore, it couldn't even look at its own body even if it wanted to since there was body to be found anymore.

The snake already devoured it when it was still hesitating, what remained is just a head and the fleeting consciousness of the leader which was still wondering what happened. And just as the leader finally realized that it was eaten, it started to panic, even then it was too late already.

The snake opened its maws slowly, making sure to allow the leader to witness and realized where it will end up. The snake then took the head of the leader on its mouth and swallowed. Its stomach bulged once again but it deflated in a blink of an eye.

The snake then roamed its vision around the perimeter, looking around to see if it missed a target. After noticing that there was no targets to eaten anymore, it flicked its tongue and started slithering towards a certain spot not too far from the lair of the hyenas.

It stopped in front of a coconut tree, then it began climbing towards the top. As soon as it got there, the snake saw a human sitting cross-legged while chewing on some coconut meat. The snake released some joyous hisses as it went closer to the human.

”Yes, I saw it. You did very well. You can now take down a small lair all on your own. I'm proud of you.” The human smiled and caressed the snake's head with affection.

The snake closed its eyes as it felt the hands of the human. It then hissed at him, as if it was telling him something. The human nodded and said: