The Primordial Record novel Chapter 64

Chapter 64 Strings

The skull was of an avian beast, that had a long pointy beak, the red ocean poured from its two empty eye sockets, and it seemed as if it was weeping blood.

A massive spinal column emerged from the ocean that was connected to the massive bones around him, and he realized that this being was far larger than he thought, and the body ashore was still a part of it.

A greater part of its body was buried inside the bloody ocean, and as it arose, it brought a formless pressure that drove the breath away from his lungs.

It appeared he might have overstayed his welcome, he hurriedly poured his Spatial sight into the Rune below him, his mind tensed as he saw that whatever method the teleportation circle used, it would take a few more seconds to charge, before he could leave, the pressure from the giant was beginning to mount, and then his snakes… attacked!

"Godda*nit… They are like mindless brats, who bite everything that moves!"

The sounds made as their numerous needle – sharp teeth rip through the bones were spine-chilling.

This was all disregarding the fact that they were consuming the body of a creature with powers that Rowan feared neared or were equal to a god.

The reaction of the giant avian skeleton was a bit sluggish, but it soon shook in agitation, when the third snake with three eyes, which unlike its other two siblings who ate along the surface, it was focused on boring deeper into the skeleton.

It must have reached particularly deep, for the skeleton gave a strange scream like nails scratching a board, and a green ghost fire emerged from its sockets.

It eyes blazed for a moment with that emerald flame before it spewed it at the three snakes, and they turned to dust, yet even before they died, they opened their mouths wide and greedily swallowed the flames.

"…"

Rowan felt a thump inside his chest, and a frightening sense of weakness before his body steadied itself and looking inside his body, he saw the three snakes had resurrected inside the void, where his hearts previously resided.

Before he could give any instructions, the snakes burst out of his body with startling speed, driving him to his knees as they shot towards the giant.

They emerged from his body, in a reduced form, before they rapidly expanded once more, which was a good thing because with their current size, they would kill him the moment they emerged from his body, as his constitution was like paper to them.

Okay. He was never going to get used to that.

The snake with two eyes with a more mild temperament did not rush into battle like it's two siblings, but paused, and seeing the massive bones surrounding them, rushed towards the bones and began to take massive bites.

Their stomach must be endless, for Rowan had seen it must have eaten more than twice it's body weight. A massive rib bone began to wobble, as the two eyed snake had eaten its connecting part to the vertebra.

Meanwhile, the other two snakes were braving the onslaught of the giant head, who was spewing a fresh round of green flames.

Both of them were blasted by the flames coming out of the eyes of the giant skeleton, and Rowan was surprised that the damage inflicted did not turn them to dust, instead only their scales and most of their flesh were burned off.

Their skeletons roared in anger and charged ahead through the flames, meanwhile, Rowan had been feeling a massive amount of pressure building up for a while now. He knew he had to leave, else if this giant erupted with whatever techniques it was brewing, he doubted he would survive it.

Thankfully, the Rune lit up before him, and he began to fade away, the two snakes ahead burned to ash as ultimately, they could not handle more of the flames, but they had swallowed a lot of it.