### 63

You crouch in total silence, every nerve and muscle tensed in readiness for combat. A new sound reaches your ears. It does not come from the chamber but from the tunnel in which you are hiding; it is the sound of a cracking shell.

You turn to see a mass of slimy, twisting serpents, each as long and as thick as your arm, hatching from one of the eggs. Instinctively, they slither towards you, attracted by your body heat and driven on by an insatiable desire for food.

If you have the Magnakai Discipline of Invisibility, turn to 281.

If you have the Magnakai Discipline of Animal Control, turn to 210.

If you have neither of these skills, turn to 178.