While Sarme shouted, the gigantic king cobra slowly lowered its head until it was two inches from the ground. Madewari’s heartbeat was almost three times the normal heart rate, as he watched the gigantic reptile, General Whyte and the two women ahead. Everything that happened the next second could appropriately be said to be with lightning speed. The king cobra’s head dropped with a soft thud on thud on the ground and shot forward toward the two women. The Shaingwan warriors on their part ran with the slithering king cobra, as several rifles began to fire at the same time. A feeling of apprehension and anxiety soon engulfed the General, as he pulled out his sword and slashed Sarme’s throat with it. Blood splattered through the air at the same moment on the faces of some fair soldiers behin
