The other gaboon vipers saw in horror how the one leading them, one of the most experienced fighters of their race, was not only bested in stealth by some unknown enemy that seemingly appeared out of thin air, but he was also handled like he was nothing.
Normally, gaboon vipers are not head on combatants, they rely on ambushes to hunt, which is why it was weird that the other vipers entered in the open making a fuss but all of that was so the one that died could lay waiting for the perfect chance to strike.
It was a tactic specifically designed to get one of the adult king cobras while the others harassed the young ones, of course the plan flew out of the window when the little wyrm stepped in.
"Hissss!", after a moment of hesitation, the second in command gave the order and the nearly thirty gaboon vipers all charged towards Espi and that was their biggest mistake ever.
The little wyrm calmly remained still allowing the first gaboon viper to reach her with his fangs.
