The snake changed its attack pattern after the explosion damaged its mouth.
It stopped biting skeletons directly. Instead, it crushed them with its coils and tail before they could reach the head. It also kept its head higher above ground level while avoiding the same trap.
James sent another skeleton forward to test if the snake would fall for the same trick.
The snake destroyed it with a tail sweep before it got within ten meters of the mouth.
The snake was not mindless. It learned from mistakes.
The snake coiled across the central hall in a wide pattern and separated Team Zero. Finn was pushed toward the flooded lower floor section. James and Kael were forced behind a broken shopfront.
The ogre grabbed part of the snake's body to stop it from crushing Finn completely. The snake responded by coiling around the ogre and starting to crush it with pure physical force.
[REANIMATED OGRE]
[HP: 2,410/3,200 → 1,640/3,200]
