Story 83: The Serpent's Lair

Deep within the bowels of the ancient temple, where the air was thick with the stench of decay, and the walls dripped with the moisture of centuries, a monstrous serpent coiled around its treasure. The beast's scales glistened with a sickly green hue, and its eyes, like twin orbs of burning malice, watched over the gold and jewels it had claimed over countless years. No man dared enter the lair of the serpent, for those who had attempted were never seen again.

But Kurgan was no ordinary man.

A warrior of unmatched strength and unyielding will, Kurgan had ventured into the forsaken temple with one purpose: to claim the treasure that the legends spoke of. But as the fates would have it, treasure was not all that awaited him. The temple was a maze of traps and trials, each more deadly than the last, but Kurgan had fought his way through with sheer determination, his muscles rippling beneath the sweat and grime that coated his skin.