The Mythical Shadow-Eyed Moon Serpent

These serpentine beasts came in varying sizes and terrifying forms, some with horned crowns, others with plated golden scales, and a few with crystalline eyes that glinted like polished gems.

But Victor wasn't here for them.

His eyes suddenly locked onto the highest cliff in the hollow where he noticed a strange movement.

From his position, he could see the faintest shimmer of silver and violet trailing through the air like ink swirling in water.

The moment he saw it, his breath paused.

"Isn't that... the mythical Shadow-Eyed Moon Serpent?" Victor seemed to recognise it from the descriptions.

Its scales were a cascading gradient of midnight indigo and moonlit silver. Each one glittered faintly with a mystical glow.

Twin horns spiraled back from its head, and its long body curved with unnatural smoothness as it ascended slowly onto a protruding ledge high above the other serpents.

Victor narrowed his eyes.