The Adept (before battle)

The first thing I noticed upon entering the room was that it was hot and muggy with the heat of battle, also evidenced by corpses of Si branch Heishou torn wildly about the room.

Who's that...?

…….

A bloodied beast rises ponderously from the ground, its gaze rising to meet ours.

<Wait, Wei...?>

Hold on, his eyes... something's definitely off here. He's not looking at us, he's -

Rodya cuts off abruptly, having noticed that something didn't feel right.

Away...

Away with you.

The hooves intermittently kick the ground with anticipation and aggression.

What happened here? Did the Heishou... make it into the exam hall?

Limbless snakes... dare trespass?

Your hideous coils...

I will crush them to mulch under my hooves...

You're... Wei, right...?

He's completely lost it.

I'll ground your filthy scales...

... to dust.