Seeing that posture, the big serpent suddenly fell into a strange sense of fear, and because of that, its charging speed doubled.
THRUUUUMMMM, THRUUUUMMMM, THRUUUUMMMM!!!
The sphere at the back of its throat reached critical density, the air around it warping so severely that the space between it and Gray visibly distorted, the chamber walls behind him reflecting back a funhouse version of reality.
The girls behind him had stopped breathing as they watched, and finally...
Then Gray moved.
Fwip!
A single swing.
It came from behind his back, following the diagonal angle of the blade's resting position, sweeping upward and forward in one clean, unbroken arc that covered the full length of the chamber faster than the eye could honestly claim to have followed it.
The energy that ran along the rapier's edge was grey.
Swip!
One sound.
The sphere at the back of the serpent's throat split first.
