The golden serpent carried Alvin, who was screaming, and smashed into a dilapidated Maya pyramid like a meteorite.
Alexei watched Stark chase after them with all his might. He froze for a moment, then shouted to his men, "Go check it out! Make sure Principal Alvin didn't get tricked by that snake."
The Maya warriors couldn't be bothered to argue with Alexei anymore. Kukulkan was their "god," and now that their "god" had appeared, it surely meant something was about to happen.
These devout Maya guardians had no time to quarrel with Alexei.
They got to their feet and ran as hard as they could toward the pyramid, as if they were afraid of arriving too late and missing the god's will.
The Maya pyramid was dilapidated but still mostly intact. The serpent crashed into it like a meteor, smashing a huge hole in its side and exposing the complex interior, along with countless murals.
Alvin staggered to his feet on the giant serpent's back. Looking at the ruins spinning around him, he let out a retch and vomited up bile, splashing it onto his feet.
Looking at the giant serpent, which had finally run out of strength, Alvin let out a long sigh of relief. Then he pulled out his phone to call Fox and the others and let them know he was safe.
But when he tried to call, he found there wasn't a single bar of signal.
He kicked the Golden Saddle beneath his feet, cursing as he climbed down from the serpent's back and walked to its mouth.
If the thing dared to bare its teeth at him, he'd knock every last one out and force it to submit through sheer violence.
The serpent had carried him through the air for almost three hours—the most painful