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Zmey Gorynych is a multi-headed fire breathing dragon

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Taking down a regular dragon is hard enough without having to chop off several heads that all breathe scorching flames. Slavic legends simply did not mess around when designing their ultimate reptilian bosses.

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Zmey Gorynych is a multi-headed fire breathing dragon
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