The serpent takes the blow like a champ, and retaliates by linking it's massive, heavy coils around the barbarian...
Savagely, it bites him, though its poisonous fangs leave no venom in the barbarians veins, the snake instead opts to slam him against the ceiling of the crawlway...

(2d8+20)[29] Damage to Maki!
Outside the crawlway, Welby can see the roof of the hall sink another two feet.