When Sarcony was about to touch the crystal, her mother warned,
" Quetzalcoatl is a very unreasonable guy. He always bullies the to-be Matriarch candidates just because he truly hates the strictly inherited nature of the Matriarch position. He will definitely try to trouble you, especially after finding that you're a High elf, the elf with 100 % pure elvish bloodline in a million years. Be extremely careful. "
" Mom? how will he know that I am your, Matriarch's daughter? "
" You have a 'three leaves' tattoo on your forehead only visible to those who have reached the Perfection level of their nature core and achieved at least Rookie level in the way of the natural essence among elves and those who reached the level of a peak tier transcender or above," she answered her daughter patiently.
" Ok. I am going. "
Sarcony was fearless. She walked up to the crystal and touched it.
She suddenly felt a huge force suck her consciousness into it.
When she came to her senses, she was standing in total darkness in front of a huge creature that exactly resembled the statue. It was the domineering lower deity Quetzalcoatl.
" So, the pampered princess, the spoiled daughter of the Matriarch arrives, please join your hands in applause, " he spoke in an acidic tone.
" Awaken my dantain and my nature core, great elder. Please !! " Sarcony spoke in a cute manner, trying to flatter the deity.
" Stop using flattery on me. I know how rotten to the core your useless mother and you are. You can be my guest and stay forever in my mind space. " Quetzalcoatl sneered at her.
" Shut up and do the awakening you filthy snake bird half-half hybrid, " Sarcony raged at him in anger. Her mother was her inverse scale, not to be touched.
" YOU DARE !!!!!!!!!! " Quetzalcoatl abruptly released all his pressure onto the girl, yet, she refused to budge. She stubbornly resisted against it without allowing her knees to buckle.
Quetzalcoatl was enraged. HOW CAN A WEAK, MORTAL GIRL WITH NO CULTIVATION EVEN RESIST AGAINST MY PRESSURE? THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE.
" HAHA….. well done, my lass. " With those manly words, the pressure on the girl vanished without a trace like magic.
" I like your tenacity. This ribbon snake dared bear its fangs against my child. HE'LL PAY FOR THAT. "
The loud words almost tore Quetzalcoatl's ears while a tremendous pressure that made his feel like a gentle breeze crushed him like a bug. The voice felt furious and happy, all at once.
A man with his face resembling a monkey arrived with a gold-tipped long, red staff in his hands. The mental space of Sarcony, which was dominated by Quetzalcoatl was instantly seized by his aura.
" S...Sun Wukong !!!! " Quetzalcoatl couldn't help but be stunned.
This was the legendary ' Heaven's equal ', the mighty monkey king, Sun Wukong. Other than the great enlightened one, The Gautama Buddha, none could withstand his might or face his wrath.
In front of this intermediate pantheon deity who could even match a few demigod servants, he, a mere lower pantheon deity, was not even worth mentioning.
Sun Wukong could kill him with a mere grunt.
" Hmm, so you do recognize me. Now, scram before I decide to wring your bones, " he warned sternly.
" But,…."
" Its ok, little girl. I can awaken your nature core and dantain way better than he can. Trust me. " He ruffled the girl's hair and glared at the retreating figure of him.
He pointed his finger to the girl's forehead sending a ray of light into it. Sarcony felt her lower back jolt. Her dantain awakened and shone in a pure golden color. Her nature core, floating in her mental space, shone in a brilliant green color. It was awakened as well.
" Hmm, not bad, you have the rarest void dantain nature along with an innate awakened way of the natural essence, the way of domination. You'll be the greatest leader the elven world has ever seen. Your nature core is an innate level 3 i.e., learner nature core. As expected of my friend's descendant. You're just like her, unyielding, brave and domineering, " Sun Wukong praised Sarcony with a smile.
" Thank you, uncle Sun, " Sarcony thanked him with a cute smile.
Sun Wukong couldn't help but lift her up and cuddle her. " Your beard tickles, hahahaha…..stop, stop….it is tickling." Sarcony laughed while being tickled by his beard.
Meanwhile, the bootlicking elders and the Matriarch were dumbstruck.
WASN'T SUN WUKONG A LEGENDARY FIGURE KNOWN TO BE THE FRIEND OF THEIR FOUNDING ANCESTOR, HOW COME HE IS ACTING LIKE A BENOVALENT GRANDFATHER?!!!!! were their thoughts.
Sarcony and Wukong played for the entire day in the carriage while everyone held their breaths. One wrong move and he could kill them with a swish of his tail. Upon reaching the village,
" Uncle Sun, can't you stay with us ? "
" I guess I'll stay till you hit puberty or enroll in the school or an academy. "
" Yay!! Thank you, uncle. "
Sarcony tightly hugged her uncle Sun who carried her all the way home and promised to stay with her till she grew into an adolescent. Little did she know how legendary her uncle was.
The Matriarch could only be surprised at her daughter's boldness in referring to the Legendary monkey king Sun Wukong as an uncle.
But, she was happy that her daughter got an exceptionally strong and righteous uncle who would also be her master and playmate.
Hierarchy of nature core levels :
Novice < Trainee < Learner < True Beginner < Awakened < Perfection < Assimilation < Demi godly < Godly >= Dual Dragon ( only known in legends )