The great meeting of the order of primates concluded with a warning and a promise. Not all the ape families agreed with what had been decided, but they finally gave Y'shaati a chance and the benefit of the doubt to show that she could control her power and not the other way around. For this, it would be necessary a more courageous and impressive act to prove her worth as the future savior guardian of the jungle... but definitely nobody would have wanted something like what was about to happen that same day, right there in the sacred tree Yvyra...
The howls of the apes were loudly heard throughout the jungle. The deafening noise kept all the participants carefree and out of guard. It wasn't until a few minutes after the meeting finished that ape families felt the strange sensation that they were not alone... A foreboding, an instinct that only animals could feel. Y'shaati also sensed this presence of something that was prowling the base of the great sacred tree.
The apes remained as silent as possible to try to detect what bothered them profoundly. The uncertainty and presage of danger was present at the moment when the whole environment remained completely quiet. Something crawled and slithered under the branches of Yvyra and was hiding behind the dense foliage. In an attempt to dispel the bad moment of sudden fear, Y'shaati on her own, tried to follow the source of the slight but constant sound. All the apes were surprised to see the human girl moving across the branches. The Naka'i and the Tahuayos wanted to stop her immediately before she did anything foolish, but it was too late. The monkey-girl slowly descended from the branches of the tree, following a trail into a large hole in one of Yvyra's thick roots. By this time, the stalking sound had stopped. The apes, frightened, ordered her to move away from that place immediately. However, Y'shaati slowly approached the hole and poked her head slightly to see inside the root. The view was pitch dark. It wasn't until a small ray of light leaked from Yvyra's leaves into the hole when Y'shaati saw reflected in the spectrum of light, a pair of yellowish eyes...
A second later, all the apes watched as a gigantic serpent shot out of the hole at high speed, charging at Y'shaati with brutal force:
Mai D'goa, the Legendary Titanic-toothed Serpent had returned... coming back for vengeance...
All the apes families jumped and fled in terror due to the sudden and lethal attack of the anaconda. The Naka'i and the Tahuayos watched in horror as Y'shaati was attacked by the huge beast. Thanks to her amazing monkey agility and good reflexes, the monkey-girl was able to escape again and again from the snake's jaws. The incredible strength of Ma'i D'goa destroyed all the branches and roots of Yvyra that were in its path while chasing its prey. However, Y'shaati was able to escape from its reach when she grabbed a vine and swung quickly to reach a higher place along with her family of Naka'i monkeys.
The anaconda stopped when he saw that it couldn't go up to where she was, so it launched a powerful high-pitched roar. Y'shaati looked directly at Ma'i D'goa's eyes. At that moment, the snake looked around and observed the hundreds of apes of different races that were escaping confused and terrified... for the giant anaconda, that only meant one thing: a feast.
The ananconda was excited to devour a huge amount of preys today; its long tail waved with euphoria and its jaws drooled grotesquely. Without wasting more time, the snake quickly began to slither up the branches of the great sacred tree and launched itself against the apes.
Yvyra had become a pandemonium... howls of pain, terror and despair were heard up to the surroundings of the sacred tree. The anaconda enjoyed its hunting and the fear of the primates... it was a complete green hell. Meanwhile, Y'shaati only watched horrified and shocked. The Naka'i held her by her hand in a desperate attempt to convince her to run away while they could, but the monkey-girl refused to escape from such a terrible situation. The Naka'i insisted on escaping, because there wasn't really anything she could do to face a beast like Ma'i D'goa. Seeing the giant anaconda devouring innocent apes made her have flashbacks of what had happened with that little monkey she couldn't save on that occasion. On the verge of emotional collapse, Y'shaati recalled the words that K'uno had told her and remembered his smiling face before dying:
—(K'uno): "ooh-ooh ah... ook-ook! Ooh-ooh ohh, ah-ah OOH OH OOOH!! (Yacuruna choose you to be her vessel... the Savior of the Jungle, the Holy Spirit of Amazonia!!)
Y'shaati finally accepted her fate...
From one moment to another, with a serious look and great determination, she jumped from the tree and swung towards the snake to confront it and save the apes. The Naka'i remained astonished...
In those moments, Ma'i D'goa had cornered a group of Papios who weren't intimidated by the titanic serpent. These baboons howled and roared fiercely at any enemy, but they wouldn't be rivals for the blood-starved beast. The anaconda opened its great jaws again, ready to devour the baboons.
Just a second before it could launch its gigantic bite... Y'shaati appeared out of nowhere with impressive speed and landed a powerful kick directly to Ma'i D'goa's head. The great impact knocked down the snake and caused it to fall to the ground. The Papios looked at Y'shaati: yet again, her body was covered in a glowing green aura, but her face showed that she hadn't lost control of herself this time. The monkey-girl was completely in domain of her power... and now nothing could stop her from realizing her purpose in life... becoming a true guardian of the jungle. A protector for the monkeys.
Y'shaati landed right where the snake had fallen. Without hesitation, she adopted her Tahuayo battle stance and uttered a great ape-like howl while furiously beating her naked beautiful chest. She was ready for battle.
Ma'i D'goa regained its composure quickly and launched a threatening roar, opening its jaws to show her its huge and sharp teeth. Y'shaati, without fear and without retreat, showed him her own fangs as a sign of challenge.
Both the monkey-girl and the giant anaconda stood motionless for a couple of seconds. Y'shaati was ready to sprint and jump to attack the vengeful creature. The snake roared and opened its big jaws to do the same thing...
The beauty and the beast... Y'shaati, the Spirit of Amazonia vs Ma'i D'goa, the Titanic-toothed serpent...
A great death battle was about to begin...
No turning back now...
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