In just a moment, Y'shaati watched as a gigantic jaw filled with innumerable lines of sharp teeth emerged right in front of her. The Monkey Queen had never seen a creature with a snout of such magnitude in the jungle she lived in. Not even the terrifying and imposing titanic serpent Ma'i D'goa could compare to a beast like this.
As if it were a black abyss approaching quickly towards her, Y'shaati tried to jump as far as possible from the creature to avoid being devoured in a single bite or ending up crushed under its belly, but due to the muddy surface in that she was standing, her movement was clumsy and slow, though effective. She barely managed to dodge and get out of the way of the beast's attack. The great weight and size of the monster caused the mud of the trench to splash in all directions. Y'shaati simply closed her eyes just before a huge wave of mud dragged her through the ditch...
This creature was known in the Darklands as E'zso, the Devil Maggot. One of the many Dark Gods that roam free in this unexplored part of Amazonia. A beast with a covetous spirit that simply wanders in the depths of the earth in search of prey to satisfy its extreme hunger that seems to have no end. The creature had two small limbs very similar to human hands, as if it were an indication that this monster was once a human...
Struggling and kicking in distress to return to the surface, Y'shaati finally managed to get out of the mud and take a deep breath. Her naked body was completely covered in mud, from the top of her head to the tips of her toes. Desperate to not be able to see anything momentarily, she quickly shook her body and removed all the mud that covered most of her face.
When she could see again, Y'shaati noticed that the monster had disappeared. However, the earth was still trembling...
It was evident that E'zso had submerged himself in the mud again to attack by surprise from below once more. Without wasting more time, the Monkey Queen tried to move towards the edge of the ditch to get out of there. Upon arriving, Y'shaati immediately began to climb. The earth continued to tremble even more and more...
Despite having her legs and feet totally covered in mud, she managed to climb up relatively quickly thanks to the good grip and strength of her skilled toes. However, being only a few more steps away from escaping the trench, the Devil Maggot emerged beneath her once more, and seeing that its prey was about to flee, the creature opened its jaw and stucked out its tongue.
E'zso had a long and powerful tongue that quickly reached Y'shaati, wrapping around her hips. The Monkey Queen fell to the ground and began to be dragged into the grotesque mouth of the maggot. She dug her fingers several times in the creature's muscle to free herself, but this proved useless each time. She had almost no strength left due to her previous battles with the jakare and the living foliages. The only thing that kept her from failing from exhaustion was her will power and unbreakable fighting spirit. She knew it... this couldn't be the end for her. She had to save little I'ppi and his mother to reunite them again. She promised it. That was her mission as the guardian of the jungle...
Being about to be devoured, Y'shaati roared with all her might, causing her body to begin to radiate intensely. The Monkey Queen restrained E'zso's tongue with her hands again, and this time pulled from it with superhuman strength. When he least expected it, E'zso felt a strong pain... as if his tongue was being torn from his palate. Because of this, the monster quickly released Y'shaati to protect his tongue. But now it would be the Monkey Queen who wouldn't let the Devil Maggot escape.
Y'shaati, glowing incandescently and using all of the power bestowed by the Goddess within her, stopped using her hands and used her own mouth, biting savagely E'zso's tongue to pull from it. Y'shaati incrusted her teeth deeply, causing a large amount of dark blood to flow from the organ of the beast. Immediately, the creature roared in pain and agony, as if he were asking the girl turned animal to stop the torture. In that moment, the maggot looked at Y'shaati, feeling a profound fear: her azure eyes glittered intensely. She was staring at him as her mouth was being soaked in blood... the maggot saw the wrath of the Monkey Goddess burning in her face.
Just a second later, Y'shaati turned her body and head with an incredible and devastating strength, completely tearing the tongue from E'zso's muzzle once and for all.
A great stream of blood began to sprout from the monster's mouth as it writhed in pain in the mud, similarly to its severed muscle. After a while, E'zso slowly stopped moving as his body began to sink into a puddle of mud and black blood. It was definitive... E'zso, the legendary Devil Maggot was dead.
Seeing this, Y'shaati, without any more strength left in her body, finally collapsed from fatigue and exertion. The monkey-girl crashed on the mud. However, she also began to sink rapidly. She didn't even have minimum bit of strength to stand up. In a matter of seconds, the mud was already at her neck.
At this rate, the ditch would become her grave as well, just like E'zso. Everything seemed lost...
And suddenly, the Monkey Queen felt something or someone taking her hand and pulling her out of the mud trench. When she opened her eyes, she saw who it was: a gigantic monkey, very similar to I'ppi's mother, was carrying her in one of its arms. After leaving the ditch, the huge monkey laid her on the firm jungle soil. At last, she could see with little more clarity. She noted that, not only one, but several giant monkeys were gathered around her, watching her intrigued...
The monkeys got to see the way in which she killed E'zso, a creature feared by them. A Goddess of the jungle slaying one of the Dark Gods. They thought this young human female was certainly special, without a doubt. They considered her worthy of being called Queen of the Monkeys right away.
Y'shaati's sight became more and more blurred, but just before she passed out, she saw a small silhouette on the shoulder of one of the great monkeys: Little I'ppi was there. The baby monkey managed to escape from the swamp to bring help and save her.
Y'shaati simply smiled before closing her eyes and fall in a deep sleep...
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