A bright light envelope the three in a blinding fashion. John raises his shield for possible danger. Somehow, the space around them distorted, they're left standing outside at the base of Mount Huaguo. The Excavation Facility gone, and it was noon. Dan vomits as he experienced being warp for the first time.
"Huh?" He was confused at the sight of the mountain. Monkeys are jumping and swinging from tree to tree. A distinct figure was watching them from atop, it was stroking its chin.
"Did we happened to go back in time, Riley?"
"I guess, no..."
They felt a weak trembling of the ground. A voice was then heard.
[Oh Visitors! I never had visitors for the last 100 years!]
'Its him'
Riley gulped. She never seen such a 'Guardian' from an armament before, let alone the voice shakes her soul. John was amazed by the monkey's composure.
[The last one was that stupid snake who imprisoned me again with this stupid headband!]
"Greetings, Great Sage."
John immediately lowered his head to show respect. The two then followed.
[Come, let's have a talk, shall we?]
They followed him to the top of the mountain to his resting place. A large 'duyan' was knot between two big trees. He flick his fingers to manifest a bench that the three sat on after.
[What brings you here?]
The three of them was silent for a while, looking at one another, then Dan speak up first.
"To inherit your weapon, I guess..."
[Ahahaha! So you aren't sure why you come here. Interesting.]
Sun Wukong grinned while Dan lowered his head in embarrassment. It took a while for him to formulate a sentence again before looking back to both Riley and John, which are still silent as of the moment.
'Oy, help me'
Riley look at him and fix her composure before speaking to Wukong,
"You're lying about a while ago, right?"
[Huh?]
"You said we're the first ones to visit you in 100 years, yet the entrance to the physical body of your weapon is welcoming."
[Oho, that. You got me. But before that..]
He snapped his fingers and manifest some bananas infront of them.
[Eat, don't hesitate to.]
"We're full, thank you," John replied to him, not even touching the food laid to them. Riley also hesitates while Dan open his hand and reach for the food.
[So we're are we, Oh. Some humans tried to enter my spiritual space but I didn't permit them to. So they try to dig the whole area out to the ceiling to lift this up.]
"And why permit us?"
[I don't think you guys are with those miners out there. Actually I was waiting for you to come.]
Wukong grabs one banana and peeled it. He then munch it off and then points to Dan.
[Hmmm.. Me's duing ot (He's doing it)]
John and Riley turned their heads and saw Dan's eyes went white, he's breathing heavily and his body became stiff.
"Shoot! He ate one?!"
"This idiot..." Riley sighed. There was one thing she's avoiding - Not to take anything what a 'Guardian' gives - it may commence a Weapon Compatibility Rites that can severely affect one's mind and soul.
"Did you just-"
[Yes, he's in stasis right now.]
"But Why?"
[I just have a hunch.]
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In a blank space where nothing exist, a soul was floating in that nothingness. That very soul emits a faint light, its eyes slowly opens. The soul was naked, yet it didn't have distinct reproductive organs. The eerie atmosphere in the void makes the soul shakes.
'Hello?'
It's voice was never heard. The soul was worried more than it thinks. He glide though the endless nothingness and reached nothing.
(I know you struggle.)
The nothingness spoke to the soul.
(The death of your family is quite an interesting story.)
'!!!'
The soul's consciousness then view a viewpoint of a little boy, crying. His mother and brother we're brutally attacked and he was helpless.
"--! Run! Save yo- Kuok"
The little boy's brother was blocking the attacks to save him. The soul shivered with the sight it's seeing.
(You can't defy the higher beings than you. You can't defy heaven.)
The boy then magically disappeared, like a ghost. He saw an opening through the back door.
(You run away.)
'But it was the best thing to do'
(No, you're weak.)
The boy hesitates and look around, found a long but sturdy wood. He grips it tightly and hesitates once more. If he act now, will he save his mother and siblings from death?
'I can't do this, it isn't the right time.'
Voices of his family members ring from inside of his mind, getting louder and louder every second he didn't act.
'Save us!'
'Help!'
The voices then became insults.
'You ain't good enough'
'Weakling!'
'You can't even save yourself'
The soul trembles by the amount of pressure in his head, then there's a little light come from deep within his subconscious, it was the voice of his father.
'You've done your best.'
'Father??'
'The past can't be rewritten, we can't do anything about it, but now, things have changed.'
The light emitted from the fainting soul grow more brighter as it pulls himself back and his composure.
(???)
'Then I'll continue living in hell till I can cut through heaven'
The boy drops the wood and flee in tears. The soul was also crying, it knew he can't save the family he lost before, but now it's different. A mysterious aura wraps around the soul. The aura then conjure a staff, the staff that's capable of cutting heaven.
'Riyu Bang!'
(Your willpower's strong, as expected from the k--hts -- -he v---...)
'Wait what your saying?'
(I'll be watching you..)
The 'Riyu Bang' shone brightly till the whole void fills with light, the soul then disappeared as the light fades away.
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Faint sparks surround Dan's body, as it slowly ascend to the air. The Great Sage's eyes widen in excitement.
[Hoho, I knew it!!]
"What's happening?!"
[You're witnessing the birth of a new monke.]