The bird landed on the mysteriously wet surface whilst the fog covered its body. However, after the fog cleared, a naked woman could be seen instead.
She personified the definition of beauty.
Her long hair, like a mosaic of colours, covered her round breasts on her soft voluptuous body. Whereas her pale skin was shimmering like the moonlight contrasted by her scarlet lips like a strawberry in milk. Yet, Akash was mesmerized by her hazel eyes flickering with hints of sapphire.
Akash was staring at her with his mouth agape. She was more beautiful than any woman he had ever seen in either of his lives, including his dreams.
His wild instincts, inherited through Ancestor Tiger's blood and Chaos Dwelling, kicked in. Akash's pupils contracted, nails grew into claws and even his Ambassador stood at attention. Akash couldn't control his urge to merge and was ready to jump on her.
But before he could move, the bird-woman simply snapped her fingers but for Akash, it was a loud cracking thunderclap.
After coming back to his senses, he kneeled and smashed his forehead on the floor. "I am sorry, Ancestor! I couldn't control myself. I am ready to accept any punishment!"
She smiled and replied. "Stand up, I know you didn't do it on purpose. It is I, who should be apologizing. I was checking if you had inherited that damned cat's legacy or not."
Akash stood back up but his hands were still cupped in respect and head lowered as he did not want to look at her directly, out of embarrassment and his cobra still at the ready.
"My name is Dawn but only my husband is allowed to call me that, as for you, my child, call me Ancestor Sparrow."
"Certainly, Ancestor Sparrow!" Akash replied
"So, what did Sabretoo…"
"Ancestor, could you do me a small favour?" Akash interrupted before Ancestor Sparrow could finish.
"Sure, you can ask. I shall do it if it is within my power."
"Could you please turn back into your beast form, Ancestor Sparrow?" Akash Tagar tried to sound indifferent.
"Pfft."
Ancestor Sparrow started laughing loudly. "Haha, alright, alright, I will revert to my original form. It's nice to see that you don't have a sullied soul like that Sabretooth."
The fog covered her body as she turned back into a beautiful Sparrow.
Akash slightly tilted his head and looked at her. After confirming, Akash stood up. "Thank you, Ancestor. You may continue now, I apologise for interrupting you earlier."
The Sparrow looked at Akash's body and commented. "I despise him."
Akash was startled. "Despise whom, Ancestor?"
The Sparrow narrowed her beautiful hazel eyes and replied. "Who else other than that Proud Sabretooth?"
Akash didn't know what to say. "Weren't all of them friends whose cosmoses were destroyed by the other Primordial Beasts?" Akash murmured in his mind.
Sparrow read his mind and retorted. "Who said we were friends?"
Akash flinched at the fact that this beast could also use telepathy and forced his mind to not wander.
"Do you want to know how it all happened?" She asked. Akash nodded his bead respectfullh. "Please, Ancestor Sparrow."
Dawn smiled. "It all started with the spirits. We Primordial Beasts came into existence from their power. Did the wise Turtle tell you about that?"
Akash nodded and answered. "Yes, Ancestor Turtle told me that the spirits sacrificed themselves and gave their powers to the cosmoses. Ancestor also told me that there were 20 spirits, representing 20 laws."
The sparrow smirked. "Indeed, that Turtle is wise."
Akash replied with just a simple smile.
"Don't be a fool thinking that I praised him because he told you the truth, it's the exact opposite reason why I praised him." The Sparrow rebuked.
Akash raised a brow in a perturbed way. "Did Ancestor Turtle lied to me?"
Sparrow closed her hazel eyes and returned his question back at him. "Did he? ... What do you think? I believe you are an intelligent one as well otherwise that wise Turtle would have killed you the moment you entered that space rift instead of choosing you as our successor."
Akash couldn't think of an answer.
"I... don't know," he replied
Even though he was a highly informed individual, he obviously couldn't claim to know nor understand matters such as this, matters that are clearly beyond his comprehension.
The Sparrow didn't say anything either, she was silently looking at Akash Tagar.
After a moment of silence, Akash spoke. "I don't know much about the deep mystery of the origin of everything but there is one thing I am sure of"
"Oh, and what's that?" Sparrow inquired in a cordial manner.
Akash looked at the Sparrow with determined eyes. "It's that The Ancestor Turtle would never lie to me or even if he did, then there would be a significant reason behind it."
Sparrow's eyes widened. "You shouldn't trust everyone easily."
"I have never trusted anyone without a reason and for Ancestor Turtle, he gave me a second chance to right my wrongs and avenge my brethren. That's more than enough reason to trust him, I owe him my life."
The Sparrow laughed loudly, her laughter echoing through the colourful cloudy sky. "Undeniably, wise Turtle is a righteous beast amongst all the Primordial Beasts, but then what he told you was a half-truth or to be more precise, a theory."
"A theory?"
"Yes, all we know is that there are beings more powerful than us and we call them Spirits. As for there being 20 of them, that's only our speculation, trying to relate them to the 20 laws.
Why were only 11 primordial beasts were made? Why not more than that or less? Why are the cosmoses expanding even though planets and galaxies are getting destroyed by wars and disputes? Instead of shrinking, it's doing the opposite. Who or what is behind the machinations of these mysterious forces?
Why we, the Primordial Beasts, were given the power to devour each other's chaos dwelling and cosmoses?"
Akash's mind was bombed with numerous questions.
The Sparrow narrowed her eyes and continued. "There is only one possibility."
In response, Akash narrowed his eyes as well and asked. "What possibility, Ancestor?"
Sparrow continued. "Do you know what the source of a tamer's cosmic powers is?"
"I believe it's their dwelling core, Ancestor."
"Correct, what would happen if one's dwelling expands?"
"More lifeforms will bloom in the dwelling and the tamer's cosmic powers will grow."
Sparrow stepped forward and came closer, she lowered her head and whispered in Akash Tagar's ear. "Then, what if we are all living in a dwelling of a very powerful entity."
"WHAT!" Akash cried out in shock, he was looking at The Sparrow flabbergasted. He was not ready to hear that. He couldn't digest that and retorted.