Meeting room.
Elder Allpa's enthusiasm exceeded Mu Yang's expectations.
This elder from the older generation was quite well-informed.
She knew that Mu Yang currently held the position of elder among the Scions of the Canopy.
She also knew about Mu Yang's feat of rescuing the Mountain King.
"Has the Mountain King awakened?" Chasca had been away handling other matters these past few days.
Her information was a bit outdated, so she did not know the actual situation.
But after thinking about it carefully, she felt it was very reasonable.
Even if others might doubt Mu Yang's ability, Chasca herself would not.
Because ever since Mu Yang appeared and shook her hand,
the problem that had always troubled her had disappeared.
It was as if the Abyss had never affected her from the very beginning.
Although Mu Yang liked to show off unconsciously in some ways, he was still quite pragmatic in certain areas.
He had indeed contributed in the Mountain King matter.
But he could not ignore Kinich and the Mountain King himself.
One carried the inheritance of Returning the Fire, and the other had done everything possible to bring Returning the Fire back from the Kingdom of the Night Gods.
It was the joint effort of two people and one dragon that accomplished this.
"Elder Mu Yang is too modest. Although you described it so lightly, the Mountain King's issue has existed for several hundred years. Only after your appearance did it finally have a good ending."
Elder Allpa praised him.
After speaking, she looked at Chasca, then turned back and asked in a probing tone, "I have a presumptuous request. I wonder if Elder Mu Yang would be willing to hear it."
"If it can be done, everything else will be easy to discuss."
"Please speak." Mu Yang guessed it might be related to the Abyss.
Chasca had already guessed what Elder Allpa wanted to say.
Sure enough, it was about Chasca.
Only then did Mu Yang learn about the hardships experienced by the strongest warrior of the Flower-Feather Clan…
Chasca had been abandoned right after birth because she was infected with the power of the Abyss.
Fortunately, she did not die.
A Qucusaurus picked her up.
From the moment Chasca first gained awareness, she had always lived together with the Qucusaurus.
At first, she thought she was a dragon, but she did not grow the hooked beak and sharp claws that her mother and sister had. She could not fly into the sky, nor could she jump to the top of a tree in one breath.
Her mother loved Chasca as if she were her own daughter. When she returned from hunting, she would first feed her daughters until they were full, then keep whatever was left for herself.
However, Chasca was not satisfied with being a fledgling waiting to be fed.
Unfortunately, she was ultimately human. She did not have a Qucusaurus's sharp claws or strength.
When facing prey, her fierce display only left her bruised and sore all over.
What was wonderful was that Chasca was human, so she learned to use tools.
From then on, she had the ability to bring food back to the nest.
Her mother and sister all thought Chasca would become a skilled hunter.
But things developed far beyond their expectations.
Chasca figured out more and more combat techniques, as if there had always been a voice in the dark guiding her to learn more ways to fight.
However, the more she obeyed this voice, the less she was willing to hide in the shadows.
She became obsessed with taking the initiative to attack and competing with the birds and beasts of the mountain forests.
From brown deer to flying squirrels to crested birds, she challenged them one by one with great enthusiasm.
She was less like a stealthy hunter delivering a fatal blow and more like a warrior who charged forward, fighting to the death…
"That voice was the influence of the Abyss power, right?" Mu Yang spoke up.
Chasca nodded.
"My mother realized the danger within it, so she chose to drive me away…"
Though it was called driving away, it wasn't really that.
How could a mother bear to drive her daughter away?
The Qucusaurus placed little Chasca in an obvious open area.
It was a place where the Flower-Feather Clan's dragon knight squads patrolled daily.
She hoped humans could cure her "daughter."
"The one who discovered this little one was naturally me," Elder Allpa said.
For Natlan, which had long suffered from Abyss invasions,
an abandoned infant was nothing unusual.
The tribe would usually choose capable people to adopt them.
But the moment he saw Chasca, her adoptive father Cusco already had a headache.
Eating raw meat, baring fangs and claws, fierce expression…
Was this a human or a Qucusaurus?
In fact, Cusco's guess was not wrong.
In the following days, he was tormented.
Chasca was not like an ordinary Qucusaurus.
Qucusaurus would at most start conflicts over territory or food.
But Chasca had delicious food on her plate and slept in a soft bed.
She clearly started conflicts on purpose just to fight with others.
Cusco frowned tightly.
He realized this might not be simple wildness or difficulty adapting, but what exactly was it for?
Humans die for wealth, monsters die for food. A "fighter" that seeks neither profit nor negotiation, only destruction — Cusco could only think of one example:
The Abyss.
That night, after Chasca fell asleep, Kusko invited the shamans.
Firelight flickered across several faces.
"The Abyss has already seeped into her soul, leaving claw marks of conflict… It may grow even stronger as she ages. This kind of ill omen is the first I have seen."
After the shamans discussed it, they advised,
"While you can still let go, return her to the mountain forests. It would be best for everyone."
She was already lawless at such a young age.
When she grew up in the future, she would undoubtedly bring endless trouble.
Moreover, the Abyss was Natlan's great enemy…
It sounded nice to call it returning her to the mountain forests, but it was actually leaving her to fend for herself.
If her Qucusaurus mother had any way, she would not have sent her to the tribe.
Kusko gently stroked little Chasca's hair.
He could no longer let go.
From that day on, Kusko and his wife often traveled far away, searching everywhere for medicine.
The purpose was to suppress Chasca's condition.
"In the days that followed, Chuychu… she played a very important role."
When talking about her younger sister, Chasca's emotions were complicated.
Mu Yang could imagine that the two sisters must have gone through a major conflict and quarrel,
only for the misunderstanding to be resolved afterward.
And that was indeed the case.
After Chasca reconciled with Chuychu, she slowly began to accept the Flower-Feather Clan.
She accepted the human tribe and this "home."
She also learned to control the Abyss power within her heart.
That hateful voice even disappeared for a time.
Until Chasca obtained her Ancient Name and participated in the Night Warden War.
In the Kingdom of the Night Gods, that voice became active once again.
It tempted Chasca to slaughter without restraint…
This part of the story was also told by Chasca herself.
At that time, if she had not thought of her adoptive father and mother, Chuychu,
and her Qucusaurus mother and sister behind her,
she would have already thrown herself into the embrace of the Abyss.
Chasca stroked her own Vision.
"Fortunately, I did not go that far…"