For the next several days, Nathan focused on swallowing the cores and absorbing the ena. As he expected, his quality would increase one step further, this time at 300,000 ena this time.
As a result, his total ena after absorbing all the cores was 398,039. It was higher than the original expectation.
After all, Nathan had to make 12 space bracelets with the cores he had. In the end, the Space Bracelet could contain up to 1,880 ena. Due to this space bracelet, he, who was supposed to reach above the 400,000 ena mark easily, had to go down to this level even with the quality upgrade.
Nevertheless, Nathan didn't particularly care because he could simply ask his teacher to reimburse it by gifting a space bracelet.
Jinwu had 60,000 ena, while Fenrir, Nidhogg, and Anubis had 50,000 ena respectively. Hence, Nathan spent 190,000 ena to raise their ena to 100,000 ena. With this, everyone had the same amount of ena as Kun.
Meanwhile, Nathan still had over two hundred thousand ena. As a result, he planned to stick with the original plan, which was to summon his sixth familiar.
Although it looked like he summoned the next familiar so quickly, it was a calculated development for Nathan.
Hence, he went outside the city and drew his summoning circle. He didn't know how big the next familiar was, so he had to take precautions.
Nathan had also summoned all his familiars, including Peng. Though, Peng was still hovering in the sky due to how big his body was.
Before the summoning, Nathan put down a fox body as well as a fox mask. That was right. Nathan was planning to summon Tenko.
Unlike Kun, who required a rare material such as a whale's body, Tenko only required a fox, which wasn't that hard to get. He received this body when he gave four space bracelets to the Sleeping Garden.
Evelyn personally caught a fox for him. With this, everything had been prepared.
Nathan looked at his familiars first before exchanging nods. Then he began to chant. "O' Miracle of the World, Divine Being of Summoning, please use my body as the beacon and grant the beloved being your passage. By my name, Nathan, heed my call and come forth to this world, the great being of another world.
"Yako, kiko, kuko, tenko. You who stood at the very peak of the benevolent fox, who are known to be on par with gods. Come forth and heed my call."
The summoning circle started glowing and enveloped the sacrificial items. It then gradually formed a fox shape. Unlike their original expectation, the fox shape was actually small. It was only 3 meters (10 feet) tall.
The tails appeared one after another. Nathan was quite confused because whenever he read about this fox, it was said they had four bushy tails and another time, he found out that tenko was a kitsune who had evolved.
But from the number of tails that appeared on this form, he realized it was the latter.
"Then again, it's said that the fox originated from the Shang Dynasty, Daji." Nathan muttered, "What am I? I just read a lot of mythologies. I'm not someone who learns history or even a professor in this kind of field…"
Nathan raised his head. Unlike other beasts, this fox didn't release anything big, which made its power known.
However, it was soon apparent the reason for it. When the light gradually dissolved, revealing the true appearance of the fox, everyone, including Nathan, could see a thin layer of ena that covered its entire body.
The fox was able to contain its power completely, even during the summoning. In fact, it looked like it was aware of this summoning and prepared beforehand.
In terms of control, it might even be better than Anubis.
The fox was beautiful. It had white fur with several patterns made of yellow fur. The bushy tails started off silver and ended with a golden tip. The eyes were gentle and filled with wisdom.
"I have been waiting for this moment for 3,200 years." The fox opened its mouth, revealing a feminine voice.
"3,200 years…" Nathan gulped down while checking the fox's status.
"!!!" Nathan's heart skipped a beat. Out of all the kitsunes he could summon, he summoned the one with the most history as well as the most powerful kitsune.
The reason his heart skipped a beat was not because of her appearance, but because of the story around it. "Shang Dynasty's Daji, Magadha's Lady Kayo, Zhou Dynasty's Bao Si…"
"…" When she heard those names, she simply closed her eyes and muttered, "It appears that this lowly fox has caused her master's worries."
"Huh? I'm not aware of this. Who?" Fenrir tilted her head in confusion.
"During the time of King Zhou, it was known that she invented new forms of torture and eventually brought the fall of the entire Shang Dynasty.
"During the Zhou Dynasty, King You committed acts of such evil and atrocity that eventually all of his nobles abandoned and betrayed him. Eventually, King You was killed and the Western Zhou Dynasty was brought to an end.
"That was the only thing I knew after listening to the stories when I traveled to the south." Peng transmitted everything he knew from the storyteller he passed along the way.
"!!!" Anubis and Nidhogg widened his eyes. Jinwu furrowed his eyebrows. "Doesn't this mean she's a threat?"
"Oi, oi. It makes me remember that an old prophet in the sand village once said that you have good luck with women but you might get killed by that very luck." Fenrir raised his eyebrows.
"So, this woman will bring him to ruin?" The five divine beasts squinted their eyes as though they were ready to fight. Before she could ruin him, it was better to eliminate her.
Tamamo no Mae closed her eyes as if she had resigned herself to her fate. "If this lowly fox's existence has troubled you greatly, may you come and take my life. I will not escape anymore."