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Last Embryo Volume 2 Chapter 6 Part 4

Translator: DarkHeartedAlchemist

「Yes, that’s right! It is I, the oldest among all the siblings of the 『Seven Great Sages』, and the one commanding the monsters across all of China! Hahaha, from what I heard, you’ve been keeping a really good care of my little brothers ever since the battle with the Three-Headed Dragon, didn’t you, Sakamaki Izayoi?!」

His tone was relatively calm, but Izayoi didn’t miss the fact that every few words he was unable to keep his demonic fangs from showing up whenever his lips were curving in a smile. Unable to suppress his bloodlust anymore, he brandished his weapon of choice, a giant club on a long hilt, his hair started to flutter about along with his murderous fighting spirit and he glared at Izayoi with the eyes that were now crimson red, just like the color of split blood.

「You know, after hearing so much about your and my siblings’ heroic deeds I couldn’t help it but to want to have a go at you at least once. I wasn’t able to get a chance to do so until now, but it seems that the stars have finally aligned themselves in my favor, so surely you’re not going to deny me the pleasure now, do you?」

「Well, normally I would reply with something along the lines of 「You wanna go? Then Have at you!」 but now…」

Now Izayoi was hesitant about that battle, which was strangely unusual for him…no, it was even more than that. Right now, he seemed to be troubled from the bottom of his heart. After all, this time the challenger was one of the Great Demon Lords famous around the entire world. If he were to refuse him, it would be too rude, and too much of a wasted opportunity for him..

Right now, he wasn’t doing this out of obligation for Kouryuu and Karyou, he also couldn’t care less about what organization the enemy belonged to. Right now, all that he wanted to do was to pay those bastards back for hurting and disgracing his comrade. But still, this burden was too heavy for one person to bear… but then he remembered that he wasn’t alone, and that there was someone else here together with him. That way, it might not be such a bad idea to leave the 「repaying for hurting Gry one hundred thousand fold」 bit to Tokuteru, and it would be interesting to see up close and personal how does one of the Strongest Gods of War, Indra, fights… is what Izayoi initially thought, however… when he looked back at him, he saw that Tokuteru’s face was so stiff with shock that he wasn’t able to squeeze even a single word out of his throat, but the source of his astonishment couldn’t have possibly been the contents of their conversation, since he was standing too far away from them to hear what they were talking about. No, he was so shocked because of the blue-haired youth, at whom he was staring with eyes wide open.

「This… this is absurd… it cannot be…」

He was muttering to himself as he shook his head left and right as if he wanted to deny the sight that was before him. Unable to stand such a gaze, the blue-haired youth quickly averted his eyes away from him as well. Whoever that guy was, it looked like him and Tokuteru must have had a fair bit of personal history. Since the situation turned out like that, Izayoi began to reconsider if he should be taking all of the enemies present here alone, when suddenly a new voice has joined in on their little meeting. A high-pitched laughter, to be more precise. Judging from its tone and sound, it must have belonged to a girl.

Unable to endure the sheer ridiculousness of this entire situation, she appeared on the throne without any warnings or prior signs whatsoever while non-stop laughing, revealing herself to Izayoi and everyone present.

「Fufu… fufufufufufu, now this is just far too interesting to be hiding, wouldn’t you agree, demon Bull King?! To think that I of all people was not able to forsee this kind of development at all! I never would have expected, and I mean really, never in my wildest dreams, that Indra would be so bewildered as if he saw a ghost or something! We go back a long way, he and I, but this is legitimately a first time for me seeing him in such a deep shock!」

The one who suddenly appeared on the throne and was holding her sides while laughing hysterically was a woman… no, judging bu her appearance, it would be more appropriate to call her a young girl, younger even then Homura and Company. She might have looked like a kid who was about to hit puberty, but despite that the sight of her exposed, silky-smooth skin alone was enough to cause arousal in the members of the opposite sex. The yellowish gown she was wearing over her face definitely had a Divine aura to it, but it didn’t resemble any of the chlothes worn by Gods or other deities that Izayoi was aware of. What he could understand though, even when standing so far away from her, was that it must have been made from a high quality Demonic leather, but anything other than that remained a complete mystery to him. Maybe it was something created by using the skills on a Divine level? In short, whoever that girl was, discerning her true identity without her revealing any of her personal belongings seemed impossible.

She also had a pair of horns growing out of her head, but unlike the ones possessed by the Demon Bull King they weren’t bull horns, so perhaps she belonged to a different race of horned monsters than him… he didn’t want to consider that possibility, but there was a chance that she is someone descending from a pure-blodded Dragon clans.

The Demon Bull King whom she personally addressed sighed with disappointment and stepped back, butting the giant club on his shoulder.

「It’s not like I sympathize with that asshole Indra, but since I have went through a similar thing before, I can at least guess how he must be feeling right now.」

「Fufufu, is that so? Well, if I remember correctly Buddhism had taken your son away from you in the past, right… uhm, I’m sorry, I meant that as a joke, but it looks like I went a bit too far. Forgive me, my comrade.」

「It’s okay, I don’t really mind it since that is something that’s way in the past already. Putting that aside for now, World King. Wasn’t your plan to have s formally introduce ourselves if you end up deciding to show yourself?」

「You mean, I should tell them the name we have chosen for ourselves?」

「Of course. We would lose quite a bit of respect points if something so important was to be done by the guest leaders such as us. No, you have to be the one to do it. The name of our alliance, announce it to them loudly and clearly!」

Demon Bull King took one more step back with a wicked smile. Meanwhile, the dragon girl called the World King stood up, coughed a few times to forcefully clear her throat and raised her hand into the air.

Izayoi momentarily assumed the battle stance and prepared himself for combat. If she really is one of the pure-blooded Dragons, known otherwise as one of the strongest species in Little Garden, then he had to be prepared for a battle to the death.

At that time, the girl assumed a victorious pose and announced in a boastful manner:

「Allow me to introduce ourselves then! Make sure to listen well, Hero of the End and The King of Buddhism, Defender of the Order! We are the 『Ten Heavenly Thrones』, and we have assembled only in one purpose: to take part in the 2nd War for the Sun’s Authority and overthrow the 『Kali Yuga』! We are the 『Avatara』, the gathering of the strongest kings, and the supervisors of this Great Gift Game!!!」

And as she finished talking, a giant flag unraveled itself behind the three of them. It was a flag with a crown representing the 10 kings and a rotating ring symboliising the movement of the sun. The World King puffed out her chest proudly and was just about to start narrating what was their flag’s exact meaning, but her wish to do so unfortunately didn’t come true, because when she pointed her finger towards the sky, the ground of the entire Labyrinth began to shake and tremble as if it was being struck by an earthquake, and what followed it soon after was the ear-piercing sound of a train whistle used by a ginormous Spirit Train large enough to cover the entire sky that came crushing down on them from the above.