Last Embryo Volume 2 Chapter 8 Part 2

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Translator: DarkHeartedAlchemist


Who in the hell was the Demon Bull King really? Izayoi couldn’t stop thinking about it.

Someone who knew Homura and Suzuka, and also fit the description of being a master-tier Transformation user, and to add to that, someone who could cross between Little Garden and the Outer World at will. Out of all the people who came through Izayoi’s mind, there was only one person who fulfilled all of those criteria, so finding out the answer didn’t take him all that long.

「No way… you…!」

While he was almost absolutely sure that he has correctly guessed that person’s identity, he still hesitated to say his name out loud. Under any normal circumstances he would not have hesitated like that, but that time it was only natural for him to feel doubtful… because he heard that this person supposedly passed away two years ago.

Seeing Izayoi’s reaction and looking as if he was immensely satisfied by it, Demon Bull King reached out with his hand to the side and materialized a Banana Leaf Fan (TL Note: a fire manipulating fan belonging to Princess Iron Fan from Journey to the West) and swung it down once.

「Well, that s just how it is, kid. I’m sure there are many thing you’d like to ask me about, and trust me, I have just as many things that I would like to ask you about, but let us stop right here for today, because iy would seem that we have another urgent matter on our hands, so you’d better go to Homura’s side, on the double!」

「W-Wha…?! Wait, we’re not finished here! Damn it, get back here, you shitty old man!」

Having been struck by the wind current generated by the Banana Leaf fan, Izayoi’s body has been blown sky high, preventing him from holding onto anything that could have served him to protect himself from being launched from the ground.

Banana Leaf Fan – it was a type of Paopei that had one singular purpose: generating winds blowing from the ground upwards by utilizing a type of Senjutsu to do so. Originally it belonged to the Demon Bull King’s wife, Princess Iron fan, but apparently now that he had a fresh start in Little Garden he decided that he will be the one to hand onto it.

Seeing Izayoi off as he was being blown away to the other side of the Labyrinth where the Minotaur should be, Demon Bull King lifted his club from the ground with a swift kick to its handle and muttered while looking towards the Giant Spirit Train:

「As much as I would like to go to their side as well, I’m afraid that I can’t show tmy face before them just yet, so I’ll be leaving the rest up to you, Izayoi my boy.」


In the meantime, yet another battle has come to a conclusion.

「…….!」

With large quantities of blood spilling from his wounded side, Tokuteru Mikado fell onto his knees. Looking at him closely, it could be seen that a piece of a lightning arrow was still firmly lodged into his abdomen. As for who did that to him, well, it should be quite obvious. The great Hero of Benefaction and his son, Arjuna, was now standing over him, looking down on him as he was on his knees with an expression of extreme dissatisfaction written all over his face.

Lowering Gandiva, his Divine Bow, he asked him in a bewildered state:

「Is this the extent of your current power? Ridiculous. Preposterous, even. You are way too weak to be calling yourself the strongest God of War!」

Although his voice was tinged with sadness, there was no disappointment in it, because Arjuna was fully aware why his father has become like this.

Being called the strongest God of War was a thing from a distant past for Taishakuten – Indra. As the years went by, in order to preserve the world order and continued existence of both humanity and various Gods and deities that appeared after him, he distributed his own power amongst them in various ways and forms. After that event, described in the final scriptures of the Indian Mythology Anthology Rigveda, the Divine Spirits that experienced a sudden increase to their Spirit Rank and Indra stepping down from his throne of the strongest God, were able to form what would later become known as the first Indian Pantheon for the first time in recorded history.

But it didn’t stop at just Gods, oh no.

As both a hero and Indra’s son, Arjuna also received a part of his father’s power as described in the scriptures. Moreover, even if he was Indra’s own flesh and blood, after getting a part of his power and many Divine Weapons from the new Gods of the Indian Pantheon, the power balance between Indra and Arjuna has made a drastic turn-around in Arjuna’s favor. As a result, the one who was once hailed as king of all the Gods and the strongest God of War and the one said to belong to the Omnipotent Dimension was now no stronger than your average hero.

「Of father of mine, strongest God of War who was once stronger than Shiva and wiser than Brahma, equal even to Zeus himself…. Is that really the full extent of your power? Or maybe there was some kind of seal applied on you, limiting your battle potential?」

「Your words cut really deep, my foolish son. No, this is really all that I am currently capable of.」

While trying to suppress the bleeding as much as possible, Tokuteru wiped the sweat off of his forehead. If he didn’t redirect all of his remaining energy into healing, then his life would truly be in danger now. Not to mention that the amount of his blood that has already been spilt throughout the Labyrinth would be enough for a normal human to die from blood loss. He was probably still alive only due to the fact that he was a Divine Spirit, and killing Divine Spirits with purely physical methods was near-impossible. Also, normally a hero shouldn’t be able to defeat a Divine Spirit that had a close relationship to the realm of humans and their history unless he possessed a Gift that was bestowed upon him by a God of the opposing nature or the one with enough destructive power to single-handedly end an entire era.

The list of Arjuna’s questions was growing longer and longer with each passing minute, but he was also a warrior who amassed an immense amount of experience from battling in countless wars, so he wasn’t so naïve as to overlook or spare a critically wounded opponent who was down on his knees.

「Is that so? I truly suspected that someone must have crippled your power even further, but if you speak the truth then I guess there is nothing I can do about it. Such are the rules of the battlefield, so please, prepare yourself.」

Deep down in his heart it pained him deeply to draw his bow against his own godly father, but Indra had his objectives he was trying to pursue and Arjuna also had something he needed to do at all costs. Now that their battle has started and came to a close with his undisputed victory, there was no room for him to waver or have doubts. He had to see this duel through without backing down at the last possible moment.

When he set up his bow for one final strike that would have ended it all, the thunder roared throughout the Labyrinth once more. Gathering enough lightning to mow down a million soldiers in an instant, the arrow that he was about to release grew so thick with energy that the space around it began to get distorted.

Tokuteru looked at that arrow while gnashing his teeth together in frustration. The attack that Arjuna was about to release exceeded Tokuteru’s power when he was at his strongest by at least one digit, so it would obliterate him without a trace if it hits him. If the circumstances around their fight were any different, he would have gladly perished here while being delighted by how much his son has grown, but as things were now, he absolutely couldn’t do it.

Because his child was being manipulated by someone, being lead astray from the only righteous path that he was supposed to be walking down. Whoever that someone was, his aim was obviously no better than the current 『Avatara’s』, who only cared about sowing the seeds of chaos throughout both Little Garden and the Outer World. Because of that, it didn’t matter that he was a divine Spirit who has lost most of his power. As the king who oversaw any and all good deities, he had to prevent those villains from achieving their goals no matter the cost.


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