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Last Embryo Volume 4 Chapter 6 Part 5

Translator: DarkHeartedAlchemist

In any case, he also thought that the Tritonis Falls, a place near which the Great White Serpent Shirayuki-hime resided must have been the place where the 「Pillars of Heracles」 once stood at the end of the world, but the entirety of his knowledge thus far has been flipped upside down by the bomb that Suzuka dropped. In a way, she also did a number on him, making him question everything he thought was correct up until now.

(. . . . . . . . . . . Tsk. It is no use. No matter how hard I try to think about it, I am not able to come up with a plausible answer.)

Anyway, the matter of the 「End of the World」 and the Axis Mundi is irrelevant to the Gift Game that was currently ongoing. The matter they should take care of first in foremost are the 「Pillars of Heracles」.

「If such a revelation came from literally anyone else, then even if it turned out to be true, I would have probably dismissed it as a bunch of silly words without any ground in reality, but since it came from a knowledge freak like Suzuka, who also read the original text about Atlantis written by the hand of Plato himself,  then I am willing to believe that what she said was an absolute truth. As someone who is not as good at information gathering as her, I would not have been able to do anything without obtaining sufficient evidence first.」

「Wow, it is a pretty rare sight to see someone like you admitting to one of his faults, Big Bro Iza. If you are worried about your information gathering skills, then maybe you should try giving the map and the Game rules a read one more time?」

Homura’s suggestion was a pretty sensible one. All right then, first thing’s first, he will start from breaking down every piece of information that has been distributed to all of the Players equally.

Izayoi then picked up the map of the Lost Continent of Atlantis and read the names of all of the major areas out loud, similar to how Suzuka did it when Homura was examining the map for the very first time:

「Maze of Santorini」 in the east.

「Cowman’s Ranch」in the north.

「Orichalcum Mine」to the south.

「Heracles’ Stone Pillars」in the west.

「Hmm? A maze, as in the labyrinth, right?」

He began to feel a strong sense of incongruity, but before he could deal with that he needed to have a look at the entire set of rules written in the Geass Roll, so Izayoi took out his own roll and placed it on top of the map.

–2nd War for the Sun’s Authority’s First Round Gift Game 『The Lost Continent of Atlantis』–

※ Conditions for obtaining a Sun Authority:

① Voluntary transfer between participants (including the results of smaller competitions conducted between the participants throughout the duration of the main Gift Game).

② Fulfilling the conditions required for clearing the Gift Game described in the appendix to the attached map of the Lost Continent.

③ Furthermore, Sun Authority may be awarded to those who conduct themselves in the appropriate manner throughout the course of the Gift Game.

④ (To be disclosed to the Players at a later date)

※ Prohibitions and Restrictions to be adhered to throughout the course of the Gift Game:

① All of the participating Players and parties associated with them are forbidden from leaving or escaping form The Lost Continent of Atlantis before the 『Lost Continent』 Gift Game reaches its intended conclusion.

② In order to leave The Lost Continent of Atlantis properly, Players are required to either solve the mystery of the Lost Continent or clear the victory conditions.

③  While on the Lost Continent, Players are forbidden from killing other Players.

※ Rules regarding the landing order upon arrival on the Lost Continent:

① Person or party that won the most Exhibition Gift Games conducted onboard of the Giant Spirit Train 『Sun Thousand』 while on the way to the Lost Continent of Atlantis can freely choose where they wish to embark from the Giant Spirit Train.

② Upon landing on the Lost Continent, Players are required to spend two weeks, which is the designated period of 『The Lost Continent’s』 Gift Game, at their own discretion and risk

※『Lost Continent of Atlantis’』 Gift Game victory conditions:

Following the guidance of the overlapping stars, find the old hero and discover the mystery of the Chief God’s declaration

Signed by the 2^nd War for the Sun’s Authority’s Organizational Committee, *Seal*

「Hmm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~~」

After he finished reading through the contents of both the map and the Geass Roll, Izayoi began to process the information that he had learned again.

The process of sifting through all of the information and selecting the ones that were the most important for his investigation took him about one hundred and fifty seconds. After that time came to pass, he stood up and energetically smacked the documents on the table with his open hand.

「Maze and labyrinth. . .  mistranslation. . . melding. . . Stone Pillars and pillars. . .  overlapping stars. . . hmm? Overlapping?」

Looking as if he just realized something, Izayoi abruptly stood up and then looked at Homura.

「Homura! When you came here, did you see any kind of 「stone monument」 anywhere in this city?!」

「「S-Stone monument」? Not a 「stone pillar」?」

「Yeah, a stone monument. You know what? It does not have to be in this city. It could have been outside of the city or literally anywhere on this continent, but have you seen a structure like that?!」

「N-No, I do not think. . . but wait, no, actually, I think I saw something like that in the center of the city. It was a stone monument with a figure of a giant cow enshrined on top of it, or at least that is how it looked to me. . . 」

Izayoi brought his hands together with a loud clasp and then smiled so hard that his canines were showing.

「A stone monument in a land where the cow worship is flourishing. . . in that case, there can really be no doubt about it!!!! Indeed, now it all starts making sense! If it is like that, then the  「Pillars of Heracles」do not necessarily need to be the stone pillars, which solves the most mysterious contradiction we had to deal with! The Lost Continent of Atlantis was in the Mediterranean Sea after all!」

Izayoi was raising his voice higher with every word, clearly ecstatic at the discovery he has apparently made. Since he did not understand what was it that made him explode into such a good mood, Homura simply tilted his head and asked:

「Have you managed to figure something out?」

「Fuck yeah I did! Heh, turns out that my information gathering abilities might not be as bad as I thought after all. First of all: the mistranslation of the word 「maze」in 「Maze of Santorini」. The word got mixed! Di you know that while they might sound similar on paper, in reality the words 「labyrinth」 and 「maze」 represent totally different concepts?!」

「I knew that, but it is amazing that you managed to figure that out on your own. As expected of Big Bro Iza. You are always incredibly quick when it comes to finding mistakes of others and pointing them out. Did you really find that out when you were reading through the rules again? Because if so, then color me impressed.」

As impressive as that would have been indeed, that was not the case. It was because Izayoi has challenged a Minotaur’s labyrinth before. He thought that the contents of the Geass Roll that was assigned to him back then might come useful one day so just to be on the safe side he jotted all of them down on a separated piece of paper, which he now procured

《Gift Game: Minotaur – The Throne in the Labyrinth》

Contestants: Sakamaki Izayoi

*Conditions for Eligibility*

1) The contestant is required to possess at least one Sun Authority (Heliotic or Ecliptic)

2) Being of the lineage connected to the Sun Deity, or possession of achievments related to the sun.

*Precautionary Measures*

The 2^nd War for the Sun’s Authority’s Preliminary Gift Game may be suspended by its Host without any notifications. This precautionary measure is applicable to every Preliminary Gift Game, so the Host asks the participant for his understanding

*Winning Conditions*

1) Defeat 『The Monster of the Labyrinth』

2) Navigate the Labrys Maze and destroy every ox head within

*Oath*

 The 2^nd War for the Sun’s Authority’s Facilitation Committee hereby pledges to uphold the Gift Game fairly and according to all the riles stated above

 The 2^nd War for the Sun’s Authority’s Facilitation Committee,『The Laplace Demons』