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Last Embryo Volume 6 Chapter 1 Part 4

Up to date, almost all of the battles that took place in Atlantis, or at least the ones that Izayoi was actually aware of, have been the skirmishes between the Players themselves. Not the obstacles or enemies prepared by the Organizers in Atlantis as a challenge that the Players needed to overcome in order to proceed, but battles either between the holders of Sun Authorities and those who wished to take them away from them, or between those who had scores to settle or ulterior motives, just like it was in Krishna’s case. And although it is true that all of the participating Players are extremely high-level entities in their own right and the battles against them would undoubtedly be quite the ordeals, at the current moments it made no sense for them to be fighting against each other if all of them are only at the beginning stages of solving the mystery of 『The Lost Continent of Atlantis』. Now, depending on how the situation is going to develop from this point onward, it might definitely be possible that some of them are going to force others into a situation where they are going to be unable to clear the Game, but that still remains to be seen.

『And now. . . . the announcements that you have all been waiting for! Two days after the Game’s beginning, a total of five Communities managed to clear the Game’s first trial! All of the investors are truly lamenting over that fact, since that number is far below what we originally expected!』

「. . . . huh?!」

「. . . . hou hou?」

At that announcement, which might as well be treated as a provocation against all of the Players, Izayoi and You narrowed their eyes as their faces have been colored deep blue. On the other hand, Asuka, who was among one of those five Communities who managed to break through the first trial with flying colors lifted her sword into the air proudly. And so, while two of the three problem children had waves of cold sweat dripping down their backs like a waterfall, Kuro Usagi continued on with her progress report.

『We are also pleased to announce that with the competition of the first trial, a whole new set of challenges has been unlocked all throughout the various corners of The Lost Continent of Atlantis! And for those of you Players who would like to retire from the competition, please sign your Geass Rolls with your full names and then proceed to board the Giant Spirit Train!』

As soon as Kuro Usagi stopped speaking and turned off her microphone, the Geass Rolls stopped emitting light and returned to their owners. And as soon as Kuro Usagi finished her duty of relaying the Progress Report to all of the Players who were still participating in the War. . . . she was immediately besieged by Izayoi and You, who began to pull her ears and grope her all over while she could only scream in protests and try to resist, only to resign herself to her fate when she realized how ultimately useless of her it was to resist, especially when Asuka, who was trying to hold herself back for appearances sake could not bear it any longer and also jumped on the Kuro Usagi groping bandwagon, feeling overcome with the blissful sense of nostalgia at getting to once again experience the sensation that she was missing on for the last three years.

Bearing witness to all that chaos and dismay, Mikato Tokuteru only sighed with resignation and placed his hand hon his waist before speaking again.

「Oi, problem children! Sorry to be knocking you down from your nostalgic high horse, but I would really appreciate it if you did not bully my Kuro Usagi too much.」

「My oh my, now I a, afraid that this simply will not do, mister Strongest God of War. For you see, this beautiful Kuro Usagi right here, even in her loli form, is still a world-class treasure meant to be enjoyed by everyone!」

「Exactly, exactly! If you want to claim the right to be calling yourself Kuro Usagi’s only God, then give us some rare and powerful Gift in exchange, and then maybe we are going to consider allowing it! Otherwise bug off!!!」

「Good grief. Is that really a way you are going to talk to me, the leader of 『The Twelve Devas』, a Community that agreed to become 『No Name’s』 Sponsor in the 2nd War for the Sun’s Authority?」

The three problem children directed rather rude words to wards Indra, which caused Kuro Usagi’s jaw to drop as she was continuously groped by them.

Usually, demanding something so outrageous from someone who was the leader of the Community that was your Investor would have been the absolute height of impertinence, but the case of those three, Tokuteru thought that it was rather encouraging and refreshing to see. After all, {Twelve Devas} was a Community that consisted of a group of individuals known as the strongest Gods of War from their respective mythologies, so it would stand to reason to expect them all to possess some rare and powerful battle-oriented Gifts, and they surely must have possessed more than a few of them that they could spare, or at least that was the line of thinking adopted by Izayoi’s group.

Tokuteru placed his hand on his waist and laughed lively while being content that even after they have been apart for such a long time, they still managed to live up to his expectations when they were brought back together.

「Hahaha, to be completely honest, being an investor is much more work than I would have liked, but since all three of you are among the possible Victory Candidates I decided that this should be worth the trouble, and it is definitely true that promising warriors should be given powerful blessings from their patron Gods, so if you really want to take advantage of my Godly majesty, I would not really have anything against it. . . . . ! ! ! ! ! !」

「「「No, no, no, we do not need any of your useless blessings. We just tried saying it simply for the hell of it, that is all.」」」

「GUHA. . . . ! ! ! ! ! !」

Having an immensely Critical Hit dealt to his pride, Indra, The King of the Indian Gods from the Indian Mythology stumbled backwards and staggered as if he was about to fall to his knees.

There is one universal truth that can be applied to all of the Gods in the world, no matter from which mythology they are originally from: there is no God who would not feel that their pride has been personally insulted if they would hear the words: 「You know what? I actually do not need any of your useless blessings」 after they made the magnanimous and ever so merciful offer to give their Gifts onto somebody.