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Last Embryo Volume 6 Chapter 5 Part 3

However, that time was definitely a unique exception because as an Avatar of a God, His Highness possessed a Gift of the Fourth Avatar of Vishnu, {Holy Lion Narasimha} which rendered him invulnerable to mist weapons and forms of attack. Against any other enemy who does not possess immunity to weapons or some form of divine protection, {Brahmastra Replica} is supposed to always destroy its intended target once it has been released towards them, so if the spear wielded by Caramel was more or less of the same kind as {Brahmastra Replica}, it should not be possible to be deflected when it has practically made contact with the enemy and even drawn its blood already. . . . . . . . . . . but that is exactly what happened here. And now, all that Jin and his friends could do was to stand, watch and be dazzled by the rushing flood of lightning bolts.

As she was probably the only one here who could fully grasp the situation and its seriousness thanks to her superhuman eyesight, all the colors were gradually drained form You’s face as her complexion was becoming increasingly paler

While the enemy that Jin and the others were fighting was being engulfed by the continuous flood of lightning. . .  he who was supposed to be turned to dust by it simply smiled in a mocking way, almost as if he wanted to ridicule everyone’s efforts thus far. Moreover, what was reflected in his eyes was the genuine desire to know the limits of that lightning spear that tried t hurt him and the will to find out if it could do any kind of serious damage to him.

But something like that, the scenario in which that spear did not manage to wound him at all, should be absolutely impossible.

In case of {Brahmastra Replica}, the ability to override every concept and possible reality to grant victory to its wielder meant literally that. It meant that as long as the opponent were to be pierced by the spear’s blades, he would not be able to escape the fate of certain defeat, because the Spear of Indra would continue to pierce and break through every reality where the victory against the stabbed opponent was not achieved until the only one left would be the one in which all that was awaiting them was certain death, and that power was supposed to work even against other Gifts that were supposed to begiving their users the power to resist fate itself. The course of action was supposed to an inevitable one: once you get pierced by {Brahmastra Replica}, it is basically over for you, you were going to die and nothing was supposed to be changing that fact. So if this spear of lightning was really operating on the same principles as The Spear of Indra, it would have to mean that the enemy possessed some kind of constantly active Gift that was protecting him not only from any changes to his fate, but also from the infinite amounts of heat energy generated by all of the lightning around him.

「. . .I have to give it to you kid, you really managed to surprise me. I have heard may stories about Aryan’s Spear of Victory, but the spear that you are holding right now is completely different from it. It is much more similar to what you can find in the mythology of Ugarit or Mesopotamia and the stories of their origin.」

「. . . . ! ! ! ! ? ? ?」

He spoke with a low voice that sounded as if it was coming from the depts of hell itself. The boy called Caramel looked up at him while sweating bullets and then he tried to put even more strength into his hands that were gripping onto the spear he was holding tightly.

「But if you are not Aryan, then what are you, exactly? Perhaps a Divine Spirit from a Seto language family? But even then, it feels like your whole existence is just a lot of pieces blended together, so maybe you are a relatively newborn Divine Spirit on top of all of that? Well, whatever the case may be, I am sorry to disappoint you. You might not have known this. . .  but such a weak attack is not going to work against a true Giant at all. . . . . . .!」

「Ugh. . . . . . .Caramel, get away from him, now!」

Heracles shouted, ordering Caramel to retreat to a safer distance. However, he was too slow.

While baring his sharp fangs, the enemy slashed at Caramel’s neck with his battle axe. However, just like it was before with Jin, there was no blood splashing around in a spectacular fountain, and there was no gasps and heads rolling on the floor. Instead, he vanished into thin air like an illusion that has been dispelled. . . . . . . . but the enemy was already on the move towards the place where Caramel was supposed ro reappear, almost as if he has already anticipated what he was going to do and where is he going to be. He then grabbed Caramel in a truly iron grip and then slammed him against one of the crystals covering the walls as if he was not a flesh and blood person, but rather a ball to be thrown around, and the impact of the slam caused him to inadvertently vomit up copious amounts of blood from his mouth. He collapsed onto the floor, his body all limp while the blade of the battle axe was already on its way to finish what it had started.

But at that exact moment. . .

A figure with a pair of wings made out of magnificent golden flames jumped in front of the masked boy, blocking the enemy’s axe.

「{Genome Tree Form Change: Vimana Garuda}. . . . ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !」

Kasukabe You transformed herself into a blazing mythical bird made entirely of Garuda’s golden flames. Grabbing onto Caramel, she then took him a safe distance away from the monster and its battle axe in a split second by moving at Godspeed. And even though Jin Russell has become a wanted criminal who not only left his post as his Community’s leader but he was also collaborating with {Avatara} now, he still could not help it but to be overwhelmed with joy when he saw a familiar figure of one of his good friends whom he had not seen for so long. Having his eyes almost pop out of their sockets, he rushed to You and Caramel’s side and. . . . . . . .

「M-Miss You. . . . ! It has been so long, it is so good to see you. . . !」

「Yo.」

*W H A C K! ! ! !*

. . . . . . . . . and then he received a powerful double chop to his head that pressed him into the ground below him with no warning or questions asked whatsoever, and it hurt so much that Jin was worried that he might have shrunk just a little bit from that unexpected attack, but even so, he managed to slowly raise his head up, only to see You having a vein pop up on her temple as she squatted next to him and said:

「That just now was only the interest rate for disappearing for two whole years without as much as a word of contact. You are going to receive a proper punishment later, but for the time being, just stay back and take care of this kid, okay?」

「Ah, y-yes, of course. . . . .I am so sorry, Caramel. You did great, so go and have a little rest now.」

Jin took out his Gift Card and returned the masked boy into it, doing the same to Marchosias as well. Even though he was obeying Jin’s orders, it was very clear the Caramel must have not been just an ordinary Divine Spirit, and that weapon of his was also the one that would make him a pretty dangerous opponent if he were to be fought against head on.