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Last Embryo Volume 6 Chapter 5 Part 5

「This is the first time I am hearing this name. Right now, I can only use it up to the next stage.」

「I see. How many times?」

「. . . I am sorry. I understand that you are my father’s friends as well as his benefactor, but that is one of the information that I just cannot disclose to anyone.」

Heracles nodded his head with an understanding expression and then proceeded to brandish his giant club in his right hand.

「It is fine, that is enough for me to know right now. If this guy really is a monster that I am thinking about, then 『Genome Tree’s』 trump card might really come useful in a battle against him, so if possible, could you save it for the very last minute?」

「Yes, I can definitely wait, but. . . . do you actually know this man?」

Heracles nodded affirmatively, and then took yet another step further. Holding his club firmly in his hand, he pointed it at the man in front of him and asked him while increasing his own fighting spirit.

「Mysterious intruder. When you looked at this girl’s 『Genome Tree』 just now, you said that its power reminds you of your mother’s Star Authority. However, even in the history of this Little Garden, there are only two beings with the same type of power that the 『Genome Tree』 possesses: The Pureblood Dragons that created the 『Genome Tree』 in the first place, and Gaia, The Earth’s Mother Goddess from Greek Mythology.

「What. . . . . . ! ! ! ! ! ? ? ? ?」

「Ohhh? I see, so that is how it is, huh? It looks like your insight has definitely deepened. You are no longer the same small boy who trembled in fear just from looking at me, and you have made quite a name for yourself. Now tell me, Heracles: did you manage to get at least a little bit closer to your father? Kukuku. . . .kukukukuku!!!」

The giant man then laughed, but his laughter was not a happy one. It was the one filled with gloom and mockery. He probably thought that this provocation of his was going to do a number on Heracles, making him lose himself in anger, but instead of falling for it, he simply laughed invincibly and stood his ground, unfazed.

「I remember now. When I met you for the first time, I could not help it but to tremble in fear indeed. Or rather, it was not until I met you that I truly learned the feeling of fear, and I have never felt it before like I did with you, not even when I was fighting against The Chief God Zeus, because I knew that I was not without mu chances at winning. But at that time when we met, a Demigod such as myself was nothing but dust when compared to you, the strongest and the worst of the Demon Lords in the entire Greek Mythology!」

The blood-like lava that was flowing through the terrain around them bounced up, almost as if it wanted to affirm Heracles’ words, all the while he was raising his fighting spirits to the point where the tension was so high and dense that it you could plunge a knife in it, and both Heracles and his opponent could be jumping at each other’s throats at literally any moment now.

After learning the identity of the man with whom they were fighting, Kasukabe You felt that her heartrate was rapidly accelerating from stress and nervousness, but she could do nothing to stop it at this point, aside from muttering the following words:

「No way. . . .  this guy is. . . .! ! ! ! ? ? ?」

「That is right. He is the strongest Demon Lord of Greek Mythology who appeared at the end of 『The Youngest Child of Gaia』 , one of the greatest, most destructive wars alongside Dystopian War and the Seven Sages War. He is 『The Youngest Child of Gaia』. . . . A member of the Murderous Species, monsters whose only desire and reason for living is the destruction of humankind. . . .! ! ! ! ! ! ! !」

A Demon Lord born from the Celestial Star Spirit of the Blue Star with the sole purpose of destroying humanity. One of the strongest life forms to ever exist, whose body was so big that eventually the entire Lost Continent of Atlantis has been erected upon it.

「I had my suspicions form the first moment I saw you, but it was only when I was locked in combat with you that I became absolutely sure of it. Without a doubt, you are definitely that 『The Youngest Child of Gaia』 ! But I would never thought that you would be brought back by incarnating yourself into the body of a human, the thing that you and the rest of your kind despise more than anything else in this world! Did you get yourself that body just so that you could take part in The 2nd War for the Sun’s Authority?!」

「Oh, trust me, I did not know that I was going to be brought back in such a way as well, and that in addition to that I will get myself an eccentric Sponsor who would be more then happy to see me enter the War. And now that I am finally here, the most important question is: what do you think I am going to do once I get back to my continent?」

When You and the others realize what was 『The Youngest Child of Gaia’s』. . . 『The Youngest Child of Gaia』 ’s objective, all of them took a deep breath at exactly the same time. And it was also then that You finally remembered why did 『The Youngest Child of Gaia』 ’s smell felt so familiar to her and why did she had a feeling as if she has met him before.

(I finally remember . . .  ! ! ! ! This smell of his is almost exactly the same as the one emitted by Asterios . . . ! ! ! !)

But it was not just the smell alone that reminded her of Asterios. Looking at 『The Youngest Child of Gaia』 again, his build and features were almost exactly the same as Asterios’! And that battle axe that he was holding. . . . . it is not that it was just similar to Labrys, the axe associated with the Labyrinth, it literally was the same weapon! Without a shade of a doubt, this monster must be somehow involved with and connected to Asterios, who has currently gone missing according to Suzuka’s words.

While increasing his fighting spirit even further, Heracles shouted at him:

「As much as I hate to admit it, it looks like following along with the schemes of that scoundrel James was the correct thing to do this time! Now that you have regained your physical body, there is only one thing that an abomination like you might do. You. . . . are you planning to wage war against Gods and humanity once more . . .?!」

Without even waiting for him to answer, Heracles charged straight at him and swung his club down with a force that was definitely enough to split the entire continent in half, but 『The Youngest Child of Gaia』 simply blocked his strike with his battle axe. The impact of the collision of their weapons was so strong that the ground beneath them began to crack open, and even space and air itself ended up getting all twisted and distorted.

「I was not strong enough to defeat you back then, but with the way you are now, my current strength should be more than enough to do it! Showing your face before me was your greatest mistake, but I am not going to give you any chances to learn from it!」

「Ha. . . . ! Would you look at that, little kid finally learned how to bark! Now, let me see if you can bite as well!」

『The Youngest Child of Gaia』 laughed and began to lift his Labrys along with Heracles’ club while the sparks generated by the sudden and violent meeting of the two weapons continued to fly all around them.