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Last Embryo Volume 6 Chapter 5 Part 7

Alma was already pretty beat up in the battle that took place yesterday, but right now, there was simply no other way for Asuka to save her friend from death other than using her.

Realizing that what stopped his fist was 『The Shield of Aegis』, 『Youngest Child of Gaia』 smiled with a ferocious smile and put even more strength into his fist.

「Ha! Who would have thought that one of the old Gods would decide to show up! And to add to the comedy, it is Zeus’s babysitter herself! Kukukuku, never thought I would see the day when you will decide to drag your ass to the frontlines!」

『. . . . Took the words right out of my mouth! You have no idea how many times I have regretted not being there for him on the day of that child’s sunset!』

「The extent of your motherly instincts is admirable, but I can tell you that the result would have been the same back then as it was now! After all, without any Star Authority, even the strongest shield is no different from a paper tiger!」

Alma then got blown away by the force of 『Youngest Child of Gaia』’s strike. Heracles grabbed You and tried to get some distance between him and them by keeping her close to his waist, but 『The Youngest Child of Gaia』 was not about to let them escape from him that easily. He swung his battle axe and got Heracles right in his side, causing him to fly through the air and crash into one of the lava cave’s walls. Without his Gifts that granted him constant protection from attacks, that blow would have been enough to cleave him cleanly in two. Before they have been more or less equal in terms of strength, but now that 『Youngest Child of Gaia』 used B.D.A, the power gap between them was more noticeable than ever before.

「Nu. . . . . . . .!」

「You know, I really have to admit that the corpse of my original body is reacting more violently than I could have ever imagined. Apparently, the information of that Tubal-Kain researcher was not wrong in the slightest.」

「You bastard! What is this power! What did you do to get your hands on it?!」

「I have not done anything myself. It is just that the legendary mineral, Orichalcum, is what my heart is made of, and at the same time it is one of the most powerful Terra Materials. In the Outer World, it is apparently one of the mutant substances made through the usage of Star Particle Bodies. It would also seem that the people who woke me up from my long slumber and tampered with this new body of mine also used its data to release 『The Bull of Heaven』 and Surtr and scatter these deadly pathogens that were supposed to wipe the humans of the Outer World out.」

「Wha. . . . .?! T-Then. . . . then, all of the incidents that have been happening in the Outer World recently were caused because of your body?!」

「Of course. Although someone else was responsible for carrying it all out, they have done all that based on the flesh and blood of this current incarnation of mine. If I have not been forcibly awakened, then my pitiful incarnation would have just kept on weeping in hell forever. . . . . . . . . . and you know why they did that? They said that it was for the just cause of saving the world!」

Burning anger was dwelling in his eyes. Anger that was so strong that you could see it even through the mask that was now covering his face and so vicious that he could cause a dimensional tear with one glare alone. Even though he was brought back to life because of this new body. . . . . . . then surely he saw it as nothing but another prison that was supposed to contain him. And also, his words basically confirmed that whoever was doing these experiments using Star Particle Bodies, they really did not consider their research subjects as proper human beings.

『Youngest Child of Gaia』 then clenched his fist to the point where the bones in it became broken and blood was gushing out of it, but he did not care about it and simply continued to berate humans with maximum amount of indignation possible.

「A similar kind of tragedy as occurred once before, four thousand years ago. All because of a foolish kind who pushed the responsibility of saving his entire kingdom onto one person. And yet, even in this day and age that person is still not hailed as a hero for the sacrifice that they have made, but as one of the world’s most famous monsters. . . . . . but because of Zeus’s promise, I was willing to overlook that fact back then and ignore the anger that was boiling inside of me.」

「. . . . 」

「But . . . . . . just as I decided to turn my eyes away and overlook that evil deed, you humans just had to go and undergo a twisted and ugly evolution at an impossibly fast rate. It is exactly as I thought, King Minos’s transgression from four thousand years ago should never have been overlooked! I should have been there to raise my fist of anger against Greece, Egypt and the barbarians that raided Europe! But since I did not do that, because of my laziness, you humans have been allowed to accumulate so many years of your rotten history!」

However, what is done is done, and there is no use crying over spilt milk now. The dice have already been thrown, and no one can undo the throw and its result, and now that the primates of the Outer World have evolved so much in their twisted, distorted way, no one can possibly hope to control them right now.

A huge vortex of energy coming from beneath the ground of the cave carried the earth filled with more Orichalcum crystals to the surface, raising it up above the ground level as if it wanted to create the perfect stage for this deadly battle. And right now, even though the entire cave was filled with crystals that were supposed to contain the damages of every possible battle within itself, 『Youngest Child of Gaia』’s strength could no longer be contained by them because the Star Particle Bodies within his heart have already solidified.

「That is why, here and now, I will destroy you. I will fulfill both my sworn duty on behalf of all those who were unable to raise their fists in deterrence during the hour of need, and the judgement of the sin that has turned all of humanity into 「The Enemy of the World」!」

When enough power has been gathered, a giant pillar of life has erupted all around 『Youngest Child of Gaia』. It shot forward and pierced the cave’s ceiling, reaching the surface and splitting the clouds high in the sky apart and even pierced through the barrier around Little Garden, continuing its journey across the great space beyond the sky.
「Nec Plus Ultima. . . . ACTIVATE! ! ! ! !」

The atmosphere around the pillar of light continued to twist and distort itself. And as soon as Heracles realized what was it that 『Youngest Child of Gaia』 was trying to do, he got in front of everyone else to act as their shield.

「No way. . . . ! ! ! ? ? You can still use it even with that body that is inferior to your original one. . ..? ? ? ! ! ! ! !」

Heracles was not the only one who was astonished beyond belief by this revelation. Everyone else beside him were also familiar with that pillar of light that has formed itself around him, but not for the negative reasons. In Jin and You’s case, they knew about it because that light was what saved them from numerous troubles and helped them defeat many a Demon Lord in the past. And if what he was going to unleash now had the same properties as the thing that they knew, then it would mean that not even Giants or The Pureblood Dragons would stand a chance of withstanding it, because that is something that is meant to crush everything it was used against with just a single blow. And right now, 『Youngest Child of Gaia』 has declared its name with such vehement rage and hatred as if he wanted to declare war against the entirety of Little Garden and all of its Gods with it.

「Shine beyond life and death. . .『Another Cosmology』! ! ! ! ! ! !」