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Last Embryo Volume 7 Chapter 5 Part 4

「Thank you for your hard work on this! Leave the rest to me and sleep with your pillow high!」

「Ah! Do your best, Iza-nii!」

「Good luck!」

Cheered by the two girls, he started running. It seems that he will have to read through B.D.A’s instruction manual while fighting.

Many battle sounds could be heard at the same time as the cries of the giants. It would seem that some of the Players have already encountered them outside.

It is troublesome that the cave is about to collapse due to all the impacts and tremors, but there is no doubt that a considerable amount of influential people are helping the defense of the native’s fortress, so it’s also going to be a good opportunity to check the strength of the Players participating in the Second war for the Sun’s Authority.

Izayoi nibbled on the meat he stole from Heracles’ leather bag and laughed gleefully.

「VIP’s who have gathered for the 2nd War for the Sun’s Authority, huh? Let’s see what you’re made of!」

He left the fortress through the west gate and entered a battle stance immediately. However, what jumped into Izayoi’s eyes was not the Giants, but a huge fortress covered with crystals.

「What…?」

He stopped and look up at the sky. Not only him, but everyone was amazed at its grandeur.

Numerous serpents raised their sickle-like necks and glared at them as they were surrounding the gigantic fortress. But after a while, even bigger monsters began to appear.

At the center of the fortress rising from the earth, the shining ore vein of Orichalcum resounded and pulsated as if it were the heart of this continent.

At the edge of the continent that can be seen in the distance, a huge dragon’s head that could be mistaken for a shadow of a mountain began to rise.

(… Ha. If you think you made a flashy appearance, then sorry to break it to you, but we will be ready to intercept you!)

The ruins of the fortified city that appeared in the center of the continent of Atlantis – the ruins of the hidden capital, Aqua Polis, which was built with the blessing of the stars, were inviting it to awaken while emitting a faint light.

The ruins of this fortress city, which uses the ore excavated from the Orichalcum Mine were an undefeated fortress that boasted an impregnable wall during the 「Star God War」 era. But right now that is nothing but an uninhabited ruin that nobody attends to.

Soldiers often said that it was a trail of dreams.

This land is a phantom land where many species gathered and built many civilizations.

Now take a good look, you small and insignificant Players! Look at the figure of the monster that ran rampant at the dawn of Little Garden, one of the crowns loved by the Earth’s Mother Goddess Gaia herself!

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A giant dragon’s head rose from the northernmost tip of the continent, covering all the stars in the sky.

Its majesty, which could be mistaken for that of Little Garden’s loftiest peaks, took everyone’s breathes away, and even though they picked up their weapons, they were stiffened still, not knowing what to do.

「I-It’s so huge…!」

The rock giants that Asuka and the others defeated were also gigantic, but the dragon head that rose from the edge of the continent was incomparable to them. Their opponent is literally part of the continent itself.

The earth where people and beasts live curled up to form the shape of a dragon that bore its fangs at the Players gathered beneath it.

They heard that the continent was the enemy’s main body, but the scene that they had only vaguely imagined before was now unfolding before them in all of its terrifying glory.

The precipitous cliffs of the cape have become the dragon’s jaws, and the rocky surface has changed into strong scales. While everyone was at a loss for words, Izayoi was the only one who could see something different in front of him.

「… Oi, Ojou-sama. Doesn’t that enemy feel somewhat familiar to you?」

「Eh?」

「Mass-produced giants. A fortress that appeared on the continent. And a huge dragon’s head. The parts themselves are different… but there are many similarities to the vampire’s sky fortress.」

「Huh…」
Asuka looked at the enemy in front of them in surprise.

Admittedly, there are many similarities indeed. The enemies they fought in the past were hordes of magical beasts, but the fact that the giants were born from the continent itself has not changed.

(Ojou-sama might not know about this, but there is also a big similarity here: the fact that both the vampire sky fortress and the continent of Atlantis were summoned from the Outer World rather then existing in Little Garden.)

Rumor has it that the vampires were originally human.

Vampires were born as different creatures to begin with, though the different legends that are told give them a variety of additional traits.

(Maybe… maybe all these incidents are actually related to one another?)

Since Leticia isn’t here, there is something that they need to confirm with the enemy.

Izayoi grabbed Asterios by the collar and looked back at Asuka.

「Miss! You’re going to be fine going with Heracles for a while?!」

「Of course! I’ll leave the destruction of the enemy’s heart to Izayoi-kun!」
「Alright!」

Izayoi nodded and took Asterios over the fortress, dashing off and running away from the main battlefield. Some of the Players followed after him, but many actually stayed behind to fight together with Heracles. These must’ve been the guys that decided to appeal to him with the courage of their combat exploits, but the immediate problem is going to be the dragon’s head that appeared over them.

Asuka looked up at the enemy while a cold sweat was running down her back.

The enemy is too big to summon Dean and counter it with him.

(But Dean is the only one who can stand against such a huge enemy. But it will only get stronger over time…!)

Therefore, she has no choice to do it herself. But mmediately after Asuka made up her mind, a huge flash of heat hit the dragon from the edge of the continent.

「Uh …. w-what is this time??!!」

A gust of wind blows from the emitted flash of heat. The dragon’s head that got hit by it directly swayed slightly and slowly glares at the direction where the attack came from, but it was the Players, rather than the dragon, who were surprised at the point of his gaze.

Shining feathers that fell from the sky scorch the bodies of the giants to ash, transforming into a blessing that protected the Players themselves at the same time.

The roar of the one responsible for it reverberates so magnificently that it shakes the heavens and earth, terrifying all enemies who hear it.

But Asuka was surprised not only by the majesty of the one who saved them, but also that it was Kasukabe You who could be seen on the back of the giant dragon with feathered wings and a crest etched onto its chest.

「Is that… is that you, Kasukabe-san?!? Were you the one who summoned this phantom beast species?」「

Asuka screams in amazement. However, the person in question, Kasukabe You, did not hear the word of what she just screamed. Riding on the back of her feathered and crested dragon, 「Quetzacoatl」, she was glaring at the giant dragon head in front of her. The Demon Lord Typhon, who had seen the situation in the citadel, was genuinely amazed at the appearance of this new adversary.

「The Divine Dragon of Venus… what a surprise. I never would have expected that The Divine Dragon of the Maya was here as well.」

「… oh, if it isn’t Kukulkan. Why did something like that appeared now? It’s unpleasant.」

「It doesn’t look like she used the Sun Authority of Venus. If that was the case, then the dragon’s head would have been shattered to pieces with a single surprise attack.」

The three people exchange opinions between themselves casually, but not one of them took this situation lightly.

Sitting on the throne, Demon Lord Tryhon consumed another crystal with a curious glint in his eyes.

「Alright. We might still be in the opening act, but let’s play along for a little bit.」

When he activated his B.D.A, the crystal-covered fortresses shone brighter.

「Blood Particle Accelerator, Type Tartaros……. Activate!!!」

The moment the B.D.A was activated, the heartbeat of Typhon’s body resounded throughout the continent. The volcano erupted, cracks spread across the earth, and the fortress covered with crystals repeatedly emitted intense light. Kasukabe You shouted while glaring at the enemy.