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Last Embryo Volume 7 Chapter 6 Part 2

However, since the attacks of Heracles’s fists and Vidar’s legs were evenly matched, then the outcome of their skirmish was obvious.

(… It’s exactly as I thought. The power of his kicks surpasses even my own strength!)

After all, he is a warrior powerful enough to trample even 「The Beast of the End」. Even Heracles, who possesses three Sun Authorities would probably not survive five minutes against him if he were to continue receiving direct hits like that from him. But Heracles wasn’t the only one who was shuddering at the might of his opponent.

(…!!! He really is the strongest warrior Greece has to offer! This is not going to be easy!)

In the meantime, Heracles grabbed onto Vidar’s ankle. By rotating his body in a spur of the moment decision, Vidar was able to brush that hand of his away, fix hos posture and prepared to challenge him again. The battle between the two of them was only getting mor and more intense to the point where none of the other Players could even find an opening to jump in to help Heracles, so Asuka had no choice but to watch the battle from afar while being protected by Alma the entire time.

「A… Amazing. That really drives the point of him being the strongest of the Greek heroes across.」

「I would rather call his opponent amazing, since he is capable of clashing with Heracles for so long. His legwork and kick-based attacks are nothing short of remarkable.」

Even Alma, who can boast about being an impregnable shield, was amazed and had her tongue tied. Without the Sun Authority of Capricorn, even she was unsure of how well she would be able to protect Asuka against someone like that.

「Let’s give up on helping him with his fight, master. We should move forward and focus on helping the enemy leader.」

「I guess it can’t be helped. If the enemy leader really is an incarnation of a God, the Ama no Murakumo no Tsurugi should be really useful… look out, get down!」

All of a sudden, Alma changed her body into that made of pure steel and protected Asuka. A large amount of serpents attacked them all at once and coiled around Alma’s protective steel net, but before Alma could launch her own counterattack, a boy wielding two spears appeared and mowed the serpents in an instant. Misha followed up closely behind him and looked Asuka and Alma with a little bit of surprise.

「…… Arara? Could it be that our help was not needed after all?」

「No no, it’s the thought that counts. It’s far better than having my legs dragged along.」

When Asuka said so with a smile, Misha responded with her own smile and a thumbs up. On the other hand, Connla, the boy with the two spears, looked at one of the serpents that he cut to pieces just now with a dubious face.

「Oi, witch. Come and take a look at this corpse.」

「Un?」

「This guy right here is different from all the other ones that grew out of that fortress. Apparently 「The Youngest Child of Gaia」is not the only one capable of creating monsters.」

Connla stared at their surroundings with a stern expression. Hearing his words, Asuka got back-to-back with them and heightened her own vigilance. If whoever Connla was talking about has the power to create or control monsters, then it is very likely that this someone is not human. The most likely explanation would be that a Players partnered with a powerful, high-ranking demon was attacking the other Players.

Four of them were waiting for the enemy to attack, making sure that all of their blind spots have been eliminated. The one who is going to lose their focus for even a moment first is going to be the most likely one to get attacked.

「…Fumu. No matter how beautiful Al-chan is, looks like I won’t be able to destroy Alma by attacking from the front. We have no choice but to change our strategy now.」

The beautiful girl with beautiful hair said while jumping down from beyond the rubble.

Asuka and Misha both became stunned at the sudden appearance of this new adversary, because they were both expecting a demon with a hideous appearance to show up. However, the reactions that the girls had were completely different from that of Connla and Alma.

As soon as the mysterious girl made her flashy entrance, all of the sweat glands on both their bodies started sweating profusely, causing both of them to break into a cold sweat like they’ve newer sweat before, and they shook their heads as if they wanted to deny what their eyes were showing them.

「W-Wha… T-this cannot be… impossible…! How can you even be here…?!」

「Hmph! What a rude thing to say! What is wrong with Al-chan taking part in this 2nd War for the Sun’s Authority business? I’m just going out of my usual way to participate in this thing together with my cute, foolish master.」

「M-Master?!! Even though you are a Celestial Spirit, you allowed humans to use you out of your own volition?!」

The usually calm and composed Alma shouted, acting out of character. It was also the very first time where Asuka has seen her being so distraught by anything.

The one called Al-chan simply held her mouth to suppress her laughter, being in an obviously good mood.

「Fufun, it was definitely worth it for Al-chan to sneak up and surprise you to see such a reaction. It was so cute that I definitely want to see it again. By the way…」

Al-chan stared at Misha, Asuka and Connla. She watched them for a while, almost as if she was judging them, and then her mood visibly worsened.

「…Hmm, Far East, Rome and Ireland? Well, leaving Rome aside, it’s a good thing that even the people from the frontier island countries were able to participate in the 2nd War for the Sun’s Authority.」

「Beg your pardon?!」

Offended by this sudden insult, Asuka stepped froward with a vein popping at the side of her head. She didn’t care if their enemy was a Celestial Spirit or not, but she was definitely not timid enough to not get angry when someone was insulting her homeland, even if that someone was someone whom she was meeting for the very first time. But before she could take another step, Connla put his spear in front of her and stopped her from advancing.

While not letting his sight wander away from Al-chan, he patiently waited for her to be the first one to attack.

「…. Tch! Of all the times where we cannot allow ourselves to use our Sun Authorities carelessly, of course we had to run into a Celestial Spirit.」

「You utter fool. You will never be able to compete against Al-chan by having only one Sun Authority. I’ll just kill you if you decide to stick around and give me such attitude.」

Al-chan ridiculed Connla while shadow boxing. But even though she was talking in such a casual manner, neither Alma nor Connla were able to move even a single muscle with their vigilance at maximum the entire time. Asuka had no idea who that girl was, but if she was a Celestial Spirit that even someone loke Connla and Alma were this wary off, than she has to be a pretty big deal.

Celestial spirits, which are said to be the most powerful of the three strongest species of Little Garden, are no longer the kind of enemies that humans can possibly rival.

They were looking for an opportunity to move against each other, but the battlefield around them continued to move during this time without waiting for them.

The native warriors rushed over to the girl who was just standing in place without moving a inch.

「Hey, what happened?! Did you get hurt!?」

「It’s dangerous to just stand here like that! If you can move your feet, then retreat to the rearguard at once!」

There were more than ten natives who came running up to the girl while wiping away their blood. They must have thought Al-chan was just the girl she looked like.

A man who approached her with his stern eyes touched her shoulder as if he was worried about her.

「We have the upper hand in this battle, so there is no need to overdo it. We will take it with us somewhere safe.」

A man spoke up as if he is worried about her from the bottom of his heart. But Alma turned pale in an instant, and she screamed:

「Stop! Get away from her! Now!!」

「What?」

The male warrior tries to turn around, confused by Alma’s words.