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Last Embryo Volume 7 Chapter 6 Part 5

「Oi, oi, what the hell is going on here…..?!」

The tree was losing its power to hold Demon Lord Typhon back rapidly, and as a direct consequence, the giants have all started to raise strange howling voices all at once as their strength was increasing, allowing them to push back the combined assault of the natives and the Players.

And as if that was not enough, yet another massive dragon head appeared in the sky, driving Kasukabe You and her Primordial Dragon even further into a corner.

(That bastard James said that he had some of the「Star Fruit」seeds on him…. Could it be that he used them to somehow screw up the tree…?!!)

If he really went as far as to do something like that, then that would be a pretty big deal. If he somehow managed to speed up the process of the weakening of the seal that has been placed on Demon Lord Typhon, the forget about re-sealing him. In the worst-case scenario, they might not even be able to win against him if he reclaims the full extent of his powers.

As Izayoi was racking his brain to sort out this situation and hopefully find a solution to this unfavorable development… his smartphone started ringing all of a sudden.

Unexpected as it was given their current situation, Izayoi still answered the phone immediately.

「Who’s there? Is that you, James, you sly bastard?!」

「And who else could it be at this time, Izayoi-kun?」

Izayoi tried to immediately yell something back at him, but stopped himself before any words could leave his mouth. There is something that he absolutely needs to ask James about, so he did his best to suppress his anger and go down to business.

「You asshole… what are you up to this time, huh? The roots of the tree that binds Typhon started to die over here!」

「Exactly as I suspected. To tell you the truth, the very same thing is happening in front of me right now. In fact, we even went as far as to visit the largest Orichalcum vein, but as soon as we arrive there, the tree began to wither in front of us.」

「So what are you trying to say, huh? That we have run out of time?」

「Well, I wonder about that. I think it’s more likely that someone has manually interfered with the tree in order to speed up the withering process. At this rate, I don’t know what will happen to the tree itself even if I manage to plant the seeds properly. Right now, what I would like you to do is to endure the situation for a bit together with your forces.」

Izayoi clicked his tongue at James, who started speaking with a mysterious voice all of a sudden. Whether his words were true or not, only one thing could be said for certain: the monstrous incarnation of the Lost Continent of Atlantis is about to fully awaken.

「… understood. You better hurry up and do whatever it is that you need to do, you bastard.」

「Oh, that was a much calmer response than I could have anticipated. And here I was thinking that, taunted by my words, you would throw many more insults my way.」

「That would be a waste of time, so don’t make me do it after all! Now shut the fuck up, and hurry up!」

After telling James to hurry up, Izayoi hung up on him immediately. Now was not the time to be wasting his breath on this man. Now that Izayoi knows that they cannot leave this place for the time being, it was time to think about the countermeasure that could be taken to remedy their current predicament where nobody could afford to send more of the Players as reinforcements.

Heracles currently has his hands full with Vidar. It can’t be helped because these two are the strongest class of Demigods clashing with one another, and their battle will undoubtedly take some more time to properly settle.

As Izayoi was thinking about what to do, a spear of blazing flames suddenly appeared from the direction of the west gate.

「Defile them, my Astra: 『BRAHMASTRA ORIGIN』!!!!」

A supremely powerful blow pierced the skull of one of the dragon head. Although it missed its vital point by a large margin, the wound that in inflicted upon it was by no means a shallow one. Waves of lava and pieces or rocks erupted from the wounded dragon’s head, melting and crushing all of the giants that were standing beneath it.

Parashurama, The Sixth Avatar affiliated with 『Avatara』made her appearance after the flash of light from her attack finally subsided and glared at the rest of the dragon heads high in the sky while breathing slightly heavily.

「Well, well, well… it certainly was quite noisy outside, but I would never expect something as flashy as that. Wouldn’t you agree… Uesugi of the 『Heavenly Army』?」

She smiled at Uesugi Kenshin who was standing next to her, and she responded with a stunned smile of her own which looked as if she had given up on something.

「I stayed here in order to protect you and Homura… but it seems that the current situation does not allow the concealment of our battle potential any longer.」

「You can say that again. The number of these heads have grown from one to two and from two to four, so it wouldn’t be strange for me to see it grow eight heads next time. This is exactly the kind of situation where I wouldn’t be able to sleep peacefully in my bed.」

Parashurama remarked with a gloomy smile. Yet despite that, both her and Uesugi Kenshin, who donned her armor in a flash, assumed their battle-ready stances.

「I am going to take care of the heads on the west side. Try not to get in my way, Avatar of Vaishravana.」

「Of course. Let’s go and beat them together!」

The Avatars of two gods then ran up into the sky and engaged the remaining dragon heads. Jin Russell, who was sitting next to Kasukabe You, also took out a Gift Card with a determined look on his face.

(Pest. It would seem that this is not the time for us to be holding back as well.)

(Fufu, you don’t have to tell me twice.)

(Our goal is to win the entire 2nd War for the Sun’s Authority. Because of that, we were hiding our strength from our opponents, since that is the basic strategy of every warfare. But if we’re going to be too stingy here, there’s a high chance that we’ll attract a lot of hate in the second round and beyond.)

All that Jin wants to do is to ensure that 「As Players, they all fought together as one.」

In the current situation, when the Players are all grouped, they are divided into those who left the continent of Atlantis first and those who chose to stay and fight, but those who remained but didn’t fight would be the fewest in the group, and would be hated as cowards who feared battle in favor of their lives. If that happens, the possibility that the negotiations will not go well will be extremely high.

(…You’re steadily getting better at tricks, my master.)

(D-Don’t say that now. Either way, if You-san was in danger, I was going to help her in any situation.)

Pest shrugged her shoulders and laughed mischievously.

「You-san! We will stop the head in the north, so can we leave the south one to you?」

「Of course! But I can probably fight for only fifteen more minutes or so, so do bear that in mind!」

Jin engraves You’s words in his heart and jumps forward with his companion.

Izayoi sees them joining the front and realizes that there is still some time left for them.

「…Has the little one started to move? I hope the two years of running away from home are going to be worth it!」

「What are we going to do, Izayoi! Hit the dragon’s head as well?!」

「You idiot, doing that after coming this far? Either way, if you hit your head, it won’t stop unless we stop its heart for good! We’ll hurry to the throne in the center of the fortress!」

If Parashurama and Uesugi help here, it should be more than enough.

The worst thing is that the Atlantis continent’s rampage will accelerate due to the withering of the great tree. It is no exaggeration to say that if more dragon heads appear, it will be a checkmate for them.

With Asterios sitting firmly on his shoulder, Izayoi run through the corridor of the fortress with all his might and opened the door to the throne room with a ferocious kick, and in the next moment, the aurora that shined with all the seven colors of the rainbow blocked the sight of all the Players who rushed there together with him.

Immediately after it subsided and the Players found the Demon Lord sitting on the throne, Izayoi and the others assumed their fighting stances in preparation for his incoming assault.