Crossover Anime: Picking up Medea at the Start

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"The bad news... not only does this kind of enhancement have little relevance to the simulated creation star map, but it's also difficult to imagine how the qualitative change will occur."

.. "

"The only thing that's certain is..."

Roland muttered to himself, then closed his eyes again, carefully sensing his improvement, and gave further affirmation.

"...This thing is definitely not as simple as Conqueror's Haki; this pressure must have some other purpose."

"That's the only thing I can sense, and I'm very certain of it!"

As a newcomer to the pantheon, Mordred had been working to learn more about it. Now that Meryl and Jeanne had also joined as newcomers, they had gathered together to discuss the matter.

Both Mary and Joan of Arc were endowed with knowledge of the gods, while Mordred was not.

This was Roland's doing, to create a basic topic of conversation between Artoria and her.

So, compared to Meryl and Joan of Arc, who were both marveling at the uniqueness of the gods, Mordred's perspective on the issue was different.

"The gods are, in the end, a force, or you could say a small kingdom... but perhaps because they are small enough, I have never seen a structure that follows only one will from top to bottom."

"Moreover, Roland doesn't feel the same way I remember a king... He's too kind. It's not that it's a bad thing, but it feels strange to me that a good person in essence is a king, especially one who follows a single will."

Mordred sat down next to Artoria, looking at Mary and Jeanne sitting on the opposite sofa, and said this while frowning.

Meryl and Joan of Arc pondered this for a moment, then nodded.

"Indeed, Roland has always been a very gentle person."

Joan of Arc expressed her approval, while Merry thought about it a bit more.

"Most of the time, that's how it is, and you can tell he's sincere—but there are also times when you look at him as if you're staring into a bottomless abyss, and that's when he seems terrifyingly profound."

Mei doesn't actually know which one is the real Roland, but if she were to give a conclusion now, she might say that the gentle side is Roland's truest self.

Seeing that the three of them had reached a conclusion, Artoria shook her head and successfully drew Mordred and the others' attention.

“Gentle... Although Roland can be gentle, using only one word to describe him is definitely not comprehensive enough.”

"Roland is a rather complicated person."

After becoming Roland's blade, Artoria, unusually, reverted to her identity as a queen and, from King Arthur's perspective, gave Roland an evaluation.

"If he's a friend, he's very reliable, but if he's an enemy, he's terrifying."

“You mostly see him as a friend, or at least an ally—but he is a different person when facing enemies.”

Upon hearing Artoria's words, Jeanne d'Arc was the first to fall into thought.

She had seen it once when she accompanied Roland to conquer the Hanging Gardens...

When dealing with his own people, even an ally like her, Roland would seriously consider her demands and even try to understand her, avoiding putting her in a difficult position. But when dealing with enemies...

It wasn't malicious, it was just coldness!

Now, according to Artoria's words, Jeanne recalls that from the moment she stepped into the Hanging Gardens—no, it should be even earlier—Roland's gaze had never been fixed on those enemies...

Joan of Arc thought this way, and after Merry stopped worrying about which side of Roland was the real one, she looked at it separately and also had some thoughts.

Mordred was the only one who had known Roland for the shortest time, and whose understanding of Roland was very subtle.

So after hearing her father say that, she nodded. Then, thinking that the enemy would attack, she decided to see what Roland, whom she had basically labeled as a good person, would really be like.

But how much can a good person change even when they get angry?

Mordred had this question in her mind, and she still insisted on her judgment, and came to this thought—it was probably because her father was based on his close relationship with Roland, so he was being a bit subjective and exaggerated.

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186. Zieg's Confidence

The Holy Grail War has always only involved Masters and Servants, but even so it is called a war – which means that even though the number of people is small, the scale of the battles between them can be described as a war.

In fact, this is indeed the case.

Sieg was preparing for an expedition to Einzbern. The reason he didn't immediately lead the Red and Black Heroic Spirits to rush over was primarily because he was preparing for the expedition.

This also expands the scale of the war.

During this time, Avisbro was using magic to create various golems.

And during this time, he also completed his Noble Phantasm—the Crown of Wisdom!

This is the golem he was unable to complete during his lifetime.

It is created in imitation of the original humans. As long as it stands on the ground, it will not be destroyed, and it has the ability to transform its surroundings into a fixed barrier.

In addition, it grows in size every hour from the moment it is born, and can grow up to a height of one kilometer.

According to Avisbro's original idea, once the golem he named Adam was created, an expedition could be launched towards Einzbernburg.

However, Sieg saw Adam being defeated in his future projections, so he patiently waited until Adam had fully grown before starting this expedition!

The spirits of the Red and Black factions acted together, with the magicians of the Thousand World Tree and the puppets of Avisbro forming a mixed army. Adam walked among the army, with Sieg sitting on its head.

He looked in the direction of Einzbern, his eyes incredibly deep.

During this time, he wasn't just waiting for Adam to finish; he also prepared some things based on his memories from various parallel worlds.

First, he created a fixed barrier for himself.

This Reality Marble is not a powerful magic spell, but rather a simulation created using Honkai energy, much like a temporary spatial transformation.

Sieg's Reality Marble is a chaotic battlefield, and within that battlefield, Sieg prepared the key he intended to use against the Einzbern this time.

In other words, artificial humans created in imitation of himself!

Furthermore, these androids are powered by Honkai energy. Honkai energy androids are a military product of the parallel world where Honkai energy was highly developed, which he saw!

He knew that since the target this time was Einzbern, given Einzbern's resources, they must have prepared a large number of combat androids.

Others may not know the fighting power of these androids, but Sieg, being an android himself, certainly does!

Each of those homunculus possesses the ability to fight monsters head-on. Combined with the Einzbern's standard magical costumes... with such a setup, Sieg really doesn't know how the Einzbern lost so many Holy Grail Wars!

Honestly, if you assemble an army of these androids, wouldn't it be easy to win a Holy Grail War?

Even the dead leader of Yggdrasil was able to win the Third Holy Grail War with an army of ordinary people, so why can't you, the Inzbern family, do the same?

But this time, Eindzbern seems to have finally figured it out!

Stealing the Greater Grail directly, changing the battlefield, causing Vlad III, who was enjoying the Romanian buff, to lose his buff and a considerable amount of combat power, and then luring them over—that means deploying the android army, right?

Thinking of this, Zieg smiled.

"It's useless... In this parallel world, no one understands Honkai energy better than me, and no one understands androids better than me..."

"I understand the strength of the homunculi better than you Einzberns who are only just realizing it, and I also understand their weaknesses better than you do!"

Artificial humans are created through various techniques and technologies. Such beings can be considered a form of life, but if an army is to be formed, then artificial humans must be created quickly.

Under such circumstances, artificial humans will inevitably have defects.

In normal combat, this potential lifespan limitation is manageable, but if Sieg allows the Honkai energy androids to use Honkai energy to erode and seize control of these androids...

These flaws are a big problem!

Therefore, Zieg felt that his side still had a considerable advantage.

The only thing to be careful about...

Zieg recalled the report he had seen.

First, the Hanging Gardens were destroyed by that man with Joan of Arc. Second... the Yggdrasil was directly suppressed by a silver knight!

Apart from Jack, all the Heroic Spirits on this side attacked together, but they were still suppressed by the opponent!

This must be Einzbern's trump card!

With that thought in mind, Zig's gaze fell on Adam.

The reason he insisted on completing Adam, and even letting Adam grow to its full potential before launching the expedition, was that he planned to use Adam to deal with that silver knight!

Winning would be ideal, but even if we can't win, given Adam's ability to survive on the earth, we can at least hold off the opponent for a while!

But when the time comes, that man and Joan of Arc alone... they won't be able to stop the other Heroic Spirits.

Well... even if we could block it, it wouldn't be of any use. These Heroic Spirits have been detonated with Honkai energy. If we can't defeat them, we can just detonate them to kill that guy!

As Sieg was thinking this, Semiramis's communication spell reached him.

"We've spotted them... but it seems to be their troops, and they look very well-organized; they're not easy to deal with."

Sieg smiled upon hearing the message from Semiramis.

“I understand—I had thought of this before the expedition, so let the whole army halt for now.”

"The enemy army is only impressive in appearance; I was prepared!"

The military camp in Iskandar.

He has deployed troops to this location for some time, but the enemy has not yet appeared.

This made him somewhat impatient while he also silently anticipated what kind of enemy this time would be!

After all, the King's Army of Iskandar had been completed not long ago!