Crossover Anime: Picking up Medea at the Start

As Hercules was about to leave, he quietly stayed by Ilya's side, just like before. No matter what decision Ilya made, he would only silently support her and protect her.

So, Ilya looked at Roland and met his gaze.

"Are you telling the truth... No, it doesn't matter to me now whether it's true or not—in that case, I'll agree to whatever you want to do."

Because the outcome can't be any worse, right...?

Regardless of the other party's motives for extending the invitation, the worst outcome is probably just as it is now.

Therefore, Ilya had no reason to refuse.

Upon hearing her response, Roland turned his gaze to Hercules. In that instant, even Hercules, who was in a frenzy, was visibly startled, because a rather strange divine aura was released from Roland.

Hercules possesses A-level divinity, the highest level of divinity Roland has ever encountered.

And he was different from Cú Chulainn—after his death, he was even converted into a god.

So what might have been a momentary anomaly for Cú Chulainn was an 'abnormality' that anyone could sense was wrong!

That is something that the higher one's divine level, or the closer one is to a god, the more one can perceive.

Compared to ordinary divinity, Roland's divinity is extremely small in scale—so small that even Iskandar's C-level divinity might be slightly larger in scale than Roland's.

But even this tiny bit is more terrifying in purity than the God King!

Because the divinity of the other god-kings is different in its own way, but all of them are impure.

For example, Odin's divinity includes wisdom, runes, and divine pronouncements... some of which he was born with, and others he acquired later in life.

But in short, it's not pure.

Therefore, when referring to these deities, they are called gods of thunder, gods of wisdom, and so on.

Roland, who exudes divinity, if you had to give him a title, you could only call him—God.

No other title can compare to this.

Because in Roland's divinity you can only feel that it is divinity, if you dig deeper, you can feel a kind of emptiness.

And it's not a blank space in brackets.

Rather, it has neither origin nor end—in modern terms, it is...

No such person found.

Or rather, there is no such god.

Your brain tells you that such a god doesn't exist, but your eyes do see him. When you face him, every sense in your body tells you that he is a god. As for what kind of god... once you start thinking about that question, you'll be stuck.

It's not that the problem is difficult, but rather that it's as if the problem never had an answer from the very beginning—it's like the world has a bug in its operation.

Even Hercules, who had fallen into a frenzy and retained only his inner rationality, was briefly confused.

His brain told him it was impossible, but his senses told him that Roland did exist—his instincts and reason seemed to be fighting!

However, Hercules did indeed go berserk.

His emotions were sealed away, and his rationality was only a tiny bit deep inside. So even though this feeling was very uncomfortable, Hercules only paused for a moment before returning to his normal state.

This might be one of the few benefits that berserk mode brings him.

Otherwise, although it wouldn't cause Hercules any irreparable damage, a conflict between reason and instinct would occur. If reason wins, it won't be an easy victory; if it loses, it would suffer a severe blow.

If I had to put it into words, it felt similar to seeing those Outer Gods and experiencing a drop in sanity.

"Hercules, join us."

Following Roland's words, even Hercules, who was in a berserk state, slowly opened his mouth and made an extremely rough sound.

"......it is good."

Although his voice was hoarse, he still managed to make a sound at that moment.

Because this is an invitation from the gods.

If the other party is qualified, then when the invitation is first extended, even if Roland asks the sleeping person, after the person receives the invitation, they will sit up, open their eyes, briefly wake up, refuse, and then lie down to sleep again.

This is also the reason why Roland had the confidence to promise Aozaki Touko that he would help Ryougi Shiki after the Holy Grail War ended.

Because it's impossible for Ryougi Shiki not to be qualified to join the pantheon, even if she hasn't woken up yet. After all, both Ryougi Shiki's personality and Ryougi Ori's personality are external manifestations pushed out by [ ].

His essence is [ ], so there's absolutely no problem.

As Roland's mind wandered into random thoughts, Hercules, who had almost left the scene, was suddenly back to his best form.

Furthermore, Ilya could sense that Hercules had not only stopped leaving the stage, but had even resumed the number of times he had completed the Twelve Trials in that instant.

Seeing this scene, Ilya was first surprised, and then she let out a long breath from her slightly open mouth.

"Berserker... I'm so glad you didn't leave..."

Ilya seemed to collapse completely at that moment.

Although she's not the famous "Ge You slouch," the way she's kneeling on the ground with her head raised at this moment does give her a bit of the "Ge You slouch" vibe.

This is not surprising, after all, she has encountered so many things today and even experienced a life-or-death decision. Now that she finds that everything is alright, it is natural for her to relax a little exaggeratedly.

Roland, on the other hand, also received a chance to win a prize from Hercules.

and...

With Heracles included, the group of gods now has ten members.

The Divine Blessing has been raised to Lv3, and the maximum level of advancement that Divine Group members can enjoy has also been raised to Lv2.

And it's similar to the promotion ladder feature that unlocks when you reach five members.

Now that the group has reached ten members, the benefits it brings have increased.

Moreover, judging from the name of this benefit, it's likely to be a rather substantial one.

Because the name of the new benefit is—Divine Condensation.

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Divine essence coalescing!?

When Roland first saw the name of this benefit, he was clearly stunned for a moment, but after reading through all the features, he gradually recovered from his shock.

Because this benefit is ultimately one that cannot be immediately converted into cash.

This thing essentially gives each member who enjoys this benefit an opportunity to become a god or to acquire new authority.

Thinking about it carefully, it's true.

After all, according to the system's introduction, a divine status is an item that allows the holder to decide on a direction based on their own expectations, fully discover their potential, and then surpass it—the user's strength growth trajectory will gradually lead to their 'ideal self,' then surpass it, and finally become their own god.

If such a prop could be issued to every member enjoying the benefits of the divine group, then my authority would indeed be somewhat terrifying.

However, although it is not directly given, when a member of the divine group who enjoys this benefit encounters a problem that leads to their transformation, or when they strive to grow when they encounter difficulties, their authority will begin to condense a divine personality according to the member's will, belief, and potential ability.

This allows for a complete transformation.

However, Roland also saw the domineering nature of his power through this benefit.

That is, when a member of the divine group undergoes transformation, whether the other party can condense a divine spark requires the permission of the divine group—and permission is required twice.

The first time is when the other party undergoes a transformation; the divine group will begin to absorb the other party's will, beliefs, and potential abilities.

The second time was when the other party began to condense their divine essence.

If you agree twice, the other party will be able to condense a divine spark.

But if you disagree the first time, the other party will lose the opportunity.

If he were even more wicked, agreeing the first time but disagreeing the second time, then the absorbed will and beliefs of the other party wouldn't be a problem, but Roland wouldn't know where the other party's potential abilities would go, but in any case, they wouldn't be returned.

While condensing a divine spark doesn't mean draining all potential abilities, most people don't have that much potential ability, not even enough to condense a divine spark, so they need the system's help.

So if the energy is drained and not used to condense a divine spark, it's practically equivalent to rendering that person useless.

This divine status is the group member version.

If Roland himself wanted to obtain godhood, then it would be a different story.

This benefit was shown to Roland that when the members of the divine group condensed three divine sparks, Roland's divine spark would be activated.

Although it doesn't explain how his divine status differs from others', Roland's divine status is quite unique in many ways.

However, compared to this special divine status, Roland was actually looking at his Shadow Wolf and Shadow Puppet at this moment.

Logically speaking, a follower of a god should enjoy all the benefits of the divine group, so his Shadow Wolf and Shadow Puppet, as his followers, should also have the opportunity to condense their divine status.

But when Roland looked over, he realized that perhaps because the Shadow Wolf could only obey commands and the Shadow Puppet had no consciousness, the system had converted them into a part of itself.

They can certainly condense divine essence, but their method of condensation is different from that of the group members; it is the same as their own.

The Shadow Wolf activates its divine spark when other members of the divine group condense one divine spark, while the Shadow Puppet activates two.

Seeing that Roland received feedback almost every time a member of the God Group condensed a divine spark, he turned his attention to the list of God Group members.

It's not that he doesn't want to work hard, it's just that this is the condition that enabled him to start.