Crossover Anime: Picking up Medea at the Start

Then, he used the Spiral Sword, Cú Chulainn's natural enemy, to suppress him.

Use the Brilliant King's Sword, the same sword Mordred used to pierce King Arthur, to suppress Artoria.

Use the Chains of Heaven to suppress Hercules.

Finally, the Mountain-Slaying Sword was thrown out and tore through the gaps in the Shadow Dragon's scales, allowing Indra's Lightning to strike the Shadow Dragon's body directly beneath the scales!

This was then used to trick Shadow Dragon into revealing his black hole.

Then, he used his own anti-magic weaponry to suppress imaginary magic and summoned Vimana, using Vimana's gravity system to suppress the force converging from the black hole, thereby suppressing the black hole.

Under these circumstances, Vimana used an ancient machine gun to suppress the earth, and finally unleashed EA himself.

Up to this point, Gilgamesh's plan had been going quite smoothly.

And then this EA shot—was blocked again!

Roland seemed to have other preparations, but this shot wasn't blocked by Roland's preparations. Instead, it was Artoria who used her sword sheath, Avalon, to directly block the EA shot, resulting in her own defeat!

Then, before Gilgamesh left the stage, Roland walked up to him. This time, instead of killing him directly, he said the following words to him.

"Let me calculate. This is probably the third time you've failed in the future you've seen with your clairvoyance, isn't it?"

For a fleeting moment, Gilgamesh wondered if Roland was talking to his future self!

But only for a moment, because Gilgamesh quickly realized from his future self lying on the ground that his eyes were closed and he simply remained silent that this was not an illusion.

However, this wasn't because Roland possessed any special abilities, but rather because he seemed to have simply guessed all of his own actions and clearly recognized that this should be the third time.

He saw right through me!

"...This time it was Artoria's Avalon. Next time I'll tell you that Hercules' Twelve Trials won't have much trouble blocking one of your Ea."

Roland said this with a smile.

He wasn't bluffing, because he remembered that when the Argo was destroyed in the Greek Lostbelt, Hercules had taken two hits head-on and died.

It takes two shots from Luna to kill Hercules, so Gilgamesh in his current state would need at least two shots from Ea to kill a fully healed Hercules.

"In addition, I have quite a few Command Seals. If I use these to supply mana to my Servants, then even if Artoria doesn't use Avalon, after the multiplier amplification, with the Holy Sword combined with some spells, plus Hercules who is strengthened by Command Seals and amplified by the resurrection of the Twelve Trials, it shouldn't be a problem to block one of your Ea swords."

"And Iskandar, if he pulls you into your Reality Marble the instant you activate Ea, wouldn't the magical storm created by Ea be weakened after blowing away the Reality Marble?"

"So I have a suggestion for you: how about giving up on finishing with the Ea sword?"

"Alright, that's enough for now. You may leave, King of Heroes."

At this point, Gilgamesh witnessed his third defeat!

After exiting the futuristic state this time, he did not activate futurism again.

Then...

—He drew the sword Ea!

At that moment, Bazett judged that Gilgamesh had used his trump card. She pulled back with one hand, and an iron ball, accompanied by lightning, collided with her fist. Then, the Reverse Light Sword was launched towards Gilgamesh as a white light!

Gilgamesh didn't use any defensive Noble Phantasms and was pierced through on the spot.

Despite his injuries, Gilgamesh still raised his Ea.

"Wake up!"

As he spoke, the strange blade of the Ea began to spin, and a terrifying magical storm instantly erupted, shattering space and drawing in the fragments.

Gilgamesh looked at Ishtar as she drew back the celestial ark, Artoria as she raised her holy sword, the shadow dragon as it opened its mouth to gather light and heat, and Cú Chulainn as he retreated, seemingly waiting for an opportunity...

Hercules descended from the sky and came to Cú Chulainn's side because Ishtar was about to unleash her Noble Phantasm, ready at any moment.

There are other bastards further away!

but...

"You bastards! Without pride, you cannot be kings!"

"Let this strike be our farewell ceremony—"

Despite saying these words and knowing the consequences of his attack, Gilgamesh still swung his sword down.

"—This is what 'ruling over' means!"

The magical storm created by the Exorcism Sword came crashing down, but the brilliance of the Holy Sword directly met it. The Sky Ship was pulled, and arrows formed from the concept of Venus fell from the sky. In addition, there was the somewhat white beam of light spewed out by the Shadow Dragon, which was a fusion of lightning and fire!

All of these things bombarded each other at once!

The magic storm that appeared first was also the last to retreat.

The magical storm was quickly pierced, and Gilgamesh was then engulfed by the light!

Being hit head-on by such a blow, there's no point in talking about leaving the stage or making any last words.

So what Gilgamesh said when he wielded Ea was his last words!

Once the storm and chaotic flow of magic subsided, Roland looked at the canyon that had transformed into a long, straight canyon stretching to the horizon, seemingly leading directly to heaven. He then let out a long sigh of relief.

Based on Gilgamesh's last words, Roland roughly deduced that his final psychological warfare tactic in the third version of the plan had worked.

If Gilgamesh were in his Wise King state, he might just snort and then mock his own pointless scheming. But in this state, this is the most likely outcome he would choose.

Although all of this was within Roland's expectations, the sight of Gilgamesh wielding Ea and roaring at the end still left him somewhat shocked.

This made Roland stand there for quite a while.

Only when Iskandar drove his chariot to his side did his gentle smile return.

"what happened?"

When Iskandar saw Roland's expression, he and Roland looked at each other for a moment before he sighed and asked the question directly.

“When you drafted Plan 373, I had two questions. First, you were clearly very confident in each version of the plan, so why did you draft three versions? I had the answer to that question after I saw that Gilgamesh seemed to have the ability to see the future.”

"But the second question I still haven't figured out is what you said to everyone at the end of the meeting: a plan is just a plan, and if the plan progresses to the point where you feel you can do as you please, then you are free to act—after all, you are all people who have created miracles, and miracles are far beyond what a plan can achieve."

"I still don't understand what this means."

Upon hearing Iskandar's words, Roland's gaze returned to the end of the canyon.

"Perhaps it's because I genuinely believe that miracles can happen in any era or under any circumstances."

"Gilgamesh's Gate of Babylon is almost a crystallization of human wisdom. Many of you have experienced failure. The legends not only record your successes but also your failures. So, if we're talking about the legends, Gilgamesh could probably produce one Noble Phantasm after another for each of you."

"But when you arrived here, you were no longer legends living in history books, but living, breathing people. After all, many of you are different from the legends. Even before I saw Artoria, I never imagined that King Arthur would be a girl."

At this point, Roland winked at Iskandar and then walked over to the chariot.

"Then the Noble Phantasms used to target legends can only target the history you have created. But with so many heroes gathered together, fighting side by side, isn't that creating a completely new history?"

"You were able to create legends in the past, so why can't you do the same now?"

"If I had to say, I sincerely believe in each and every one of you, that's my answer."

After Roland finished speaking, he climbed onto Iskandar's chariot and patted him on the shoulder, whose eyes were deep and somewhat lost in thought.

"Alright, let's go. Medea just contacted me and said the Greater Grail has been purified. We should go and claim our spoils!"

"This Holy Grail War is over—and we are all victors!"

....

58. The Shadow of Imaginary Numbers

With Gilgamesh's departure, the Holy Grail War was essentially over.

So

"Then let's stick to what we agreed on at the beginning. If Artoria has a wish to fulfill, let her do it. If other magicians want to try to reach the Root, then they can try it themselves, okay?"

This matter had already been discussed in previous meetings, so no one had any objections at this point.

Iskandar observed all of this and noticed that Roland was beginning to take the shape of an alliance leader. Roland was basically making decisions about the alliance's course of action, and he could also see that after the Gilgamesh campaign, the others were responding to Roland's words more quickly than before.

Don't underestimate this point—in this situation, it's the difference between hesitating and not hesitating, which may later evolve into the difference between thinking and not thinking.

The difference is enormous.

And that Knight King... Right now, her gaze towards Roland is even stronger than the others. I guess once her wish is fulfilled, she will completely give up what she carries and become a full-fledged supporter of Roland.

Thinking of this, Iskandar didn't say anything, but just nodded slightly.

After all, he had already thought it through beforehand.

Roland succeeded, so calling him the leader of the alliance... makes sense!

"Alright, in that case, let's begin."

With Roland's words, Medea and Aozaki Touko completed the purification of the Greater Grail. At this moment, Gilgamesh and Angra Mainyu's souls completely departed. After the evil of this world was purified, the magical power that had accumulated in the Holy Grail War for so many years was finally effectively released.

The power unleashed in that single breath even surpassed that of when only seven Servants had left the field.

Therefore, wishes can be fulfilled.

Therefore, one can reach the root cause.

Among the Heroic Spirits, only Artoria wants to have her wish fulfilled, while on the Magician's side, Illya, Rin Tohsaka, Touko Aozaki, Bazett, and Roland all stand before the Greater Grail.

Medea was the only one who did not do that.