Crossover Anime: Picking up Medea at the Start

Roland said these words, and then, amidst the murmurs and farewells of the crowd, everyone gradually dispersed.

As arranged, everyone had to go and handle their own affairs.

Roland, however, did not accompany Aozaki Touko to Kanbuko City immediately, nor did he go to the Matou family to find Matou Shinji. Instead, he went straight home and lay down on his bed.

He had some things to do before going to the Matou family's house.

These are the lottery chances I got from Ilya.

And

After Artoria condensed her divine essence, Shadow Wolf also completed the condensation of his divine essence.

....

3. Shadow Warrior

There's not much to say about the lottery; Roland simply pressed the button.

Then, from Ilya's lottery draws, Roland drew something like this.

Congratulations on acquiring the skill Shadow Warrior!

Roland was quite familiar with this kind of shadow-based skill.

The so-called Shadow Warrior is similar to the Shadow Wolf in terms of skill, except that the Shadow Wolf summons a pack of wolves composed of shadows, while the Shadow Warrior summons a warrior composed of shadows.

It possesses the characteristics of being immortal and regenerative as is typical of shadow-type beings, can move as a shadow, is almost immune to physical attacks, and is vulnerable to light and fire.

However, unlike Shadow Wolf's ability to summon a pack of wolves, Shadow Warrior's skill appears to be a high-level skill.

Only one can be summoned, and the resurrection time is very long, taking forty-eight hours.

In return, the Shadow Warrior possesses twice the physical attributes of the Summoner and is proficient in martial arts.

After confirming the skill's effect, Roland immediately summoned the Shadow Warrior.

It still looks similar to shadow-type summons.

In terms of size, he's even bigger than Hercules!

Its physique alone, coupled with the outline of its mane that resembles that of a lion, creates a strong sense of intimidation.

"Proficient in martial arts..."

Roland pondered this characteristic, then aimed one hand at the Shadow Warrior and directly used Shadow Fusion to merge it into himself.

There's not much to say about the increase in physical attributes; the increase is quite noticeable, and it will probably be even more pronounced after it transforms into a Shadow Dragon.

But his main skill is martial arts.

Roland himself knew nothing about martial arts, so he wanted to see if he would become proficient in martial arts after merging with the Shadow Warrior.

Then Roland discovered that this conjecture was correct.

The only problem is... the Shadow Warrior's mastery of martial arts is completely different from Roland's understanding of mastery of martial arts.

Like Shadow Wolves and Shadow Puppets, Shadow Warriors are familiars that only obey Roland's commands.

Therefore, the mastery of martial arts by shadow warriors, like endless martial arts training, is all similar to combat instincts.

If it were used by someone as brainless as Shadow Warrior, it would be perfectly fine, but the same thing becomes a completely different skill when used by Roland.

Roland's instinct would allow him to play this way, but Roland would hesitate, which would lead to problems with the timing of his shot.

That's how this skill works; the more you like to use your brain and think during battle, the more difficult it is to use—and Roland happens to be that kind of person.

Let's leave it for now.

Roland dispelled the shadow fusion.

"Let the Shadow Warrior handle close combat. It's good enough that fusing with him will increase my attributes. I'm better off becoming the Shadow Dragon and fighting others in close combat."

As Roland said this, he directly fused an artificial eyeball that he had Aozaki Touko made into the Shadow Warrior's body. In doing so, some things also appeared on the Shadow Warrior's body.

With a flick of his wrist, the shadow warrior produced a spear in his left hand and a sword in his right.

“Diarmuid’s twin pistols are of different lengths, and even if you don’t distinguish them by color, you can distinguish them by length. But the ones I made using the characteristics of shadow fusion are different. Their length and color are completely indistinguishable. If you want, one second they can be anti-magic, and the next second they can be cursed.”

"The only thing I can't do is balance anti-magic and other buffs... It's difficult enough to have anti-magic lightning and cursed fire or indestructible armor coexist, and it has to be under my focused control..."

In fact, magic resistance and other bonuses are not entirely incompatible.

In Roland's final battle against Gilgamesh, the concentrated beam of light he spat out in his Shadow Dragon form, which was already turning white, was the product of the combination of exorcising lightning and cursed fire. However, the combination was not complete enough; otherwise, if it had been forcibly compressed to that extent, it should have been pure white light.

But the result of forced compression is that concentrated beam of light; otherwise, the limit would be to make golden flames burn on the lightning or to make crimson lightning appear on the scales.

At this stage, it is almost impossible to directly add the anti-magic effect and other bonuses to a weapon.

Therefore, for the time being, it seems that the only option is to use the special properties of shadow fusion to give the Shadow Warrior several weapons with various enhancements before he goes into battle.

After all, the Shadow Warrior neither switches to nor uses this power; it is merely proficient in martial arts. Whether it's switching or enchanting the Shadow Warrior's attacks, Roland controls all of these.

Furthermore, Roland's instinctive style doesn't quite mesh well with the Shadow Warrior's style, so it's best to give him more weapon variations so he can use them instinctively during battle.

But if it's not bad

Following Roland's thought, the sword in the Shadow Warrior's hand instantly transformed into a shield, and then even into armor.

"The one Lancelot brought isn't bad. It makes the game much more fun, and the slight attribute boost is also quite useful. Plus, the Battle Continuation skill I drew from Cú Chulainn before should have an even better effect on the Shadow Warrior."

These abilities are indeed quite useful, and when used as weapon enhancements, they greatly amplify the Shadow Warrior's abilities. However, the fact that weapon transformation relies on shadow fusion is not ideal, as it means the weapon can only be used by the fused shadow or the user. Otherwise, weapons of this caliber could be mass-produced!

Roland mentally reviewed the interactions between the Shadow Warrior and his various abilities. Because there weren't many systems, he quickly organized them.

Then Roland turned the Shadow Warrior into his follower, allowing it to enjoy the blessings of the divine group.

There's not much to say about the promotion ladder; Roland mainly took a look at the requirements for divinity.

Roland had originally imagined that activating the godhood of the Shadow Warrior would be similar to that of the Shadow Puppet, requiring only two godhoods to be activated by members of the god group. However, after actually seeing it, he discovered that activating the godhood of the Shadow Warrior actually required four godhoods to be activated by members of the god group!

How can this be! ?

Keep in mind, he himself only needs three!

Roland was initially surprised, but he quickly realized something.

"Does this mean that if a member of the divine group activates three divine cores, then the divine core I activate afterward is only the first stage... or that I can activate more than one divine core?"

Thinking of this, Roland recalled what Artoria looked like when she was a god.

"Or is it that the divine sparks that I can activate, as displayed by the [God Group System], are those that are activated separately, and if I truly undergo a transformation due to some event, I can activate divine sparks according to my own desires?"

Roland was somewhat puzzled by this.

However, he had too little information about this matter, so he could only put aside his doubts for the time being and focus his attention on Shadow Wolf.

He planned to wait until both Shadow Wolf and Shadow Puppet activated their divine powers before deciding whether higher requirements were always better for activating his own divine power.

He also wanted to know how the Shadow Wolf, who had no consciousness, had activated its divine status.

We can't just let him choose, can we?

With this thought in mind, Roland vanished from his room in a flash.

Now that Roland has mastered the conversion between imaginary and real numbers, he wanted to find a place to experiment, so he directly ventured into the imaginary space.

There was no concept of terrain here, nothing at all. After Roland entered, he simply floated in space.

Then Roland summoned all twenty Shadow Wolves to his side, letting them float around him. After that, he directly activated the Shadow Wolves' divine nature.

As expected, just like when Artoria transformed into a god, the magic storm spread out directly from the Shadow Wolf pack as its core.

However, Roland was prepared. At this moment, he was in a state between imaginary and real numbers, so neither imaginary nor real numbers could easily harm him, or even touch him.

This magical storm is no exception.

After the magic storm subsided, the twenty shadow wolves multiplied into one hundred, and each one became larger and more realistic than before.

They now resemble real black wolves, no longer the shadow monsters they once were.

Roland had witnessed Artoria's reshaping of her divine body before, so he wasn't surprised by the changes in the Shadow Wolves. He even grabbed one of the Shadow Wolves and merged it into himself, beginning to experience the abilities the Shadow Wolves gained after their deification.

Roland was still very interested in the authority awakened by the Shadow Wolf.

Besides its potential for growth, which will make you stronger in the future, the most important thing about godhood in the early stages of godhood is the awakened authority.

So, I hope I won't disappoint him.

....

4. Tiamat, the Goddess of Creation

The divine body that Shadow Wolf reshaped after its deification is stronger than the original in every aspect, especially with targeted enhancements to address Shadow Wolf's weaknesses.

Because the Shadow Wolf has now transformed from its original shadow monster form into a black wolf form, it is no longer afraid of light and is no longer limited by its original range.

However, in terms of attributes, the magnitude of this improvement still surprised Roland somewhat.

because

The improvement is too small!

While it did indeed improve the Shadow Wolf's physical attributes from its original level to that of an ordinary magical beast, this was far from enough to compensate for the enhancement brought about by the transformation into a god!