Crossover Anime: Picking up Medea at the Start

He ignited the blood of the wolf!

All the shadow wolves merged into his body at that moment. Roland, who had fully ignited the wolf blood, clenched his fist, which was covered by shadows, and punched it towards the direction of the icy meteorite. The force, which was even more terrifying than that of a giant, shattered the meteorite on the spot.

Esdeath, concealed by the fragments and icy mist formed by the shattered meteorite, reached Roland, who had just thrown a punch. She raised an ice blade with both hands and thrust it towards Roland.

However, putting aside the instincts of a shadow warrior, Roland has always been accustomed to fighting with his brain.

While attacking the meteorite, Roland's attention was focused on Esdeath herself.

His six eyes had been locked onto Esdeath's movements, watching her as she walked towards him.

so...

ended.

Roland, who had merged with the Shadow Puppet, had no shadow, but at this moment, the shadow beneath his feet appeared beside Esdeath.

Just as Esdeath charged forward, the shadow beneath her feet transformed into Roland's already imposing presence. Roland began to charge up his shadow blade with the power of the Dragon's Remnant, shattering the ice blade from the tip of her thrust. In the process, Roland widened the blade and struck Esdeath with a powerful blow, sending her flying.

Then, as she coughed up blood and tried to get up, a spear made of shadows was already pressed against her throat.

"you lose."

Roland maintained his gentle smile, stopping short of making a point.

As Esdeath sat on the ground and looked at Roland, her previously divergent thoughts, which had been focused on resisting the pressure, came to an end.

Thirdly, and finally—ideally, someone with a pure smile.

Esdeath's thoughts lingered on Roland's smile, bringing her previously scattered thoughts back together. She nodded slightly at Roland's words, realizing at that moment that she had also understood.

Roland is someone who meets his three criteria for choosing a partner.

And he's even stronger than me!

This made her regrouped thoughts somewhat chaotic.

Roland then put away his spear and extended his hand to Esdeath.

"So, General Esdeath, although you are already considered a strong person in this world and in the Empire, your development will be limited by your narrow-mindedness. So why not join—join the pantheon centered around me and make yourself stronger."

"Come on, let's step into a higher level together."

Esdeath didn't know what the gods were, but seeing the smile on Roland's face, she simply grabbed the hand that Roland was extending to her.

Whether it's for that smile or for becoming stronger.

She only had one answer.

"I'll join!"

As she spoke, the [God Group System] also completed its transformation.

The number of members in the group has officially reached 15.

The blessing on the center has been officially upgraded to Lv4. The next upgrade requires 20 members in the divine group.

Then I got a lottery ticket from Esdeath.

Furthermore, the God Group has also launched brand new features.

.....Spoon..

21. The army of the gods

After Esdeath joined the pantheon, Roland explained the pantheon to her.

Then Esdeath finally understood.

She also now knew exactly what those powers Roland had used before were.

Thinking of this, Esdeath's enthusiasm was ignited.

"So that's how it is. The gods who roam the world, I understand now!"

Esdeath originally thought that being a general in the Empire and leading an army into war was already an incredibly exciting thing—she even worried about what would happen after all the wars were over.

But now that she's heard Roland say that, she's not worried anymore!

Countless otherworlds, countless wars

Hehehe, just thinking about it makes her burst out laughing!

"Oh, right, the promotion ladder."

Esdeath suddenly remembered the promotion ladder, so she took off her white military cap and then removed her already thin white military uniform. With her hands on her hips, she looked at Roland.

"bring it on!"

Seeing her like this, Hyakko, who was helping Esdeath with her clothes, couldn't tell whether Esdeath was excited about becoming stronger or something else entirely.

She felt something was off...

But when she thought about the information she knew about Esdeath, she felt that she might be being a little too sensitive because of her fight with Medea.

That's Esdeath, the battle maniac.

How could she possibly like a man like a woman?

Impossible, absolutely impossible!

After figuring this out, Bai Mao stopped overthinking.

Roland, on the other hand, opened a ladder of advancement for Esdeath.

Furthermore, Roland also granted Esdeath the authority to recruit gods.

“Esdeath, I know you usually share any benefits with your soldiers, and this time is no exception. I have already explained the matter of the gods and their followers to you. So if you want to bring your troops along, it is up to you whether you recruit them as your gods or their followers.”

After saying those words, Roland reminded her of something else.

"By the way, besides the differences between gods and their people that I told you before, remember to pay special attention to the issue of immortality—after all, immortality is not necessarily a good thing, especially for the soldiers who may need to fight alongside you. Immortality is a blessing, but it is also a curse."

After hearing Roland's words, Esdeath first nodded, then smiled.

To be honest, although she had previously planned to recruit all of her Esdeath's army as servants and have them follow her in enjoying this endless war, she did not say it out loud—because she felt that Roland might not agree.

After all, she rose from the ranks of a soldier to become a general, so even if she disliked political intrigue, she wasn't completely ignorant of it.

In her eyes, Roland's primary identity was still that of the emperor of the empire.

Emperors generally wouldn't want their generals to have too many private soldiers, especially private soldiers like gods who can be absolutely commanded.

But then she realized what was happening.

Yes, Roland had told her that when she failed before.

Don't limit your vision to one country or one border!

She still has a narrow perspective!

Fortunately, Roland had a broad perspective, which made Esdeath look at him with even more fervor.

"okay, I get it!"

Esdeath agreed.

When Roland saw that Esdeath had agreed, he nodded in agreement.

"Alright, I will have Bai Mao convey my will afterward—I will expand your army once, and have Bud gradually place elite troops under your command. Then Bud will lead the people to defend the capital and become the great general guarding the country, Esdeath. As for you, I hope you can become my spear. The surrounding alien races are getting in the way, and I will need this world to provide me with a stable supply of various resources. So I need this world to stabilize. You understand what I mean?"

"Ok!"

If Roland and Esdeath were to talk about something else, Esdeath might not necessarily understand.

But she understood the concept of expanding territory!

It's simply a matter of wiping out all the surrounding foreign tribes!

She knows this stuff!

"Since you understand, then go ahead. I'll arrange this after I've finished dealing with Minister Ernest's matter. You can also use this to train your troops and let your soldiers accumulate some promotion opportunities."

“I understand your thoughts and plans, but with the Imperial Army’s current strength, it can run rampant in this world that I named Kill Eye, but it’s not enough in the other world.”

"And once war breaks out, besides you, I currently have another equally warlike guy leading an army under my command. He will absolutely not give up on this. So if you don't have enough ability to participate in the war, I can't just watch you go to your deaths, right?"

Esdeath smiled upon hearing Roland's words.

"of course."

She knew very well that Roland was telling her to compete with someone she had never met before. Roland hadn't even hidden it from her; he hadn't gone around in circles and it was basically like giving her a direct order.

But she didn't resist it; in fact, she found it even more interesting!

So after receiving the appointment from Roland, she immediately went back to gather the troops and start training them!

Hyakko watched Esdeath's departing figure with a touch of melancholy.

“If Bud were to lead an army to compete with Iskandar, I would be very pessimistic about Bud, and I would even think that Bud is overestimating himself.”

“I have seen Iskandar’s troops. The army consists of tens of thousands of men, all of whom are followers—a standing army of spearmen who can form a Macedonian phalanx, 2800 cavalrymen, about 1800 companion cavalrymen, which are elite heavy cavalrymen who wear light armor and are responsible for auxiliary soldiers such as javelin throwers and archers, and 3000 elite heavy infantrymen outside the phalanx.”

"Then Iskandar divided these tens of thousands of soldiers into square formations and units outside the square formations. He then further divided the units outside the square formations into countless smaller squads ranging from 150 to 1000 men each, to facilitate his command..."

"It's true that Cú Chulainn almost broke through the Noble Phantasm 'Army of Kings' and killed Iskandar during the Holy Grail War, but that was because the power of this Noble Phantasm couldn't be fully unleashed."