Crossover Anime: Picking up Medea at the Start

What kind of monster is hiding behind this Umbrella Corporation?

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38. Fufu: Isn't that Vortigern?!

Vanfem has every reason to be proud.

First, he is a very ancient ancestor, and his vampire abilities alone are quite impressive—second, there's his puppetry, which is at the top level of a magician.

Although Vanfim is not good at making particularly delicate dolls, he has a great talent for making giant dolls.

The title "Demon City" wasn't given to his puppet by himself; it was a name spontaneously bestowed upon his enormous, mobile puppet by others who had seen it.

Therefore, in the past, Vanfem actually had the right to choose most of the time.

For example, after he entered the financial world, he didn't use his ancient vampire abilities to do anything, which meant that other mysterious forces wouldn't be allowed to rely too much on mystery to profit themselves.

Once such a person is found, then Vanfem's challenge will be delivered to you.

With a few exceptions, this is practically an unspoken rule in the financial world.

So after discovering that the Umbrella Corporation was indeed profiting from mystical items, he routinely sent out a challenge.

These are the rules he set, and naturally he must uphold them.

Others were also watching the situation closely—some wanted to see what Vanfem was capable of to decide whether they too should take the risk in the financial world; some were observing the situation in Europe, wondering what they might do; and some ancient beings, or other forms of ancient existence, were simply watching for fun.

But in general, the focus is on Van Femme.

Even those few who are interested in the Umbrella Corporation's strength are only thinking about taking a bite out of the organization once the forces behind Umbrella Corporation are severely damaged by Vanfem.

Before the match, almost no one thought that Vanfem might lose.

Even Vanfem's enemies were no exception.

At this moment, Black Princess Altruki, along with her two knights and the White Beast Primate Hunter, was watching the battlefield chosen by Vanfem from a distance.

There wasn't anything particularly big of a conflict between her and Vanfim.

The main conflict between Vanfem and her subordinate White Knight, Fina Bradsfield, was that between Vanfem and her subordinate White Knight.

Brad is the eighth of the Twenty-Seven Dead Apostles, a vampire count and captain of the Ghost Fleet.

He used this to conquer the fifth of Vanfem's seven great demon cities, so Vanfem and he have always had a very bad relationship.

But those were all minor incidents.

This time, Altrouge jumped out of the chaos caused by her silly sister running around, and with the White Wing Duke standing on the opposite side, Vanfem went to cooperate with the White Wing Duke—so this is no longer a small-scale skirmish.

The conflict between Eltrauge and the Whitewing Lord lies in the position of the King of the Dead Apostles.

Altruchi is a hybrid of True Ancestor and Dead Apostle, the ruler of blood and pacts. Among the original Dead Apostles, and the first of the Twenty-Seven Ancestors, before the resurrection of the Dark Six Kings, Altruchi was the most orthodox Dead Apostle King.

In contrast, the White Winged Duke had no connection to this position, but he gained the support of a large number of Dead Apostles and even some Ancestors, and became even more famous after Altrucci was injured.

Baiyi Gong is also known as the Crownless King.

He wielded immense influence at the Ancestors' meeting, proposed killing the final True Ancestor Arcueid, and even made overt and covert moves against Arcueid—his true intentions were crystal clear.

The relationship between Eltrauge and him is one of irreconcilable enmity, a fact known to all those attending the meeting of the Twenty-Seven Ancestors.

So when Vanfem sided with the White Winged Duke, whatever the reason, at that moment they became mortal enemies.

Even so, Eltrauge had to admit that she couldn't imagine Vanfem failing here.

This made her sigh, and she also propped her head up with her hand, squinting as she thought about what to do next.

However, at this moment, an unexpected change occurred in the scene.

At Vanfem's location, a pack of black wolves appeared one after another, gathering in front of him. Then, a warrior, like a shadow monster, stood among the wolves, pointing his weapon in Vanfem's direction.

Then the warrior and the wolf made the same sound using different mouths.

"You've issued a challenge, so are you ready now?"

Upon hearing this voice, Vanfem looked at the pack of wolves and warriors in front of him with great interest.

"Although I issued this challenge as a puppeteer, I never expected that you would also be a magician like me, mainly relying on familiars or puppets to fight... What a pity."

Vanfem stood there, looking helpless, his hands slightly outstretched, as if he were making a very difficult decision.

But in reality, a giant hand had already reached out from behind him and gripped the ground tightly.

Then an enormous stone giant rose up from the ground behind him, lay down, and roared at the wolf pack and warriors!

At this moment, those watching the battle truly understood why the puppets of Vanfem were called the Demon City.

There's no other reason than it's big enough!

The stone giant, lying on the ground, was the size of a small mountain, and its armor looked like a city wall—it was truly a mobile castle!

The sheer size of this object, revealing its form, is incredibly awe-inspiring and visually impactful.

Then the stone giant stretched out its huge hand towards the wolf pack and the warriors, raised it high, and slammed it down!

boom--!

With a rumbling sound from the earth, a huge crater appeared in front of Vanfem. Neither the wolf pack nor the warriors could escape the reach of this single hand.

It seems the battle is over.

but...

The stone giant's enormous hand trembled continuously before it was propelled high into the air.

Then, in that large pit, the wolf pack and the warriors remained in their original positions and spoke to Vanfem once again.

"You've issued a challenge, are you ready now?"

The exact same voices were heard; not a single one was missing after that attack, and there was no sign of injury whatsoever.

This situation caused the veins on Vanfem's forehead to bulge.

But instead of launching another attack, he squinted and gave a response.

"I'm ready."

After Vanfem gave his answer, the warrior nodded to him, and then he and the wolf pack disappeared.

While everyone else was puzzled, Vanfem suddenly jumped up and landed on top of his stone giant, gazing at the ground beneath his feet.

His reaction caused everyone else to turn their attention to the ground as well.

Then they discovered that, at some point, the battlefield chosen by Vanfem had been shrouded in darkness.

Those with a higher perspective, such as Altrouge the Black Princess, saw the true form of the pitch-black object!

That's a dragon!

Or rather, a gigantic dragon shadow!

The dragon's shadow resembled a whale swimming in the ocean, spreading its wings and sweeping across the land.

Then, as it flew to the edge of the battlefield, it leaped out of the ground like a whale jumping from underwater and soared into the sky.

At that moment, everyone saw it.

It was a black dragon, even larger than the stone giants of Vanfem!

"This...this can't be, there's still something alive here!?"

Upon seeing this scene, Altrouge abandoned her previous languid demeanor and now knelt on the sofa in a duck-like position, staring wide-eyed at the situation on the screen.

The White Knight and the Black Knight sat on the sofas on either side, watching this scene in a daze.

They were also unable to answer their princess's questions.

The white beast, which had been lying on the ground and not even bothering to look at anything before, got up now.

"~Votigeng!?"

Upon hearing its voice, Eltrauge and the Black and White Knights turned their gazes towards it, and the White Beast's eyes flashed with a hint of reminiscence before it began to explain to them.

"Although the color has changed and the feeling it gives is not quite right, I can still remember its appearance—that dragon was King Vortigern, the white dragon of Britain who fought against King Arthur, who was the red dragon!"

Hearing this, Altrouge and the Black and White Knights found it hard to believe, but they also knew that the White Beast would not lie to them.

This creature's real name seems to be Cathy Palug, but since coming to their side, it has always called itself the White Beast of Fou. Although it is nominally a subordinate of Altrucci, Altrucci actually knows that it is a very ancient being.

Neither contracts nor anything else can bind it.

What truly made it stay was the good relationship between them.

Especially Altruchi, she and Fou have known each other for a long time and they have a very good relationship.

So Eltrauge remembers very clearly that in all that time, Fou never lied to her even once. Either she couldn't or didn't want to, but once she did, it was the truth.

This also includes the fact that before challenging Arcueid, it said it wouldn't win and would even be severely injured...

So no matter how outrageous its words were, Altrouge still believed them.

She was taken aback at first, but quickly laughed, leaned back on the sofa, and let out a long sigh.

"Alright, anyway, we didn't provoke them. That guy went and picked on such an enemy himself, which isn't a good thing for us—whether it's the white dragon of Britain or any other dragon, as long as it can cause trouble for them, the stronger the better!"

Hearing what Altrouge said, the Black and White Knights nodded, and Fou didn't say anything either.