Crossover Anime: Picking up Medea at the Start

Then her first words drew the attention of everyone, including Roland.

“I could sense that Lancer was fighting someone, and he seemed to be in a tough spot.”

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19. Aozaki Touko has absolutely no chance of failing.

Before Bazett woke up, neither Artoria nor Medea knew who Lancer was; they only knew he was a blue-skinned lancer.

However, given what has happened and the fact that Bazett is still awake, he has revealed that Lancer's real name is Cú Chulainn.

"This time, Lancer is that Irish Son of Light... It's really hard to imagine such a warrior getting into a tough fight."

When Lancer was mentioned, Artoria, carrying memories of the last Holy Grail War, sighed slightly.

However, Artoria, who often led knights to fight against foreign enemies when she was a queen, quickly readjusted her mindset as she said those words.

"If a warrior like Cú Chulainn can be put in such a difficult fight, then his opponent must be a very powerful Servant."

Artoria made this judgment.

Bai Mao, on the other hand, crossed his arms and leaned back in his chair.

"Should we sneak over there now and find an opportunity to kill their Master?"

Upon hearing Artoria's assessment, Hyakko, as an assassin, immediately conceived a plan: to use Command Spells to have Cú Chulainn hold off the enemy, then seize the opportunity to kill the enemy's Master, and finally concentrate her forces to surround and kill the Servants who lacked magical support.

Artoria frowned, but said nothing.

After all, the Holy Grail War did not have any rules against killing the opponent's Master.

Assassins like Hyakko fight this way by nature. Although Artoria doesn't like this fighting style, she won't deny Hyakko's plans because of it.

However, Roland did not agree.

He looked at Medea.

"Can't we just use a Command Spell to summon Cú Chulainn back?"

The reason I hadn't used Command Spells to summon Cú Chulainn back before was probably because Bazett hadn't woken up yet.

If you call the other party back and they cause a huge scene without any regard for the consequences, then both their martial arts skills and their magical artifacts will be quite troublesome.

Not to mention that what Roland needed was to get the other party into the divine group, not to kill them directly.

But now that Bazett is awake, his worries are gone.

but

"I tried it, it didn't work."

"Although I don't know whether this was a method used by the Servant that put Cú Chulainn in a difficult battle, or whether the opponent's Master used some special technique, in any case, my attempt to call Cú Chulainn back with a Command Spell failed."

"Moreover, although the other party clearly had the means to interfere with Command Seals, they did not interfere with the connection between the Command Seals and Cú Chulainn."

"So I can still sense Cú Chulainn's location... This must be information that they deliberately released to us."

Upon hearing Medea's words, Artoria calmly responded.

"Using Servants to fight Servants, and then using this method to attract the Master, and then the Master himself to fight the enemy Master... This is a Master who is very confident in his own strength."

King against king, against general.

I don't know if it was because mentioning Lancer reminded me of the last Holy Grail War, but thinking about this behavior reminded Artoria of Lancer's Master during the last Holy Grail War.

That's the impression the other person gives off.

Proud, confident, straightforward, and... naive!

However, Bazett, the designated executor of the seal and a magician who specializes in hunting magicians, shook his head slightly at this moment.

"There are very few magicians who are so open and honest. In this group, there are either 'artists' who have gone crazy in pursuit of their art, or madmen who pretend to be such 'artists'."

"So I think the other side might have set up a magic array or left a lot of traps or something."

"A rationalist, profit-driven magician would probably only resort to such a radical approach when he has a sure chance of winning."

Bazette's judgment was also agreed upon by Baimao and Medea.

They never hesitate to judge their enemies in the worst possible light.

Roland, however, after thinking it over for a moment, finalized the matter directly.

"If it really is a trap set by the other side, then it is actually a good thing for us... After all, if the other side sets a trap, they intend to ambush us. Such behavior is a very effective tactic when the strength difference between the two sides is not significant."

"However, when the difference in strength is too great, such an action is nothing more than hastening one's own demise."

"We have the assassin Hyakko, the master magician Medea from the Age of Gods, the excellent knight Artoria, and the executor Bazett who is good at dealing with magicians—the enemy thinks that ambushing us is an opportunity, but their aggressive approach may also be an opportunity for us."

"Bai Mao, you have your own fighting style. I know absolutely nothing about assassination, so you'll just follow behind us and sneak over there. It's up to you to decide what to do next."

"Medea, give each of us one of the magical artifacts you prepared for communication. The other side is a magician. Whether it's setting up a base or a trap, it's all just magic in the end. I don't believe the other side is better than you in this regard, so if we encounter any unexpected difficulties, we'll have to leave it to you."

"Bazette, you will stay here as an executor that Medea can send out to deal with certain problems. Although Medea is skilled in magic, her combat strength is not outstanding among Servants, so you, who wield the Reverse Light Sword, can stay here to protect her as well."

Roland first assigned tasks to the others, and finally his gaze fell on Artoria.

"Artoria, come with me."

“Before, because we had several Servants, I had Medea make a Mystic Code for disguise. If other Servants used this Mystic Code, then if the other party was a very good magician, there would still be room for them to see through it. But you are different. You are different from other Servants. You can't even become a spirit. If you wear this Mystic Code, the other party will never recognize that you are also a Servant.”

"This way we can make sure the other person isn't scared off directly—so let's both respond to their invitation in a positive way."

Hearing Roland say this, Medea, who had previously had no objections to Roland's arrangements, spoke up this time.

"Isn't this too dangerous... Roland, why don't you stay here and let Artoria protect you, and let Bazett and me go over there?"

Bazette had no objection to Medea's words.

But Roland shook his head.

"Don't worry, it's okay."

"The enemy's Servant is currently fighting Cú Chulainn. Even if they have some special skills or Noble Phantasms, they will have to dedicate a significant portion of their strength to dealing with Cú Chulainn. Ireland's Child of Light is not so easy to deal with. Moreover, I have brought Artoria with me under these circumstances, so there won't be any problems."

"Let's work together. Although I'm just a novice magician, I believe that as long as I don't hold them back, no matter what preparations the enemy makes, we will be invincible!"

When Artoria heard Roland say this, she could clearly feel the trust Roland placed in her.

She breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing Roland like this.

She won't make any promises verbally.

But she swore in the name of King Arthur that she would never betray Roland's trust!

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In an abandoned factory area on the outskirts of Fuyuki City, Aozaki Touko, with her long red hair tied up, slowly took off her glasses.

The moment she took off her glasses, although her face didn't change, the gentle, kind older sister-like aura she had previously possessed vanished like ice melting away, replaced by a gaze colder than the moonlight of the night.

Rationalism, prioritizing self-interest...

The current Aozaki Touko perfectly fits Bazett's assessment of magicians.

"That guy's Reality Marble consumed so much magic power. If he still couldn't defeat that spearman, then he really wouldn't live up to his reputation in history."

As she said this, Aozaki Touko placed her hand beside her and touched the golden beast that had always been with her.

To set up an ambush, Aozaki Touko, as a Grand Magus, naturally set up a magic field and traps.

However, a significant portion of her magical energy is used to power her Servants to use that Reality Marble, and a portion is reserved to maintain the interference spells against Command Seals.

So even if there are traps, Aozaki Touko's trump cards aren't these things.

She had no intention of engaging in a real magic battle with the other party.

Since her opponent is a magician, she has won this battle from the very beginning.

The reason was the golden beast she was stroking.

Ruge Beowulf, that's its name.

Of course, it has other names as well.

For example, the mysterious color gold.

For example...

A two-thousand-year-old ancient monster, capable of completely ignoring modern magic, the natural enemy of magicians since the Western calendar – the Golden Wolf!

For this Holy Grail War, Aozaki Touko specially brought Beo the Golden Wolf along.

Therefore, she has absolutely no chance of failing!

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20. Aozaki Touko: Oh no, I've been tricked!

Aozaki Touko's confidence comes from many sources.

First, there's the Servant's side. The Heroic Spirit they summon possesses a powerful Noble Phantasm that, upon release, can unleash a massive Reality Marble. Although it consumes a great deal of magical energy, the effect is also incredibly powerful.