Crossover Anime: Picking up Medea at the Start

Shadow Dragon crouched down, clawing left and right, then raised its right claw and arched its upper body backward, slamming its claws against the ground rapidly and continuously, like a bear. Finally, as if enraged, it raised its claw high and roared as it slammed it heavily onto the ground!

If the other party approaches or runs away, it will wag its tail to stop it.

If its tail can't reach it, it breathes fire!

The lightning that constantly enveloped its body never stopped, just like the incessant crying of a baby.

Gilgamesh barely dodged the Shadow Dragon's first claw, but was then forced to use a large number of defensive Noble Phantasms to block the attack.

Seeing this, Shadow Dragon used the force of its final heavy slam to spread its wings and fly into the sky. As it moved, the sky immediately darkened, and crimson lightning danced in the clouds.

Immediately afterwards, a giant blade, just the right size for the Shadow Dragon but far too large for a human, was pulled from the sky by the Shadow Dragon. Then, as the Shadow Dragon descended from the sky, the giant blade was swung around!

That wasn't a particularly sophisticated martial art.

It's simply wielding a weapon and slashing horizontally!

However, the horizontal slash unleashed by the Shadow Dragon, given its size, created a massive wave on the ground!

With a slash from its left hand, the Shadow Dragon raised its right hand high and gripped a massive lightning spear, hurling it downwards into Gilgamesh's location. The spear then emitted terrifying lightning shocks, transforming the giant blade, previously held in its left hand and also composed of crimson lightning, into a heavy hammer made of crimson lightning.

When the hammer was raised to its highest point, golden flames ignited on the hammerhead, which was composed of crimson lightning!

Then Shadow Dragon slammed his hammer down on the lightning spear that was pinned to the ground.

Boom—! (bddb)

It was as if a thunderbolt had struck directly to the ground.

As the world dimmed for a moment, the lightning spear pinned to the ground exploded!

Terrifying light and heat poured out their fury in all directions!

Light energy, which travels faster, can dispel magic, and burns caused by high temperatures will not heal.

And with the weight of this blow, a section of the earth collapsed!

If you look down from high above, you'll see that a large area around Shadow Dragon and Gilgamesh looks as if it had been hit head-on by a meteorite!

What erupted in this desert did not resemble a battle at all, but rather an unknown natural disaster!

But in the heart of the catastrophe, Gilgamesh, who was firmly surrounded by countless defensive artifacts, smiled.

With his laughter, the Noble Phantasm that enveloped him gradually opened up, revealing gaps—like a special fortress, from which countless Noble Phantasms poured out!

Gilgamesh specifically chose all his Noble Phantasms against dragons.

He hadn't felt this way in a long time.

Not just in the past ten years, but he hadn't felt this way in a long time, even while he was still alive!

Faced with this combination of attacks from these guys, Gilgamesh was no longer as bored as before.

He started to find the game interesting!

Countless anti-dragon Noble Phantasms bombarded the Shadow Dragon, while the defensive Noble Phantasms around Gilgamesh widened, exposing Gilgamesh himself once again.

Shadow Dragon's attack came too suddenly.

Even Gilgamesh didn't fully react. Although he was still unharmed, his hair was no longer the same as the burning golden flames; instead, it hung down.

Furthermore, his golden armor on his upper body was gone, revealing his well-defined muscles and crimson tattoos.

Gilgamesh smiled and looked at the Shadow Dragon's location. At that moment, the attack he had launched earlier arrived in front of the Shadow Dragon.

Roar--!

As the Shadow Dragon roared, countless anti-dragon Noble Phantasms struck its body, but to no avail!

At this moment, Gilgamesh also saw that the Shadow Dragon's body was covered with large, jet-black dragon scales!

The Noble Phantasm he had used earlier landed on these dragon scales, but it didn't even leave a mark!

But this is not surprising.

Because the Shadow Dragon originally did not have these large dragon scales on its body.

Even if the Dragon's Shadow becomes a Shadow Puppet and possesses the attributes of a dragon, it will not show scales; it will only show a dark outline, much like a shadow.

These scales are what Roland transformed from the shadow wolf that merged with his body during the shadow fusion.

The scales that the Shadow Wolf transformed into weren't that strong, but when Roland left Angora Mainyu, in addition to receiving the antidote and the curse, he also received something from Lancelot!

This is it!

The body is covered in scales that are indestructible and can also provide attribute boosts!

Furthermore, Roland deliberately used the Shadow Wolf to transform into the Shadow Dragon's scales—in order to prevent Gilgamesh from using his Noble Phantasm specifically designed for use against dragons!

Even if the Dragon's Shadow is Vortigern's shadow, it will still be targeted by Noble Phantasms that are specifically designed to attack dragons.

However, the scales that the Shadow Wolf creates through shadow fusion are still part of the Shadow Wolf.

The attack is effective, but it's useless against dragons.

The attack will be blocked by the indestructible!

This is similar to when Gilgamesh attacked Roland with the Hegnis sword. The attack bypassed Kamui and hit Roland directly, who was fused with the shadow. However, because it was a physical attack, even though Roland neither dodged nor defended, the attack still didn't cause any damage. Thus, the curse that prevented the wound from healing was never established from the outset.

Because no wounds were actually created.

It's like if you use the Hegni sword to cut across a river, the river will continue to flow instead of leaving a gash in it.

Basically, Gilgamesh's response has been within Roland's expectations until now.

This is pure intelligence superiority.

Roland's abilities are still largely beyond Gilgamesh's comprehension, but Roland has a clear understanding of the methods he has used so far.

This is the core reason why Gilgamesh was at a disadvantage.

Roland knew this, and Gilgamesh knew it too.

So Gilgamesh suddenly laughed.

"Alright, I'll acknowledge you... no, I'll acknowledge you!"

Gilgamesh was not stupid; he could see why he was at a disadvantage, and he could also make some sense of who the other side's commander was.

He was just too arrogant.

He was so arrogant that if he didn't have a formidable enemy, he wouldn't go all out even if he lost as a Servant.

He will only use sufficiently powerful methods against enemies of sufficient strength.

This is the definition of value set by a king who possesses the King's Treasury and believes he owns everything.

To deal with Iskandar's army of kings, use the sword of Ea.

You can also use Ea to deal with the Holy Sword in Artoria's hands.

So, to deal with Roland, who now has a huge advantage in intelligence... he'll have to bring out something real!

"Roland... Hmm, I've remembered your name. Now, as a reward for the pleasure you've brought me, I'll personally send you on your way."

Gilgamesh first laughed wildly, then his expression and tone gradually calmed down. He even learned Roland's name directly, even though he had never asked Roland's name before.

At that moment, Roland knew.

Gilgamesh used his clairvoyance!

That's the highest level, a clairvoyant eye that can see into the future.

Before those eyes, Gilgamesh saw through Roland's entire plan!

At that very moment, yellow sand filled the sky, and Iskandar's Reality Marble directly engulfed both the Shadow Dragon and Gilgamesh.

At that moment, Gilgamesh, who had been indifferent, returned to his original expression.

However, he is not the same person who was laughing just now, but the same person Roland first met, full of composure and confidence.

Upon seeing this, Roland breathed a sigh of relief.

The second phase of the operation begins... Hmm, Gilgamesh used his clairvoyance, so my plan—has succeeded!

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55. Inner Sage, Outer King

Every ability has its weaknesses, even clairvoyance is no exception.

Gilgamesh's clairvoyance allows him to observe the future from multiple angles. If he keeps it active, he should be able to observe most of the possibilities for the future and thus find a future that is absolutely beneficial to himself.

But he can't keep it running forever.

Firstly, because he is not a robot. Humans have their own thoughts. After seeing a part of the future and adding his own ideas, he has a clear plan. He can then just follow his own ideas and at most revise it using his clairvoyance.

Secondly

Because he is a follower!

Gilgamesh's biggest problem right now is that he is a Servant.

Unlike Artoria, Iskandar, and others who joined the gods and received the blessing of immortality, he, as a Servant, needed magic power for almost everything he did.

The same applies to telescopic vision.