Crossover Anime: Picking up Medea at the Start

However, after sensing the changes happening to her, Artoria found a completely new direction.

She walked up to Roland.

In the past, Artoria would always keep a certain distance when facing Roland.

Because of the significant height difference between her and Roland, if they got close, she would have to look up at Roland to make eye contact with him.

Now that her height was no longer an issue, she walked directly opposite Roland, looking him in the eye at a very close distance. Roland could even smell the fragrance that came with her arrival.

"Roland."

The knight, with a serious expression, spoke directly.

"When you and Medea spoke of the gods, I believed you, but my understanding of gods was always too shallow. Only now do I finally understand what a great thing the gods you spoke of really are."

Artoria let out a long breath, then clenched her fist with one hand, feeling the power within it, and struck her chest with it.

If it were the old Artoria, then this move wouldn't have been anything special.

Back then, Roland estimated that even without her breastplate, she would still possess steel-like defensive capabilities—but things are different now. Now, even though she is wearing a breastplate, Roland can sense that this part is soft when her gauntlets and breastplate make a sound when they are tapped together.

"Although the Holy Grail failed to grant my wish, you brought me here as promised, and the gods have also bestowed upon me unimaginable benefits, so..."

As she spoke, Artoria knelt down on one knee in front of Roland and bowed her head.

"The moment I reached the Holy Grail, I fulfilled my promise and ceased to be a king. From this day forward, I will be your knight, your blade, and fight for you!"

"but..."

Artoria hesitated when she got to this point, as if she felt she was asking for too much.

However, she gritted her teeth and made up her mind.

Keeping things a secret and doing them in secret is not what a knight should do. So even though she was a little greedy, Artoria decided to tell everyone what needed to be said.

So, as a knight, not a king, she spoke up directly.

"...If possible, I would be grateful if you could help me save Britain once you have the power and found a way!"

Artoria lowered her head, adopting an extremely humble posture, clearly appearing as a knight seeking help from her lord for her own desires.

But Roland knew that Artoria was formerly a queen, and now she was the only member of the gods to have ascended to godhood.

While the divine status is said to gradually transform members into their ideal selves, the effects it brings to Artoria after fusion are also terrifying.

Her holy sword was hanging at her waist, in a scabbard called Avalon, which was also one of her powers.

After being enhanced by divinity, its power could not be estimated using the same holy sword and scabbard as before.

Similarly, her body was reshaped into a divine body, resulting in an extremely terrifying increase in attributes.

Not to mention, in addition to these, the deity also granted her four powers according to her desires...

Even if Artoria's current understanding is insufficient, the power of her divinity has not yet been fully unleashed.

Even now, her strength is no less than that of a goddess like Ishtar.

Yet, this is the same woman who is now displaying such an attitude in front of him.

Seeing this, Roland breathed a sigh of relief.

He wasn't afraid that the members of the God Group had their own agendas; in fact, Roland was more adept at dealing with such members.

But the current Artoria is just like the Medea that Roland encountered back then.

Lay out whatever cards you have in your hand, place them all in front of you, and clearly express what you desire without being unreasonable. As for the rest, leave it all to you to decide, and draw whichever cards you want to use.

If you are ambitious, Roland will handle it with ease.

If you're full of bad intentions, Roland can still enthusiastically play a few games of chess with you and engage in some strategic maneuvering.

If you go on a killing spree, Roland can simply overpower you and subdue you.

If you are unreasonable, Roland can be willful and aloof, completely ruining your path and forcing you to follow the route he has laid out for you.

Even if you are just an enemy, Roland can still kill you on the spot with a swift stroke of his blade.

Inner sage and outer king – either don't do it at all, or do it thoroughly!

If he doesn't want to kill you, then even if you want to die, you will never succeed. If he says he will kill your whole family, then he will kill even your pet cats and dogs, fill the ant nests in the backyard with boiling water, and even take out the eggs and shake the yolks to mix them for you!

This is Roland.

Therefore, the only thing that could move Roland, and also the thing Roland was least adept at dealing with, was the incredibly innocent and pure kindness of Medea and Artoria.

Roland was not afraid of failure.

Even if Roland were to lose, he could still smile and say, "The victor is king, the loser is villain," because when he failed, he must have already given it his all and fought hard.

Therefore, failure is not terrible.

But he was afraid of disappointing Medea and Artoria, who placed all their hopes on him.

Therefore, Roland was at his most serious when he accepted such expectations.

Medea was like that back then, and Artoria is like that now.

Especially since Artoria's demands are not that simple.

If Roland had made this request before Artoria became a god, he would have struggled with it for a long time.

But that's different now.

Roland himself gained four benefits from this Holy Grail Space journey. First, he completed the spell. Second, the lottery brought by Ilya joining the God Group. Third, Artoria became a god, so his own godhood awakening progress reached one-third, the Shadow Puppet's godhood awakening progress reached one-half, and the Shadow Wolf could also awaken its godhood. Fourth, after Artoria became a god and the God Group condensed its first godhood, the God Group also opened up new functions.

Roland had only glanced at this new feature when Artoria was undergoing her transformation into a god, and it just so happened to be the feature that could solve the problem of Britain that Artoria mentioned.

and so.

Roland looked at Artoria, who was kneeling in front of him, and spoke seriously and solemnly.

"Arise, I accept your thirst."

....

65. The Center and Dominion of the Divine Group

When Roland brought Artoria out, they found that everyone else had gathered there.

When they saw Roland come out, Medea and Bai Mao visibly breathed a sigh of relief, and the others also gathered around. However, they soon discovered the problem with Artoria.

"You are...Artoria?"

Although Artoria has changed her appearance, you can still clearly see that she is Artoria.

The changes were so drastic that almost no one else recognized them.

"Correct."

Artoria nodded, still as serious and focused as ever.

After seeing her response, the others were finally convinced.

This feeling... it's definitely Artoria!

"and many more."

But at that moment, Rin Tohsaka suddenly widened her eyes, then ran to Artoria's side and circled around her a few times.

Rin Tohsaka would probably never act like this normally, but that's exactly what she's doing now.

Roland recognized her at a glance; this wasn't Rin Tohsaka, but Ishtar.

"You've become a god!?"

"And this sense of divinity, this scale of divinity... how did you achieve that?"

Artoria also possesses a unique divinity exclusive to Roland's pantheon.

However, the divinity within Artoria is far more chaotic in quality than that of Roland, and given that Ishtar had suffered a loss at Roland's hands before, she naturally made some preparations to dare to come out this time.

Ishtar wasn't confident she could withstand Roland's divinity for long, but against someone like Artoria, it was just a bit uncomfortable; at least her rationality wouldn't be ignited.

However, Artoria's divine scale is different from Roland's.

Ishtar could sense that the scale of divinity emanating from Artoria was comparable to that of herself!

But when did I become a god?

Even the legends about him have been circulating for who knows how many years.

But Artoria, when I last saw her, she wasn't even a god yet. In such a short time, she's become so arrogant!?

During this time, Ishtar had not been able to break through the so-called divine contract, which made her repeatedly raise her evaluation of the group of gods that Roland had mentioned. However, those elevations were all speculations and were far less shocking than seeing Artoria become a god!

Ishtar spoke directly, and the others, hearing Rin Tohsaka's tone, realized that it was the goddess Ishtar speaking, not Rin Tohsaka.

Then Ishtar described Artoria as a god.

This surprised everyone else as well.

"Becoming a god... the Holy Grail can't achieve that, so..."

Ilya brought about the Third Law.

Therefore, she knew the most about the Holy Grail among everyone present.