Crossover Anime: Picking up Medea at the Start

"By the way, Roland, I've finished integrating Einzbern. Is there anything else I need to take care of?"

Roland, who had only intended to greet Ilya, glanced at her after hearing her words and shook his head slightly.

"During this period, I'm mainly waiting for news from the Umbrella Corporation, and my focus is also on the interaction between the Type-Moon world and the Akame ga Kill! world. There's nothing particularly that I need you to do for the time being."

After Roland spoke the truth, he saw Ilya sighing softly, so he spoke again.

"What's wrong? Did you suddenly realize that you no longer need to fulfill a certain mission, and after gaining the right and freedom to live, you suddenly lose your sense of purpose?"

"...Um."

Ilya nodded seriously, while Roland patted her head with one hand, drawing her attention and relaxing her furrowed brows.

"There's no need to take it so seriously."

"Ultimately, the fact that you're agonizing over this kind of thing is itself a way of life."

"So what if you don't have a goal? Go to sleep at night, laze in bed for a while after waking up, then think about what to eat every day, and then study the third method. When you're sleepy, go to sleep—isn't this a kind of life?"

“Ilya, if you really need me to arrange something for you, I can give you a task almost immediately, and I’m confident that after you complete a task, I can assign you a new one... But if you live like that, who is the one living, you or me?”

"Think about it again."

"This is a very complex issue, so if you don't have a goal or haven't figured it out, you might as well spend all your time on it."

Roland left these words behind, then ruffled Ilya's hair before heading towards his residence at the base. Ilya stopped in her tracks, tidying her disheveled hair with both hands, looking somewhat helpless.

"Styling your hair is such a hassle..."

She said this, but she didn't actually seem to blame Roland. On the contrary, the frown that had been on her face earlier had now relaxed.

She still couldn't quite understand the last question Roland asked her.

But she understood the rest of what Roland said.

So Ilya stretched and then turned and walked towards her workshop.

Just like Roland said, if you can't figure it out, just think about it slowly. As for now—just consider it a temporary break for yourself after completing your mission.

After comforting Ilya, Roland returned to his room.

Then he temporarily postponed the matter of the Shadow Puppet condensing its divine spark, and what he needed to do now was something else.

Those were the two lottery prizes obtained from Aoko and Arisu.

so...

Start pumping!

P.S.: That's all for today. I'm not feeling well today, so I'll adjust my sleep schedule. Next, I need to make sure I can update in the morning, and see if I can improve the update frequency.

35. Symbiosis and a Playground for One

Congratulations on acquiring the skill "Shadow Kingdom"!

Congratulations on acquiring the skill "Invisible Hand"!

With the two lottery draws, Roland gained two more skills.

The Shadow Kingdom skill was obtained from a lottery draw with Aya, and its effect is similar to Aya's Night Feast skill. After activation, all of Roland's shadow monsters...

Then it will be enhanced.

Even without deification or fusion with Roland, shadow monsters can appear in places without light, and within the influence of the Shadow Kingdom, shadow monsters without deification no longer have the weakness of fearing light and fire.

Furthermore, within the area, all shadow monsters have increased recovery abilities and improved physical attributes.

It's a very simple effect, but it's very practical.

The Invisible Hand skill is even simpler.

This skill appeared in an anime called "Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World-" that Roland had watched before he transmigrated.

It extends several or even hundreds of hands from behind oneself. Although the speed is not fast, the range is wide and the destructive power is outstanding.

In Re:Zero, those without the Witch Factor cannot see these hands.

However, it's possible that the protagonist of Re:Zero had more contact with special beings, making this invisible hand seem visible to everyone in the Re:Zero world, thus reducing the power of this skill considerably.

However, apart from the world of Re:Zero, other worlds do not have that witch factor.

This indirectly enhances the effectiveness of the Invisible Hand skill.

"However, if I remember correctly, the invisible hand controlled by the Sloth Witch herself is extremely powerful in both quantity and strength... It seems that multiple hands can be merged together to form a large hand to increase its power, so if enough hands can be controlled, the power can be increased to an absurd level. That makes sense, doesn't it?"

Roland seemed to be deep in thought.

However, after studying the skill for a while, Roland turned his attention to his own Shadow Puppet.

When comparing skills, this is the key point.

Tiamat condensed the second divine essence of the divine horde.

Therefore, it's time for me to start condensing my second divine spark.

"allow!"

As Roland spoke, the Shadow Puppet began to gather energy.

Then the outline of the shadow puppet, which originally looked like a shadow monster, became clearer. However, its divine body was different from that of the shadow wolf, which looked like a black wolf. The shadow puppet simply had more eyes, a more detailed outline, and was more solid. But it still looked like a shadow monster, not a real person.

However, after being deified, all of the Shadow Monster's weaknesses were indeed gone.

As for his appearance... for some reason, Roland had a vague feeling that his shadow should look like this.

It was as if the appearance of this shadowy monster held some other meaning.

But the feeling came and went quickly. Roland had no clue and stopped thinking about it. Instead, he turned his attention to the powers awakened by the Shadow Puppet.

However, upon closer inspection, Roland discovered an unexpected bonus.

He transformed the Shadow Puppet into a Shadow Dragon.

Sure enough, the Shadow Dragon now had a physical form, looking just like a black Vortigern.

Then, in addition to Shadow Dragon's physical abilities, Roland discovered that after becoming a god, Shadow Dragon awakened an ability that originally belonged to Vortigern—Light Devouring!

Roland didn't know the real name of this ability, but after experiencing its effects, he gave it this general name.

Its effect, as the name suggests, is the ability to devour light!

This ability can plunge an area into darkness and can also be used to attack with devouring light; it's one of Vortigern's signature abilities.

But apart from that, that's about it for Shadow Dragon.

After confirming it, Roland had the Shadow Puppet revert back to its original form.

"As for the divine spark that I have condensed, it is indeed much as I guessed."

"The Shadow Wolf only needs one divine spark to condense, so the Shadow Wolf only has one power: Wolf Blood. The Shadow Puppet, on the other hand, has two, so the Shadow Puppet has two powers?"

So, do I need three?

Are there four Shadow Warriors?

Leaving aside the Shadow Warrior, Roland felt that when the third member of the God Group condensed his divine spark, the divine spark he was about to condense might give him an unexpected surprise.

With this in mind, Roland also pondered the two powers of the Shadow Puppet.

One of them is the power called "A Playground for One".

The effect is very simple: it makes you invisible.

There's only one positive ability, but the restriction explicitly states that you can't attack others while invisible.

The ability is simple, yet it comes with a limitation, and it's a power—this combination naturally makes the simple effect of invisibility all the more absolute.

Just like the name of this power.

A playground for one.

In the world after becoming invisible, only one person is allowed, which is why you cannot launch an attack, because an attack would interfere with others, and this would no longer be a playground for one person.

That is precisely why this invisibility is completely undetectable to others, which is almost certainly true.

The second is the power called "symbiosis".

This power allows one to attach oneself to another and to compete with that person for control of their body.

In a symbiotic state, if one allows it, one's powers can be shared with others. However, in a symbiotic state, one can use the abilities of others without their permission.

Judging from the puppet itself, it seems to be following a bizarre path.

Let's not even talk about things like stealing someone else's body.

The symbiotic power can possess someone and then share that person's playground with others.

But it's different when Roland is included.

Leaving aside the future, Roland currently possesses the power of wolf blood brought by Shadow Wolf.

Even if this power is not fully burned, it still grants three quick resurrections and fire resistance.

From this perspective... it seems I can develop an additional small force.

Although there is only one Shadow Puppet, with its shadow monster-like regenerative ability, it is not difficult for it to divide some parts to coexist with others.