Zongman: Picked up Medea at the beginning

Hearing his voice, Roland looked at him with a rather amusing look and said nothing. However, Semiramis stopped and turned back to explain to him.

"why?"

She looked down at Sieg, who was lying on the ground, with indifference.

"From the moment you treated us as fools, or from the moment you treated us as tools to be used and thrown away, there is actually no reason."

"Perhaps a guy like Siegfried would not betray you on his own initiative, but it seems that people like me made the decision the moment I understood everything."

"If you want to blame someone, you can only blame yourself."

Semiramis left these words and continued to walk towards Roland. Sieg was slowly measuring the distance between himself and Semiramis, who was currently the closest to him.

When Semiramis also walked to Roland's side, Sieg's seemingly weak hand that he had extended before was instantly clenched.

"burst!"

He adjusted the range of the explosion. If he reduced it to the minimum, it would not affect him at all, but he would not die in the explosion. His core problem could also be repaired slowly, but these guys in front of him would all die at this moment!

As Sieg made this move, all the heroes present could feel that an extremely violent force seemed to be growing in their bodies!

At this moment, they all understood what was going on.

But before they could say anything, Roland raised his hand, and the expanding Honkai energy in their bodies calmed down, and turned into streams of light that drilled out of their bodies and then gathered on Roland's raised hand.

The violent collapse energy gathered into a small ball of light in Roland's hand.

In his hands, she was like an obedient and gentle cat.

Seeing this scene, the heroes from both the red and black sides were a little surprised, but Sieg was obviously the most surprised.

"Why!?"

This time it's not Sieg's cleverness anymore.

But he really didn't understand what was happening before him.

Roland heard his roar and laughed out loud.

"In the final analysis, you chose to use Honkai energy against me, which is stupid enough... After all, Honkai energy was originally brought back by me, and then in a certain transaction with Gaia and Alaya, as a condition, I asked them to help me spread it into human history."

"If you must describe it in a way that you can understand, then just treat me as the God of Honkai."

"You lose here."

Following Roland's words, the Honkai energy that was originally repairing Sieg's core instantly stopped its repair function.

Without this energy to repair the core, Sieg's life really began to fade away.

Looking at Sieg like this, Roland spoke.

He was explaining to Sieg, and also to the Heroic Spirits who came to his side.

"I was the first to take action, taking the Greater Holy Grail from the Thousand Worlds Tree, and then destroying the Sky Garden... You should have noticed the combat capabilities I displayed at that time."

"So you should have noticed at that time that we have the ability to directly withdraw all the Heroic Spirits."

"Although I deliberately chose Karna when I attacked the Hanging Gardens, and I didn't let Altria go all out when attacking the Thousand Worlds Tree when Achilles and the others were away, and I also stole the Greater Holy Grail - but these parts are a disguise after all, and disguises have flaws. This flaw is where you should have made your move, but it's a pity that you didn't notice it."

"Then when I attacked the Hanging Gardens, I also attacked the imprisoned Masters, took away all of their Command Seals, and began to provide magic to Semiramis and the others."

"This is part of the bait I put out. But if I follow my thinking, even if I use the Command Spell to make Semiramis say that this offering is from the Greater Holy Grail, it won't fool a smart person. So I also prepared a lot of evidence for this. And this bait was originally intended to predict that you would notice the flaws in the first stage, so as to lure you out completely..."

"But unfortunately, you were too eager to succeed, and you didn't make the right move. You didn't know that Honkai energy came from me, so it's not your problem that you use Honkai energy. But you are superstitious about Honkai energy, an energy you don't understand at all, and you don't have the slightest doubt about it. This is not right."

"You left Houkai energy in the bodies of these Heroic Spirits, so I don't need to use Command Seals to communicate with them. I can just use the Houkai energy in their bodies to communicate with them. So from that moment on, the chances of a comeback are very small."

"The reason why I gave you the opportunity to go on an expedition is mainly because it will take time for me to convince these heroes."

"And once I have completely convinced them, you will be of no value anymore."

Having said that, Roland spread his hands.

"I didn't even intend to look for you on purpose. Instead, I used the excuse of dealing with Jack to lure you and my people here... Well, I have explained everything I need to explain. Goodbye, Sieg."

Roland finished his words and turned around, and at this moment Sieg fell to the ground and died.

At this time, Roland turned his attention to the heroes of the red and black sides. It seemed that Siegfried, Karna and the like did not react at all, and the same was true for Semiramis.

But it seemed that Astolfo and Frankenstein, when Roland looked over, straightened their backs subconsciously, as if they were leading a military parade.

Seeing them like this, Roland smiled.

"Don't be too nervous. The reason I came to you is to get you to join me. I'm not a good person when it comes to my enemies, but I'm not that serious when it comes to my own people. Just keep a calm mind."

"So, I have explained what I need to explain. I have already sent you my invitation when I was trying to convince you. So can you give me an answer now?"

"Want to join?"

Roland had previously given them a general idea of ​​the gods' group and gave them ample time to think about whether to join. So when Roland formally extended the invitation, these heroes had already made their decision.

Semiramis was the first to agree.

She didn't care about immortality and becoming stronger, nor did she care about other worlds. She just wanted to see what kind of person Roland, the guy whose eyes never stayed on her, was. That was all.

Siegfried didn't have many ideas to begin with, so he just nodded when Roland said that.

Karna let out a sigh and agreed.

He was still not sure what kind of place Roland's so-called group of gods was, so he planned to see it with his own eyes.

Astolfo and Frankenstein also agreed immediately.

Especially Astolfo.

Because he had originally planned that if the Holy Grail War was over, he would choose to stay if he could still stay and continue his adventure in modern times.

Chiron had met Hercules before. After he knew that Hercules had also joined, he was a little worried about Hercules in that state, so he agreed to join.

Seeing that Chiron agreed, Achilles also agreed, and Atalanta nodded as well.

But the same could not be said of Avisbronn and Vlad III.

They thought about it and finally refused.

Eight joined and two declined.

(Qian Hao Zhao) At this moment, eight reinforcement points appeared on Roland's page. The number of members reached 51, and the bonus to the center also reached Lv10. And this time, it was displayed behind it (MAX). There was no longer a display of how many members were required to upgrade, indicating that this part had reached the maximum level.

When Avisbronn and Vlad III refused, they cut off the contract with Roland's permission, turned into golden dust, and left.

After watching the two of them leave, Roland led the eight new members of the God Group back to the direction of Einzbernburg.

These new members of the God Group received information about the God Group the moment they joined, and they needed some time to digest it. Roland also needed to take the newcomers back to let Toosaka Rin and the others get to know them.

And if you count the time, Bazette and Yuzu should be almost done.

In addition, I have obtained eight strengthening points, and the Shadow Puppet is now (+3). This also means that after I go back this time, I can directly strengthen the Shadow Puppet to the full level, and then take a good look at what the Shadow Puppet will bring to me after the second qualitative change.

Roland had a hunch that the information brought by this most core shadow skill might be the key to helping him understand this simulated star creation map.

....

192. Shadow Emperor

After returning to Einzbern, Roland first confirmed that Bazette and Yuzu had not come out yet, then he made some arrangements for the Heroic Spirits of the Red and Black sides, and asked Toosaka Rin and Illya to answer their questions when they did not understand, and then he returned to his room.

Semiramis watched Roland's back as he left, and only when he completely disappeared around the corner of the castle corridor did she completely look away.

At this time, Toosaka Rin noticed this and walked up to her side.

"Are you interested in Roland?"

When Semiramis heard Toosaka Rin's question, she did not show the immaturity that is unique to young girls, but nodded and admitted it directly.

"Yeah... From the first day I met him until now, I always felt that his eyes never fell on me, so I am a little curious about this."

Tousaka Rin smiled at what Semiramis said.

"If that's the question, then it is."

"I have been a member of the God Group for a long time, and I have known Roland for a long time. There are many beautiful girls in the God Group who are good-looking and can often attract other people's attention when walking on the street."

"Everyone was invited by Roland to join the group of gods, but in fact I rarely see Roland using this relationship to chat with those beautiful girls."

"He is a person who lives very clearly in this regard."

"He focuses more on the things that he cares about. When you get to know him for a long time, you will know that Roland is not a condescending guy. He will always pay attention to the things that you have overlooked, which proves that he does care about everyone."

"So in this regard, we can only say that we will get used to it."

Semiramis pondered over Toosaka Rin's words.

"You'll get used to it...I see."

She pretended to understand and quickly changed the subject.

Since Roland was not here, Semiramis did not continue her previous behavior, but took the opportunity to ask Rin Toosaka about some of the gods that puzzled her.

For her it's not a question of habit or not.

All I can say is that after hearing what Toosaka Rin said, she became more interested in Roland!

Einzbern Castle is a very classic European castle.

Because of the large area and high number of floors of such castles, the rooms used by the owners are generally large in area and high in height, but appropriately spacious and with clear divisions.

Roland has been living in a room like this in Einzbern Castle.

So when he returned to the room, he went straight to the reception area and sat on a chair next to the fireplace. While listening to the sound of the burning flames, he summoned his own shadow puppet under the light of the fire.

"System, add more points."

Following Roland's arrangement, only one of his eight enhancement points remained in an instant. With the investment of seven enhancement points, the Shadow Puppet, which was originally at level three, was directly enhanced to the full level, completing a second qualitative change!

Roland silently felt this change during the strengthening process.

The enhancements to the skill of Shadow Puppet are all on himself, and it is his deterrence that is enhanced.

After the first qualitative change, Roland could clearly feel that his deterrence seemed to have become something tangible. If he had to say it, it was like the might of a dragon, which made other creatures subconsciously tense their bodies when they felt the pressure. Their heartbeats would speed up and they would fall into a state of tension. They might even die suddenly from excessive pressure.

However, just like the dragon's might is only effective against creatures with a lower life level than the dragon, Roland can also feel that his deterrence is also effective against some targets.

It is definitely effective on humans, but seems to be useless on other animals. At least when I released this pressure, the flying insects in the air did not immediately calm down.

It seems that it is only effective on humans, similar to Wang Wei or something like that.

But Roland always felt that the fact that it was effective on humans was just a byproduct... In fact, perhaps it was effective on something very close to humans, which in turn had an effect on humans.

Roland did not just suspect this out of thin air; he had some guesses about it.

When it came to the second qualitative change, Roland found that the deterrence had become stronger. This time it was also effective against flying insects. While expanding the deterrence level, the flying insects were directly pressed to the ground and died on the spot.

Then, just as he had guessed, this time Roland also confirmed what this pressure was directed at.

"This pressure is aimed at the shadow..."

The pressure after the second qualitative change allowed Roland to clearly feel that the shadow that would inevitably exist wherever there was light was expressing its emotions of submission under his pressure!

Whether it works on humans or insects - it's all because they have shadows!

But there is more to it than that.

If the shadow of a living creature would behave like this, Roland would not be particularly surprised. However, when Roland released this pressure, he clearly felt that all shadows would submit to him!

Whether it is the shadow of the cabinet, the shadow of the cup, or even the shadow of the castle.

All the shadows in this world submit to him, just like ministers paying homage, or fanatical believers meeting the true God!

These shadows made Roland feel extremely familiar, and Roland was also certain that he had absolute control over the shadows!

This pressure itself was just pressure, but just like the identity of the final trial of mankind that the Dragon's Shadow brought to him after its second awakening, the second trial of the Shadow Puppet also brought Roland such an identity.

Shadow Emperor!

Or rather, the God of Shadows!

After awakening to this identity, Roland felt that all the shadows in the world were under his control. He also understood why the two skills of Shadow Binding and Shadow Movement existed.

Because these two skills are components that are used to match this identity!

Once touched by a shadow, one cannot move. After Roland awakened this identity, the opponent's own shadow is also under Roland's control!

In a place with light, the opponent will be controlled by Shadow Binding according to Roland's will!

And because the shadow is his own, his struggles feed back upon himself!