Zongman: Picked up Medea at the beginning

Even Gilgamesh didn't fully react. Although he was still fine, his hair was no longer burning like a golden flame, but was hanging down.

And the golden armor on his upper body was gone, revealing his well-built muscles and red tattoos.

Gilgamesh smiled and looked towards the shadow dragon's position. At this moment, the attack he had launched before also arrived in front of the shadow dragon.

Roar--!

As the shadow dragon raised its head and roared, countless dragon-fighting weapons hit it, but to no avail!

At this time Gilgamesh also saw that the shadow dragon's body was covered with large, pitch-black dragon scales!

The treasure he had previously thrown out fell on these dragon scales, but did not even leave a trace!

But this is not surprising.

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

Even if the Dragon Shadow becomes a double-shadow puppet and possesses the attributes of a dragon, it will not show scales, only a dark outline, almost the same as a shadow.

These scales were formed when Roland merged the shadow wolves into his body.

The scales formed by the shadow wolf were not that strong, but when Roland withdrew from Angora Mainyu, in addition to obtaining the magic-breaking and curse-breaking skills, he also got something from Lancelot!

This is it!

A body of scales that grant indestructibility and can bring attribute enhancement effects!

Furthermore, Roland deliberately used the Shadow Wolf to transform into the scales of the Shadow Dragon—in order to prevent Gilgamesh from using the treasure specially designed for dragons!

Even if the Dragon's Shadow is Vortigern's shadow, it will be targeted by anti-dragon special attack Noble Phantasms.

But the scales that Shadow Wolf transformed into through shadow fusion are still part of Shadow Wolf.

The attack is effective, but it is useless against Dragon Special Attack.

And the attack will be blocked by Buhuai!

This is just like when Gilgamesh attacked Roland with the Sword of Hegni. The attack bypassed the divine power and directly hit Roland who was fused with the shadow. However, because it was a physical attack, although Roland did not dodge or defend, the attack still did not cause any damage, and the curse that prevented the wound from healing was not established from the beginning.

Because no wound was created at all.

It's just like when you use the sword of Hegni to draw it across the river, the water will still continue to flow instead of leaving a hole in the river.

Basically, Gilgamesh's countermeasures up to this point were within Roland's expectations.

This is pure intelligence advantage.

A large part of the abilities displayed by Roland are beyond the understanding of Gilgamesh today, but Roland can see clearly the methods he has used so far.

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

Roland knew this, and so did Gilgamesh.

So Gilgamesh suddenly laughed at this moment.

"Okay, I will acknowledge you... No, I will acknowledge you!"

Gilgamesh was not stupid. He could see why he was at a disadvantage, and naturally he could judge who the opposing commander was.

He was just too cocky.

He was so arrogant that if there wasn't an enemy of sufficient strength, he wouldn't do anything with all his strength even if he lost as a Servant.

He will only use sufficient means against enemies that are strong enough.

This is how the king, who holds the king's treasure and believes that he owns everything, defines value.

To deal with Iskandar's King's Army, use the Sword of Separation.

You can also use the Sword of Separation to deal with the holy sword in Altria's hand.

So to deal with Roland, who now has the advantage in intelligence... he has to come up with something real!

"Roland... Well, I remember your name. As a reward for your happiness to me, I will personally send you off."

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

At this moment Roland knew.

——Gilgamesh used his clairvoyance!

That is the highest level of clairvoyance, the ability to see into the future.

In front of these eyes, Gilgamesh saw through all of Roland's plans!

At this moment, yellow sand filled the sky, and Iskandar's inherent barrier directly encompassed the Shadow Dragon and Gilgamesh.

And at this moment, Gilgamesh changed from his original calm expression to his original expression.

But now he was not the laughing man just now, but the same as when Roland first met him, full of calmness and confidence.

Seeing this, Roland breathed a sigh of relief.

The second phase of the operation begins... Well, Gilgamesh used his clairvoyance, so my plan - succeeded!

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55. Sage within and King without

Every ability has its weaknesses, even clairvoyance.

Gilgamesh's clairvoyance can observe the future from multiple angles. If it is always on, then he should be able to observe most of the possibilities in the future, and thus find a future that is absolutely beneficial to him.

But he couldn't keep it on forever.

First of all, this is because he is not a robot. If he is a human, he will have his own thoughts. So after seeing part of the future and adding some of his own ideas, the plan will be clear. Then he just needs to do it according to his own ideas. At most, he can use his clairvoyance to revise it.

Secondly,

Because he is a follower!

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

He is different from Altria, Iskandar and others who have joined the gods and been blessed with immortality. As a servant, he needs magic power to do almost everything.

The same is true for clairvoyance.

At this moment, Gilgamesh no longer has Kotomine Kirei, and he has to rely on himself to find a way to support the magic.

In the previous battle, because he lost the initiative at the beginning, he used a lot of defensive treasures, which caused a great loss of his magic power.

In this situation, if he activated his clairvoyance, because of the magic power, he would not be able to keep it on for too long.

If you can't see the whole future, but only see part of it, then sometimes it's better not to see it at all.

However, it was not the first day that Gilgamesh had the foresight to see the future, so he must have known this. Therefore, in this situation, he would choose a route to watch it all, and then use his wisdom to get a glimpse of the whole situation, analyze what Roland's points, trump cards, and hidden cards were against him, and then make a response.

This is a very smart approach.

But in fact, Gilgamesh didn't know that even his thoughts and actions were all part of Roland's plan.

"We have now entered the second phase of the battle plan. It's really scary when you think about it... All of that golden guy's actions so far have been within Roland's expectations."

Iskandar, who was sitting on the chariot, scratched his hair. This king, who was both rough and delicate, had always been a smart man hidden under his rough appearance.

So that's why he would think of some things, and then he couldn't figure them out.

Logically speaking, the information that everyone knew about Gilgamesh was similar, and he had read that information, but when he analyzed it himself, the answer he got was so different from that of Roland that it was hard to describe it.

Therefore, even he could only describe his partner Roland as terrible.

With such little intelligence, they were able to achieve such a result...

Just thinking about this, Iskandar felt that he might be tied to this seemingly easy-to-talk partner.

After all, thinking about the next plan...

If Roland really succeeds, then Iskandar will have to reconsider the significance of this cooperation.

After all, that guy who always had a gentle smile on his face and called everyone his companion when he was in a meeting with his own people - when he was dealing with the enemy, he could figure out exactly what others were thinking, what to do, and why.

This is the case for Gilgamesh, who only has such little information. Roland will only know more about his companions.

That meant that Roland might know everything about his current thoughts and even his future plans that he hadn't decided on yet.

It's just that even though he knew these things, he still treated me and others with that attitude...

Well...according to Roland's usual practice, he has made plans in advance for these possibilities?

Iskandar was also unclear about this question.

So in the end, Iskandar still felt that Roland, whether as a companion or as an enemy, could only be described as terrifying. However, if today's plan was really successful, then Iskandar did not want to be an enemy of such a guy at all!

Especially when the other party gives you great benefits and freedom.

Iskandar knew very well that Roland's gentle treatment of them on ordinary days and today's external warfare might be a warning to them.

Iskandar could imagine this.

After all, Roland was too casual when he invited them to join the group of gods, so it was reasonable that they would be punished after joining.

But ordinary beatings are probably very easy for him.

After all, he was once a king.

But if Iskandar had to evaluate Roland's current hammering method, then using the knowledge that the Holy Grail had instilled in him to describe it, Iskandar would also be willing to call Roland a sage within and a king without.

And it is not the very one-sided inner sage and outer king that is shown on the surface, but Roland is very clear about the basic core of the definition of inner sage and outer king.

That is to say, when governing his subordinates, he would use the holy way to show favor to his ministers, and use the kingly way to intimidate his disobedient subjects.

When defending against enemies, he used the kingly way to intimidate the enemies externally, and used his holy name internally to attract people's attention.

Water flows to lower place, man goes to higher position.

The so-called inner sage and outer king is the domineering one who always builds the areas around himself into high places and hammers all the surroundings into low places!

Lan can be said to be the most proficient person in this field among all the people Iskandar has ever met.

I guess Roland established an equal relationship with them as a companion, probably to put everyone on an equal footing, so that he could better highlight his own abilities and use this as a means to build his authority...

After all, Roland was a human magician, not a famous hero in history, and the so-called group of gods did not seem very real to Iskandar.

Perhaps this thing would be very powerful and shocking in the eyes of the gods in the distant sky who can see through the essence at a glance.

But one of the bad qualities of human beings is that when faced with something they don’t understand, they will define it based on their common sense.

This is especially true for those of them who have certain abilities and knowledge.

Therefore, in Iskandar's view, the group of gods is just an alliance, and an alliance with little binding force - this is also the reason why he finally decided to join after being forced into that situation in the beginning.

Iskandar thought that other people's ideas were probably similar, but he didn't know what the so-called goddess Ishtar thought.

So if Roland had regarded himself as the leader of the alliance from the beginning, Iskandar would probably have been particularly offensive.

It's just like the guy who plays a game of house but insists on making a big deal out of it.

Roland himself must be aware of this.

That is why he treats all members of the group of gods equally, using the status of companions to establish a sense of belonging for this loose alliance, and using words like companions and equality to blur each other's identities.

If Roland is not the leader here, then the others are naturally not kings or heroes either. They are all companions!

Then, if Roland established his authority as the leader of the alliance with his own abilities under such circumstances... then instead of causing dislike among others, he would directly become a recognized authority by everyone.

Then Roland is no longer the leader of a loose alliance, but a leader pushed forward by everyone in the alliance.

The difference between the two is greater than the difference between humans and dogs.

It can be said that Roland at that time was destined to be here, and the current members of the alliance would directly become his first and most reliable team.

This made Iskandar feel like he was on a pirate ship...

But he had no intention of getting off the boat.

After all, the so-called conquest is to move forward!

So let him see it.

He will fully cooperate with Roland in this operation.

Let's see whether Roland's action this time is a success or a failure.

If he really wins, then since he has fought his way above heroes as an ordinary person, Iskandar will also call him the leader, because it is not the position of leader that makes him successful, but he has achieved this position of leader which is like an invisible seat, and he deserves the title of leader!

But if you lose... don't think it's so easy to drag him onto the pirate ship next time~