Crossover Anime: Picking up Medea at the Start

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"But the Masters of both the Red and Black sides are all dead, and those on the Yggdrasil side have had their Command Seals removed and are imprisoned—so the other side is the Master of the Einzbern family!?"

Zieg was surprised for a moment, then he narrowed his eyes.

He is a bit paranoid, but he is not stupid.

"If the other party has the ability to cause trouble for Yggdrasil, then this picture might have been deliberately left behind, and the Command Seals might have been intentionally revealed. The authenticity of the Command Seals is uncertain, and this could even be a trap..."

Zieg analyzed it this way, then let out a long sigh.

"...However, we had no chance of victory with the expeditionary force to begin with. Rather than being dragged into a stalemate like this, we might as well go into their trap and take a gamble!"

As he said this, he looked at Semiramis.

"Let the expeditionary force set up a defensive line. At least for this period of time, let them stay with Adam and hold off the main force of the Einzbern army for a while. Then, gather all the other Heroic Spirits and rush to their location as quickly as possible. Even if it's a trap, if it's a battle between Heroic Spirits, we are not without a chance of winning!"

"Moreover, Jack's location is on our territory, so we can quickly set up defenses and positions along the way to prevent the enemy from sending reinforcements!"

Zieger's statement makes some sense.

Because they are currently facing off against the Einzbern army, their main disadvantage lies in the fact that the Honkai energy equipment provided by Roland contains excellent large-scale defensive devices specifically designed to defend against the large-scale Noble Phantasms released by the Red and Black Heroic Spirits!

Otherwise, they wouldn't have been beaten so badly!

But Jack's location is their territory, so there's definitely no defensive equipment there—at that point, all the Heroic Spirits' Noble Phantasms can be unleashed, significantly increasing their chances of winning.

In addition, since it was Romania, Vlad III had the advantage of being based in Romania!

But the most important thing is...

Sieg had been struggling with the question of how many Heroic Spirits to detonate.

However, his dilemma lies in the fact that if he cannot achieve a large number of victories at once, it would be difficult to explain if he later needs the power of other heroic spirits.

Moreover, the timing of the detonation is also a problem.

He wanted to detonate Astolfo and other Servants, killing Hercules and others on the other side, and then have Servants like Achilles, Siegfried, and Karna continue to help...

However, if you fall into such a trap, then things will be much easier.

The other side probably also intends to use the power of that silver knight to defeat them in one fell swoop, and that will be the best time to detonate these heroic spirits!

Even if the heroic spirits of both sides perish together, that is still his advantage!

That was Zieg's idea.

His obsessive nature led him to never regard the heroic spirits of the Red and Black factions as human beings from the very beginning; in his eyes, these guys were nothing more than pawns to advance his plans.

So he probably didn't know that for someone like Semiramis, who grew up in an environment almost entirely dominated by palace intrigue, even if she really didn't know about Honkai energy, Sieg's behavior in many places would give her pause for thought.

Even during this time, after Semiramis had figured out Sieg's personality, she understood even more clearly what Sieg was thinking and what he was planning to do.

She was like that, Vlad III, Atalanta, Avisbronn, Chiron, Karna... they all made their own discoveries to varying degrees.

Even Achilles might have noticed it.

Only someone like Frankenstein or Astolfo would still be clueless.

However, neither the Red nor the Black Heroic Spirits said anything about this.

Especially Semiramis.

After hearing Zig's arrangement, she simply nodded slightly and then carried it out with a smile.

Because Sieg was right about some things.

Jack's location was indeed a trap set for him, Zig.

However, the components of this trap... may be somewhat different from what Sieg imagined.

....

190. The Mouse That Took the Bait

Roland had no intention of bringing Jack into the ranks of the gods.

Because Jack, who was summoned in this Holy Grail War, is essentially a vengeful spirit composed of children who died because abortion technology was not advanced back then.

She had a chaotic yet clear personal plan.

Cruel and pure.

Although Roland did not intend to stand idly by and let her continue to exist as a vengeful spirit, he also did not intend to make her a member of the gods.

This group isn't suitable for her.

Because for Jack, if you start by talking about the beauty of peace, giving her nice clothes, delicious food, a comfortable environment, and excellent friends... that's not saving her, but forcibly stuffing what you think is good onto her, ignoring her own wishes and imposing them on her.

That behavior was far too arrogant.

It's all just self-pity.

But to let Jack choose now would also be just self-indulgent wishful thinking.

It's wrong to make choices for others, and it's irresponsible to let a vengeful spirit with no moral compass or sense of right and wrong make those choices for itself.

Therefore, it is still necessary to arrange a job for her that allows her to do what she has always been doing. Then, after she has met more people, experienced more things, and gradually established her values, she can make some choices on her own.

Then

"It just so happens that Alaya is currently dealing with those parallel world convergents, and 08 is short-staffed. Take care of your problem, and then go to Alaya as a temporary worker."

Roland looked at Jack, who had turned into golden dust, and greeted Alaya and Gaia.

Then Jack's side was considered finished.

Next...

Roland's gaze drifted toward one of the defensive lines.

Over there, led by Sieg, a team of heroic spirits from both the red and black factions was heading towards their location.

After confirming that the other party had arrived, Roland smiled.

"It's alright, not too slow, and it didn't waste my time."

He took out his pocket watch to check the time, then pressed down his top hat and walked openly toward where Sieg and the others were.

Before Sieg arrived in the town with the spirits of both the Red and Black factions, he had already ordered the expeditionary force to hold off Iskandar's attacking troops at all costs.

Along the way, he also left behind a number of Honkai energy traps, just to slightly deter other Einzbern members from coming to help!

Even with such preparations, Zieg was still extremely cautious when he arrived in the town.

"There's no one here... It seems the other side made quite a few preparations when they chose this place as the battlefield."

Zig took in everything around the town and narrowed his eyes slightly.

He could sense that the town possessed spells to disperse the crowds, spells specifically for creating barriers, and even spells that seemed to prevent environmental damage...

In short, there's a whole bunch of messy and nonsensical techniques.

These techniques made him clearly aware of one thing.

"The other side probably has someone who is extremely skilled in barrier techniques."

As he was saying this, a sudden sound of footsteps made him turn his gaze in that direction.

Because of the spell that dispersed the crowd, the surrounding houses and alleys were quiet, so when footsteps appeared on the main road that ran through the entire town, they were particularly noticeable.

Sieg looked over, and the Heroic Spirits from both the red and black sides standing behind him also looked over.

Then Roland, dressed in a long black trench coat, wearing a gentleman's top hat, and even carrying a cane, appeared in everyone's sight.

He wore a black glove on one hand and no glove on the other, so the bright red Command Seals were clearly visible.

Sieg recognized Roland the moment he saw him and the Command Seals on the back of his hand.

“Those Command Seals aren’t fake, they’re real!”

"It seems that the other party must be one of the Einzbern Masters... Although we don't know which Servant's Master the other party is, even if we can only take down one, we've still come out ahead!"

If Sieg's original idea was that this place was indeed a trap chosen by Einzbern for the final battle, then the heroic spirits on the expeditionary force's side should have rushed over here long ago.

But the truth is, none of the traps he left behind were triggered, and the ranged spells left with the expeditionary force also gave him information that none of the enemy's heroic spirits had left, so the expeditionary force had been defeated.

This undoubtedly caught Sieg completely off guard...

His plan to detonate the heroic spirits and end the war in one fell swoop failed.

but.

"Although the expeditionary force was defeated, the essence of this war is still a war between Heroic Spirits—so no matter which Heroic Spirit's Master the opponent is, as long as we capture them and obtain the Command Seals, we won't have lost out!"

As Sieg said this, he took a few steps toward Roland, stood in front of all the Heroic Spirits, and raised his voice.

"Hey, you bastard, I never expected you to be bait sent by the Einzbern side!"

"I thought a great battle would take place here, but I didn't expect you to lure us here. However, your companions only took the opportunity to rout the expeditionary force and showed no intention of coming to your rescue!"

Hearing what Zieg said, Roland stopped in his tracks with a smile.

"Yes, I didn't let them come to rescue me. Just like my mission was to deal with Jack's problem and lure you here, their mission was to completely eliminate the expeditionary force at this time, so there's no problem with that, is there?"

Zieg closed his eyes, but still nodded.

"Indeed, if that were all your goals were in relation to Einzbern's overall strategic plan, then you've won—but..."