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At this point, Roland stopped in his tracks.
"It's getting late, I'm going back now. You should also get ready."
After leaving those words behind, Roland went upstairs.
Yuzhu stood at the bottom of the stairs, watching Roland leave. She didn't know if it was because of the height of the stairs, but looking at Roland's back, Yuzhu felt that although he looked far away from them, he was actually not that far away. This just-right distance made his figure look incredibly tall and always standing at the forefront of everyone.
Whether the members of the God Group were gods or heroes, they were all stubbornly protected behind him.
He doesn't fight alone, but he always takes on the difficult and complex problems himself, while also keeping an eye on those around him and caring for them...
When Aoko and Aoko joined the pantheon, the Fifth Holy Grail War had already passed. After the Gilgamesh campaign, Roland was undoubtedly the center of the pantheon. So Aoko had only heard about what had happened before and had not experienced it herself. In addition, she was somewhat resistant to socializing, so she never understood why Roland was the center of the pantheon among so many famous figures.
Was it just because Roland was lucky?
Now she has her own ideas.
At least...
Roland's success wasn't just due to good luck.
After Roland returned to his room, this time he didn't go to the fireplace. Instead, he casually extinguished the fire, completely ignoring the room's lighting and temperature. After tidying his clothes, he lay down on the bed.
Then he opened the [Gods System] page and focused his attention on the Shadow Mage from the list of gods.
He didn't know before, but now he does. Shadow Mages are products created by simulating the world will of the Shadow World. Although the requirements for awakening divinity are lower than those for Shadow Warriors created from Azdakar's corpse, they should have some special powers.
So Roland just lay there, and silently let the Shadow Mage begin to condense his divine essence!
Whether it's Roland's shadow familiar or himself, condensing a divine spark doesn't require the same effort as members of the divine group. As long as the conditions are met, everything else seems to fall into place naturally.
First comes divinity, then divine body, and finally power.
The Shadow Mage was originally a normal shadow familiar, but after constructing a divine body, it became like a black ghost, changing from its original state to a state of floating on the ground.
Moreover, Roland, who possessed the authority of the Herrscher of Consciousness, could also sense that after the Shadow Mage's divine status was awakened, his power related to consciousness was greatly enhanced!
This enhancement comes entirely from the Shadow Mage's somewhat special divine body.
This divine body almost transformed the Shadow Mage into a form of consciousness, eliminating not only the shadow life form's weakness of fearing light and heat, but also giving it a special characteristic—it would not be truly harmed unless it was subjected to mental damage.
Even if the body is shattered, as long as the spirit is intact, it can be quickly restored without waiting for resurrection.
The Shadow Mage's consciousness is Roland's consciousness.
in other words...
If the Shadow Mage encounters a problem, Roland only needs to withdraw his consciousness from it. Although it will stop its precise actions, it will become almost invincible—at least it will not be destroyed.
Very practical.
Roland was very satisfied with this special divine body.
Then it's about fulfilling the conditions for the Shadow Mage to awaken their divine status [2/2], which is the same as the two powers of the Shadow Puppet.
These two powers are [Web of Conspiracy] and [Descent of Will].
At first, Roland thought that the special divine body of consciousness was a pleasant surprise, but after he actually saw these two powers, he realized that these two powers were the real surprise!
....
197. This time it really is Ishtar's turn.
【The Web of Conspiracy】This power is specifically designed to connect shadows. The moment the Shadow Mage awakened this power, Roland felt that all the shadows in the worlds he had visited were pulled into a huge network of connections. This made it faster and more convenient for Roland to command the shadows, and at the same time greatly increased Roland's field of vision.
It's as if the gods residing in the divine realm can hear the prayers of believers.
Roland gained this kind of perspective.
【Will Descends】 is used in conjunction with the Web of Conspiracy.
In other words, Roland can imbue any shadow connected by a web of conspiracy with his will!
While Roland, who was manipulating the shadow, couldn't use all his power like he could with the Shadow Puppet, he could still use a considerable number of skills and unleash a certain amount of his power.
These two powers were undoubtedly a pleasant surprise for Roland.
The increased field of vision and freedom of movement made Roland feel that the whole world had become much clearer.
Roland even felt that these two powers were more useful than consciousness and divine body.
After all, Roland, who possesses the power of the Shadow Wolf's wolf blood, is not lacking in survival abilities. Although his consciousness and divine body are also good, the effect of 103 on Roland is not as good as these two powers.
"If this were a manifestation of will, this would probably be it..."
Roland lay on the bed, covering his eyes with his right forearm.
He himself only uttered the first half of the sentence, while the second half was spoken by the shadow of Mebius.
This is the [Descending Will]!
Moreover, manipulating other shadows doesn't require Roland to devote all his will to them. It's like playing a game; if you're skilled, you can multitask!
Roland was experiencing all of this, while Möbius turned his gaze over after hearing the sound.
"Oh? What are you?"
If an ordinary person saw their own shadow suddenly rise from the ground and start talking to itself, they would probably be quite frightened.
However, Mebius wouldn't do that.
She looked at her own shadow, her eyes practically sparkling!
As a biologist, she was interested in these strange and unusual creatures!
Seeing her like this, Roland sent her a message in the group chat while manipulating her shadow to speak.
"it's me."
Upon realizing that Roland was responsible for what he was witnessing, the interest in Möbius's eyes waned at a visible pace.
"Did you call me here because of something?"
"I wouldn't say there's anything particularly important—first, I wanted to test out my newly acquired ability, and second, I wanted to check on the progress of development here."
The world of the pre-collapse civilization had not yet been swallowed into the void by Roland.
He could see parts of the world through his shadow, but he still planned to come here and ask about more specific things.
"That's almost it."
After Roland obtained the conditions for the Void Devouring from Gaia and Alaya, he organized them and sent them to Prometheus. Prometheus, the supercomputer, then performed the calculations and sent the process, content, and results to Mebius and the others.
Therefore, based on the results calculated by Prometheus, Mebius felt that the progress might have already met the target.
Roland nodded slightly after hearing what she said.
Seeing him like this, Mebius's interest was piqued again.
"What?! We can finally travel to other worlds!?"
Möbius always wanted to see other worlds.
Especially when she learned that the members of the gods even included the Golden Wolf Beo, Altrucci, Arcueid, and others, she became even more interested in the other world!
However, Roland shook his head slightly at this point.
"Although it should meet the standard, it's not good enough yet."
"There's also Cecilia's matter. We've finished fighting the Honkai here, but Cecilia's situation isn't over yet. I recently completed a parallel world test, and the results will be out soon. After things are settled here, I'll take Cecilia back to her original world first, and then incorporate this world and Cecilia's original world into the virtual world."
Hearing Roland say this, Mebius was somewhat disappointed, but she still nodded to indicate that she understood.
Before Roland was about to leave, she reminded him that the two worlds were different and the data from the parallel world tests might also be different, and asked him to take some of Cecilia's blood or something similar back with him.
Roland nodded in agreement, then his consciousness returned to his own. He went over to Cecilia's place, picked up some odds and ends, and also went to Tiamat to say hello and chat before returning to Einzbernburg.
The power test was over, and it was almost dawn, so Roland took his things and went to Rin Tohsaka's temporary workshop, intending to wait for her there.
When Roland arrived, he discovered that Rin Tohsaka was lying on the workshop table, eyes closed, sleeping peacefully.
Seeing her like this, Roland abandoned his original plan and slowly walked to her side. He picked her up very gently and planned to put her in the resting area of the workshop so that she could lie down and have a good sleep.
As soon as Roland picked her up, Rin Tohsaka opened her eyes!
At first, Roland was a little surprised, because he wouldn't normally wake her up. But the moment he met her gaze, Roland regained his usual expression and slowly began to speak.
"Ishtar, is there something you need from me?"
That's right, it wasn't Rin Tohsaka who woke up this time, but Ishtar!
Rin Tohsaka is asleep, but Ishtar can always come out.
Normally, Ishtar wouldn't do that, but this time when she saw Roland pick her up, she immediately came out and, after waking up, reached out and wrapped her arms around Roland's neck.
She had to admit that she had made a mistake last time!
She never expected that Rin Tohsaka would be so cunning, switching bodies just when she was about to achieve her goal, not only stealing her victory but also leaving her to watch helplessly!
This time is different. This time, Rin Tohsaka is asleep, and only she is controlling this body.
So
Ishtar brought her face close to Roland's ear and whispered.
"Last time, Rin messed things up halfway through. This time, let's continue what we didn't finish last time~"