Crossover Anime: Picking up Medea at the Start

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When Roland parted ways with Eltrucci and the others, he left Shadow Wolves on their side, and there were also Shadow Wolves on the Fool's side. So after Roland finished dealing with the Einzbern's affairs, he used Shadow Movement to travel back and forth between the Fool's and Einzbern's Castle.

He's on the Fool's side now, sitting next to Eltruch.

"We can finally begin."

Having spent so many days on the Fool, Eltruch smiled when she heard Roland say this.

but.

"Are the troops you mentioned earlier ready?"

Apart from the employees of Umbrella Corporation, Altrud hadn't seen any military personnel during these days.

"Of course, we were already prepared."

Roland smiled.

"I told you before, I was going to use the elite troops of Bai Yi Gong's dead disciples to train a new army. Since it is a new army that has entered the stage of actual combat training, it must have been formed long ago."

"However, the troops I sent to your side this time are mainly of two types—the advance cannon fodder troops and the rear main force troops."

"After all, even though I don't have much experience with large-scale legion wars, I still know that on such a battlefield, the main forces will not clash at the very beginning."

"The main force is ready, and the cannon fodder should be arriving soon."

After Roland said this to Altrouge, Altrouge was completely bewildered.

What do you mean by "the cannon fodder troops are almost here"?

However, Roland did not give her a specific answer after that. In fact, after telling Eltruche not to worry, he returned to Einzbernburg.

Eltrauge remained puzzled for three days.

And just as Roland said, without her having to make any preparations, the other party indeed came knocking on her door!

"Your Highness, Princess Black, our Mage's Association knows that you have recently had a very unpleasant falling out with Lord Whitewing, which has led to a very chaotic situation throughout Europe. This is certainly not what any of us want to see."

"Furthermore, we also know that if you, now fully recovered and in your prime, were to fight Bai Yigong one-on-one, he would definitely not be your match. His biggest advantage over you is still that elite army of Dead Apostles. As the future King of Dead Apostles, you should also have a headache about this."

"That's why we came."

The Magic Association's highest council then approached the Fool.

At first, Eltrauge was puzzled.

After all, her incident on the Fool was a secret, and even the White Wing Duke didn't know about it. How did the Mage's Association find out?

However, in the midst of her confusion, she soon realized what was going on.

It's Roland!

This Magic Association is the cannon fodder force Roland was talking about!

Having figured this out, Eltruchi smiled sweetly.

"Alright, in that case, let's talk."

Hearing Altrudge's answer, the envoy from the Supreme Council was overjoyed. Altrudge then used her vampire powers to directly manipulate the envoy and ask him everything he wanted to know.

"I see... So Roland only mentioned the first scene casually in conversation, but it turned out to be such a big deal!"

Eltrauge was very surprised after learning about the situation in Europe during this period.

She never expected that Roland would manage to subdue Arcueid in such a short period of time... and even set up some Far East Magic Society, thus forcing the Mage Association, which originally had nothing to do with the Dead Apostle War, to completely get involved.

After Roland's visit, he didn't just go back empty-handed.

Instead, he went back and had Arcueid frequently operate in the Mage's Association's territory to create psychological pressure on the Mage's Association, making it seem as if Arcueid was about to storm the Supreme Council.

Only then did the Magic Association send someone to find him as quickly as possible.

Wow, that's clever!

Altrouge smiled when she thought of this.

"As expected of Roland, the Mage's Association's plans were all within his calculations from beginning to end."

"In that case, I'll take this cannon fodder unit!"

As Eltrauge said this, she tapped the table with one hand.

As she moved, the messenger recovered from being controlled, and as if nothing had happened, immediately brought up the topic of inviting the Altruchi Alliance.

Just now, Eltrauge had already asked the other party about their bottom line.

Therefore, the negotiations went extremely smoothly.

After that, the Magic Association started operating.

Although many magic families have fled to the Far East Magic Association, the Magic Association has existed for so many years and still has a solid foundation—this time they directly formed multiple expeditionary forces and stationed them on the coast.

The Magicians Association's high-profile move naturally drew the attention of the Dead Men, who had been very active in Europe during this period.

The Holy Church, which had been fighting the Dead Apostles all this time, also turned its attention to this.

Then they discovered that the massive Fool had docked, escorted by several of the Mage's Association's punitive forces—Altrud, who had disappeared for a while, had returned with her retinue!

Moreover, this time she wasn't alone; the Black Knight, the White Knight, and Fou were also with her.

And there's also the Mage's Association's extermination force!

She made no attempt to conceal her return to Europe, and upon her return, she immediately ordered the Mage's Association's punitive expedition to attack several of White Wing's territories.

They encircled and wiped out several small groups of elite Death Apostle troops from the European branch of the White Wings!

It was clearly a confrontational stance!

It seemed that the White Wing Duke was completely unprepared for this, retreating again and again until Eltraki had cleared out a large enough area near the sea. Only then did she gather all the Dead Apostles in this area and send remote communications to the other Ancestors who could participate in the Ancestor Conference—even the White Wing Duke was included.

Then Altrud issued a declaration to all the Dead Apostles.

The declaration is long and contains a lot of information.

But the general idea is the same.

That is...

"I'm back, I'm back as the King of the Dead Apostles!"

After hearing the declaration, Bai Yigong sneered and immediately ordered the elite Death Apostle army to assemble.

With his movements and Arcueid not traveling around during this time, Europe, which had been in chaos, has become unusually quiet.

However, this silence does not mean the end of the matter.

Rather, it signifies that an even bigger storm is about to arrive.

Everyone knew that with Black Princess's declaration and White Wing Duke's reorganization of the army...

The war between the Dead Apostles has begun!

.....Man..

66. White and Black Stones

Roland lived in Eindzbernburg during this period.

After the White Wing Duke finished reorganizing his army, war broke out in almost every region of Europe, while the area around Einzbernburg remained quiet, with only the sound of wind and snow to be heard.

Roland leaned back on the sofa in the bedroom, his right arm around Medea, while his left hand held a chess piece, intending to place it on a huge chessboard.

Of course, there was no one opposite him.

Even if there's someone on the other side, it's unlikely that he can win this game.

After all, although the chessboard in front of Roland was a chessboard, the pieces on it were not only chess pieces, but also black and white Go pieces, flat chess pieces, checkers pieces, and even mahjong tiles that had been stood up.

I doubt anyone but Roland knows the rules of this game.

But Roland himself thoroughly enjoyed it.

Medea looked at it for a long time but still couldn't understand it. However, she was afraid of disturbing Roland's thinking, so she didn't ask.

Roland noticed this, so he casually placed the white king piece in his hand among a pile of Go pieces on the right side of the board, then leaned back on the sofa and began to explain to Medea.

"It's difficult to understand this game of chess if you only look at it, since the rules of this game are not within the rules of these games, but outside the game board."

Roland said that first, and then immediately steered the conversation to another topic.

"Recently, the war between the Dead Apostles has broken out. Although there have been no large-scale clashes between Altrud and the Mage's Association's extermination forces and the White Wing Duke and his elite Dead Apostle army, the small-scale battles are getting more and more intense."

"Besides the Dead Apostles, our Far East Magic Association is also constantly exchanging with the Magic Association."

Medea laughed when Roland began to explain, even though she still didn't quite understand.

After all, she knew very well.

If the current situation is very stressful, or even somewhat out of control, Roland will not explain to her; he will simply act as usual and keep the pressure to himself.

Just like when we dealt with Gilgamesh.

Now that he has started to explain, it means that the situation is perfectly fine, and in fact, his side has a significant advantage.

This is something to be happy about.

Seeing her like this, Roland understood her thoughts perfectly, so he helplessly flicked her nose and continued talking.