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Because of Roland's modification of the Greater Grail, Bazett and Yuzu are still at the location of the Greater Grail—their consciousness is still at the Root, but it has only been a short time since their consciousness came into contact with it.
After Artoria's relationship with Mordred improved a bit, the two of them are now often together.
They ate together, slept together, and Artoria instructed Mordred in martial arts, among other things.
Roland could tell that both of them enjoyed the relationship. Even though Mordred kept denying it with her arrogant words, she would obediently behave herself after being stared at by Artoria with very gentle eyes for a while.
But more than a father-son or mother-daughter relationship, Roland felt their relationship was more like that of sisters...
Thinking about this, Roland thought about his upcoming trip to Britain, and his expression became subtle.
Artoria and Mordred are feeling this way now; I wonder what Morgan, Artoria's real sister, will do if she sees this...
After joining the Gods, Mary felt a long-lost sense of freedom, and then she spent her days running around Einzbernburg, causing trouble and making a lot more fun than before.
If Merlin is a nightmare that simulates humans, then Merlin seems more like a nightmare that simulates fairies.
However, compared to fairies, Meili is clearly more principled and has a better sense of propriety. She also has higher emotional intelligence and doesn't have the purely evil feeling of fairies.
So Roland saw that she hadn't caused any trouble, so he didn't bother with her.
And Ilya...
Ilya is taking care of the child!
Illya had been spending a lot of time with Irisviel during this period, and perhaps after Irisviel called Illya "Mom," she developed a sense of mission. In any case, every time Roland saw Illya, he could see a maternal glow on her girlish face, and her smile became more and more gentle—except when she was facing Rin Tohsaka.
Even Roland didn't know why, but even when Ilya was trying her best to restrain herself, Rin Tohsaka always found a way to break her defenses, sometimes intentionally and sometimes unintentionally, which was quite strange.
And the reverse is also true—it can only be said that their birth charts are incompatible.
However, just like Mencius' mother moving three times, Illya, for the sake of Irisviel, after realizing that she couldn't control herself in front of Rin Tohsaka, discussed with Rin Tohsaka during the time she was helping Irisviel establish her values, and then they reduced the number of times they met - instead they talked to each other in the God Group Communication!
So, under Illya's tutelage, Irisviel gradually began to resemble Irisviel from a young age.
During this process, Roland also spoke with Ilya several times. After confirming that her condition was fine, Roland did not interfere with the matter.
Just like the other members who all had things to do during this period, Roland also had his own things to do.
While Sieg was preparing for the expedition, Roland stayed with Joan of Arc!
During the last attack on the Hanging Gardens, Joan of Arc's feelings for Roland gradually developed from their original alliance into something else. So Roland has been reinforcing this feeling, often going out with Joan of Arc and discussing all sorts of random things with her.
Then, when Roland felt that their relationship had progressed to a certain extent, he called Joan of Arc to his study and, when no one else was around, extended an invitation to her.
"Joan of Arc, join us."
Joan of Arc was not surprised to hear Roland say that.
After all, Roland had made almost no attempt to hide his intentions during the discussions, but because the relationship between the two sides hadn't reached this level before, Roland hadn't explicitly stated them.
When Joan of Arc first realized this, she felt a little troubled.
After all, she didn't know much about Roland's side at that time, nor did she intend to join, but she didn't want to coldly reject Roland, an ally, so she kept carefully choosing her words.
However, during this time, Roland and Joan of Arc talked a lot about the Divine Assembly, which made Joan of Arc realize what kind of place the Divine Assembly really was. It didn't restrict faith, had few constraints, and even she, in her current heroic spirit form, could join. There was no need to worry about the Counter Force...
Now that the chains that had bound Joan of Arc had broken one by one, she breathed a sigh of relief when Roland extended an invitation.
"There's no reason to refuse, okay, I'll join!"
Joan of Arc agreed, and then various information about the gods appeared in her mind. Roland then took the opportunity to let her go back and organize these things.
After Joan of Arc left, Roland set up a protective barrier in his study.
Then he summoned his shadow puppet and made it stand in front of him.
After Joan of Arc joined the Divine Group, the group's membership increased to 43, and she gained 3 enhancement points.
Roland has only used enhancement points to enhance two skills so far.
One is Dragon's Remnant, which he upgraded to +10, a second qualitative change, and it is also at the maximum level.
Another one is gravity manipulation, which he has enhanced to +9, just one step away from a second qualitative change.
Once Roland understood the role of enhancement points, he knew that the best way to quickly improve his personal strength was to add skill points, because adding skill points would greatly enhance his abilities.
Just like now, if he adds a little more to the gravity manipulation, the gravity manipulation, which has been strengthened to the point of a second qualitative change, can be further enhanced in power.
At that time, Roland might be able to use gravity to manipulate and condense the two mutually rotating black holes at the center of the supergalaxy.
They might even be able to develop skills like the Mega Attraction.
However, this matter is not very significant.
Because the improvement of one's strength is only useful when one needs it; otherwise, it is enough as long as it is sufficient.
With his current combat strength, it's actually enough.
Even if we suddenly encounter something like the 1.4 Mecha God or Yusei, the supermassive black hole would be more than enough to solve all those messy problems.
That's why Roland summoned the Shadow Puppet.
After the Dragon's Remnant underwent a second transformation, Roland felt that these shadow abilities held secrets related to his simulated star map, as well as the dream he had after killing the Dark Six Lords...
Although the three enhancement points are less than the seven points needed for a qualitative change, they can still give a preliminary indication of which aspects of a skill will be enhanced.
Moreover, after resolving the issue with Sieg, we can bring in another group of people, and then we should be able to directly upgrade the Shadow Puppet to its second qualitative change.
The most crucial of his shadow skills is the Shadow Puppet.
Therefore, Roland felt that after the second qualitative change of the Shadow Puppet, he would definitely be able to obtain more information that he did not know at present.
So...
"System, add more!"
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185. Roland is just too kind-hearted!
If you want to begin to unravel the secrets of your simulated star chart, strengthening shadow-type skills is almost the best choice.
Besides being given the identity of a human undergoing the final trial after the second transformation of the enhanced Dragon's Shadow, most of the skills Roland obtained through the lottery using enhancement points were also shadow-type skills.
Roland now has many shadow-type skills.
Shadow Bind, Shadow Movement, Shadow Wolf, Shadow Puppet, Dragon's Shadow, Shadow Fusion, Shadow Warrior, Shadow of Yin, Shadow Kingdom, Shadow Mage, and the Shadow Crown that always hangs on the head of the Shadow Puppet.
Among these, familiars are Roland's most frequently used skills. Permanent skills like Shadow Fusion, passive skills like Shadow of Shadow, field skills like Shadow Kingdom, and group support skills like Shadow Crown are all commonly used.
However, the skills Shadow Bind and Shadow Movement are becoming less and less frequently used because they have trigger conditions.
Especially Shadow Binding.
Therefore, when Roland first decided to enhance his shadow skills to obtain information about the simulated star map, his first choice was Shadow Bind!
the reason is simple.
Because Roland could find different skills elsewhere than those like the Six-Eyed Star Chart, after he gained a certain level of control over the Simulated Star Chart, he knew that all these shadow-type skills were either inherent to the Simulated Star Chart 04 or skills previously stored on it.
If it were truly useless, it would have been optimized away long ago.
It's impossible for them to stay any longer.
Therefore, this Shadow Binding must have some other function, or it can create better and more convenient synergy with other abilities, or it can produce some additional effect after a second qualitative change—which allows Roland to trace back to the source and make further speculations about his simulated star chart.
But he ultimately chose to enhance the Shadow Puppet.
The main reason is that the second transformation of the Dragon's Remnant abandoned the original Vortigern form and obtained the form of a three-headed dragon, which made Roland want to see if other Shadow Familiars would also have different appearances after their second transformation.
Especially the clone puppet that looks exactly like him!
So Roland looked at the shadow puppet standing in front of him, which was formed from his own shadow and wore the Shadow Crown on its head, and he directly invested his three enhancement points into it!
Strengthening and qualitative change are traceable.
Just like how gravity manipulation keeps increasing the magnitude of gravity manipulation, qualitative changes also involve a leap in power.
The enhancement of the Dragon's Remnant is reflected in the attributes of the Dragon Shadow, and after the second qualitative change, it also transforms into a three-headed dragon form with explosive attributes.
So Roland wanted to see which aspect of the Shadow Puppet skill would become stronger after it was enhanced!
Even before investing in the enhancement points, Roland had made various speculations.
Enhance attributes, enhance skill combos, enhance power!
But the result was very unexpected for Roland.
Because he gave the Shadow Puppet a +3 buff, but his Shadow Puppet didn't change at all!
These three enhancements did not appear on the puppet, but directly on the puppet itself!
As Roland invested the three enhancement points, he felt his aura change, transforming from something intangible and vague into something tangible and concrete!
Now his aura can even spread out on its own, intimidating others!
If I had to put it into words... it would be something like the so-called Kamui, Dragon Might, or Conqueror's Haki!
Feeling this change, Roland smiled.
"Because the Shadow Familiar only has my consciousness, this enhancement directly followed the consciousness and fell on me—thinking about it this way, I guess the identity of the final human trial will also fall on me in this way."
Thinking of this, Roland breathed a sigh of relief.
"Good news, these shadow-type skills seem to be working properly. Even if this simulated star map may have had a previous owner, it should now belong entirely to me."