Marvel's Magic Master

Leaving his stone house, George walked towards the Sanctuary Plaza above.

The large cluster of stone houses at the lowest level of the Sanctuary is where the Sanctuary's soldiers live; it is extremely rudimentary.

Aside from basic living facilities, there was nothing else.

It's not that the Holy Land is poor; on the contrary, the Holy Land is extremely wealthy.

On the mainland, ordinary people may not know of the existence of the Holy Domain, but the highest levels of various countries are well aware of how terrifying the Holy Domain is.

They understand that the Sanctuary is the true ruler of the world, and that sending just one Silver Saint could easily destroy the most powerful nation in the world.

In the eyes of leaders of various countries, the affairs of the Holy Land are more important than anything else in their own countries.

Therefore, the Holy Land has financial support from various countries around the world, and if they wanted, they could even build the world's most luxurious villas at the foot of the mountain.

They didn't do that because this was originally a test and training exercise for the minions by the Holy Land.

Only through the most rigorous and arduous training can one break through the limits of the body, comprehend the cosmos, and advance to the rank of Bronze Saint.

Sanctuary has never been afraid of having too many Saints and not enough Saint Cloths.

Because over the years, there has never been a Holy War in which all eighty-eight Saints fought together.

Becoming a Saint isn't something you can just decide to do, not even as a Bronze Saint.

In the main square, hundreds of Sanctuary soldiers were undergoing various training exercises, hoping to awaken their cosmos and advance to become Bronze Saints.

George glanced around and quickly spotted the Silver Saint Shaina, who was instructing her disciple in training.

Gold Saints rarely take on disciples; they mostly stay in their own palaces.

The Sanctuary has twelve zodiac palaces, each guarded by a Gold Saint. Any enemy who dares to enter the Sanctuary and threaten the Pope and Athena will be punished.

The first step is to pass through the twelve zodiac palaces and defeat the twelve Gold Saints.

However, not every zodiac sign is currently occupied; for example, Mu of Aries and Dohko of Libra are not in the Sanctuary.

Gemini Saga is disguised as the Pope, and Sagittarius Aiolos is dead.

In the Sanctuary, the Silver Saints are primarily responsible for guiding training, and many Silver Saints recruit disciples all over the world.

Mitsumasa Kido sent one hundred orphans around the world to acquire Saint Cloths, which meant sending them to become apprentices of the Silver Saints.

As Sharna strode toward the Silver Palace, George's spiritual energy flowed into her body, beginning to perceive the microcosm within her.

Soon, he mastered the key to the Sixth Sense Universe.

"what!"

But at that moment, he raised an eyebrow.

Because through the aura of the Ophiuchus cosmos, he successfully detected another, even more powerful aura that resonated with it.

Following the aura, George turned his head to look at the twelve houses of the zodiac and discovered that between the Scorpio and Sagittarius houses, there was an aura that was very similar to Sharna's cosmos aura and was being sealed.

"Could it be the Ophiuchus Gold Cloth?!"

His eyes suddenly lit up.

In fact, in one of the different chapters of Saint Seiya, it was mentioned that there were originally thirteen Gold Cloths, not twelve.

The thirteenth Gold Cloth is the Ophiuchus Cloth, and its owner is named Odysseus.

The Ophiuchus Gold Saint was the most powerful Gold Saint in the mythological era, but he was killed by the gods for attempting to become a god.

The Ophiuchus Gold Cloth and the Ophiuchus Palace were also sunk and sealed between the Scorpio and Sagittarius Palaces.

Ophiuchus was demoted from a Gold sign to a Silver sign, and a new Silver Cloth was created to replace him.

"The seals of the gods are no match for me."

George stroked his chin, deciding to retrieve the Ophiuchus Gold Cloth tonight.

Although the Ophiuchus Gold Cloth was sealed by the gods, he could use the power of the Gate to open a hole in the seal and retrieve the Cloth.

To become a proper pope, one must at least nominally become a Gold Saint.

Otherwise it will be difficult to convince the public.

He originally intended to obtain the Sagittarius Gold Cloth, but since he discovered the Ophiuchus Cloth, he naturally chose the more powerful and readily available Ophiuchus Cloth.

"Didn't we tell you to rest for a few days, recover from your injuries, and then come back to training?"

When Sharna saw George appear, she frowned.

After failing to steal the Pegasus Cloth yesterday, she told the seriously injured members to go back on their own and resume training once they recovered.

Although these people were not her personally trained disciples like Casio, they were still among the elite of the reserve force she trained.

He was also extremely loyal to her.

So she still cared to some extent.

"My injuries are not serious, and I'm fine after a night's rest."

George explained with a smile.

Seeing this, Sharna didn't say much, but simply pointed to the stone beside her and said:

"Since everything is alright, let's continue training."

Today is not a training session; we just had a battle yesterday for the Pegasus Cloth.

Today's training is simple: break rocks with your fists.

Almost everyone here can do it, except that Sharna requires them not to break it with their bodies.

As George stood before the stone, Sharna's voice reached everyone's ears.

"To become a true Saint, you must harness the power of your Cosmo, not just rely on appearances."

The reason Casio lost to that damned Seiya was because he relied too much on physical strength and was never able to unleash his cosmos.

Remember, stone is made of atoms; what you need to do is focus on destroying the very foundation of the object.

"Drink! Drink! Drink!"

The soldiers tossed stones into the air and then punched them with all their might.

The stones shattered into several pieces under the powerful fists of the henchmen.

But Sharna just shook her head, not satisfied with everyone's performance.

Until she looked at George, she suddenly realized something was wrong:

"This power... is the universe!"

George threw a stone into the air, and based on his perception of Sharna's cosmos, he broke through to the sixth sense and mobilized the power of his own cosmos.

"boom!"

The fist struck the rock, and the rock instantly crumbled into powder.

His punch just now, due to the power of his inner universe, fundamentally destroyed the structure of the stone.

This scene also made the people practicing nearby stop, and they had already vaguely guessed what was going on.

"Ora, throw another punch!"

Sharna immediately picked up a stone from the side and hurled it at George.

George unleashed his inner power once more, smashing the rock into powder with a single punch.

“Excellent, very excellent, Euler, you have awakened your own cosmos.”

Shaina's face, hidden beneath the mask, revealed a joyful expression. She had also trained a Saint who had awakened his Cosmo, no less capable than Marin.

"It's a pity. If you had awakened earlier, you might have had a chance to obtain the Pegasus Cloth."

Then she sighed again.

"I only gained some insight during last night's battle."

George found himself a very suitable excuse.

The reason that he gained insight into Cosmo through fighting Seiya is perfectly normal.

Sharna nodded upon hearing this: "Wait a year, and then you'll have a chance to become a Bronze Saint."

The Sanctuary holds a duel tournament every year, and the winner has the opportunity to obtain the Bronze Cloth.

However, this does not mean that one will definitely become a Bronze Saint.

Because even the victor doesn't necessarily awaken their cosmos, and without the support of their cosmos, they simply cannot wear the Saint Cloth.

Therefore, if the winner of the previous year is still unable to wear the Saint Cloth before the start of the second year's duel, the Saint Cloth will be taken back.

In Shaina's eyes, since George has already awakened his cosmos, as long as he wins first place, he will naturally become a Bronze Saint.

Unless someone else awakens their cosmos in next year's duel.

Then we'll have to compare our strengths.

"Year after year, the cucumbers have all gone cold."

George nodded outwardly, but inwardly he thought to himself, "What do I mean?"

From Seiya obtaining the Pegasus Cloth and becoming a Bronze Saint, to the Galactic War, the Dark Four Heavenly Kings, the Twelve Gold Saints, the Asgardian War, Poseidon, and Hades.

It only takes about a year in total.

"Where's Casio? Did Seiya cut off his ear and make him too ashamed to come to training?"

Just as Sharna was calling George aside to teach him some techniques on using his cosmos, a mocking voice came from behind.

George turned his head and saw a short, red-haired man with a sleazy face.

According to Euler's memory, he knew that this person was also a Silver Saint, Theo of the Silver Muscles, a Mexican.

He used to like Sharna, but after being rejected, his love turned to hatred, and he often brought the Sanctuary grunts he had trained to cause trouble.

However, Cassio, Sharna's apprentice, was the strongest among the grunts, so he never got the better end of the fight.

“Theo, if you want to cause trouble, I can play along.”

"Sharna said in an icy tone."

A flicker of apprehension crossed Theo's eyes. As a fellow Silver Saint, he lacked confidence in defeating Shaina.

"I don't think it's necessary for Silver Saints to have permission from His Holiness the Pope to spar with each other."

"Or, let these reserve soldiers we're training spar a bit; maybe they can even grasp the secrets of cosmos in battle."

"Alright, let's have a friendly spar."

Sharna gave a cold laugh and readily agreed.

Dio was taken aback when he heard this; he really hadn't expected Sharna to agree.

He came over just to provoke her as usual. With Casio not around, he figured that with Sharna's intelligence, she would never agree to a sparring match she couldn't win against.

However, since Sharna had agreed, he naturally wouldn't miss such a good opportunity and immediately sent out his three strongest subordinates.

Sharna gave George a wink, and George smiled and walked out.

To become pope, one must have fame, and today marks his first step on the path to becoming pope.

Seeing that there were people sparring, all the miscellaneous soldiers who were training nearby gathered around.

Several Silver Saints who were instructing the training of the grunts also came to Dio and Shaina's side.

"You're only sending one?"

When Theo saw that Sharna only sent George to fight, he had a bad feeling.

Sharna didn't even bother to reply.

"Erla, you're the only one who came out. Are the others too scared to accept the challenge?"

In the open space that had been cleared by everyone, the three men that Theo had sent out laughed and mocked George when they saw him fighting alone.

They've faced Euler before; they even played against him during yesterday's selection process.

With Euler's strength, he couldn't even beat the weakest of the three, let alone the other two.

"So much nonsense!"

George unleashed his full cosmos, raising his hand to unleash the sonic punch most commonly used by Bronze Saints.

A hundred punches in a second, the three opponents didn't even have time to defend before they were sent flying, coughing up blood.

"Little universe!"

The Silver-ranked spectators nearby looked surprised.

Yesterday, there was Seiya who awakened his cosmos and obtained the Pegasus Cloth, and today there's another Ora.

"He actually awakened his inner universe, no wonder!"

Theo gritted his teeth; he felt there must be something wrong with Sharna's quick agreement.

He came here hoping to bring bad luck, but he ended up getting slapped in the face instead.

His eyes lit up, and an idea suddenly came to him.

"Not bad, not bad at all! He's actually awakened his inner universe; he has a bright future ahead of him!"

He clapped his hands, feigning approval, and walked over to George, then smirked:
"Let me show you the power of a Silver Saint, and let you see my moves, so that you can go further in the future."

"not good!"

Sharna sensed something was wrong and was about to step forward when Theo made his move.

"Death Flight!"

Theo's right leg kicked towards George at nearly three times the speed of sound.

If that kick lands, even a Bronze Saint would be seriously injured and bedridden for months.

"Dongdongbo!"

George didn't move, but raised his right hand and pointed at Theo's kicking leg, shooting out a ray formed from the energy of his cosmos.

Once he understands the principles behind the moves, it makes no difference to him whether he releases them with ki or cosmos.

"what!"

Theo was hit in the leg by the Hole Wave, and he let out a scream, staggering back several steps and almost losing his footing.

Even with the protection of the Silver Cloth, he now felt his legs were numb.

If it weren't for the protection of the Saint Cloth, I estimate there would be several large holes in his legs.

"What an amazing move!"

At this moment, the Silver Saints in the surrounding audience couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

Saint Seiya warriors generally develop their own unique techniques, some of which enhance their physical abilities through Cosmo energy to improve their punching speed and close-combat skills.

Some of them transform into elemental attacks such as fire, ice, and hurricanes.

There are also telekinesis, illusion, mind reading, mind control, and so on.

This is truly the first time I've ever seen something that condenses the energy of a microcosm into a beam of light for an attack.

You know what, this kind of attack is not only fast and hard to dodge, but also quite powerful.

Even a Silver Saint would get injured if he wasn't careful and got hit.

If a vital spot is hit, such as the eyes, a Bronze player could potentially defeat a Silver player even if they are a much higher level.

This is called Euler's reserve force; its future is limitless!

"Something capable."

Seeing that Sharna had already reached George's side, Theo dared not make another move and turned to limp away.

He was in the wrong to make the move, and now he's still not leaving. Even if Sharna hits him later, he won't care.

(End of this chapter)