Marvel's Magic Master

The eighth hell of the four rings of the underworld is the Ice Hell.

"How miserable!"

George looked down at the souls in the icy hell below and couldn't help but sigh.

Most of the Saints who followed Athena in the Holy War were cast into the Ice Hell by Hades after their deaths and tortured there.

Moreover, it's the kind of fate where one is condemned to eternal damnation.

Only a few, such as Pegasus from the last Holy War, were forcibly reincarnated by Athena using her divine power to bypass Hades's blockade.

In this life, Saori Kido bravely ventures into the underworld, using herself as bait to kill Hades.

It is estimated that in addition to wanting to end the Holy War completely, he also wants to liberate the souls of the Saints who once served him.

So that they can be reborn normally, instead of being imprisoned and tortured in the Ice Hell.

"Reincarnation? Wouldn't that be such a waste!"

George landed on the ice below, and with a gentle stomp of his foot, all the ice melted instantly, awakening the Saint Seiya warriors from all generations who had been frozen inside.

With a gentle wave of his hand, the souls and physical bodies of the Saints from past generations were reconstructed, and sets of Hades Cloths appeared on their bodies.

After stealing Hades' authority, he possessed all of Hades' abilities, plus his own magic.

These Saints can be easily transformed into Specters who manage the Underworld, and the Specters' Cloths are no longer limited to 108 sets.

"What's going on? We didn't pledge allegiance to Hades, so how did we become Specters?"

The Saints of each generation looked at their Saint Cloths with blank expressions.

"Don't worry, everyone. Hades, the god of the underworld, has been completely wiped out by Athena. The underworld is now under Athena's jurisdiction."

Therefore, although you wear Surplice, you are still Saints who uphold world peace and justice.

At that moment, George flew above the group and explained.

"From now on, I hope that you will continue to share Athena's burdens and manage the Underworld well."

With all the Specters dead, the Underworld naturally needs new rulers, otherwise it will descend into chaos.

Although he stole Hades' authority, he could not stay in the underworld forever.

Therefore, reviving these Saints would allow for better management of the Underworld, enabling it to function normally and allowing them to continue using its power.

On the other hand, it can also be used in later battles.

Keep in mind that this contains almost all the Saints who died in the Holy War, from Gold Saints to Bronze Saints, several hundred of them.

Killing Hades does not mean the end of the matter.

This act of god-killing would inevitably anger the gods, including Apollo, the current leader of the heavens.

So next they will face a battle from the heavens.

But that's exactly what he wanted.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have personally dealt with Hades; instead, he would have just played a support role and let Athena deal the damage.

Only by angering the gods of heaven can Athena be made to stand against them for the sake of humanity.

This way, he can help Athena seize control of the world and further weaken the power of other gods.

This way, his external clones can easily devour this world.

In addition, he felt that the existence of the underworld was not necessarily a bad thing for Earth.

The sins committed in life should be repaid in hell after death, and then one can be reincarnated. This is a more fair way to repay sins committed in life.

Otherwise, if evil people who committed all sorts of bad deeds in life were to be reborn like good people after death, that would be too easy for them.

In some respects, he actually agrees with Hades's views.

In the worlds he created and absorbed, he created beings similar to the underworld.

Hades was killed? Athena has taken control of the Underworld?

Upon hearing this news, the Saints of each generation showed expressions of relief, though some still harbored doubts.

After all, that was only George's side of the story.

"I will take you back to the Sanctuary to see Athena!"

George activated spatial magic, causing everyone to disappear from the underworld and arrive at the Sanctuary, which had returned to Athens.

"This is?"

Saori Kido and the others were filled with confusion when they saw George appear with hundreds of Specters.

However, Shion and Dohko quickly recognized their former friends and teachers.

After some explanation, everyone understood what had happened.

"Isn't this a bit bad?"

After George sent the Saints of all generations back to the Underworld, Saori Kido summoned George alone.

Saori Kido was surprised, but not entirely unexpected, that George was able to stabilize the Underworld and transform the Saints of previous generations into Specters.

You have to understand, George has already given her enough surprises during this period.

However, she felt somewhat uneasy about the idea of ​​unifying the human, sea, and underworld realms after winning the holy war.

"Miss Saori, there's nothing we can do about it."

George said with a helpless expression:

"If we can truly live a peaceful life in the future, then there is naturally no need to unify the underworld and the sea world."

However, we did kill Hades and the Twin Gods after all.

Based on my research and understanding of the gods in the heavens, what follows is probably not so simple.

We need enough power to prevent further calamities from befalling humanity.

"Okay, that's settled then."

After thinking for a moment, Saori Kido could only nod in the end.

Through the memories awakened within Athena's cosmos, she knew that what George said was true.

The gods have always viewed humans as ants.

Hades' alignment of the nine stars was intended to wipe out all of humanity on Earth.

Moreover, given the gods' zero tolerance for blasphemy, the warriors who helped her kill Hades would likely be punished.

George, who made the greatest contribution, might be sentenced to death and never be reinstated.

This is something she can't accept either.

It's not in her nature to abandon someone after they've served their purpose. George, as Pope, is loyal, well, that's debatable.

However, it did indeed help her win the holy war completely and made the greatest contribution.

She couldn't wait until things were over before betraying the other party.

Therefore, if the Heavenly Realm truly wants to hold someone accountable, and a peaceful resolution is not possible, then war will be the only option.

The gods of the heavens are incredibly powerful, especially Apollo, the sun god, whose power far surpasses that of her, Poseidon, and Hades.

Subduing the Underworld and resurrecting the Saints of past generations becomes essential.

After the Holy War ended, the Underworld came under Athena's rule, and George allowed the God Warriors to return to Asgard, returning the rice cooker that sealed Poseidon to the Sea Generals.

However, just as he was preparing to deal with the attack from the Heavenly Realm, problems arose first at the Celestial Palace.

That day, Saori Kido found him:

“George, Odin appeared to me in a dream last night and said that his youngest son Loki has entered the human world and wants to seize the right to rule the human world. He hopes that we can show mercy when we meet him.”

“Loki?” George paused for a moment, then remembered that this was a scene from Soul of Gold.

In the original storyline, when Athena and the five Bronze Saints were fighting Hades in Elysium.

In this world, Odin's son Loki possesses the body of Andreas Riser, the physician of Asgard.

They intended to unify the entire human world while Athena and Hades were locked in their final battle.

To stop Loki, Athena diverted a small portion of her power to join forces with Odin to resurrect the deceased Gold Saints.

They helped them evolve their Saint Cloths into God Cloths in a short time, and together they defeated Loki.

"It's alright, I'll handle it."

Compared to Hades, Loki's strength is far inferior, at most comparable to Death or Hypnos.

So they're not particularly difficult opponents.

Especially since Loki had just entered the human world and had not yet used the power of the Gold Cloth to replicate Odin's Spear of Eternity.

His own divine armor remained sealed by Odin.

Odin probably knew that Loki had no chance against the Sanctuary that could defeat Hades, and was worried that he would end up like Hades.

That's why she appeared in Saori Kido's dream last night, the human form of Athena.

With a swift movement, George had already teleported to the Asgardian palace in Norse mythology.

He quickly located Loki, who had just taken over the body of the physician Andreas Reese and was preparing to cause trouble.

"Hilda, I'll deal with you first!"

Loki used his divine power to afflict Hilda's body with disease.

Why should the Norse gods be suppressed by the Greek gods?
Apollo ruled the heavens, Athena ruled the human world, Poseidon ruled the sea, and Hades ruled the underworld.

But these Norse gods have only a handful of followers among humans.

Odin, whose father was on par with Zeus, had to obey the orders of the younger Apollo, which made him extremely unhappy.

So he secretly came to the human world, determined to replace Silda as the agent of Asgard and plant the seed of the World Tree.

He used the God Warriors to capture the Gold Saints of Sanctuary and forged the Eternal Spear just like his father's.

Finally, they defeated Athena and unified the human world, proving to their father Odin that their Norse pantheon was no weaker than the Greek pantheon.

The heavens, the human realm, the sea realm, and the underworld should all be ruled by the Norse pantheon.

"Lord Hilda!"

When the maids around Hilda suddenly fainted, they immediately screamed and rushed over to her.

The warriors who had returned to protect the Celestial Palace also rushed over upon hearing the news, transforming into beams of light.

"Quickly, summon the physician Andreas!"

Only then did Loki pretend to casually pass by and begin to examine Hilda:
"Lady Hilda is under Athena's curse. It must be that the Sanctuary wants to annex Asgard, which is why they did this."

"To save Lady Hilda, we must gather all twelve Gold Cloths and use their power to break the curse."

"Athena's curse, does Sanctuary want to annex Asgard?"

The eight warriors looked on with a mixture of belief and doubt.

Having personally experienced the Holy War, they knew how terrifying Pope George of the Sanctuary was.

If the Sanctuary truly wanted to annex the Celestial Palace, it seems they wouldn't need to do that; George alone could easily take them all down.

"It seems we still need to cultivate our own God Warriors."

Seeing that the eight warriors didn't quite believe him, Loki silently sentenced them to death in his heart.

He planned to eliminate these God Warriors who were loyal to Hilda one by one and cultivate God Warriors who were completely loyal to him.

Just as he was preparing to weave lies to continue deceiving the eight God Warriors, a soft laugh suddenly rang out from the sky:
"Athena's curse? How come I, the Pope, don't know about it?"

"Your Majesty the Pope!"

Upon seeing George appear, the eight God Warriors instinctively bowed.

When Loki saw George appear, he raised an eyebrow.
"Holy Pope, it seems you were the one who placed the curse on Lady Hilda!"

He didn't expect the Pope of the Holy Land to appear here, but it didn't matter; he could just throw mud at the Pope.

"It must have been the curse you secretly placed on Lady Hilda. After I discovered it, you came out to explain because you were afraid of being exposed."

Otherwise, how do you explain why you happened to be here at this particular time?

"Oh dear, if that's really the case, should I kill you right now?"

George didn't immediately refute, but instead showed a teasing expression.

Loki hadn't expected George to be so stupid; this was practically an admission of incompetence. He immediately shouted:

"With eight divine warriors present, they could tear you to pieces in no time!"

The Pope of the Sanctuary is only at the level of a top-tier Saint. Even if he can defeat one God Warrior, he can't defeat eight of them working together.

If a real battle breaks out and a few God Warriors die, it will further inflame the Asgardian Palace's hatred for the Sanctuary.

The effect will be better.

He naturally attributed all the credit for the victory in this holy war to Athena.

Only a god can defeat a god. Hades's death must have been orchestrated by Athena.

Moreover, with the help of the God Warriors and the Sea Warriors, it's only natural that they would win.

"Your Holiness, I believe this is a misunderstanding!"

Upon hearing Loki's words, the eight God Warriors twitched at the corners of their mouths, and the captain, Twin Dragon Star, stepped forward to explain.

Are you kidding me? They'll tear George to pieces?

I reckon George could tear all eight of them to pieces with a single move. Andreas is usually quite composed, so why is he acting so brainless today?

But thinking about it, it makes sense. They only reported the Holy War to Hilda, so it's normal that the others didn't know.

"These God Warriors are such cowards."

When Loki saw that the eight God Warriors had no intention of fighting George, he vaguely sensed that something was wrong.

"It's not a misunderstanding; someone is deliberately trying to sow discord."

George first stepped forward and waved his hand to dispel Hilda's illness, then turned to Loki and smiled:
"Are you right, Loki, the god of lies and trickery!"

Loki, the god of lies and deceit!

Seeing that George had healed Hilda, the God Warriors had no more doubts and all assumed fighting stances against Loki.

Loki was taken aback at first, but then he dropped the act and chuckled.
"I didn't expect to be discovered. Since that's the case, I have no choice but to kill you all!"

He uses deception and trickery to achieve his goals because he enjoys deception and trickery, and he enjoys the feeling of crushing his enemies with his intelligence.

But that doesn't mean he's not capable.

As a god, he disregarded everyone else in the human world except for Athena.

He could easily annihilate eight divine warriors and a Holy Pope.

A god-like cosmos rose from Loki's body, making it difficult for the eight God Warriors to even breathe.

Hades and the Twin Gods were defeated by George as soon as they appeared; they never actually fought any gods.

Naturally, they also did not understand the terrifying power of the divine universe.

(End of this chapter)