Saint Seiya, but Athena who disobeys?

"The first god to be born was Chaos, who represented the emergence of the universe. Subsequently, Gaia, Tartarus, and Eros were born independently. After that, Chaos alone gave birth to Erebus and Nyx. Nyx and her brother Erebus represented the dark side of Chaos. She and Erebus gave birth to gods such as Aether and Hemera, while Nyx herself also gave birth to many strange and wonderful children—most of whom were unpleasant and evil gods."

Every word Seiya spoke became a power of words, and these powers of words transformed into golden light.

The light transformed into sharp blades, capable of cleaving the soul of the Grim Reaper.

Thanatos, the god of death, no longer had the composed demeanor he had displayed before, due to his anger.

"You're just all talk."

The terror of the abyss at His fingertips returns, closer to death than the dead themselves, completely subservient to His horde of the undead. Buried with the agony of millennia spent in hell, the golden warriors roar as they charge towards the heavens.

Seiya, however, smiled and pressed down on the golden sword in his hand. The sword of light behind him, reflecting the sky, rained down on the undead rising from the ground. As they clashed, the golden and black light and shadow burst into brilliant fireworks in the space between humans and gods.

"Some of her children joined the ranks of the gods, while others became gods of the underworld. Although the Nyx lineage could not stand on equal footing with the gods of the sky, earth, sea, and the underworld, its power was not to be underestimated. The most representative among them were Thanatos, the god of death, and Hypnos, the god of sleep, the twins of the underworld. And you—Thanatos—are usually regarded as the representative of death. It is said that Thanatos appears when people are dying; he first cuts off a small piece of the deceased's hair and presents it to Hades, the god of the underworld, and then guides the soul of the deceased into the underworld."

"Foolish! Kneeling down and begging for death would have saved you from endless torment!"

Thanatos, the god of death, performed a five-dimensional maneuver in the air, with a purple pentagram flashing in the void. Although his nature was as arrogant and contemptuous as his brother Hypnos and Seiya had described, his divine fighting instincts still made him realize that as the opponent spoke more, the restraint he was being directed at him was increasing exponentially.

The pitch-black concept of death destroyed everything in its path; it intended to erase Seiya's soul directly. As the Grim Reaper, it naturally had the authority to erase souls.

But at the very moment of approach, it melts away like ice and snow in early spring when it meets the sun.

What kind of combat technique is this? A rare sense of unease arose in the Grim Reaper's heart—a massive longsword with a golden blade appeared in Seiya's hand. This was the Supreme Spirit Armor, forged to counter the myth of the Grim Reaper after countless deaths.

This warrior's sword, which can sever the divine status with words, is determined by the degree of knowledge about the enemy god. Originally, Thanatos, the god of death, who did not have any mythological changes in this world, could not accumulate many special attacks. However, Seiya, as a transmigrator, supplemented his knowledge with the life story of Thanatos after his birth.

Essentially, everything Thanatos, the god of death, has done since his birth is mythology.

"In the Holy War at the beginning of the 20th century, you unusually joined forces with your brother Hypnos, the god of sleep, which was the reason for the victory and helped you win that Holy War, assisting Hades, the god of the underworld, to rule the earth. Then, in the last Holy War, your arrogance overwhelmed your nature, and your dereliction of duty led to Hades being attacked by the god-killing power of Pegasus, severely damaging his true form."

"Stop talking! My past is none of your business, you lowly human being!"

In fact, if Thanatos were willing to open the portal to the gods, through this super-dimensional connection that links countless dimensional distortions, he could still escape Seiya's warrior realm and the solar furnace and return to Elysium.

But what he did was to fully unleash the remaining power in his soul.

The most powerful, strongest, and most potent technique belonging to Thanatos, the God of Death—Terror of Fate—is unleashed here!

He intended to use all his power to completely destroy the Pegasus in front of him, as well as this sea of ​​consciousness, and even discard this physical body, to utterly destroy everything about Him!

The purple death energy wave destroyed everything in sight in a way that could annihilate all things.

"Pegasus, I...uh!"

Thanatos, the god of death, looked down at his chest. A golden sword covered in runes pierced through his chest, and the golden sword that had cleaved through his godhood rapidly spread inward from the wound. Sharp blades pierced through his soul from the inside in an infinitely splitting manner. The warrior's sword, forged by his own mythology and specifically designed to target him, quickly sealed away the power and authority he possessed.

"Your name...!" Thanatos, the god of death, desperately tried to turn around, reaching out to grab the Pegasus that had pierced his chest from behind.

"Looks like you're not so stupid after all. You've finally figured out the effect of the Gale Incarnation." Seiya smiled and twisted his sword, gritting his teeth as he slowly and firmly tore apart Thanatos's soul.

"You shouldn't have chosen to possess me, and you shouldn't have continued to attack when you still had a chance to escape. Of course, the last thing you should have done was stand against me."

In response to Seiya's triumphant sneer, Thanatos, the God of Death, did only one thing—

—He sneered and raised his middle finger.

Seiya smiled. "It doesn't matter. Then I won't stand on ceremony and use your power as armor to protect the earth."

At this moment, in the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss, in the Temple of the God of Sleep.

Hypnos, the god of sleep, who was leisurely teasing the kingfisher in the cage, suddenly stopped and stared in disbelief at the temple of the god of death not far away.

"How could this be...?!"

He watched as the Temple of Death in the distance rapidly decayed, and the statue supporting it in the center revealed cracks before finally turning into a pile of rubble and crashing to the ground.

He teleported to the deepest part of the Temple of Death, wiped out the God of Death's guards with a wave of his hand, and looked at the silver-haired youth sitting on the throne, one hand resting on his chin. He slowly approached and then gently touched His forehead.

There was no reaction, no response, and even the fluctuations of the soul were no longer present.

Almost immediately, Aaron, Pandora, and even Kel, the goddess of fate who had been wandering in the deepest part of Elysium, appeared behind Hypnos, the god of sleep.

“What’s wrong with that arrogant fool Thanatos?” Kerr asked.

Hypnos, the god of sleep, didn't know how to answer, or even how to describe his brother's current state.

After what seemed like an eternity of silence, Hypnos, the god of sleep, spoke softly.

"He's asleep."

Chapter 129: Sasha, born evil, I will now—

In the world of Godslayer, Athena, who was releasing an owl into the night, suddenly appeared in her dark domain as if she had a premonition.

The unruly Pegasus, conceived in the cradle of the ancient night, yet to be born. This future god, whose plans were abruptly interrupted, suddenly felt a tremor, causing Athena's usually icy, sculpted face to reveal a look of astonishment that should not have appeared before.

He sensed that the frozen future was moving forward again.

There was no sound of the usurping disc turning, but the power belonging to Thanatos, the god of death, was still intercepted by Seiya.

However, because there was no god-killing ritual led by Pandora, Seiya could feel the violent power crashing against his sea of ​​consciousness in the form of a torrent, bringing intense pain. Yet, he still gritted his teeth and sealed off the inside and outside with the Corona Furnace.

Under the influence of the Cycle of Life and Death, Seiya gradually sensed the divine essence of the Grim Reaper flowing in a certain direction.

"It is... the disobedient Pegasus...!"

Seiya originally intended to improve himself through the Pact of Life and Death, the only power related to the concept of death, but he did not expect that the first one to accept it would be the Pegasus power that Athena had shaped into the future God King.

It belongs to an unfinished product; its era is not in the present, but in the future envisioned by Athena. However, this death god divinity from the Saint Seiya world completes a crucial step, and in just an instant, Seiya senses that the future has taken an alternate turn.

That is, by abandoning his current identity as a Saint Seiya and residing in the divine foundation reshaped by the divinity of the Grim Reaper, he can transform into the Divine Heavenly Horse at this moment.

His powers will be fully retained, and his original cosmos will transform into the Big Will, the will of the gods, after a period of time, resulting in a rapid increase in his strength. The only thing he will lose is his infinite potential as Seiya, his super battle continuation, and the power of hope he possesses as a god-slayer.

After a moment of silence, Seiya made his decision.

I don't like making multiple-choice questions.

"Athena, help me!" The power of the strong wind carried the voice beyond the world.

Since he is already a Pegasus that spans multiple worlds, it is natural to absorb the outstanding advantages of each world and combine them together. And since the divine foundation of this divine Pegasus is the power of the Pegasus, it is naturally able to develop the desired effect.

On Earth, he's Saint Seiya; in Heaven, he's Tenma. However, he can't achieve that yet, but being able to request outside assistance is also part of his ability.

After transmitting the request through the power of the strong wind, Seiya's mental strength was no longer sufficient to be distracted. Now, the shattered sea of ​​consciousness belonging to Thanatos had been lost, and the last part of the power belonging to Thanatos was finally flowing into his body under his guidance, flowing into Mekal's Cycle of Life and Death.

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Pandora, who had just returned to her palace from Elysium, looked dazed. Even any Specter could tell that the commander was not in a good state.

The evil gods assumed it was due to the encounter with the Grim Reaper, but after Pandora returned to her palace, her scattered thoughts gradually solidified. She looked at Pegasus, who was still unconscious and had been brought to the bed by her telekinesis, with complicated emotions, although she could not fully connect the fragmented images.

Based on the available information and images, she has tentatively determined that the Pegasus in front of her is from the future and is Pandora's child.

"So this is...my future child?"

Pandora found herself at the bedside, resting her chin on her hand as she gazed at the sleeping face of the boy before her. The face she had initially loathed now seemed surprisingly pleasing to the eye.

"Indeed, just looking at his eyebrows and eyes, he looks a lot like me—those eyes, that high nose bridge… that proud and unyielding personality, and that divine quality… I see, that's why he was able to achieve this…"

Pandora's furrowed brows gradually relaxed as she recalled Hades during the last Holy War. She felt that Pegasus and Aaron should have been brothers working hand in hand, supporting each other and letting darkness become the dominant color of the world. But why did it turn out this way?

Pegasus is definitely not wrong, and the human form of Pluto in this generation is even more certain.

"The problem lies with that shameless, pretentious old woman—Athena! She is the source of all evil!" Pandora's eyes flashed with a sharp light.

Pandora, with her extraordinary wisdom, understood everything. Now that she had found the root of the problem, there were no more doubts. Her heart was once again filled with a soaring fighting spirit; she would no longer allow the evil Athena to live in this world!

She gripped the trident tightly again, strode out of the palace, and arrived in Hades City.

As the commander of the Specters exercised her privileges, streaks of purple light came to her in response to her call.

This time, she will use the entire underworld to completely kill Sasha, the reincarnation of Athena. She will even seal her soul away forever, preventing her from ever wreaking havoc on earth again!

Almost simultaneously, in the Holy Land on Earth, the bell tower standing in the Papal Palace once again emitted twelve melodious chimes.

This is also a summons of the Saints. With the successful return of the Wood Pearl created by Asmita to the Sanctuary by the Yaman team, the balance of power has been reversed.

It was during this brief moment of separation that Seiya slowly opened his eyes in his bedchamber.

He only felt a splitting headache; the damage from his battles with the Specters and the gods was nothing compared to the power he suffered when he forcibly absorbed the disintegrating soul of the Grim Reaper. But if Seiya were given the chance again, he would still choose to devour him whole.

The victory feedback and new abundant power belonging to the God of War are waiting for him to open on the system panel, but Seiya's attention is not on that right now.

...Drip, drip—tick-tock, drip...

Even as he was still in a daze, the ticking sound of a clock had already left a deep, lingering vibration in his ears.

Listening intently, my intuition told me... the battle should be over by now. But somewhere nearby, I could hear a vibrating clock ticking. But... after dozing off again, the clock-like ticking gradually faded and disappeared, and the surroundings returned to deathly silence.

Seiya cautiously looked around, observing his surroundings.

A purple pentagram pattern was reflected on the white ceiling, and fifty-four images were cut out from the side of a red and yellow glowing glass sphere, each depicting something happening in a different part of the underworld at that moment.

……strangeness.

Seiya considered the worst-case scenario of falling into Aaron's hands, so before his consciousness sank, he used his power of strong winds to forcibly jump to a place where he could feel at ease and hear his name being called.

Although his current situation seemed quite safe, no matter how you looked at it, this was still the underworld. Even the air still held a familiar, unsettling scent, indicating that the room's occupant had just left not long ago.

Seiya remembered the clock chimes he had just heard. Could this be Yoma's room?

Chapter 130: Return to the Holy Land, Pegasus the Godslayer

……really weird.

Seiya lowered his head slightly, checking his current condition. His body was completely unharmed, and he could even feel that he had been carefully cared for during this time. However, as he touched his neck, a purple restraint quietly appeared.

They take such good care of me, yet they also try to control me; Seiya can't figure out who it is. But compared to the physical constraints, the real problem is that his sea of ​​consciousness is riddled with holes. It's almost broken, or rather, it's incredible that he can still maintain his sanity.

Even for myself, it would probably take... six or seven days to fully recover?

His own exceptionally strong soul resilience, combined with the restorative effects of the Cycle of Life and Death, means that many fatal wounds are nothing to him. In fact, with the Cycle of Life and Death in its current state, even death is not an insurmountable obstacle.

A portion of the power belonging to the Grim Reaper had been permanently taken under his control through the Cycle of Life and Death. As Seiya lightly touched the purple ring binding his neck with his fingertips, a small pentagram of death instantly destroyed the thing that bound him.

The moment the confinement shattered, a familiar figure appeared in the palace. "Pegasus, wait! I am not your enemy! In fact, Athena is the culprit who caused us to turn against each other!"

"It's Pandora?" Seiya was somewhat surprised, but the current situation wasn't suitable for fighting her. Seeing Pandora's anxious expression, Seiya smiled calmly and then crossed over to another world.

Looking at the empty palace, Pandora's rage reached its peak!

"Athena! It wasn't enough that your vassal god stole Hades! You shameless, despicable goddess, you even tried to steal my Pegasus! Unforgivable! Unforgivable! You've gone too far!" At this moment, both old and new grudges surged into her heart. Pandora remembered how Partita, whom she considered her best friend, had stolen Hades' soul, and now her Pegasus was once again bewitched by Sasha, the reincarnation of Athena.

This hatred, this humiliation, can only be washed away with the blood of Athena!

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The Holy Place, the Pope's Hall.

As the de facto head of the Sanctuary, Pope Sage sits behind this seat almost every day, waiting for the Saints to appear. He dictates dozens of letters and signs hundreds of documents daily, managing the lives of millions of people worldwide radiating from the Sanctuary without ever leaving his residence.

He thought his duty would end this time, and that his brother would take over his responsibilities and the unfinished mission.

However, the one thing Sage never expected was that he wouldn't be the one to die.

He had survived, but he felt an unprecedented exhaustion creeping over his entire body like vines. But he had to muster his strength, because there were still many things he needed to deal with.

"Is this the vessel that Asmita forged by burning his entire universe?" Sasha carefully took the bracelet made of 108 beads in front of her.

“Yes, Asmita asked me to give this to you.” Pope Sage knelt on one knee.

“Although we successfully obtained the weapon to end the Specters, we also lost Asmita and Manigoldo.” Sasha’s face was filled with lingering sadness. “Is this really okay?”

“Compared to the damage that might be caused by being constantly corrupted by the Specters, this is already the least sacrifice.” Pope Sage looked directly into the goddess’s eyes. “Moreover, Thanatos, the god of death, will no longer be able to appear in this Holy War.”

"What about that horse?" Sasha couldn't help but ask the question that had been buried in her heart for so long.

Pope Sage remained silent, for he too could not answer the goddess's question. "At least in the end, Thanatos's soul attempted to possess Pegasus, but all I saw was a blue wind carrying Pegasus away."

“The azure wind, is this what it looks like?” Sasha pointed to Pope Sage’s side.

Pope Sage instinctively stepped in front of Sasha, but what emerged from the azure wind was a familiar figure.

Sasha suddenly stood up from her seat, and everyone, including Pope Sage, stared in disbelief at the Saint Seiya before them.