Putting aside the Frustration of the Nordic people, Shin descended from the sky, instantly defeating numerous God Warriors of Northern Europe, then cut Hilda's wrist to make her repent, all of which took only a few minutes.
In Northern Europe, the most time-consuming part was Hilda's prayer, which took about 20 minutes. However, this conveniently freed up time for Shin to absorb the Cosmo experience from the god cloth.
All things considered, it took less than half an hour for Shin to return to the Sanctuary.
At this time, Saori Kido and the others had just found the secret passage in the Sanctuary's water prison and were discussing who would go to Poseidon's temple!
As soon as Shin returned to the Sanctuary, Saori Kido's face showed a look of pleasant surprise. Just now, Saori Kido had used Athena's Cosmo to sense that the glaciers in Northern Europe had returned to normal. With the Cosmos of the Nordic gods starting to operate again, she naturally knew that Shin had resolved the issue of Asgard.
Even though Saori Kido always had faith in Shin, she never expected him to be so strong. The entire Asgard was subdued, and it didn't even take half an hour.
When Shin descended from the sky, he saw Saori Kido discussing something with a group of Gold Saint.
Although Poseidon had broken his seal, the threat of Hades could not be ignored. In this situation, if all the Saints left the Sanctuary, there would be a danger of the main base being empty.
Of course, in Shin's opinion, if people are preserved, both people and land are preserved; if land is preserved but people are lost, both people and land are lost. Since they are afraid of being defeated one by one, they should just take all the Gold Saint, Bronze Saints, and Silver Saints and go for a one-wave attack.
Everyone goes to Poseidon's Atlantis together. If the Specters like the Sanctuary, just give it to them. When they return from the Atlantis, they can just wipe out the Specters in one go.
However, Shin actually didn't care about this battle at all. With him there, Athena's faction was sure to win. What he truly cared about were the Scale Cloths of the Mariners.
If a bunch of Gold Saint were to completely smash through the entire Atlantis, where would Shin get the chance to obtain those Scale Cloths?
Therefore, the final result of the discussion was that Saori Kido, along with the four Bronze Saints, would go to the Atlantis with Shin to negotiate.
That's right, just negotiate, because Poseidon hasn't launched his plan to submerge the land yet. Currently, the entire ocean is calm, and the world hasn't started heavy rain... "This is the secret passage to the Atlantis, right?"
In the Sanctuary's water prison, Shin saw a large hole behind it.
This hole was originally supposed to seal Poseidon's Trident. Later, Gemini Gold Saints Shadow Saint, Saga's younger brother Kanon, who was imprisoned in the water prison, discovered it. Kanon then pulled out the Trident and came to the Atlantis through the secret passage, breaking the seal of Poseidon.
Speaking of which, this series of actions is quite baffling. Who knows what was wrong with the Sanctuary people or Athena back then? Placing Poseidon's Trident behind the water prison? Wasn't this deliberately allowing someone to escape and rescue the Poseidon?
Given that Saori Kido, who was beside him, was the reincarnation of Athena, Shin refrained from complaining about the actions of this goddess of wisdom, which bordered on idiocy.
And this original sealing place of the Sea Trident was also the secret passage to the Atlantis—who knows if it was dug by the Sanctuary or by the people of the Atlantis? Most likely, both sides were thinking of attacking the other's lair.
Saori Kido, along with the four Bronze Saints, also walked in. At this moment, everyone was fully armed. Shin thought there was nothing missing. Libra's weapons? Once Poseidon was defeated, all problems would be solved. Why bother with those pillars?
Besides, the shield and staff of victory in Athena's hand were much more powerful than Libra's weapons. Coupled with Shin, a transcendent powerhouse, breaking a few pillars would be effortless.
With a thunderous roar, Saori Kido, for the first time, ignited her goddess Cosmo with all her might. A single strike of the staff of victory opened a huge passage in the deep sea below. Shin jumped down first without a word, followed closely by Saori Kido and the four Bronze Saints.
Atlantis.
Currently, Poseidon, or rather, Julian Solo, had not fully merged. Julian Solo even still held the primary personality.
Otherwise, in the original manga, he wouldn't have continued to propose to Saori Kido, the reincarnation of Athena—even if Poseidon was an old lecher and Greek mythology was always chaotic, it was widely known that Poseidon had been beaten black and blue by Athena, the goddess of war and wisdom.
This Poseidon, along with a certain God of War, was repeatedly used as a stepping stone by Athena, establishing the good name of the Goddess of Wisdom and War. There's no way their relationship could have been that good. Clearly, that was Julian Solo's own initiative.
In fact, in the original work, Poseidon should not have fully awakened until the very end. Referring to the example of Hades, if Poseidon at his peak had attacked with his Trident, Kanon, even if he had awakened his god cloth on the spot, would have been doomed and utterly unable to withstand Poseidon's attack and survive.
There might even be some blame on Kanon's part—after all, Kanon had no intention of awakening Poseidon at all.
This also led to Poseidon now sitting on his throne, wearing his god cloth, with his Trident by his side, an expression of silent contemplation, but in reality, he was slowly merging.
Then he heard a thunderous roar from the sea, and stood up, slightly puzzled.
The seven Mariner Generals had all gone to guard their respective Ocean Pillars, and Thetis of Mermaid was captured by the Sanctuary. But Poseidon still had some miscellaneous soldiers under him.
Poseidon had originally intended to send his miscellaneous soldiers to check the situation, but instantly, a powerful Divine Cosmo surged forth, causing him to stumble and almost fall to the ground.
Poseidon's face showed a hint of anger. As a god, if he hadn't fully merged with this human body yet, how could he be suppressed by a Divine Cosmo of the same level?
Almost instantly, the Cosmo unique to Poseidon also began to erupt. Stimulated by Athena's Cosmo, Poseidon began to awaken at an unimaginable speed.
But Athena's Cosmo kept rising higher and higher, almost incredibly. Having lost the first move and not fully awakened, Poseidon was no match—even if he had fully awakened, Saori Kido, a human body who had reached human limits, would still be enough for Athena's Cosmo to gain the upper hand.
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