Grandpa, look, quick! It's the purple meteor shower!" Hu Zhong excitedly exclaimed, pointing at the streaks of purple light streaking across the sky above a tranquil village in Britain.
"Don't look! Get home now!" the grandpa's voice was filled with an unprecedented alarm, his rough, calloused hands tightly covering his grandson's eyes. To the people on the ground, this ominous purple meteor shower was definitely no good omen.
Every time they tore through the night sky and descended upon the human world, it heralded the imminent start of a world-shattering catastrophe.
Meanwhile, the Specters, rushing across the sky at astonishing speed, their target directly Athena's Sanctuary, suddenly sensed something amiss as they crossed an invisible critical distance threshold.
A chaotic and violent aura, originating from their main base — Hades' City — swept over them like an invisible tsunami.
"His Majesty Hades? Lady Pandora? And... Pegasus?!" Kagaho of the Sky Violent Star's pupils suddenly constricted, his mind violently shaken.
"Someone is desecrating His Majesty Hades' authority! Who dares to be so audacious!" Minos of the Sky Noble Star also detected the unusual fluctuations emanating from His Majesty Hades' Cosmo, which were anything but normal tranquility.
"Turn around and return immediately!" Minos decisively gave the order, his voice cold and urgent.
The purple meteor trails abruptly twisted direction in the sky, like a tide of death flowing backward. The people on the ground, witnessing this eerie celestial phenomenon, were even more bewildered and at a loss.
"Grandpa, the meteor shower flew back again," the child tugged at his grandpa's trousers in confusion. "So... does the disaster you spoke of still count?" The old man gazed at the purple light rolling back, his lips trembled, but he could not give an answer.
This old man could no longer foresee their future.
In what was once the hometown of Alone, Tenma, and Sasha, now the City of the Underworld.
Deep within Hades' City, the once warm hometown had now become the core of the Underworld. Two distinct yet equally blinding orbs of light collided fiercely, illuminating the ruins as if it were daylight.
— Pegasus Light-Speed Spin!
The guiltless shall not return!
Platinum and deep purple lightning collided violently once more, energy torrents scattering in all directions, tearing even deeper fissures into the already ravaged ground. Unlike the suppressed yet profound pain on Alone's face, Pandora's face was completely distorted by extreme rage.
"You deserve to die! You deserve to die! You deserve to die, Pegasus!" Her sharp shriek almost tore through the air, Pandora's hands and arms trembled violently. This stemmed not only from the impact of power, but also from the extreme remorse for her dereliction of duty and a deep-seated hatred for Seiya.
"It's my disgrace that caused my beloved younger brother such suffering! Absolutely! Absolutely! Absolutely, I will wash away this disgrace with your blood and soul!" Her eyes burned with the flames of vengeance, almost devouring Seiya.
Facing this hysterical shriek, Seiya, surrounded by a blue gale, carelessly picked his ear with his pinky finger, a hint of exasperation even gracing the corner of his mouth. "I've heard enough. Do all you people from the Underworld love to repeat yourselves three times? And," he lifted his gaze, sharply looking directly at Pandora, "do you really think you can defeat me on your own?"
Actually, Seiya had been listening to them calling his name for so long, he was almost falling asleep. Truth be told, this wasn't Pandora's fault; it was an inevitable situation.
However, Pandora, consumed by self-blame and her brother-complex obsession, completely disregarded Seiya's words. She clenched her palm suddenly, and her violent purple Cosmo instantly coalesced into a gigantic lightning trident, transforming into a destructive purple lightning storm surge, which overwhelmed Seiya like an unstoppable deluge, aiming to utterly submerge him!
Seiya, however, merely curled his lip. The moment the lightning storm approached, he subtly shifted his body, and a brilliant beam of light, concentrated with atomic power — Atomic Six-Light Speed Fist — unexpectedly shot towards Alone, who was trying his best to recover from his injuries in the distance!
"You shameless wretch!" Pandora gritted her teeth, and the purple lightning filling the sky instantly surged, trying to intercept Seiya's attack. Evidently, her lightning could not intercept Seiya's light. But fortunately, the fully focused Alone did not lose his composure like her. Alone, who had long since raised his guard against Seiya, disregarding his injuries, once again propelled his Hades' Cosmo, and neutralized the light of Pegasus.
His gaze fixated, an invisible pressure enveloped Seiya's entire body. At that moment, the sound of chains clanking seemed to echo in the void.
As if sensing something, Seiya turned sideways, evading this near-fatal attack. As the void suddenly opened up, black and purple boundary lines rapidly encroached upon the present world. Unlike Pandora, the true Gods now appeared before Seiya.
The Sleep God, Hypnos.
The God of Death, Thanatos.
Two powerful figures, one black and one white, covered Seiya with the oppressive aura of gods, almost crushing Seiya's bones, and even his Cosmo let out a protesting groan under the immense pressure.
But in response, Seiya merely showed a faint smile.
"Still able to smile, Pegasus of the Wolf God," the Sleep God Hypnos's golden eyes coldly gazed at the warrior before him. "You no longer have the possibility of reincarnation. This time, your soul will be utterly extinguished by me."
"Pay the price for your arrogance and foolishness, Pegasus." Pandora gritted her teeth.
This was a luxurious 'feast' that no Saint of past generations could hope to possess. Four god-level deities surrounded him, and no matter how he resisted, the outcome of death was inevitable.
But Seiya's smile remained unchanged. He pointed a finger at Pandora, or more accurately, at Alone behind Pandora.
"Are you ready? The Holy War has truly begun!"
The Sleep God Hypnos frowned. "Foolish! Exile to Another Dimension! Encounter Another Field!"
The terrifying technique that covered the entire city also enveloped the Saint's entire body, but within the purplish-red light, Seiya's figure vanished like a fading ink wash painting.
"Goodbye." In a semi-transparent state, he silently bade farewell to the Gods.
A few moments later, the Specters returned. Seeing the warriors serving under Hades' throne before them, Pandora was consumed by rage.
And in the eyes of the people gazing up at the sky from the ground, this phenomenon was enough to become a widely retold legend: the ominous purple meteor shower repeatedly traversed the celestial dome, from east to west, cycling back and forth, drawing unnerving lines.
Seiya's figure appeared beside Yato, who was constantly chanting his name. Seeing the boy who was almost dozing off, Seiya smiled and stroked his head. He could also sense the approaching Specters.
"Lord Pegasus," Yato asked, "is the Holy War about to begin?"
"Yes, this time, it's truly an all-out war." Seiya looked up at the sky.
At least for now, Alone's inherent Hades' divine power, as well as the protective forces around him, were still too powerful. Seiya's strategy was clear: either continuously inflict injuries to drain their strength, or force the opponent to never be able to fight at full strength, gaining time and space for Athena and Sanctuary.
But Seiya, having several experiences with low health, also knew that enemies at low health could be even more terrifying than those at full health.
So for now, let's start by removing the God King's protective forces.
Although Seiya usually preferred battle techniques and Authorities with high numerical power, when he couldn't overwhelm numerically or in critical moments, some mechanism-based Authorities were quite useful.
"I want to go to the front lines, as the Unicorn Saint, to defend justice and peace on Earth!" Yato knelt on the ground, finally vocalizing the thought that had been swirling in his mind all this time.
"Then go." Seiya said.
Although not a member of the Twelve Zodiac Houses, but as the hero who repelled Hades, and because of his past history, Seiya's status within Sanctuary was no weaker than that of a Gold Saint.
He could also hear, from far and near, the Saints constantly mentioning his name.
And the Gods whispering his name from even deeper within the darkness.
Even figures from the boundary zones beyond time and space.
"This time, whether it's Specters or Saints, whether it's Athena or Hades, this Holy War will absolutely not end in tragedy again.
If I achieve victory through a tragic ending, just like before I came, and after I came, I still achieve victory through a tragic ending, then wouldn't my coming here have been for naught?
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