The Twin Gods' Domain of Dreams and Imagination. This technique can turn all illusions and fantasies into reality. Now, wielded by Hypnos, how could it not be a hundred times stronger than when used by the Death God, Thanatos?
The fully activated 'Otherworldly Exile' has completely sealed off this Sanctuary from the inside and out, transforming it into a demonic realm that does not exist in this world.
"Now, even if you call for Pegasus, he won't be able to come save you. Let this Holy War finally come to an end."
Hades Alone watched his sister of this era coldly.
"Sasha, just think of it as a dream. We will meet again in the Elysian Fields."
"—By decree: barrier, seal."
A voice, somewhat familiar to the Sleep God Hypnos, rang out from ahead.
As if time had turned back, pale yellow talismans once again floated before them. As lightning activated the power of these talismans, written in Athena's blood, the previously shattered barrier was reactivated by his hand. A diamond-like, azure barrier once again enveloped the Sanctuary from within.
"Hmm? What are you doing, human?" Sleep God Hypnos looked at the old man before him. It wasn't that he hadn't seen through the other's actions. It was just another layer of barrier, but what meaning did that have?
"This is what it means to be truly sealed off, inside and out."
The Pope's aide, chief of the Jamir clan, the Silver Saint of Altar, Hakurei, smiled at the god he had despised for over two hundred years.
"Since Sage defeated the God of Death, then as his unworthy elder brother, I suppose I'll have to make do as Lord Sleep God's opponent."
Sleep God Hypnos's expression instantly darkened. "Nonsense!"
Pandora did not possess the same arrogance as the Twin Gods, who looked down upon all creation. Or perhaps, the human part of her made her look around warily. She faintly sensed that this might be a trap.
But where was the trap? Did they truly intend to challenge the Sleep God with just this Silver Saint? Or was Pegasus already lying in ambush nearby? Pandora didn't want to think about it anymore. No matter how many schemes and tricks this innately evil Athena had hidden, as long as she was killed, all plots would be rendered moot.
But just as she brandished her trident and charged toward Athena, two figures blocked her path.
"—Excalibur, unsheathed!"
Capricorn El Cid chanted the four words that flipped his own combat switch, slowly walking toward Pandora. Scorpio Kardia said nothing, but his gaze was fixed on the witch before him with a sharp, dangerous, and savage grin.
Alone watched as his left and right-hand commanders were intercepted one by one. His expression showed neither joy nor anger as he stared at the goddess Sasha before him.
"Using the remnants of the previous generation's Saints to deal with the Sleep God, and Capricorn and Scorpio to stop Pandora... then who is left to prevent me from killing you?"
His face wore a smile, but his eyes cautiously scanned the surroundings, especially anywhere the air currents swirled.
He was confident that in his current state, no one could hide their presence from his Cosmo. Yet, he still heard footsteps. His curious gaze followed the sound.
The person walking toward him was none other than Sasha, whose life he intended to take. Her steps were heavy yet firm, the lingering attachment and pain for the past in her eyes now replaced by the will to fight.
"I need no one, because your opponent is me—the War Goddess, Athena! From the very beginning, it was never me they needed to protect, but the Earth we all protect together, where countless people live! That is why your failure is inevitable! Hades!"
A magnificent golden domain spread outward the moment her scepter touched the ground. In that instant, Sasha erupted with a terrifying Cosmo that rivaled Alone's.
"Do you think you can defeat me, Sasha?!"
Alone drew the Sword of Hades from the void.
"Don't be so arrogant, Alone! From the moment you set foot in the Sanctuary, your fate was sealed! Your Specters will be crushed by my Saints, and your ambition to stain the Earth black will be ended! Even if I die here, my Pegasus will strike you with a god-slaying fist!"
In the skies of the Seventh Prison, the fastest of the Specters, Kagaho of the Heavenly Violence Star, donned new wings, transforming into a Bennu bird soaring through the sky.
Seiya took a piece of Wrigley's Spearmint gum he had brought from the previous world from his pocket and put it in his mouth. He floated high in the sky, watching the Bennu bird that was now burning completely, from the inside out.
"Kagaho of the Heavenly Violence Star. I am the one who will inherit the wings of Aiacos, and I must also strike you down here!" Kagaho declared.
After the battle with Aiacos, the real fight was only just beginning. Seiya watched the purple meteors appearing on the horizon: Tokusa of Hanuman of the Heavenly Skill Star, Vyvorn of the Heavenly Spirit Star, Fyodor of the Heavenly Wound Star, Cheshire of the Earthly Beast Star, and the vast demon army of this boundless Underworld now appeared before him like a raging tide.
Setting aside Atavaka of the Earthly Star of Eminence, from the first prison to the current seventh, almost all one hundred and eight Specters have now made their appearance.
And the one facing the greatest numbers and the most intense pressure was, naturally, Pegasus, who Pandora had ordered to be held back at all costs.
"I will use all the power entrusted to me to do what I must!" Kagaho gazed at the figure in the sky.
But a fleeting smile flashed in Seiya's eyes... Then, his right arm, which had been burned nearly to charcoal, suddenly tensed. Charred fragments flaked off like snow, and from his fist erupted a terrifying fighting flame that far surpassed what he had shown before.
A new Cloth, the God Robe Verethragna, was now fully equipped.
"Pegasus Saint, my name is Seiya, the God-Slaying Pegasus from the Age of Myth! If you do not fear my fist, then come at me!"
Seiya declared majestically. He raised his fist high above his head, and the White Horse that carries the sun once again transformed into the Solar Corona Cloth, settling into his embrace.
"Since you Specters so sincerely wish for it, then I must respond. O undying sun, grant me your shining steed—!"
The correct incantation was the key to unlocking the sun. Without any preamble, the moment the name was spoken, Seiya's strongest large-scale combat technique—Pegasus Corona Fist—was unleashed in the most powerful form he could currently muster.
The corona, arriving on the battlefield at the speed of light, swept across all of Hell. If one were to pull the view back to a God's-eye perspective, one could even see time itself slow down. An orange solar disk expanded within Hell, and in the space of a single breath, the temperature of this hellscape rose to hundreds of thousands of degrees. The expanding border of the attack could be seen annihilating everything in its path. The weaker demons didn't even have the right to participate in the battle before they were reduced to ash amidst their wails.
With no restraints, and not even being on Earth, Seiya could completely unleash his full power in this Underworld.
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