"Seiya?"
Standing before him was a man clad in a dazzling, ornate Cloth, his Small Cosmos blazing at its peak—radiating the ultimate Eighth Sense!
It was none other than Seiya!
And not just him—
Hyoga!Shiryu!
In the blink of an eye—
Ikki, the Phoenix who once entangled himself with Pandora, appeared as well. All of them stood together before him at this moment!
What is going on here?!
The instant Aaron set foot upon the highest tier of the altar, he noticed a mass of formless red energy swirling inside Boer's seal.
To anyone else, it would appear as nothing more than a shifting crimson nebula.
Yet the moment he shattered Boer's seal, Pegasus Seiya appeared before him—together with his goddess, Athena!
"Diamond Dust!"
Hyoga unleashed the deadly technique of the Cygnus Cloth, his Small Cosmos surging with ice that could freeze even gods in their tracks!
"Lushan Shoryuha!!"
With Shiryu's roar, the indomitable Dragon's Cosmos soared to its peak—the ultimate might of the Eighth Sense!
With the divine blood-infused Cloths amplifying their strength, the Small Cosmos of these five Saints surged like a tidal wave, pressing down on Aaron with overwhelming force!
"Hades!"
"Go to hell!!"
In an instant, countless attacks came at him from every direction. At this moment, Aaron had no time to evade!
The Saints' powerful Small Cosmos engulfed him—but at the same time, an unfamiliar force seemed to tug at his body, leaving him uncertain of what was truly happening!
BOOM!!
BOOM!!
BOOM!!
Explosions tore through the space around him, each one carrying the full might of their blows!
In his current mortal vessel, Aaron could—if truly pressed—defeat these five Saints.
But—
With Athena's blessing, their Small Cosmos was being endlessly amplified!
That warm, righteous Cosmos was something he both loathed and… grudgingly admired.
A thousand years since arriving in this world—
And yet, he could still feel the presence of that detested, unforgettable Cosmos!
"Your attacks will have no effect on a god!"
Saints striking a god—such a thing violated the law set by the gods for mortals!
And yet, under Athena's guidance, these damned mortals were actually causing damage to his true form!
In an instant, Aaron's own Small Cosmos erupted—
The God's Cosmos crushed the space around them!
With a mere flick of his fingers, the five before him were sent flying like leaves in the wind!
"You are not them… and you—Athena—you're not the real Athena."
The words had barely left his mouth before a suffocating pressure burst forth from the goddess before him—
The Goddess' Cosmos!The God of the Underworld's Cosmos!
At this moment—across time and space—these two divine auras clashed once again!
BOOM!!
Their Small Cosmos collided, the detonation powerful enough to destroy an entire galaxy!
Such was the power of a God at the Father Level—
And if a god acted alone—obliterating a world would be mere child's play.
But here, in this world, such devastation belonged to the gods of a single universe.
Under this tremendous force, every rune seal in the space shattered to dust!
Energy surged wildly, and from the corner of his eye Aaron saw it—
The crimson energy attempting to flee!
Even while clashing with Athena, he waved his hand and caught it in an instant.
"Heh… petty tricks."
Since this was not the real Athena but merely the creation of that little pest—
Then—
He would simply erase her completely!
BOOM!!
The Sword of Hades pierced the space!
Athena's figure, clad in her Sacred Cloth, raised the Goddess Scepter that radiated a dazzling holy light!
"Scepter of the Goddess of Victory!"
Her divine Small Cosmos exploded outward—
At that moment—
The faceless Athena launched her most devastating technique at the God of the Underworld!
Aaron's eyes narrowed.
He had to admit—this red energy's power was formidable. The degree to which it could mimic the goddess' Small Cosmos far surpassed what he'd expected.
But a fake was still a fake.
The true Scepter of the Goddess of Victory was Athena's weapon—
An artifact belonging to another age, wielded by the goddess who ruled over all victories.
In the distant mythic era, Athena had been born from Zeus' head, holding the goddess of victory in her right hand—her very image embodying triumph!
The real Athena could inspire her Saints to overcome any foe, to achieve victory no matter the odds.
But this thing before him?
A counterfeit!
"Just a fake… and you think you can start another Holy War with me?"
Aaron's roar shook the space—
Pluto's Small Cosmos erupted, the divine will crushing everything in its path!
The false Athena's Cosmos shattered instantly—revealing her true form at last—
A vast, swirling crimson nebula.
When he destroyed Boer's statue, it had absorbed fragments of his Cosmos, replaying his memories in their entirety.
And if there was one memory Aaron would never forget—
It wasn't killing his mother as a child, nor his father trying to strangle him as a devil before he turned ten.
It was the moment, after crossing into this world, when the Saints had dared to wound the eternal body he had preserved for eons!
"Just you… and you still think you can fight me again?"
The crimson nebula—this was the power he had sensed earlier—trying to break through the seals and invade the underworld he had forged.
Aaron slowly withdrew his aura and stepped toward it.
Though far stronger than Boer's seal, this nebula had no will of its own.
Even replaying his memories, it could not truly harm him.
"Your strength… is far greater than you show…"
This was the most mysterious of the six Infinity Gems—
The Reality Gem.
Aaron extended his hand.
In that moment, the particles of the nebula tried to seep into his body, to merge with his blood, to become one with him.
"It would be better for you to obediently return to my hand…"
At his words, the crimson nebula circled him twice—reluctantly—
Then returned to his palm, transforming into a brilliant, blood-red gem.
(End of Chapter)
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