~ Projection of All Worlds ~
"Hehe, typical underestimation, just wasted himself away. Looking at Minos's incompetent and furious expression, I suddenly feel like laughing."
"Minos only prepared to unleash his true power when death was imminent, but he ended up destroying nothing."
People from other worlds also showed great respect for this man whose bones were all broken. He had truly exhausted all his strength, dying together with one of the strongest Specters…
He drained all his blood just to seize the opportunity for a fatal blow! Even if he ultimately faced death, due to the poisonous blood, he died alone, drifting away like a petal.
"No one waited, no tears fell. In the end, only the roses that accompanied him throughout his life bid him farewell and held his funeral."
He truly exemplified elegance and cold arrogance until his life burned out. Minos's defeat lay in his underestimation of Albafica's conviction and self-respect.
~ Saint Seiya Shioriverse, The Lost Canvas timeline ~
At this moment, Minos's face in Hades Castle was so gloomy it was almost dripping. He never expected to be defeated by a Gold Saint.
Pandora's face also looked grim.
"Minos, you were too careless. With your strength, it shouldn't have been like this."
Strategy is also a part of strength. Pisces defeating Minos and 13 others was a solid victory, but… the main reason was Minos's underestimation.
On the other side, in the Sanctuary, Tenma finally emerged from the reality of Alone, killing everyone in the town and killing him.
Watching Albafica's heroic sacrifice, he realized that this was not a game, but an incredibly cruel Holy War!
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~ Delicious in Dungeon World ~
"Crystal Wall, capable of reflecting any technique…"
Marcille first murmured in repetition, then became a little frantic.
"Why didn't you use this move earlier?! If you had used it earlier, Albafica might have been able to save his life."
It's called 'Crystal Wall', and this move is actually used against enemies. It's called a wall, so I thought it was for self-defense.
Laios, whose thought process was different from ordinary people, merely stroked his chin, seriously recalling the scene of Minos's death.
"Rather than being poisoned to death, Minos seemed more like he was enraged to death…"
He couldn't even destroy the entire village when he was dying. He possessed immense power but couldn't unleash it, which was truly frustrating.
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~ Saint Seiya Toeiverse, Anime timeline ~
"White roses stained with blood…"
Aphrodite felt a little regretful that he didn't have poisonous blood; he couldn't use this move.
"He's truly a person with thorns, beautiful, and arrogant, just like a rose."
He exhausted all his blood, using Crimson Thorn as a feint against Minos, and then, taking advantage of Minos's carelessness, he plunged a white rose filled with his poisonous blood into Minos's heart, successfully killing one of the Three Judges of the Underworld.
"So… so powerful!"
Seiya and the other Bronze Saints were also deeply shaken.
They recalled Minos fighting against him, Shun, Hyoga, and Shiryu alone, easily defeating them with the Cosmic Marionettion, showing his immense power…
Compared to that, they were the ones who suffered.
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[ As the bell of the Sanctuary rang, under the gaze of the villagers, Shion carried Albafica towards the Twelve Temples.
Agasha also trotted along. Albafica's death made her feel unbearable.
"Shion-sama, if the Holy War continues like this, will more Saints continue to die?"
Shion silently looked at Agasha, his eyes much more weathered, then slowly spoke,
"We… don't fight to die."
"It's just that we have something we must accomplish at the cost of our lives, to protect love and justice on Earth. Never to die."
"Even if death or something else accidentally awaits us ahead, we will continue to fight until the moment our lives burn out."
At this moment, the scene shifted to Hades Castle in Italy.
Looking at the vanished stars in the sky, he realized the death of Pisces.
"Minos, and the Cosmos of his subordinates, have also disappeared."
"But, I still don't want to do this. My Specters have already broken free from the shackles of life."
Alone sighed, pulling back the curtain behind him. Shadows of Specters were carved on the walls on both sides.
"Now, awaken again! My Specters."
Then, a purple light glowed in Alone's hand, shimmering with tiny stars like a universe, and he gently blew.
"Return from the shackles of death, from eternal tranquility, my Specters!"
"From the beginning, the Sanctuary had no chance of winning, Athena!"
The shadows on the wall suddenly began to materialize. All the Specters who had died were resurrected.
On the other side, Shion also learned the fact that Specters were immortal, and immediately clenched his fists in anger,
"Then what was Albafica's death for? What about our comrades who have died so far!"
The Pope looked at the enraged Shion and said in a deep voice,
"Calm down, Shion! Lady Athena has already taken action. A powerful barrier has now been erected around the Sanctuary!"
A giant barrier emitting a faint light enveloped the entire Sanctuary. Here, Specters cannot resurrect.
Yato also brought good news from Elder Hakurei, "As long as we hold out for one more day, when Pegasus is resurrected…" ]
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~ Projection of All Worlds ~
"They are relying on burning themselves, using their lives to buy the possibility of human survival."
"Damn, it turns out this battle was unequal from the start. How are we supposed to fight this?"
Everyone stared blankly at the resurrected Specters.
Now, not even a one-for-one exchange was possible. Or perhaps, this was the power of Hades, being able to infinitely resurrect the dead to fight for him again.
Given this, how did Athena's side ever win the previous Holy Wars against Hades's immortal army?!
Fortunately, Minos couldn't be resurrected within Athena's barrier; otherwise, Albafica's sacrifice would have been meaningless.
"Athena's side can also resurrect?! Wait… who is Pegasus?"
Everyone thought back and realized it was the young boy who got a bento box at the beginning of the video. But he was a Bronze Saint, so he shouldn't be the focus.
~ Record of Ragnarok World ~
"What?! Resurrection?!"
The usually calm older brother, Hades, almost had his eyes pop out. It turns out there's a difference even between gods.
Or rather, can I truly be considered a god? Compared to Hades in the video, perhaps I'm just a slightly stronger human.
Brunhilde and her sisters were even more bewildered. Facing such a terrifying Hades, do the Saints truly have a chance of winning?
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[ The scene changed, and Tenma and the others, who had died, were now lively and jumping, arriving at the Blood Waterfall between the Sixth and Seventh Prisons of the Underworld. At the top of the waterfall was their target.
"And the tree at the top is one of the trees that have grown by absorbing this blood since the age of myths, the Mokurenji of the Underworld! It can suppress the Specters' infinite resurrection."
As Tenma climbed, he noticed Yato and Yuzuriha behind him, maintaining their climbing posture, motionless, as if time had stopped.
"What?! This… it stopped?"
As Tenma looked around in confusion, an ethereal voice sounded in his ear.
"Ah! I thought another lost soul or Specter had wandered in."
"BOOM—!!"
A blond man in a Gold Cloth, with his legs crossed in a meditative posture like a Buddha, flew out of the Blood Waterfall with his eyes closed.
"I am Virgo Asmita, Pegasus Saint! Have you come to fight Hades again in this era?!"
He didn't open his mouth, yet his voice was transmitted with incredible clarity. ]
[ .....]
~ Projection of All Worlds ~
"Mokurenji fruit of the Underworld?! Such an important thing, and they don't send anyone to guard it, or has the guard already been taken out by this Virgo?!"
"Wait, so you're the one who made Yato and the others stop as if time stood still?!"
Great, another handsome guy. Is the qualification for selecting Saints based on looks?! From what's appeared so far, only Dohko seems to have average looks.
But no one expected that the means to counter the Specters would be found in the Underworld itself. Is this the legendary saying that within five steps of a highly poisonous substance, there must be an antidote?
"Also, big brother! Why are you, an Athena Gold Saint, in the Underworld?!"
We're in a war, don't mess around… Or is it that both your headquarters are like sieves, where anyone can come and go as they please, like visiting relatives?
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