Saint Seiya Evil Skull

Chapter 118: The Fierce Battle between the Sanctuary and Athena

After Albelis and Thanatos reached an agreement, they breathed a sigh of relief. Both sides, wary of falling out, reluctantly reached a three-point agreement, which temporarily secured Pandora's safety. At the very least, they should be safe until Hades, the god of the underworld, officially entered the underworld.

However, I wonder what the expression would be like if the god of death, Thanatos, knew that Hades, the god of the underworld, had been slapped in the flesh? Just thinking about it makes Alberich excited.

The conflict between the forces led by the Sanctuary Pope Saga and the faction headed by the goddess Athena has reached a fever pitch! Saga's Sanctuary Chief of Staff Gigas and Patton, like war machines issuing orders, continuously dispatched batch after batch of powerful Silver Saints to launch a fierce attack on Athena's side.

Meanwhile, the highly anticipated Five Little Warriors bravely threw themselves into the fierce battle with the Silver Saints, fighting bravely in thrilling battles and enduring countless life-or-death trials. Their strength soared like mushrooms after rain!

At first, these five brave and fearless young men were only fledgling Bronze Saints, but as time went on, they became more mature through the tempering in the smoke of war, and gradually became able to fight against those prestigious Silver Saints on equal terms.

However, behind this seemingly endless battle, there was a thought-provoking phenomenon. In the eyes of the wise and intelligent Alberich, the Sanctuary's performance seemed a bit too arrogant and conceited.

The Sanctuary blindly engaged in a protracted war of attrition with the five powerful forces headed by Athena. Not only did it fail to effectively defeat the enemy, but it unknowingly allowed the opponent to become increasingly powerful, while its own strength was gradually weakened in this long tug-of-war.

You have to remember, the Five Little Warriors are all protagonists with a bird's-eye view, and with Athena as their ace support who can heal, isn't it like hitting a rock with an egg on the wall? It's a classic case of giving yourself up. The end result is that the number of Silver Saints in the Sanctuary continues to decrease, while the Bronze Saints, led by Athena, remain virtually unchanged until the very end. Is that the way to fight?

Within the powerful Sanctuary, two highly regarded Chiefs of Staff—Gigas and Burton—came to prominence. However, rather than being wise and resourceful, they came across as two prodigal sons in the Sanctuary's history. These two men practically depleted the Sanctuary's vaunted Silver Saints.

Meanwhile, the once-powerful Saga was equally unwilling to be outdone. After a series of decisions and actions, he ultimately dispatched only two Gold Saints to carry out such a crucial mission. One of these was Aiolia, the Leo Gold Saint and the younger brother of the renowned Sagittarius Gold Saint Aiolos. It must be said that Aiolia, among the other Gold Saints, was a paragon of integrity.

Aiolia, on a mission, was ordered to Tokyo to launch an attack on the then-powerful Pegasus Seiya. However, unexpectedly, this upright warrior's inner spark of justice was ignited during his subsequent encounter with Athena, and he was nearly persuaded by the extraordinary wisdom of Athena to rebel. When Aiolia returned to the Sanctuary, filled with doubts, and attempted to seek an explanation from Saga, he was unfortunately attacked by Saga and fell into his control.

As for the other Gold Saint dispatched by Saga, it was Deathmask of Cancer. His character was hardly commendable, but his strength was undeniably decent. Although Deathmask's overall strength ranked relatively low among the twelve Gold Saints, facing a Silver or Bronze Saint would be a one-sided crushing defeat, offering absolutely no resistance.

After all, there is a huge gap in strength between the Gold Saints and Saints of other levels, like a chasm.

But Saga's worst mistake was sending Deathmask to the Five Elders Peak of Mount Lushan to kill Dohko, the Libra Gold Saint. Let's not even talk about whether Deathmask, the weakest of the Gold Saints, could kill Dohko. Even if he managed to kill Dohko, what would that do? Would it have any impact on Athena? At that time, Athena was Saori Kido, and at most, she only knew that Dohko was Shiryu's teacher, a very old man.

Since it is useless, why bother to kill him? For this reason, the Aries Gold Saint Mu is introduced, and Mu and Dohko completely turn to Athena's side.

Perhaps it was Saga's illegitimate means of seizing the Pope's throne that led to the subsequent complexities. Saga's surprise attack on the previous Pope, Shion, revealed many secrets known only to the Pope. In particular, the crucial role played by Dohko in commanding the Five Elders Peak of Mount Lushan remains largely unknown.

You know, the Libra Gold Saint is responsible for guarding the seals of the 108 Hades Saints in the underworld, and his position is extremely important.

However, Dohko was busy with his own affairs. He had to be vigilant against the unusual movements of the underworld forces and guard the crucial seal. He had no time to personally participate in the open and secret struggles between Athena and Saga.

Therefore, the greatest help he could give to Athena was probably limited to spiritual encouragement and support.

Before Athena returned to the Sanctuary, Saga sent out a total of two Gold Saints. One was to carry out a difficult mission, but the people he attacked were of no use to him, and he was finally intercepted and retreated by Mu; the other was to send a loyal supporter of Athena to assassinate the five warriors headed by Athena. Because of distrust, he also sent three Silver Saints to monitor them.

In the end, Seiya, wearing the Sagittarius Gold Cloth, immediately wiped out the three Silver Saints. What are you trying to achieve? If you don't trust them, just send someone else, whether it's Deathmask from Cancer or Aphrodite from Pisces! There's no need to go through so much trouble!

By the way, Saga also sent out a wave of Gold Saints. This time he was very generous. He sent Scorpio Gold Saint Milo and Pisces Gold Saint Aphrodite to kill Shun’s teacher, Cepheus Silver Saint Albioni.

You said that you could send out two Gold Saints at the same time to kill a Silver Saint, so why can't you do that when facing your arch-enemy Athena?

Therefore, whether it was Saga or the two Chiefs of Staff of the Sanctuary, they all made stupid moves when facing the Five Warriors led by Athena. Whenever the Five Warriors were weak, they would send out a large number of Silver Saints. Or in the later stage, they would directly send out Gold Saints like Deathmask or Apollodi to directly wipe out Athena, Seiya and the other Five Warriors.

If all else fails, I can do it myself to keep it secret. It won't take much time for Saga and everything can be solved.

But it was that kind of self-destructive attack that ultimately led to failure. Athena's final assault on the Zodiac, led by the five warriors, was a major failure. You wounded Athena with your golden arrows, nearly killing her. As Seiya and the others advanced through the Zodiac, you didn't concentrate the power of the Gold Saints in your base to forcefully kill Athena or Seiya, instead allowing Seiya and the others to advance through each zodiac.

The final result was that Taurus Gold Saint Aldebaran lost a horn from his helmet, a negligible amount of damage. Cancer Gold Saint Deathmask, Aquarius Gold Saint Camus, Capricorn Gold Saint Shura, and Pisces Gold Saint Aphrodite were killed in the battle. Even Saga himself was killed, and with Sagittarius Gold Saint Aiolos, who was also assassinated by him, the Gold Saints were reduced to half their number.

In my past life, I was often speechless after watching Saint Seiya Alberich. Now, thinking back, what kind of a shady operation was this? The defeat was completely deserved. If someone else had done the same thing, they wouldn't have fared much better!

It is because of this that although Athena finally regained her rule over the Sanctuary, she did not have much trust in the Gold Saints. Didn’t you see the Nordic and Poseidon arcs, where she let the remaining Gold Saints guard the Twelve Palaces of the Sanctuary?

You said my own leader, Athena, was imprisoned, and I'm still protecting her? What am I supposed to be protecting in the Sanctuary? What is there to protect? Just staring blankly at the empty palace, waiting for Seiya and the others to charge in?

This is what happens when you're on the wrong side.