Chapter 225 - 113: Athena’s Shock, Hades’ Dissatisfaction (Part 1)

Chapter 225: Chapter 113: Athena’s Shock, Hades’ Dissatisfaction (Part 1)

The morning light of the Sanctuary filtered through the stained glass, falling gently onto the pristine white bed.

Saori Kido slowly opened her eyes. A trace of confusion first flashed through her violet pupils, which was then quickly filled with the icy memories of the deep sea of Atlantis.

Poseidon’s coercive pressure, the despair of being trapped in the Main Pillar, and the extreme cold that had nearly frozen her soul.

She subconsciously curled her fingers. Only when her fingertips touched the soft bedsheets did she dazedly come back to her senses.

"Is this the Sanctuary? How did I return to the Sanctuary..."

Within the fragments of her memory, right before she had fainted, she seemed to have had a faint thought of seeking help, and the target was actually that Aquarius Saint who always carried a bone-piercing chill.

"It seems... I asked Alex for help?"

"Miss Saori, you’re finally awake!"

Seiya’s excited voice pulled her back to reality from the lingering chill.

Shiryu, Hyoga, Shun, and Ikki gathered around, their faces filled with relieved concern.

"Hyoga!"

Saori Kido’s voice was weakly hoarse. Her gaze immediately locked onto Alex’s student.

The bandages wrapped all over Hyoga’s body seemed to silently speak of the tragedy of the subsequent battle.

"Poseidon... Alex... what happened in the end?"

Hyoga took a deep breath, his blue eyes interlaced with reverence for his teacher as he reported clearly and concisely.

"Teacher fought with Poseidon, and he... he wounded Poseidon! In the end, teacher reached an agreement with Poseidon. The Saints and Mariners have formed an alliance to jointly fight against the soon-to-awaken Hades, the King of the Underworld!"

"An alliance?"

Hearing this, Saori Kido instantly widened her purple eyes and sat up from the bed, her fingertips subconsciously digging into the velvet bedsheets beneath her.

Shock pierced through her heart like an ice pick.

The Sea God Poseidon, a millennial sworn enemy, the chief culprit who had attempted to drown the earth!

An alliance?

This news simply overturned everything she knew about Poseidon since the Mythological Era!

Saori Kido almost thought that, due to her severe injuries not yet healing, she was experiencing auditory hallucinations.

Complex emotions closely followed, interlacing on her breathtakingly beautiful face.

She looked at Saga, who stood respectfully by her side with his hands down.

Shura, Aphrodite, and the pale-faced Camus, who had just finished receiving treatment—the heaviness on their faces confirmed that Hyoga’s words were not false.

An indescribable sense of loss quietly spread. As the guardian deity of the earth, even if a reconciliation with Poseidon were to be reached, it should have been led by her, the Goddess, and not Alex.

Deeper memories surfaced from the depths of her soul.

Saori Kido recalled the scene she had sensed while frozen in the ice.

Alex, clad in the Aquarius Cloth, surrounded by the Thunder of Chaos, his figure as majestic as a god when clashing with Poseidon’s Golden Trident.

The power that man erupted with far exceeded the limits of a Gold Saint, even surpassing all of the gods’ understanding of humanity.

Alex not only defeated the Sea Dragon General Kanon and wounded the Sea God Poseidon, but he even forced that arrogant Sea God to sit at the negotiating table and conclude an unprecedented alliance treaty with the Sanctuary.

This strength, these methods, this ability to control the situation, this decision-making power that completely escaped her control...

Saori lowered her eyelids, her long eyelashes casting faint shadows beneath her eyes, as an imperceptible worry brushed past her heart.

Alex’s strength allowed her to see another possibility of defeating Hades.

Yet this strength itself made her feel an unprecedented sense of losing control.

Alex, this rare Gemini companion star and Aquarius Saint, seemed to no longer be her, Athena’s, warrior, but an existence capable of single-handedly turning the tide of the war.

She forcefully suppressed the turbulent emotions in her heart, trying hard to maintain the majesty of a Goddess, and said softly to Hyoga:

"Your teacher... he did very well. This is indeed... the only viable path at present."

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