Chapter 369 - 186: Liberating the Saints, Believe in Me One More Time! (Part 1)

Chapter 369: Chapter 186: Liberating the Saints, Believe in Me One More Time! (Part 1)

With Hades withdrawing from Shun’s body, no Specter in the Ice Hell dared to step forward and resist the Saints anymore.

Even Briareus, the Hecatoncheires, seeing that the situation had turned unfavorable, stopped fighting. He wrapped his arms tightly around his body, turning into a giant rock and remaining completely motionless.

Athena stopped Aldebaran, who was still tirelessly attacking Briareus.

"Aldebaran, stop. He is a Titan, a child of Gaia, the Mother Goddess of the Earth. As long as he touches the earth, he is immortal..."

Aldebaran kicked the fleshy boulder in front of him a few times and said resentfully,

"Don’t get cocky. Someone will come to deal with you shortly."

Athena smiled and shook her head. Then, she raised the staff of the Goddess of Victory high above her head. The sacred and gentle Cosmo of the Goddess suddenly erupted like a supernova!

"In the name of Athena, I liberate the imprisoned heroic spirits! Loyalty and sacrifice spanning a millennium should not be profaned by death! Return, my Saints!"

The golden gem at the top of the Goddess of Victory’s staff shot out billions of golden beams of light. Although gentle, they carried an irresistible force, piercing through the deepest darkness of the Underworld and shining into those completely forgotten corners.

Wherever the beams of light touched, the Ice Hell, which had not melted for eons, rapidly dissolved like snow under the sun.

Following that, figures—some solid, some slightly ethereal, but all radiating an unyielding brilliance—were brought back from the depths of the Ice Hell to her side by the Goddess’s Cosmo!

The first soul to appear was a handsome Jamirian warrior, his eyes weathered yet filled with wisdom.

Mu widened his eyes, unable to stop himself from exclaiming,

"He... he is the first-generation Aries Saint, Bendu..."

Immediately after, a burly giant with an aura as steady as the earth appeared.

Aldebaran opened his mouth wide.

"Holy crap, I’m actually seeing the first-generation Taurus Saint, Daba. Legend has it that he could take the spear of Ares, the God of War, head-on with his bare body..."

Following that, more heroic spirits of Saints appeared: a pair of Gemini warriors with identical appearances but completely different temperaments.

A calm young woman surrounded by freezing air no less intense than Camus’s, but with an even more aloof gaze.

A handsome young man holding a golden rose, yet carrying a hint of wicked charm.

...

More and more heroic spirits of the Saints were released.

They looked around in bewilderment, feeling their long-lost freedom and the familiar Cosmo of Goddess Athena.

Soon, everyone’s gaze focused on the young woman before them—the one radiating warm and powerful divine power, the current reincarnation of Athena, Saori Kido.

Although her face was somewhat unfamiliar, that familiar Cosmo allowed everyone to instantly recognize that the purple-haired young woman before them was precisely the current reincarnation of Athena.

Countless complex emotions surged in their hearts: loyalty, excitement, but mostly a long-forgotten, suppressed resentment...

After so many years, their memories of being sealed in the Ice Hell were so ancient that even their memories of the Holy Wars had become somewhat blurred.

Among all the liberated heroic spirits, one figure was the most striking.

He radiated a powerful Cosmo, his figure standing tall and straight, his eyes locked dead onto Athena. It was none other than Aiolos, who had sacrificed himself to protect the infant Athena!

"Bro... Brother!"

Aiolia, who had rushed over from the Second Prison, could not take another step upon seeing this figure. He clenched his fists, his eyes blurring with tears, choking back sobs and unable to speak a single word.

Aiolos’s gaze lingered slightly on Aiolia before landing precisely on Athena.

In those eyes, there was no joy of reunion, no unregretful composure over his sacrifice, only a deep, rock-solid scrutiny.

He slowly opened his mouth, his voice carrying a hoarseness tempered by time, yet every word was crystal clear.

"Athena... Goddess."

He nodded slightly, perfectly polite, yet not much warmth could be heard in his tone.

"We fulfilled our vows and fought for you until the very last moment, yet our souls were eternally imprisoned here, unable to rest, unable to reincarnate..."

He looked around at the Saints who had just escaped from the Ice Hell, covered in wounds and with their souls nearly dissipated. His gaze then swept over the young, resolute faces of the current Gold Saints, among whom was his brother, Aiolia.

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