Of course, potential is potential, and power is power. A regular Saint wearing a Bronze Cloth at first certainly wouldn't be able to fully unleash its potential. On one hand, this requires the Saint to have greater strength, which means a higher level of Cosmos.
On the other hand, it also requires compatibility between the Saint and the Cloth. And cultivating compatibility between the Saint and the Cloth is very simple: intense and fervent spirit and the Saint's own blood—in other words, it requires battle!
After gradually learning everything about the Cloths, Shin also confirmed that he and the Cosmos were indeed incompatible. Blood battles, burning souls, and such were not things he could imagine himself doing.
On the contrary, planning before acting, and not courting death if he felt he couldn't win, were Shin's true habits.
Meanwhile, after Seiya's and Shiryu's Cloths were completely ruined, Shiryu carried the two Cloths to the Jamir Mountains to visit Mu, hoping to repair the Pegasus and Dragon Bronze Cloths.
Mu was well aware of this; Shin often felt him extending his Cosmos to sense the outside world.
During this time, because he frequently wore the Aries Gold Cloth, Shin, despite not awakening his own Cosmos due to his soul being completely different from the people of this world, had become extremely familiar with the Cosmos.
At the very least, he had gained the ability to sense others' Cosmos.
Therefore, Shin was very clear that Mu definitely knew that Saori Kido was Athena. Otherwise, why would a Gold Saint, who was in a state of semi-rebellion and semi-seclusion, need to care about a bunch of weak Bronze Saints pecking at each other?
Seeing that Shiryu was almost at his residence, this guy even personally activated his Cosmos to control and trigger many of the broken Cloths in the abyss beneath his dwelling.
Those in the abyss were not Saints; more often, they were warriors of various minor gods. The quality of their Cloths might not even be comparable to that of Bronze Saints.
However, as long as it was a Cloth, it would not lack rare materials like Star Dust. This was a common material for making Cloths and was quite useful to the successive Aries Gold Saints, who were the Cloth repairers.
Therefore, in past Holy Wars, the Cloths of these strange, unsupported warriors of minor gods, after being defeated, were basically thrown into the abyss. Sometimes, when Mu wanted to refine some materials, he would go to this Cloth graveyard to search.
These guys were all long dead, and their Cloths were in a dormant state, basically waiting to be recycled. Only someone with strength as powerful as Mu, and with sufficient understanding of Cloths, could activate these dormant Cloths and warriors and put them to good use.
"What's going on?" Shin, engrossed in Cloth making, opened his eyes and activated his superhuman vision. He saw the Cloths in the abyss being completely activated by Cosmos, attaching themselves to some skeletons, and launching an attack on Shiryu, who was looking for Mu.
After all, these guys were originally defeated by Saints, so they were naturally filled with resentment towards Shiryu, who possessed the aura of a Saint. As for Mu, as a top Gold Saint and an expert in Cloths, he naturally had a way to avoid such hostility.
"What is this? A test?" Shin murmured softly.
It should be known that Mu and Shiryu both belonged to the Saints. Even if the entire Sanctuary was fully staffed, there would only be 88 Saints in total, and furthermore, the Sanctuary had never been fully staffed!
Theoretically, everyone would be comrades in the future, and repairing the Cloths of the Sanctuary was already a duty and responsibility.
In such a situation, when a colleague from the Sanctuary comes to you to repair a Cloth, and you set up a test for them, it's truly inhumane.
It's just that Mu was a Gold Saint, and Shiryu, this young Bronze Saint, didn't know much about the Sanctuary's situation, nor did he know Mu's identity. If it were someone who knew the situation, they would probably have started cursing long ago.
However, Shin also knew that this was probably Mu's attempt to further stimulate Shiryu's potential, which is why there was this so-called test. After all, Mu and Dohko were colleagues and could be considered Shiryu's semi-elders. Perhaps out of this consideration, he wanted to test him and further unleash Shiryu's potential.
Of course, if you count from his master's generation, he and Shiryu could even be considered peers. Dohko's seniority was truly immense. This is also why the Sanctuary doesn't recruit official Saints until the Holy War, otherwise, this old gentleman would probably be of the patriarch's generation.
In fact, the friendship between Libra and Aries has a long history. Even among the Gold Saints, these two are considered a somewhat special type. After all, one manages all the Gold Saints' weapons, and the other manages the repair of the Saints' Cloths. To some extent, these two are half a rank higher than ordinary Gold Saints.
This can be understood from Shin and Mu's casual conversations, where they learned that the probability of successive Popes coming from Libra and Aries is the highest.
Just then, Shiryu knocked down the vengeful spirit warriors outside. Mu, who had been observing outside, suddenly said, "Kiki, we have guests. Go and greet them!"
"Alright!" Kiki, who was only seven or eight years old, said with a smile. This little boy was also a survivor of the Mu continent, and he might even be related to Mu. He was currently studying under Mu.
Originally, this little boy was studying well under Mu. Although he was young, his strength was actually not weak, and he could even be considered a Bronze Saint now. However, Mu wanted him to inherit the Aries Gold Cloth, so he hadn't even gotten a Cloth yet.
Mu had been quite lenient with Kiki until Shin arrived and displayed extraordinary learning abilities. This unlucky child was also drawn in, studying with Mu every day. These past few days, his head had been spinning. As soon as he heard he was to go out and greet guests, he immediately rushed out excitedly, looking unstoppable.
Mu could only smile wryly. Noticing Shin's gaze on him, he shrugged slightly: "Want to go and see? Opportunities to repair a true Cloth are not too common. This is somewhat different from your previous practice pieces."
Although all the materials for those ordinary Cloth molds were almost identical to regular Cloths, they had a huge difference in foundation compared to regular Cloths, and their spirituality and Cosmos potential were even far inferior.
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