Marin shook her head slightly, and Seiya jumped out directly: "Wait, hold on, that... Teacher Marin shouldn't be an enemy!"
Marin nodded slightly: "Correct, I came here, actually, to save the life of this foolish apprentice of mine. There are undercurrents moving within the Sanctuary, and I hope he can be a little more careful."
"Marin, you actually betrayed the Pope! The Sanctuary will not let you off!" Several Silver Saints were shocked.
Having lost their silver cloth, these Silver Saints were no longer a threat. After all, they were not the Five Bronze Saints; they did not possess that ability to keep fighting despite repeated defeats, to get back up no matter how they were beaten.
However, upon hearing Marin's words, several Silver Saints were still incredibly furious. Ignoring their own injuries and the disappearance of their silver cloth, they began to accuse Marin.
But Marin just glanced at them with a cold sneer, "I believe that the Sanctuary will soon change completely, and I am waiting for that day to arrive!"
As she spoke, she glanced at Shin, Seiya, and the others, then leaped up, turning into a shooting star and disappearing.
"You..." One Silver Saint wanted to say more, but at this moment, the Hound Saint, who had awakened from unconsciousness, interrupted them, "Let's go back. We cannot withstand the strength of a Gold Saint, and continuing would only be asking for humiliation."
"Besides, this person Marin has never been a stable factor... I heard that she and Pegasus are not just master and apprentice; it even seems they share a sibling bloodline. This time, she was originally a key suspect."
"What!?" Not to mention the Silver Saints, even Seiya was full of astonishment: "Could Teacher Marin be my sister Seika?"
Shin finally couldn't hold it in anymore. This was simply an insult to intelligence, right?
He asked, "Seiya, how many years older than you is your sister?"
"Uh... Sister Seika is three years older than me!" Seiya scratched his head and said.
"I remember you went to the Sanctuary when you were five or six, right? And at that time, Marin was already a Silver Saint."
"Are you saying that Marin became a Silver Saint when she was eight or nine years old? Do you think such a thing is possible?" Shin finally couldn't help but retort: "What exactly is going on in your head?"
"Eh!? Oh, right. I remember when I first met Teacher Marin, she was already developed! At that time, she must have been at least twelve or thirteen." Seiya patted his head and glared at the Hound Saint. "It's all this guy's fault! He made my head all messed up!"
The Hound Saint opened his mouth slightly. This is my fault too? How would I know how many years older your sister is than you? It's clearly your own brain that's not working!
Of course, right now, this Silver Saint would definitely not say that out loud. Whether a Saint wears their cloth or not has a significant impact on combat effectiveness. Although Seiya's Pegasus Cloth was heavily damaged, it was still much better than himself currently being without any armor.
Among normal Saint at the Silver and Bronze levels, a Bronze Saint wearing armor can absolutely crush a Silver Saint without armor. Furthermore, his own head was still buzzing, he couldn't even burn his Cosmo, so he had zero combat effectiveness!
He still understood what it meant not to suffer immediate losses.
"Alright, alright." Shin waved his hand, turned to look at Mu: "How should we deal with these guys?"
Mu also saw that this so-called training had naturally fallen through. He didn't want to make things difficult for a few Silver Saints; regardless, they were still a force within the Sanctuary. After Saga was taken down, presumably, bringing them under Athena's command would not be a difficult task.
"Let them go back! Anyway, their silver cloth has already been taken by you."
Shin nodded indifferently, glanced at this group of guys, "Go back and cherish your lives, don't go looking for death like this again!"
The group of Silver Saints stood up. At this moment, the Hound Saint asked directly: "Tell me your name, newly appointed Sagittarius Gold Saint!"
Shin didn't bother explaining to him that he wasn't some Gold Saint; anyway, it wouldn't be clear even if he explained it. He just reported his name, Shin, and then the few Silver Saints looked at each other and left completely.
"Alright, the irrelevant people have already left. Aren't you guys going to take the gold cloth and retreat?" Shin glanced at the few Bronze Saints, and the four Bronze Saints also looked at each other in dismay.
"Uh..., do you not want this gold cloth?" Seiya asked with a look of astonishment.
It wasn't just Seiya. Others like Shiryu, Hyoga, and Shun were also astonished in their hearts, it's just that they weren't like Seiya, with all their expressions on their faces.
This was the gold cloth, the pinnacle of the Saint. As long as one put on the gold cloth, they would be one of the top big shots in the Sanctuary!
Shin shook his head directly. Just kidding, the cloth was just a tool to him, and he was still planning to create a super-strong God cloth.
As for being a top big shot of the Sanctuary? Whoever wants to lead that crappy Sanctuary can go ahead. From the Saint to the grunts, plus the few towns nearby, combined, who knows if the population even reaches five digits. Gold Saints, the Pope, and such, sound like they have big reputations, talking about ruling the earth and protecting humanity, but the actual population they can really manage is not much different from a village committee.
Why is it that in Saint Seiya story, Saori Kido, this reincarnation of Athena, is considered by the Five Bronze Saints to have sacrificed a lot to become a goddess? This isn't just because she has to face many arduous battles!
If it were you, going from a wealthy heiress with billions in assets to running off to that godforsaken place in Greece where birds don't poop and chickens don't lay eggs, where the place you live requires climbing thousands of stairs, the place you sleep is just a hard stone bed, and you act as a goddess who drinks wind all day, you would also feel that this is a huge sacrifice!
"Isn't that your mission? Now that the gold cloth has been handed over to you, do whatever you want with it!" Shin waved his hand directly.
Seiya and the others looked at each other. Actually, if Shin had really taken the gold cloth away, these few Bronze Saints wouldn't necessarily have said anything.
They didn't know yet that Saori Kido was Athena, and they had no loyalty to speak of. Truth be told, when Saori was little, she was quite a little devil, tormenting this group of Saint enough.
The Kido Group also beat and scolded them, and in the end, they were sent to participate in the Saint selection with a mortality rate as high as 9/10. Furthermore, Seiya and Hyoga even learned about their own backgrounds, so they had even less affection for the Kido Group.
Even the reason they ran over to fight Ikki was partly for the sake of childhood friendship, wanting to pull Ikki back to the right path, and partly because after the Galaxian Wars Tournament prize was snatched away by Ikki, the few of them couldn't save face.
If it were Shin and Mu who had saved their lives, if they took the gold cloth, they took it; they really wouldn't have any objections.
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