After Shin threw the Sagittarius gold cloth there, he left with Mu.
After walking a few steps, Mu saw Shiryu following behind him. He asked in surprise, "Shiryu, is something the matter?"
Shiryu looked speechless and said, "My dragon cloth hasn't been repaired yet!"
Mu paused for a moment; so much had happened that he had forgotten about the dragon cloth! Fortunately, he was always calm and showed no expression on his face, nodding, "Then come back with me."
As he spoke, Mu glanced at the shooting stars on the horizon, revealing a trace of anxiety.
After walking a few more steps, Mu finally couldn't help himself and quietly began to use his psychokinesis to send a telepathic message to Shin.
"Shin, could you go to the Graad Foundation? Please protect Miss Saori."
Shin rolled his eyes slightly. After his Chakra levels had been raised to a shocking degree, the powerful feedback from his Yin Release Chakra had caused his mental power to skyrocket to an unbelievable level.
This allowed Shin to master these psychic abilities without any training.
He sent a telepathic message back to Mu, "Saori Kido, that is the so-called Athena, right? Has the current Pope betrayed them, or what is going on?"
Ever since Shin put on the Sagittarius gold cloth, Mu knew that he had likely figured out the truth, so he didn't hide anything.
After all, the Sagittarius gold cloth had been modified by him, and Shin would certainly be able to see the connection between him and the Graad Foundation from it.
"The Pope was originally the previous generation's Aries Gold Saint, who was also my master. But ever since Goddess Athena descended and the Sagittarius Aiolos betrayed them, I discovered that my master's Cosmo had completely changed. He was like a completely different person from the one I remembered, and he didn't even know the memories between us."
"At that time, I was certain that the Pope of the Sanctuary must have been replaced. Someone had killed my master and taken his place. Therefore, I left the Sanctuary at that time."
"Later, during my investigation, I discovered that the Sagittarius had handed over his gold cloth and an infant to Mitsumasa Kido, and I became certain that the baby girl must be Goddess Athena."
"Therefore, I hope you can go and protect Goddess Athena..."
"Wait!" Shin interrupted Mu's telepathic message directly and spoke using his own psychokinesis, "You have known about the existence of Goddess Athena for a long time, so why didn't you train her properly?"
This was the strangest question Shin had after reading the entire Saint. It seemed that none of these reincarnated deities had undergone any training. The only one who had was Shun, but as a reincarnation of Hades, he had undergone training as a Saint.
Never mind training; these people treated their own reincarnations with a completely laissez-faire attitude. Were they not afraid of them being slaughtered one day?
Sometimes you can't blame Athena for being negligent. As it turns out, all those reincarnated deities of Olympus have the same temperament; who knows what they are thinking. At least Athena still had the Sanctuary; it was only because of the betrayal of the Gemini that she ended up wandering outside.
Like Hades and Poseidon, they basically just attached their Cosmo to their reincarnated bodies and didn't care about anything else. Couldn't you at least bring them back to train them or protect them?
In the end, all three deities suffered huge losses—before the war even started, Athena had to fight a civil war within the Sanctuary. The entire Sanctuary was left with heavy casualties, and if it weren't for the efforts of the Five Bronze Saints, this Holy War would have been locked into a losing outcome.
Poseidon hadn't even fully awakened when the Saint arrived at his door. By the time he awakened, it was exactly when the Five Bronze Saints were rescuing Athena, and they even conveniently grabbed the jar used to seal him. He was sealed directly without even showing his full strength throughout the whole process.
Hades was even more miserable—who the hell could have imagined that his human host would run off to become one of Athena's Saint, and a top-tier one at that, who had almost comprehended the Eighth Sense! He was completely screwed over by Shun on the spot. With no other choice, he had to fight using his true body, only for that true body to be destroyed in the end.
But Athena had no plans, and you Saint of the Sanctuary, did you not have any either? As a Gold Saint, couldn't you at least teach Athena a few moves?
"Huh!?" Mu had probably never thought about such a question: "Why would I need to teach the Goddess how to fight?"
"Come on, does Athena not need to go to the battlefield? If the reincarnation experiences more combat, wouldn't her combat power also increase significantly when she fully awakens her memories?"
"Besides, regardless of anything else, as a reincarnated deity, Miss Saori Kido's potential definitely won't be low. Instead of focusing on those few Bronze Saints, you should train the Goddess more! If you truly fully developed her potential, she could probably penetrate the entire Sanctuary by herself, right?"
This really wasn't a lie. Look at Hades's human host, Shun; his potential was incredibly high. One could even say that if Shun fully unleashed his potential, he would currently have the strength to rival a Gold Saint.
In normal battles, he would use two small chains as a disguise, but when the two chains broke and he was pushed to the limit, a single Nebula Storm would send the opponent straight to the sky!
"This... the Sanctuary doesn't have such a tradition..." Mu stammered. To put it bluntly, he had simply never thought of such a question.
Isn't it enough for the Goddess to fight once she awakens? What kind of training would she need?
But thinking about it carefully, Mu had to admit that Shin was right. If the human host became stronger, then after the reincarnated deity awakened, their combat power would certainly increase significantly.
Just like in the battles of the Sanctuary, what really matters are the Saint who have awakened the Seventh Sense. The remaining ordinary Silver Saints and Bronze Saints can only be considered cannon fodder. In a true war of gods, what really matters is the difference in strength between the two bosses.
If the boss on one's own side could overpower the opponent, that would definitely be much stronger than having a few more Gold Saints on one's side!
If the boss on one's own side could beat Poseidon or Hades to the ground with a few punches and kicks, then the remaining Saint could just stand on the side and cheer, without needing to go to the battlefield at all—Athena could penetrate the entire Holy War by herself!
Thinking of this, Mu couldn't help but feel a bit regretful, but he composed himself. These issues could wait for later; the problem now was that Mu had just observed the stars, and soon several Silver Saints would be going to cause trouble for Athena.
Saori Kido, who had not yet fully awakened the soul of Athena, could not deal with the Silver Saints, and as for those few Bronze Saints, who knew what their situation was?
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