Occupation of Hades City

"Our bodies?"

Shion and the Aquatic Duo felt the vitality coursing through their living flesh, their faces full of disbelief.

Unlike the temporary life Hades had bestowed upon them, they could now truly feel that they had come back to life, as if they had never died at all.

And all of it came from the power George had injected into their bodies with the serpent staff.

"Don't doubt it. You have indeed been resurrected and are no longer under Hades' control."

George undid his Pope's robes, revealing the Ophiuchus Gold Cloth beneath.

"This is the Gold Cloth I discovered beneath Scorpio and Sagittarius Palace. It possesses the power to heal and resurrect.

As long as your physical bodies remain, you can be resurrected."

Even without Ophiuchus' power, he could have removed Hades' restrictions and resurrected Shion and the other two.

But that would have been rather difficult to explain.

The Ophiuchus Gold Cloth provided the perfect explanation for that ability.

"So there really is a thirteenth Gold Cloth!"

Shion could not help letting out a sigh at those words.

Having served as Pope for more than two hundred years, he had actually seen some clues concerning a thirteenth Gold Cloth in Sanctuary's records.

But they had all been fragmented scraps, impossible to verify.

"That's wonderful, Master. You've been resurrected!"

Seeing his teacher brought back to life, Mu of Aries was moved to tears.

At that moment, he heard George's command.

"The Holy War has begun. Mu, immediately gather all Saint Seiya, God Warriors, and Mariners at Sanctuary!"

After giving Mu his orders, George transformed into a streak of golden light and appeared before a tombstone in the mountains outside Sanctuary.

Thirteen years ago, the gravely wounded Aiolos of Sagittarius had died after entrusting Athena to Mitsumasa Kido.

Mitsumasa Kido