Burned to Ashes

Looking at the Saint Cloth Yota had unexpectedly repaired, Mr. Mu frowned, his face full of distress.

The Saint Cloth had been repaired and strengthened. That was certainly a good thing. But if it became absurdly strong, that was no longer a good thing.

An overly powerful Saint Cloth could hinder a Saint's growth. In the original story, Seiya put on the Sagittarius Gold Saint Cloth and defeated Leo's Aiolia without even comprehending the Seventh Sense.

Meanwhile, Deathmask, the Cancer Gold Saint, failed to defeat Shiryu, who was likewise not wearing a Saint Cloth, after taking off his Gold Saint Cloth—he was practically the only Gold Saint in the 12 Palaces battle who neither held back nor fought to the brink of mutual destruction, yet was still beaten flat.

To a great extent, while an overly powerful Saint Cloth boosted a Saint's combat ability, that sudden increase was like a castle in the air. It left the Saint with an unstable foundation, making it difficult to advance any further.

Looking over the entire plot of Saint Seiya, one could see that the Bronze Five's Saint Cloths had all been strengthened step by step: their ordinary Saint Cloths, the upgraded versions before the 12 Palaces battle, the Gold Blood Saint Cloths before fighting Poseidon, and the Divine Blood Saint Cloths before fighting Dark King. The strengthening of their Saint Cloths had basically kept pace with their own growth.

This time, Yota had upgraded the Pegasus Saint Cloth in one go to a level close to that of a Divine Blood Saint Cloth. With such a Saint Cloth, it would be much easier for Seiya to tear through all of Death Queen Island and the Silver Saints. But what would happen if he ran into a Gold Saint later on?

After agonizing