Under the cover of night, the three Gold Saints arrived beneath the Graad Foundation building, their expressions grim.
"Strange. I could still sense those Cosmos just now. Why have they all disappeared?" Deathmask raised his head and asked in puzzlement.
Aphrodite frowned. He was not even holding a rose in his mouth now. Athena had truly left these Saints under immense psychological pressure.
Declaring that they opposed Athena's rule was one thing; throwing punches at a goddess was another. If these Gold Saints had not already gone too far down this path, they likely would not have had the courage to come and trouble Saori Kido.
For all their thunderous slogans about carrying evil rule through to the end being justice, or power being justice, when faced with the goddess they had always believed in, the three Gold Saints were all a bundle of nerves.
To put it bluntly, throughout the entire Sanctuary, apart from that madman Saga, there really had been no one else who dared to directly harm Athena. Even Sagitta, who had nearly killed Saori Kido in the original story—if someone had told him that Saori Kido was Athena, he probably would not have dared to throw a punch.
But there was no helping it. The three Gold Saints were now all part of Saga's faction. Even if they claimed they wanted to abandon darkness and turn to the light, someone would have to believe them first.
Besides, these Gold Saints had their own pride. Before being beaten flat, they simply could not bring themselves to betray their side in the middle of a battle.
The taciturn Shura glanced around. "Indeed. That Cosmo was right here just now, and then it suddenly vanished. Hm!? How did they get over there?"
The three Gold Saints quickly sensed the