The Easily Breached 12 Palaces

"This guy is playing dead..." Yota and the other Gold Saints could all tell, but not a single one spoke.

Saori Kido lacked a little experience, while the Bronze and Silver Saints' Cosmos were not strong enough. They all thought Shaka had genuinely been knocked unconscious. Saori Kido turned to glance at Yota, asking whether they should keep fighting.

After all, Shaka had not personally said he would allow them to pass! Saori Kido was not entirely sure whether he had truly been beaten into submission.

Yota was still studying Shaka's Gold Saint Cloth when Mr. Mu hurriedly shook his head at Saori Kido—Have some mercy! He's already pretending to be unconscious, and you still won't let him go? If you drag him back up for another beating, are you really Athena, the symbol of love and peace?

Seeing Mr. Mu's reaction, Saori Kido nodded and waved her hand. The group surged out of Virgo Palace.

Only after everyone had left did Shaka slowly climb up from the ground. He sighed, then sat cross-legged to meditate. As for the matter of the Pope and Athena, they could decide it themselves. He had done all he could.

Libra Palace was empty, save for a Libra Gold Saint Cloth. Taking the opportunity, Yota absorbed the insights from the Saint Cloth before putting the Libra Gold Saint Cloth back where it had been.

Of course, if Yota had been the one making the decision, he would definitely have distributed those weapons among the Gold Saints. Unfortunately, the others still had some pride, so Yota could only reluctantly place the golden sword back onto the Libra Saint Cloth.

His own Saint Cloth seemed to be missing a weapon...

Next came the eighth palace, Scorpio Palace. Scorpio Gold Saint Milo was a rather straightforward young