"Five minutes left. Before I go, I'll find you a helper."
Today, Hawking had chosen Pope Shion as his subject of study. With five minutes remaining before the template finished loading, he had already gained a preliminary grasp of Shion's ultimate techniques. All that remained was to spend time practicing them on his own.
However, he suddenly thought of a fairly formidable Silver Saint, so he directly used Shunpo and vanished from where he stood.
Above Heinstein City, Germany.
Hawking looked at the vanished castle and the passage below leading to the Underworld. Without much hesitation, he charged straight inside.
After passing through the long passage, he soon entered a boundless, dark, and profound world—the Underworld created by Hades.
"My Cosmo is being suppressed."
The instant he landed in the Underworld, Hawking felt the power of his Cosmo being suppressed by Hades's laws of the Underworld to less than a tenth of its original strength.
He had inherited Seiya's Cosmo. He had only recently comprehended the Seventh Sense and was still far from reaching the Eighth Sense, so naturally, he could not resist the laws of the Underworld.
However, Cosmo was no longer his primary source of power. Even suppressed, it did not affect him much.
"Gate of Hell."
Looking up ahead, he saw a massive stone gate standing before him. Written upon it was a phrase that inspired despair.
"Abandon all hope, ye who enter here."
The entrance to the Underworld was the Gate of Hell. Beyond it lay the River Styx, followed by the Eight Prisons, Three Valleys, Ten Trenches, and Four Circles. The Four Circles were where Hades resided in the Underworld.
Hawking was heading for the Second Prison among the Eight Prisons. There lived Orpheus, the strongest Silver Saint of this era. His strength rivaled that