Absolute Defense Magic (Part 1)

"Hello everyone, my name is Hawking, and I am Seiya's friend."

We're all civilized people; there's no need to start a fight right away. That's so wrong.

Hawking released his fist from the two members of the seafood team, patted them on the shoulders, and then looked to the corner on his right and smiled:

"Oh right, what about those three friends who are hiding? Why don't we come out and have a chat together?"

"Since you've been discovered, come out!"

Upon hearing this, Shion reached out and flung off the Cloak he was wearing, revealing a black Aries Surplice.

Who Hawking is or why he was able to discover them is irrelevant. Their only goal now is to see Athena through the Twelve Palaces.

Moreover, in order to avoid being discovered by the Specters who were tracking and monitoring them, and to prevent their souls from being taken back to the Underworld, they could not reveal any flaws. They could only ruthlessly defeat or even kill all the Saints who stood in their way.

As Shion's voice faded, three more Specters dressed in Surplice emerged.

"Saga, Camus, Shura, how come even you guys don't understand me!"

Mu's expression changed drastically the moment he saw the three people's faces.

It wasn't too surprising to him that Deathmask and Aphrodite had sided with Hades, since they had betrayed Athena while they were still alive.

However, Camus and Shura are Saints are absolutely loyal to Athena, and he knows their character very well.

As for Saga, he had already gotten rid of Saga other corrupted personality before he died, so he shouldn't have betrayed them again.

First, there was his most respected master, Shion, and then his most trusted friend. At this moment, his heart was filled with complex emotions.

On the one hand, there is disbelief, and on the other hand, the facts are right in front of us.

"Mu, out of consideration for our past comrades, I will leave you with a complete corpse, and so will you Bronze Saint."

Saga, the leader of the three, who had almost killed Athena and taken control of the Sanctuary, launched a simultaneous attack Saga all four, including Hawking, after revealing himself.

"Illusion Demon Emperor Fist!"

Gemini's ultimate physical attack technique is to concentrate the power capable of shattering the stars of the Milky Way onto the enemy.

"Careful!"

Seeing this, Mu quickly raised his hand and used his strongest defensive Moves:

"Crystal Wall!"

A transparent protective wall appeared in front of Hawking, shielding all four of them inside.

Saga's strength is among the top of the Gold Saint, and his strongest physical attack Moves Illusion Demon Emperor Fist, has extremely terrifying destructive power.

If he were to be hit head-on, even he would be severely injured if not killed, let alone Seiya and his two companions.

Among them, the unfamiliar Saints, Hawking, although quite powerful, was perceived to have Cosmo similar to Seiya's.

The energy of the Illusion Demon Emperor Fist met the Crystal Wall, and after a stalemate of about two seconds, the Crystal Wall shattered.

Clearly, Mu's Crystal Wall defense was no match for Saga's Illusion Demon Emperor Fist Explosion.

"They're going all out right from the start; looks like they're short on time and have a heavy mission!"

As the Crystal Wall shattered, Hawking waved his hand, and an arc-shaped magical shield replaced the broken Crystal Wall, protecting the four of them inside.

"Absolute Defense!"

His magical shield was no longer a simple Shield Charm; it combined the defensive principles of the "Shield" card from the Clow Cards with the magical principles of Fairy Sphere, Fairy Tail's strongest defensive spell.

In addition, his current immense magical power and magical skill make his defense exceptionally good.

The magic principle of the Shield Charm, besides the most basic physical defense, mainly focuses on the dissipation and reflection of energy, while the magic principle of the "Shield" is isolation and defense, isolating the effects of any magical effects, including those related to time and space.

Finally, Fairy Sphere is a defense that is said to be impenetrable. It is one of the three great magics of Fairy Tail and a legendary super magic.

The main principle is to freeze time. Once time is frozen, any attack can no longer form an effective attack effect. Even the Apocalypse Black Dragon could not break through it.

Hawking combined these three defensive magics into one, which even he himself found difficult to break through when using the Kamehameha.

"It actually blocked it!"

Mu, who was preparing to use his Shunpo ability to evade the attack with the three of them, couldn't help but widen his eyes when he saw that the terrifying energy of the Illusion Demon Emperor Fist, after destroying his Crystal Wall, was actually blocked by Hawking's Moves.

Similarly, Saga and his companions on the opposite side also showed expressions of surprise.

Hawking's Cosmo wasn't particularly strong, yet he could use defensive Moves to block Illusion Demon Emperor Fist, which is quite unusual.

"There's no time. You go and get Athena's head. I'll take care of Mu and these Bronze Saints."

At this moment, Shion, the true leader, spoke.

The timeframe for this plan is not unlimited; their resurrection is time-limited. If they cannot break through the Twelve Palaces and meet Athena within ten hours, their souls will be returned to the Underworld.

"Ah!"

At the same time, Mu let out a scream as Shion sealed off all of his movements.

Shion was Mu's teacher, the previous Gold Saint of the Aries Palace, the former Pope, and one of the only two Saints to survive the last Holy War.

Therefore, he knew Mu's abilities too well and could easily seal all of Mu's abilities.

"Pegasus."

"Nebula."

Seeing that Mu was being attacked by Shion, Seiya and Shun could no longer hold back and were about to launch an attack on Shion to rescue Mu.

However, as soon as they raised their hands, Hawking grabbed their arms.

"Don't attack yet."

"Hawking?"

Seeing that Hawking was actually stopping them now, Seiya and Shun were also full of doubt.

"We need to hurry."

Hawking did not answer Seiya immediately. Instead, he calculated the time and realized that he would be forced to leave in about twenty minutes. So he immediately activated the Nine Tomoe Rinne Sharingan his eyebrows.

"Mu, Seiya, and Shun, I sense other enemies. You guard the Aries Palace, I'll trap them!"

What kind of eyes are these?

When Shion and the other six saw the Nine Tomoe Rinne Sharingan between Hawking's eyebrows, they were also startled.

They had never seen eyes like these before, especially since they were located between the eyebrows; they simply didn't look like human eyes.

The next second, they disappeared from the spot along with Hawking.

It was Hawking who activated Amenominaka, bringing all six deceased Gold Saint — Shion, Saga, Camus, Shura, Aphrodite, and Deathmask— into the Ancestor Space.

"Disappeared?"

Seiya and Shun were dumbfounded when they saw Hawking and Shion disappear in an instant.

Mu's body returned to normal because Shion's blockade had been removed.

"Don't let your guard down. Hawking said there are other enemies around!"

He didn't know what power Hawking had used to transfer all six of Shion's people away, but now was not the time to relax.

Because he also sensed a dozen or so hidden dark Cosmo.