The Holy War Tug-of-War (Second Update)

"Now, let's continue with the Saint Seiya World!"

After Natsu's template ended, Hawking entered the Saint Seiya World.

If you want to use the Cosmo as the overall framework to contain all the energy in your body, then the Cosmo must naturally be powerful enough.

Like Seiya, his Cosmo has just entered the Seventh Sense, and he still needs to observe and learn more in the Saint Seiya World during this Holy War.

"So many people are injured, it seems the battle was quite fierce."

When Hawking emerged from the Ancestor Space, he glanced around and saw a circle of Saints like Seiya, Silver Saints, and Gold Saints like Taurus Pisces.

"Tell me, what happened?"

Hawking reached into the Ancestor Space and took out the Serpent Staff, healing each of the severely injured Saints one by one.

"Finally recovered, Hawking, I wish you could stay here forever."

After being healed, Seiya jumped off the bed, stretched his limbs, and felt that his seriously injured body had fully recovered. He then recounted what had happened after Hawking left.

Yesterday, after Hawking took away the moon, thwarting Hades' Eclipse Plan, an enraged Hades immediately led his Underworld Army to Earth.

Furthermore, he used his powerful divine strength to directly move Hades Castle to the opposite side of the Sanctuary.

Since last night, a large number of Specters have been attacking the Sanctuary from all directions, attempting to assassinate Athena.

The number of Specters far exceeds the number of Saints, which means that if the Saints want to protect Sanctuary and Athena, they have to spread out and fight outnumbered to stop the Specters' attack.

Fortunately, Hades and the Twin Gods did not join the attack, and Athena continued to maintain the barrier, weakening the Specters and strengthening the Saints.

So by dawn, they had finally driven back all the Specters, but many Saints were also seriously injured and unable to fight anymore.

"You mean, all the injured Specters were rescued?"

After listening to Seiya's account, Hawking's eyes lit up and he asked a question.

Seiya nodded:

"Yes, the Pope said that when Miss Saori sets up a barrier in conjunction with Shaka's prayer Buddhist Beads, as long as Specters dies, their soul will be sealed inside the Buddhist Beads, and even Hades will not be able to revive them."

Therefore, when the Specters retreated, they rescued all the wounded.

"That's quite a cautious approach."

Hawking raised an eyebrow, already having a general idea of what Hades and his group were planning.

In fact, judging by their strength, there is still a significant gap between the two sides.

First, there's the power of the main gods. Hades descended in his true form, Athena's soul was reincarnated. In a one-on-one fight, Athena was no match for him.

Secondly, there's the strength of the Twin Gods. It would take at least four or five top-tier Gold Saints in the Sanctuary joining forces, along with Athena's talisman, to have any chance of fighting them.

Then, continuing down the list, there are a total of 108 Specters, while even at full strength, there are only 88 Saints, and now there are even more missing.

Hawking resurrected all the Gold Saints, but the Saga Disturbance back then killed not only the Gold Saints, but also many Silver Saints and Bronze Saints who were quite powerful.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, Hades should have led his army to launch a full-scale attack on the Sanctuary. Even if most of his men were killed or wounded, he would still have won the Holy War.

But Hades did not do that.

In Hawking's view, one reason is that Hades descended in his true form this time. Given Hades's love for his body, he was worried that his physical body might be injured or accidentally killed by Athena's scheme, just like Poseidon.

Therefore, he and the Twin Gods will not personally attack the Sanctuary unless they are 100% certain of victory. They will only take action when necessary or when victory is assured.

On the other hand, it's certainly because of Hawking's emergence.

They had already experienced Hawking's attack power firsthand. Although he was not as powerful as Hades himself, he was still stronger than the Twin Gods. Moreover, he had used a special method to remove the moon and disrupt the Eclipse Plan.

So every night they would send out Specters to launch a massive attack on Sanctuary, forcing the Saints to disperse and defend, defeating them one by one. It would be best if they could kill them, but if they couldn't kill them, they would be severely injured.

The number of Specters was originally greater than that of Saints.

If this continues, the injured Specters, as long as they don't die within the Sanctuary, won't be sealed in the Buddhist Beads. Hades can resurrect them at will, while the Saints will decrease due to serious injuries and deaths.

Once the Saints are nearly exhausted, they can launch a final attack, which will naturally greatly increase their chances of winning.

"Unfortunately, your plans have fallen through."

If he didn't have the Ophiuchus Gold Cloth, if he didn't have healing abilities, then Hades' plan might actually have succeeded.

Now, as long as the Saints have a breath left, they can be instantly restored when he appears. As long as they didn't die outside the Sanctuary and have their souls taken by Hades, they can be resurrected.

Therefore, this will become a long and protracted tug-of-war.

Of course, for Hawking, if the Holy War turns into a protracted war, it would actually be a good thing.

Because the Sanctuary needs him, he can gain more benefits from Sanctuary, constantly observe the battles between the Saints and Specters, thereby comprehending his own Cosmo and improving Cosmo.

He wouldn't be foolish enough to kill Hades now, even though he's confident he can take on the entire Underworld Army single-handedly.

The Saint Seiya World is not shallow. It's not just about Hades and Athena. If he kills Hades, the chief god, and is branded a god-killer, he will be ganged up on by all the gods.

Even if he were to actually help Athena, he could only play a supporting role; Athena herself would have to personally take action to kill Hades for things to go smoothly.

"Let's go see Athena."

Having healed all the injured Saints and learned what had happened while he was away, Hawking and the Saints went to Athena's Great Hall.

Athena and the other Saints were overjoyed to learn that Hawking had appeared and healed all the seriously injured Saints. Hawking could guess Hades's conspiracy, so how could Shion, Shion, Dohko, and Saga others not guess it as well?

They were debating whether to continue waiting to be killed or to take the initiative, attack Hades Castle, and kill Hades.

However, Hades Castle also has Hades' barrier. If the Saints enter, their strength will be suppressed. If they cannot kill Hades, then the entire army will be wiped out.

Fortunately, just when they were struggling to make a decision, Hawking appeared and solved their problem.

With Hawking around, even if he only appears for an hour each day, the Sanctuary won't be dragged down by the Specters.

"Which gold dealer is available today?"

Hawking's goal was to learn the special techniques of the Gold Saint, so naturally he had to focus on his studies and put everything else aside for now.

So after explaining it clearly, he turned to the gold being present and asked.

"The Specters are not attacking right now, so we are all free."

All the gold arrived at Hawking's feet at the same time.

Hawking's influence on the Sanctuary is immense; everyone is aware of this and is very willing to guide Hawking in learning their special skills.