The Problems Brought by Hades' Revival

However, just as Gwen was about to break the eerie silence, he suddenly received a message—

"Brother Gwen, something's happened here. Do you have time to come over?"

The message came from Sasha.

"Why do you look so worried, sir? Is something the matter?"

Noticing Gwen's sudden change in expression, Jing Yuan suppressed his thoughts and asked in confusion.

"Well, something urgent has come up here that I need to take care of. You guys talk first."

If I don't return soon, and it's time to fight the BOSS... I mean, when it's time to fight Phantylia, remember to have Xing call me back.

Gwen spoke, his figure disappeared from Jing Yuan and Jingliu's sight.

"..."

Seeing Gwen leave so hastily, Jing Yuan remained silent for a moment, but did not immediately look at Jingliu. Instead, he packaged the spatial data he had just collected and sent it to Fu Xuan, asking her to check it and see if she could find out how Gwen had left.

Jing Yuan was willing to believe that Gwen had goodwill towards him and Luofu, but as a general of Luofu, he had to take appropriate action when someone could enter and leave the Divine Might Palace at will, disregarding its spatial defenses.

"You are still the same as before, calculating everything in your mind without making the slightest mistake."

Jingliu didn't speak until Jing Yuan had finished his operation.

"It's just a necessary duty."

Upon hearing this, Jing Yuan simply smiled and shook his head.

"If that weren't the case, I would be quite happy to be a Sea Ranger and drink and chat with him."

"You're still clinging to your dream of being a wandering knight..."

When Jing Yuan talked about the Sea Ranger, Jingliu also recalled Jing Yuan's life plan.

"Reality is already burdened by mundane affairs, but one must always have some aspirations."

Jing Yuan shrugged.

"You can't not even let me think about it."

"Um..."

Jingliu did not refute Jing Yuan, but simply stared at him quietly for a moment before suddenly changing the subject and asking a question that the Xianzhou native could not avoid—

"Did you sense the warning signs of the Mara-Struck flaring up?"

"Fortunately, I usually pay attention to self-cultivation and have no worries, so I don't feel anything."

Jing Yuan answered Jingliu casually, but before he could finish speaking, his expression shifted from relaxed to hesitant, and his tone softened as if he were worried about breaking something—

"You... have found a way to get rid of the Mara-Struck?"

Given Jingliu's personality, he would bring up this topic on his own initiative... Jing Yuan couldn't help but think so.

No.

Jingliu calmly shook his head.

"It took me hundreds of years to barely suppress it."

"... As expected of you."

Upon hearing this, Jing Yuan was somewhat disappointed but also regained his composure.

However, Jingliu's next words made Jing Yuan's expression freeze completely—

"But my Mara-Struck has now been healed."

"You..."

Jing Yuan remained silent for a moment, then spoke with some eagerness, but unsure how to begin—

If the Jingliu truly possesses a method or means to cure the Mara-Struck, then what happened back then...

"Gwen healed me."

Looking at Jing Yuan's eager yet cautious manner, Jingliu rediscovered some of the feelings he had in the past, and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

"To be precise, he made me temporarily unable to sense the existence of the Mara-Struck."

As for what happens after that... it's still uncertain.

If the matter of the Annihilation Lord goes smoothly, perhaps you could seek treatment from him after you step down from your post.

With a blink of an eye, Gwen found himself in the familiar side hall of the Papal Palace.

However, compared to before, Gwen noticed that the atmosphere in the room was very heavy when he arrived this time.

"Sasha, what happened?"

Looking around, Sage, Bai Li, Crestor, Sasha, Tenma lying on the stone bed, and Aaron with a worried expression.

After lingering on Tenma's face for a moment, Gwen's gaze fell on Aaron, a guess forming in his mind, and his voice softened slightly—

Hades... has been resurrected?

"Not yet."

Seeing that Gwen had guessed what was going on as soon as he arrived, Sasha's tension subsided somewhat.

"To be precise, there are signs of recovery."

Sage added solemnly—

"This morning during training, Aaron suddenly unleashed uncontrollable power during his sparring with Tenma, severely injuring Tenma."

"I quickly took Tenma to the healer, but from that moment on, I could vaguely sense another Cosmo, cold and chilling, completely lacking the warm feeling of Saint Seiya's Cosmo."

Aaron continued Sage's words, his handsome face still bearing some of the delicate features of his younger days, but with a hint of lingering fear and apprehension.

As the person with the purest soul on Earth chosen by Hades as his prototype, Aaron's talent is beyond doubt. After several years of training, he can at least be considered an excellent Saint Seiya.

Even so, Aaron still showed such an expression, which shows the impact that Cosmo had on him.

Chapter 912 The Problems Brought About by Hades' Resurgence

"I examined it with Senior Crestor, and it is indeed the aura of Hades of the underworld."

Sage looked at Aaron's expression, sighed, and said helplessly.

"It seems Hades can't hold back any longer..."

Gwen walked over to Aaron and patted him on the shoulder.

Years have passed, and the timid boy from the small village has grown much taller. Years of training have given him a strong physique, and he is almost completely free of the timidity he once was.

"Don't worry, Aaron."

In past Holy War, there have been instances where Hades' soul was banished from a human host, but those were when the two sides were on opposing sides.

Now that you're in the Holy Land, and the Holy Land has plenty of manpower, there'll always be a solution, right?

As he spoke, Gwen looked at Sage—

The Sage he bought contained a wide range of information and plans, including contingency plans for various situations that might occur during this Holy War.

"According to the original plan, Aaron should be lying there now, and we are preparing the ritual to expel Hades' soul."

Bai Li sighed and pointed to the stone bed where the Tenma was lying.

"So... something went wrong?"

Gwen, puzzled.

It shouldn't be because the Tenma is occupying the bed; those stone beds were all carved out of the rocky mountains of the training ground, and there are as many as you want.

Moreover, Hades has only just shown signs of recovery. Even if he secretly attacked Tenma, the reincarnation of the Goddess, the Pope, and the Shadow Pope are all present, the Twelve Gold Saints are on standby, and the Sanctuary can save people.

Therefore, it shouldn't be a problem with the Tenma.

And yet, the Holy Land, with its full complement of personnel, is so helpless...

"It wasn't an accident, but an inevitable development—"

Sasha shook her head, meeting Gwen's questioning gaze, and said—

"In past Holy War, the Sanctuary did indeed have a record of expelling Hades' soul as the Finality of the Holy War."

But...

Those instances all occurred at the Finality of the Holy War, when few Saint Seiya remained and Underworld Army was almost completely wiped out.

"But now, the Holy War has not even officially begun, and the Underworld Army and the Sanctuary have suffered almost no casualties."

If Hades' soul were banished now...

Crestor still appeared in the form of a thought, but this time he was a young boy with a solemn expression.

"It's hard to say whether he will find another host to continue this Holy War."

"Whether it was because he was unwilling to accept that this Holy War had ended inconclusively, or because he was worried that the Holy Domain was too powerful, he had a reason to do so."

Sage sighed.

Just look at those three old guys and you'll know. There's never a shortage of geniuses among the Saint Seiya. The three of them who survived the Holy War have all reached the Eighth Sense.

Even if this Holy War hadn't broken out, the lack of life-or-death battles would have resulted in fewer Saint Seiya advancing in rank. Of the twelve Gold Saints, only half would have broken through to the Eighth Sense; if these were saved for the next Holy War, they could have overwhelmed Underworld Army.

Although Underworld Army has been composed of the same group of souls since the first Holy War, very few of them have improved in strength. If this happens, they will inevitably be crushed in the next Holy War.

This is something that Hades, the god of the underworld, cannot tolerate.

It's worth noting that at the start of the last Holy War, the Pope led a group of Gold Saint in a rebellion, and in the end, only a handful remained. Most of them were taken away by the two old immortals, the Twin Gods, leaving only Sage Bai Li and the previous generation's Crestor.

Therefore, if Hades' soul is rashly expelled, the most likely outcome is that Holy War will break out in an instant.

"It is indeed troublesome..."

Gwen understood Sage's meaning and began to ponder—

"If Hades's soul is banished, the Holy War will begin immediately, but the Sanctuary is not yet fully prepared."

Not expelling him would be a huge burden and risk for Aaron, even from the perspectives of Hades and the environment...

Is there any way to seal it?

I remember that Poseidon's soul was sealed in a bottle, wasn't it?

"It's very, very difficult."

Sasha sighed and used two very difficult phrases in a row—

"Hades is not a secondary god like the Twin Gods. As a powerful god who also controls the underworld, the difficulty of sealing Hades is far greater than that of sealing the Twin Gods."

As for Poseidon, the main reason he was able to be sealed away was that his divine body had been destroyed and his soul captured, which allowed him to be sealed.

Years have passed, and Sasha has blossomed into a beautiful young woman. Even though she still wears the simple white Greek-style robe, her meticulous, analytical demeanor now carries a hint of the wisdom of the Goddess of Wisdom.

"But Hades is extremely skilled in the soul realm, which even I, in my complete form, cannot match. Moreover, we cannot destroy Aaron's body in order to seal Hades' soul."

As for direct sealing..."

"We just tried, but we couldn't. It's still attached to Aaron's soul in a special form, and we can't seal it off on its own."

Bai Li sighed.

"They really know how to make things difficult for people."

After hearing Sasha's words, Gwen sighed and continued to ask,

"Can we suppress its awakening progress?"

"Yes, but it's very dangerous."

Sasha shook his head—

"While doing so may alleviate the immediate problem, the issue is that it will inevitably lead to Hades' soul coexisting with Aaron for a long time."

Aaron is certainly excellent, but facing Hades's pervasive and pervasive seduction... it's too dangerous.

"Tsk..."

Hearing that all the solutions had been blocked, Gwen couldn't help but click his tongue. As expected of a veteran god, although he was countless times more honest than his two brothers in the mythology, his ability to create trouble was really not bad at all.

"That...

"Let's hurry and smash through the Underworld Army first, cutting off Hades' hopes?"