In the Sanctuary, A'e wore the Ophiuchus Golden Cloth and found it as light as air, utterly devoid of metal's weight and stiffness.
People naturally loved beauty, men and women alike, yet after putting on the Golden Cloth, A'e did not seek out a water mirror to examine herself. Instead, she was astonished by the power flowing through it, finding it utterly incredible.
The formidable power was warm as sunlight, coursing through her limbs and body via the Golden Cloth. A'e raised her hands and lightly clenched her fists, easily sensing an unprecedented strength gathering at her fingertips.
She recalled what Russell had said before—that a Saint Seiya's fist could tear open the sky and their feet could shatter the earth—and found it even more unbelievable.
"This power... that guy wasn't bluffing!?"
A'e's beautiful eyes widened. She admitted that the Golden Cloth could grant an ordinary person power comparable to a god's, because she herself was only a third-rate god. Compared against her own strength, the difference was obvious.
Several divine senses swept back and forth through the skies. On Mount Olympus, quite a few gods were intensely interested in the Golden Cloth Russell had created.
It came with Star Map effects and could disperse divine might even without anyone controlling it, reinforcing the Sanctuary against invasion. No matter how one looked at them, these thirteen Golden Cloths were no ordinary objects.
In truth, what interested the gods most was the Sun God Battle Armor on Russell's body.
It closely echoed the authority of the Sun God. More directly put, the Sun God Battle Armor was an extension of the Sun God's authority, a physical manifestation of that authority.
With such divine artifacts before them, all the gods were eager to make a move. Yet intimidated by Russell's brutal record,