After obtaining the Orichalcum God Steel, Meruem left the Sea Realm. Before leaving, however, he had Kanon continue lurking among the Sea Generals of the Sea Realm.
This was the best opportunity to plant a spy beside Poseidon—why give it up? Besides, Athena was still young and lacked the ability to reclaim Sanctuary. They could wait another two years until Xiaoqiang and others completed their training and returned, then have Saori lead them in retaking Sanctuary.
At that time, as the goddess Athena, wouldn't she be able to appoint whoever she wanted as Pope? Everything could wait until four years later.
Until then, Kanon would remain a Sea General, second only to the Sea Emperor and above all others. The only difference was that if anything unusual happened in the Sea Realm, he had to report it to Athena.
Just like that, Meruem had secured a Saint Seiya general for Saori.
After obtaining the black gemstone of the Underworld and the Orichalcum God Steel of the Sea Realm, Meruem immediately turned his attention to Sanctuary.
Within Sanctuary, aside from playing his role-swapping transformation game in the Pope's Chamber, Saga was conducting large-scale training for the Silver Saints.
He had likely given up on relying on the Gold Saints, so he turned his attention to the Silver Saints, Sanctuary's other main force, second only to the Gold Saints.
If trained well, Silver Saints could potentially awaken the Seventh Sense and become low-level Gold Saints. The most outstanding among them were Misty of the Lizard Constellation, Algol of the Perseus Constellation, and Noesis of the Triangulum Constellation. There were also two Silver Saints from the same era as the Gold Saints: Orpheus of the Lyra Constellation and Albiero of the Cepheus Constellation. However, one had vanished without a trace, while the other