Hades POV - Underworld, Judecca - 1987

  I look at Phoenix's lifeless body on the floor and think, 'Everythi acc to my pn, with this I was able to take care of the unstable factor that was Andromeda Shun's soul... Now this body is truly mine, and nobody stop me! I have just to wait for the Greatest Eclipse to start and everything will be under my rule, and I'll bee strohan every od and take my rightful pce as their ruler, not even my brother Zeus, that prideful Shiva, that half-blind Odin, and the others will be my equal!'.

  I turn around to move bay throne and order "Pandora, dispose of that man's body with care", and start walking but all of a sudden, I felt something near, 'What? What is this o? Don't tell me this o is...'.

  Pandora POV - Underworld, Judecca - 1987

  I hear Lord Hades' order and sit near Ikki's body, and with my hand, I touch the wound on his back that I caused with my trident, and in that instant, I realize that he is still alive, but that isn't the only thing that happened, feeling his fiery lifeforce, something in me awakens, and right at that moment, I realize many things that were hidden from me in pin sight and I once agaihe colors of the world around me, 'Ikki...', and on impulse, I use my powers to hide his life's signals to everyone.

  Then I quickly steel myself returning to my role as ander of the Specters, and standing up, in my usual cold voice I ask "Well? Is there no one nearby?", and soon Harpy Valentiers the hall and kneels behind me waiting for my orders "Yes, midy, I, Valentine am here!".

  Without looking at him I order "Dispose of Phoenix's body in Cocytus, but be respectful, though he is an enemy, he is also the brother of our Lord's host", Valentine says "Uood..." and picks up Ikki like a sack of potatoes, then simply says "On my way!" and leaves the hall to follow my order.

  I then notice that Lord Hades is standing still looking at something in the distah a strange expression on his fad ask "Lord Hades? What is the matter, my Lord?", he quickly calms down and replies "Nothing... A distasteful premonition, nothing more, it is most likely a groundless fear...", hearing that I tinue pying my role and say "I am so sorry, you must be exhausted, would you like to retire to your Shrine?".

  But he sits on his throne and says "No... I believe I shall rest here a while longer, do not let anyone disturb me, go", hearing his order I kneel and says "Yes, milord, please excuse me" and leave this hall while thinking, 'Now, I must be careful on how I move... Hades isn't the only threat, there are also Thanatos and Hypnos that are watg everything from the Elysion, I have to make my move at the right time as it will probably be my st one...'.

  Seiya POV - Underworld, Eight Prison - 1987

  I and the other were able to move past the Fifth Prison, and the Labyrinth of the Minotaur while easily dealing with the various Specters on the way, as most of them are rankless Skeletons or weaker Terrestrial Stars, 'It seems that someone else is taking care of the Celestial Star Specters, and the more we move forward the less obstru we find', and after some time we finally reached the Sixth Prison.

  The Sixth Prison, is where Balron Lune wao se's a hellish pce divided into three valleys, the First Valley, is the pce where those who have spent their lives showing violeowards others are thrown, it is a pond of infernal blood that will endlessly boil you, the Sed Valley is a hellish forest, where those who suicide ends up transformed in trees, and beien by hellish birds who feed on leaves causing such trees to bleed and scream in suffering, while those that destroyed their body ends up hunted and ripped apart by hellish dogs, and the Third Valley, where those who are intoxicated by uhy pleasures are thrown into a fiery infernal desert, where it rains fire all the time, and the souls are forced to suffer and wander for eternity.

  Moving past the Sixth Prison, we find ourselves in the Seventh Prison, a huge desert with ten pits, the malebolges, in this prison lies a bed of ferruginous colored stone, and at the ter of the prison opens a deep chasm, an immense well, and the space betweerand the well is nearly round and is divided into ten malebolge, or pits, where the obstru is almost none, we only fought with a few weak Terrestrial Specters, before moving past this prison and finding ourselves i prison of the Underworld, the Eight Prison.

  The Eight Prison is also known as the Cocytus, it is the part of the Underworld with a vast pin of snow and icy winds that punish the damned who were traitors, and those who spired against the gods in life.

  It is the area where the Temples of the Three Judges of the Underworld are located, as well as the pace of Hades the Judecca, our destination.

  We keep moving through this frozen hell of Cocytus, reag the First Sphere, a, the pce of punishment for people who betrayed their families, here we find the temple that belongs to the Spectre Wyvern Rhadamanthys, one of the Three Judges of the Underworld.

  It is a temple, possibly the home of the Spectre, a quadrangur building with four ns rou ead, and small steps around the eructure, both ns as the ter of the building have domes adorned with statues of wyverns, the legendary creature on which Rhadamanthys's Surplice is based on, here we don't find anyone guarding the pce, and are easily able to move past this pce, while still seeing the tormented souls trapped in the ice all around us.

  Moving on we find Antenora, the Sed Sphere of ??i the Underworld, it is the pce of punishment for people who betrayed their try, here we find the temple belonging to the Spectre Garuda Aiacos, another Judge of the Underworld, this temple has a polygonal base on which rises a circur building, whose circumference has ns interspersed by two walls, holding a broad and ft roof which emerges over ns arranged in circles, leaving a roof again but this time holding the figure of Garuda, the animal of which the Surplice of this Judge is based on, and again we are able to move past it unobstructed, so much that Hyoga says "This is starting to worry me since we ehis prison we didn't evehe shadow of a Specter... what is going on here?".

  I try to calm him down and say "Maybe, Shaka already took care of them... he is the only ohat we didn't meet yet... And Jayr-san did say many times that he 't imagine a sario where he loses unless Shaka fights with Hades himself...", hearing my reasoning Shiryu nods and says "That is true, but let's still not lower uard... We are still in the eerritory and everything happen... Right now we should only focus on reag the Judecd saving Shun!", we all nod at that and keep running toward the Sphere of this icy hell.

  And so we quickly reach Ptolomaea, the Third Sphere of ??Cocytus, where the souls of those who betrayed guests are punished, in the middle of which we find the Temple belonging to the Spectre Griffon Minos, the st Judge of the Underworld, The temple sits atop a high stone base of which is accessed via stairs. Its sides have two statues of es with their wings open, the building is surrounded by ns supp the roof, whi its tral part has gabled sides and is particurly smooth, this pce too is totally devoid of any kind of life or threat, so we are quickly able to move onward.

  After a few minutes, we are finally standing in the Last Sphere of Cocytus, the Judecca, which lies at the heart of the Underworld, in the distance I already see the pace at the ter that serves as the residence of Hades, God of the Underworld, and Pandora, ander of the army of Spectres, the pace is a building of a god in the purest Greek style, it is a tral circur structure and the sides sist of two homer structures that form a single building, and pointing at it I say "We are really close now, this is the Judecca, and that is the pace of Hades!".

  And so we keep moving toward it while being careful to not step on the many frozen souls on the ground, but while we were running, a familiar body falls in front of us, and reizing it, I yell "Ikki! Hey, hang it there!! How did you get here?", but his body is unmoving, and as I notice this, I hear a familiar male voice that says "Heh... It's like this particur piece of hell was designed especially for you Saints...".

  I look at who is speaking and reize him as one of the Specters I met at Hades Castle, meanwhile, he tinues expining "This is the Eight Prison, Cocytus, where the heinous sinner who spires against the Gods are sent, most of the resident are Saints who dared to challenge Lord Hades and the ods... Look!! All around you are the pitful remains of Athena's Saint!! Thousands, millions, who perished in the Holy Wars sint times!!".

  Hearing that, I look at all the souls buried around us that seem to extend infinitely even beyond my sight and mutter "Are these all Saints who died for love, peace, and justice?", then the Specter says "Don't worry, it's just a matter of time before you all die and join your brethren, in fact, I'm going to help you pass on...", we all raise uard and Shiryu says "Wait a minute... I remember you! You were at the Hades Castle when it fell!".

  Totally unbothered by our numeric advantage he smiles and says "Heh... That's right, I'm Harpy Valentine, I'll give you credit for making it this far... But this is the end of your journey!", as soon as he finishes speaking, I make my move, and start the fight with a flying kick, I feel my foot hit the target's torso, but it feels shallow, and soon I notice that Valentine jumped back to lessen the impact, and as we both nd on the frozen ground he says "You fool! Do you really think that I wouldn't be prepared for su attack?".

  But I smile and say "No... In fact, I was ting on that...", at the same time, Hyoga and Shiryu made their move too, Hyoga gathers the cold air around his fist, instantly densing the surrounding moisture into pure ice which then shatters and mas itself in the form of tless sharp and cutting snow crystals that are hurled through a powerful cold wind through his fist as he yells "Diamond Dust!!", but again Valentine defends against this teique using the right wing of his Surplice to deflect the Diamond Dust.

  But his left side is open and Shiryu takes advantage of it to attack, "Rozan Shoryuha!!" and with an uppercut so powerful that gees a shockwave in the shape of a dragon, Shiryu hits Valentine, blowing him high in the sky as he spits blood from his mouth, but the attack wasn't a lethal one, as still in mid-air, Valeurn his body and now fag us he yells enraged "You bastards! I'll show you my full strength!".

  Valentine adopts a stan which he csps his hands together and raises his arms above his head, then when he begins his attack, the wings of his Surplifold as he burns his o to the maximum and yells "Greed the Life!!", thus projeg a powerful bst of energy that spreads out from his body at the speed of light hitting us all at the same time.

  The impact of this bst of energy is so powerful that it was able to damage our Cloth even after they were enhanced by Athena's blood, at the same time, I feel my body growing weaker as if my lifeforce was stolen by it, and the cold of this icy hell starts taking effee, as I feel my body growing slower and my sense dulling, 'Uhh... I feel like I'm getting frostbitten all over my body, and I'm growing weaker with each passing sed... at this rate... he'll kill us...'.

  Hades POV - Underworld, Judecca - 1987

  While I was resting on my throne, I felt an unknown presence, so I open my eyes and says "Who goes there? I gan an order to not be disturbed, remove yourself at once", and soon a voice replies "Heh... I'm afraid I won't follow your order... Not after what I went through to get here...", at the same time, I hear the sound of footsteps, and the moment a figure appears in front of me, a figure that I do nnize, so I ask "Who are you?".

  He is a young man with long blond hair, which reaches his knees, and clear blue eyes, one of his most distinctive features is the red Bindi he wears in the ter of his forehead, he is donning a lustrous gold armor that covers almost his whole body, I reize as the Virgo Cloth, the man looks at me and says "I'm Virgo Shaka!! I've e to take your life, Hades!!".

  I look at the Saint and ask "Shaka... One of the Saints that ihe Underworld, I heard that no one was able to find you, where have you been?", and the Saint calmly replies "I had no idea of where to find you... So I was heading directly for Elysium...", hearing that I realize where he was and say "I see, Elysium is across the shores of the river Lethe, far upstream of River Acheron, but even from there it 't be easily reached, even the likes of Athena would it find difficult to reach Elysion from there".

  Shaka nod and says "Yes, while I was trying to find a way, I sensed your o and headed here instead", I smile and ask "So where is Athena? She is the only oill hidden...", but he doesn't answer me and says "Why do you care? You are about to die", at the same time, his o explodes in strength and he yells "I have e to take your life!! Die!!".

  But just as he is about to attaother female voice yells "Halt, Shaka!! Do not meddle with Hades", and an immense and familiar huge Divine o appears in the middle of the hall.

  The figure of a beautiful young woman with long light violet hair, and greenish blue eyes, wearing a simple white dress walks into the hall, seeing her I say "Just as I thought, this o I have been sensing... Is yours, Athena!!".

  Seiya POV - Underworld, Judecca - 1987

  I feel myself getting weaker and weaker with each passing sed, at the same time, and as my sciousness grows hazy I hear Harpy Valentine's voice that says "With this, our victory is almost guaranteed, Lady Pandora will be pleased", but soon I feel Athena's ing from just a little ahead of us that surrounds my body and shield me from this icy hell cold, while at the same time, reigniting my almost spent o and lifeford feeling my o and body again, I think, 'Ah... This o... Athena... Athena is close by... I have to help her!', and move to get up and fight once more.

  Valeices this and excims "What? They survived the Greed of Life? What the... their bodies were ice cold, but now it's as if it's on fire!", and indeed, I feel that Hyoga and Shiryu are going through the same thing, and so with the mutual uandiween us, that was created going through mah and life battles together, we all make our os explode at the same time.

  Momentarily stunning Valentine, who yells "I 't believe this! They were near death, but their o is so intense! How!?", and I take advantage of this moment to throowerful o-enhanced kick at him, but he gets out of his stuate and dodges yelling "Fool!! Such kick has no eff....!!" but he stops as he wasn't able to fully dodge my kick, and to his surprise, the right shoulder and arm pieces breaks uhe fory kick.

  At the same time, Hyoga hits him with a Diamond Dust on his back, freezing both the wings and slowly the rest of his Surplice, making him yell "What!? Impossible!!", and taking advantage of his state, Shiryu finishes him off using his most powerful teique, he yells "Rozan Hyaku Ryuha (Hundred Dragons of Lushan)!!", theending both his arms forward, he makes his o explode, and the resulting bst, transforms in the form of one hundred blue dragons that quickly moves toward Valentilessly attag him destroying his Surplid killing him on the spot.

  Hyoga looks at Valentine's copse for a few moments then he says "Let's move! We still help Athena and Shun!", but I stop them and ask "What about Ikki?", Shiryu moves o him and checks his body he says "He is still alive! But he is unscious, right now we 't wait for him to wake up...", then we look at each other and nod, silently agreeing on the decision we just made, then we leave running toward Hades' pace.

  Saori POV - Underworld, Judecca - 1987

  After a long journey into the desote nds of the Underworld, I'm finally standing ihe chambers of the Lord of the Underworld, Hades, closer thao ending this senseless fight that st sihe Age of Myths, standing in front of me is the Virgo Saint Shaka, and Andromeda Shun's body, who is at the moment possessed by the soul of Hades.

  Hades looks at me and says "Athena, you are finally here to offer your life to me", before I could answer, Shaka yells in "Athena, no! It's still too dangerous for you!! Let me fight Hades first!!", hearing that I smile and say "But that's Shun", and shaking his head, Shaka says "No, Shun is no more, Hades has pletely quered his body and soul... The real Shun is as good as dead. I know that he'd want us to destroy this monster", and raises his fist to prepare to attack him.

  But I move o him aly hold his fist with my hand and say "I don't think it would be easy to kill Hades while he's inside Shun, we would merely damage Shun's body, not Hades' soul", then I move up the stairs leading to the throne saying "I will handle him, do not interfere, uood?", and as I'm moving up the ruiaircase, I hear Shaka yells "Athena! Look out! Don't go any closer!!", but I ignore him and keep moving while thinking, 'Now, I have to keep his attention on me, and at the same time lead him in such a way that he'll give me the opportunity te him from Shun's body...'.

  Standing in front of him, I lht into Shun's soulless eyes and say "Hades, I came to ask a favor...", and quickly notice his curiosity as he asks "A favor?", so I get on my knees and say "Please halt the Greatest Eclipse, do not turn the Earth into a world of darkness", I clearly feel that I have Hades' full attention as he is studying my every movement and expression, even my own o is under his scrutiny.

  And after a few moments of silence, he says "I never imagined I'd see you, my eternal enemy, groveling before me on your hand and knees... But you're too te, the Greatest Eclipse is underway, in mihe moon will block the sun and pluhe earth into perpetual darkness, not even you stop it now, Athena!!", I nod and say "I know, that's why I'm begging you to intervene... Please... I offer my own life in exge".

  Once again Hades studies me to find a trace of deception, then he asks "Is this true? You're your life to me?". and with Shaka's worried yell in the background, I decre "If my life save the Earth... Then gdly", and with a victorious smile he says "Very well, your life is mihen with his powers he lift the impaled trident from the ground and give it to a stunned Shaka, and says "Shaka, kill Athena with that trident".

  Seeing him hesitate, Hades tinues "What's the matter? Athena has offered me her life to save the Earth, you should kill her with joy", then I hear Shaka says "V-very well, I shall... Kill you, that is!!" and throws the trident aiming at Hades, and feeling Hades fog on him now, I think, 'Yes... Everything is going well just a little more!', while at the same time, I yell "No, Shaka!!", and using my powers as Athena I grab the trident stopping Shaka's atta Hades, and say "I thought I told you not interfere" the make the trident fall on the ground.

  Hades then picks up the trident and says "I heard you were a courteous Saint Shaka, I'm sdalized that you'd attack a God... I think I'll get rid of you first", but I use this moment to stand up a move in front of Hades again and say "Hades, your business is with me", he tries to pressure me and says "Move aside, Athena or else I'll just skewer you both on this spear", and as our os csh I decre "I will not move".

  And the moment I was waiting for it finally came, as Hades enraged by the tinuous defiances, lowers his guard and yells "Very well! Both your lives are forfeit anyway! I'll kill you myself!!", aacks me with the trident in person, but as the trident is about to pierce my chest, I stop it with my hand, but even so this causes a wound on it that make it bleed profusely and soon the blood falls from the bde of the trident toug Hades' hand.

  Hades doesn't notice this, instead, he looks at me and asks fused "What's the matter? I thought you were giving me your life or did you ge your mind?", I look at him and as the golden aura of my Divine o surrounds my body, I yell "I will not let you kill anyone!! Not Shaka!! Nor Shun!! Nor all of humanity!! I have a duty to protect every living thing oh!! That is what I was born to do!!".

  And through my blood, my o invades Hades' body and reawakens Shun's soul and o within it, who resoh my o and start to fight bad push Hades' soul out, and indeed Hades starts screaming in pain "Aargh!! What is this ragi? Athena's blood burns!!", and feeling that Shun's soul is now full awaken I yell as I strengthen my o even more "Keep at it, Shun!! This is your ce to cast Hades out!!".

  And once again Hades screams in pain "Aaargh!!", and I and with the full fory o "Go, Hades!! Leave Shun's body!!", and as he is fully immersed in both my and Shun's os, Hades yells "Unnh!! S-so painful!! I 't stay in this body any longer!!", and with dark sparks, Hades' dark soul es out of Shun's body whiow falls on the ground.

  H above Shun's body Hades' soul says "Arrgh... Inceivable! I ot believe Shun's body rejected me! Shun redestio bey vessel, so why?", I look at his soul with the trident in my hand and expin "Because you were wrong, you choose poorly, Shun was born to be the Andromeda Saint, not to host your soul, and now that his soul has been reawakened by my blood, you ever possess him again! Surrender, Hades! You chose the wroo return to, you have no body to be reborn into!! You ot be fully reinated in this age!!".

  As I say this, I prepare for what is to e, as I'm sure of the fact that he won't give up, and indeed, I clearly feel his growing malice as I say in the hope that he truly accepts his defeat and end this without further bloodshed "Now do you see that further battle is pointless? Halt the greatest Eclipse and go back to your slumber, Hades", and indeed, his oves as he yells "Arrgh... So close tiernal darko the Earth... I will not retreat while the Earth is still in my grasp!".

  And with a powerful bst of o he yells "I shall drag you down with me!! I'll see your flesh destroyed too, Athena!!", I try to fight it, and since he is here only with his soul, I'm able to overwhelm him, and sooarts to retreat, and chase after him, knowihat he will lead me into a trap, and as I hear Shaka yelling my he st thought in my mind is 'Jayr... With this everything is in pce... I'll wait for you...'.

  Odyin