Alistair, Persephone.
They stepped out of Hades' City.
The two gazed into the distance from on high.
"Anywhere I want to go…"
"Not really."
Persephone shook her head. "It's been ages since I truly walked this Earth. Perhaps just wandering will do."
"Want to see the sea?"
Alistair suggested.
"Alright."
Persephone smiled and nodded.
The trio—Alistair, Persephone, and Leone.
Left Hades' City, heading far off.
…
Hades' City.
A figure sped across the ground, arriving beneath the city at a terrifying pace.
"Here…"
"Hades' City?"
"It's truly restored?"
A female Saint, clad in a revealing blue Cloth with a mask, stood tall, gazing distantly, lost in thought.
Eagle Constellation Silver Saint: Marin.
In the Holy War.
She survived.
Normally.
The Sanctuary's role was to maintain Earth's peace and handle routine tasks.
But unexpectedly.
Hades' City reappeared.
After deliberation, Saori Kido sent Marin to investigate, just to take a look.
Marin stepped forward, entering the spiral mountain's range.
Instantly!
She felt over eighty percent of her Cosmo suppressed.
"The Hades Barrier."
"It's restored too."
Marin judged, quickly retreating.
From the war with the Underworld, ended just two and a half months ago, she'd learned what followed.
Next…
"Come and try to leave so easily?"
"Does that not underestimate the Underworld?"
A haughty female voice came from behind Marin.
Marin spun around.
Her eyes narrowed.
Less than five meters behind her stood a tall woman.
Wearing a white shirt, white shorts, and white boots, her ice-blue hair accentuated her striking figure.
Esdeath!!!
Esdeath, not in her usual military uniform but casual attire, eyed Marin.
"A Saint?"
"Come."
"Let's fight!"
Esdeath flicked her hands, two ice swords materializing.
Swoosh!
Swoosh!
She hurled the ice swords.
"A Specter using ice techniques?"
"Who is she?"
Marin pondered but reacted swiftly, throwing a punch.
Silver Saint.
At least sixth-sense Cosmo, her sonic-speed punches shattered the ice swords and enveloped Esdeath.
But…
Esdeath gripped two new ice swords, charging at Marin with blinding speed, dodging every punch by a hair's breadth.
"Is this all?"
Esdeath's swords crossed. "If this is it, aren't Athena's Saints too weak?"
"That's just too dull!"
Esdeath's attacks grew faster, more ruthless.
For a moment.
Marin felt she could barely keep up.
Esdeath's combat style lacked flashy techniques.
Or rather.
Esdeath wasn't skilled in martial arts. Her strength lay in killing honed through life-and-death battles.
No techniques—just whatever killed the opponent was good.
Marin, trained in the orthodox Cosmo system.
Though battle-hardened, she'd never faced such pure killing intent.
"It seems…"
"She excels at slaughter."
"Then…"
Marin dodged Esdeath's assault, leaping, her long legs descending like sharp eagle claws.
"Eagle Flash!"
"Finally, something interesting!"
Esdeath's lips curved, a torrent of freezing aura spreading outward.
Marin's supersonic speed slowed under the icy air.
At Hades' City's edge.
Pandora and Ker watched the battle from above.
"Esdeath is truly a genius."
"Worthy of being limited by her world."
"In just a month."
"From first touching Cosmo, she's reached a profound sixth-sense level."
"Keep going…"
"Likely."
"She'll soon grasp the seventh-sense Cosmo."
Ker couldn't help but marvel.
Was Esdeath's Cosmo training long?
Nonsense!
From contact to training, barely a month and a half, interspersed with other tasks.
In total.
About a month.
Yet in that month.
Esdeath reached a deep sixth-sense level.
Don't underestimate Marin.
Having fought countless battles.
Post-Holy War, Marin was near the peak of the sixth sense.
Compared to monsters like Orphée or Albior, Silver Saints rivaling Gold Saints, she fell short.
But she was among the top tier below them.
Yet even so?
Esdeath, in one month, matched Marin's decade-long efforts.
Even…
"The Eagle isn't Esdeath's match."
"She's a true warrior forged in life-and-death combat."
Pandora summed it up.
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