Upon hearing that Seiya and the others, for her safety, had blocked several Silver Saints as Bronze Saints, Saori Kido, being the naive and sweet girl she was, was naturally moved again. She once again extended an olive branch to Seiya.
Seiya became even more embarrassed. If Saori Kido had mocked him, he wouldn't have felt as uncomfortable as he did now. But now, he had just left with a show of strength, only to be rescued by Saori Kido, whom he was supposed to protect, and she even thanked him. He felt his face burning up!
Fortunately, Saori Kido's words gave him a way out. He could only laugh awkwardly twice: "Uh... Miss Saori, so you're that strong."
At the same time, he secretly complained in his heart, 'If you're so strong, why didn't you show it? If you had, no one would have dared to snatch the Sagittarius Gold Cloth!'
He didn't complain too much, though. To some extent, protecting Saori Kido or Athena was their responsibility. Although he had decided to quit a while ago, he wasn't resentful about it.
Saori Kido smiled slightly: "I am a goddess, so of course I must have some combat power."
"Haha, of course..." Seiya gave a dry laugh, then turned his attention back to Hyoga and Shun. "Miss Saori... Goddess Athena... How can Hyoga and Shun be saved?"
"Perseus should have a way to undo this petrification," the Cerberus Saint, who had already defected, immediately said. "Or if we just defeat him, the petrification will also be lifted."
Saori shook her head, "We are all fellow Saint. I don't want us to fight and kill each other."
As she spoke, Saori Kido also began to use her Cosmo to help Perseus heal. However, Cosmo isn't really a healing ability. It can barely provide a breath of life, but there's no real hope for complete healing.
Otherwise, Seiya and the others wouldn't have needed to lie in the hospital after fighting through the Twelve Temples.
The staff she had wielded in her anger just now was actually not weak at all, even though she had held back slightly. In reality, she had only spared Perseus's life.
With such serious injuries, Saori Kido's Cosmo could at most stimulate Perseus's own Cosmo, making his condition slightly better. Complete healing was still a long way off.
Seeing this, Saori Kido looked at Shin somewhat helplessly. Seeing her gaze, Shin immediately channeled a stream of Yang Release Chakra, instantly restoring Perseus's injuries completely.
This move once again left the other Silver Saints and Seiya dumbfounded. To be honest, while Cosmo seemed to have many abilities, they were mostly concentrated on attack and combat. Other abilities, while not entirely absent, were unremarkable.
During the Galaxian Wars Tournament, when Shiryu and Seiya fought without their clothes, Hyoga once commented that Saint were merely mortals, relying entirely on the protection of their clothes.
Although the situation might be better at the Gold Saint' level, Aiolia once took Seiya's punch to the face. But this also showed that a Saint's defense was no match for their offensive power.
If defense was so weak, healing was even more out of the question. Except for a few special constellations, other Saint had no healing abilities!
Shin's ability to instantly restore injuries was simply too astonishing. While Cosmo surpassed the Chakra cultivated by ordinary people a hundredfold in combat power, it was definitely inferior to Chakra in terms of versatility.
Perseus, who had been unconscious, quickly regained consciousness under Shin's healing. Opening his eyes, he saw his comrades and Saori Kido standing before him.
The guy was startled and jumped up, assuming an attacking stance, but was immediately pinned down by the other Silver Saints.
As the Silver Saints held him down, they shouted, "Don't be rude to Goddess Athena!"
Without the Medusa Shield, Perseus's strength was nothing special, no different from the other Silver Saints' combat power. Moreover, his cloth had been shattered by Saori Kido. With three people pinning him down unexpectedly, he was immediately rendered immobile.
Saori Kido's expression was a mix of amusement and helplessness for a moment. "Let him go! He can't hurt me."
At this, the Silver Saints reluctantly withdrew their hands. Perseus was completely bewildered, and his gaze towards Saori Kido was even more fearful: "Evil god, don't try to brainwash me!"
Well, this guy mistook his comrades' actions for being brainwashed by Saori Kido, although that wasn't entirely wrong.
Saori Kido didn't answer, but once again radiated Athena's Cosmo. Perseus's face immediately showed a dumbfounded expression: "No... impossible! How can this be? You won't confuse me!"
"It's true, this Saori Kido is indeed Goddess Athena!" At this moment, Shaina, who had been standing with Seiya, spoke up. She had already mentally prepared herself and believed that Saori Kido was Athena.
You see, Goddess Athena had not appeared in the Sanctuary for over ten years, which was already a very puzzling issue.
Although theoretically, the goddess was supposed to communicate through the Pope and the others, and anyone entering the goddess's chambers was considered a great sin.
But in reality, how could Goddess Athena, under normal circumstances, stay in her chambers doing nothing?
Theoretically, even if she was not very approachable, at least coming out for a stroll should be normal, right? The Greek gods are not like the God in the Bible, whom ordinary people cannot even look at. On the contrary, these guys' personalities are no different from normal humans.
In this situation, it would be nonsense to say that the people in the Sanctuary had no doubts at all. It's just that Saga had indeed disguised himself very well, and even the 'Blue Saga' (his good personality) was inherently compassionate, so his pure Cosmo couldn't make people suspicious.
Coupled with the simple folk customs and naive personalities in the Sanctuary, these suspicions never materialized.
But now that Saori Kido had appeared, those doubts were magnified. With the veil of deception pulled away, the issue of Goddess Athena was immediately exposed.
The Pope's authority for so many years was indeed unquestioned, but Goddess Athena had never appeared, and in the Sanctuary, no one had ever felt Goddess Athena's Cosmo. This was also an undeniable problem.
This is precisely why these Silver Saints instantly believed that Saori Kido was Athena.
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