"I'm not here for you today. Shut up first."
Su Ye snorted and ignored Pandora.
If this were thirteen years later, when the main story begins and Pandora is sixteen, Su Ye might endure it.
Of course, if it were the older Pandora from Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas, Su Ye wouldn't even hesitate—he'd go for it immediately.
The Pandora from LC is absolutely stunning—seductive and charming, with curves in all the right places, long legs, and an ethereal beauty. Whether in looks or figure, she fulfills every man's fantasy of a woman.
But the problem is, the girl in front of him is just a three-year-old child.
The girlfriend card he pulled was utterly ridiculous—completely off the charts!
Fixing Pandora in place, Su Ye reached out and lightly grasped, directly pulling the swaddling cloth from her hands.
Inside the swaddle was not a real child, but a swirling cosmos, like a nebula.
That cosmos was the microcosm of Hades, the God of the Underworld—it was his soul.
To the Saints and their beloved Goddess, Hades is the ultimate villain, the enemy they've battled for thousands of years, and the fundamental reason why the Holy Wars can never truly end.
But to Su Ye, Hades' soul was nothing less than a perfect, nourishing elixir.
Although Su Ye was already "dead," his powers came from Marvel—he was a God from that cinematic universe, not from a fantasy universe, meaning his divine essence was incomplete.
Thus, what he needed most was to complete his divine essence and become a God shared by both the Marvel multiverse and his own multiversal fantasy.
This path was long and arduous. The Saint Seiya world and Hades were just the first step—many more would follow.
And while this first step didn't happen during Pandora's prime, it did occur at Hades' weakest moment.
With his soul newly born, Hades' microcosm power and strength had been diminished to their lowest, leaving him almost completely defenseless before Su Ye.
Su Ye only needed to devour Hades' soul to obtain his power.
Of course, Hades wouldn't engage in something this risky without any safeguards.
Just as Su Ye grasped Hades' swaddle, two massive black figures suddenly appeared before him.
They were two tall men who looked very similar, both clad in ornate black armor—one with golden trim, the other with silver trim.
They were dressed lavishly, with solemn expressions and an aura that inspired fear.
"Put down that swaddle! You have violated the dignity of the Gods, human! You will face divine punishment!"
The one who spoke was the one with the silver-trimmed armor.
His name was Thanatos, the God of Death from the underworld, and his armor was not just any armor—it was a Death God's Surplice, a magnificent battle garment that not only looked extravagant but also offered formidable defense and significantly enhanced the wearer's power.
The one with the golden trim was his elder brother, Hypnos, the god of sleep from the underworld.
These two gods were the guardians of Hades' descent, responsible for his safety and arranging everything for him.
In contrast, Athena's side was far more miserable.
Throughout history, Athena had been the sole god supporting the Holy Wars. Not only did she lack secondary or tertiary Gods as allies, but her already small number of warriors often included traitors.
This left her domain in constant turmoil, filled with chaos and disorder.
Given how many times the Holy Wars had been fought, it was nothing short of a miracle that Athena remained undefeated.
Of course, Su Ye wasn't here to help Athena win the Holy War. He was just a passerby—one who came to take Hades' divine essence and then leave, possibly never to return.
Across from him, Thanatos saw Su Ye staying silent and immediately grew furious, clenching his fist, ready to attack.
But Su Ye was holding Hades' soul in its weakest state, and Thanatos hesitated, fearing that attacking might harm Hades, making him momentarily freeze, caught in a dilemma.
Hypnos, the God of Sleep, was in the same predicament. However, unlike Thanatos, he didn't need to rely on physical force—if he could influence Su Ye from a distance, even putting him to sleep, he could save Hades without a fight.
But as Hypnos prepared to make a move, he suddenly realized—he couldn't move.
A mysterious, overwhelming force suddenly descended upon him and Thanatos, freezing them both in place. They couldn't attack—hell, they couldn't even blink.
'Who… exactly are you?'
'Why… why are you so powerful?'
'Are you an Olympian God?'
'You… what are you planning to do to Lord Hades!?'
The microcosms of the Gods of sleep and death pulsed wildly as their consciousnesses tried to connect with Su Ye, seeking to uncover his identity and find a way to resolve the situation.
Unfortunately for them, Su Ye ignored them entirely. With a simple tightening of his fingers, he crushed the swaddle in his hands to dust.
Boom!
Hades' microcosm exploded, forming into a black silhouette in midair, while a beam of dark purple light rapidly shot in from an unknown space.
'Bastard! What have you done to me!?'
Hades' consciousness began awakening. He no longer dared to play the game of suppressing his power to be reborn as an ordinary human—this was now a matter of life and death. If he kept up the charade, he'd be playing himself into oblivion.
That dark purple light was his Hades Surplice. With it, he believed he could still turn the tide...
Unfortunately, in the very next second, Su Ye casually took a breath, and Hades, like dust caught in a vacuum cleaner, was instantly sucked into Su Ye's body and disappeared without a trace.
Beside him, Thanatos and Hypnos were dumbfounded.
'Lord Hades… is gone?'
'Impossible! Lord Hades is the ruler of the underworld! How could he disappear so easily!?'
'Who the hell is this guy? Why did he kill Lord Hades!?'
'We must avenge Lord Hades!'
The two Gods screamed and roared in their consciousnesses with grief and rage, but their bodies remained utterly immobile, leaving them to do nothing but howl in vain.
At that moment, the dark purple Hades Surplice finally arrived, "seeing" the now-empty ground and the familiar yet clearly not Hades-like Su Ye, and froze in place.
Su Ye's aura suddenly shifted, and he beckoned toward the Hades Surplice.
With a flash of light, the Hades Surplice darted toward him like a tadpole finding its mother, instantly equipping itself onto Su Ye.
Seeing Su Ye fully clad in the Hades Surplice, the Gods of sleep and death were so shocked that tears welled up in their eyes.