"Now, continue to the Saint Seiya World!"
As soon as the Natsu template ended, Adam entered the Saint Seiya World.
To use the Cosmo as the overall framework to contain all the energy within his body, his Cosmo naturally needed to be strong enough.
His Cosmo was like Seiya's, just having stepped into the Seventh Sense, and he needed to observe and learn in the Saint Seiya World, taking advantage of this Holy War.
"So many people are injured; it seems the battle was fierce."
Adam emerged from the Primordial Space and immediately saw a circle of Saints lying around, including Bronze Saints like Seiya, Silver Saints, and Gold Saints like Taurus and Pisces.
"Tell me, what happened?"
Adam reached into the Primordial Space and pulled out his serpent staff, then healed all the severely injured Saints one by one.
"Finally recovered! Adam, it would be great if you were always here."
The healed Seiya jumped off the bed, stretched his limbs, and feeling his severely injured body completely recovered, he recounted what had happened after Adam left.
Yesterday, after Adam took away the moon and thwarted Hades's Eclipse Plan, the furious Hades immediately led his army from the Underworld to the human world.
He even used his powerful divine power to directly move Hades's Castle opposite the Sanctuary.
Since last night, large numbers of Specters had been attacking the Sanctuary from all directions, attempting to assassinate Athena.
The number of Specters far exceeded the number of Saints, which meant that if the Saints wanted to protect the Sanctuary and Athena, they had to disperse and fight outnumbered, to stop the Specters' advance.
Fortunately, Hades and the Twin Gods did not join the attack, and Athena had been maintaining a Barrier, weakening the Specters' strength and enhancing the Saints' strength.
So, by dawn, all the Specters were finally repelled, but many Saints were severely injured and could no longer fight.
"You mean all the injured Specters were rescued?"
After listening to Seiya's narration, Adam's eyes flickered as he asked.
Seiya nodded:
"Yes, the Pope said that Miss Saori's Barrier, combined with Shaka's rosary, would seal the Specters' souls within the rosary upon their death, making it impossible for even Hades to revive them.
So, when those Specters retreated, they rescued all the injured ones."
"That's a cautious strategy."
Adam raised an eyebrow, already having a rough idea of Hades's intentions.
In fact, judging by strength, the disparity between the two sides was still very large.
Firstly, regarding the main gods' strength, with Hades's true body descending and Athena's soul reincarnated, Athena was no match for him in a one-on-one fight.
Secondly, regarding the Twin Gods' strength, the Sanctuary would need at least four or five top Gold Saints to team up, along with Athena's talismans, to have a chance to contend with them.
Then, looking further down, there were a total of 108 Specters, while the Saints, even at full strength, only numbered 88, and many were currently missing.
Adam had revived all the Gold Saints, but the Saga Rebellion had not only killed Gold Saints but also many excellent Silver and Bronze Saints.
Therefore, under normal circumstances, Hades should have directly led his army to attack the Sanctuary with all his might. Even if most of his subordinates died, he would absolutely win the Holy War in the end.
But Hades did not do that.
In Adam's view, on the one hand, precisely because his true body had descended this time, given Hades's care for his body, he worried that his physical body might be injured, or he might accidentally fall into Athena's trap and die, just like Poseidon.
So, he and the Twin Gods would not personally attack the Sanctuary before they were 100% confident, only acting when necessary or when victory was assured.
On the other hand, it was, of course, due to Adam's appearance.
They had already deeply experienced Adam's attack power. Although not as strong as Hades himself, it surpassed the Twin Gods, and he had even used a special method to remove the moon, disrupting the Eclipse Plan.
So, every night, they sent large numbers of Specters to attack the Sanctuary, forcing the Saints to disperse their defenses and defeat them one by one. Killing them was best, but severely injuring them was also acceptable.
The number of Specters was already greater than that of the Saints.
If this attrition continued, as long as the injured Specters did not die within the Sanctuary, they would not be sealed in the rosary, and Hades could revive them at will, while the Saints would become fewer and fewer due to severe injuries and deaths.
Once the Saints were mostly depleted, they would launch a general offensive, naturally greatly increasing their chances of victory.
"Too bad I foiled your plan."
If he didn't have the ophiuchus gold cloth, if he didn't have healing abilities, then Hades's plan might truly have succeeded.
Now, as long as the Saints had a breath left, they could instantly recover once he appeared. As long as they didn't die outside the Sanctuary and have their souls taken by Hades, he could revive them.
Therefore, this would become a long war of attrition.
Of course, for Adam, if the Holy War turned into a war of attrition, it would actually become a good thing.
Because the Sanctuary needed him, he could gain more benefits from the Sanctuary, constantly observing the battles between Saints and Specters, thereby comprehending the Cosmo and improving his own Cosmo.
He wouldn't be foolish enough to go and kill Hades now, even though he was confident he could take on the entire Underworld army by himself.
The Saint Seiya World was not shallow; it wasn't just Hades and Athena, these two gods. If he killed Hades, a main god, and bore the crime of god-slaying, he would be ganged up on by all the other gods later.
Even if he truly wanted to help Athena, he could only play a supporting role; Athena had to personally kill Hades for it to be fine.
"Let's go, to see Athena."
After healing all the injured Saints and understanding what had happened in his absence, Adam and the Saints went to Athena's temple.
Athena and the other Saints were overjoyed to learn of Adam's appearance and that he had healed all the severely injured Saints. Just as Adam could guess Hades's conspiracy, Shion, Dohko, and Saga and others could also guess it.
They were agonizing over whether to continue to sit idly by or to take the initiative to attack Hades's Castle and kill Hades.
However, Hades's Castle also had Hades's Barrier; if the Saints entered, their strength would also be suppressed. If they failed to kill Hades, then they would be completely annihilated.
Fortunately, just as they were finding it difficult to decide, Adam appeared and solved their problem.
With Adam present, even if he only appeared for an hour each day, he could ensure that the Sanctuary would not be dragged down by the Specters.
"Which Gold Saint is free today?"
Adam's goal was to learn the special techniques of the various Gold Saints, so he naturally wanted to seize the time for learning; everything else could be put aside for now.
So, after clarifying everything, he asked the Gold Saints present.
"The Specters are not attacking now, we are all free."
All the Gold Saints simultaneously came before Adam.
Adam's role in the Sanctuary was too great; they all knew it and were very willing to guide Adam in learning their special techniques.