Also in Sassari, but in a corner closer to Ossi.
This was the magic workshop of a local magical society. From the outside, it was just a somewhat old-fashioned cottage, which was now shaking violently. But Erica was still here. Even though her uncle had already called from across the ocean, she continued to stare into the scrying pool before her, its reflection showing live images of the battle between the two gods.
"Lady Lucretia, the picture is breaking up! Shouldn't we just run?!" the witch beside her, the one with the talent for spirit vision, stammered, gritting her teeth.
"You really are a fool. Your sister, your mother, and your teachers all booked plane tickets and fled yesterday!" The witch Lucretia, holding a wine glass, continued to watch the pool with a leisurely air. "Sardinia is too small for two Heretic Gods. It wouldn't be impossible for them to turn the entire Mediterranean into their battlefield."
The young witch turned pale with fright. Though she didn't know where to run, she still packed her bags and fled. In the end, only Erica and Lucretia remained in the local magic workshop.
"You're not running either, Erica-dear?" The witch turned to look at the female knight beside her. "If it were you, even in a situation like this, you could get on a plane and escape at any time, couldn't you?"
"I have already sworn an oath before him. Fleeing is not my style, and I believe it is not his style either. He will come," Erica said with a serious expression.
"Whoa, what is that? A massive typhoon with a diameter of over a hundred kilometers? And it's still intensifying like mad!" The witch Lucretia's eyes widened in terror. She already knew the result. "We must evacuate immediately! Erica-dear, we have to take refuge in the spirit world!"
Her usual elegance was completely gone. A super-typhoon that was rapidly expanding to a hundred kilometers, and could even reach several hundred, was certainly an Authority of a Heretic God, but it could also casually destroy Sardinia in the process.
"Wait a little longer!" Erica gritted her teeth.
"Wait for what? To die? To wait for your little master to fish you out of the Underworld? This typhoon is probably the God King's Authority! He already loathes Italy for occupying His land. Even though He's fighting the war god now, destroying this island on the side would be no problem for Him!"
Victory is certain, just wait a moment—those were the last words Seiya had said before he left. That was the reason Erica was waiting. Until the surface of the pool rippled once more, and after the image cleared, a familiar face finally appeared.
—And that armor is...?!
In this northwestern corner, already buried in yellow sand, the soil had eroded and life had withered. Only two incarnations of what mortals would call natural disasters still stood here.
The God King's Authority covered this land. It was an aspect of Ba'al, one of death, of decay, a divinity born from the desert and the wilderness. The yellow sand stretched endlessly, and the typhoon skimmed low across the landscape. The entire world was wailing, and soon, this island would be swallowed by the sea.
And at this very moment, the God King Melqart whipped his head around. Into this symphony composed of death and dirges, a third person had broken onto the battlefield.
"It is you, warrior from outside the domain. It seems he's here for you, boy."
Melqart's voice boomed like thunder. Standing at the other end, the white-robed youth gripped his golden sword, his gaze also fixed on the newcomer.
"You used my avatar to cross the yellow sands to this battlefield? Are you here as a witness to my final battle with the God King? Or are you here as a sacrifice, to offer up my avatar with both hands?!"
Seiya answered neither the God King's query nor the war god's challenge.
He simply clenched his fist and raised it high above his head.
In this environment, there was only one thing he could say in response.
"Come, Pegasus Cloth."
There was no flashy transformation effect like in later generations. In a single instant, the armor was equipped.
The Cloth is a weapon, it is armor, and it is a part of the Saint. When a Saint's Cosmo explodes, the Cloth naturally becomes one with their spirit. Three ethereal chimes echoed across the battlefield, and a massive blue flame of energy expanded outwards in a shockwave.
The Pegasus Cloth, now with the Wind Avatar.
Great wings, as sharp as swords, unfolded behind the Saint. The war god's eyes narrowed; he immediately recognized the essence of those wings.
"You devoured my power and turned it into your own nourishment? Very good! Since you have found your other half, then let us continue our unfinished third match!"
Lightning fell like a prison, descending in a curtain. The war god Verethragna, his divine power now nearly complete, was more than ten times stronger than before. His Authorities interacted and enhanced one another. Now, with the art of the word, He would make the divine might between heaven and earth manifest!
"I who am radiant, I who am undefeated! Ahura Mazda granted me creation! I shall pursue my enemies from behind and strike them down from the front! Chant my name, and it shall become a spell of victory!" the war god declared.
This unceasing calamity had already pushed the entire island of Sardinia, and even mainland Italy, into a state of panic and anxiety. And these negative emotions, caused by the very disasters Verethragna himself had created, were now being absorbed by him through his incantation.
The power he wielded naturally surged, soared, and exploded! And this already vast sea of lightning completely transformed into a purgatory that sealed off everything, inside and out!
And the Saint, Seiya? He was like a wisp of wind.
Lightning bolts rained down from the sky, but before he could be burned to a crisp, Seiya began to run on pure instinct.
Booms, flashes, and rumbles of thunder, but none of it could catch the youth's figure. His physical body broke the barrier of sound and was still accelerating forward at an absurd rate.
"I see. So the armor that is your other half can push your power to such an extent. And you have the divine protection of that Western goddess as well." The war god's Authority allowed him to quickly decipher his opponent's hidden secrets in battle. A wicked smile soon appeared on his face. "Then what about this?"
As he clapped his hands together, at both ends of the battlefield, the giant curtains of the lightning prison that connected heaven and earth began to close in on Seiya.
—Between heaven and earth, there was no longer any path to life!
But Seiya just looked up in His direction. In the next instant, a torrent of lightning erupted, turning the entire battlefield into a purgatorial sea of thunder. The yellow sand of the battlefield was burned into crystal, its crimson afterglow not yet cooled.
But the violent sounds now echoed from high in the sky.
As if a scene from a story was repeating itself, Seiya, his wings spread, clashed with the war god in fist and foot among the clouds.
"Did you think I was unaware of your plan? The Authority hidden within your armor is my own avatar! I know the conditions needed to propel it better than you do!"
Using the Authority of Strong Wind to instantly move in front of him was a good plan, but using it on Him was Seiya's miscalculation! The war god Verethragna laughed wildly, a laugh filled with such abandon, such exhilaration!
From their first meeting as youths, to their reunion in the town of Aranci, this unfinished third battle would now come to a perfect conclusion.
Today, at this very moment, he could no longer be allowed to live in this world where hope still existed. In the name of the god of victory, Seiya, the time has come for me to defeat you!
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Greetings! ✨ Walnut here with another translation! Saint Seiya united by their strength!
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