Chapter 045: Misunderstanding

Saga never imagined that someone could catch up to him while he was fully alert, and effortlessly grab him by the neck.

Even more terrifying, when his neck was seized, his own cosmos was suppressed by another immensely powerful cosmos.

He abruptly turned his head and saw a stranger's face.

It was the man who had returned with Milo, an ordinary Saint who hadn't even touched the Sixth Sense.

But now, this man wore a set of extremely splendid armor, his powerful cosmos unashamedly unleashed.

As the incarnation of a god and the Pope for over a decade, Saga had only seen such a cosmos in one person.

The goddess Athena.

When the goddess Athena was reincarnated, he had sensed that profound cosmos. It was precisely because this cosmos was so magnificent and great that Saga conceived the idea of replacing her.

He too wanted to possess such a powerful cosmos.

Yet today, he once again witnessed this grand, magnificent, and sacred cosmos.

If Athena's cosmos was powerful and gentle enough to move one to tears, then this person's cosmos was as powerful as the sun, impossible to gaze upon directly.

Undoubtedly, the one possessing such a cosmos was not human.

"The sun god, Apollo!!!"

In an instant, Saga believed he had seen the truth. As unfathomable as Athena's cosmos, yet as sacred and magnificent as the sun. The identity of this person naturally came to mind.

He had wanted to kill Athena's reincarnation and steal the power of a god.

So it was not surprising that Apollo, as Athena's brother, had come to punish him.

No wonder Milo had suddenly disappeared; she must have been taken away by Apollo. Then it was no wonder his plan had been exposed—after all, that was a god.

The one who caught Saga, who was about to flee the Sanctuary, was naturally Wang Bo. When he saw Saga trying to escape, Wang Bo decisively donned the Cloth and gave chase.

But he hadn't expected Saga to mistake him for Apollo as well.

However, at this point, Wang Bo still couldn't be bothered to refute Saga's assumption.

After all, his Apollo Cloth was too dazzling, and combined with his ability to use the power of the sun, more than one person had mistaken him for the sun god Apollo.

One more Saga didn't matter.

After grabbing Saga, Wang Bo brought him back to the ruins of the Sanctuary's temple.

Seeing that Wang Bo had recaptured Saga, Milo couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. If Saga had really gotten away, catching him again would not have been easy.

To avoid further complications, she stepped forward and pierced Saga's chest.

Because his cosmos was suppressed by Wang Bo's, Saga couldn't unleash his peak power, and Milo's strike went straight through his chest, shattering his heart.

At that moment, Saga stared at Milo in disbelief.

He had imagined dying at Shaka's hands, dying by his own hand, dying at Athena's hands, and even dying at Mu's hands.

But he had never imagined that he would be killed by Milo.

A mere Scorpio Saint, and yet...

Saga looked at Milo, and all his unwillingness eventually turned into relief. His originally ferocious face gradually became kind.

"Thank you, thank you for stopping me, Milo."

At this moment, Saga's kind personality surfaced as he was on the verge of death.

Milo withdrew his hand and looked at Saga with a complex expression. Just now, she hated Saga for deceiving her, hated him for betraying the Sanctuary, and had personally killed him.

But seeing Saga like this now, she had no idea what to say.

"Don't make that face, Milo." Saga smiled bitterly. "This is all my just deserts, Milo. Don't worry too much."

Milo couldn't bear it and turned her head away.

Shaka approached and asked softly, "Saga, do you regret it?"

Saga nodded. "Ah, I do regret it a bit, but this ending isn't bad. At least I didn't do something irreparable."

Shaka was silent.

Saga spat out his last mouthful of blood and said weakly, "Lady Athena... I leave her to you."

With that, his breath ceased, and his life withered away.

...

Time shifts back to the present.

Mu listened quietly as Aldebaran recounted the cause and effect of Saga's death, and fell silent for a long time before saying, "What happened next?"

Aldebaran said bluntly, "Next, we went to Japan, found the true Athena, and welcomed Lady Athena back to the Sanctuary. We Saints swore allegiance anew to Lady Athena. It's that simple. But..."

"But what?" Mu asked curiously.

Aldebaran scratched his face and said, "Lady Athena has been living in the mortal world all these years, thinking she was just an ordinary person. She seems very resistant to her identity as a goddess."

"Is that so? That's understandable. After all, Lady Athena has never been exposed to these things. Suddenly asking her to accept her identity as Lady Athena is indeed somewhat difficult."

Mu was not surprised by this; instead, he was quite understanding.

"But I believe Lady Athena will one day understand her identity and responsibilities."

Aldebaran looked up at the Pope's Chamber ahead and laughed heartily. "Right, I think so too. Hurry up, we're almost at the temple."

Mu nodded and quickened his pace. "By the way, what about that man who resembles Apollo? Where is he? Is he really Lady Athena's brother?"

Aldebaran said, "I'm not too sure about that either. But that Milo seemed to deny that this man is Apollo. She only told us that he has a deep connection with the gods, but didn't elaborate on who he is. As for the man himself, he seems to be staying in the Astrolabe Tower."

Hearing this, Mu's eyebrows slightly raised. The Astrolabe Tower was a place only the Pope could enter, storing a large number of books, including methods for using Cosmo and even techniques used by Gold Saints.

For example, techniques like Galaxian Explosion, Another Dimension, Crystal Wall, Excalibur, Stardust Revolution, Great Horn, and Scarlet Needle were all recorded there.

These were the heritage of the Saints.

Without the Pope's order, even the Saints of the Twelve Houses could not set foot inside. A man with some connection to Apollo actually entered it—this was too...

Mu looked at Aldebaran, who seemed unconcerned about this. Mu couldn't help but sigh.

Well, if it weren't for him, I wouldn't have seen through Saga's plot and found the true Athena.

As long as he doesn't damage the Astrolabe Tower, Mu decided to turn a blind eye.