Chapter 238

Although the Saints were advancing the Trial at a very fast pace after being forced to cooperate and pass the Trial of the Seven Gates, it was the Pluto's Army that first broke the tacit temporary rest period between the two sides. After Aaron concentrated on painting, the twin gods completely took over the city of Hades and raised the castle into the sky.

"...I'm not too surprised by their choice."

Late at night, in the Goddess Temple of the Holy Land, the gods walking on the earth were discussing the next course of action in a low voice.

"Even if I only glanced at them, Ereshkigal was just causing trouble for them to buy time—" Lansemello sat beside the pillar of the temple and explained the situation to Sasha, who was temporarily borrowed by Athena. "As gods, they will definitely be able to judge that we belong to the earth."

"Since we can even seize control of the underworld, it means that they are no match for us in mastering the earth. Although according to your records, the Gemini gods never take humans seriously, they can see that we are not human, so they will definitely avoid environments that are beneficial to us."

"Although Hypnos and Thanatos belong to the underground gods, Hypnos was originally a god of the sky who lived on Mount Olympus. However, he was later driven out of the mountain and went to the underworld because he hypnotized the great god Zeus during the Trojan War. So this time, the action of moving Hades City to the sky was probably led by Hypnos."

"Then we have to think of a way to reach Hades City and attack it..." Before Sasha could finish her words, Athena, who shared the same body with her, took the opportunity to speak, "Do you have an idea, Alice?"

"Ah, give me some time - let me move the gate to the underworld to the foot of Hades City." Lansemello smiled and looked at the twelve zodiac signs arranged in a spiral shape below. "Why do we have to find a way to climb up? Since the ground is now an unfavorable environment for them, of course we have to pull them into our favorable environment before fighting."

"What's more, they chose to rise to the sky instead of sinking into the ground - from the moment they chose the sky, they were doomed to defeat this time."

"Defeated...North?" Sasha asked in confusion.

"Ah, wait until the last trial is over tomorrow--" Lansemello pulled Aegis Ku from the void and placed the golden bow on his legs, "I will teach you how to knock down the gods. However, Athena... no, Sasha, are there any materials in the Sanctuary that I can use? Preferably materials related to the repair or forging of the holy clothes."

"As for this part of the material, I recommend you ask Shion, the Aries Gold Saint." Sasha thought for a moment and gave an answer.

"Thank you for your generosity."

The next day, the final test of the Sevenfold Gate.

Because of the sudden increase in difficulty, the replica of Aphrodite's Mecha-God form that was originally intended to be the final trial had already appeared earlier - so Lansemello copied the enemy of the most difficult battle in all the records of the two Chaldeans so far as the final trial.

ORT is a monster that exists as a means of suicide for the pan-human Sgaia, and it is a threat to humanity from outer space. It absorbed the Fantasy Tree in the South American Abnormal Belt.

Therefore, the goal of this battle is not to allow the Saints to defeat the enemy again - although only victory can pass the test, but the goal this time is to fight against the replica of ORT so that they can master the combat capabilities against the things across the star sea, and learn to adjust the personnel arrangements for wheel battles.

Of course, as a replica, the enemy in front of the Saints also had many characteristics weakened by Lancer Mello - for example, the most critical basis that only Kukulkan's "heart" can kill ORT's "body" has been erased.

While all the Saints were engaged in the final trial, Lansemello returned to his deep consciousness and asked William about the situation. From the day Hades City rose into the sky, William, under Lansemello's arrangement, took over the task of calculating all the attack trajectories from the Sanctuary to Hades City.

"What should we do with the arrows?" Ereshkigal was naturally aware of Lancermero's arrangement, but the divine bow also needed arrows on the string. "There is no Apollo or Hephaestus here - they can't conjure arrows out of thin air like we can... Have you figured out what to do?"

"Forging is not my specialty, but I was once an alchemist of the Atlas Academy." Lansemello placed the materials he had obtained from Shion during the early morning raid on Aries Palace on the table one by one, and drew the pattern of the alchemy array with blood. "Although it is far from being comparable to Hephaestus or Apollo, if it is just an arrow used to break through the enemy's defense..."

"This is a basic skill. The alchemists of Atlas even created weapons that were powerful enough to destroy the world seven times, and I believe you have all seen a replica of one of them inside Chaldea - that is my work. Although the real black gun barrel was not made by me, as long as I have seen these weapons with my own eyes, I can complete the copy."

"So, what are you going to do?" Asclepius, who has been living a fairly regular life recently, joined the conversation. "In terms of magic, there is "projection magic" for duplication. The enemies you have been testing them with recently are also copies created by projection magic. But arrows can't be used in this way, right? After all, you are not using your past soul yourself."

"The essence of alchemy is the transformation of matter." William, who was calculating the attack trajectory in the corner of his mind, spoke, "And now she has the material for the arrows - and it is a material that is closely related to the Saints' armor. It is the same as the bow and arrow forged by Hephaestus in the past - in the past it was a weapon made to strike down the Fallen Moon Goddess, but now it is an arrow specially made for the Saints."

"Correct answer." Lansemero smiled as he returned to the surface of his consciousness and finished drawing the last stroke of the alchemy array. "Well, it's time to get ready to start working. Goddess Isis, may you cast your eyes on the successors who will come after you."

The Paradise Fairy took off her gloves, and her fingertips used magic to light up the three materials that were the raw materials of the holy clothes - Olihar Steel, Gammanion, and Silver Star Sand.

"At the first gate, they proved that human beings will never give up on the future."

"The second door, they proved that human beings will never give up their roots."

"The third door, they proved that human beings will never give up trying."

"The fourth door, they proved that human beings will never give up freedom."

"The fifth gate, they proved that humans no longer need gods."

"The sixth gate, they proved that humans have become the primates of the planet."

"And in the end, they will prove that humanity is capable of defeating all threats."

The three materials placed on the alchemy array turned into liquid and merged into one under Lancesmello's command, becoming a golden color as bright as the sun. Then, the ball of liquid gradually stretched as Lancesmello moved, condensing into the same shape as the golden arrow forged by Hephaestus in the Atlantic News Belt in the past.

"Only this one arrow is enough." Lansemelo reached out and grabbed the arrow he made with alchemy, looking at Sisiphos, who stood out among the saints because of his pair of large golden wings. "Even if that city is protected by Hypnos, its essence is, after all, a castle built by humans, not a mechanical god that crosses the sea of ​​stars."

"May the gods of the sky cast their eyes upon you and bless the direction of this arrow."

Therefore, after the last trial, before the Saints had time to rest, they were informed by Lancel Mello and Sasha of the next action plan to launch a direct attack on Hades City. Although mental and physical fatigue is a big problem, it is not unsolvable. Moreover, the opportunity to create a favorable battle situation is very rare, and no one wants to miss the chance to defeat Hades' army in one breath.

"Sisiphos, come forward." Sasha's eyes fell on the golden arrow in Lancermello's hand, and she called Sisiphos from among the many Saints to the two of them. "We decided to let you take the first step of this attack. Hades City has risen into the sky, so we decided to knock them down from the sky and pull them into the underworld of Ereshkigal."

"Remember the bow I mentioned before that knocked down the moon goddess Artemis?" Lansemello took out Aegis Ku and looked at Sisiphos who walked in front of the two of them. "You just need to follow the instructions and shoot an arrow with Aegis Ku - I will do all the auxiliary work."

"So, now - take up your bow, Sagittarius, successor of Chiron."

The Saints followed the command of the Goddess and spread out to make enough space for Sisiphos, while the magician stood beside him just like he did when he strengthened Orion in the past - the only difference was that this time the archer himself didn't even need to do the aiming. Lancermello would use magic to fix the arrow's trajectory based on William's calculations to ensure that the golden arrow hit the floating city of Hades.

"Give the sky stars, give the earth flowers, give people love - declare, this is a battle to save the world."

"All auxiliary skills are ready, 'All Green', the shooting position is charged—"

"Shoot the arrow, Sagittarius." Lansemello paused and added to Sisiphos, "If you want to shout something, you can - it won't affect the final result, don't worry."

Then the Sagittarius Saint roared, released the bowstring, and shot a golden arrow as bright as the sun towards Pluto's residence.

"For Athena--!!!"

Soon no one could see the arrow anymore, but Lancel-Mero used his clairvoyance to keep an eye on its movements—and then he was satisfied to see it break through the Gemini barrier just as planned, destroying the dark castle floating in the sky.

"...So, people overthrew the gods." Lansemello concluded the story in his deep consciousness, while taking the people who had received Ereshkigal's protection to the battlefield. "The problems of this holy war are probably more than just Hades, but if we don't solve this problem first, we won't have the energy to think about other problems."

"So, defeating the Pluto Army is just the first step of the plan."