SSO THE END Cast VI.

Wolf Haruto: The Wolf (Lupus) Saint succeeding Nachi and master of the Fuji Ninja arts, aiding Athena as an intelligence agent. He is shrewd, analytic, and will face any danger; he fights with the versatile Hakurouken style that covers all ranges. On the Cyclades Islands, he fought Aquarius Tokisada for a third time and was killed.

Indra: The Hindu (India) King of the Devas, playing a variety of roles such as the ruler of the sun, the storms, and of war. His stature makes him gloat as the ultimate justice. Indra and Athena were on opposing sides at one time, but offered his power to the Leo Saint Shir Khan, as he foresaw the coming of a great darkness that threatened the world.

Libra Genbu: The former Saint of Libra succeeding his master Dohko and preceding Shiryu, the latter whom he calls his "Rozan Brother". He died during the Pallasbeda War and was revived by Demeter after endless battles in the Ashura realm. His new move Tomoe Jindaiko Ken (Tomoe Taiko ken) shakes your spirit with the rhythmic beat of war drums from Asura demons.

Pandora's Whisper. To Heinstein Castle

(パンドラのささやき. ハインシュタイン城へ)

The Equuleus Cloth was not revived, but given a safety measure. The "sphere device" that was in Subaru's satchel was an experimental chance. A strange development or result combined from the curiosity of Aries Kiki, the time mechanisms of Pallas and Saturn, and the Cloth Stones formulated by Athena to protect the Cloths from the dark energies of Mars and Abzu.

It was activity calcified into a sphere to suspend waste, creating a rapid activation in one small point until it was cracked open. It was taught to Raki, and according to her-when she was having a discussion with Pallas and Titan- it was Stardust, fragments of hypermetal, and God blood hardened into a core, which became a nuclei, and activated by the Cosmos. It was a repair device that functioned as an eukaryote. Kiki must've thought of it years ago when he found that the Holy Wars were becoming more severe, concerned of Athena's future. Maybe he also feared for his own future and the techniques of Jamir. Especially since the region of Jamir was also a location of significant battles. Using these spheres, Raki managed to place the broken Bronze Cloths together, but they still needed time, chiseling and smoothing. Maybe they needed a day or two; the thought of what the outcome might be lit Raki's heart on fire.

Currently, there were three ways to reach the Underworld: The Gates to Hell, Sextans Agatha's teleportation device, and the Cancer Saints's SekiShiki MeikaiHa (Underworld Praesepe Wave).

Hades and his Queen Persephone invite Athena's Saints to the Underworld while sparing Earth, and a location of one of the Hell Gates was Heinstein Castle in Germany. The base of Hades.

The loyal commander of Hades's army, Pandora was not here in body. She would not play a role in this current era, not this century. However, her harp seemed to exist and play a tune to charm the Saints to her castle. Only Seiya, Shun, and Ikki would recognize her face—years ago, during the previous Holy War against Hades—but her harp was almost ignored. Perhaps due to its large size or golden arc and pillar, its presence grasped the eyes of Shun and Hyouga upon seeing it again. It was their second visit. They wondered why they heard a melody within a ruined site that radiated emptiness. When they found the harp again, it was next to a gaping hole trimmed by a spiraling staircase that descended into that hole. The hole was once covered by rubble. Why did the harp call to the Saints to the fallen castle?

"I feel like it might be too dangerous for you to go, Shun," said Hyouga. Shun lacked a response by a change of expression on his face. He knew that he was once the vessel of Hades and felt a connection to Hell, no matter how much he tried to push it out from his mind. Perhaps a seed of connection was still left ingrained, not to mention, seeing Seiya's "death".

"We must go forward," Shun confirmed his resolve even with his shy, gentle voice. "My brother Ikki is down there fighting. But Hyouga, you just received the Aquarius Cloth. The Sanctuary will be left with less defenses if many of the Gold Saints are dispatched."

"Right. When we first entered Hell, it took all twelve Gold Saints and the weapons of Libra to defeat the Wailing Wall. There is no telling what we'll face now. It may be a trap." Hyouga in all honesty had faith in the Gold Saints, but perhaps not against the Three Judges and the Gods themselves. At least, not few in number. There were seven Golds known; what of their dear brother, Libra Shiryu, to make eight? Furthermore, Shun and Hyouga received a telepathic message from Fudoh that the Underworld morphed into the different form. This vague detail made Hyouga suggest that their second experience may be worst than before.

"I have faith in Sanctuary, and the rest of us." He still said, even though this war might spell the end of everyone. Since the emergence of Mars up to Demeter's interference, many of the Silver Saints were killed. Recently, it was Crow Johann who heroically sacrificed himself to seal the Hell Gate in Golan Heights while subduing a maniac Griffin Minos; Perseus Mirfak lost his soul against Hades's guardian the Cerberus Dark Meadow when Cancer Hermes betrayed Athena. Some others, including Bronzes, lot their lives against Demeter's Four Terrae.

"Come…" The harp continued to play and the plead from a woman's voice touched Shun and Hyouga's minds again. Pandora. She had a voice of innocence, but she had a quiet, calculating intellect that obeyed Hades. If it was his word to destroy the Saints, she will make it so with almost utter perfection.

Aquarius Hyouga and Andromeda Shun leapt into the crater, and the harp's melody gradually faded the further they descended. The two Saints might've felt Pandora smiling somewhere in death. Everything became darker, but fate drew the Saints into Hell. They followed their hearts, even if the path reached to violence and despair.

There is one thing that they could have faith in to contend the Underworld: The Arayashiki, the eighth sense. A state where all the other senses die along with the body. This was only obtainable with the approach to death. What no one would notice was this element was within reached by the Bronze Saints in Graude Hospital…and Virgo Fudo.

There was another thing that Hyouga and Shun had to look into: The source of where the letter to the Pope came from.

"I know Hell better than anyone. Soon, come and join me."

Before Hades's revival, there were two more events, and both have the Saints to literally judge their merit and "roles" in the world. Both bodies and souls of Virgo Fudo, Leo Shir Khan, Phoenix Ikki, Aquarius Hyouga and Andromeda Shun were in Hell.

Shun and Hyouga may have lost consciousness while falling, and when they opened their eyes, they could not process their surroundings. They awoke in a grassy field of pristine flowers under a dark night sky. For some reason, the melody of Pandora's harp returned. But, it changed into a slower, somber timbre. Lifting their heads, Shun and Hyouga's eyes were magnetized towards two rocky structures jutting out from the field.

"It can't be…!" Hyouga enunciated nothing but shock. He and Shun looked ahead, alone in their expressions of disbelief, but it was Hyouga who rushed ahead first. He rushed for a slumped body, which was tied up suspended in between the two rocks like a prisoner, illuminated under the moon. That body had the face of an unarmored Saint. A youth of long hair and broken spectacles.

"Haruto!" Hyouga approached closer, then stopped the same time as the harp chords became louder, deafening. Hyouga and Shun's ears were ringing, their bodies trembling, suffocating.

"Stop. That youth has a heart heavy with sin. You cannot save him."

In this beautiful field of flowers, the feeling of a slow death fell upon Shun and Hyouga's bodies. By instinct, Shun covered his ears and fell on a knee, but this sensation brought back a memory. "I know that person, don't I?!"

The field that they struggled in had faded out and was replaced by a surrounding mural. In front of them was a wall covered in hieroglyphics and the image of a scale carried by a God with the body of a man and the head of a black dog: Anubis. A body suddenly appeared by the scale, wearing an Egyptian Surplice with bird wings and a snake-based crown. The man carried an arced zither, his fingers slowing fiddling the strings. His face was delicate, but smiled upon the suffering of Shun and Hyouga.

"Heavier than the feather of justice and truth," he preached. "Now, will you also test Maat's feather, Saints of Athena? Slowly, your body will break apart, and your hearts will tear out for judgement."

"Sphinx!" Shun struggled to keep one eye open, but he recognized the face.

The Celestial Star of the Beast, suitably, the Specter known as Sphinx Pharoah.

"Have you come to reclaim your place here, Master?"

"Sphinx, if you dare, take my heart."

"Shun?! What are you talking about?!"

"I understand Hyouga, but we must save Haruto!" From Shun's words, Hyouga could only claim that he could not forgive himself if he let Andromeda die needlessly, and that he would not be able to face Ikki.

Elsewhere, Virgo Fudoh, after holding back his enemies with the Barrier of Om while meditating in the Underworld, was met with two figures. So far, he had been confident in his place, offering advice to Pallas and Shir Khan, smiling warmly even under the night moon of a murky looking Underworld, until now. The encirclement of lowly soldiers made way for the two guests, and as Fudoh sensed who approached, he lowered his smile.

"What could you possibly be doing?" An innocent voice of a lady reached Fudoh's ears.

Severe guests he had. Much more than Shun and Hyouga.

"No matter what we discuss, you remain insubordinate Saint of Virgo. Why?" Someone came to take Fudoh's soul, which will be under the test as to whether the Cosmos will save him. a test for another guardian of fire.