When evil threatens the world,
the warriors of hope will always appear.
Garbed in Cloths of the constellations,
they fight by exploding the energy within them:
their Cosmo.
They are the warriors who
protect the love and peace of the world...
The Saints!
Saint Koga's journey to find Athena continues.
He is confronted by the son
of the legendary Saint Shiryu, Ryuho.
The power of the Saints is brought out
through competition with one another.
So Ryuho deliberately challenges Koga to a battle.
And Koga learns that if he wins the upcoming Saint Fight,
he will be granted a meeting with Athena.
Young men, let the Cosmo in your hearts burn!
The outdoor air feels great.
Ignorance really is bliss.
This camp is famous for being really rough!
Come on, it's just a camp.
You're all too nervous.
Koga, you know nothing...
This camp is two days of hell, even for Saints.
People call it "Hell Camp."
Ichi-senpai,
why not worry about others after you harness your own Element?
Wh-What?
You shouldn't make fun of adults!
Okay, we're here, guys.
This is the Cosmo Delta, the place where the camp is held.
This is the Cosmo Delta?
A Selection Exam!
The Deadly Camp Challenge!
For this exercise, your task is
to get through the Cosmo Delta below these clouds,
and make it up to the summit
of the Delta Mountain, before the sun has risen tomorrow.
That's easier than I expected.
This area has many natural obstacles, as well as its own unique nature.
This is a Radiating-Cosmo Area.
A Radiating-Cosmo Area?
What does that mean?
Using your Cosmo depletes a lot of stamina.
So using your Cloth and Element as usual
is dangerous?
Seems you're starting to understand how harsh this training can be.
To survive it,
you'll need to think of a way to make it through.
And this isn't merely a training exercise.
This is also a selection exam, to determine
the Saint Fight's contestants.
And should you win the Saint Fight,
you can be promoted to a Silver Saint.
A Silver Saint.
Hey, if we win the Saint Fight,
we get to meet Athena, right?
Yup.
Okay! I'm gonna get through this, no matter what!
Then I'll just have to finish before you.
I'll just do my best to reach the goal before time runs out.
Hey, Ryuho.
Want to work together?
Is that allowed?
Geki-sensei said we should devise a way to make it through.
There shouldn't be any problem with working together, so we both make it.
Yuna, why?
I may need your knowledge of medicinal herbs along the way.
Thank you...
That would be wonderful.
Good.
Then let's go plan.
Hey, Soma...
Want me to team up with you?
Of course you'll need my flame, when you're in the middle of nowhere.
Th-That's not what I'm saying...
I am amazed
that you can take pride in such a dirty flame.
Argo!
What's your point?
I'm just saying that the loser Cosmo you inherited from your father
is nothing to be proud of.
Whenever I see
someone like you, who thinks they're so great just because their dad was a Saint,
it pisses me off!
What would you know?!
What's his problem?
Oh, yeah...
You haven't heard about his father. Right, new kid?
His father?
His dad was a Silver Saint.
But he was a loser, who died a pathetic death.
Soma...
I'll make you pay for that.
Sure.
Come on, then... Loser's son!
Shut up!
Stop it!
What are you doing?
It's time to get started.
We will now begin the selection exam for the Saint Fight.
You can take any route you want,
so long as you reach the mountain's summit
before sunrise tomorrow!
Okay, we'll go this way.
Wanna get going?
I'll show you what your upperclassman can do!
Hey, can't keep up anymore?
That's the problem with kids these days...
Could it be, I got lost?!
I can't go on.
Water...
How deep does this forest go?
You don't have to follow me!
We're gonna have to swim.
Koga, you go ahead.
What's wrong with you?
You're quiet, all of a sudden.
Shut up!
Can you not swim?
J-Just go.
What was that?
Argo!
I've been waiting for you, Soma.
I've gotta make sure you fail, or I wouldn't feel right...
Good. I'm still mad!
Soma, this isn't the time!
Take this!
Don't forget, Soma,
my Element is water.
That puts you at a huge disadvantage.
Shut up!
Fool.
You think you can beat Volans Argo when you're by the water?
Soma!
You should probably go and save him.
Lots of fire Element users can't swim.
Damn it.
There he is.
Soma!
Damn it...
We have to get to shore!
Wh-What's that sound?
You've gotta be kidding!
Dad...
Soma? You're awake?
Koga? You saved me?
I see...
I'm sorry. I've cost you a lot of time.
We might still make it, you know?
Yeah!
The Southern Cross...
My dad's constellation.
After what happened,
everyone called my dad a loser.
So that's why...
That wasn't like you.
Do you remember that guy who attacked us?
Oh, the Marsian?
He wore the same red and black armor
as the one who killed my dad.
Saints have to be strong.
I'm going to become a strong Saint,
and defeat the Marsians!
And I will restore my dad's name!
Yuna!
I'm sorry.
I was the one who invited you, but I'm slowing you down.
It's fine.
More importantly, if we don't arrive before those two, who knows what they'll say.
Yeah, that's the one thing I don't want to happen!
That took more time than I expected...
We're gonna have to take a chance.
We'll have to take a shortcut through this ice ridge...
This ice ridge?
There isn't much time left.
It's a huge wall of ice...
This hasn't melted in tens of thousands of years.
It's an eternal ice ridge.
Our only way up is to destroy the ridge!
Ice that hasn't melted in thousands of years...
But I'll destroy it in a single hit!
Ow...
It's too hard!
We can't even scratch it.
At this rate, we're in really bad shape.
Good... We made it...
Looks like we made it before Koga and Soma.
I don't think they're coming.
Argo, what do you mean?
Nothing.
Just intuition.
No good...
It isn't working at all...
I'll never be able to destroy this ridge
if I'm afraid of losing Cosmo.
But if I run out of Cosmo, I won't make it to the goal!
What should I do?
This is what my dad would do.
I'll ensure you make it to the goal, even if I don't,
Koga!
Soma...
What are you doing?
If you do that, you'll run out of Cosmo!
If I don't do it for real, I can't destroy this ice ridge!
I have to be ready to go down!
Stop it, Soma!
You want to be in the Saint Fight, too, right?
Roar!
All my Cosmo!
Soma!
Flame Desperado!
The ice ridge...
W-Wow...
Soma...
You idiot, that was crazy!
I did it...
Now you can go up, and reach the goal.
I can't just leave you!
I can't go on.
I can't even move...
What are you doing?
Hurry up!
It's almost dawn!
Koga...
You have to see Athena, no matter what!
Right?
Now go!
It's almost time to end this.
Koga-kun and Soma-kun aren't going to make it.
You were saying something strange earlier.
Did you do something to them?
Hey, I don't know anything about it.
Don't try to blame it on me.
That's...
They're here!
I-Impossible...
They got through that?!
I still can't believe you came back for me.
You're nuts.
There's no point in going to the Saint Fight without you.
I want to fight you for real.
Everyone here has passed,
is what I wanted to say.
But first, I want to announce someone who has been disqualified.
Argo, you.
Wh-Why?!
We were observing all of your actions this whole time.
You apparently didn't understand the purpose of this exam.
Primarily, Saints are comrades that work together to protect Athena.
It's no exaggeration to say that
their feelings for one another reflect their protective feelings for Athena.
You interfered with your comrades' attempt to get here.
You don't have the right to participate in the Saint Fight!
Damn it!
Soma, it's all your fault!
Wh-What's wrong?
Attack me...
You're the son of a loser!
Sorry, Argo.
The fist of a Saint exists to protect Athena.
Now, everyone else is free
to attempt the Saint Fight and strive to become a Silver Saint!
Furthermore, let me tell you
which one of you made it here first.
Made it here first?
The one who made it all alone
using a route that gave even Silver Saints difficulty.
Orion Eden.
To Be Continued