Brother...
Ikki!
Ikki-san!
Phoenix...
Aegaeon,
I will defeat you.
Are you serious?
The last time I fought you,
my interest in humans caused me to hold back.
And even so, my blade badly wounded you.
Do you still think you can defeat me?
Oh?
Those eyes...
That brutal Cosmo...
You're serious.
Deep within you is something of which I know nothing...
This appears far more entertaining than simply finishing off
Pegasus and his friends.
Very well, Phoenix...
I accept your challenge!
Ikki, we'll fight with you.
Get lost.
I don't like working with others.
Let's go, everyone.
While Aegaeon is still focused on my brother's Cosmo...
But, Shun-san...
We cannot leave your brother here.
He's up against a class-1 Pallasite!
My brother will do as he says.
No matter whom he faces.
I won't say goodbye, Brother.
We'll see each other again...
It's a promise.
Get going.
Don't die, Ikki.
Friends? Brothers?
How stupid.
You all seem to believe that if you work together, you can win.
But no matter how many weaklings unite, you cannot defeat the Four Kings.
Humans are foolish creatures not to see that.
You seem interested in humans, but you know nothing about them.
What?
What do you mean?
On the battlefield, there is no need for talk.
The victor decides the truth.
Come, Aegaeon!
Very well...
What is a human?
Phoenix,
I shall find the answer in my battle with you!
The Ultimate Fighting Spirit! Ikki vs. Aegaeon!
The Ultimate Fighting Spirit.
Ikki vs. Aegaeon.
You're in the way, Pallasites.
Move.
Great Horn!
You've been quite lively, Harbinger.
Have you awoken to your task as a Saint, protecting Athena?
To defeat so many Pallasites in a single strike...
I'm glad you are with us.
With you?
Don't get the wrong idea.
I'm here because I like to fight...
To charge headfirst at the enemy and defeat them.
I'm like a bull in a ring.
I'm no different than the evil Pallasites...
If I fought you,
Seiya, the legendary Saint, I bet it'd be interesting...
No.
You're different from the Pallasites.
You are a Saint of Athena, accepted by the Gold Cloth of Taurus!
You are exactly like us.
Kiki, I'll go ahead and clear a path for Athena...
You and Harbinger, take care of any Pallasites I miss.
Understood.
I'm counting on you.
Hey! I just said I'm not with you!
That's the way Seiya is.
Nothing scares him... He trusts his companions and charges forward.
Since I was young, I've admired him.
And I am proud to fight alongside him.
Huh?
I'm not interested in your personal histories.
I feel the same way Seiya does.
Regardless of what you say, you use your power to aid Athena.
Taurus is a raging bull,
but at heart, he isn't so bad.
Take care of Athena's Cloth.
Jeez... What's wrong with everyone?
Thank you, Fudo.
There is no need to thank me.
I have not saved you.
As you draw closer to Pallas, your life is drained away.
I know this, but I still allow you to do it.
Going forward was my decision.
Aren't you here, with me, to save the people of Earth from Pallas's evil?
To be honest, I am not certain.
Is Earth truly worth saving?
I do not know.
But I desire to see where you will go.
Where humanity will go...
Then, if I fall, Fudo,
pick me up and put me before Pallas.
And then, you will see for yourself how this battle ends,
and what becomes of humanity's future.
Let us go.
Athena advances steadily, protected by her Saints.
Aegaeon-sama has allowed Pegasus and the rest to proceed,
and fights a duel with Phoenix.
What?
Hey, why did Aegaeon let Koga and the others pass?
Didn't I tell him to finish off all the Saints?!
He's not going to betray me, is he?
I d-don't know anything...
Unforgivable.
Why do you betray me?
I loved you...
Why do you abandon me?
Pallas-sama, calm yourself!
Unforgivable...
I shall never forgive those who betray me!
This Cosmo...
Even if she is a little girl, she is still a god.
Not good... At this rate, she'll destroy the entire castle.
If all else fails, I'll have to slay her with my holy sword.
Titan!
Pallas-sama...
You have me, Pallas-sama.
Titan...
You're right.
I have you.
What a troublesome little goddess.
It must be very hard on Titan.
Titan, you...
You fight with no hope of victory.
Humans are such fools!
Will you fight with a cracked, dull sword?
The cracks you and Pegasus left are like mere scratches...
They haven't damaged my blade at all.
Kneel before its power...
Heavy Lightning Striker!
Inside this gravity well, you cannot even move!
Now the phoenix is nothing but a bird in a cage...
What?
Such weak power cannot capture the Phoenix!
I had no idea there was one with such Cosmo.
I see.
Calling all humans weak was a bit hasty.
However, this is the end.
Taste the lightning that shatters the heavens...
Heavy Lightning Striker!
So you can endure a head-on blast from the Heavy Lightning Striker?
Splendid...
But...
There are limits to Cloths and the human body.
And you have already surpassed them!
Stop it, Phoenix...
Your body cannot further endure this battle.
Phoenix...
You know you'll lose, but your unbreakable spirit still burns?
You truly are a man like the flame.
And out of respect for your fighting spirit,
I shall use my ultimate lightning
to blast away the phoenix's flame!
Heavy Lightning Striker!
I am told the Phoenix Cloth is immortal.
But there is nothing in this world that cannot be destroyed.
Farewell, Phoenix...
The Phoenix has fallen.
Now, to kill Pegasus and the others.
Wait, Aegaeon...
I am still alive.
Why do you still stand?
Your Cloth has shattered,
and you have no way to fight.
I told you I would defeat you...
You are foolish to punch my holy sword...
Your fist will shatter first!
Wh-What?
More cracks in my sword?
Even if my Cloth or my fist shatters...
My fighting spirit will never shatter.
What's wrong, Aegaeon?
You can't beat me by standing there!
He hasn't simply revived...
He is stronger.
Slice me apart, rip off my limbs...
I will fight for as long as I live.
Behold! My ultimate attack!
Hou Yoku Ten Sho!
N-No... I can't believe it.
The Heavy Lightning Striker,
the blade given to me by a god, broken!
There's nothing to be surprised about.
Because...
Your blade was already dead.
What?
It wasn't just my power.
It was also the many attacks from Koga and his friends.
The power of humanity united to destroy your holy blade!
The power of humanity united...
Aegaeon...
Who is the god you serve?
It isn't Pallas.
Tell me!
I will not.
Then I will ask your brain directly.
Phoenix Genma Ken!
The Phoenix Genma Ken shatters its target's mind.
The power of the Genma Ken means
you'll tell me whether you want to or not.
Now, tell me who you serve?
I shall give you these holy blades.
My servants, the Four Kings.
Aegaeon...
You damaged your own body and mind to stop the Genma Ken's effects?
Just as you have Athena,
I have a god I must protect.
My god does not wish their identity revealed here!
Then you fight for what you believe in, Aegaeon?
Splendid, my foe.
Phoenix...
If I allow a man like you to live,
eventually you will bring disaster upon my god...
I shall defeat you with all my power!
Come!
Our Cosmos are colliding and forming a spiral...
No, that isn't it.
Our Cosmos have reached their peak, and are about to surpass their limits.
Withdraw, Phoenix...
If you do not, we'll both be blown to pieces!
That's what I want.
I will sacrifice my life to defeat you, and slay one of the Four Kings!
So you'll give your life for victory?
You have no doubts?!
None.
Even if I fall,
my brother and the young ones will fight in my place.
They will overcome my death,
bearing the souls of their fallen comrades, as they advance into the future.
They will learn your god's identity on their own.
You said you disliked being with others,
but you'll entrust the future to the other Saints?
I am a lone warrior, who lives and dies for battle.
I'll end up in hell, no matter what.
But they are different!
There is a great possibility awaiting them...
The possibility that they'll awaken to the ultimate Cosmo, Omega.
Omega...
The legendary Cosmo, said to match a god.
A Cosmo even the Four Kings cannot reach.
And you say they can attain it?
One cannot reach Omega alone.
Thus, neither you nor I ever will.
But perhaps they...
So humans have still greater possibilities?
Then you are prepared to end your life,
believing in that possibility?
It isn't a bad thing...
Having someone to entrust the future to.
Is that the source of your strength?
A heart that believes in one's friends makes a man stronger?
Humans are weak and foolish.
But if they come together, the possibilities are limitless.
Interesting!
Aegaeon, you're coming to hell with me!
Very well, Phoenix Ikki.
I would be happy to go with one such as you!
Shun... Shun!
Forgive your brother for being unable to keep his promise.
Farewell, Shun! Young Saints!
Not bad, Saints...
They defeated Aegaeon.
How embarrassing, for one of the Four Kings to shame himself so!
Good riddance.
That's what you get for betraying me.
Aegaeon...
Th-That Cosmo...
Aegaeon and Ikki-san's Cosmo swelled up...
And then exploded and disappeared?
No!
Brother...
The Phoenix has finished its last flight,
taking the class-1 Pallasite with it.
Ikki...
What were you thinking, you fool?!
Why would the Phoenix do that?
If he hates being with others,
there was no need for him to sacrifice his life in this battle.
Why else?
He is the same as we are...
A Saint of Athena.
A Saint...
Wonderful!
The Phoenix sacrificed his life to slay one of the class-1 Pallasites...
And Aegaeon-san sacrificed himself out of loyalty to his lord.
How very moving.
Not that it matters, now that they're dead.
The holy sword Heavy Lightning Striker is mine.
Farewell.
The Phoenix...
I can't believe it.
I...
I don't know anything!
I don't know who I am.
I just became a Saint because I wanted to become stronger.
But now, I'm different...
I've seen people frozen in time
and Saints who died in battle...
And I really think...
I want to protect this world.
So as a Saint...
As a man, I'm going to fight!
Let's go, Subaru.
Haruto, are you sure I can go with you?
You're a Saint, like all of us.
The Equuleus Cloth has accepted you.
Subaru,
to be honest, I still don't know if I can trust who you are.
But we're friends fighting together. It doesn't matter who you really are.
As long as we fight for the same goal,
as long as you fight as a Saint and a human, that's enough.
Eden...
Let's go! To Pallas...
Right!
Sinful humans...
With my War God's Manifestation Blade, I shall teach you the weight of your sins.
To Be Continued