Isaak POV - Atntis, Pilr of the Arctic O - 1987

  The loud rumbling sound in the distance, and the fact that the ground is shaking once again, tells me that another Pilr was just destroyed, and I say "This is the 5th one... Damn, I'm the slowest! Maybe, I shouldn't have lost time killing every Mariners in my way...", then I look at the area where my objective stands.

  The Pilr of the Arctic O is located in a rather remote area of Poseidon's Realm, at the end of an uphill path carved directly into the seabed, the area is devoid of the corals seen until now all over Atntis and is dominated by strong blue color, to the point that the sea surface above it appears darker than that of other zones, clearly caused by the enviro of the o above.

  In fact, in the seawater, about halfway down the Pilr, I see the submerged part of two gigantic icebergs floating on the surface, while the floor is posed entirely of rocks covered with blue ice, and the whole Pilr is surrounded by huge ice mountains several hundred meters high.

  The area of the Pilr itself, has a single level quite high with respect to the ground, and to reach it I must climb a huge stoaircase e dimensions in width ah, and soon I stand in front of the Pilr of the Artic O, that is fnked on both sides by two rows of obelisks or small pilrs of square se and grayish tones, and the Pilr is the square base of about 20 meters high plus a bination of 4 smooth ns until its termination.

  (Image Here - Pilr of the Arctic O)

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  [colpse]As I was studying the terrain, I also think about what Jayr said about me and the future he prevented, 'To think that I could've been the guardian of this pow if Jayr didn't act... Resentful and angry against the whole world, denying my master and father-like figure's teag only because I saved Hyoga and almost died in the process... Well probably it also helped that, in the moment of need, it oseidon's Will that saved me, and as Jayr repetitively said, Poseidon, isn't evil himself, but he just doesn't care much about the mortals' lives, as he easily repce them once he restores the world, you say that his objective is just, but his methods are too drastic... So I imagine such a version of myself swearing his loyalty to him...'.

  But my thoughts are interrupted by a cold female voice that says "I've been waiting for you Saint of Athena... This is the pce where you all will die and finally stop to desecrate Poseidon's Realm... By my own hands, Kraken Elizabeth!", at the same time a strong cold aura be felt, that lowers the temperature, even more, turning the droplets of water around us into ice crystals.

  Looking at the point in of the voice, I finally see my oppo, a beautiful young woman, with a pale plexion, luminous long cerulean hair tied in a ponytail, and light blue eyes, wearing the Kraken Scale, that strangely reminds me more of a manta ray than a titanic octopus, at the same time I'm once again surprised by the ability of these armor to perfectly adapt to their wearer, as her chest piece perfectly adapts to her bountiful bosom, while the rest of the Scale protects most of her body, but what characterizes this Scale the most, is wing-like fin at its back.

  (Image Here - Kraken Elizabeth)

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  [colpse]Then I take my fighting stance, and burning my o I take trol of the phehat she geed, and lower the temperature even more while saying "I don't think I'll die here... As I Dorado Isaak will defeat you!", then I move closer to her and throw a kick, aiming at her face, but she ducks and dodge the blow, then she says in a calm tone "If this is your best... then, you will die here, Frozen Fangs!", and as her o explodes, she gathers the energy around her hands, and gees around them sharp ice bdes, and quickly moves to pierce my head with her right one.

  I tilt my head to the side and barely dodge her attack, but she is still able to make a y left cheek, at the same time I turn around and with a back kick, I hit her iomach, pushing her back by a few meters, then burning my o, I gather the cold air around my fist, instantly densing the surrounding moisture into pure ice which then shatters and mas itself in the form of tless sharp and cutting snow crystals that are hurled through a powerful cold wind geed by my punch "Take this! Diamond Dust!!".

  But at the same time, she uands my iion, burning her o, she traces a circle in front of her with both her hands, one pced above, the other below, and ohe circle is plete, the o rushes inside geing a crystal clear ice mirror, and she yells "Taste your own teique! Frozen Mirror!!", and my Diamond Dust is then absorbed by her ice mirror, and the instant, is reflected back at me, but that isn't the only thing that takes me by surprise, as now, I clearly feel that the power and speed of the teique are doubled, and so I'm hit by the strong cold wind and tless cutting snow crystals and hurled in the air until I painfully crash into the ground.

  Still feeling the pain and the biting cold all over my body, and with a trace of frost all over my body and Cloth, I slowly get up a mutter "G-goddamit! It's like being hit by master's Diamond Dust... I-I hold back to test her... but the reflected attack is already close to the absolute zero!!", then I hear Elizabeth's cold voice that says "Give up! My Frozen Mirror will reflect back every attack, doubling its power, you 't win! Just give up and I'll give you a painless death! I clearly feel that you aren't one of those filthy corrupt humans... Who knows, once Lord Poseidon has purified this world from its corruption aored back to its pure state, maybe you will reinate in it, and happily live in peace for the rest of your life in a perfect world!".

  I look at her and reply "While that does sound nice... I won't be able to live happily in a world built on the deaths of tless i people! It's true, this world is full of corrupt and evil people, and I too want to kill aerminate every st one of them, t justid peace to this world, this is why I chose to bee a Saint of Athena!", hearing that, Elizabeth says "Then why don't you join us? Together with Lord Poseidon, we will build a utopia together!".

  I shake my head and say "But no matter how much I want to extermihe evil, I won't sacrifice the is to do so! My first duty as a Saint of Athena is to protect, and bring hope and peace! oseidon is doing now is only a senseless massacre, that is why I, together with my fellow Saints and the Goddess Athena, will stop him!", Elizabeth looks at me in silence for a few moments, then she says "Very well, let's see who is on the right side ond for all... You foolish Goddess that wishes to protect those toone for a handful of good people, and simply look as they destroy this beautiful world, or Lord Poseidon, who choose to act to restore this world to its prime state and build a perfect world!".

  After she said this, Elizabeth's o explodes once again, and as the phantom image of the Kraken appears behind her, she raises her hands pointing at the sky and yells "Take the stro move of the Kraken! Frozen Catastrophe!!", then she creates a gigantic ice block above her head, and as she joins her hand together and lowers them pointing at me, the ice block breaks into tless sharp pieces, transf into a violent and deadly ice storm, that quickly moves toward me.

  Seeing this, I too decide to use my stroeique, and yell "Behold my greatest move!", I make my o explode to the max level possible, raise my two arms up in a triangur position, and begin to trate my o when I reach the desired limit, the image of a swordfish appears behihen I lower my arms, pg them horizontally, open my hands and create a small sphere of electrid io in each of them, finally, I join my hands at chest height and joins both spheres creating a bigger one, yelling "Aurora Borealis!!", then release all the energy gathered, into a deadly tornado of id electricity.

  Our teiques csh, merging together, geing aronger cataclysm that devastates everything around us, it is s that in fact, it starts to affect even the surface of the Arctic O, at the same time, our os csh to gain dominance over it, but no matter how much I try, she seems to always keep up with me, and at times even overe, then while I was struggling and pushing myself to not be defeated, something clicks in me, a new awareness about everything, a feeling that I was able to grasp many times before, but never fully able to master, the 7th sense, now clearer than ever, and with it, I fully grasp this opportunity and push through with my o and gain trol over the monstrous disaster that we have created, and direct it towards her resulting in an explosion of id electricity s that parts of the area start to colpse, and the whole realm starts to shake.

  After a few seds, the aftermath of the csh finally stops, and I, totally spent, slowly move closer to the crater where my enemy lies, while at the same time, admiring the durability of the Pilr, as even with all its surroundings devastated it still stands tall, and totally unscratched in pristine dition, not even a small crack be seen on it, then I focus on Elizabeth, she lies on the ground motionless, her Scale is a mess destroyed, frozen, and with burnt marks in many pces, but luckily her private parts are still covered, moving closer I also notice that she is still barely alive but heless badly wounded and out of bat and say "It seems I was able to trol the storm enough to not kill her... Well, anyway she isn't a threat anymore, it's time to focus oroying the Pilr of the Arctic O".

  But before I could call for him, I hear Kiki's voi the distance "Isaak, I'm here!", and see him running and huffing toward me with the Libra Pandora Box on his shoulders, fused, I ask "Why are you running? Shouldn't you teleport to our location for your safety?", stopping in front of me, he puts down the Pandora Box, and tries to catches his breath as he slowly replies "D-do you... know... how hard... is... to teleport in an area protected by the o... of a God? And only I and my master are able to do so as we Muvians are especially gifted in this area... anyway, after two or three times, I'm totally spent... so the only way is to run from one area to another... luckily only yours and the Pilr of the North Atntic are left".

  And only as he said this did I realize that this kid in front of me is able to do such a feat impossible for me, and sensing his o, I'm surprised to find that even if exhausted, he is already as strong as a mid-level Silver Saint, then remember that when Jayr introduced him he said that Kiki would be able to bee a Gold Saint and take his master pce wheime will e for a new geion to take the reins.

  Then my attention is caught by the Libra Cloth which reveals itself and sends flying one of the tridents, which I cat my hand, I turn my gaze toward the Pilr, and burning my remaining o to enhance my strength, I throw it with all my power, and it hits the Pilr resulting in a blinding fsh of golden light, then as the trident es back, I admire as the Pilr crumbles, quaking the whole realm once again, and with a smile, I say "With this, only one is left and we finally save Athena!".

  Jayr POV - Atntis, Pilr of the North Atntic - 1987

  I stop moving, as I hear a loud rumbling sound ahe whole realm shake once again, then with a smirk on my face, I say "This is the 6th one... Only one remains until now everything is going acc to my and Saori's pn...", then I tioward my objective.

  It is located on a nearby hill, northwest of the Temple of Poseidon, in an area not far from the Mainstay, it is simir territory to the South Atntie, ri purple corals that form barriers of up to two meters, but pared to the tter it seems more spacious and orderly.

  In the distance I already see the area in which the set of buildings surrounding the Pilr is located, it is covered with bluestone sbs, square and irregur in shape, and it has a single very high level with respect to the ground, a rge smooth stone block with only a decorative border on its top, in front of it three pieces of stone stitute the tral staircase, quite narrow and steep to climb.

  And the Pilr itself ow be clearly seen, the corals reach the whole of the Pilr base but do not e out on top, ag a bit like occasional sidewalls, and this base, as usual, is ected to the ground by a long flight of stairs without handrails

  On top of this rge block are the Pilr and two rows of huge pin ns joi the top by an undecorated entabture, on both sides it is partially surrounded by two nades, each with at least four circur ns, deprived of capitals, but equipped with an abacus, a ft sb f the uppermost member or division of the capital of a n, and covered by a lihat ects them with the wings fnking the n.

  (Image Here - Pilr of the North Atntic)

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  [colpse]As I'm moving up the stairs, Kanon, still in his Sea Dragon disguise, appears in front of me and says "As long as I, General Sea Dragon, am still standing, I won't let you near Lord Poseidon!", and I take him by surprise by saying "It seems like everything is going acc to your pn, isn't it, Kanon?", hearing that Kanon stood still for an instant, before boldly taking off the helm of his Scale that was c his face, and says "So you found out, eh... But I'd like to know what betrayed me...".

  Looking at him, I have to admit that he is almost identical to his bra, Kanon is also a tall, muscur man with navy blue hair, as opposed to Saga's cerulean blue, and turquoise eyes and pale skin, at the same time I reply "Well for one your and Saga's o is very simir, almost identical in fact, and having fought him, his o is something difficult tet...", then he ughs and says "So you were there when that fool choose to off himself... That pitful brother of mine, was tormented by his good and evil halves, but I'm nothing like Saga, I've never possessed anything but a heart of pure evil!".

  But as he starts his evil ugh, I stop him and say "Sorry to disappoint you but your bra is still alive and well...", and Kanon excims surprised "Impossible!!", I ignore his outburst and tinue "You see his evil half, was created by an evil spirit that possessed him in his infancy... But with the Aegis Shield, we were able te it, and save Saga, and yes he tried to kill himself once free, but I and Athena were able to vince him to keep living...".

  Then Kanon yells "It doesn't matter! No, this is a good thing! This way I prove to him that I was right all along! I'll attain total dominatiohe earth and seas!!", at the same time I look at him with a deadpan expression and say "Dude... You just revealed yrand aspiration and desires... While it isn't a secret for Athena and me, I think the Mariner and Poseidon wouldn't be too pleased with this...".

  But Kanon is still calm as he says "Well nobody will know it, as you won't be able to tell it to anyone else!", then Kanon takes a really familiar pose as he trates all of his o energy to the maximum iween his hands, then yelling "Gaxian Explosion!!", he releases it in the form of a gigantic shock-wave capable of obliterating nearly anything in its path.

  And once again I'm greeted by the sight of a myriad of gaxies and phat e crashing into me, but different from the st time, this time, I brace myself, and make my o explode to the max, withstanding the shockwave that Kanon produced, while everything around me is obliterated, at the same time, Kanon excim in surprise "What!? You withstood the force of the explosion!?", and with a smile, I reply "I already survived Saga's Gaxian Explosion, pared to that, yours is a piece of cake, you might be twins, but you're not in your brother's league".

  Enraged, Kanon asks "What? Are you saying I'm less than Saga?", and with a calm smile, I reply "You ought to know that better than anyone... After all he always was the more hardw one, while you just took it easy as you believed in your overwhelming talent...", hearing that, Kanon yells "Absurd!! This time, I'll kill you!!" and moves to once again attack me.

  But I was ready for it, I make my o explode, and as a Gold Aura envelopes my body, my fist starts shining and a clear blue orb of water gather around it, then I yell "Tidal unch!!", and with a pung motion, I shoot it straight towards the Kanon, who took by surprise my ter-attack, is it by the water-like orb in his chest, and the force behind the blow is only able to push him back slightly.

  Seeing this, with an evil smirk on his face, he says "This is it? How were you able to defeat my brother with a punch so weak..", and with a smirk on my face I say "Boom..." and from the water-like on his chest, hundreds of deyed strong impacts came oer ahat slowly push him back, and as the number and strength of impacts increases, it raises him from the ground sending him crashing into the Pilr, and one impact after ahe cracks on his Scale grows bigger and bigger, and whe impact happens the shockwave geed is s that blows all the dust geed away and causes the whole Atntis to shake once more, at the same time, hi Scale shatters, and form Kanon's mouth spays a lot of blood.

  As Kanon slides down the Pilr, I notice that the Pilr itself is still undamaged, I 't find even a small cra it, then I move closer to Kanon and he says "Damn... That hurts... But even if you defeat me, aroy this Pilr you won't be able to move past Poseidon himself and save Athena!", I briefly look in the dire of the Poseidon's Temple and feeling that all the others are slowly verging there, I turn to Kanon and say "Yes, it will be hard to overe Poseidon... But the puppet with only a decimal of his power is a whole other story...".

  Hearing what I said, Kanon's eyes open wide as he mutters "You know...!?", I nod and expin "The Crateris Cloth has a really useful ability, it shows you instances of your future... So both I and Athena knew a lot about your plot from the start... How you escaped from the Cape Sunion Prison, freed the sealed Spirit of Poseidon before his time, and how you are nouting his host, Julian Solo while keeping Poseidon in a half-asleep state, all so you use his powers to rule over the p while deceiving everyone else".

  After I finish my speech, I notice Kiki, with Sorrento behind him, quickly ing here, and seeing Sorrento, Kanon slowly gets up and yells "Sorrento, quick stop him, before he destroys the Pilr...!", but once close, Sorrento says "I know everything, Sea Dragon... No, Gemini Kanon...", at the same time, Kiki puts down the Libra Pandora Box, that once again opens up and shows the Libra Cloth.

  And the moment, I see one of the shields fly toward me, then I quickly throw it the Pilr, and after that annoying blinding golden light, that appears every time these ons hit the Pilrs, the shield bounces back, and grabbing it, I think 'God this is so impractical, how the hell does Captain America pulls this off every five seds!?', at the same time the Pilr of the North Atntic starts crumbling.

  Then I hear Sorrento say to Kanon, while he prepares to use his flute to attack "I pn to take you down, Kanon! I sentence you to death for deceiving all those Mariners who fought and died for believing they were helping Lord Poseidoe a purified world! Apologize to them ierlife!!", but I quickly yell "Wait, Sorrento! There is o kill him...".

  Both Sorrento and Kanon appear fused by this, and I tinue by saying "He owns Athena a holy favor!", and surprised Kanon excims "What? I owe HER? Yeah, right! What the heck do I owe Athena?", and I reply "Wake up, Kanon! You of all people ought to know!! You must've sehena's Immense o at least a few times since she came to this uer realm! I'm not going to let you deny reizing that o..." and seeing his stunned expression as realization slowly surfaces on his face, I tinue "...That's right, Kanon, that o that saved you tless times when you swuween life ah in Cape Sunion's stone prison, 13 years ago... That's right! While you were impriso Cape Sounion, your life was saved by Athena's Divine o tless times!".

  And after saying this, I hear Sorrento say to the shocked and still in disbelief Kanon, "Just like you, I didn't want to believe it at first, either... The terror I felt when I first met Athena... It was the unbelievably immense love she possesses... I didn't want to believe in it, if I aowledged that great love, then the purging of the earth, everything we Mariners were trying to aplish in the name of justice, would all be a sham... But Athen has willingly sacrificed herself for the people of the earth, how we not aowledge her love?".

  I take this ce to leave with Kiki moving tooseidon's Temple, at the same time, I hear his footsteps as he es after us and says "The earth is not thhly corrupted, like we thought, not as long as there's a single fistful of love remaining...Kanon, if you still don't wish to believe in Athena's o, that's fine... But you're no longer worth fighting or killing anymore.....".

  And together we leave the still Kanon there among the ruins of the Pilr of the North Atntic while thinking 'I hope that he redeems himself like the inal... I did everything I could... But now, I have to focus on Poseidon... And I kind ret not taking the portable group of plots armor with me, but I o do this if I want to overe the challenges ahead of me... And I'm not talking about Hades... but the greater threat that will be ing, the other Champions!'.

  Odyin