Innocence Soma woke up, finding himself still laid on his back on the Flower Field. Not too far from him there is the status of a woman. Leaning on the statue was a handsome man who was playing his harp. This man is Lyra Orphee, the famed Silver Saint who has reached Omega or Eight Sense despite being a mortal. This allowed him to stay in the Underworld unhindered, since he can rival either one of the Twin Gods under Hades. Innocence Soma found out that 2/3 of his soul is missing, and only his Hades Soul and his original pure and innocent soul are within him, slowly fusing with each other.

“Once your soul fuses with Hades, you will be ready to face Alone.”

“You will then be known as Hades Soma.”

“I still can’t believe that two eligible candidates for Hades’ Body has emerged within a century.”

“Times are really chaotic, and the return of the Titans really is at hand.”

“But that is a matter for the future.”

“Only when you have fused Hades’ soul into a complete one can you consolidate your Underworld Powers.”

“Only then can you stand a chance against the Titans.”

Innocence Soma looked confused at first, but then a flash of understanding suddenly occurred to him as memories of Hades flooded his mind once again.

“I really can’t believe that the previous Holy Wars of the past millennia, the hard fought battles of the Saints and the Specters, all the hatred, the anger and resentment have all been done to prepare for the destined day.”

“Athena and Hades’ plan to look for the vessels have indeed been successful in this generation.”

“I must not dawdle any longer. I thank you for giving me this opportunity, Lyra Orphee.”

“Even though most of us are just chess pieces in the chess board of fate, I will still do everything I can.”

“I will tear apart my destined fate and create my own destiny, or die doing so.”

Innocence Soma turned around, with his robe fluttering, without looking back at Lyra Orphee. He unsheathed his Hakuba Blade and slowly traversed the dirt road towards the 3rd prison. Halfway thru the dirt road, Soma was confronted by the two Guardian Specters Troll Ivan and Golem Rock. Unlike Pharaoh Sphinx, both Specters kneeled immediately upon seeing Innocence Soma.

“Troll Ivan greets his Majesty, Lord Hades!”

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“Golem Rock pays tribute to the Lord of the Underworld, Hades-sama!”

Innocence Soma didn’t stop walking until he came shoulder to shoulder with the two Specters. He gave the surplices of both Specters a simple tap before continuing on. After half a breath’s time, both Specters were clutching their chests as they felt an unfathomable power rise up from within them.

Soma gave both of them a simple glance and uttered “Due to your loyalty to Hades, I have chosen to awaken both of your Surplices.”

“If you survive this, you will have power equivalent to a Gold Saint of Athena.”

“I trust that both of you will pass this test of mine.”

Loud screams emitted from the mouth of Troll Ivan and Golem Rock as they tried to withstand the tremendous power emanating from their Surplices. Innocence Soma continued his way towards the 4th Prison, otherwise known as the Swamp of Darkness. Expecting to meet the guardian of the 4th Prison, Innocence Soma pondered as to why Lycaon Phlegyas was nowhere to be seen. Halfway thru the Swamp where he is supposed to use the Hakuba Blade to absorb the Underworld Essence, Soma say Phlegyas cut into two from his waist. Blood was scattered all over as fear can be discerned from Phlegyas’ expression just before his death.

“Pity you realized too late, Lycaon Phlegyas.”

“Alone would not tolerate your choice of siding with me in the last moment.”

“You should have chosen to give your allegiance to me from the start.”

Innocence Soma then thrusted his Blade within the heart of the Swamp of Darkness as he kneeled in one knee and held the Hakuba Blade. Unlike the first time, the Underworld Essence in the Swamp of Darkness is thriving, and Innocence Soma needed to use his soul and willpower in order to smoothen the absorption process.

Meanwhile, on a small dark room similar to the one Black Soma and Light Soma where currently in, sat a handsome young man. This young man held a paint brush in his right hand and a palette on his left hand. Similar to Innocence Soma, this young man gave off an aura of innocence and pureness. This young man is Alone, the previous reincarnation of Hades in the Last Holy War of the Lost Canvass.

He was painting three figures, all handsome young men. If one would look closely, it can be noticed that the three figures are Black Soma, Light Soma and Innocence Soma respectively. The equipment, the cape and the facial expressions of all three all look the same. The only difference is that Black Soma seemed to be three or 4 years older than Innocence Soma and Light Soma seemed a year or two older.

“Sasha and Tenma, the agreement with Hades is at hand.”

“Our souls will finally find peace.”

Out of nowhere, two figures appeared behind Alone, one was Pegasus Tenma, the previous Pegasus Saint of the last Holy War and Sasha, the previous reincarnation of Athena in the same Holy War. Both figures held Alone’s shoulders and smiled gently at him.

“The three of us have given up so much just for this day.”

“We will be able to arm Soma with the Blade that can cut fate itself.”

“This is the best that we can do.”

“As one of the Vessels, Soma will play the 2nd most vital role, hand-in-hand with Genya and Sapphire.”

“I just hope that all of our preparations are sufficient in order to fight them.”

Alone sat on his chair, closed his eyes and rested for a while. Numerous feelings, thoughts and emotions flashed thru his mind a he cried out black blood from his left eye and scarlet red blood from his right. Upon opening his eyes, one can see that his left eye is scarlet black with a six sided star imprinted on it, while his right eye possesses three different and intertwining shades of blue, gold and white. The six-sided star represents the half of Hades Soul while the blue represents Tenma’s soul. On the other hand, the gold represents Sasha’s soul and the white represents Alone’s soul.