26) Elysion e no Michi
     The Road to Elysion
     La strada per l'Elisio

Introduzione del narratore:
"Millions of light-years away, beyond millions of darknesses, lies an uninhabited world that is also known as the Underworld. They say that beyond those lie endless fields. Utopia, a place without wars, pain nor sadness. A holy sanctuary that has been protected for ages, where only the dead chosen by the Gods can enter. That place is called Elysion."
 

Riassunto dell'episodio precedente in cui i Gold Saints abbattono il Muro del Pianto:
"Now! Here you go! My Saints, full of hope!" esclama Aioros, pronto a lanciare la freccia del Sagittario.
"We entrust Athena in your hands!" esclamano in coro gli altri Gold Saints.
"Here we go! Everyone!" esclama Seiya con la statuetta di Athena in mano.
"Uhm!" rispondono gli altri Bronze Saints.
"Now just once.. Now just once... Let me pierce through it!" Aioros è pronto a scoccare la freccia.
"Understand. For the Bronze Saints!" esclama Dohko.
"For the love and peace on earth!" esclamano Camus, Milo e Shura.
"Inject our bodies and souls now!" esortano Aioria e Aldebaran.
"Into our cosmo and burn! Golden saint robes!" esclamano Shaka, Mur, Saga, Aphrodite e Death Mask.
"Athena, please create this beautiful world one more time!" esclamano tutti i Gold Saints.
Aioros scocca la freccia, crea un buco nel muro ed esplode l'enorme energia accumulata.
I Bronze Saints si ritrovano davanti al varco creato nel Muro del Pianto.
"Look, the Wailing Wall!" osserva Seiya.
"Seiya!" esclama Shun.
"O-Opened.. The Wailing Wall has a big opening!" esclama Seiya contento.
"Unbelievable! Such strong force!"
"It's not god, it's just the power of twelve people!" risponde Shun.
"Gold Saints?" chiede Seiya guardandosi intorno, ma di loro non c'è più traccia.
"Where are the Gold Saints?" chiede Shun.
Seiya nota un bagliore alle sue spalle: sono le armature d'oro, ma senza i loro cavalieri.
"That is..." osserva Seiya.
"Teacher..." sussurra Shiryu davanti alle armature vuote.
"My mentor Camus..." sussurra Hyoga.
"Gold-Gold Saints, everyone's gone..." piange Shun copiosamente.
"Yes, all gone. Have given us love and justice." piange Seiya.
"Teacher, Shura." piange Shiryu.
"My mentor Camus." piange Hyoga.
"Shaka, Mur, Aphrodite, Milo." piange Shun.
"Aioros, Aioria, Death Mask, Saga and Aldebaran." piange Seiya.

Voce del narratore:
"That time, thanks to the Gold Saints who have sacrificed themselves... The Wailing Wall on the border of Underworl has opened the path to Elysion. Elysion. They say that the lord of the Underworld, Hades' true body rests there. You must hurry, young Saints full of hope. The Earth has already been affected by Hades' everlasting eclipse. The 'Greatest Eclipse' shall be the cause of the extinction of all."

[The Road to Elysion]

Davanti al Muro del Pianto, Seiya e Shun si asciugano le lacrime.
"Let's go! Let's go through this hole the Gold Saints have sacrificed their lives for! We cannot let their deaths be in vain! We shall go to the place where Athena and Hades are! To Elysion!" esorta Seiya.
"Oh!" rispondono i Bronze Saints.
Seiya e Shun entrano di corsa nel buco. Hyoga e Shiryu stanno per seguirli, quando Shiryu si ferma all'improvviso.
"What's wrong, Shiryu?!" chiede Hyoga.
"No. I'll come right after you. Go on ahead." risponde Shiryu.
"Understood."
Hyoga, Seiya e Shun si addentrano nel buco, mentre Shiryu resta all'ingresso perchè si era accorto di alcuni Spectre.
"Alraune Queen from the Devil Star."
"Minotauros Gordon from the Goal Star."
"Basilisk Sylphid from the Swift Star.Unfortunately we cannot let a single Saint make their way to Elysion!"
"Get of of the way, Dragon!" intima Gordon.
"If you want to pass, you shall have to defeat me." risponde Shiryu.
"Fool." commenta Queen.
"Do you think you can defeat all three of us all by yourself?!" chiede Sylphid.
I tre lo attaccano tutti insieme, atterrandolo facilmente.
"You cannot do anything all by yourself. Telling us not to stand in his way..." commenta Sylphid.
"How dull..." commenta Queen.
Inaspettatamente, si rompono gli elmi ai tre Spectre.
"What?! This?!" si chiedono stupiti.
"Holy sword, Excalibur. Listen up. This is one of the legacies we Bronze Saints have received from the Gold Saints." risponde Shiryu mostrando la spada.
"Dragon! You!!" sbraita Gordon.
"You are willing to die here?" chiede Queen infuriato.
"I have no need to die here. Behold the Dragon's final statement!" risponde Shiryu.

Intanto, Seiya, Shun e Hyoga stanno attraversando di corsa il Muro del Pianto.
"I can see it! That must be the other side of the Wailing Wall!" esclama Seiya.
Dopo un po', arrivano dall'altra parte, trovantosi davanti all'Iperdimensione.
"What's this?! A dimensional path?!" chiede Seiya stupito.
"How will we be able to pass through here?" chiede Shun preoccupato.
"This is surely a path that only Gods can go through." risponde Hyoga.
"Seiya! Look at that light!" esclama Shun, notando un bagliore in fondo all'Iperdimensione.
"Is that-?! Is Elysion on the other side of that light?" chiede Hyoga.
"Saori-san, who wanted to take Hades' life, must be over there. And she must be waiting for the Athena Cloth! COME ON!!" esorta Seiya.
"It's all or nothing!" esclama Shun.
"LET'S GO!" esclama Hyoga.
Seiya e Shun si buttano nell'Iperdomensione. Anche Hyoga sta per buttarsi, ma viene fermato da Minos, comparso improvvisamente alle sue spalle.
"I won't let you go." afferma Minos.
"Is that?!" chide Shun voltandosi indietro.
"Minos!" esclama Seiya.
"You... So you didn't die in that explosion." commenta Hyoga seccato.
Compare il fash back in cui Minos sta combattendo contro i Bronze Saints, quando viene interrotto da un terremoto.
"The Wailing Wall" esclama Shiryu.
"The Gold Saints!!" esclama Seiya.
E Minos viene travolto dall'esplosione.

Tornando al presente...
"Did you really think that I, Gryphon Minos, one of the three Judges of the underworld would have died so easily? Above that, I cannot allow you to proceed to Elysion just like that." dichiara Minos.
"Hyoga!" esclamano Seiya e Shun, prima di finire alla deriva nell'Iperdimensione.
"Out of the way Cygnus!" ordina Minos.
Hyoga fa comparire un muro di ghiaccio per intrappolare Minos.
"What?! Impossible! When did this wall of ice appear?!"
"My Freezing Coffin has been there all along. They say that the Gold Saints all-together cannot break it that easily. Why don't you stay there quietly until we arrive at Elysion safely?"
"Brat. Do you really think that you can imprison me, Minos, in this?"
"I thought I told you it is useless."
"IDIOT!" Minos spezza il muro di ghiaccio con un pugno, atterrando anche Hyoga.
"What?! HYOGA!!" esclamano Seiya e Shun dall'Iperdimensione.
"Just leave Minos, you must jump too!" suggerisce Seiya.
"Being able to break my ice that easily! I admit that you are worthy of being one of the three judges from the underworld, Minos." commenta Hyoga rialzandosi.
"Hyoga, jump quickly!" esorta Seiya.
"You must jump, Hyoga!" strilla Shun.
"All three of us shall certainly be attacked if I would jump too! I have no choice but stop you, until Seiya and Shun can depart safely." risponde Hyoga.
"Stop me with all your might you say? If you keep standing in the way, I'll have no other choice but to dispose of you first." replica Minos.
"That won't happen! Diamond Dust!"
Minos respinge il colpo con la mano, travolgendo l'avversario.
"HYOGA!!" esclamano Seiya e Shun, sempre più alla deriva.
"You still don't get it! Right now you are no match for me, Minos. Come on! Stand up! I'll just have to make you stand then." commenta Minos, mentre Hyoga è ancora a terra.
Minos lancia Cosmic Marionation, sollevando il corpo di Hyoga con i suoi fili invisibili.
"What is this?! My body doesn't react to my will." si chiede Hyoga, ancora debole.
"I am making your body dance by the use of strings that are invisible to the human eye. Just like a dancing puppet. COSMIC MARIONATION! Your time has come, Cygnus!"
Hyoga continua a strillare impotente.

Seiya e Shun vengono completamente risucchiati nell'Iperdimensione, che è come se fosse composta da tanti buchi neri.
"I can't handle this pressure! I feel like my Cloth and my body is about to burst! Again, we're being sucked into the opposite direction of Elysion!" esclama Seiya sofferente e preoccupato.
"SEIYAA!!" strilla Shun, mentre viene risucchiato ancora più lontano, fino a scomparire dalla vista.
"Shun! SHUN!!" lo chiama Seiya inutilmente.
"Was it impossible to reach for humans after all? Are only the Gods able to go through the path to Elysion?! And even for the
most powerful Cloth that has been revived by Athena's blood?!" commenta Seiya scoraggiato.
Ad un tratto, la sua armatura comincia ad emanare cosmo e a trasformarsi.
"What's this?! Wings?! Wings have come out of the Pegasus Cloth! Okay! Shun!"
Ora Seiya è in grado di muoversi liberamente nell'Iperdimensione, senza il rischio di essere risucchiato, quindi vola all'inseguimento di Shun.
"Seiya!" esclama Shun, ancora alla deriva.
"I can fly freely! Are you allright, Shun?" chiede Seiya, afferrandolo per un polso.
"Se-Seiya?! What are those wings?"
"I don't know that either. But it's true that the Pegasus Cloth had wings from the start. I'm sure that Athena's blood has
given it the ability to spread them. It is just like Shion told us. There is something special about our Cloths that have been revived by Athena's blood. And there are surely things yet to be discovered. Something that shall show us the path we have to take."
"Seiya?"
"Let's go, Shun! With these wings we should be able to reach Elysion! Come! Let's go!"

Intanto, Hyoga è ancora sotto il controllo di Minos:
"How does it feel, Cygnus? How does it feel being possessed by my Cosmic Marionetion? Or must I make an end of all this?"
Ad un tratto, i fili si irrigidoscono, coperti dal ghiaccio.
"What? What's this?! There is ice stuck to the strings of my Cosmic Marionetion!" si chiede Minos.
"It seems like I've bought enough time for Seiya to get away." riflette Hyoga ad alta voce.
"Were you fooling me?! I cannot believe that you were trying to buy time so that Seiya and Shun could get to Elysion! You took my Cosmic Marionetion attack on purpose?!"
"That's not all!"
"What?! My...! I can't move my body!"
"What is this feeling? How does it feel being influenced by your own attack?"
"Cygnus! You!"
"I'm going to depart for Elysion soon too! Take this! Cygnus ultimate attack, the one I've inherited from my master! Aurora Execution!"
Hyoga atterra facilmante Minos, rompendogli l'elmo, e si butta nell'Iperdimensione:
"Seiya! Shun! I'm joining you! This is?!"
Ma un filo lo aggancia...
"Minos!"
"There is still one Cosmic Marionetion string connecting us! I told you I won't let you go to Elysion! Die Cygnus!"
Minos ha seguito Hyoga nell'Iperdimensione e sta per sferrare un attacco, quando la sua armatura inizia a disintegrarsi.
"What?! Impossible! While Pegasus and Cygnus are unharmed, why can't my Surplice..?!" esclama Minos disperato, prima di disintegrarsi completamente e finire in polvere.
"I can't believe this. Minos was pulverized in a second. Does everything that gets sucked in here vanish like that? This place truly does reject all non-divine beings. If l didn't have this Cloth that has been revived by Athena's blood? Seiya, the rest and I would just end up the same as... What about Shiryu?" riflette Hyoga.
 

Prosegue la battaglia tra Shiryu, Queen, Gordon e Sylphid. Shiryu viene ancora sbattuto a terra.
"I hope you finally understand that it was careless to take all three of us al your opponent." commenta Sylphid.
"Get out of the way, Dragon!" sbraita Gordon.
"Didn't you hear what I said? If you want to pass, you'll have to defeat me first." risponde Shiryu con la faccia a terra.
"That guy!" si infuria Gordon, pronto a menarlo.
"Wait, Gordon." lo interrompe Queen facendosi avanti "As you wish. If you want to die that badly, I shall grant your wish. I, Alraune, shall take your head! Take this! Blood Flower Scissors!!"
Una ghigliottina colpisce Shiryu, facendolo cadere di nuovo a terra.
"You've held us up a bit. Very well. Let's get going! What?!" inaspettatamente, Queen viene ferito al collo e si accascia.
"Queen!" lo soccorre Gordon "When could this man have been able to use Excalibur during the Blood Flower Scissors attack? I shall break your Excalibur! Take this! The Minotauros Axe! Grand Axe Crusher!"
Gordon si scaglia su Shiryu con tutta la sua forza e con l'ascia insita nel suo braccio.
"Excalibur!"
La spada e l'ascia si incrociano ed è l'ascia ad avere la meglio, spezzando la spada.
"The great Excalibur was no match against the Minotauros Axe! You won't be able to use Excalibur with all the bones in your arm being broken! Next, I shall remove your head from that body of yours! Die, Dragon!" Gordon si appresta al colpo di grazia, nella stessa posizione di un boia.
"Rozan Shou Ryuu Ha!!"
Ma Shiryu reagisce e lo atterra.
"Gordon!" esclamano gli altri due Spectre.

Dopo Queen e Gordon, ora è il turno di Sylphid:
"I see. The ones that don't fear death are so obstinate. It seems like you really won't move. Queen cut your neck. Gordon crushed you with his axe. You weakling shouldn't be far from death. But as long as your companions are heading for Elysion,wWe cannot just stand here and wait. This time I shall push you out of the way, Dragon! By the power of the mystical bird Basilisk, I shall blow you back to the first prison of Hell. Annihilation Flap!"
Sylphid spazza via Shiryu con una folata di vento, facendolo sbattare contro il Muro del Pianto.
"Is he dead?" si chiede Sylphid.
"Isn't it ironic." commenta Shiryu da sotto le macerie.
"What?"
"I admit that your attack was powerful, Basilisk. So powerful that I may have been thrown back to the first prison. But the truly perfect Wailing Wall has blocked my body from flying away. It seems like you have been struck by the disadvantages of your own fortress."
"Impossible!"
"Give it up. Don't you understand it's useless?!"
"What did you say?!"
"How many times you attack me, if you attack is one by one, you have no chance of defeating me, Shiryu! Attack me all three at once." esorta Shiryu facendo lo sbruffone.
"Out of the way, persistent brat!" esclama Sylphid scagliandosi sull'avversario.
"Rozan Ryuu Shou!"
Shiryu atterra Sylphid.
"Sylphid!!" esclamano Gordon e Queen..

"Do you understand it now? If you want to defeat me, Shiryu, you must attack me all together! And then I shall show you the Dragon's ultimate technique!" insiste ancora Shiryu.
"What?!" esclamano Gordon e Queen.
"Your ultimate technique? As you wish. I shall take your life, just like you want, Dragon!" sbraita Sylphid, ancora dolorante a terra.
"Alraune!"
"Minotauros!"
"Basilisk!"
"We shall join our three powers!" esclamano gli spectre tutti insieme.
"Come. I still have enough strength to give a final blow. Shunrei... I'm sure you are still you have kept on praying for me all this time. But this shall be the last war. The last... Shunrei." pensa Shiryu come se fosse davvero la sua ultima battaglia.
Si vede Shunrei che prega ai 5 Picchi, quando interrompre la meditazione per un presentimento:
"Shiryu! Shiryu. You aren't possibly..."
Di nuovo negli Inferi, si sta per risolvere la battaglia.
"Here we go!" esclama Sylphid correndo verso Shiryu.
"Die, Dragon! Blood Flower Scissors!"
"Grand Axe Crusher!"
"Annihilation Flap!"
"Roshi, I shall use all the knowledge you have given me over all these years here, now! Rozan Hyaku Ryuu Ha!"
"Wh-What?!" esclamano gli spectre presi alla sprovvista.
I tre spectre vengono spazzati via, con le surplice frantumante, ma anche Shiryu vola all'indietro per il contraccolpo, attraversando l'intero Muro del Pianto e finendo nell'Iperdimensione.
"I didn't think the Hyaku Ryuu Ha would blow me away this far. This pressure is too heavy. What is this place? My body is being sucked into..." riflette Shiryu.

Fluttuando nell'Iperdimensione, Shiryu finisce proprio tra le braccia di Hyoga, che è ancora vivo grazie al sangue di Athena; all'armatura del Cigno sono spuntate le ali.
"Hyoga?!"
"I've been waiting for you, Shiryu!"
"Hyoga, what are those wings?"
"These are the wings Athena has given us to reach Elysion. We must go. Everyone is waiting for us."
"Ah!"
I due si inoltrano nell'Iperdimensione, grazie alle ali del cigno, quando sentono una voce alle loro spalle:
"Wait!"
"Basilisk!" esclama Shiryu stupito.
"I cannot let you go. I cannot allow you to go to Elysion!" esclama Sylphid al confine con l'Iperdimensione. E' l'unico spectre sopravvissuto, ma è in brutte condizioni.
"Give it up! If you come over here your body shall shatter into pieces." suggerisce Hyoga.
"What?!"
Ma Syplid si butta lo stesso nell'Iperdimensione e finisce disintegrato.
"I told you so. We are being protected by Athena's blood." commenta Hyoga.
"I understand it now. Hades from the earth. I finally understand why lord Rhadamantis feared you. I should... I should have given you the coup de grace that time." esclama Syphid prima di morire. L'ultima frase è riferita al castello di Hades, quando aveva incontrato i Bronze Saints ma aveva rimandato la battaglia per buttarsi nella voragine per l'inferno. Peccato che nella serie televisiva questa scena era stata tagliata!
"He disappeared." osserva Shiryu.
"Let's go, Shiryu. To the place we'll have our last battle. To Elysion." esorta Hyoga.
"What about Seiya and Shun?"
"They have gone on ahead. Surely with Pegasus his wings! They must have arrived at Elysion by now."
"Let's hurry, Hyoga. Not only Saori-san, but I'm also worried about Seiya."
Shiryu e Hyoga volano verso l'Elisio.

Intanto, al Grande Tempio e all'orfanotrofio stanno tutti osservano l'eclissi.
"Seiya." dice Shaina.
"Seiya-chan." dice Miho.
Seiya riprende conoscenza disteso su di un prato fiorito, da solo.
"Saori-san... Athena. What is this...beauty? Is this the holy place where only the ones chosen by gods are allowed to enter?Is this... Is this... Elysion?" si chiede rialzandosi.