Seiya - Phantom Hands

A few eerie hands grow from the stone floor slightly away from us and wriggle. The watchman Natosus moves his bony jaw and explains: “These are Phantom Hands.”

“Hmm… I could use them to seal the enemy’s movement.”

“Simply touching a deity or angel with these hands will damage them.”

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I try to approach Seiya while talking when, all of a sudden, a pitch-black hand looms out of the darkness between us.

“Ack?! Natosus, come on! You startled me!”

“It wasn’t me.”

“Huh?”

I can’t believe it, but when I look over in Seiya’s direction, his index finger is standing straight up. Each time he wiggles it, the hand below me moves in unison. Natosus gives a dry clap with his bony hands.

“Wow! You mastered it just by watching me do it?”

“I wouldn’t call this mastering it. I need to train until I can create thousands of these jet-black hands like grass growing on a field.”

“Wh-what are you going to do with an extra thousand hands?!”

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Volume 7, Chapter 31