Aeacus and Minos

In the depths of the Inferno, El Cid of Capricorn faces Aeacus — one of the three Judges of the Dead. This battle reveals the nature of the Capricorn Knight: a warrior of conviction, El Cid fights not out of hatred of the enemy but out of love of justice. His cosmic Excalibur, the supreme technique of Capricorn, cuts fate as readily as flesh.

Minos, the second Judge, intervenes with magnified power. Tenma and Yuzuriha's progress is slowed by the labyrinthine architectures of the Underworld designed to exhaust intruders. Revelations about the structure of Hades' kingdom — its nine circles, its guardians, its laws — accumulate, building a coherent and original mythology.