The following morning, Diane walks besides Hawk's mom, who is happily trotting along the floor with a smile across her face.

"Hey Hawk's mom, not to get too personal or anything, but what do you eat?" Diane asks. Hawk's mom lets out a groan "What was that again?" She groans again and Diane giggles, not understanding the big pig. "Good talk Hawk's mom!"

Inside the Boar Hat, Ban, Gowther, King, Meliodas and Y/N are all sat at the bar, King laying his head his head on the table recovering from a hangover. On the other side of the bar, Y/N leans on the table, resting her chin on her hand while watching Ban and Gowther with an amused look.

"What are you doing?" Ban questions, unbothered by the fact that the man is currently squishing his pec.

"This is the greeting the captain showed me yesterday." Gowther responded. 

"I told you, that's not what it was!" Hawk says. Gowther stops squeezing Ban's pec and sits besides King, who's head is looking up.

"So does anyone have a clue where we're supposed to go next?" Ban asks.

"Any chance you might have a lead on where the next Sin might be?" King says, looking between Y/N and a back facing Meliodas. Y/N shakes her head, sitting up straight.

"Escanor and Merlin." Gowther says.

"No." Meliodas says, turning around to face them. "First thing I'm going to do is break into the capital and get my sword back!"

"What are you talking about? You mean the dragon hilt you lost?" Ban questions.

"I'm not going anywhere without it." Meliodas says. Elizabeth stops her cleaning and looks over to them, Hawk continuing to eat his scraps as Meliodas slams his fists on the bar. "Okay, now who's coming with me?"

"Fun as that sounds, I think I'll pass." Ban says, resting his hands on the back of his head, which he won't admit, that he got from Y/N.

"Besides, it's your own fault you lost it in the first place." King adds, resting on top of the bar. 

"He has a point." Gowther continues. Meliodas looks to Y/N, who just gives him a shrug and nodding in agreement. 

"I'm afraid he does, Mels." She responds. Minutes later, Meliodas is under Elizabeth's skirt, hugging her legs.

"I'm so sad!" He says, Elizabeth petting his head.

"Oh, there, there." As if sensing what's going on, Diane bursts her face through the window.

"CAPTAIN!" She shouts. More minutes pass as Meliodas and Y/N are currently now fixing the broken window, Diane staring in at them.

"Right. The Coffin of Eternal Darkness" Y/N says, hammering away at wood. "That dragon hilt is a fragment of a ritual relic."

"The sword Sir Meliodas has?" 

"Yeah, according to an old legend, it's part of a relief that was created a long time ago, one that the Goddess, Giant, Fairy and Human races created to seal way the Demon Race." Meliodas explains.

"Why do the Holy Knights want it?" Elizabeth asks. "What could they be planning to do with something like that?"

"More than likely, the resurrection of the Demon Race." Y/N answers, turning to face the others.

"Those miserable bastards again?" Ban adds, sighing.

"Now that you mention it, wasn't it Hendrickson who turned Dale into that monster?" King reminds, "It's not every day you see somebody who can do that."

"True. Excellent point." Gowther says.

"Hendrickson..." Elizabeth repeats, "I don't understand why he and Dreyfus would do such a thing. It doesn't make sense. Why would he resurrect the Demon Race? What could he hope to accomplish?"

"Maybe he just wants to be friends with them?" Hawk says.

"Oh Hawk, How I wish to be as innocent as you" Y/N says, frowning.

"No way!" Elizabeth says.

"Well, then, what does he want?"

"I wish we knew." Meliodas says.

"Hey Captain, if that sword of yours really can resurrect the Demon race, and Hendrickson has it, do you think he's already brought them back?" Diane says, looking at him through the window.

"Not yet. It's a pretty powerful seal, so even if they do manage to break it, there's bound to be some kind of sign -." As if on cue, a loud rumbling is heard and they turn around to see Hawk worrying.

"It's a sight. I think I'm getting a sign!"

"That you gotta poop." Ban says.

"The seal is about to be broken!" Hawk says, slowly trotting over to the door.

"Hawk, are you okay?" Elizabeth says, standing up to check Hawk.

"Hang on. I get why those guys are going after the sword. But I don't understand what they wanted with Elizabeth." Hawk says, squealing as his stomach rumbles and groans. They look down as they think, however a new voice cuts through the air.

"It's simple." They say from behind Elizabeth, who gasps and turns to face the intruder. "She's the last key to breaking the seal." The Sins all turn serious and look at the intruder.

"Oh, crap! Get away from her! Elizabeth!" Meliodas shouts, jumping forwards with his hand held out, however a circle of light surrounds the intruder, Elizabeth and Hawk before they disappear, Meliodas landing where they once stood.

"Elizabeth!" Y/N shouts, grabbing her Axe from behind the counter.

"DAMN IIITTTT!!!!" Meliodas shouts, the loudest anyone has every heard him shout, it causing the boar hat to rumble. He quickly runs to grab the sword Elizabeth given to him, running out the Boar Hat, Y/N following close behind him.

"What the hell!" Ban says, now being serious.

"That was probably a mage!" Gowther says. "They can appear and disappear in a blink of an eye." The rest of the sins follow their leaders out of the Tavern, who are running and looking around.

"Captain! Lieutenant!" Diane shouts down to them.

"Follow us! We're heading to the capital to save Elizabeth!" Meliodas shouts.

"But how? It's more than 40 miles away." King says, floating towards them.

"Diane!" Y/N shouts, looking to the giantess.

"Gotcha!" She responds, understanding their plan.

"Not so fast." Ban says, grabbing Meliodas and Y/N in his hold, holding them tight with a wide smile on his face, "I changed my mind. I'm going to!"

"Ban! Would you stop fooling around!" King says, however Ban looks down at his leaders with a smirk, who look up to him.

"You two have got your reasons for going. I've got mine." Ban says and Y/N nods to him.

"I'm coming too." Gowther says, walking over and wrapping his arms around Ban's waist.

"Oh, come on, Gowther. What are you doing?" King says, watching as the four Sins are grabbed by Diane, being lifted up into the air.

"Ban and the Captain always fight, so seeing them in action could be educational. And the lieutenant is always getting between them before she too is pulled into the fighting, and I do want to see how she fights at the level of power."

"Here goes. It might be a little off, so be careful." Diane says, looking at them with a worried expression. 

"Just get us close, and we'll take it from there." Meliodas says.

"Right." Diane reals back her arm

"No matter what happens, just bring Elizabeth back safe."

"On it."

"Oh and King!" Y/N says, looking to the Fairy. He looks to her, a worried expression on his face. "See you over there." She says, winking at him. He blushes as Diane begins her run up before throwing the four Sins into the air and towards the capital, King watching will an worried yet impressed look.

The four sins are flying through the air at an unmeasurable speed, Ban being the tallest taking most of the air force.

"We're dead!" Ban says, teeth gritted.

"Where's Fred? Who's Fred?" Y/N questions.

"Did you say something?" Meliodas says.

"You'll have to speak up a bit!" Gowther says. They arrive to the capital in mere minutes, landing on the floor with a loud crash as dusts surrounds them. Holy Knights gather in front of them their weapons drawn and shields raised. The four sins are quick to come running out of the dust and towards the castle.

"The only reason we're here right now is to rescue Elizabeth! So try to keep the fighting to a minimum!" Meliodas says.

"Understood." Gowther says.

"Yeah, but we could still kick a little ass while we're here, right, Captain? Lieutenant?"

"Go straight for the kill." Meliodas says.

"Have some fun!" Y/N adds, raising her axe as the Holy Knights begin their attacks, using their abilities.

"Full Counter!"

"Recoil!" Y/N and Meliodas both use their ability to send the Holy Knight's attacks straight back at them with 10x force and power. They jump through the dust to come face to face with another Holy Knight who is clashing his fists together.

"Are you the Eight Deadly Sins? You don't look so tough to me!" He says, only for Meliodas to punch past him, the others following. More Holy Knights prepare to attack, but none of them stop Meliodas from going straight through them.

"I'm coming Elizabeth! Hang on!" Meliodas shouts as get closer to the entrance. However they come to a skidding stop as they look over to the castle.

"What's going on, have they given up? Hold on, what's that strange power?" Ban asks.

"It appears to be coming from the other side of the castle." Gowther adds as Y/N gives the air a sniff.

"It smells familiar...It's...The New King or Camelot, King Arthur!"

【Ａｓｐｅｎ】

Date Created: 16/02/2024

Date Published: 16/02/2024