Nanatsu no Taizai – The Seven Souls
Chapter 00 – The Prologue : Carmel's Last Stand
Author Note : I hope you enjoy this story; I have been working this a bit now, and I am pleased how it turned out to be. For a while now, I have been thinking Undertale x Nanatsu no Taizai/Seven Deadly Sins crossover, and now decided to start the writing process.
Even when I am starting this, it does not mean that my other projects, such as Yu-Gi-Oh! Chronoverse, are just yet over; I have been just been busy at late.
Note(s): Events of the story begin the night shooting stars crossed the night sky (Baste Dungeon Arc). Also, I will type Technique and Ability names like [This].
As sun would begin to set down, in village located beneath the shadow of Mount Ebott, several miles south-west from Edinburgh, a single female knight would be walking towards the edge of the town, frowning a bit. "...She should had returned by now", she would mutter as she reaches edge of the town, where two guards would be standing. As the towns guards notice her, they would quickly move to salute her. "Holy Knight Carmel!" Both say at same time, with Carmel simply waving her hand dismissively. "...Have you seen Frisk yet?" She would ask, with two turning to look at each other. "No my lady... We have not seen young lady yet." One of the guards says. Carmel sighs. "Maybe I should send "Spriggan" to look for her..." She would then look at guards, who look at each other. "...Is something wrong?" They then ask. Carmel shakes her head. "No, it's nothing", she simply says, making her way away from the gate.
After she leaves, guards turn to talk with each other."...I am not sure I liked the way she looked at us just now..." One of the guards says, with other one blinking. "What you mean?" "You were just posted here, so let me explain. Back when she was active Holy Knight, she was known as "Carmel the Diviner"; Her magical power, Seer, let's her see peoples auras, making it easy for her to know when someone is lying or telling the truth. Rumor goes she can even see "Shadow of Death" on people who are about to die..." Other guard swallows a bit. "...You don't think she saw...?" He begins. Other guard shakes his head. "I'd rather not think about it."
Meanwhile, Carmel would be wandering around the village, frowning a bit. "...Them too", he would think. "...Everyone who are in the village seem to have "Shadow of Death" looming over them, but why?" She would frown. "Then again, Frisk didn't have it, so whatever the threat is, will appear before her return". She would look forward with determined gaze in her eyes. "...I will keep this town safe. It is my duty as a Holy Knight." Then, she would head commotion, blinking.
"Who are you? Identify yourself!" One of the guards would call out – only to be punched moments later and sent flying. "...Stop bothering me", hooded stranger would calmly state, with guards reaching out for their weapons. "That's enough!", Carmel would call out, making her way to the stranger. "Holy Knight Carmel!" Guards quickly call out and salute. Carmel would look at the stranger a bit. "Care to explain what happened?" She would ask from a guard. "...W-well... We were talking about the rumors about the Seven Deadly Sins when he suddenly grabbed me from collar, demanding to know more..." Carmel narrows her eyes. "What rumor?" She asks. "That Captain of the Seven, Meliodas, would had been found, and together with Diane, the Serpent Sin released Undead Ban from Baste... And that Princess Elizabeth would be with them." Carmel looks shocked by this. "...The Sins are gathering? This cannot be good news..." She thinks, as stranger suddenly starts to laugh. "What is so funny?!" One of the guards asks. "So that bastard, Meliodas, is still alive... That is good news for me" Carmel narrows her eyes, looking at the stranger, raising her brow a bit. "...What you mean?" Strange smirks underneath the hood. "It means that after all these years, I can finally get some payback for him..."
While guards start to talk with each other about stranger being mad to even thinking of challenging Meliodas or the Seven Deadly Sins, Carmel would get suspicious. "Who exactly are you?" She then asks. Stranger looks at the knight a moment. "If I have to answer... Raven", he simply replies. "Well then, Raven", she would begin, as her eyes begin to glow bright blue. "Let me see what you are hiding..." Guards blink. "She is using Seer's Gaze on him?" They ask. Suddenly, she goes pale and reaches for her staff, readying it. "...No... You are not human... -What- are you?" She asks. "...You saw." Raven then says, yellow eyes becoming visible underneath the hood. "...I am afraid I cannot let you live anymore, or anyone in this village that matter..." He then begins to do hand signs.
"Wha- Stop what you are doing!" Guards call out, drawing their weapons and charging at the stranger. Then, something flashes, and as strangers cloak is torn apart, man himself appearing few steps away from the guards. "Wha- I am sure we hit something!" As hood falls, one of the guards would be revealed underneath, run through by others weapons. Carmel would narrow her eyes, and aiming her staff at the stranger. "Leaf Cutter!" She would simply call out as she sends razor-sharp leaves made from magic at the stranger, who proceeds to slash them in half with his sword. "...Druidic Magic...?" He would ask, frowning. "Still, you can't even touch me like that." Carmel bites her teeth together, as she would wave the staff, vines bursting from ground and attempting to trap the Raven, who just keeps cutting them. "...Pathetic", he simply says. "You're thousand years too earl-" He says as he notices clawed fist reaching for him, jumping backwards. "...What in earth...?" He asks, looking at what attacked him.
It would be a humanoid figure, made from wood and vines. "Spriggan" Carmel would simply say. "I didn't expect you to be able to dodge it though..." Then, both Spriggan and Carmel charge at figure, who blocks Carmel's staff with his blade while aiming his hand at Spriggan, saying "Hellblaze Stream", releasing the purple and black flames that would proceed to burn Spriggan to ashes, and forcing Carmel back down. "Hellfire? Is he a Demon?!" She would think aloud, with Raven looking as cocky as ever, asking "...Was that all?" Carmel bites her teeth. "No... I still have one trick in my sleeve..." She then plants her staff to the ground, drawing druidic magic. "Treant Guardian!" She then calls out, summoning massive treant to fight Raven, who blocks the attack with his bare hand. "Now go, evacuate the civilians!" She would call out. "I try to buy us more time!" Guard hesitate, but nod, running around the village to gather civilians. Raven is amused above anything else when he sees guards fleeing the scene. "So you are trying to save the villagers and sacrifice yourself?" He asks, laughing a bit. "Useless." He then seems to vanish somewhere.
"Where did he go?!" Carmel asks, before hears a sound, flapping of wings. Raven would be flying in the sky, with pitch-black feathered wings, with purple glowing edges, a halo of black and white light appearing above his head. He would have a black mark with purple glowing mark above his right eye – And both of his eyes would have a rune symbols. "...I hand it to you, I didn't think I would need to use this much power to deal with you", he says then, starting to do hand signs again. "...Now, let the heavens unleash their wrath... Judgement of the Seven Stars!" He calls out, first bringing his hand towards the sky, then lowering it, with beam of light starting to descend towards the village. "...Event Horizon", he then calls out, surrounding himself with a magical barrier. "...Now, face the wrath of Raviel, and perish", black-winged angel says.
Carmels eyes widen as the beam closes in, before she closes her eyes, accepting what is going to happen. "So this is what those Shadows of Death meant... But if I am going to die anyways..." She says, dropping her staff and placing her hands to the ground. "Then, this will be my last spell... The Holy Tree!" Her entire body would begin to glow as a massive tree begins to grow from the ground as Carmel's body would vanish as magical power. Next, blinding flash of magic and shockwave would hit, leveling the village, everyone within the village walls reducing to nothing but ashes from magical blast. As blast clears, Raviel would blink, seeing that while most of the tree were obliterated, it would be still alive. "...She turned her own life force into a magic to grow a tree...? What a useless last move", Raviel simply says, descending, shadowy wings withdrawing back to his body, black mark vanishing along with runes of his eyes. At first, Raviel would be about to slash the tree with his sword, but then closes his eyes, and sheaths his blade. "...That tree shall be your tombstone, Knight", he simply states, walking away from the ruined village, as shooting stars cross the sky...
So, what you thought about Chapter 0 of Nanatsu no Taizai – The Seven Souls, or AU "Under!Sins"? Do tell!