Hey hello what's up guys, I have returned and the ninth chapter of "Elaine, the Fox's Sin of Greed" is here! Thank you for patience of the long wait and also your likes, reviews and support for this AU Nanatsu no Taizai fanfic. :D
Disclaimer: I do not own Nanatsu no Taizai or any of the characters involved in the story, except my OCs. They respectively belong to Nakaba Suzuki, the awesome author of the ongoing manga series.
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Chapter 9
Sensing an all-too familiar presences from her prison cell since ten years ago, Elaine could not believe herself. The presence came from Meliodas, the Dragon's Sin of Wrath and her captain and the other presence belonged to Diane, the Serpent's Sin of Envy. Her fellow comrades of the Seven Deadly Sins.
"Time to get out of this hellhole...", Elaine muttered to herself before exerting a great effort of her strength, the immortal fairy managed to release herself from the many shackles and spikes embedded on her body from the wall yet some of the spikes still remain and took off her muzzle. Heading to the steel door of her cell. she overheard the guards making a bet on the battle between the Weird Fangs and the Seven Deadly Sins.
Heading to the steel door and commented in a sweetly tone and giggling. "Really? Then I would bet on my friends that they'll win. That would be pretty interesting, don't you agree. Hehehe."
Then the Fox's Sin of Greed palmed the heavy steel door down easily, scaring the two guards as a result. "It's nice to get out for a walk every now and then. My body feels stiff!", she cheerfully commented when she floated out of her cell, trying to flex her arms around.
"The Fox's Sin of Greed, Elaine of the Seven Deadly Sins!", the guard exclaimed in shock.
"You!... How did you break out?! Why now?", the other guard demanded as he and his fellow colleague readies their weapons.
"You can obviously tell by looking. I pushed the door down. It's because I overheard an interesting chat you boys were talking about. Captain's out there. And Diane too, huh?", the immortal fairy said as she took out the remaining spikes out of her body in front of them, which further terrified them before a lavender haired young woman in armor and wielding a sword.
The Apprentice Holy Knight named Jericho demanded Elaine to return back to her cell this instant which the latter refuses, innocently complaining that the cell stinks and needed fresh air and also a quick stretch of legs for once in a while. Jericho felt greatly irked of her antics and decides to end her life, completely unaware of Elaine's immortality while ordering the guards to inform her superior Golgius about her elimination of the Fox's Sin of Greed herself.
Charging in quickly, Jericho made several fast slashes around Elaine who just faked screams of pain on purpose, revealing to have used her to style her hair back to her old one prior to her imprisonment. The Fox's Sin of Greed complimented the female Apprentice Holy Knight for styling her hair and also explained that she got no wounds at all much to the latter's horror and disbelief before grabbing Jericho and quickly disarmed her of the weapon including stripped off her armor just for fun and new clothing that revealed the woman's true appearance underneath the attire, leading to Jericho's complete embarrassment and humiliation.
After finding a safe place to change clothes out of reach from the guards' radar, Elaine transformed into her human form and put on Jericho's armor she stole earlier which she finds it fitting and good for her taste of fashion and keeping hold of the sword.
"Hmm... not bad. Not bad at all. Geez, I never thought this place could be so noisy. Now off to find Hadhafang... huh?", the Fox's Sin of Greed said in compliment of herself in new clothing before noticing a shadowy armored figure with a spiked shield emerging from the floor.
It's Holy Knight Jude of the Weird Fangs standing before her.
"Where do you think you're going? Elaine of the Seven Deadly Sins.", Jude spoke sullenly.
"Well, hello, Sir Holy Knight Jude. How are you? Hope you got enough sleep for today. Tehee.", Elaine cheerfully greeted with a sweet smile but within her facade, she really wanted to kill him so badly for all the torture and pain he had inflicted on her for five years in prison.
Ignoring the brunette fairy in human form's comments, Jude approached her as he spoke sullenly with hint of malice, "You are going to die here, Elaine. And I shall be the one to kill you."
"You're gonna kill me? Aww quite a gentleman you are, Jude. I guess there might explain why there's a human phrase: 'lady-killer' for a reason... although you took that literally. So why now of all times?", the Fox's Sin of Greed dryly commented.
The Weird Fang Holy Knight then explained, "You are no more of use to us. You were the bait for the captain of the Seven Deadly Sins and you've fulfilled your role. Right now, the other Weird Fangs are disposing of the two members of the Seven Deadly Sins. The Dragon's Sin of Wrath, Meliodas and the Serpent's Sin of Envy, Diane. And once I kill you, there will be four fewer criminals in this world."
Elaine simply replied with an innocent smile. "I hope all of your dreams come true then. Coming from that look and tone of yours, you must be a really lonely guy. Oh and knowing Captain and Diane; they ain't someone that you Weird Fangs can easily defeat with whatever dirty tricks you have on your sleeve including me as the bait if that's your strategy. "
"Five years ago, who was it that captured and tortured you? Do you remember that? Even the time when we scourged the town to flush you out of hiding and captured you.", the Weird Fangs Holy Knight asked.
Memories of dead bodies of men, women and children including the elderly lying in their pool of blood around the flames of the destroyed town flashed in Elaine's mind upon Jude's invoking words, recalling such an atrocious and brutal event caused by the Weird Fangs when they scourged the town she stayed in for a while. All just to search for her! And that angers very much upon the mention of such a brutal event!
Suddenly, Elaine was violently pierced in her chest by a spiked piece by Jude who quickly took advantage of her brief frozen moment of the memories he invoked in her face! Jude then boasted to her that no matter how powerful she may be, she's no match in his presence, pushing her towards the wall nearby in order to ensure a slow but painful death.
"Five years ago... Do you know why I was captured by you five years ago?", Elaine began to speak, recalling the good times she had spent with the townspeople during her time of hiding there before they were almost all brutally massacred by the Weird Fangs with no mercy when the four Holy Knights hunted her down like a dog before continuing in growing anger. "...Because I couldn't stand what you and your comrades did to those people back then. I can't imagine such horrible monsters like you are Holy Knights. I'm sick of you and your games, human."
The immortal fairy then removed the spike out of her chest slowly with her blood spilling out of her wound and her immortality healed it quickly before glaring at the Weird Fang Holy Knight with a glint of her eyes screaming bloody murder towards him much to his surprise. "Thank you Holy Knight Jude...for reminding me something I've long forgotten in the past... How much I hated humans of your pure malice and cruelty long before I met him. Ban..."
"Wha-...", Jude tried to speak in curiosity before suddenly got punched in the face hard by Elaine!
Being pushed back a few or more meters away, the Holy Knight with his helm half dented from the sudden punch, was in a state of surprised disbelief when he saw the Fox's Sin of Greed already in front of him in quick speed and gave a hard uppercut him, sending him flying upward to the upper levels of the Baste Dungeon with several holes made from the impact.
Briefly stuck on the ceiling with a human-shaped crack on it, Jude recovered and brandished his spiked shield when he sensed the immortal fairy coming this way, ready for a retaliation. "You will pay for insolence with your death, Fox's Sin of Greed! Spiked Shield Throw!"
The spiked shield was thrown right at Elaine who barely missed when she emerged from the hole with her arm holding her sword sliced off by the trajectory of the attack but it quickly regenerated soon after. Wasting no time, the immortal fairy raised her arms and punched Jude who parried them with his arms as they are locked in hand-to-hand combat in great speed!
Evading and parrying each other's melee attacks, Jude then punched the immortal fairy in the gut before performing a German suplex on her and sent her crashing head-on into the ground but the latter retaliated with a locking her legs at his neck and tossed himself flying through the walls! Then Jude jumped back into action in his shadow form, throwing his spiked shield right into Elaine's stomach and pierced her violently of its rotating spin.
"Spiked Shield Tackle!", the Weird Fang Holy Knights then dashed straight head-on with his spike shield imbued with his shadow power after getting it back from its rotating spin in front of his opponent and smashed Elaine so hard right into several walls of the dungeon halls!
Now crashing into the walls next to the armory filled with a variety of weapons and armor inside, Elaine was in a momentary pain from Jude's latest attack. "Oww... okay that really hurts... Huh? This must be an armory. Well, hello there. It's been 5 years, old friend.", she said with a glad smile. when her eyes lay on the certain weapon that has been taken away from her when she was captured 5 years ago.
Approaching to where the immortal fairy crashed landed from his attack, Jude realized in disbelief as he recognized the place, backing away slowly in fear. "No! It can't be! How foolish of me to send her flying right into the armory with my attack!"
Emerging from the hole, Elaine with her Sacred Treasure now back in her hands once after five years of separation since her imprisonment gave a playful smirk as if victory is already in her hands now and then she spoke, "How foolish of you indeed, Jude. Thank you for stating the obvious, theater performer reject. Sacred Treasure, Holy Greatsword: Hadhafang! Iron Wind Mallet!"
"Spiked Shield Defense!", Jude raised his spiked shield to protect himself from the hammering wind attack sent at him but was blown away violently by Elaine's technique as a result. "Strike Air Piercing Blade!", she then quickly dashed right through Jude's spiked shield, breaking through it, nearly missed his arm holding his weapon.
Clashing blow after blow with their respective weapons, Elaine relentlessly assaulted Jude with every Strike Air-powered sword strikes she can muster for all what he did to her and also the good people of that town the Weird Fangs did 5 years ago and the Holy Knight tried his best to hold out against the really, really angry immortal fairy trying to kill him as if she had PMS issues and took it out on him!
The overly-destructive fight between Holy Knight Jude of the Weird Fangs and the Fox's Sin of Greed, Elaine of the Seven Deadly Sins had continued throughout the halls and areas of the Baste Dungeon, with numerous destroyed holes and damages to the structure's walls and foundations which had soon started to collapse from within due to their clashes.
Within the center of the collapsing dungeon is Jude being brutally impaled by Elaine in her battered armor with Hadhafang plunged through his torso, covered in the Holy Knight's blood. In his last dying moments, Jude warned the immortal fairy that if the Seven Deadly Sins dare plot against the kingdom once more, the Holy Knights will be there to annihilate them all from the face of the earth before violently spitting out blood from his broken helm, which Elaine simply responded that she doesn't care at all while feeling satisfied that her personal vendetta against Jude is done. For the rest of the Weird Fangs, she had a feeling that Captain and Diane already dealt with them.
Turning around while still floating around the still collapsing dungeon, she noticed the blond boy with his dragon-hilt broken blade at his side and a brown-haired Giantess with pig-tails and a pig with a clover leaf at its butt that she didn't even notice the animal's presence yet. And they're falling among the debris caused by Elaine's fight with Jude.
"Yo, it's you Elaine! You sure came in like a wrecking ball! Ni-shi-shi!", Meliodas casually commented while standing around mid-air.
"Aww!... Captain look cute when he's like that! Kyah! Oh and hello Elaine!", Diane squealed in joy to watch her 'beloved' captain in such a carefree face.
"Captain? Diane? It's you guys!", Elaine said in joy to see her old comrades again who they had returned the greeting in return of their own, flying after them as they continued to fall down.
Meanwhile outside, there was an Eternal Sealing Spell around Baste Dungeon by Holy Knight Golgius who intended to use it to trap the Seven Deadly Sins inside for good but due to Elaine's little rampage inside, the spell was broken and the troops gathered began to panic and fled for their lives, including the remaining Weird Fang Holy Knight himself and Jericho too who got new armor after Elaine stole hers earlier.
In the aftermath of the Baste Dungeon's collapse, it's nothing more than a huge pile of useless rubble and dirt now as it also freed the prisoners (composed of mostly people around the country who had opposed the Holy Knights' aggressive policies towards them) from their cells of the prison. Looking around among the rubble, she had recovered her stuff confiscated after her capture which were safely intact and in one piece after 5 years that she finds herself relieved and also cleaned off the blood of Jude she had slain from her Hadhafang in retribution achieved.
Now after that, the group then heads back to Dalmary Town for a certain event awaiting for them.
At Dr. Dana's Home, Dalmary Town
Returning to Dalmary Town, Meliodas, Diane, Elaine (although went out to get some decent clothing before properly presenting herself to the third princess later) and Hawk were at Dr. Dana's home after making amends with the doctor, forcefully responsible for the attempted poisoning of the Dragon's Sin of Wrath, who had somehow survived miraculously from the fatal chest wound by Holy Knight Golgius of the Weird Fangs that would have killed him, and also returned his beloved daughter Senette they rescued from the dungeon to him much to his tears of joy.
In his debt of gratitude, Dr. Dana offered a feast for the Boar Hat crew just for the night at his home and also help tend to Elizabeth's heavy wounds caused by Holy Knight Ruin who was nearly killed by Meliodas, as compensation for the trouble he had caused to them which they accepted with Hawk half-jokingly reminded the doctor not to add poison this time, leading the blond boy to smack him in the head.
As everyone helped prepare the meals and drinks for the anticipated tonight's feast at Dr. Dana's home with Elaine's introduction to Princess Elizabeth at her bed-rest who was assisted to be here in courtesy of Diane personally.
Later then, a tall beautiful young woman in her 20s with a pretty face, long brown hair and a normal amount of cleavage in a frilly outfit with a red coat and white long dress down to her knees for modesty and shoes along with a greatsword strapped at her back appeared before the Boar Hat crew and Dr. Dana and his daughter, and then stood around like a somewhat proper noble lady in her own casual style.
It's Elaine, the Fox's Sin of Greed herself in human form.
Seeing that his fellow Sin is here and ready for a proper introduction, Meliodas care-freely said to the third princess of Liones herself. "Well, then Elizabeth. I'll introduce her again. This is the Fox's Sin of Greed, Elaine."
"Hello, Princess Elizabeth! It's a pleasure to meet you.", the brunette woman greeted to Elizabeth in a polite tone.
Noticing that Elaine wore new clothes in opposite of her ripped stolen armor from Jericho when they encountered her fight against Jude and their reunion back at Baste Dungeon, Meliodas asked. "Where did those clothes come from, Elaine?"
"There's no way I could be not presentable in front of the princess, Captain.", Elaine justified her reasons to wear proper clothes in front of someone from the royal family of the kingdom.
"You had money on you to buy clothes?", the blond boy wondered, coming from the quality of the clothes, it looked a bit expensive.
Elaine then quickly answered in defense to Meliodas' question, stuttering in embarrassment and sheepishly replied. "U-uhh... I-I just happen to find them lying around."
However, Diane doesn't looked convinced of Elaine's quick yet kinda cute answer on how did she got those new clothes in the first place at all and knew the obvious real answer: the immortal fairy stole them as the Serpent's Sin of Envy sighed in a mock annoyance.
It was all true when Elaine had passed by an abandoned store recently around Dalmary Town where she noticed the very same outfit she took and currently wore now to her liking.
"Come to think of it, it's been a while, Diane. You still look the same as always.", Elaine cheerfully said to the brunette Giantess after giving her answer to the blond boy.
"It's nice to see you too Elaine. You look really cute and pretty in that new outfit.", the Serpent's Sin of Envy sweetly smiled at her fairy friend who blushed in embarrassment. "...Though you didn't have to steal it, you know.", the Giantess added with a sweat-drop, leading to Elaine tilting in response.
Seriously?..., she thought in deadpanned look.
Now paying attention to Elizabeth in bed as the Fox's Sin of Greed approached, the third princess gave her own introductions too as well. "I'm Elizabeth. Please forgive me for greeting you in such a state, Lady Elaine."
"There's no need, Princess. We Sins aren't really ones for decorum. Here's to the four of us to get along.", Elaine said whilst bowing respectively to the third princess that impresses the King of Knights of his proper manners when needed while unconsciously looking into Elizabeth's memories by mind-/heart-reading, the Fox's Sin of Greed had looked back in the time prior third princess' escape and search for the legendary Seven Deadly Sins around the kingdom of Liones and it all started at the castle of the Liones capital.
One month ago...
In the middle of the night, the castle of the Liones capital was under siege from within and nearly overrun by the Holy Knights' coup led by Dreyfus and Hendrickson as the powerful knights of the kingdom are now at the doors of the king's chambers banging on them relentlessly in order to barge themselves inside (although some of them were asking politely to open the door for no reason) and take the ruler whom they swore allegiance to as their prisoner holed up there along with the members of the royal family and the loyalists.
Inside the royal chambers is King Baltra in his throne, his adopted daughter Third Princess Elizabeth at his side and the Five War Kings in full armor themselves standing by behind the king they serve to protect with their lives.
The 11th King of Liones affectionately told his daughter despite her pleas to come with her, to flee and hide through the secret passageway hidden behind the curtain of the chambers while he stayed behind to peacefully surrender to the Holy Knights once they're going to forcefully barge in... but the Five War Kings have other plans on their own when they stepped forward to guard the king who's now behind them.
"No! Please stand down all of you. There's no need for senseless sacrifice. That's an order from your king.", the elderly 11th king of Liones tried to stop them but all pleas fell to deaf ears as they already accepted their fates.
Shireen shrugged off as she readied her weapon and recalling her father telling her to do her duties faithfully to her oaths. "We are the Five War Kings, Your Majesty. It is our duty to defend you til our last breath."
"We, the five of us, have sworn our oath to protect the kings of Liones as was our predecessors before.", Robb added with the recollection of his father to honor their oaths always.
Jaime added in agreement, remembering what his old mentor about the upholding of vows of knighthood and as a member of the Five War Kings. "Standing down now would be a spit on our honor and pride as guardians of our king."
"If we're going down, then so be it... not without a fight!", Dany fiercely said.
'Yeah, I agree with you. I rather die a warrior with honor than without one with shame.", Theon added with a smile before putting down his visor.
Not even Elizabeth's pleas swayed the group of loyalist Holy Knights but understood their duties to defend the king before she proceeded to leave now or risked being captured by the rebelling Holy Knights.
When the Holy Knights finally broke down the big doors of the royal chambers with their powers in a form of big explosions and smoke, the Five War Kings readies their respective powers and weapons as they put on their helms, intending to fight them to their last with the battle cries of their families' mottoes despite King Baltra desperately trying to stop them.
"Ours is the Fury!", Shireen yelled with her longsword streamed with fire.
"Winter has come for you oathbreakers!", Robb screamed with his ice-imbued greatsword of his father at his hand, charging.
"Burn in Fire and Blood, traitors!", Dany dashed in with her weapon imbued with heated magical energy.
"What is dead may never die!", Theon charged with his weapons and wild waters forming around him for a big tsunami tide to be hurled at the Holy Knights.
"Hear me roar, false knights!", Jaime bellowed like a real lion with his golden-glowing weapon he wields.
Witnessing the Five War Kings now locked in a huge battle against the revolting Holy Knights as they cut them down in their battle, Elizabeth closed the hidden door and traversed down the secret passageways of the castle, crying in tears that she had to leave her father at the mercy of the Holy Knights, including the Five War Kings who only lived to serve and protect her father to the very end...
Back in the present day
Suddenly Elaine was flicked in the forehead by Meliodas in the head, thus knocking her out of trance of her mind-reading on Elizabeth, and the resulting to transform back to her fairy form with the same fitting clothes in a puff of smoke.
"Yo, Elaine! Been mind-reading again? Tsk. Tsk. Tsk. What did I tell you earlier? It's very rude to do that. Ni-shi-shi!", the blond boy playfully scolded her much to her utterly cute embarrassment.
Dr. Dana and Senette were surprised of Elaine's true appearance that of a little girl. "The Fox's Sin of the Seven Deadly Sins... is really a little girl?", they thought out loud in deadpanned look when her real look contradicts her wanted poster that resembles her human appearance.
"C-c-captain! I-i-i-it's not like that!", Elaine retorted whilst blushing furiously as she soothed her flicked forehead by Meliodas who simply smirked in response.
"Five! There are five of us!", Hawk retorted at the immortal fairy's words, ignoring the scene.
After soothing her flicked forehead, Elaine was confused at first when she heard a new unfamiliar voice, not knowing Hawk's existence yet and safely assumed it's Meliodas who said that. "Huh? What do you mean, Captain? Of course it's the four of us."
"It's five! Do you have a screw loose in your pretty head or something?", Hawk berated at Elaine while adding more about the trouble they have to get to Baste Dungeon just to break her out only for the latter to escape out easily on her own and killing Holy Knight Jude.
"Huh? Who's there?", Elaine demanded to the voice talking to her.
"Me! Pugo! Pugo!", the talking pig said in response.
Just one short look at Hawk talking to her for about three seconds, the Fox's Sin of Greed began to exclaim in surprise and shock. "The pig can talk!?"
"Why's that freaking you out now!?", Hawk yelled in frustration when Elaine backed away a few inches in surprise.
"N-n-no way! What's the point of a pig being able to talk like a person!? Not even the animals at the Fairy King's Forest can talk!", the immortal fairy said, still in surprise before changing the subject with the mention of her old home in her head. "...Umm, is my brother with you guys? I haven't seen him lately since ten years. Five years in hiding and five years in prison, you know."
"I'm sorry, Elaine... He's not here.", Diane said sadly at Elaine.
"King died. So the rumors say.", Meliodas said much to the brunette immortal fairy wonder if the Seven Deadly Sins captain truly believes if the Grizzly's Sin of Sloth, her brother is alive or not.
"I'll have you know that I'm not some ordinary pig.", Hawk said before speaking the most outrageous claim he ever made at the Fox's Sin of Greed herself. "I'm Hawk, the captain of the Knights of the Leftovers Disposal! Pugo! Pugo!"
"Wow! I've never heard of anything like this before!", Elaine said in awe of Hawk's overly-exaggerated claim with stars gleaming in her eyes while not noticing Meliodas looking unimpressed of the talking pig's inflated ego to the immortal fairy's head.
"Finished with the introductions, yet? Eat up before the food gets cold.", Dr. Dana called out to the Boar Hat crew as he and Senette already finished preparing the food and drinks for the tonight's feast as everyone looked at the feast in anticipation.
"Well, let's eat!", Meliodas told his companions as they head to the table filled with food and ale.
"Captain never changed at all...", Elaine commented.
"Leftovers belong to the Knights of Leftovers Disposal, okay? Pugo! Pugo!", Hawk reminded them.
Everyone are enjoying the feast as they eat and drink to their hearts' content and done crazy and hilarious antics together with Meliodas giving Elizabeth some food in assist and then trying to give Diane an apple, only to nearly ended up being eaten by her; and a drunken Elaine affectionately hugging an annoyed Hawk like a pet who was enjoying his leftovers before the immortal fairy interrupted it.
Senette, in the meantime, had provided more meat for Diane and Elizabeth, while apologizing to the Giantess of having to stand out for the duration of the party, which the Serpent's Sin of Envy didn't even mind at all. Elizabeth and Diane then talked to each other with Elaine, a little bit or more drunk or sober, joining in about themselves as the former wished that this moment would've lasted forever and reminded herself that only the Seven Deadly Sins have the power to stand up to the Holy Knights; the immortal fairy asking about the fates of the Five War Kings to which the latter replied that she hadn't heard of them since she escaped the castle and told them about herself in most trivial girly matters and all that Elizabeth finds them amusing; and the brunette Giantess telling the silvery haired princess that's she wouldn't mind fighting for her because she finds her cool due to her courage and the power that touched the hearts of her and Captain, and Elaine too as well if given a chance at some point in the future, as proven during the fight with the Weird Fangs at Baste back there and also to be called by their names instead of "Lady" with Elaine supporting the notion which Elizabeth accepted, also adding that she didn't like to be called "Princess" either and preferred just by her name that the three women agreed together.
Meanwhile, Dr. Dana had observed the Boar Hat crew of their antics and interactions and thought that the Holy Knights branding them as criminals as absurd and preposterous, the miraculous healing of his body that saved his life and the miraculous protection of the blond boy from the attempted poisoning, thus concluding that he felt a presence of an immeasurably great will.
As everyone enjoyed the feast as much as they wanted to, a ray of shooting stars appeared in the clear skies of the night and they are beautiful in sight to see by anyone.
"Father! Look at the skies!", Senette said in awe as she pointed to the starry-filled skies above.
Hearing his daughter's words, Dr. Dana looked up and said when he noticed them with awe. "This is... like that stanza from one of the ancient poems of Britannia."
Sooner than later, the rest of the Boar Hat crew then noticed it too and watched in admiration just as the doctor recited the poem he mentioned earlier.
"When the skies are filled with crossing shooting stars, Britannia will be visited by an immense menace. It is an omen of beginning of the trial of ancient origins..."
Meanwhile throughout the whole land of Britannia, several individuals have also noticed the shooting stars in the skies of the night as well; a dark grey haired young woman standing in the rock canyons, smiling while watching the skies; Gilthunder, out of his armor, watched through the windows at his office; a mysterious young boy floating around and clinging on his big pillow watching through the window of the house he stayed in; an unknown man with short spiky white hair and a goatee in green and white armor standing outside his room in the castle; Hawk's Mother watching whilst remaining underneath the ground; three unknown male Holy Knights watched in awe while outside of the Liones kingdom's castle.
"... A Holy War between the guiding hand of light and the bloodline of darkness...", Dr. Dana finished the poem with an ominous line of warning just as the Boar Hat crew are having a great hangover after enjoying a good feast that lasted until morning.
Author's Note: Looks like the ninth chapter is done and the next update will come around any time after I get my brain working again and deal with the writer's block. It appears the Capital of the Dead arc is drawing near!
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