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Chapter 10
Ten years ago at Merlin's castle
"Why is Captain so carefree, Merlin?", Akame asked.
The former Imperial Assassin was sitting on the comfortable couch, holding a cup full of hot tea as she appearing to look sullen. On her left arm was a small band-aid to cover the little wound. It would seem that the Red-Eyed Killer Knight allows herself for medical examination by the Boar's Sin of Gluttony through the small extraction of her blood containing the Murasame's signature poison.
Merlin briefly stopped her writing her journal on her latest Magical research findings on Akame's condition in finding a cure after examining the young black-haired girl's Murasame-infected blood in her castle after hearing the ex-Night Raider's question but didn't pay attention. "Huh? I beg your pardon Akame?"
Akame asked the question again and also explained, "I said, why is Captain so carefree Merlin? I just don't understand why he acted that way aside being a pervert. Not that I disrespected him, I mean I respected Captain as he's the leader of the Seven Deadly Sins. His leadership and abilities are unrivaled reminding me of a former commander of the group I once was a member of and a old friend of mine... But he's utterly unpredictable, not like anyone I've met even before I came here in Liones."
The Boar's Sin of Gluttony put down her journal for the time being and spoke, "Hmm... From my point of view, Captain's always been like this and that even before the formation of the Seven Deadly Sins. Even before you joined as the eighth member, Akame. I'd admit he's unpredictable when it comes to his carefree nature and a pervert too if I recall. Everyone in the kingdom have to deal with it and go with the flow. Hehe..."
Patting on the Owl's Sin of Vanity's head and ruffling her long black hair a little that caught the latter off guard with a look that would make Akame look adorable to look at, Merlin continued, "...Sometimes I believe that's his way of acting like that whether the situation is serious or not. Though this may go against Law #3 of the Seven Deadly Sins but I believe Captain may have lost many friends he hold dear and maybe even the one he loved in the past and wishes to atone for his sins. He may not show it because of his carefree and pervert nature but he truly cares for his comrades no matter how different we really are and even if he were to die, Captain will fight to his last breath, ensuring that no one in the Seven Deadly Sins will die on his watch including you. Not while he still stands. That's what a knight is, Akame."
Akame was taken aback of what Merlin said about Meliodas. The Dragon's Sin of Wrath have lost more friends than her? And yet he hides the pain of losing his comrades by being so carefree even when alone all by himself, she thought. Behind the carefree face Meliodas showed, he may have experienced a tragic past that involves the loss of his friends. Still, she couldn't understand most about him at all.
Satisfied with the answer for now, Akame politely thanked Merlin who then returned to resume her studying more about Murasame's poison within the red-eyed girl's blood with a magical-version of a microscope she invented while the former sips on her teacup, still hot although felt sad about her own friends who died back in the Empire.
Tatsumi... Everyone... Kurome... Remembering the loss of her friends in Night Raid and her sister Kurome, Akame silently cried with small tears showing up threatening to flow from her red eyes but didn't expect Merlin to comfort her with a hug where the former expected her to be back in Magical research lately but instead did that when the Boar's Sin of Gluttony noticed it.
"There. There. It's okay, Akame. Don't worry, you're with us now. You can cry if you like, okay?", Merlin said in a comforting tone that made the young girl to hug back the woman and broke into tears in her arms in a scene almost like a mother to a daughter moment.
Ten years later at Dalmary Town near Baste Dungeon
Back in the present day, Akame and Meliodas headed to the area where Elizabeth and Hawk went in Dalmary Town. Arriving, the two Sins witness the scene of Elizabeth mourning for Dr. Dana lay dying on the ground with his blood split from the chest stab wound courtesy of Holy Knight Golgius who was later killed by the Owl's Sin of Vanity herself in half-retribution which the Dragon's Sin of Wrath gave a flick on her forehead for killing him where he needed answers for the questions he needed.
Slowly dying in pain, Dr. Dana weakly opens his eyes after a few drop of tears hit his face only to see Elizabeth crying for him after she cried out for him to stay alive despite the direct wounds on his chest. "Why... are you crying for me?... I'm ... sorry... I just wanted... to get my daughter back..."
Weakly raising his arm in attempt to hide his tears, Dr. Dana continued in a tone of regret. "And for that, I... even if it was an order... tried to kill the young boy who had nothing to do with this... In the end,... I couldn't rescue my daughter... I reap what I sow... Senette... I wish I could have protected you..."
The man's hand then slumped on the ground after saying his apparent last words. Dr. Dana has died.
The Boar Hat crew gave a silent mourn for the good doctor's death. Even Akame of the Demon Sword Murasame gave a silent mourn to see a good man killed by the Weird Fang Holy Knight who she killed in return.
Breaking the silence of mourning, Elizabeth tearfully spoke as she closed the deceased doctor's eyes to rest in peace, "It's my fault."
Meliodas interjected upon hearing that. "What are you talking about? Golgius killed the doctor although Akame killed him in return."
"If we hadn't come to this town, Dr. Dana wouldn't have to die or have his daughter taken hostage by the Holy Knights, right?", Elizabeth said in regret.
Hawk tried to reassure the silvery-haired young woman that it's not her fault to begin with. "Elizabeth... don't blame yourself."
Elizabeth continued her lamentation on herself as she tearfully cried. "From the very beginning... If I... hadn't found Lord Meliodas while I was searching for the Seven Deadly Sins... Lord Meliodas wouldn't have gotten such a serious injury from the fight with Gilthunder or nearly gotten killed by Golgius' scheme."
While Hawk boasted himself that if Elizabeth hadn't found Meliodas, he wouldn't have been skewered or roasted but ended being knocked down by the blond boy, Akame said to herself in her mind after hearing Elizabeth's words of regret, Reality is harsh, Princess Elizabeth yet you failed to see that... This is not some romanticized adventure you always dreamed of while you grew up in the castle. Life's full of risks and dangers out there. Yet I don't understand you sometimes... If you hadn't searched for us and found Captain, I would have stayed in Bernia for another several more years in hiding or started my own search for the other Sins out there in the kingdom. Same goes for the rest of my comrades if you did so.
Then Meliodas decides to make Elizabeth snap out of it and her aloof self as he bluntly says to her. "I understand why you're crying. But... is your desire to protect the kingdom from the Holy Knights so easily broken by a few tears?"
Baffled, a still teary-eyed Elizabeth didn't understand what he said but the Dragon's Sin of Wrath continues on with a serious look on his face. "I resolved to find the rest of the Seven Deadly Sins with you and stop the Holy Knights... Even if you were to die, I would fulfill the promise I made with you."
His words of declaration of his resolve had left the silvery-haired princess a few words to say to him after hearing that.
"Captain...", Akame said in surprise of the blond boy's words as she never saw him being that serious before when she noticed it in contradiction of casual carefree self he showed around 24/7.
Meliodas continued on before walking away, leaving with Elizabeth pondering in her thoughts of her decisions. "Everyone has to die someday. But... what they believed in will never fade away as long as someone protects it. Once you make a decision, to protect those principles no matter the cost of blood and tears.. you'll follow through with it! That's what it means to be a knight."
Hearing Meliodas' words made Akame recall her time as a Night Raid member when Bols, a member of the Jaegers and also a target in Night Raid's Assassination List due to his deeds of burning down people and their villages, questions her principles in a polite manner before their battle at canyon area of the Empire and later when Esdeath questioned the same thing as well during their battle to the death at the Imperial Capital. Her only answer to their questions is that she walked the path she believed in because she let her heart decide to choose the right side and stayed true until the end of her days.
That thoughts made her shed small tears in her red eyes after recalling her words to Bols and Esdeath but felt saddened of the loss of her fellow Night Raid comrades who died fighting for a better future and a better life for the people in the Empire and a better country as well which ended up successful just before the talking pig snapped her out of trance.
"Oi, why are you crying, Akame? Are you alright? Pugo! Pugo!", Hawk asked when he noticed it.
Snapping out of it, Akame wiped out her tears and regained her composure. "It's nothing, Hawk. Nothing at all."
The Owl's Sin of Vanity walked to Elizabeth and offered help to carry the deceased doctor's body to the hospital where they'll later bury him once their business at Baste is over, which the latter accepted with Hawk joining in too.
On route to Baste Dungeon
Leaving Dalmary Town onwards to Baste Dungeon, Meliodas, Hawk and Akame heads began their walk there supposedly after leaving Elizabeth behind for obvious safety reasons after helping taking Dr. Dana to his own hospital for medical help according to the Dragon's Sin of Wrath himself whilst the former and the talking pig argue amongst themselves playfully, leaving the Red-Eyed Killer Knight to ignore them.
"Lord Meliodas!", Elizabeth called out, earning the three's attention as she ran after them exhaustingly in a long run.
The third princess gave Meliodas his fixed small backpack/sheath she had repaired whilst he remained unconscious at that time and the latter thanked her in response.
Full with renewed vigor and determination probably thanks to Meliodas' words, Elizabeth cheerfully tags along with them. "I may not be a knight, but... I will keep fighting for the kingdom and its people even if you were to die right now Lord Meliodas.", she said.
"Don't be killing me now.", Meliodas bluntly scolded her, which she quickly apologized.
"Elizabeth! What about me? What if I died?", Hawk asked in a tone of uneasiness with the princess' response as a weak one. The talking pig finds it offensive and the young woman quickly apologized again while Meliodas playfully commented that if Hawk were to die, his meat won't be left wasted much to the latter's chagrin.
"What about you Akame? What if you died?", the blond boy asked the Owl's Sin of Vanity, leading Elizabeth to gasp in horror for hearing what he said.
"I will not die, Captain. Not while I still breathe. As a member of the Seven Deadly Sins, I will eliminate anyone standing in my way and whom I deemed a target until the day I die has come but not today.", Akame answered bluntly.
Hawk was surprised of her words while Meliodas gave a carefree grin and Elizabeth an awed naive look.
While on the walk towards the dungeon, Meliodas declares that they should rescue Senette first while telling them that Ban might have escaped on his own once he heard of their arrival coming to Baste Dungeon.
"So we went all through the trouble to rescue Ban, Captain? Just for that?", the Red-Eyed Killer Knight said in annoyance of the revelation with a neutral look.
"At least we get to rescue Senette and a lot of other villagers wrongly imprisoned by the Holy Knights in that very dungeon right Akame? Ni-shi-shi.", Meliodas care-freely shot back.
Oh, right... at least you have a point there Captain.., the red-eyed young woman thought.
Then the Boar Hat crew ran into Diane who appeared to be in a trance and only snapped out when Elizabeth called out to her and Akame noticed a change in the brunette Giantess' eyes, recognizing it to be hypnotized as it could only mean that it's Holy Knight Ruin's work. The very strange predicament from the Serpent's Sin of Envy is that she remembers nothing about charging in to Baste Dungeon and finds herself in front of her small-sized human and talking animal companions. And then suddenly, she attacked Meliodas, believing him to Holy Knight Ruin of the Weird Fangs and self-proclaimed bringer of ruin to the Seven Deadly Sins.
Deciding to run, the Boar Hat crew started to flee from Diane who constantly attacked them but misses. Eventually they ran across a shepherd and his son passing by and dragged them along, not wanting to get caught by Diane's rampage in the forest as they hid in the natural trenches for safety while the Serpent's Sin of Envy searched for 'Ruin' in the forest.
As Meliodas searched for a still-rampaging Diane, he heard a bell ringing again and sees a giant Holy Knight looking down on his menacingly, introducing himself again by name and title. Unlike Elizabeth and Hawk wondering what's going on, Akame saw this and was in horror that her captain fell for the hypnotic illusion of Ruin.
Almost immediately, the Dragon's Sin of Envy battled the Serpent's Sin of Envy, believing her to be Ruin and the latter also believed him to be the same Holy Knight as well. This results a titanic battle between the two members of the Seven Deadly Sins with mass destruction of the surrounding area they have caused along the way during their fight.
Hearing the bell ringing again while watching the fight, Akame felt like she was being hypnotized into an illusion in the same way the late Zank the Beheader did on her with his Teigu, Omnipotent Five Sights: Spectator that has an illusion ability to let the victim see their most precious person before their eyes among its five functions when he used the image of Kurome in attempt to distract her which failed, leading to his demise at her blade back in the Empire as a Night Raid member. Only this time, she sees two Ruins, in reality Meliodas and Diane, fighting each other and was about to go in for the kill with no control of her own body along with the unsheathing of her Teigu, uttering. "Eliminate."
No, don't! It's not them. Holy Knight Ruin is causing the discord! That's Captain and Diane, not him! Shake it off now!, her conscience screamed within her mind and as a result, the Owl's Sin of Vanity quickly broke off the hypnotic illusion, regaining herself just in time to see Meliodas and Diane instead of Ruin, still fighting and trying to kill each other. Akame had to admit that Ruin's power must have been more stronger than she thought unlike the Spectator when she faced Zank in battle and gave credit to her hellish Imperial Assassin training as one of its various lessons of being able to resist it. That was the same thing she did with Zank at that time but it was partially due to the face she loved her little sister Kurome but wanted to kill her that greatly confused the serial killer before dying by her hand.
Quickly searching for the Weird Fang Holy Knight behind the infighting between the two Sins and end it before it's too late, Akame soon pinpointed on the shepherd boy holding a staff with a bell on it, appearing to be scared and innocent of the chaos that happened. That's him!, she realized.
"Target sighted. Eliminate...", the Owl's Sin of Vanity targeted on the shepherd boy, drawing her Murasame at him.
"E-eh? Why is she looking at me like that and pointing her sword at me?! She's scaring me! Waaah!", the little shepherd boy panicked with Elizabeth trying to comfort him.
"L-lady Akame! What are you doing?! What's gotten into you?", the third princess asked, while standing in the Red-Eyed Killer Knight's path.
"Not a target. Get out of my way Princess Elizabeth. You're in my way.", Akame straightforwardly said, continuing her approach in a threatening manner on the shepherd boy.
"Waaah! Save me! She's trying to kill me! Waaah!", the shepherd boy frantically cried in fear of the Owl's Sin of Vanity.
"L-lady Akame, please stop! Don't scare him like that! He's just an innocent boy! Don't kill him! I beg of you, please!", Elizabeth naively defended.
Mentally cursing that the third princess' naive nature really is quite a nuisance as stated by Gilthunder earlier back in the Capital of the Forest, Akame continued her approach regardless of her protest. "I said get out of my way. You're interfering Princess Elizabeth."
"No! I won't let you harm him!", Elizabeth strongly insisted as she defiantly spread her arms wide in defense of the shepherd boy.
As the two women continued to argue, a female Holy Knight arrived on the scene after witnessing the two members of the Seven Deadly Sins and soon got the women's attention.
"Oh my,... Impressive. You somehow resisted Old Man Ruin's power. Quite impressive indeed... But I won't let you interfere with his control over the two little Sins fighting each other to the death now. We won't let that happen, will we? Kehehehe.", the female Holy Knight identified as Friesia of the Weird Fangs commented as she walked casually as if they have won the battle already.
Dropping the argument with Elizabeth for now, Akame turned around to notice the female Weird Fangs Holy Knight walking before her and recognizes Friesia as the culprit behind the indiscriminate attack on Dalmary Town. She wore violet-red full-body armor with a feminine shape although can be mistaken for a man had not for her voice spoken and a helm resembling a large spider and wields a dual-bladed whip at her side.
"So, you're the one who killed Golgius didn't you or am I wrong, eh Owl's Sin of Vanity of the Seven Deadly Sins, Akame? The blood on his horse he rode I saw heading here earlier told me otherwise. I'll make you pay for killing him!", Friesia said in a tone almost like she was upset after discovering a blood-covered horse with no rider in courtesy of Akame. From the way she spoke about Golgius, I suspect that she may have feelings for him... Don't worry I'll send you to him in the next world once I eliminated you... Funny I said that same line Golgius used when he killed Dr. Dana..., the black-haired young woman thought.
The Red-Eyed Killer Knight looked at the female Holy Knight in a serious tone. "Holy Knight Friesia of the Weird Fangs... It's true that I eliminated Holy Knight Golgius. And you and the rest of your comrades are my targets to be eliminated as well."
"No, you'll be eliminated, Owl's Sin of Vanity! I'll kill you bitch for killing him! Rain Capriccio!", Friesia angrily said as she whipped out her bugs to sic on the Owl's Sin of Vanity who then easily sliced them all down in a blink of an eye.
"Target... Eliminate.", Akame simply said and charged at her would-be dead target almost immediately.
Friesia visibly panicked underneath her helm and frantically tried to set another swarm of bugs at the former Imperial Assassin but all of them were cut down and bypassed easily. Nearly at close range of Murasame's deadly reach, the female Weird Fang Holy Knight clashed with Akame's Teigu with her dual-bladed whip, causing a large shockwave between their powers and traded blows of their weapons at great speed.
The female Holy Knight tried to hit the Owl's Sin of Vanity with her metal fist but the latter easily dodged it and performed a roundhouse kick, pushing the former back hard. Retaliating, Friesia charged at Akame with a series of whip attacks which were gracefully dodged with ease by the ex-Night Raid member with her shadows while en-coating her Murasame with the shadow element and was about to go in for the kill now.
However, Meliodas had suddenly attacked Akame out of nowhere just when she was about to kill Friesia! The Red-Eyed Killer Knight was shocked as she was being caught off guard and then quickly defended herself as the blond boy assaulted her with numerous sword slashes of his Broken Blade, sending her back a few inches back with a kick. Sensing another attack, Akame used her shadow to short teleport out of way just in time to avoid Diane's armored gauntlet from smashing her!
"Kehehehe. It would appear Old Man Ruin was upset of you killing Golgius too as well and had your comrades attack you instead! Now you'll die by their hand and we didn't even had to dirty our hands to do it!", Friesia mocked the black-haired young woman with a malicious glee as she watched Akame of the Demon Sword Murasame defending herself from her two fellow Sins and being pushed back.
Akame mentally blames herself for being careless and kept on dodging and parrying every attack from her hypnotized captain and Diane about to hit her, leaving Elizabeth and Hawk defenseless from an unsuspecting Holy Knight's attack.
Witnessing the female Holy Knight summoning an another swarm of deadly bugs with Storm Rondo and seemingly threatened the shepherd boy she suspected him to be a Holy Knight but due to the two hypnotized Sins' interference, she couldn't do anything about it while trying not to accidentally kill her comrades in a defensive formation. But soon after Elizabeth willingly entered a deadly bug-filled tornado to save the shepherd boy caught in it, upon declaring in her resolve that she'll put her life in the line to protect the innocent that Friesia finds it absurd and taunted and also mocked her for her beliefs, the cat is now out of the bag as the supposedly saved shepherd boy lectures the third princess about the harshness of reality she's in and then discards the feeble disguise, revealing himself to be a tall and large man in heavy armor and a kilt and has a helm of a feminine human face, including wielding a long staff with a small bell attached into it at its center.
The man Akame targeted for elimination is none other than Holy Knight Ruin of the Weird Fangs and the culprit behind the infighting between the two Deadly Sins by hypnotic illusion. And the way he transformed into another person and back into his original appearance reminded Akame of Chelsea, the mistress of disguise thanks to her Teigu, Phantasmagoria: Gaea Foundation before her death at the hands of Kurome or Zank's Spectator's illusion ability.
Then the most horrible and unthinkable thing happened the Owl's Sin of Vanity had witnessed while trying to dodge from Meliodas' another punch attack. Ruin had deliberately brutalized Elizabeth with a heavy kick on her gut then hit her with his staff like a baseball bat despite her pleas to release Meliodas and Diane from his hold, sending her crashing violently! Though Hawk tried to fight back valiantly, the Weird Fang Holy Knight simply whams the talking pig in the head with his staff, easily taking him out. And from her observation, the Holy Knight is enjoying it! Relishing on the pain on the one he harmed even it was the princess of the kingdom herself, leading Akame to be very upset now.
Very upset.
Meanwhile, Ruin appeared to be pleased of his handiwork and savored it like a delicious wine as Friesia playfully scolds him whilst approaching next to the battered and bloodied form of Elizabeth lying on the ground.
"Hey wait Old Man Ruin... Wouldn't it be bad if we killed the princess?...", she asked in a mocking concern tone of hers.
"Fwah. Fwah. There's nothing more than a little girl writhing in pain. Very well, in commemoration of your bravery Princess Elizabeth, I shall tell you my secret. The source of my power lie within thi- What?!", the large Holy Knight said but then expressed in complete outrage to see the bell gone.
Despite being severely injured, Elizabeth smirked at her hidden cunning within her innocent naive self as she spits out the bell, the source of Ruin's power, revealing to have bitten it off whilst taking the full brunt of his assault that could've killed her by now.
However Ruin was utterly enraged of the sudden turn of events not going in his favor after realizing too late that Elizabeth was after the bell of staff all along, the source of his power that entraps Meliodas and Diane into fighting each other to the death.
"Y-you wench! You were going after the bell all along! How dare you!", the tallest Weird Fang Holy Knight yells in anger as he rushed in quick for a large man about kill the third princess of Liones with one heavy close-range melee strike of his metal gauntlet.
But Meliodas, after being freed from the hynoptic illusion recently thanks to Elizabeth, intercepted Ruin's hand inches before it made contact on the silvery-haired woman's injured body just in time and glared at him angrily with a great tightening grip on the Holy Knight's mailed fist. "No... How dare you.."
"The spell is broken!", Ruin said in realization as he removes himself from the Dragon's Sin of Wrath's tightened grip and backs himself a few meters away from the blond boy, expecting a counterattack but instead witness Meliodas tending to the injured silvery haired young woman's side.
"Elizabeth... I accept your resolve.", the Deadly Sins captain said acceptingly to a near unconscious third princess.
"Ignoring me?! He who strikes first wins!" Ruin said in upset tone for being ignored as he dashed quickly about to strike a decisive blow on Meliodas from behind but the Owl's Sin of Vanity quickly appeared cloaked in shadows and intercepted the Holy Knight's staff with her Teigu, causing a great clash between their weapons.
"Princess Elizabeth, I accept your resolve too as well...", the black-haired woman said as she then pushed back the Weird Fang Holy Knight hard.
Ruin was able to keep himself from falling into the ground by balancing himself after experiencing a heavy backlash from the attack earlier. "The Owl's Sin of Vanity, Akame...", he said in disbelief.
"I'll consign you!", Akame uttered as she charged at the large Weird Fang Holy Knight and clashed against his staff with her Murasame in great speed with shadows trailing behind her with the Ruin fighting back in equal speed as well.
Enduring most of her attacks thanks to his steel armor, Ruin counterattacked with swings of his staff that were blocked or dodged by Akame easily before she performed numerous slashes around his armored body, only to caused it a few dent slashes.
"Give up your futile resistance, girl. Holy Knights possess the magic that transcends human knowledge. You cannot defeat the likes of me. Fwah! Fwah!", Ruin spoke in a boastful demeanor of his power before Akame of the Demon Sword Murasame.
"I don't need to beat you. I'm going to eliminate you...", Akame coldly shot back at Ruin before quickly appearing behind his back so fast and swung her Teigu to kill him which the Holy Knight quickly blocked with ease.
The large Holy Knight then mocked the former Night Raid member. "Fwah! Fwahahahaha! What a foolish woman you are, Owl's Sin of Vanity! It appears your Sacred Treasure, Murasame cannot penetrate nor pierce my armor! Fwah! Fwahahahaha!"
Realizing that it may take more than that to bypass through Ruin's armor to get a clear shot for her Murasame to even give a small scratch on his skin at the very least, Akame channeled her magic power to her Murasame, enhancing the Teigu's already-sharp cutting edge as she began to use her technique of her shadowy power on Ruin.
"Shadow Piercing Slash!"
The shadow power's technique of Akame had successfully cut through Ruin's armor in a form of slashing several times simultaneously all at once as a large visible slash dent was seen around his front but not deep enough yet to pierce his skin into it. But it did gave him a lot of pain from the attack through the sharp dents of the armor pierced by the ex-Imperial Assassin herself.
"You have to do better than that, woman! My armor is barely scratched! Maybe you should draw your other sword you carried around and try using it to kill me! Fwah! Fwah!", Ruin said loudly and in a taunting tone.
Akame gritted her teeth silently after hearing the large man's words. She will not use Incursio nor even draw it for once no matter what as Murasame is still at her hands as she charged again.
The large Weird Fang Holy Knight dashed towards the Owl's Sin of Vanity, intending to hit her with his staff head-on but the latter sliced it down to two pieces all too easily after a few more trading blows when that happened. Not giving up and continued on the offensive, Ruin launched a series of heavy melee attacks with his armored gauntlets viciously at Akame as he laughed maliciously. If he had showed his face underneath that feminine human faced helm he wore, the Owl's Sin of Vanity can only imagine the crazed sadistic face Ruin displayed when enjoying making enemies writhe in pain. The faces she saw all too familiar within her enemies back in the Empire. Take Seryuu for example, the so-called Warrior of Justice and the most crazed sadistic member of the Jaegers and Aria too.
"Fwah! Fwah! Fwah! Fwah! Fwah! Fwah! Fwahahahahahaha!"
These brutal vicious attacks Ruin have gave in his assault had sent the Red-Eyed Killer Knight crashing on the ground on a skipping stone in a similar manner Elizabeth did when the Weird Fang Holy Knight did to her, much to Hawk's horror.
On the other hand, Friesia appeared to be pleased of Old Man Ruin's easy short work on the Owl's Sin of Vanity, smirking in victory underneath her large spider-shaped helm.
"It would seem that the Seven Deadly Sins have lost their edge. Even the eighth one. Fwah! Fwah! I wonder how Golgius could've died by your hand if you are this weak. Fwah. Fwah. What could have hoped to defeat me, girl?", Ruin said in a mocking tone as he approached in his victory to where he believed a battered body of the eighth member of the Seven Deadly Sins herself concealed in the cloud of smoke.
When the smoke cleared, Akame was revealed to be uninjured although a few minor bruises were visible much to Ruin and Friesia's shock whilst she stood defiant with Murasame at the ready. The ex-Night Raid member replied to the Weird Fang Holy Knight's question earlier with small smug on her face, "Long enough for you to be distracted, Holy Knight Ruin. I could've easily eliminated you however I'm saving you for the occasion. In fact, I believe that you have angered a certain comrade of mine after you injured Princess Elizabeth... Right, Captain..."
Ignoring her words, Ruin attempted to smash her in the face with his armored fists as it would appear to be his last when Akame dodged it in time and grabbed his shoulder to perform her another technique of her power once she threw him in the air with a a great strength she had mustered.
"Shadow Flying Kick!"
"GUWAAAHHH!", the Holy Knight yelled in pain of the power behind the shadow-enhanced kick from Akame of the Demon Sword Murasame herself upon being blown away violently as he flew straightly right into the hands of a seemingly calm-appearing but very enraged Meliodas!
Just as Akame purposely did in the right moment in half of throughout their entire fight all along. Now Ruin will have face the full wrath of her captain!
The Dragon's Sin of Wrath then gave a mid-air powerful punch in the face that had sent Ruin violently flying straight toward Baste Dungeon with the ground shaking from the direct line the large Holy Knight made violently, nearly almost hitting Elizabeth and blew Hawk away in the process.
Exhausted of the battle she endured, Akame used her Murasame to support herself from falling as she watched her captain heading towards Baste Dungeon after the Holy Knight he punched him all the way there where she can safely assume that Holy Knight Ruin had felt the full wrath of Meliodas and didn't survive hence his title of the Dragon's Sin of Wrath as evidenced by the massive rumblings shaking the very foundations of the large dungeon itself by his power the former Night Raid member sensed and saw.
Switching to the other side of the battle, Akame then noticed Diane, also being freed from the hypnotic illusion as well, had quickly dealt with Friesia by simply stomping on her with her foot that left the latter a few broken bones and bruises, and her armor shattered and her helm dented, thus sealing their victory over the guardians of Baste Dungeon.
In the aftermath of the Weird Fangs' defeat minus the last member, Holy Knight Jude, believed to be still inside Baste Dungeon with the Fox's Sin of Greed, Diane tends to a severely injured Elizabeth after complimenting her bravery in spite of the danger she's in that nearly got her killed and placed her human friend inside her bag after the latter insists to be with them or mostly with Meliodas and staying by their side to which the Giantess complied.
Akame had to admit that while Elizabeth is such an innocent and naive person, the third princess really had the courage to willingly put her life on the line to protect those she held dear as proven in her actions against Holy Knight Ruin that allowed the Sins the upper hand and counter-attacked had not it been for her otherwise they would have been annihilated by now. But you still have much to learn about the cruel side of reality Princess Elizabeth. I hope you are ready to face it when the time comes...,she thought before Diane closed the bag and carried it by herself.
Later on, they turned their attention to the man trying to walk away from the scene quietly albeit nervously sweating in fear who was revealed to be a soldier from Baste Dungeon pretending to be the shepherd and the boy's father in a ploy perpetrated by the remaining Weird Fangs in attempt to wipe out the three Seven Deadly Sin members and managed to convince him to show them the entrance to the dungeon and info on Senette's cell or suffer the same fate as the Weird Fangs have, which the man immediately relayed the information and then was allowed to be let off free to return home to his family under death threat to not cross paths with the Seven Deadly Sins again by Akame.
Successfully obtaining information they needed, the rest of the Boar Hat crew reunited with Meliodas who was there already at Baste Dungeon after defeating Ruin and entered inside it to search for Senette and Ban as well although finds it strange that there were no guards around and assumed that they have fled in fear of their lives watching after the Holy Knight's defeat.
Akame followed behind them but notices a trail of blood away from the large pool of it, suspecting that Ruin may have been taken away to safety by the guards of the dungeon after his humiliating, and ruinous defeat by her captain and decided to eliminate them once the Boat Hat crew find Ban and rescue Senette before catching up with the others within the dungeon.
Unknowingly, a still-wounded but alive Friesia with her helm off, revealing a mildly short haired young woman in her 20s with a beautiful face although slighly bruised thanks to Diane, and a moderate number of her soldiers and knights were outside Baste Dungeon including her right-hand woman and Apprentice Holy Knight Jericho in full armor. With them is a severely wounded but conscious Ruin with his helm off, revealed to be a 40s-mid man with a gruff beard, after he was punched through the gut very hard courtesy of Meliodas and being carried by several or more soldiers.
Not willing to admit defeat at the hands of the three members of the Seven Deadly Sins, Frieisia placed an Eternal Sealing Spell on Baste Dungeon through an Incantation Spell she took from her pouch of her dented armor, intending to trap them inside the abandoned dungeon forever, gloated that they'll die rotting inside their prison and finally avenging Golgius' death.
Inside Baste Dungeon
Whilst within the large halls of the large dungeon filled with prison cells, the Boar Hat crew have found Senette, the daughter of Dr. Dana in a prison cell , appearing to be a young light brown-haired woman wearing a black shirt over a white button down blouse, a long shirt with a belt, back sandals, and glasses.
Under Meliodas' orders, Diane had broke her out of it easily but ended scaring the innocent young woman upon seeing a Giant before her eyes and lost consciousness with a faint, leading to the Serpent's Sin of Envy to place Cenette inside her bag next to an unconscious but wounded Elizabeth.
Sensing a great presence heading in their direction, the Boar Hat crew sees a tall spiky white-haired man with a scar on his left neck and a well-built body that would definitely made Bulat and Tatsumi run for their money more than Meliodas', wearing nothing but ragged dirty trousers, walking casually in the halls of the dungeon.
"Yo, Ban.", Meliodas called out to the man named Ban upon recognizing him.
Ban took notice of the blond boy with a glint of surprise in his eyes and also recognized him. "Oh, Cap'n..."
Then a tension in the atmosphere between Meliodas and Ban began to grow just when the two male Sins stared at each other intensely, leading Hawk to worry of what's going to happen next.
"They just reunited, so what's with the tension in the air? I have a bad feeling about this", the talking pig said as he backed away slowly, fearing a skirmish between the two male members of the Seven Deadly Sins.
"Yep, you should hide behind me.", Diane calmly suggested to a surprised/worried Hawk.
Oh no, those two are going at it again... 3, 2, 1..., Akame gave a small sigh and silently counted although she was glad that her fellow comrade is alright and yet to see if he hadn't lost his mind yet after 5 years of imprisonment once he and Captain have reunited, leading Hawk to worry even more.
After a short but tense stare-down between the Dragon's Sin of Wrath and the Fox's Sin of Greed for about a few seconds, Meliodas was the first to break the silence with Ban following him, raising their hands in joy.
"Ban!"
"Cap'n!"
Then the blond boy and white spiky haired man ran towards each other and almost immediately started playing patty cake to a whole new level as they made series of fast manly clapping of their hands at each other together cheerfully!
"Phew! They get along really well!", Hawk said in relief, clearly expecting a violent brawl between Meliodas and Ban.
"Yeah...", Diane and Akame said together in neutral tone. Oh this is just the beginning Hawk... Wait til you see what Captain and Ban really do that'll scare your wits off... And I'm glad Ban didn't lose his mind after being imprisoned quite long for 5 years from what I've seen with Captain..., the Owl's Sin of Vanity said in her thoughts as she gave a small glad smile.
After their little patty cake game, Ban raised his arms high in extreme enthusiasm coming from the happy look of his face and had swung at Meliodas with all of his might!
"Cap'n!"
The Fox's Sin of Greed have knocked the legendary captain of the Seven Deadly Sins himself real hard through several walls of the dungeon's halls, destroying them in the process!
After temporarily knocking down Meliodas, Ban gave a playful taunt towards his captain, jumping around in a jumping jack style childishly. "Come on, Cap'n!"
In response, the Dragon's Sin of Wrath retaliated by jumping towards the immortal man and hit him casually with his head, sending Ban flying through several walls on his side of the dungeon's halls, destroying them too!
The sudden actions of doing quick manly patty cake and then knocking each other down and finally destroying walls between Meliodas and Ban gave different reactions with the Boar Hat crew.
"What in the world?", Hawk wonders in a deadpan tone.
"Just let them be...", Diane said in a neutral tone with Akame nodding in agreement with the Giantess, knowing better than to interfere with their overly-destructive reunion together.
Laughing together of their reunion, Ban commented on Meliodas' strength, under the belief that the latter's would have been sluggish by now ten years later and Meliodas commenting that the former's been quite energetic after being imprisoned for 5 years as the two Sins locked hands together like real awesome and badass men as they grinned and then positioned themselves on the ground for an arm wrestling contest.
"Ready?...", Ban asked with a glee.
"Go!", Meliodas replied cheerfully.
Then, a massive pressure of powers released and exerted by the blond boy and the immortal man in their simple arm wrestling had exploded violently as the floor and the walls around them have cracked into pieces so fast as if an earthquake had occurred!
Luckily, the area where Diane squatted down and Akame stood remained unbroken probably thanks to their powers standing up to the huge release of Meliodas and Ban's in their arm wrestling contest while Hawk frantically panicked in fear as he clung onto the Serpent's Sin of Envy for his safety.
"Wh-what's going on?!", he yelled.
"Those two have always been like this.", Diane explained to Hawk about the antics between the two men while adoring the scene, completely unfazed of the destruction they've caused.
Hawk didn't buy a word or two from Diane after hearing her explanation. "What do you mean like this?!"
"What Diane meant was that Captain and Ban have always been challenging each other to see who's the stronger between themselves which had occurred over on multiple occasions back in the kingdom ten years ago, Hawk. Right now, it's the latest 720th arm wrestling contest between Captain and Ban after a destructive reunion between men...", Akame explained in a neutral look whilst watching their arm wrestling match.
"WHAT?!", Hawk exclaimed in surprise and shock of hearing Akame's words about those two men.
"Really, men are so childish...", Diane said, obviously admiring Meliodas in his fierce arm wrestling battle with Ban.
Ban then argued with Meliodas that in their record of 361 wins out of 720 is in his favor, leading the latter to playfully asked if the immortal's been sleep-talking lately, arguing back that he's the one with the most wins as the two tried to make each other's arm go down and win the match but their immense strengths are both ridiculously strong and equal that may well end in a tie.
As a result of their overly-destructive arm wrestling match, the entire Baste Dungeon has began to crumble violently and collapse from the inside as the floor gave out and debris crashing down all around them!
During their fall, Meliodas and Ban continued their arm wrestling contest in mid-air; Diane adored the blond boy and his serious expression; and Akame stood on a piece of debris unfazed while Hawk still panicked like a drama queen from all the chaos has happened.
Meanwhile outside Baste Dungeon, Friesia, Ruin, and Jericho were equally shocked and disbelief that the Eternal Sealing Spell supposedly trapping the three members of the Seven Deadly Sins have been destroyed into the ground! The soldiers with them who witnessed it, quickly ran for their lives in fear of the Sins' retribution.
The two remaining Weird Fangs and Jericho had hastily retreated from the fallen dungeon as well, seeing that their efforts of defeating the Seven Deadly Sins are all but in vain, leading to their further humiliation at the hands of the legendary group of knights in the kingdom of Liones.
In the aftermath, Baste Dungeon was complete ruins of its former self as a result of the overly-destructive arm wrestling match between Meliodas and Ban in their reunion!
However, the destruction had set all of its prisoners free and alive for some reason despite the destruction caused by the Dragon's Sin of Wrath and the Fox's Sin of Greed; all of them were wrongfully imprisoned by the Holy Knights for defying against them.
As Meliodas and Ban lay around casually and carefree in the pile of debris unscathed from all the destruction they have caused of the fallen dungeon; they greeted each other after ten long years and grinned like brothers. Diane, on the hand, felt hungry after all the events had transpired and wanted to eat some pork, leaving a worried Hawk about himself.
For Akame, she was glad to see Ban again as she warmly smiled in relief although expected some few things that she remembered about him and missed them coming from him at her once they meet face to face after ten years of hiding. However, she felt that her job is not yet done as she noted to herself that two remaining members of the Weird Fangs are left as she no longer sensed Holy Knight Jude's presence within Baste, suspecting that Ban had killed him or Jude may have escaped alive during his breakout of jail which she will ask him later on when the time comes.
The Owl's Sin of Vanity soon melded back into the shadows once, leaving her comrades behind for now and proceeded to finish the job: eliminating the two remaining Weird Fangs, Friesia and Ruin while the rest of her fellow Sins and also the group of liberated prisoners accompanying them heads to Dalmary Town for recuperation from their battle with the three of the four Weird Fang Holy Knights and a proper introduction for the Fox's Sin of Greed, Ban to Princess Elizabeth tonight...
Author's Note: Phe-hew! There here you have it my friends. The tenth chapter is done and the next one will be updated soon. Once again, thank you for your follows and support. :) The reunion of Ban with the rest of the Boar Hat crew will be on the next chapter and get ready for hilarious moments. Hehehe. :D
When I watch Episode 4 of Nanatsu no Taizai, I noticed a scene where Golgius and Friesia play chess together while on a discussion on how they would deal with the Seven Deadly Sins with Ruin and Jude, and Jericho too as well. I made a little tease on their ship! Golgius x Friesia! XD :D Hehehehe. *grins like an idiot*
The scene where Friesia and Ruin with their helms off is that I based it off from a photo I found in a Nanatsu no Taizai Russian fan website, VKontakte ( /nanadai) where the voice actress of Friesia holding a manga sketch of the female Weird Fang member without her helm she voiced in the production of the anime series of Nanatsu no Taizai in courtesy of Nakaba-sensei himself and for Ruin, I imagined him to be some sort of a tough old geezer with a cool gruff beard from a medieval fantasy movie, I've forgotten what the title is maybe Jack the Giant Slayer or Snow White and the Huntsman I think...
Come to think of it, I always wondered what was the current status of the Weird Fangs in the NnT canon after the Baste Dungeon arc after a humiliating defeat by the Seven Deadly Sins.
*Did Ruin die from Meliodas' extreme punch in the gut?
*Did Friesia survive Diane's heavy stomp on her literally?
* What happened to Golgius after returning to the Liones Kingdom Capital to report their group's failure to his superiors?
I hope you guys know the answer to these questions. ;)
Since the anime ending of Akame ga Kill!, I've been thinking of certain characters from Akame ga Kill manga who sadly didn't get what the anime adapted for them including their how they die, I might add them into the story. Oh well, I'll think of something how they'll fit in "Akame no Taizai". Fwah! Fwah!
Before I forget, Leonard Nimoy, the one who played Spock from the original Star Trek and also the old Spock in Star Trek (2009) and Star Trek: Wrath of Khan had died peacefully at the age of 83 on Friday, February 27, 2015. May he rest in peace for he truly have lived long and prospered. :'(
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