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Truth of the Situation
Oswald stopped as he stepped off of the stairs and saw that the others were all present, including Slader, Jericho, and Guila.
"What are you doing here?" Oswald groaned.
"What do you mean what am I doing here!?" Jericho demanded. "You promised to take responsibility!"
"I didn't promise anything," Oswald said. "You ordered me to train you, and I told you I would if I felt like it. I don't feel like it."
"You arrogant prick!" Jericho seethed. "Why'd you even bother to save me?"
"I don't know, something about you being a rampaging monster," Oswald said.
"Change of plans," Merlin said suddenly. "We're going to Camelot now."
She was staring at a small crystal ball, in which Oswald could only see darkness swirling.
"That's a bit of a long way," Oswald said just as the floor lurched and he grabbed a table to steady himself.
"We're here," Merlin said.
Oswald blinked slowly before walking over to the window and looking out. Outside, there was a cloud.
"Are we...flying?" Oswald asked.
"Yes," Merlin nodded. "Hawk's mother is capable of flying. I'd very much like to study her, but I've been lacking the proper time to do so."
"No experimenting on Hawk's Mom," Meliodas said, walking out the door, Oswald just behind him, followed by the others, all of them looking down at a city below them, then at the enormous stone giant outside of it.
It was as big as a mountain and covered in moss, and stood about three hundred feet tall. Its body was rounded, kind of like an egg, with two massive eyes and a mouth in the top of the front, then two enormous arms that nearly reached the ground and a pair of stubby legs. granted, the legs were still taller than Arthur's castle, but still.
"Meliodas," Oswald said. "That thing is..."
"Yeah," Meliodas nodded. "It's an Albion."
"A what?" Elizabeth asked.
"It's a weapon of the Demon Clan from the Holy War," Meliodas said. "It probably awoke in reaction to the resurrection of the Ten Commandments."
Oswald nodded in agreement.
"Ten Commandments?" Diane asked.
"I'll explain later," Meliodas said.
"How do you want to deal with this?" Oswald asked.
"We'll have to smash it," Meliodas said.
"You've got to be kidding me!" Hawk said from beside Elizabeth. "Meliodas's combat power is three thousand three hundred seventy, and Merlin's is four thousand seven hundred ten, but this monster...has a combat power of five thousand five hundred!"
Just then, the Albion's mouth stretched open, somehow, and it roared so loudly the boards beneath Oswald's feet began to tremble. Then, its eyes found Oswald and its roar grew louder. Angrier.
"Well, it seems I've got his attention," Oswald said. "Typical."
"See if you can keep him busy," Meliodas said. "I'll move in for the kill."
Oswald nodded and dropped off the side of the deck, dropping past Hawk's Mom before extending his wings and taking off, streaking past the Albion, before flipping and seeing the Albion's fist raised. He swore, shooting to the side and the fist flashed downward, exploding into the ground, barely missing him. He drew his sword, the blade shining, as it had when he fought Hendrickson, and he shot forward, then up the Albion's front, blade sparking along against its skin before he kicked off of it, narrowly escaping its hand as it crashing into the Albion's front like it was trying to swat a mosquito, which Oswald was even less than at the moment.
The Albion roared and opened its mouth, a massive blast of flames exploding out of it at him. Oswald swore, forming a Heaven's Shield, only for the flames to explode through six of the shields, then launch him backward. He crashed down on his back, breaking both wings, but when the flames cleared, his shield's flower remained, though heavily cracked.
"Well, I'm not blocking another of those successfully," Oswald said as the Albion exhaled another blast. "Oh come on!"
Suddenly, Meliodas appeared in front of Oswald, slashing upward, the blast instantly redirecting and multiplying its own power before exploding into the Albion's head.
"You okay?" Meliodas asked.
Oswald shouted in pain as his wings snapped, crackled, and popped, setting their breaks before healing. "Great. Need a lift?"
"Yeah," Meliodas nodded.
Oswald grabbed him and flew into the air, streaking around the Albion's hand as it swatted at him. He glanced at its face, but the damage from Meliodas's attack was minimal. It had chipped off some of the giant's face at the corner of its mouth. That was all. He turned back to the front and released Meliodas, who landed on the Albion's left arm just in time for its right hand to grab Oswald. Oswald shouted in effort, struggling to hold the barrier he had managed to form in a sphere around himself. it began to crack rapidly, Oswald feeling pain lance through his head repeatedly. Then, the barrier shattered, only for the Albion's hand to release him, pulling back as the Albion roared in pain, a tiny scratch across the side of its index finger and its thumb. Oswald looked to Meliodas just as something stabbed into his shoulder from above. He shouted in pain, beginning to drop.
He grabbed the offending object and yanked it out, flipping and spreading his wings, hovering and staring at the chunk of blade in his hand. He looked up as Meliodas tossed the hilt of his now broken sword at him, Oswald sheathing his own sword and catching it just as Merlin sent another weapon spinning through the air to Meliodas, who caught it, becoming blurry for a moment before his power skyrocketed and he grinned. He slashed downward and the Albion's arm fell away in segments.
"God I wish I had a sacred treasure," Oswald said, shaking his head.
Suddenly, five massive horns began to grow out of the Albion's face like horns, all of them hollow with an opening at the end. Oswald's eyes widened as the tubes all lit up with magic energy, then fired, only for Meliodas to suddenly be one of five. Then, all five used Full Counter on a blast, and the resulting explosion sent bits of Albion raining down in the forest several miles away. Oswald felt numb as he watched the flames slowly clear, leaving the entire upper half of the Albion completely vaporized.
"Fuck," Oswald breathed. "I feel inferior now."
Oswald carefully finished wrapping the halves of Meliodas's sword and stored them in his sack. He'd fix them when he had time, and a proper anvil. For now, it was better that Meliodas use Lostvayne. After all, it was a Sacred Treasure. The broken sword was just a gift from Elizabeth. Twice, technically.
Just as he slung his sack across hi back again, his senses went completely haywire and he swore loudly. How had he not noticed sooner? An explosion went off a few hundred feet away as one of the Ten Commandments landed before them. It was a giant made of red armor, about as tall as Diane, with a long staff that had a spear head on one end and a crescent blade on the other, and there was a blue gemstone in his chest. His helmet, or maybe it was his head, had jagged teeth, and a pair of curved blades like horns sticking out of the sides of its head. Oswald drew his sword and stepped up beside Meliodas instantly, the giant, Galland, holder of the Commandment of Truth, staring at him and his wings.
"You," Galland growled. "I came here hoping to find Meliodas. But instead, I find you."
"Galland," Oswald growled, crouching and readying himself. "Everyone listen to me very carefully. This, is Galland of Truth. He has the Commandment Truth. Basically, what that means is that if you lie in Galland's presence, any lie at all, you'll be turned to stone."
"Very good," Galland grinned. "You remembered."
"It's hard to forget a nightmare like you," Oswald said. "If your combat power is below twenty thousand, start running."
Everyone who wasn't a close friend of the Seven Deadly Sins turned and fled instantly, meaning that the only ones who stayed were Arthur, Elizabeth, Jericho, Guila, and Slader.
"We're in luck," Oswald said.
"Why?" Diane asked.
"His magic is currently zero," Oswald said, right Hawk?"
"Yeah," Hawk said. "How'd you know? Wait, you said twenty thousand. How do you know his battle power?"
"I don't know for sure," Oswald said. "I'm taking a rough guess that it's in the neighborhood of the twenty thousands."
"It's twenty six thousand!" Hawk said.
"I see," Oswald nodded. "Like I said. We're lucky. He's been weakened considerably after being sealed away for so long."
"Weakened considerably!?" Hawk shouted. "Even with all of ours together we're not as strong as him!"
"I know," Oswald said.
"So this is a human city," Galland said, looking around. "It's changed a lot in the last three thousand years. I see they still travel around in swarms. It's too crowded."
Oswald's arm snapped up, forming a Heaven's Shield just in time for Galland to slash his weapon, the shockwave alone razing the city into a barren field of dust with debris scattered around the edge.
"Just one swipe..." Diane breathed.
"The entire town was..." Arthur stared in disbelief.
"That's better," Galland smirked. "Well, now. I've got two fun targets to play with. Which should I start with?"
Meliodas shot forward, his sword crashing into the side of Galland's neck, only for Galland to drive his staff backward and up, impaling Meliodas. Oswald shot forward, sword shining, and Galland slashed around at him, his staff skipping off of Oswald's blade, missing him, but splitting two more Meliodases in half. Galland's eyes widened before the one on his staff vanished and another leapt at him from behind, the final one falling from above. Galland caught the one above and stabbed downward at Oswald, taking off both wings, only for Oswald's momentum to carry him to Galland. Oswald slashed and Galland hurled himself backward, roaring in pain as his arm spun away, Meliodas landing on his feet, massaging his neck.
"Merlin, now!" Oswald said.
Merlin snapped her fingers and Galland vanished.
"I don't get it," Hawk said as Oswald formed two more wings. "Your numbers are so much lower than Galland's, and Meliodas's attacks were useless. How come you could hurt him?"
"One of my abilities is to charge my sword with purifying light, the same kind of magic as I use to form Heaven's Shield," Oswald said. "It allows me to deal much more serious wounds to demons, as I did when Meliodas and I fought Hendrickson. but in this case, it'll still be little more than a hinderance."
Just then, Galland landed beside his arm, darkness connecting to it and pulling it back, reattaching it. Diane shot forward, Merlin canceling the magic keeping her small then swapping her human clothes for her giant outfit and Gideon. Then, as Diane swung the spike on the back of Gideon's head down at Galland, Galland kicked it, sending the hammer crashing into Diane's head, resulting in a brief spray of blood and an unconscious giant. Oswald shot forward, sword once again shining, only for him to use the sword to block Galland's, being send exploding backward along the ground, only stopping when he crashed into a Perfect Cube that was protecting Elizabeth. The force reverberated into him, shattering his ribs and spine and turning his wings into paste, launching him to the ground. Galland began to laugh, but Merlin teleported him away again.
"Lady Merlin, you're amazing!" Arthur cheered.
"Oswald!" Elizabeth shouted, Hawk running over next to him.
"That wasn't me," Merlin said. "I didn't teleport him. He jumped several miles out of the range of my magic in an instant."
Then, Galland was behind her.
"I hate slippery magic users like you most of all," Galland snarled.
As he began to slash, Slader landed in the way, trying to use Overpower, only for it to backfire. Then, Galland's staff hit him, smashing his right arm beyond all hope of natural repair and sending him flying. Then, as he landed, his ruined arm spun away from his body.
"Now to deal with you," Galland snarled.
"Divine...Mirror!" Oswald snarled, the ground below him shining in a circle before a second appeared below Galland. Then, Galland crashed to the ground, blood spraying out of his mouth.
"You filthy abomination!" Galland shrieked, standing as his entire body snapped and cracked. "How dare you-"
"Divine Mirror!" Oswald said again.
Again Galland collapsed instantly, only to begin standing anyway.
"What's he doing?" Elizabeth asked as Oswald squeezed his eyes closed, tears running out of them.
"Divine-"
"Stop it!" Meliodas roared, slashing Galland down the back, black flames exploding across Galland's entire body, sending him flying away from everyone. "Don't you dare, Oswald!"
"What'd he do?" Elizabeth asked.
"Divine Mirror is a forbidden magic of the Goddess Race," Meliodas said. "Any injuries on the caster are reflected onto their target, but as a payoff, the injuries the caster has are increased. With each repeated use, it gets worse. If he uses it again, he'll die. Galland won't. I'll handle things from here. Merlin. One large Perfect Cube."
Merlin nodded, holding out a hand and transforming the two small Perfect Cubes protecting Arthur and Elizabeth into a single one protecting everyone except Meliodas. Then, darkness began to envelope Meliodas's body. The moment it had, he went berserk. He tore into Galland for several seconds before stopping, struggling to force himself back under control. Galland moved to kill him as he was standing motionless, only for Meliodas to tear into him again. Then, he landed in front of the Perfect Cube and held out his hand, pure darkness crashing down on Galland in a pillar, pushing down in him. Galland doubled over under the force, groaning.
"You command this dark power!?" Galland seethed from under the torrent of darkness. "I can't...believe...you've become so weak!"
He hurled his staff, stabbing Meliodas through the ground with it and tacking him to the ground The darkness faded instantly, leaving Galland unharmed on a pillar of stone in the center of a gaping chasm. Oswald, looked around, eyes falling on Gowther, who was holding Guila protectively as they watched the fight.
"Gowther," Oswald said. "We need you."
Gowther watched him for a moment before nodding. "I understand."
He walked to the edge of the cube as Galland was facing away, standing over Meliodas and gloating. Then, a small hole opened in the cube and Gowther fired a single energy arrow just as Galland wrenched his staff out of Meliodas's chest. He raised it to impale Meliodas again, but the arrow hit and he stood motionless for a moment before cackling and taking off.
After a few minutes, once everyone was sure Galland was gone, Merlin allowed the Perfect Cube to fade. She walked over, kneeling behind him and holding out her hand for a moment before shaking her head.
"You really are foolish," Merlin said. "Everyone stand still. I'll move us to the castle."
Everyone did as instructed and a moment later, they were in the infirmary wing of the castle. Several of the people in the room rushed over instantly, taking Meliodas to a bed where one woman began to try and heal him instantly, Elizabeth hovering at the side of the bed, barely keeping together. At the same time, someone took Slader and his arm aside to reattach them. Merlin knelt beside Oswald as they did.
"We have to move you," Merlin said. "I'm going to put you to sleep now."
"Alright," Oswald said.
Then, Merlin snapped her fingers and he was out like a light.
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