Author's Note

So this chapter isn't edited properly but I'll tell you the summary of it in the end..there's a second A/N on the bottom after this so good luck trying to understand minna.

Normal POV

Lancelot stayed frozen at his spot. This wasn't the Meldy he had fought moments ago..No, this was a demon. There's no soul in that body she is moving in. Meldy's eyes were dark purple. Her pupils have disappeared leaving only a blank space. Those massive hands represent the deadly weapons of true demons when they go for the kill. But what was evident overall, is the crest proudly displayed on her lower left stomach. The mark of the Seven Deadly Sin's captain, The Dragon's Sin of Wrath.

Melodiaz stood there just watching Lancelot's reaction. She's waiting for his next move. After a while of no movement, Lancelot was able to regain his senses. He wasn't trembling anymore but now, he's gained a new feeling. Arrogance.

"I recognized that mark anywhere. The Dragon's Sin of wrath huh?...pfft...are you joking with me?..only one person would hold such a crest and he's not even here right now." Lancelot kept on throwing Melodiaz insults. With a snap of his fingers, blades started appearing.. floated on top of where Melodiaz was standing without her knowing . One by one, they compiled themselves to a thousand. It takes Lancelot a long time for him to summon these blades. He expects this trick to be the final blow. Melodiaz didn't move..only stood there listening to his insults. She hasn't blinked even once after her shift.

"If you ask me, you're just a fake. ..I mean, how could a chick like you ever be one of the sins? C'mon let's talk logicaly..there's no such thing as another Sin of Wrath..especially a female...and there's also nothing on the record about an 8th sin so basically, you're just a phoney."

Even after his continous explanations, Melodiaz still hasn't moved an inch. Lanelot became angry. The demon woman hasn't said anything to him. "hey are you deaf little girl?!" He was getting impatient.

"Don't ignore me when I'm talking to you!" still no reaction from Melodiaz.

"well then, if you're not gonna say anything, then I'll just end you now." Lancelot waved his sword, he sprinted his way to Melodiaz. She still wasn't moving. What was she thinking? Lancelot was about to plunge his sword when Melodiaz finally moved her hands. She did a one huge clap. The sound was sharp for the human ears that it distracted Lancelot. From the clap came a bolt of dark purple light forming into somewhat a wave. Lancelot remembered the same ray that foiled his plan when he almost killed Arthur. This was it. This was the source of the wave.

Lancelot was heading towards her but was able to disappear then reappear from a far distance. But it was a bad choice. For Melodiaz had disappeared. The sound of sparks alerted him from behind. Melodiaz was falling from above. She threw the bolt at Lancelot. It had hit him for a second before he used his agility to shift to another area. The mini attack had hit the ground with a bang. Will you believe that such a small attack destroyed a field leaving a giant crater forming on the ground.

Melodiaz went back to her usual position. She stood still waiting for the dust and smoke to clear up. There was coughing heard from a far.

"No...n..no..this can't be..." he said, trembling as he watched his hands go dry. "...Y..You...are the SOURCE OF THE DISEASE..." He stated. Lancelot suddently felt weak..like his powers were drained. When he opened his eyes to take a good look, he sees his hands starting to age. More like hes about to be zombified. He took a good look at his reflection with the use of the blade he was holding. His reflection was terrible. Where has he seen this effect?

Then a thought came to him. The face of Arthur in the same manner as he is made it all clear. Lancelot had been infected by the disease that Arthur had. His body was only thing aging but not his energy.

"you!..w..what did you do to me?!" He knows what she did yet he still asked. His voice sounded gassy like and 80-year-old man.

Lancelot still had some fight left in him. "You!...I'll kill you!" He launched himself at Melodiaz which she dodged. She hopped away from his attacks. Lancelot ran after her. "When I kill you...I'll drink your blood...then burn your body down to ashes you demon!" Lancelot remembered how Melodiaz' blood is the cure so by killing her, he will be back to normal.

His rage controlled his movements. The angrier he is, the faster his speed gets. He almost caught up to Melodiaz and was about to bit her hand but since Lancelot had fallen ill, his energy slowly leaves his body. He ran, jumped and hopped his way to catch Melodiaz but still no progress. All of that running had made his legs turn jelly like. He can hardly run. Melodiaz stopped running and turned around to where Lancelot was kneeling. He looked like doing the 'cat stretch' exercise from the way he is suffering. Lancelot was breathing deeply in and out. His energy is almost out, his vision had started to blur and his whole body started to decay. He was resembling a dead body in a coffin.

"I will...I will not loose to y..you... *cough*...I will...b..be K..King." says Lancelot. He crawled his way towards Melodiaz. A distance of 10 meters is a long way to go. Melodiaz's last actions were very interesting. A smirk formed its way to her mouth. Lancelot has no idea what she was smirking all about. But when he saw dots...hundreds of dots forming on the ground, he just realized what was happening. The light of the Blood moon showed him the explanation.

Lancelot looked up to see the thousands of blades that he had summon a while ago. He had forgotten all about his final blow. Once the blades hits a 1000 blade, the attack activates and all of the weapons come crashing down. The rain of a thousand blades striked Lancelot on where Melodiaz had stood before the final battle began.

Melodiaz watched as the thousands of deadly waves killed Lancelot in just minutes. Spilling his blood till it tainted the ground he was laying on. The rain had stopped. There was no heartbeat. Nothing was heard. In short, Lancelot Clancy has been killed. Melodiaz feels no emotion on the event. The only thing that was on her mind was to return to Meliodas after the transformation.

The sound of people's screams of terror was heard by her sensitive hearing. All the way from Liones, Melodiaz heard all of their cries for help. Since she is the source of this disease, she is repsonsible for everything. Melodiaz didn't stick around much longer. She needed to return to Meliodas. For a student must report back to her Master.

Hawk was running wildly heading towards the palace. "Elizabeth...hang on..we're almost there! Keep your eyes open!" Elizabeth tried her best to stay awake. For a distraction, she stared at the Blood moon's light. In her mind, she hopes that everyone is doing fine. That Merlin will find the source...find the cure and stop this phenomenon.

Something caught Elizabeth's attention as she stared at the blood moon. It was a human with demon claws jumping so high till she reached the moon. Elizabeth didn't fully see the appearance but the first thing she put in her mind was that the figure looked more like Meldy.

"Meldy...I hope you're okay." Elizabeth said to herself. If she only knew what happened.

Jumping from tree to tree, rock to rock and hill to hill will take a long time. But Melodiaz' power was great. To get to Liones fatser, she jumped as high as she can from her spot and land 1 kilometer away from the spot. This way, getting to Liones will be faster.

Back At Liones...

No one knows how long it has been since the fight started. The moon looked like it hasn't moved in forever. How long had they been fighting? The Sins know since they have pocket watches with them, timing all the events that had been happening. Time check..it is now 11PM. Meliodas was in a struggle. His opponents were 5 demons circling him from all directions. That's not all, there are more coming his way.

Ban used his power to snatch the demons of their power so that the other knights can easily restrain them. "Tsk...these things keep coming and coming." Ban tried punching one. It worked but the demon stood it's ground. "this is a pain in the ass." As Ban kept kicking and punching, one of the demons were able to grab him and squeeze the living day lights out of Ban, he bled but broke out.

From a far, Meliodas was only using his sword and dodging their attacks. Ban wonders why he hasn't used any of his powerful attacks and has not bled yet..sicne he was slowly bleeding.

"Captain..stop playing around and kill them!"

Meliodas jumped past Ban after knocking out his opponent. There were more coming in Ban's way so Meliodas thought to handle it. "I can't."

"and why not?!"

"I cn't tell you." Was all he said before leaving him.

Gowther tried using his memory power to make the dmeons believe that it's companions are the enemies, but it didn't last long though. "I do not want to hurt you Guila..but I must."

Diane and King are responsible for the barriers shielding all over the kingdom so it it their job to protect it. Diane found three demons banging on the walls of the barrier. "ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Diane swinged her sacreed treasure and sent the three flying."You're not getting out!" Though the distance wasn't too far, they still continued to break it.

From the other side, King launched an omnidirectional attack on the demons. His sunflower wasn't enough. He had taken out the heart but as we all know, demons don't have just one heart.

"I'm not gonna let you escape." From the corner of his eye, he saw Diane struggling to fight off her opponent that she didn't notice another one of them running towards her from behind.

"Diane!" King directed his attack to Diane's unwanted opponent. It stopped the demon but King forgot that he was still in the middle of a fight with his opponent. The demons behind him used their claw and threw him away. King hit the wall with a loud 'thud'. He got up and wiped the blood off the side of his mouth.

Meliodas used his power to knock out his enemy. All of them were unconscious but will regain consciousness later on. He checked the watch. Ban news was yet to come. He knows what's coming. Like what he told the Sins and the other knights, when the clock strikes midnight, All the demon's powers will slowly drain making them weak to fight.

BUT...in the remaining minutes before midnight, A massive power wave will wash over the demons and will increase their power to the max. This serves as a strong pull, forcing the remaining bad energy in the demons to go out. This will be much dangerous. For their senses will be more hightened, their power will increase, the need for blood will go high and their rage will be stronger than before.

Time check...it is 11:50PM. They have spent almost one hour of containing these beasts but they'll fall very soon. Something was happening to the moon. It was turning on and off like a light blub. From pink to red and red to pink...everyone was confused at what's happening.

Meliodas saw this and knew exactly what it is. After a moment of deep thinking, everyone knew what was coming.

"brace yourselves!" One of the Holy Knights screamed.

"Everyone step back! ...evacuate the area!" Gilthunder started yelling out commands to everyone. They didn't waste time and just followed the orders.

The demons had stopped moving. They were letting out dark and red aura out of their body. They stood still during this process. It took minutes for them but finally they stopped. The blood moon also stopped.

Moments laster, the demon's eyes started glowing red. In unison, they all roared fiercely. They sound was ear-piercing that everyone instantly covered their ears. These demons have leveled up to the second stage. It's a good thing there's no third one. They act much different from before. They may be big but somehow, they have gotten faster as one of the demons forcibly ran and banged it's head against the wall. This was bad!

With just one headbutt, a crack was made on the shield. "oh no! The barrier!" it was moving like a it's been pixelized. Their rage had been triggered. The presence of other demons around them had made their minds foggy and would want to get out of the kingdom, for demons need space. They will destroy everything in their path to get it. If Sins don't stop this right now, the whole country of Liones will be in big trouble.

Meliodas watched as the demons ran around the city knocking down every building that comes in their way. It was horrible. He wonders to himself if he had made the right choice. To have kept the truth away from everyone. Meliodas thought that he could handle it but it seems not. Now, he regrets his deciosion.

But a part of him didn't regret it because...compared to the demons infront of him, Meldy was much stronger than them. Her wrath...was much stronger than all of these demons combined...but not as strong has Meliodas' wrath. So which was the right choice?

Lie about not knowing of the source and keep Meldy safe from all of this?...from her ability?

Because truth be told, SHE was indeed the source of this Disease. The source of this destruction. There's a cure...BUT...there will always be a catch. He can't say it yet. And If everyone found out, who knows what they'll do to her...Meldy was SPECIAL to Meliodas.

Or the other decision...

Tell the truth, and let her parade around destroying everything in her way but at the same time, cure the victims and free them from their suffering. Even if she says that 'I have self-control now'...Meliodas still worries about it. It will be a happy ending for all, but not for Meldy when there is a catch.

The demons have regained consciousness and are angry than ever, they didn't think twice to tackle Meliodas. He feels it. The familiar presence of the person he was waiting for. His wish came true. That person did come. He just stood there waiting...

Waiting...

waiting...

...

The demons were closing in. A shadowy figure came crashing down. The impact of the landing was so strong that it blew all the demons far away from whe Meliodas was standing. He had his eyes closed during this time. When he opened them, he smiled at the person who he had never thought would come but did.

Meldy was standing just 12 cm. Away from Meliodas. She stared at him with those lifeless eyes. Once the dust cleared off, the whole area was a mess. A massive crater was made. It was deep. And the only thing that Meldy and Meliodas was standing on was a thin piece of concrete. It like a needle standing in a hole. Meliodas remembers this position..from the time he lost self-control at Vaizel. Elizabeth was infront of him that time, and now, it was Meldy.

"I thought you would never come...Melodiaz."

A/N: okay to summarize what was said..here goes:

1. Lancelot now knows that Melodiaz is the SOURCE.

Remember that in the 1st chapter, Meliodas and Meldy went out for the night..this is what they did. the explanation will be on the next chapter though.

Remember how Arthur got hit with the WAVE? it's the same wave Melodiaz used against Lancelot

2. Meliodas was thinking if he had made the right decision TO LIE ABOUT NOT KNOWING WHERE THE SOURCE IS from his comrades.

Reason: Meldy is a raging mess. She said she NOW has SELF-CONTROL which still worries Meliodas. if he TELLS THE TRUTH, something bad will happen to Meldy. who knows what they'll do to her.

He lied to everyone because he cares for Meldy. and also, Meliodas thought that THEY can handle the situation but it seems they couldn't survive it.

half of him regretted lying and the other half of him didn't. Because he was thinking that telling Elizabeth the kill code, Melodiaz might come and save them.

3. At the beginning, Meliodas didn't want Melodiaz to come because he was still keeping it a secret & thought they can handle the problem. But in the end, Meliodas started doubting his decision...so thats why he was hoping that Melodiaz would come.

4. Melodiaz may be source..but she's also the cure. There's a catch if they want to cure everyone. the catch is that Meldy can only cure 1 person. Since she used some of her blood on Arthur.

5. you know that spell Merlin was making? well it's gonna be used soon. and one thing certain is that NOT EVERYONE GETS A HAPPY ENDING

so that's all minna. i hope you got some of the message in that summary. It was confusing but I managed to arranged it.