Snotlout had been reunited with his former love, but Ase knew too well the danger she represented. She did after all merely tried to kill her and the black dress she was wearing wasn't exactly reassuring.

"H-hey, hold on," said Ase as the two of them continue to kiss. "What do you think you're doing with her? Doesn't this seem a little weird to you at all?"

Snotlout break the kiss and looked back at her. "Look there's no doubt about it, this is the real Shanna."

"That's not what I'm talking about here!" she snapped. "That woman just ran up, kissed you and tried to kill you then kiss you again!"

"Don't worry about it, I'm not going to die and it doesn't look like that—"

"I don't really like you," said Shanna as she raised a hand.

Ase was then struck by a massive burst of wind that shot out of her palm. Fortunately the attack was not powerful enough to kill her, but it did sent her flying a few yards away.

Snotlout looked at her calmly and grasped her hand gently. "Cut it out, Shanna. She isn't against either one of us, okay."

"No, you're wrong, because that girl is trying to steal you away from me."

She then floated up into the air and headed towards Ase.

"You bitch!" Ase snarled. "Why are you trying to kill us?"

"Goodbye," she said as she raised her palm.

Snotlout quickly dashed over towards and grasped her hand before she could attack. "Hey, stop that," he said gently.

Shanna looked at him. "I don't understand why you're taking her side."

"You're the only woman from the," he assured. "I love you."

Shanna then suddenly turned around and struck him with her hand creating a massive cut across his body.

"Snotlout!" Ase cried as bloodshot out from the wound.

"If that's true then why are you protecting her," Shanna glared. She then immediately began swinging her arms creating slashes of wind that Snotlout with unbelievable rage. "From the afterlife I've been watching you, Snotlout! I've seen you talking and carrying on with that girl! I've watched you travel across the countryside with her! I wanted to be the one that travelled with you, Snotlout! That is all that I have ever dreams about! And she… she comes along and steals my dream away! I hate her!"

She struck him with so much force that she ripped his jacket to pieces and caused massive wounds.

"Get away from him!" Ase cried as she dashed towards her.

Shanna merely the raised her palm and swatted her away with a simple gust of wind from the flick of her finger. "Silence."

Snotlout looked at her with his face covered in blood. "Shanna, please, tell me what happened to you."

"You idiot!" Shanna roared.

She then unleashed a powerful burst of wind that ripped Snotlout's body to shreds and soon he collapsed from the sudden shock.

"Damn you!" Ase roared charging at her.

Shanna narrowed her eyes at her. "Oh, don't worry, I'll be sure to kill you too!"

She then waved her hand unleash in another gust of wind that would have sliced Ase in half if she hadn't jumped out of the way in time.

"What is selfish egotistic woman you are?" Ase glared. "You and Snotlout are certainly a match made in heaven, but even he would never do that to the person he claimed to love!"

"Everything that is happening is your fault understand!" Shanna roared. "I just want Snotlout to stop me from killing you!"

She then unleashed a powerful gust of wind, but Ase jumped into the air with unbelievable speed and somersaulted over the attack. She then landed on top of Shanna and pinned her to the ground.

"Come on, you really expect me to believe that you're in love with Snotlout!" Ase snapped.

"Stop it, Ase!" Snotlout yelled. "Shanna, isn't acting like herself now!"

"I don't care what the hell she's acting like, just answer me!" Ase roared. "Do you love him?"

"Yes," Shanna answered. "I love him more than you could ever know."

"Yeah, I'm in love with him too!" Ase snapped.

"My feelings for Snotlout are deeper than yours!" Shanna glared.

"I'm not going to back down!"

"So what? Snotlout, is never going to love you. He will never even look your way."

Snotlout was still healing from Shanna's attack preventing him from assisting. "Get away from her, Ase! Shanna's mind as being controlled by someone else!"

"Listen up," said Ase ignoring him. "With my body I'm a way better match than you, what does a flat chested tiny little girl like you have to offer a manlike Snotlout! And besides that, he saved my life I him everything understand! I would do anything for him, anything for his sake! But more importantly, I would drop dead before I do anything to hurt the man I love! I would rather die!"

Shanna looked at her as tears began to form in her eyes.

"But it doesn't matter," Ase continued. "There's no room in his heart for anyone but you." Tears then fell from Ase's face and landed on top of Shanna. "Asleep or awake, you're the only thing that man ever thinks about, he has given up everything to wander all over the place just so he could bring you back to life. You're being controlled? What a load of, crap! If your love for Snotlout is as strong as you say it is then how could you allow yourself to do anything to hurt him!"

Tears began to flow down Shanna's cheek. "I have no idea."

"Shanna," said Snotlout weakly as he stumbled towards them.

"I don't know what's happening to me!" Shanna cried.

She then unleashed a powerful burst of wind that knocked Ase off of her and she began to fray around like she was in some sort of tantrum. She was in such distress that she could not control her magical power which created a small cyclone around her.

"Someone please, I can't control myself!" Shanna cried. "Somebody stop me!"

Snotlout managed to enter into the cyclone and grasped hold of Shanna and pulled her into an embrace.

"I'll take what's mine, I can promise you that," he whispered into her ear. "You remember, don't you? You belong to me, starting now, let's travel together forever. Okay?"

Upon hearing those words Shanna burst into tears and the wind finally died down. "I'm sorry, Snotlout. I never wanted you to see this ugly side of me, but I… I just couldn't hold it back by myself."

Ase just sat there cross-legged in a huff.

"I'm Bandit Snotlout, remember?" Snotlout reminded. "And one of the Seven Deadly Sins. So no matter how ugly that side may be, I'm still going to steal."

Shanna looked at him with a smile on her face. "Snotlout."

However, she then went limp.

"Shanna!" Snotlout cried.

Ase was still in a bit of a huff, but looked up upon hearing his cry and that's when she saw two powerful figures standing right behind him.

Snotlout was too focused on Shanna to even sense them. "Shanna, please! Stay with me!"

"What did you expect would happen?" said the voice of Melascula.

Snotlout turned and found that Galand and Melascula stood behind him.

"The vengeful soul resurrection law amplifies the dead's regrets," Melascula explained. "After that its abdomen is that impotent rage back to this world as a life force. If you fight against this rage or your regrets vanished death will await you once again."

Snotlout handed Shanna to Ase. "Take care of Shanna for me."

Ase nodded and immediately ran to safety with Shanna in her arms.

Snotlout then turned to face the two of them.

Melascula looked at him curiously. "You wouldn't happen to be one of the Seven Deadly Sins Fraudrin mentioned, are you?"

"Fraudrin?" Snotlout questioned. "Never heard that name before."

Ase was utterly terrified, because she could sense the danger those two represented. "This feeling of dread, it can't be good."

"Why don't you to tell me your names first?" Snotlout asked.

Galand laughed. "You know for a mere human you're quite a feisty brat."

"I am Melascula of Faith, of the Ten Commandments."

"Galand of Truth, the same."

Snotluot then stretched out his hand and uses power in order to retrieve his mace from his rucksack. "I'll kill you."

"My what an amusing trick," said Melascula not looking impressed in the slightest.

"A human kill us, the Ten Commandments of the Demon world?" Galand scoffed.

He then suddenly vanished and seconds later he appeared directly behind Snotlout and then slammed his spear right down on top of him. When the spear struck the ground it created a massive crevice across the hillside that when for about a hundred yards.

"Critical Strike!" he said.

Snotlout's body was then split in half and he fell to the ground.

"A nobody as expected," said Galand looking slightly disappointed.

Melascula looked at him. "Why are you so irritated?"

"This is hardly enough to heal the wounds inflicted on me by that traitor," Galand growled. "The humiliation Hiccup put me through still burns."

"Is that so?" said Snotlout's voice. Galand looked down and found that Snotlout was now completely healed. "A traitor to the Demon Race strikes again, huh? Man, look at you, he really did a number on your face."

"I cut you in two, how are you still alive," Galand demanded.

Snotlout merely rose to his feet once more. "Well, it's because I'm Undead Snotlout. So, do what you want, but there's no one in the world that can kill me."

Melascula looked at him with intrigue. "The Seven Deadly Sins intrigue me. Are they all strange curiosities like you?"

"I suppose you can say that," Snotlout shrugged. "Another thing we have in common is that we all love to obliterate guys like you."

Galand then punched Snotlout in the head with all his might shattering into pieces. The impact of the blow also sent Snotlout's flying a good few feet away.

"Undead or not if I destroy your head then it's all over for you," said Galand.

However, Snotlout's head healed within seconds and soon he was back on his feet once again.

"What?" said Galand actually looking pleasantly surprised. "I've never seen any human regenerate after a hit like that. Is it his magical power?"

Melascula shook her head. "A magical power typically disappears when its host expires. I think what was seen as a unique attribute and I'm willing to bet he's hiding some other latent power too."

Galand then approached Snotlout. "Interesting, I apologise for calling you and nobody. I'll even let you get one solid punch in on me if you want. Hmm, what do you say? Sounds good, come on, show me that special power of yours."

Snotlout smirked at him.

Melascula sighed. "All of these childish games will be the death of you one day."

"It's just a handicap, it is still too against one," Galand reminded.

"You're going to regret that decision," Snotlout warned with a smirk.

Galand laughed. "Galand of Truth keeps his promises."

Snotlout then began to spin his mace around in his hand and then outstretched his hand. "Hunter Fest!" he roared.

Suddenly his body began to glow and he began to absorb the power from everyone in a 3 mile radius, that included Galand and Melascula. Melascula watched as birds fell down from the sky with their strength completely drained, she herself had very little physical strength so she wasn't affected that badly, but the same cannot be said for Galand.

Galand looked at his hand and saw them twitching, he was suffering from a massive surge of fatigue. "What is this? What's happening?"

Snotlout had absorbed all that power into his body adding it to his own, his muscles had grown exponentially and now he was slowly walking towards Galand.

"All right, a deal is a deal! You for it!" Snotlout roared and then punched him hard in the chest.

He struck him with so much force that Galand was sent flying into the air and he fell back down on the ground onto his knees. Snotlout didn't waste a second and immediately struck him across the face with his mace, knocking him to the ground hard.

"Oh, wait, that was two. Sorry, I guess I was count," Snotlout smirked.

Galand found it very difficult to move his body, because all of a sudden it felt heavy. "What's going on? It feels like half my power has been taken away."

"That is what I was trying to talk about," said Melascula.

Snotlout then appeared directly behind her and swung his mace, but she quickly transformed into a ball of darkness and moved to a safe distance.

"Seems stealing the physical strength of every living thing in a certain range around him, and then adding that strength to his own is another of his magical powers," Melascula concluded. "Most likely his current power level is higher than yours."

"Don't tell me that's all you've got Demon, because I want to have a lot more fun with you," Snotlout challenged.

Galand was utterly furious, he had been made a fool of once again. "How dare you tour a with me."

Snotlout then quickly spun around and struck him with his mace once again and then kept on striking him again and again.

"Give it to him, Snotlout!" Ase cheered.

Snotlout then struck him with all his power across the face, so hard in fact that it knocked him straight to the ground.

"Geez, how much power does that little twerp have now anyway?" said Snotlout shaking his head. "I mean here I was trying to make your face symmetrical again."

"Maybe you would have a better chance if you stole some more power," said Melascula's voice behind him. She looked at him with a certain amount of curiosity. "Makes me wonder why you're not doing that, a warrior's pride? No, that's not it, you don't seem the type. The real answer is you can't, it must be a limitation of your own capacity then."

"Of all the women in the world you're the type that I hate the most," Snotlout grumbled.

Melascula just gave him a cheerful smile and then suddenly the darkness around her consumed herself and Snotlout.

"Cocoon of Darkness!" she said.

Snotlout found himself standing in complete darkness, he could even see what he was standing on.

"Congratulations, you passed the test," said Melascula's voice.

"What the hell are you talking about?" Snotlout demanded.

Melascula then appeared behind him, with her back facing him. "Everyone has something precious in their heart they have faith in. Something they unconditionally trust, for example a God or perhaps a lover." Snotlout then immediately swung his mace at her, but she vanished into thin air. "But human hearts are fragile, one trivial event could make them easily abandon their faith they once held so dear and that's evil. Anyone who is faithless in my presence, will have their eyes set ablaze no matter who they are, but you passed the test. Even when you're rational lover's rage was unleashed upon you, you never had any doubts or even a shred of hatred towards her. You have an extremely pure and beautiful soul. So what do you think becomes of a soul after it dies."

Snotlout remained completely quiet as Melascula appeared behind him and whispered in his ear. "Nothing."

Snotlout's eyes widened as Melascula placed a hand on the small of his back. Seconds later the darker goon vanished into thin air and then it felt as if something was exiting out of his mouth. Then suddenly his soul launched out of its mouth and Melascula smiled upon seen it.

Snotlout could still see his body as he flew away, it was a very strange sensation. He could see everything around him, but yet he consents anything it was almost as if he was in some sort of dream.

"My body, I can't move," he said.

Melascula's then created black tendrils which immediately launch into the air after his soul, which was now completely helpless. "This is bad. What happened?"

The dark tentacles then wrap themselves around the soul and Snotlout began having images of his past. He remembered when he met Hiccup and Shanna for the first time, he remembered the fight that he had with Fishlegs in the Necropolis, he even remembered the spout that Ase had with him just the other night and when he was reunited with his adopted father. He remembered how Hiccup harboured no hatred for him, how Toothless made him see reason and when Shanna expressed herself to him.

"Hiccup. Shanna," he said as he fought back.


Hiccup was cleaning a tankard in the tavern when he felt a strange sensation that made him drop it.

"Sir Hiccup, is everything okay?" Alvin asked.

"Snotlout," he said softly.


Galand had finally recovered from Snotlout's attack and looked at Melascula.

"Hey, Melascula, think you can let me have that soul?" Galand asked.

"No way, it's mine," she said.

Shanna then uses much power she could to unleash a burst of wind directly at her forcing her to block it. In doing so her dark tendrils released Snotlout and he quickly flew away.

"Snotlout, run!" Shanna cried. "Get out of there!"

Galand then immediately launched into the air. "I'll be taking that." He then grasped the soul. "Thanks for the meal."

He then swallowed the soul whole.

"Snotlout! No!" Shanna cried and then burst into tears.

Melascula was utterly furious as she floated her way towards Galand. "Galand, that was my great how dare you snatch it away from me!"

Galand laughed and patted his stomach. "You snooze you lose."

"But I defeated him, his soul was mine."

Galand laughed. "I already devoured it, nothing can be done about that now."

Ase just stared at the two of them. "Did he just say that he devoured Snotlout's soul?"

She then turned to Snotlout's body which just stood there like a statue it was neither dead nor alive.

"No, it's not true, is it Snotlout?" said Ase shaking her head as she slowly approached it. "There's no way you can die, because you're in mortal."

She looked into his eyes and found that there was no life within them, it was true, he was gone and she soon burst into tears.

"After being forced to babysit you this is how you treat me?" Melascula glared at Galand.

"Babysit? What in the world are you babbling on about little girl?"

"Nothing is more aggravating then trying to reason with an unconsidered old man."

Ase then marched up towards them and drew her sword. "Snotlout, I'm going to avenge you."

"Yeah, don't worry about that," said Snotlout's voice.

Ase came to a sudden stop and then suddenly appearing in front of her was Snotlout and he immediately waved his hands. "Fox Hunt!"

Snotlout's appearance took Galand and Melascula completely offguard and he removed a heart from each of them. They were still beating when Snotlout unleashed a swipe of magical energy destroying the hearts as a result the two of them coughed a large amount of blood, though due to the fact they had four hearts meant they survived the ordeal.

"What did he do?" said Melascula as they fell to their knees.

"Somehow he just destroyed one of our hearts," Galand groaned.

Snotlout then took this opportunity and grabbed both Ase and rushed over towards Shanna.

Shanna looked immensely relieved. "Snotlout, are you—"

Snotlout grabbed before she could finish her sentence and then jumped as high as he could away from the two demons.

The two of them were still completely bewildered that Snotlout was still alive.

"How could he still be alive?" said Galand. "I'm sure that I devoured his soul, you saw me."

Melascula didn't have the answer either, but it didn't matter. "There's no need to rush, he absorbed more strength then he can handle so the toll must be considerable. We can take our sweet time hunting him down."

She then licked her lips wiping the blood of her face.


Snotlout was running as fast as he could down the canyon, but as Melascula predicted his power was depleting exponentially. Eventually he could move any further and dropped Ase to the ground.

"That hurt," she said glaring up at him. "Think you could have set me down a little more gently?"

Snotlout then fell to his knees as the fatigue finally set it in.

"Snotlout," said Shanna fearfully.

Ase realise that something was wrong. "Are you all right?"

Shanna touched his cheek. "My love, Snotlout. Thank goodness, I didn't think I was ever going to see you again. I felt so terrified."

"I'm sorry, I was thinking the same thing for a minute there," he said apologetically.


He then began to explain how he managed to survive, but it came at a great place. It happened practically after Melascula released him accidentally, but he knew he couldn't get away.

"I can't get away," said Snotlout as he flew desperately. "This is it."

Then suddenly Sullivan saw a from out of nowhere and overtook him. "I'll act as a decoy."

"Sullivan?" Snotlout gasped.

"This will be my way to make amends for that day."

"Don't be stupid, if they take your soul you'll never see your son again."

"You're my son too, Snotlout. I am not going to abandon you a second time, Zeke will understand. Live, for your girlfriend's sake! For your friends' sake!"

"Dad!" Snotlout cried.

Galand had no idea that he had grabbed Sullivan soul, after all when I saw these its body there was no distinction between them and other souls.

Ase looked down at the ground. "I see, so that means he—" Snotlout then collapsed. "Hey!"

"Please, take Shanna and run," said Snotlout weakly. "Get out of here."

Ase stared at him. "Huh? B-but what about you?"

"I'm immortal, I'll catch later I swear," Snotlout promised.

Shanna didn't believe that. "Snotlout, no. You're up against soul devouring Demons. Please, Ase, leave me behind and save Snotlout."

"Stop being stubborn."

Shanna looked at him. "Listen to me, my resurrection is only temporarily, because of this cursed place on me by the Demon Race. I'm eventually going to die again so please save Snotlout, I'm not worth it."

Ase just stood there looking at the two of you. "Give me a break, just how stubborn and selfish can two people be?"

She used her jacket to wrap the two of them together and then using all her strength lifted them onto her back.

"What a pain!" she yelled. "You two owe me big time for this!"


Meanwhile Fraudrin was investigating the small town but he came across, he watched as the people carried on with the everyday lives of unaware of the danger that surrounded them.

'Yes, perfect,' he said to himself as three young ladies walk towards him. 'These convenient souls should be able to quench my thirst a little.'

He then suddenly came to a stop. "What's this? I'm not allowed to attack any innocent townspeople?" It appeared that he was in conversation with someone, though to others it looked as if he was talking to himself. "Hmm, that ludicrous."

He then watched as the three ladies walked by, unaware that a cloaked woman was standing right behind him.

"Are you a traveller, good sir?" said the robed woman.

Fraudrin turned and looked at her. "Oh, yes. I see though you're travelling rather light. Perhaps you were robbed by a mountain bandit?"

Fraudrin looked at her curiously, he had a feeling that he had met her before. The robe woman then grabbed his hand and then dragged into the nearest alleyway.

"Excuse me, but have we met somewhere before?" he asked.

"Already forgotten?" she said as she turned towards him. Then to his utter surprise she immediately kissed him and she giggled as he stared at her gobsmacked. "So bashful, more naive than I thought. It's me, former Inquisitor, remember Sir Calder."

She then removed her robe and revealed herself to be none other than Deldry.

"No way, it can't be," he gasped as he backed away.

"Deldry, member of the Pleiades of the Azure Sky, led by Sir Emerald," she smiled.

"Emerald, huh? So he's making his move, huh?" said Fraudrin. His eyes then became dull and his trademark appeared on the side of his head, he then raised his fist ready to attack. "In that case."

Deldry just smiled at him. "Are you sure you want to do that? Kill me without even asking what Sir Emerald's plans are? Such a wasted opportunity."

"I know all that I need once I devour your soul," said Fraudrin as he raised his fist. "But now it's time to die!" He then swung his fist, but the some reason he decided to strike himself. "What am I doing? How could I even think of doing such a thing to sweet Deldry."

He then blinked unsure why he said such a thing. "Hold on a minute, what am I saying?"

Deldry merely stood there and smiled. "There's no point fighting against it. When someone is possessed by my womanly charms resistance is absolutely futile. The slightest goodwill morphs into passionate devotion after that it becomes blind loyalty. That is my magical power, its called Lovedrive."

Fraudrin was literally fighting against his own body. "If you think that ridiculous magic like this will work on me you're mistaken!" He then immediately pounced on her hand grasp her shoulders. "Deldry! I love you!"

Deldry smiled cheerfully. "Oh my, say it again please."

"I love you! I love you! I love you!" Fraudrin repeated over and over. He then gritted his teeth as he was doing everything he could fight against this unusual magic. 'I have to overcome this humiliating enchantment. Resist! Even if you have to kill her right here and now!'

He then began to tighten his grip upon Deldry and she could tell that he was resisting greatly. 'I had better increase the depth one more the level, just to be safe.'

Then suddenly several arrows appeared from out of nowhere and Fraudrin saw them in the corner of his eye. He then quickly spun around and shielded her and was pierced by five of them. He winced in pain and turned towards the tower in the direction that the arrows flew.

"Who's there? Show yourself coward!" he roared.

There was no sign of anyone in the tower, clearly the bowman had already left. Deldry was a little more concerned with the fact that one of the hours had managed to graze her.

Fraudrin then turned towards her. "Are you hurt?"

Deldry then kicked him hard and then grabbed the back of his head forcing him to look at her. "What's wrong with you? You let one of those arrows graze my arm! Bastard, you dare hesitate to protect me?"

"I am so sorry, Deldry."

"Just as I thought, it wasn't quite enough." She then suddenly kissed him in great depth in order to strengthen her enchantment. After about 30 seconds of contact she immediately parted away from him and looked at him.

Fraudrin then saw a shadowy figure behind her and quickly jumped in. Several daggers then flew out of nowhere and he quickly swatted them away.

"I don't know who you are, but any attempt to bring harm to my Deldry is a serious offence," he said.

Deldry smiled. "Looks like that did it."

"Show yourself or I'll destroy this entire town to find you," he warned. He then immediately thrusted the daddy he was holding forwards. "Milky Way Prism Break Blade!"

However, nothing happened.

Then there was a small laugh. "Search all you want you won't find me!"

They then all turned towards the sound of the voice.

"Well, it's about time, Arden," said Deldry. "What took you so long?"

Arden was looking down at them from a nearby building. "I was just flirting with this girl got held up for little while."

"You jerk," she glared.

"You idiot," he glared back.

"The boy from the Pleiades of the Azure Sky, huh?" said Fraudrin. "What did you do to me?"

"It's Vain," Arden explained. "If you're hit by a weapon infused with my magical power it increases the demand on your powers to an unbelievable degree. And in your case, you need to consume five times as much now."

Fraudrin glared at him. "You think a lot of yourself, don't you? I won't need magic to kill you."

He then jumped into the air and headed straight towards him.

However, appearing completely out of nowhere was Wailo, who pushed Adren out of the way just in time. He then quickly raised his four arm and took the blow of the attack, which was powerful enough to smash through the building they were standing on.

"Wait, you too!" Fraudrin stared.

"It's Wailo," said Adren.

Deldry smiled. "Just in the nick of time."

"Always wanted to see how much I could measure up against Inquisitor, gets this is the next best thing," he said.

"Don't kid yourself!" Fraudrin roared as he raised his fist.

Wailo then drew his sword. "Cloven Merry!"

He struck with such speed that Fraudrin was unable to dodge and sent him flying through the air. The attack had been powerful enough to knock him out cold and soon he just laid there like a lump.

"We should probably get out of here before a crowd starts to gather," Adren suggested.

"Duh, I know that," said Deldry.

Wailo then grabbed Fraudrin and the walked off unaware that they were being watched by the Demon made of complete darkness.