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Chapter 15:
War at Byzal
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Byzel
The people who came to Byzel for the fighting tournament were shocked and scared. They came for some good fights and boy did they get some great fights. But now standing on the stage were four of the Seven Deadly Sins telling them to leave or die. Some had already left fearing for their lives, while the rest didn't know what to do.
"Get the hell out of here!" Ordered Meliodas as the crowd got sacred.
Howzer was about to do something when someone in the crowd spoke up.
"Look! In the sky!" Yelled someone as giant fireballs came flying towards Byzal.
They then collided with the town hitting everywhere. Buildings, the mountain side, nothing was safe from the fireballs. Then to the horror of the people at the arena one was heading their way. But Meliodas was quick to act as he jumped towards the fireball and using Full Counter, he easily destroyed the fireball.
Meliodas landed next to the others frowning. "Tch… they're already here." He told the others as above them the Holy Knights were looking down on them.
Seeing the Holy knights, the people started to cheer, thinking they were saved. But some like Cain didn't feel at ease.
"This ominous power…" Cain said to himself as it made him feel sick.
As the people continued cheering for the Holy Knights Lucy was getting fed-up. Any one could see what the Holy Knights just did.
"Please Hurry and defeat the Seven Deadly Sins!" Someone yelled as that was the last straw for Lucy.
"Why are you cheering on the ones who just attacked the town?!" Lucy yelled at everyone as people frowned at her.
"What the hell are you saying it was the Sins who did it!" Someone yelled at her.
"Oh yeah, then how could the Sins launch attacks from the sky when they're right there?!" Asked Lucy as she pointed at the Sins and added. "And those fireballs came from the same directions as the Holy Knights!"
Hearing that some people thought about it and agreed with her.
"She's right." One man said. "If the Sins didn't reflect that last attack, we'd all be died right now."
Soon people were arguing about who was right and who was wrong. As this was going on Howzer looked at the three Holy knights as he recognized Guila and Jericho, but he couldn't see the third person clearly.
"I won't say it again." Said Meliodas as a menacing aura appeared around him. "Get out of this town."
Hearing this the people ran for their lives as some were still cheering on the Holy Knights.
Howzer looked between the people and the Sins and the other Holy Knights. He knew a fight was going to happen and that people could die. That's when his eyes went wide.
'That's why the Sins acted like that!' Realized Howzer it was to get the people out of the way. So with that in mind Howzer knew he had to get the people out of here first.
Soon all that was left at the arena was Lucy, Elizabeth, Hawk and the Sins. The Sins were still looking at the Holy Knights as they frowned.
"They're better equipped. On par with the level of sacred treasures." Said King frowning as the Knights dropped down.
"And they're probably incompatible stronger than Guila back at the capital of the dead. And this time, there's three of them." Said Ban.
"We need to split up for now." Said Meliodas as the others jumped away.
"I'll take Elizabeth back to the Boar Hat for now." Said Lucy as Meliodas nodded and jumped away as well.
Meanwhile Guila didn't let up her attacks on the town as it would be reported as the Sins fault. The people were sacred as they ran away hoping they would get caught in an explosion. Luckily the other fighters from the tournament were helping them get away.
Elsewhere Griamor was standing off to the side with another person watching everything. The other person was a young girl with short violet hair and had a slim build. She wore a breast binder under a stylish pink fur coat that had a knight styled attire and a pair of long boots. This was Veronica Liones, Second princess of Liones.
"This was earlier than what we planed for!" Said Veronica as she knew this was going to happen. "They got started even though we haven't found Ellie yet! How dare they!"
"Let's go, Griamor! We have to find Ellie and protect her!" Declared Veronica as she was going to protect her sister.
"Understood!" Said Griamor as the two headed into the battlefield.
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Ban's Location
Ban was walking around the destroyed buildings as he looked at the destruction.
"They sure like being flashy." Ban said to himself as he then felt something.
Ban then moved to dodged, but to his surprise he was too slow. The next thing Ban knew he was pinned to the wall of a house as his assailant had a sword through his chest. Looking down he was surprised to see Jericho there, but she looked much different now. The last time Ban saw her she was dressing as a man, but now she was dressed as a woman in amour.
Her new amour was a light purple with pink puff at her elbows and shoulders. On her chest there was a hole revealing a little of her chest. And at her waist she wore no amour there expect for some black bloomers. And finally, she let her hair down.
"I've waited a long time for this." Said Jericho as she pushed her sword into Ban more causing him to spit out his blood.
"Does it hurt?" Asked Jericho almost excited at hearing Ban in pain.
"Now this is what I call a festival!" Said Ban excited as he couldn't wait to fight some more.
"Wait have we met before?" Ban asked her to get a rile out of her.
"That's fine." Said Jericho not caring. "I'm here to carve my name into your heart."
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Meliodas's Location
Meanwhile Meliodas was wondering around near the ring as he could feel powerful magic near him but couldn't see anyone.
"Come on out!" Ordered Meliodas as he wanted to get this over with.
"Who is it, that going to fight Natsu, no I mean Meliodas leader of the Seven Deadly sins?" Said a voice as Love Helm appeared out of no where.
"The ref?" Said Meliodas confused.
"Why it is me." Said Love Helm as his body then changed as it grew and expanded. Soon Love Helm was replaced with Helbram.
"The Holy knight Helbram." Said Helbram as Meliodas got a serious look on his face as he drew his blade.
"So, this was the trap." Said Meliodas as the pieces came into place. "You lured us here with Diane's sacred treasure and used the festival to soften us up. And then you came here to finish us off."
Helbram clapped hearing that. "Your almost right, but there's one more thing you forgot one thing." He told Meliodas.
"And what's that?" Asked Meliodas curious.
"We'll also be taking your sword handle." Said Helbram in a dark tone.
Hearing that Meliodas was shocked as it quickly turned to determination as charged at Helbram as Helbram didn't move. Meliodas blade made contact as he cut across Helbram's armour. But then Meliodas felt a force hit him out of nowhere sending him back.
"Surprised?" Said Helbram. "My magic ability is called Link. It allows me to take on the powers of people who ally with me. The power that hit you was called Shock Absorption. It takes the shock produced by your attack and sends it back at you."
Hearing that Meliodas frowned as this wasn't going to be easy. As he didn't know how many people Helbram's had as allies and what their powers were.
Helbram then pulled his sword back as air started to form around the tip of it.
"Air Cannon!" Yelled Helbram as he thrusted his sword forward as the air around it shot forward like a cannon.
"Full counter!" Said Meliodas as he countered the Air Cannon as it headed back to Helbram.
"Banshee Scream." Said Helbram calmly as he let loose a piercing shriek stopped the Air Cannon and caused Meliodas to cover his ears in pain.
"Binding Chains." Said Helbram golden chains came out of no where and bound Meliodas to the ground. Meliodas tried to break free, but he couldn't.
"Eruption." Said Helbram as he slammed his hand on the ground. Melidoas looked down as he felt the ground move and heat up as he saw cracks forming.
Meliodas cried out in pain as a tower of magna erupted from below him as Helbram watched on. When it died down Helbram saw nothing but destroyed ground. Looking around he realized what happened.
"So he used my attack to get himself away from me. Clever." Praised Helbram as he had no idea where Meliodas might have landed or the state he was in.
"Then I guess I'll take care of my other task." Helbram said to himself as he knew once he was done Meliodas could come to him, no matter where he was.
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Ban's Location
Back with Ban he was in trouble. When Ban last dealt with Jericho it was one-sided for him, but this time something was greatly different. The way Jericho was moving had changed as well as her strength. But the biggest thing was the wounds Ban was getting from her weren't closing. This had only happened once before with Meliodas, that's how he got his scar. So that meant Jericho had recently gotten some sort of power-up. But the question was what was it?
Ban didn't have long to think as Jericho unleashed a shocking number of slashes his way. Ban tried to dodge them, but a fair amount hit him causing him to fly into building destroying the wall.
"Hey, hey, you've got to be kidding me!" Said Ban as he tried to get up.
"I must thank you." Said Jericho as she walked over to Ban.
"The reason I pretended to be a man, even though I was a woman is because I was weak and wanted to make myself even a little bit tougher. But I no longer have a need to do that. My rage against you helped me reach a new stage!"
Jericho then slammed her foot down on Ban's chest so hard that I caused his blood to explode from his mouth. But then to Jericho's confusion Ban started to laugh.
"Yeah right." Said Ban with a grin. "We both know that's a lie. I've seen what rage can do for a person and while it can do some amazing things. It can never reach this level. So what type of power-up did you use?"
Hearing that Jericho glared at Ban when she felt something exploding in her head. It hurt so much she got off Ban and held her head in pain. Ban slowly got up as he watched her confused.
"Demon." Said Jericho as that caught Ban's attention.
"Demon blood…. Holy knights…. New…" Said Jericho in pain as it looked like it was taking everything she had to say those words.
"Run." Said Jericho as she looked directly at Ban as Ban saw her eyes. One eye looked normal while the other looked dull and almost possessed.
Normally Ban would never run from a fight, even if he knew he was going to lose. But he saw how much it was taking Jericho just to say those words.
"Thanks." Said Ban as Jericho did tell him some important things as he left the area.
Jericho then collapsed on the ground breathing hard as she was fighting off the influence of the demon blood in her and she was losing.
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King's Location
With King he was currently fighting with Guila, but it was almost a repeat of their last fight. Even though Guila had new gear with her, King was out matching her.
Guila threw several explosion balls at King, but King easily countered with Chastiefol in it's fifth form: Increase. The small daggers easily cut through all of the explosion balls.
"Just give up." Said King as he hovered in the air above Guila.
Guila frowned as her back was against the wall here. King was countering everything she threw at him. And King also had an ariel advantage over her as well making it harder to hit him.
"Listen, I'll go easy on you if you tell me what's really going on in Liones." Said King suddenly making Guila confused.
"What do you mean?" Asked Guila trying to keep a straight face.
"How about how the Holy Knights have imprisoned both the king and one of the princess's. Your sudden power-up. And your knowledge on the demon clan." Answered King with narrowed eyes as this surprised Guila.
'How much do they know.' Guila asked herself as they shouldn't know about princess Margaret, or that they know more about demons then what they should.
That's when Guila remembered a report from Gilthunder about his run in with the Sins. He said that Lucy somehow summoned a creature that then turned into him. What-if that creature also got his memories somehow?
Guila tightened her grip on her weapon as that girl seems to be the source of the Sins knowledge. And worst yet no one had any idea where she came from. Afterall magic like hers would make her well know or the source of many rumors. And then there were her clothes. Who was Lucy?
"Since you're not answering. I'll take it as a no." Said King as he raised his arm as Chastiefol glowed and grew.
Soon a large shoot emerged from the ground as the bud on top came down in Guila's direction. The bud then bloomed as the inside glowed.
"Spirt spear Chastiefol form four: Sunflower." Said King as he was ready to fire on Guila.
But then out of nowhere the shoot was cut in half. King watched in horror as the shoot turned back into a spear as the spear was broken in two and fell to the ground.
"What?!" Was all King could say as he looked at his scared treasure.
"I must say Harlequin you let your guard down." Said Helbram as he floated in the air near king.
King took one look at Helbram and froze. Sweat started to fall down his face as his breathing became erratic.
"It can't be." Was all King could say as this confused Guila.
"It's been a long time Harlequin." Said Helbram as he took off his helmet. Helbram's face was that of a middle-aged man with short green hair and a green goatee. But covering his left eye was an eyepatch.
"Helbram?" Asked King in shock. "But you died?"
"Yes, by your hands if I remember correctly." Said Helbram calmly.
Hearing this Guila was shocked. What was going on here? Why did a member of the Seven Deadly Sins say he killed Helbram and Helbram agreeing with him? Bring the dead back to life was a serve crime.
"Guila." Said Helbram as his voice brought her out of her thoughts.
"Yes sir?" Asked Guila.
"I want you to go to the next phase of the plan." Ordered Helbram as Guila nodded and left.
With Guila gone both King and Helbram stared each other done. Neither did anything when all the sudden Chastiefol, back in one piece, shot up at Helbram causing him to block it with his sword. The two's fight had just restarted.
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Diane's Location
With Diane she was using this chance to get Gideon. Afterall it wasn't stealing as she and Meliodas were in the finals. And it was hers in the first place.
But when she got to the base of the ring, her hammer was gone. Seeing this Diane freaked out wondering what happened to her hammer. But then someone called out to her.
"Diane, the serpent's sin of Envy of the Seven deadly sins." Said Howzer as he walked into view wearing his armour and wilding a spear.
"Howzer?!" Said Diane in surprise.
"What in the world is happening here?" Asked Howzer as part of him wanted to take Diane in for what happened ten years ago.
But he couldn't ignore what happened here. How a Holy Knight attacked a town. And he couldn't get Lucy's words out of his head. At first, he couldn't believe what she said about what the Holy Knights were doing, but he was on the border and news, unless it was urgent wasn't easy to get at times.
"It's a trap most likely set by the Holy Knights." Answered Diane with a straight face.
Howzer stood there as it made no sense to him. "But why are they willing to go so far?" Howzer asked himself out loud.
"I don't know." Answered Diane as their actions confused her.
But their conversation was cut short when they heard someone groaning. Looking at the source they saw an old man trapped under some debris.
"Oh no! he must have been caught in Guila's explosions!" Exclaimed Diane as she rushed over to help the man.
Howzer watched as Diane got the debris off the man, as he wondered who the real threat was.
"What are ya hesitating for? If ya ain't gonna do it, imma do it." Said a voice from behind Howzer.
Howzer turned around and saw the third Holy Knight that came to the town. His bronze armour stood out as it almost a cylindrical plate of amour that cover his whole body. And even his weapon stood out as he wielded two metal clubs that looked like maracas.
"Marmas! You're here too!?" Said Howzer surprised to see him here.
"I'm here as the leader of us new generation guys." Said Marmas as this surprised Howzer as Marmas looked at Diane.
"Well, the Seven deadly sins ain't nothing to us without their sacred treasures." Boosted Marmas as he got his weapons ready.
Then Marmas used his clubs like maracas as he shook them all over. At first Diane was confused to what he was doing. That's when she felt it and got worried.
"Howzer…" Started Diane when Marmas attack hit her. Gravity itself got heavier around Diane and the person she rescued. Diane knew she could hold out, but the man probably would last a few seconds more.
"Howzer catch." Yelled Diane as she tossed the man over to Howzer. Howzer saw the man and caught him just in time.
Diane then felt the ground crack under her. And unfortunately for her she was near one of the cracks she and the others made during the tournament. Then to her horror the ground gave out and she fell down.
"Diane!" Cried out Howzer as he was wondering who the villains were here.
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Lucy's Location
Lucy was running with Elizabeth in her hands as Hawk ran beside her. In Lucy's head she wished the Boar hat was closer to Byzal and why they parked so far away.
"Will they be ok, Lucy?" Asked Elizabeth worried.
"They will be." Said Lucy but she wasn't sure herself.
"Hey what's that?" Asked Hawk as he saw something on the road ahead of them near a destroyed building.
Getting closer they saw it was Meliodas. He was unconscious and had burn marks on his clothes and body.
"Meliodas!" Cried out Elizabeth in worry. "What happened to him?!"
Lucy didn't know, but she did know was they could leave him out in the open like this. She was about to ask Hawk to carry him back to the Boar Hat when she heard some voices.
"Hawk, get him behind the rubble." Ordered Lucy as Hawk grabbed Meliodas by his collar and hid behind the rubble.
As the four hid they heard the voices getting closer. Elizabeth's eyes went wide as she recognized one of the voices. Elizabeth then realized something else, the world was getting smaller. Or rather she was getting larger as she returned to her proper size. Right in front of Veronica and Griamor.
"Elizabeth!" Cried out Veronica in surprise.
"Where did you come from?" Veronica asked her and then noticed her dress. "And what are you wearing?!"
Elizabeth looked down at the dress and was thankful it grew with her. She didn't want to think what could happen if it didn't.
"It's a long story." Elizabeth told her as it was the truth.
"I'm just glad your safe." Said Veronica as she heard something move.
Looking over the rubble she saw Lucy, Hawk, and Meliodas hiding there.
"Hello." Said Lucy meekly with a small wave.
"Get up!" Ordered Griamor as Lucy stood up.
"Why are you even here, Veronica?" Asked Elizabeth curious.
"Why do you even have to ask? After running away like that. What else could it be? I'm here to take you home." Veronica told her sister.
Hearing that Lucy pulled Elizabeth back and stood in front of her. "So she can be another prisoner of the Holy Knights?" Questioned Lucy as she was glad she had her whip with her.
"Prisoner?" Questioned Veronica confused. "She'll be safer there then with those criminals."
Hearing that Lucy and Elizabeth shared a look.
"Veronica, when was the last time you saw either father or Margaret?" Asked Elizabeth curious.
"It's been a while, I won't lie." Said Veronica as she looked a little ashamed.
"They've been taken prisoner by the Holy Knights after a coup." Admitted Elizabeth as Veronica looked unamused.
"That's not true! Those are just lie's that the Seven Deadly Sins told you to make you more corporative." Countered Veronica as she didn't believe her.
"It's the truth." Said Lucy as she added. "I can summon a spirt that takes the form of anyone. When they do that, they gain a copy of that person's memories. I used it on Gilthunder, where we found out that they have Margaret prisoner and are forcing him to do what they want."
Hearing that Griamor said nothing as it was no secret that Gilthunder would do anything for Margaret. So if they did capture her, Gilthunder would do anything to keep her safe.
"And I'm suppose to talk your word for that? I don't even know who you are!" Stated Veronica as she had a point.
"Ellie we're leaving!" Veronica said as she went to grab her sister arm, only for Lucy to block her.
"No." Said Lucy strongly as she refused to move.
Seeing this Veronica grinned her teeth. "Griamor!" Ordered Veronica as Griamor understood.
Griamor walked forward as he used his strength to swat away the rumble between him and Lucy. Lucy on her part didn't flinch as she pulled out her Fleuve d'etoiles and swung it. Graimore was surprised when the whip turned into what looked like water surrounded by gold energy as he got hit several times. But then he grabbed her whip.
Lucy gulped as Graimore pulled the whip back as Lucy went flying forward. Lucy got lucky as she avoided hitting Graimore as she rolled on the ground behind him. Lucy recovered as she looked at Graimore.
"I don't have time to waste on you." Said Graimore as he held out his hand and a purple barrier surrounded Lucy.
"That is my Prefect Barrier, not even a meteor can break it." Graimore told Lucy as Lucy grinned confusing him.
"Who says I'm fighting alone?" Asked Lucy as she pulled out a key.
"Open the gate of the Goat! Capricorn!" Said Lucy as there was bright light and when it died there standing outside the sphere was someone new.
Standing there was a man wearing a butler outfit consisting of black pants, a light grey vest and tie. A white dress shirt and a black jacket. But like all of Lucy's spirts he was unique. In this case he was a goat standing like a man. He had thin ears on his head and horns on his side. On his back you could see a tail with a fluffy end. And he had a hairy beard. And last he wore black sunglasses that seemed to be held up by nothing.
"You called Lucy-sama?" Asked Capricorn polity.
"Yes." Said Lucy as she pointed at Graimore. "Defeat him!"
"I understand." Said Capricorn as he bowed to Lucy.
Then to Grimoire surprise Capricorn was already in front of him. Capricorn threw a fist at Grimoire gut as Grimoire gasped as he felt the air leave his lungs. Grimoire quickly jumped back to regain his breath.
Veronica was speechless. She's never seen magic like this before and never seen Grimoire hurt like that before either. Elizabeth at the same time was smiling as she was glad Lucy was able to counter attack after getting trapped like that.
"Wait first she summons a maid and now a butler? Why are her spirts so weird?" Hawk asked himself out loud as that did make Elizabeth stop and think as he had a point about the maid and butler bit.
Back in the fight Grimoire eyed Capricorn as he could feel he had to move carefully, or he'll take advantage of his mistakes. Capricorn then started to walk towards Grimoire as Grimoire was ready for him.
"Long shield!" Said Grimoire as a long rectangular shield appeared before him.
Capricorn saw the shield and simply jumped up. Grimoire eyes went wide as Capricorn came down and drop kicked him in the chest. Grimoire feet left the ground as he hit the ground hard. Then the barrier around Lucy vanished as she joined Capricorn.
"You have an impressive skill." Said Capricorn surprising Grimoire. "But your greatest weakness is your line of thinking."
"What do you mean?!" Demanded Grimoire feeling insulted.
"You're looking at fight 2-dimesional, when you should see them as 3-dimesional." Explained Capricorn as Grimoire's eyes went wide at what he said.
But before anyone could say anything Capricorn pushed Lucy away, when an explosion happened. The blast was so strong it sent Capricorn back to the Celestial Spirt realm. Everyone was shocked seeing this as someone spoke up.
"Those creatures are quite loyal to you aren't they." Said Guila as she walked down the path towards them.
"Guila!" Said Lucy worried as she might have spell that could help her. The only problem was it took time to get ready.
"Our bacon is cooked!" Cried out Hawk in fear, as even Elizabeth was worried.
"Excellent!" Said Veronica happy to see her. "Guila take care of them, while I get Ellie out of here."
"I'm afraid you won't be doing that." Said Guila confusing everyone.
"What do you mean?!" Asked Veronica confused and angry.
"You won't be taking Princess Elizabeth back, because you were killed by the Seven Deadly Sins." Said Guila emotionless confusing everyone.
"What are you talking about?" Asked Grimoire confused.
"Oh no." Said Lucy as she figured it out.
Guila looked at Lucy and smirked. "It seems you figured it out. Care to share." She told Lucy.
"You're going to kill Veronica and blame the Sins for it." Said Lucy shocking Veronica and Grimoire.
"What?! But I'm a princess of this kingdom?!" Asked Veronica as she was fearing for her life a bit.
"The royal family is a thing of the past. A princess in only name has no authority or power." Explained Guila as Veronica's eyes went wide.
'Ellie and them, were telling the truth.' Thought Veronica in shock as she saw Guila wasn't kidding.
"Open gate of the Ram, Aries!" Said Lucy as she summoned a new spirt.
This time a young woman appeared with neck length pink hair and drown eyes. She wore a white and fluffy strapless dress that went to her thighs. She also had on yellow leggings and white fluffy boots. But what stood out for her was a pair of ram horns on her head.
Guila eyed Lucy's new spirt curious. It didn't look like much of a fighter. So why did she summon this one?
"Let her have it!" Yelled Lucy as she pointed at Guila.
"I'm sorry." Said Aries as she bowed before attacking. "Wool Bomb!"
Aries then fired a massive amount of pink wool from her hands at Guila. Seeing this Guila fired a bomb off at the wool, causing wool to fly everywhere. A few pieces landed on Guila as she suddenly felt more relaxed and a little sleepy.
'So that's her plan.' Thought Guila as she had to admit it was something she didn't see coming. Put her to sleep and run away wasn't a bad plan. Then Guila saw more wool coming her way, as she dealt with it the same way as before, while avoiding any more wool landing on her.
Seeing that Guila was occupied for the moment, Lucy rushed over to Grimoire.
"Listen I know we were just fighting, but I need your help." Lucy told him confusing Grimoire.
"Why should I help you?" Asked Grimoire as he wasn't sure who he could trust right now.
"Because we both want to protect Elizabeth and Veronica." Countered Lucy as she had a plan, but she needed Grimoire's help. Lucy quickly looked over at Meliodas, who was still out of it and knew they were on their own.
Grimoire thought about it. Guila had proved that she was a threat to Veronica and Elizabeth. And as much as he hates to admit it the new generation of Holy Knights, were stronger than him. And he was still injured from his fight with Capricorn.
"What's your plan?" Asked Grimoire as he was willing to work with her.
"Yes, what is your plan?" Asked Guila as Lucy and Grimoire looked over and saw Guila as she had Aries in a headlock.
"I'm sorry." Said Aries as she couldn't get free.
"I could finish her off right now and she'll go back to wherever your summons come from. But I know you care for them, so I'll give you the choice to surrender. If not, I'll make sure she stays here, and it isn't pleasant." Threatened Guila as Lucy smirked.
"Sorry, but if I gave in every time something like this happened, I wouldn't be here right now. And I'll never surrender just like the other Sins!" Declared Lucy with determination on her face.
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Diane's Location, several minutes earlier
Over where Diane fell, Howzer was questioning Marmas.
"Marmas, why did you use your power on a non-resisting human and an innocent civilian?" Asked Howzer as he never took his eyes off Marmas.
"Hum, resisting or not, the opponent was a criminal that was planninin' to overthrow the kingdom. And did yer call her a human? What ah killed was a little giantess." Answered Marmas as he snickered at the end.
"And what about the civilian? What about the town you attacked?" Asked Howzer as he was getting angry.
"What're yer getten' worked up about? A civilian or two for when it's for the greater good?" Answered Marmas as he didn't see anything wrong.
"Then who's more of a criminal? The giantess who put herself in harm's way to protect a civilian or the roly-poly who kills innocent people?" Asked Howzer as he got into a fighting stance.
"Ro…roly-poly?! Watch yer mouth, yer damn brat! Are yer askin ta be flattened like her too!?" Asked Marmas pissed off.
As the two were ready to fight the ground shock. Confused the two looked around, until they saw Mama Hawk walking towards them with something in her mouth.
"The hell! What is a giant pig doing here?!" Asked Howzer confused.
Mama Hawk then dropped what looked like Diane's clothes down the hole Diane fell down. Seeing this confused the two knights wondering what it was doing. But Marmas patience didn't last long.
"Shoo! Shoo! Shoo! Go away or I'll turn you into flattened pork!" Threatened Marmas as Mama Hawk blew some air from its nose at him.
"Why you!" Said Marmas pissed off.
But then they heard something weird. Like the ground moving.
Then from the hole came an armoured fist. The fist then came down on Marmas crushing him like a tin can.
Howzer turned around and to his surprise it was Diane climbing out of the hole. But two things stood out. Frist was Diane was half dressed as she was only wearing her one-piece suit and wrist guard. The rest of her cloths were in her other hand that was holding her scared treasure Gideon.
"You're alive!" Said Howzer surprised.
"Barely." Said Diane as she was now free.
"But how?" Asked Howzer curious.
"I made a platform of earth as I fell so I didn't have far to go." Explained Diane as she got lucky.
Howzer looked down at Marmas and saw he was completely out of it. Seeing this Howzer knew what he had to do.
"Serpent sin of Envy Diane!" Started Howzer gaining Diane's attention. "There's something very wrong with the Kingdom. With what I was told by your blond hair companion and what I saw here. I know there's something going on with the new generation lead by Hendrickson."
"What are you saying?" Asked Diane curious.
"You have a friend on the inside now." Said Howzer with a grin. He knew the dangers he was placing himself in, but he couldn't stand by and do nothing knowing what was happening.
"Thank you." Said Diane as they could use a friend.
"You better get going!" Howzer told Diane, who nodded and ran off to join the others.
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Ban's Location
With Ban he was getting a little worried. Everyone's magic levels were all over the place. He could barely sense both Meliodas and King. Lucy was getting weaker, and Diane seemed to be the only one who was ok.
Ban then stopped as he felt King's magic near him. Rushing over he found King laying on the ground badly hurt and unconscious.
"Oh, King!" Cried out Ban as he ran over and checked on him. Ban lifted King up and gave him a gently shake.
"Hey wake up! This is no time to be sleeping!" Said Ban as whoever did this could still be close by.
King barely opened his eyes as he spoke. "He's going after her."
Hearing this Ban was confused.
"Going after who?!" Asked Ban worried as it was most likely Elizabeth, but he had to be sure. But King then passed out again before he could answer him.
Ban then stood up and slung King over his shoulder as he locked in on Lucy's magic since she was most likely near Elizabeth. And with that he took off hoping he wasn't too late.
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Lucy's Location
"So, you won't surrender then." Said Guila as she expected that. But she stopped when she noticed something, Lucy was grinning.
"Why are you grinning?" Guila asked Lucy curious.
"Because I can do this." Said Lucy as she pointed at Aries. "Force gate closer!" Then Aries vanished from Guila hold surprising her.
"Now!" Cried out Lucy to Grimoire.
Grimoire was confused for a second before he realized what she meant.
"Prefect barrier!" Cried out Grimoire as Guila was trapped in his barrier, unimpressed.
"This is your plan? To trap in this barrier?" Asked Guila as she used her magic to get free, only to fail and hurt herself.
"I told you only a meteor can break that barrier!" Boasted Grimoire proudly.
Seeing this Lucy knew this was her chance.
"Survey the heavens, Open the Heavens… All the Stars, far and wide… Show me thy appearance… With such shine. Oh Tetrabiblos… I am the ruler of the stars… Aspect become complete… Open thy Malevolent gate. Oh 88 Stars of the heaven… Shine! Urano Metria!" Chanted Lucy as planets appeared around Lucy shocking everyone.
Lucy then looked at Guila making said girl afraid. Then the planets shot towards Guila. Seeing this Grimoire dropped his barrier not wanting it to block anything. Guila then took the full force of Lucy's ultimate spell Urano Metria.
When the smoke and dust cleared Guila was laying in a crater, gravely wounded and unconscious. Seeing this everyone relaxed.
"Princesses are you ok?" Asked Grimoire as he rushed over to Veronica and Elizabeth. As Lucy stood there catching her breath as Urano Metria takes a lot out of her.
"Who is she?" Was all Veronica could say as she's never seen magic like hers before.
"She's my comrade, my teacher and most importantly my best friend." Answered Elizabeth with a smile on her face.
Lucy meanwhile was about to walked over to the others when she suddenly stopped as her eyes went wide, and she trembled.
"I must admit, I've never seen a spell like that before." Said Helbram as he stood right behind Lucy.
Hearing his voice everyone looked over. But when they did, they stood there gasping in shock and fear. Because Helbram stood there with his sword coming out of Lucy's stomach as it was covered in Lucy's blood.
Lucy's stood there as she looked pale as she couldn't or rather wouldn't move.
"I won't lie. I've accomplished my main task here." Said Helbram as he held Meliodas's blade as he continued. "But you're starting to become a pain, with your talk of our plans to release the demon clan. So don't take this personally."
Helbram then took his sword out of Lucy and teleported away as Guila also vanished. As the sword left Lucy blood came out of both sides of the wound as Lucy even coughed up blood. Lucy then fell to her knees and then faceplanted on the ground. Around Lucy her blood started to pool around her.
The others could only watch on in disbelief as the looked at Lucy. But it was Elizabeth who found her voice first.
"LUCY!" Echoed Elizabeth voice as everyone still in Byzal could hear it.
A lot has happened in this chapter. And I know, I left it with Lucy in such a state. And I know there will be people who will be sending me a message saying something along the lines of 'next chapter now!'. All I can say to this is no. I have other stories to work on and a life. If I get enough reviews saying hurry up, I'm going to skip working on this story for a while. You have been warned.
On another not I would like to thank Warmachine375 for Helbram new spells and that's only the tip of what he gave me for him.
And some of you are probably wondering how Jericho was able to break free from the hold the demon blood had on her. The reason being was when she took it, she had her doubts and fears. And when Ban called her out that part of her mind was able to push itself to the surface temporarily.
Also Howzer not stupid he knew things were wrong in cannon, Lucy talking to him just gave him a little push in the right direction.
Until next time.