Hey, Ban. So you had a spare for that outfit?
Yeah, on the way to the village...
You stole it, right?
Food! Food! Food!
Bad manners, Hawk.
Well, Diane, then you shouldn't sit cross-legged, either.
Okay!
Are you leaving us already? Have a drink with us first.
Oh, no, it was enough for me just to see you once more.
I see.
Hey, Meliodas.
If you're seeing traces of Liz when you look at that princess...
No, never mind.
All right, may we meet again someday!
You take care, too, Barzard!
This is a tale of ancient times,
when the human and non-human worlds had not yet split.
Not content with just the Kingdom of Liones,
nations with Holy Knights have extended their reach across all of Britannia!
Magic is power...
and it is this power that can sway an entire country's fortunes.
Of all these knights, one group is renowned throughout Britannia.
Their name is...
EPISODE 16: THE LEGENDS, PROVOKED
Nice to meet you, Sir Gowther.
I am Elizabeth, the third princess of Liones.
Please... lend me your assistance in saving the kingdom from the Holy Knights.
No.
No?
You didn't just meet me.
We already met in Ordan.
And, also, you became acquainted with us when you were a child.
Now that you mention it, she was always around the king.
A little wisp of a kid!
I don't think I remember that...
Addressing Her Highness like that - a bit rude, maybe?
I stand corrected - princess.
Um... then...
Have I met Sir Meliodas before, too, by any chance?
Well, yeah.
Sir Meliodas!
So, anyway, Gowther...
What's your answer?
I'll agree to it.
It was the king who named me to the Seven Deadly Sins.
If it's a request from his daughter, I have no reason to decline.
All right!
Now that there are five of us here, how about we drink to celebrate?
Right!
Not that we're not drinking pretty much every day...
- Cheers! - Ch-Cheers!
That's good!
Want me to bring you some food?
Oh, no worries. I can get it myself!
I'm not gonna lose to you, Captain!
You're so gonna eat those words!
Here you go. Is there anything you don't particularly like?
I have no preferences when it comes to food.
Detecting bizarreness.
Yo, Gowther!
I'm Sir Hawk, captain of the Order of Scraps Disposal!
Hey, if you have any questions, feel free to ask me anything!
Why would a pig be speaking in the human tongue?
No idea.
Why are you eating scraps?
'Cause they're tasty!
That's all.
That's it already?
Isn't there anything else you wanna ask me?
"I'm so moved."
"I never thought that I'd ever be reunited with the others again."
Isn't that about what you were just thinking?
Not one of us is from the same species.
- That's it? - It is.
Now that you mention it, I guess you're right.
Hey, Gowther.
Ten years ago,
when the Seven Deadly Sins were framed for trying to overthrow the kingdom,
do you remem—
I see what it is you want to ask.
The visuals and audio are hazy,
but you wish to know who assaulted you and knocked you unconscious when we fled?
Do you know?
Yes. You were knocked out by...
Boar Sin...
The Boar Sin of Gluttony - Merlin.
Merlin? But why?
The reason itself escapes me.
I've heard several rumors about her since then,
but none of the information was reliable,
and she would vanish before I could uncover the truth.
Hey, you guys! Listen to this and be stunned!
Wouldn't you know, apparently, Gowther identified King by his body odor!
Along with his bone structure and tone.
Body odor?
By the smell of his body, you mean?
So anyway, King, let us smell you!
Hey, it's a sickly-sweet kind of smell, huh?
- Smells like flowers! - Cut it—
- Somehow, it smells so familiar. - Just as you'd expect from the Fairy King!
Diane's face is so close...
Cut it out! If you crowd me like that...
Now it smells sour all of a sudden!
It stinks of sweat!
That must be your imagination leading you on!
Somehow, it smells so familiar!
No sweat.
Sir King... Fight!
Hey, no fair ganging up on me!
Did I do anything to you?
Yeah, you sure did! This is unbearable, do something about it!
Very well.
Diane, you are deceitful about your height,
claiming to be 29 feet rather than 30.
The fudging of your weight is even more severe...
You're so mean! I hate you, Gowther!
I can't believe you'd spill a woman's secrets to everyone!
Not much difference between 29 and 30 anyway.
Well, it matters to a girl!
As for you, Ban,
twelve years ago, during that battle with the vampires in Edinburgh,
you became falling-down drunk...
Oh, yeah, that time I got hammered and didn't take part in it, right?
I said I was sorry!
On top of that, you used Physical Hunt to steal away King and Diane's power,
and convulsed with laughter as you watched them struggle.
Oh really? That explains why I couldn't muster any strength that day!
So that's the reason?
Hey, it was twelve years ago! Don't be mad—
This punishment so doesn't fit the crime!
Very well.
Hey, hey, hold up!
Cut it out, will you? Why do you always have to make trouble?
Hey, we all want to hide our guilty consciences. Right?
That's right!
Not that I have anything to feel guilty about.
There was no need for me to join you.
The reason being, King,
that you could've easily defeated that opponent,
if your magical powers had been maxed out.
Perhaps because I'm drunk, my thoughts are incoherent...
Elaine?
Hey! Gowther!
This Helbram... who is he?
Apparently, it's because of this man that you're unable to use your magical powers.
No, perhaps I should say you're refusing to—
Now, now. Don't get so hot under the collar!
Why shouldn't I?
Gowther, you shouldn't delve so deeply into people's memories, either.
That's right.
If you're gonna read anything, read the room!
Read the room?
Sir Meliodas, your meat is cooked.
Hey, thank you.
Is the princess in love with the captain?
Compared to when she's speaking with the rest of us,
her tone shifts higher, and her heart rate increases.
I have heard about this before.
She is in a state called love.
This applies to both humans and other species.
- You-you-you idiot! - Now we're totally in for it!
- Calm down, Diane! - If you're gonna blow away the village...
I-I'm going back inside, all right?
Elizabeth...
This...
Thanks.
Sir Meliodas...
“It wasn't that she wanted you to fight, she wanted you to live,” huh?
Um...
Liz... what kind of person was she?
Let's see... She was the total opposite of you.
Strong-willed, and we fought a lot.
But... she was like you. Like you, Elizabeth.
Like me?
Yeah. You're strong. Both of you.
Strong? I am?
And also...
- You're a lot like her in this way, too! - U-Um...
- Is that a form of greeting? - In a pig's eye!
Grand Master Dreyfus!
Are you all right?
You've been cooped up in your room all this time...
Sorry to cause you worry.
For a grand master to reel so from a death in the family...
He looks so run down.
But who can blame him?
To be told that his son, Griamore, is dead...
Did anything out of the ordinary happen while I was gone?
Well... I hear that yet more Apprentice Holy Knights
have joined the ranks of the New Generation.
I see...
Could this be some kind of omen? From the look in their eyes,
it's like they've been possessed by something...
All of them, to a man.
So they're on Hendrickson's side... eh?
That's right.
Unfortunately, it seems that I wasn't off the mark with my prophecy.
Looks like we need to have a long chat... Hendrickson.
That's not like you. What's going on?
The other day, remember how Sir Helbram
had the Roars of Dawn carry out the Armor Giant raid?
To be honest, it pissed me off that he didn't ask us,
so I followed them. And...
There I saw the Seven Deadly Sins waging a furious battle
against a monster that looked like it could be the Armor Giant.
The Seven Deadly Sins? Then that monster was eliminated by—
That's not the issue here.
I sensed two kinds of magical power from that monster.
One was the same as the Demon we saw underground.
And the other was that of...
A Holy Knight.
Holy Knight?
Yeah, can you believe it?
Demon and Holy Knight...
a monster possessing both kinds of magical power!
That sounds like...
Just like... New Generation knights like us.
I wanted to be sure, so I dug up the grave made by the Seven Deadly Sins.
And the monster I found there...
No, the man who might've been a Holy Knight... had this on him.
But this is...
Did you take care of it? That so-called Armor Giant thing?
Thankfully, yes.
Though it did take quite a while after the experiment failed,
and he slipped from our grasp.
The Holy Knight-based Old Generation, because of their power,
were quick to spin out of control and were difficult to subdue.
But the Apprentice Holy Knight-based New Generation,
while inferior to the Old Generation in terms of power,
wield sufficient magical powers, and they're easier to control.
Meaning that the daughter has personally redeemed the failure of her father.
What a beautiful story.
"The embrace that binds you..."
Now, then, our preparations are complete.
All that's left to be done is to await the coming chaos.
With his eminent power,
the King of Liones brought such abominable peace to Britannia.
It has taken away the people's survival instincts
and robbed knights of their pride and will to fight.
As for what peace has yielded,
there's only the rust coating our armor and swords.
But I swear that I'll restore Britannia to its former glory.
We will now release the Demon race,
and we Holy Knights and the New Generation shall meet them in battle!
The gate is opening!
Come out, you Demons!
Show yourselves in all your unsightly, sinister glory!
Just as I thought, you seem to be missing a fragment.
Then we'll just have to take it by force.
What are you going to do?
Our only choice is to summon it.
Hey, Hawk's Mom?
What the heck do you eat every day?
Earthworms and moles?
I have no idea what you're saying!
What's up with that?
The greeting the captain was giving yesterday.
I said that's not right!
So where are we headed now?
Do you have a lead on our next comrade, by any chance?
Escanor and Merlin...
No...
First, I'm going to sneak into the capital and get my sword back!
Sword? You mean the dragon hilt that you lost...
I can't just let that go.
Guys, you'll come with me, won't you?
It sounds like a drag, so... I pass!
Yeah, it was your own fault that you lost it.
Personal responsibility.
Comfort me!
All right. There, there.
Captain!
Right. The Coffin of Eternal Darkness...
That dragon hilt is a fragment of a ritual relic.
That sword is...?
Yeah, according to an ancient legend...
It's one of the fragments of a relief created to seal away the Demon race...
when the Goddess, Giant, Fairy, and Human races joined forces long, long ago.
But what are the Holy Knights planning to do by gathering such things?
Most likely... the resurrection of the Demon race.
The Demon race, again?
Come to think of it,
it was Hendrickson who turned Dale into that monster, wasn't it?
Yes. No doubt about that.
Hendrickson...
To think the de facto leader of Liones, and Dreyfus, would go to such lengths...
But why would he want to do something as terrible as resurrecting the Demon race?
What, does he want to be friends with them?
- Surely not! - Then what's he after?
To bring on a Holy War.
Hendrickson! What are you talking about?
Dreyfus.
Your prophecy of this Holy War
saw us Holy Knights as the Guiding Hands of Light,
and the Seven Deadly Sins as the Bloodline of Darkness, right?
But I see it a different way.
They're simply not enough.
Surely you're not saying the Demon race is the Bloodline of Darkness...
In that ancient battle, the Demon race put up a fight with the Four Clans,
and showed themselves to be more than a match.
You bastard, I knew that you were scheming behind my back, but surely you wouldn't...
The preparations are nearly complete.
All that's left to do is to obtain the last fragment and break the seal.
Are you out of your mind?
Do you really think Humans stand a chance against Demons?
Yes, I assure you we can win.
Towards that end,
I have studied the Demons for many years, and have reaped various results.
The New Generation is one of them.
You fool!
Open your eyes!
It's inconceivable that the Holy Knights, who oversee justice,
would break the seal of a cursed race.
Justice?
So now you're preaching justice?
Ten years ago, you so badly wanted the post of grand master...
That you incited me to join you...
And killed your own elder brother, Zaratras - you!
Dreyfus, I need you.
I'd like you to lend me a hand...
But if your intent is to hinder me,
I'll have you eliminated just like your son, Griamore.
Eliminated? That'll be you!
Hey, hey!
So you mean they've already used that sword of yours
to resurrect the Demons?
No... it's a pretty powerful seal,
so if they do manage to break it, there's sure to be a sign.
It's a sign... I'm getting a sign!
Of a dump?
The seal's about to be broken...
- Hawk, are you all right? - Come to think of it...
Why were those guys going after not just the sword,
but you, too, Elizabeth?
Well, that's because...
She's the last key to breaking the seal.
Elizabeth! Get away from that person!
Dammit!
What's going on?
Most likely, it's a mage.
Instantly appearing in just the right spot and then vanishing.
It's an advanced teleporting technique.
Captain!
To the capital! I'm heading over right now to save Elizabeth!
But it's more than 40 miles from here...
Diane!
Gotcha!
Hold up.
I changed my mind. I'm coming with you!
Ban, this is no time to fool around.
There's a reason for me to go. Even I've got one!
I'll go with you, too.
You, too, Gowther? What are you doing?
The captain and Ban are always fighting. I'd like to learn by observing them.
Here goes. Bear with me if I'm off a little.
As long as it's in the right direction, no problem!
Make sure you rescue Elizabeth, all right?
Right!
No way...
I'm gonna die...
- Did you say something? - I can't make out anything...
Grand Masters!
It's an emergency!
We've detected large amounts of magical power
approaching the kingdom from the northwest!
Who is it?
Their identity is unclear. But magical power of this scope...
The Seven Deadly Sins?
If so, then it means we've acquired the fragment.
Dreyfus, we'll continue this another time.
Don't forget. I'm never going to forgive you.
Well, I have a pretty good memory. Rest assured...
Attention, all Holy Knights and knights within the castle!
A group believed to be the Seven Deadly Sins is approaching!
Tighten defenses against the north gate and the western ramparts!
Holy Knights should also deploy at locations besides the north gate.
Prepare for battle!
That's them! Here they come!
There's our target!
Get ready to counterattack!
Our only objective is to get Elizabeth back.
Keep the fighting to a minimum!
Roger that.
Well, we're going all-out with that minimum, right, Captain?
We're going for the kill!
- Aura Burst! - Inferno Curse!
Plant Whip!
- Bullet Squall! - Wind Shooter!
- Death Breath! - Flick Stone!
Full Counter!
FULL COUNTER
The defensive forces outside the north gate have been breached!
So you're the Seven Deadly Sins? You're not a worthy oppon—
- Stop the Seven Deadly Sins! - Stop them!
Elizabeth! Wait for me!
They're unstoppable! We can't stop them!
Captain, what's wrong, all of a sudden— What's that?
This strange magical power?
It's emanating from the other side of the castle.
This magical power... is it at the south gate?
Don't tell me the Seven Deadly Sins split into two and have us in their crossfire?
No, this is several hundred times the amount of magical power.
And it includes two exceptionally devastating powers...
- Who is it? - Holy Knight Grand Master!
We have a problem!
What is it?
A massive army has appeared near the south gate!
An army, did you say?
- Who's leading it? - Sir!
The new king of Camelot!
Arthur!