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.
Diane, 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 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...
Addressing Her Highness like that is rude.
I stand corrected.
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 as a Seven Deadly Sin.
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!
Although, we drink practically 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 going to lose to you, Captain!
Just you watch!
Here you go. Is there anything you don't like?
I have no preferences when it comes to food.
Detecting a bizarre noise.
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!
How can a pig speak in the human tongue?
No idea.
Why are you eating scraps?
Because they're tasty!
That's all.
That's it already?
You have no other questions?
"I'm so moved."
"I never thought that I'd ever be reunited with the others again."
Isn't that what you were just thinking?
Not one of us is from the same species.
- That's it? - It is.
Now that you mention it, that's true.
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...
Sin of Gluttony, Merlin.
Merlin? But, why?
The reason itself escapes me.
I've heard several rumors about her since then,
but none were very reliable,
and she'd 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.
- 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 worse—
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,
during the battle with the vampires in Edinburgh 12 years ago,
you became 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 guffawed 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,
you could've easily defeated him,
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, it's more you refuse—
Now, now. Don't get so hot under the collar!
Why shouldn't I?
Gowther, you shouldn't go around reading everyone's memories.
That's right.
Instead, 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.
Humans and other species share this—
- You-you-you idiot! - Now we're totally in for it!
- Easy, Diane! - If you 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 Holy Knight apprentices
have joined the ranks of the New Generation.
I see...
Could this be some kind of omen? 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?
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 could've been 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?
A monster possessing both a Demon and a Holy Knight's 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.
It did take a while after the experiment failed,
and he slipped from our grasp.
The Holy Knight-based Old Generation was powerful,
but quick to spin out of control and difficult to subdue.
But the apprentice Holy Knight-based New Generation,
while inferior in terms of power,
wield sufficient magical powers, and are 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 do is to await the coming chaos.
With his eminent power,
King Liones has brought abominable peace to Britannia.
It has robbed the people of their survival instincts
and knights of their pride and will to fight.
As for what peace has yielded,
there's only the rust on 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 New Generation will face them!
The gate is opening!
Come out, you Demons!
Show yourselves in all your unsightly, sinister glory!
As I thought, we must 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 can't understand you!
What's going on?
The greeting Captain used yesterday;
I said it'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'll infiltrate the capital and retrieve my sword!
Sword? You mean the dragon hilt that you lost...
I can't just let that go.
Guys, you'll join me, right?
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 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 one of the de facto leaders of Liones,
would go to such lengths...
But why 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.
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...
It's almost ready.
All that's left to do is to obtain the last fragment
and break the seal.
Are you out of your mind?
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!
The Holy Knights, who oversee justice,
cannot 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
and killed your own elder brother, Zaratras!
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 your sword
to resurrect the Demons?
No... it's a pretty powerful seal,
so if they 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 one spot, then vanishing.
It's high-level teleportation.
- Captain! - To the capital!
I'm going 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?
I want to observe how the captain and Ban fight and learn from them.
Here goes. Bear with me if I'm a little off.
As long as it's in the right direction, no problem!
Make sure you rescue Elizabeth, all right?
Right!
There!
No way...
I'm going to die.
- Did you say something? - I can't hear a thing.
Grand Masters!
It's an emergency!
Strong magical power is approaching 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!
The Seven Deadly Sins are approaching!
Tighten the north gate and western rampart defenses!
Deploy Holy Knights to 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!
The north gate's defense was 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 gone! 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!