I swear to protect you my whole life.
With Meliodas' help,
Gilthunder is released from the decade-long curse that has bound him.
He avenges his father by striking down Hendrickson.
With the arrival of the Sin of Gluttony, Boar Sin Merlin,
Vivian's ambitions are foiled.
Meanwhile, in the darkness of an unknown location,
Hawk hears the ominous sound of footsteps.
So this is the Trumpet of Cernunnos, huh?
It's frickin' huge.
Hey, Goddess or whoever, can you hear me? Hello?
Hey, if you can hear me...
In exchange for my life,
I want you to bring Elaine back from the dead.
Hey! You listening?
Yeah, right. Like it would be that easy.
Oh, well.
Who are you?
Is that you, Master?
Hey, what the hell are you doing there? I mean, why are you here?
You tell me!
I mean, where is this place? I mean, where's Elizabeth?
This is a tale of ancient times,
when the human and non-human worlds had not yet split.
Where there were nations, there were Holy Knights;
where there were Holy Knights, there were no nations.
But was it this structure
that robbed the Holy Knights of their freedom and sense of justice?
That is why they are legends.
Holy Knights who had surpassed the Holy Knights.
They are, in other words, the Seven Deadly Sins!
EPISODE 21: THE LOOMING THREAT
Are you afraid?
No, because I know Sir Meliodas will be coming.
And besides, I'm with you now, Father.
I see. But it's only a matter of time before we'll be separated again.
What?
You know about my magical power, Vision, don't you?
It only shows me what will happen to me, and to my surroundings,
but through vague words and visuals, it allows me to see into the future.
Then did you see something?
Very soon, a crimson boar will rescue me from this impregnable area.
Boar?
So...
You're saying you got blasted all the way here by that masked mage?
Yeah, she probably feared my true abilities.
Anyway, let's head outside!
The first thing we gotta do is save Elizabeth, right?
- Sorry, but... - Huh?
You go on ahead, Master.
Why?
I guess I can't just let go so easily...
There's something I still gotta do.
Correct, there's something you need to do.
Wh-Who's that? Hey, you!
Someone from the Goddess race?
Goddess race?
Show yourself! Where are you talking to us from?
Unfortunately, that's not possible at this time.
As we lost our powers in the ancient war,
it'll take some time to rebuild ourselves into what we were before.
Man, you're stuck-up!
However, resurrecting one fairy would be a trifle.
I know I shouldn't say this when I'm the one asking for it, but...
Do you Goddesses really grant anybody's wish just like that?
In exchange for my life are you really—
No.
We have no intention of taking your life.
Instead, we shall give you a mission.
Hey, Ban! No matter how you slice it, this person's really sketchy!
Yeah, maybe.
- But you keep your mouth shut, Master. -Keep your mouth shut, Pig.
A-A double whammy?
Gotcha. You name it, I'll do it!
We want you to kill a certain person.
Did you say "kill"?
Ban! Come on, this is bad news!
For someone as exalted as a Goddess, that's a vile request.
You won't accept this mission, then?
Didn't I just tell you? I'll do anything.
So, who do I kill?
Currently, he goes by this name.
Seven Deadly Sins, Dragon Sin... Meliodas.
Guila...
Thank goodness.
Damn you, how dare you! I'm gonna kill you!
- No, you're not! - Who is this kid?
Zeal. My little brother.
How did the battle go? What about the Seven Deadly Sins?
There's no longer any reason for us to fight them.
We lost to them, you see.
Huh?
Come to think of it, you never gave me your answer.
Why you drank the Demon blood.
Vivian. Where is Princess Elizabeth?
In the king's room!
There's your answer.
Hey, she's running off! What should we do?
Never mind her. Rescuing Elizabeth is more important.
Then let us hurry.
Where are we?
In front of my father's room.
I tried to teleport us inside, only to be deflected.
It appears to be my unworthy disciple's handiwork.
All right. Okay, everybody stay back!
Hold up, Captain.
Even with your powers, you couldn't breach this barrier.
It's the Perfect Cube.
It's a spell from the Demon world, able to deflect any kind of power.
Regardless of the scope of that power.
That's right!
Even if you launched an all-out attack, it wouldn't sustain a crack.
Too bad for you!
Eat your hearts out!
How did you erase the spell?
Absolute Cancel.
I cut off both my disciple and the spell cast over this room.
Th-That's got to be against the rules!
Hey.
It hasn't even been a day since we've been apart.
But I've missed you so much, I couldn't stand it!
- There, there. - Hey!
You sure got old, Bartra!
And you haven't changed at all.
Guess not!
- Uh... - Hey!
Dreyfus!
It's been a while since I last saw you too, Dreyfus.
What the hell is going on here?
Hendrickson is dead.
Without confessing to the crime he can never escape.
Crime...
I saw it happen.
Ten years ago, the morning of the anniversary festival.
You conspired with Hendrickson to murder Zaratras.
Such an unspeakable sight.
And then, wracked with overwhelming fear, I told Gil about it.
But Vivian happened to be right there.
She placed us each under guard, and we were forced to do her bidding.
I see! Well, you were pretty infatuated with Gilthunder even then.
But now that curse has been lifted by Meliodas.
I've been defeated.
Just as they told you, I conspired with Hendrickson,
and killed Grand Master Zaratras.
At first, I was only jealous of my brother.
But somewhere along the way it turned into hatred.
I am sorry.
But what does that have to do with what's going on now?
It's to start a Holy War.
Holy War?
It's a phrase from an ancient Britannian poem.
His Majesty predicted that it would occur sometime soon.
But His Majesty ordered us to lay down our swords.
I was planning to use the Holy War to lay to rest what happened ten years ago.
By annihilating the Seven Deadly Sins as our enemies in the Holy War,
I would leave no one who knew the truth behind the incident. But...
Hendrickson thought differently.
That's cheating! That's cheating!
No one told me that that woman would show up!
Thanks to her, everything's a huge mess now!
Gil! Gil!
My Gil!
If you're pining for him that much, just take him back again.
After that incident from ten years ago, Hendrickson changed.
But I never suspected he was mad enough to plot the Demon race's resurrection.
How did it come to this?
All I ever wanted was to be a father that my son could be proud of.
Griamore is alive.
He was told to guard my sister Veronica's remains.
I'm sure he still is, now.
Father...
- Dreyfus... - Sire!
As of now, I'm relieving you of your post as Grand Master.
Until I hand down your sentence, wait in the dungeon.
Yes, sire!
I'll take him to the dungeon.
- Sire! - Father!
Let me look.
He's weakened considerably. He needs treatment right away.
Lady Merlin, please save my father!
I also ask you to save him!
Yes, I'll do everything I can. But His Majesty can't rest easy here.
I'd like to treat him in Camelot. Is that all right?
Neither of you has anything to worry about.
Elizabeth, remember the Vision I just told you about.
Vision?
A crimson boar?
Big Sister Margaret, let's leave it to Lady Merlin!
If you say so.
I don't know what's going on, but looks like everything's settled.
- And if that's the case, let's get— - Sir Meliodas!
You and I were brought together by a great twist of fate!
As Camelot's grand master, I ask you for your help!
Sure thing.
R-Really? Then please come with me right—
If I'm ever in the mood.
I've got to clean up this town, and there's the Boar's Hat, too.
It's not happening any time soon.
No way...
He got you good, eh?
What about you, Merlin? You coming back to the Seven Deadly Sins?
If I'm ever in the mood.
Huh! I guess she got me.
Oh, crap! I forgot to ask Merlin about ten years ago.
U-Um...
Sir Meliodas... someday, are you really going to leave me?
Th-The castle!
Are you all right, Elizabeth?
Yes, but what in the world happened just now?
Are you both all right?
- There's one more person... - Right.
Dreyfus is gone.
What happened here?
What order are you from? Go back to your post.
- Leave this to us Holy Knights. - Memeza, nemeza, memenomaza...
Blood... Awaken now.
Hey! Are you listening?
What's going on? The castle's in ruins!
But their magical powers haven't been extinguished.
Let's hurry up and join them!
Wait! Something's wrong with Guila and Jericho.
That's not any ordinary suffering!
Sister!
I don't... regret a thing!
Demon blood or not... whatever it is... power is power!
It's like a sinister black magical power is pouring out from inside them.
Most likely, it's the same change that Dale went through.
I'll show him, if it's the last thing I do!
My brother, who's always scorned me because I'm a woman!
Do it now!
Diane!
Wait, King! What are you gonna do?
I'm gonna kill Jericho! It's all Diane can do to just stand!
You don't have to worry about me!
Anyway, what's happening to Guila and Jericho?
Probably the Demon blood inside those New Generation knights
is going out of control.
No, it's being forced to go out of control!
Captain!
Gil! What's up with you?
There's no time to explain now. I'll give the rundown later.
Captain, being "forced to go out of control..."
- Don't tell me someone's behind this? - Yeah.
Both Guila and Jericho are New Generation. It's not just these two.
Doesn't it seem unnatural for all the New Generation knights in the city
to go berserk at the same time?
At the same time?
Look.
Wh-What's this?
Diane!
You're as perceptive as I expected.
The New Generation are, so to speak, losers who couldn't become Holy Knights.
Their hearts are filled with inferiority towards the Holy Knights,
and rage at themselves for being inept.
This ancient curse will intensify those feelings,
and eventually take over all of them.
Y-You're...
So you're alive,
Hendrickson!
Hendrickson?
But why does he look like that?
So he has the Demon blood in him, too?
What an incredible boon!
When one is truly compatible with Demon blood,
it supercharges them physically and amplifies their magical powers.
All that research and experimentation was worth it!
Hand over Elizabeth.
Do so, and as one Demon to another, I'll let you live.
Don't lump me together with you.
You're neither a human nor a Demon. You're just an idiot!
I expected that response.
Then was this expected, too?
Of course.
Reinforcements?
How?
I thought you just died!
Helbram!
It's no use talking to him. He was always dead.
Aren't you the one who killed him?
You... What did you do to Helbram?
King!
I hear you Fairies don't rot even after you're dead.
For almost 200 years, this one's corpse had been going
for a high price among black market dealers,
and I bought it, and gave it temporary life.
A forbidden technique passed down by the Druids, "Enslavement of the Dead."
But one can only be revived twice, you see.
- With each resurrection, the soul erodes, - Harlequin, I was...
- and his functions diminish markedly. - by the humans...
That's... that's too cruel!
Try to be happier for him. I've given you a wonderful opportunity.
To kill your friend a third time!
A delightful show is about to begin!
Dammit!
Hey... hey... Is that for real?
Hendrickson!
Well done, Vivian.
- Sir Meliodas! - Gilthunder!
Vivian! Curse you!
You belong to me, Gil!
Do you know how much I love you...
- Gil! - Gil!
Sir Meliodas...
Why did you go after Gil? That wasn't part of the deal!
Oh, yes, it was. Now this man belongs to you.
Reduced to a corpse, he'll never run from you again.
Never.
No way...
Now then,
I'm going to make sure I finish both of you off!
Stop it!
As you wish. I will go with you.
In return, don't lay a hand on those two!
Elizabeth...
Elizabeth! What are you...?
That's a good girl.
I was only going to let Meliodas live, but I'll throw in Gilthunder for free!
Don't do it... Don't go!
Elizabeth!
Sir Meliodas...
For once, let me protect you.
Then shall we?
Don't go, Elizabeth!
Sir Meliodas...
That promise we made... Please don't ever forget it.
I'm committed to seeking out the Seven Deadly Sins with you
and stopping the Holy Knights.
Even if you should die, I'll keep my promise to you!
Elizabeth!
Captain...
Ban! Help me out!
Elizabeth... Hendrickson kidnapped her!
Not again!
Jeez, don't those Holy Knights know how to treat a princess?
Hawk, you're here, too?
Never mind that!
Look at you, you're on the brink of death! Get some rest!
All right, Ban! Let's you and I go rescue Elizabeth!
Of course you're coming with me, right?
Right?
H-Hey...
O-Oh, right!
First we're gonna rescue Diane and the others, right?
Right! Right!
Ban, you don't have any funny ideas in your head, do you?
Ban, why aren't you saying anything?
Yeah...
I love you, Captain!
That's why I don't want to make you suffer. Don't dodge.
I refuse!
Whoa! So high!
Just as I expected of you, Captain.
We're busy! What kind of a sick joke is this?
You guys, enough is enough!
This is no time to be fighting each other! For Pete's sake!
Hey, Captain...
I've been trying not to say or even think about this for the longest time,
but now I think I'll just ask!
Are you from the Demon race?
All right, Lady Elizabeth. We're almost there.
No. It ends here.
Without me, you won't be able to resurrect those Demons, will you?
Where's this coming from?
Come now, be a good girl and hand me that dagger.
Hendrickson.
That voice is...
Dreyfus.