01x16 - The Legends, Provoked

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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 sitcross-legged, either.

Okay!

Are you leaving us already?

Have a drink with us first.

Oh, no, it was enough for mejust to see you once more.

I see.

Hey, Meliodas.

If you're seeing traces of Lizwhen 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 :THE LEGENDS, PROVOKED

Nice to meet you, Sir Gowther.

I am Elizabeth,the third princess of Liones.

Please... lend me your assistance insaving 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 uswhen 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 meto 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 drinkingpretty 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 anythingyou don't particularly like?



I have no preferenceswhen 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 speakingin 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 elseyou wanna ask me?



"I'm so moved."

"I never thought that I'd ever be reunitedwith the others again."

Isn't that aboutwhat 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 framedfor 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 youand 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 rumorsabout her since then,

but none of the information was reliable,

and she would vanishbefore 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 imaginationleading 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 deceitfulabout your height,

claiming to be feet rather than .

The fudging of your weightis even more severe...

You're so mean! I hate you, Gowther!

I can't believe you'd spilla woman's secrets to everyone!

Not much differencebetween and anyway.

Well, it matters to a girl!

As for you, Ban,

twelve years ago, during that battlewith the vampires in Edinburgh,

you became falling-down drunk...

Oh, yeah, that time I got hammeredand didn't take part in it, right?



I said I was sorry!

On top of that, you used Physical Huntto steal away King and Diane's power,

and convulsed with laughteras you watched them struggle.

Oh really?

That explains whyI 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 fitthe 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 hideour guilty consciences. Right?



That's right!

Not that I have anythingto feel guilty about.

There was no need for me to join you.

The reason being, King,

that you could've easily defeatedthat opponent,

if your magical powershad 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 thatyou're unable to use your magical powers.

No, perhaps I should sayyou're refusing to--

Now, now.Don't get so hot under the collar!

Why shouldn't I?



Gowther, you shouldn't delve so deeplyinto 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 speakingwith 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 humansand 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 roomall this time...

Sorry to cause you worry.

For a grand master to reel sofrom 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 happenwhile I was gone?



Well... I hear thatyet more Apprentice Holy Knights

have joined the ranksof the New Generation.

I see...

Could this be some kind of omen?

From the look in their eyes,

it's like they've been possessedby something...

All of them, to a man.

So they're on Hendrickson's side... eh?



That's right.

Unfortunately, it seems thatI 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 Dawncarry out the Armor Giant raid?



To be honest, it pissed me offthat he didn't ask us,

so I followed them. And...

There I saw the Seven Deadly Sinswaging a furious battle

against a monster that looked likeit 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 powerfrom that monster.

One was the same as the Demonwe saw underground.

And the other was that of...

A Holy Knight.

Holy Knight?



Yeah, can you believe it?



Demon and Holy Knight...

a monster possessingboth kinds of magical power!

That sounds like...

Just like...New Generation knights like us.

I wanted to be sure, so I dug up the gravemade by the Seven Deadly Sins.

And the monster I found there...

No, the man who might've beena 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 whileafter 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 controland were difficult to subdue.

But the Apprentice Holy Knight-basedNew Generation,

while inferior to the Old Generationin terms of power,

wield sufficient magical powers,and they're easier to control.

Meaning that the daughter has personallyredeemed 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 doneis to await the coming chaos.

With his eminent power,

the King of Liones broughtsuch abominable peace to Britannia.

It has taken awaythe people's survival instincts

and robbed knights of their prideand will to fight.

As for what peace has yielded,

there's only the rust coatingour armor and swords.

But I swear that I'll restore Britanniato its former glory.

We will now release the Demon race,

and we Holy Knights and the New Generationshall 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 captainwas 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 capitaland get my sword back!

Sword?

You mean the dragon hiltthat 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 faultthat you lost it.

Personal responsibility.

Comfort me!

All right. There, there.

Captain!

Right. The Coffin of Eternal Darkness...

That dragon hilt is a fragmentof a ritual relic.

That sword is...?



Yeah, according to an ancient legend...

It's one of the fragments of a reliefcreated to seal away the Demon race...

when the Goddess, Giant, Fairy, andHuman races joined forces long, long ago.

But what are the Holy Knights planningto do by gathering such things?



Most likely... the resurrectionof the Demon race.

The Demon race, again?



Come to think of it,

it was Hendrickson who turned Daleinto 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 asterrible as resurrecting the Demon race?



What, does he want to be friendswith them?



-Surely not!-Then what's he after?



To bring on a Holy w*r.

Hendrickson! What are you talking about?



Dreyfus.

Your prophecy of this Holy w*r

saw us Holy Knightsas the Guiding Hands of Light,

and the Seven Deadly Sinsas the Bloodline of Darkness, right?



But I see it a different way.

They're simply not enough.

Surely you're not saying the Demon raceis the Bloodline of Darkness...

In that ancient battle, the Demon raceput up a fight with the Four Clans,

and showed themselves to bemore than a match.

You bastard, I knew that you were schemingbehind my back, but surely you wouldn't...

The preparations are nearly complete.

All that's left to do is to obtainthe last fragment and break the seal.

Are you out of your mind?



Do you really think Humans stand a chanceagainst 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 wantedthe post of grand master...

That you incited me to join you...

And k*lled 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 eliminatedjust like your son, Griamore.

Eliminated?

That'll be you!

Hey, hey!

So you mean they've already usedthat 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 afternot 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 spotand then vanishing.

It's an advanced teleporting technique.

Captain!

To the capital! I'm heading over right nowto save Elizabeth!

But it's more than 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 amountsof magical power

approaching the kingdomfrom the northwest!

Who is it?



Their identity is unclear.But magical power of this scope...

The Seven Deadly Sins?



If so, then it meanswe'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 Knightsand knights within the castle!

A group believed to bethe Seven Deadly Sins is approaching!

Tighten defenses against the north gateand the western ramparts!

Holy Knights should also deployat locations besides the north gate.

Prepare for battle!

That's them! Here they come!

There's our target!

Get ready to counterattack!

Our only objectiveis to get Elizabeth back.

Keep the fighting to a minimum!

Roger that.

Well, we're going all-outwith that minimum, right, Captain?



We're going for the k*ll!

-Aura Burst!-Inferno Curse!

Plant Whip!

-b*llet Squall!-Wind sh**t!

-Death Breath!-Flick Stone!

Full Counter!

FULL COUNTER

The defensive forces outsidethe 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 sideof the castle.

This magical power...is it at the south gate?



Don't tell me the Seven Deadly Sins splitinto two and have us in their crossfire?



No, this is several hundred timesthe amount of magical power.

And it includes two exceptionallydevastating powers...

-Who is it?

-Holy Knight Grand Master!

We have a problem!

What is it?

A massive army has appearednear the south gate!

An army, did you say?

-Who's leading it?

-Sir!

The new king of Camelot!

Arthur!