Ryumi awoke within a small tavern with wooden tables that looked like tree stumps, a green door and a bar. Looking around he saw a pig looking at him with shiny black eyes. "Oh, you're awake! How are you feeling stranger?" The man hesitated before responding: "I'm f-fine thanks"
Just then Meliodas walked through the door stretching, his hands behind his head as Elizabeth walked in with him. "Ah, glad to see you're ok, we found you lying just outside a village passed out so we decided to bring you here to the boar hat to make sure nothing happened to you. My name is Meliodas and this is Elizabeth. We're on a quest to find all of our lost comrades"
(I should find a way back to the others at some point, but I guess there's no harm with helping these two find their allies first) Ryumi told himself before standing up. "I'd be happy to help you both find your friends"
Meliodas smiled "Great, the more help the better, finding the others won't be easy but with you helping that will give us a better chance!" The dragon sin of wrath rejoiced.
"With your help we can stop the holy knights from reining chaos over the kingdom" Elizabeth commented putting her hands together with a smile. The young tavern owner smirked announcing: "Well then, let's not waste any more time and go look for them!"
"Ah and where are we supposed to start looking!?" Hawk cried out looking at them. Meliodas smirked telling them to about the forest of dreams that a kid from the village mentioned. Since not even holy knights will venture inside, that's the perfect place for a sin to hide out"
"Then I guess we're headed to the forest of dreams" Ryumi responded still a little confused about where he was but knew he should help them...
They made their way from Bernia village towards the forest of dreams. As the three of them entered the forest, Ryumi could feel a strange energy flowing through the forest as mist filled the forest with bent and deformed trees.
"C-captain I'm not sure about this place" The others looked to see a giant girl asleep dressed in orange. That's when small goblins protected her. "Lady Diane, we're sorry but some holy knights managed to get in, please wake up lady Diane!"
The group watched as the giant opened her eyes standing over them. "Holy knights huh?" She quickly grabbed Meliodas pulling him close to her face looking deeply at him. Elizabeth clinched her fists in worry as she looked up at the giant. "Let go of Meliodas!"
Ryumi held his hand out preparing to charge a chidori when Diane's eyes lit up with excitement. "Captain! Captain, Captain, Captain! It's been so long since I've seen you!" She looked down at the three standing in front of her focusing on Elizabeth as she grew frustrated looking her up and down. "Who are you!?"
"M-my name is princess Elizabeth, the 3rd princess of the liones kingdom, I'm traveling with sir Meliodas"
"Hmph. You don't have any relations to the captain right?"
"Y-yes"
"Well Diane, we're also not in a relationship either" Meliodas responded with his back to her. Diane looked at her with a sad face as she cried out: "What!? Hmph! Well I the serpent of envy shall accompany you. But only because you're with the captain"
Just then bonds made of lightning wrapped around Ryumi and the others as a strong magical essence could be felt nearby. They looked to see Gilthunder walking out of the mist into view. "Seven deadly sins, I've finally found you" The holy knight stood there with a calm, cold expression as he focused his gaze on Meliodas. "Meliodas, dragon sin of wrath, with no one to stop me, I am now stronger than any deadly sin" Gilthunder looked Meliodas close to his face pointing his blade towards the young boy.
"Are you sure you want to do this? You never beat me in the past"
"I assure you, if I want to, I could destroy you and this entire forest" The trio broke free of the bonds as Gilthunder slashed right for the sin of wrath. Ryumi could only watch as the holy knight moved at immense speed, his sword attacks moving at great speed along with firing lightning from the blade itself as the captain dodged each attack with one hand in his pocket as if unphased by the fierce foe.
Pulling out his broken sword, they clashed with great power when Gilthunder managed to land a blow on Meliodas, filling the target with fierce lighting as he went staggering across the forest, Smashing into a large border as he left a large crack against it. "I didn't think you'd be so strong" As he got up, Gilthunder appeared behind him. Slashing across his back as blood gushed from the wound.
Meliodas collapsed in a pool of blood as the holy knight prepared for the final blow. "Any last words sin of dragon fury?"
"I-I want to know what happened to the other deadly sins"
"Very well, I'll tell you, the sin of greed is trapped in the prison of Baste, the sin of sloth is dead" Meliodas laid there motionless for a moment...
"Thank you!" His eyes snapped open as he leapt up with a smile on his face. Ryumi's face filled with shock to see the young boy jump up unharmed after such an attack. "Wait he was just faking!?"
"Hmph, I see, you were faking to get me to tell you where the other sins are"
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"Yep, I'll just go check out baste prison. Let's finish this some other time" Gilthunder gripped his blade with a serious expression on his face. "I think not" The holy knight once more moved to attack when Meliodas appeared behind him easily evading the attack when Diane grabbed him.
"The captain said another time!" She pulled her arm back before throwing them in the sky out of sight. "Wow, good throw"
They began their journey to Baste with Ryumi sitting at the bar, Meliodas set a mug of beer down in front of him as the boar hat made it's way through the large valley with Diane walking along side the massive green pig.
"So tell me, you haven't told us about you or even your name" Ryumi took a drink as he proceeded to tell them: "My name is Ryumi Sasura...I awoke in this world with no memory of my life before, I then met others who I befriended and was taught about power control along with two techniques, but I'm still not as strong as I need to be to save my friends against the many threats this new world has to offer"
"Wow, you sound really determined" Elizabeth responded in surprise as the young man looked down with a serious expression. "I'll do whatever it takes to become strong enough to protect those I care about. At the moment I don't seem like much, but those around me seem to think I have great potential and talent. So I'll trust in their faith in me to reach a level far greater than any other"
"If that's true, then show me what you got!" The boar hat came to a stop as the pair jumped outside where they faced one another in a large open field while Elizabeth and Diane watched from a distance.
"Alright Ryumi, let's see just how strong you are!" The captain announced with a smirk. Clinching his fist, Sasura advanced right for his combatant, throwing a full force punch filled with his energy focused into his fist as he struck Meliodas in the face with sheer power. The valley violently shook from the fierce blow.
"Wow, you seem really strong, but still have a ways to go before you can beat me" The sin of wrath struck Sasura in the abdomen with his bare hand, sending him soaring through the air before managing to stop himself in mid-air, falling right back towards the powerful foe. Focusing a chidori he hit the captain head on with a surge of lightning before lowering his hand out of breath.
"Wow, I've never seen a move like that before, that must be one of the techniques you were talking about, what about the other?"
"I'm still not good at conserving my power, but I should be able to use it without draining myself...fire style: Fireball jitsu! Jumping back, Ryumi released a blaze of flames from his lips as a massive Fireball manifested in front of him headed right for Meliodas.
"Hmph, nice ability, full counter!" Quickly pulling his broken sword out, he attempted to use full counter, only for it to have no effect as he got blown up in a ray of fire. "I see, your abilities aren't magic-based. Which means full counter doesn't work against your attacks. Well then, I'm surprised to see you have one advantage on your side. For now I guess we can end it here. For someone thinking they're weak, you sure can fight to a point"
1 month Later...
After spending weeks searching for the seven deadly sins, they were suddenly transported to a large castle in dark grasslands. "Where the hell are we" Ban groaned looking around. Actually it's not such a bad place, there might be some rare treasures inside" The Sin of greed made his way inside with Meliodas crying out: "Wait ban!" The others ran after him while Escanor groaned following beside Merlin who both walked far behind.
Meanwhile Diane waited outside, being a giant, she wasn't too big on small spaces. Ryumi caught up with Ban and Meliodas as the sins casually walked through the dark stone hallway with nothing but pitch darkness just a few feet in front of them with little view. "Sigh, it's so dark in here, how about we shed some light in here" Opening her hand a sphere of purple mana manifested, illuminating the hallway as they ventured deeper through the halls.
"So Ban, what kind of treasure do you think is in here?" The captain asked folding his hands behind his head. "Not sure captain, but by the looks of this place, it's bound to be worth the search" Just then a horde of undead came racing down the hall wielding swords.
A grin grew across the fox sin of greed as he put his arms up to fight. "Heh, hey captain, how about we see who can kill the most undead"
"You're on, but this will make 500 to 455 wins"
"What? no way captain I have more wins than you!" With smirks on their faces, they charged into the horde king and the other sins just stood and watched as the two sins fought the skeletons with ease. Ryumi thought about helping but knew he'd just get in the way and stood by.
Ban threw his palm out towards the coming undead, unleashing a fierce wave of force sending the horde staggering back hitting the wall as they fell to pieces. "Hmph, this is no fun and here I thought your numbers would makes this more of a challenge" With a sudden slash of his broken sword, Meliodas easily finished of the remaining undead before the group made their way past the remains.
Bam looked down at the pile of bones, crushing them with his foot before they made their way towards the 2nd floor. As they made their way onto the 2nd floor, they spotted a large golden door. Ban grinned with excitement. "There's only two things that could be behind that door, treasure...or an ass that needs kicking!" Charging full speed Ban struck the door with immense force as the tomb shook from his strength. "Hey captain, why don't you come help me with this door here"
"My pleasure"
"Guys come on we don't need to break it down we can just knock" King suggested floating with his sacred treasure beside him. That's when Meliodas struck the door with one punch, causing the door to hit the ground revealing a dark room with red lit candles as a vampire stood in the center of the large room with a door behind her.
The vampire opened her red gleaming eyes as she focused her gaze on them. "What!? Filthy humans have managed to make it her undetected!? Tsk! Whatever, I Shalltear Bloodfallen shall
kill you all with little trouble then report to lord Ainz"
"So Ban, would you like to have the first go or shall I?
"Come on captain, like I'd let you take a battle like this away from me, plus this is a perfect chance to get another win on you" Shalltear smiled with a slight laugh commenting: "Oh you're going to fight me by yourself? Surely you need your party there to even stand a slight chance against me"
"Don't worry, you're not the first monster I've fought and I'm sure you won't be the last" Advancing toward the vampire Ban threw a punch just as the floor guardian blacked with merely her index finger. The force of the fox sin of greed's strike was so powerful it broke the vampire's guard with ease as he went to slash the guardian with is palm.
"Tsk! Force explosion!" Ban felt an abrupt shockwave of force as he was sent sailing across the large shiny room as he landed on his back in front of Meliodas the captain bent over him with a smile on his face taunting: "So is it my turn or would you like to have another go at her?"
Ban quickly got to his feet clinching his fist. "She just got lucky captain, I won't get caught off guard again!" Once more Ban charged in this time pulling out his three-section staff as he spun it around in quick movements. "Let's see you handle this monster!" Throwing his weapon right at her like a boomerang, he jumped over her before punching her across the face, sending the vampire into the wall with a boom.
"Heh, see I told you she wasn't that strong" Just then a dark-red aura swarmed around her body as she slowly rose up a cold expression across her face. "Mass hold" Ban and the others could feel themselves paralyzed as their movements were constricted. Aiming her hand towards her target she casted yet another spell. "Vermillion nova" The other sins watched as a pillar of flame engulfed ban in a ray of light as Shalltear than focused her gaze upon the others.
"Tsk! I can't just sit here any longer!" Focusing chakra into his palm he prepared to use one of the moves he learned from Sasuke. Moving at full speed he threw his hand out swarming with lightning. "Chidori!" She was caught off guard but managed to evade the coming strike using time accelerator to boost her speed for that brief moment of time.
Growing frustrated Shalltear used "household" to summon vampiric bats and vampiric wolves as the shadow-like creatures manifested beside her. "Go my children and feed!" The horde of creatures charged towards the other sins while Shalltear grabbed the paralyzed Ban by the throat, throwing her palm through his chest as blood gushed from the wound. "There now your precious party member is finished"
That's when she heard Ban beginning to laugh. "Hehe, you really think a stab through the chest is enough to kill me? If it was that easy, I would've died years ago" Letting out a cry of rage she tossed Ban across the room in a pool of blood from his wound while Meliodas began to slowly approach the vampire fighting the paralysis.
"What? You're fighting mass hold as well? But not human she be able to nullify my spells with such ease!"
"I guess you're just not as strong as you think you are" He laughed when the dark entities lunged at him from all directions. Gripping his blade's handle on his back, he released a sudden slash. "Full-counter!" The sudden attack instantly defeated most of the creatures just leaving a few bats flying beside her.
"Exterminate ray!" A sudden beam of purple energy struck Shalltear and her remaining household as the bats were incinerated. As the light faded Shalltear turned to see Merlin with her sacred treasure levitating beside her. "Seems you don't have any of your little pets left Shalltear, do you have any more ticks up your sleeve or would you like to die here"