Demon Princess (Meliodas) (On Hold)

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Ban slowly approaches the Demon King who backs away. "What the hell? Why is he backing away?" Etheria asks, a little amused. "Get him! Knead him and mince him up! Show that Demon King who's boss!" Hawk shouts. "Etheria, I require your help!" The Demon King shouts. "I think you have it under control." Etheria replies, chuckling. "Etheria!" Demon King shouts. "Demon King." Etheria looks at him. "I order you to provide your assistance! Don't forget who gave you the life you have now." Demon King tells her. Etheria's face falls, she holds her hand out and her spear appears. The Demon walks over to Ban pointing her spear at him. "I have no problem harming anyone else but you... you were one of the few people who showed me genuine kindness and never once lied to me. I can't hurt you." Etheria tells Ban through the link she just made. "Then don't do it. Stand down, for the cap'n's sake." Ban tells her.

Etheria's grip tightens on her spear. "Meliodas is the reason why I'm like this. My own husband hates me. So, I won't do it for him." Etheria informs him. Ban sighs and shakes his head. "You said you couldn't hurt me, right?" He asks, resuming his fight with the Demon King. "Then, do it for me. I mean, what does that old fool have to offer you anyway?" Ban asks. "He saved me when I was a kid and gave me a--" "I've heard that before. You've spent the last 3,000 years loyal to him so I think it's time to stop. If you don't you'll end up like him once I'm done." Ban says. This causes Etheria to laugh out loud. "What's so funny?" Demon King asks once he and Ban stop fighting. Etheria takes in a deep breath and looks up at the Demon. "Tell me this. What do you have to give me for helping you?" Etheria asks the King. "What is there to offer, I gave you a life any Demon could ever dream of." The Demon King tells her.

"And yet you gave me a husband who hates me." Etheria shakes her head. "Besides, I'm grateful for you saving me. In fact, I am so grateful that I spent the last 3,000 years being loyal to you. So what if I want more?" Etheria asks, cocking a brow. The Sins, Elizabeth, Hawk, and the archangels look confused by what's going on. "What more could you want?" Demon King asks. "I want the Demon realm." Etheria tells him, twirling her spear, plunging her spear into the ground, and leaning on it. "Then you'll have the Demon realm with the two of us ruling it together." Demon King compromises. "I'm not that stupid." Etheria deadpans. "As soon as I help you deal with them, you'll kill me. So why don't I just take the Demon realm for myself?" "What are you talking about?" Demon King asks. "I am going to kill you and rule the Demons as their rightful queen." Etheria grabs her spear, twirling it in her hand.

"As much as he hates me, I'm taking Meliodas back," Hellblaze ignites along the length of the spear. "And I'm putting an end to you!" Without warning, Etheria lunges at the Demon King, her spear glowing with the dark flame. She lets out a yell as she thrusts the spear toward the Demon King, the ground shattering below her and the sheer force of her attack sending shockwaves throughout the battlefield. The Demon King smirks and puts his hand up to block her attack, but he underestimates just how fast she is. Her spear head pierced through his arm causing darkness to spray out of his wound. The Demon King snarls at her and staggers back. "You dare strike me?" He asks her. "You dare lie to me?" Etheria counters. "That's what I'm talking about." Ban grins and also attacks the Demon King but the man dodges him.

He headbutts Ban but he retaliates by slamming the blonde into the ground, cracks form below him, glowing a bright light. "What's wrong, Demon King? Is your son's body suddenly harder to use or something else? Maybe you were rejected by your son." Ban asks the blonde. The Demon King stands up on his knees with blood dripping from the corner of his mouth. "There's a noticeable difference. I mean the real him is way stronger than this." Ban taunts him. Etheria stood beside him, glaring down at the Demon. To their surprise, the Demon King wraps his second hands around their, lower faces and neck. He slams Ban into the ground multiple times and lifts Etheria off the ground, suffocating her. The Demon King stabs Ban in the stomach. "Ban, no!" Diane shouts as she protects Elizabeth and Hawk from the debris. Etheria struggles in his grip, feeling her lungs burning for air. Her clawing does nothing and her vision is beginning to become blurry.