The Eighth Sin

Chapter 8

Chapter 8
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(Heheh. Avatar reference :p)

Arden's P.O.V.

"Ban!" I called out.
"King!" Meliodas called out.
"Sir Ban!" Elizabeth called out.
"King!" Diane called out.
We were calling out for the two of them as we walked along a...'path' in the Necropolis.

"Sheesh. Where could've those two run off to?" Diane scoffed and I nodded in agreement.
We walked until Meliodas stopped, which made Elizabeth stop, which made Hawk stop, which made Diane stop, which made me stop.
"Sir Meliodas...?" Elizabeth prompted.
"We're not alone." Meliodas said softly. "Eh? What do you mean? I don't sense anyone..." I looked at Diane to see if she sensed anyone, either. But she shook her head.

We continued to walk for a bit more. "There's no sign of them..." I frowned.
"Maybe they've gone back to the real world." Hawk suggested. We came to a stop again when we came across...this woman. She had appeared to have stabbed herself and was in between a state of consciousness and unconsciousness. And she was still standing.

"...Who that fuck is that?" Diane asked. "How do you do, Diane the Serpent sin, Meliodas the Dragon sin, and Arden the Badger sin?" The woman asked. She appeared to be fully conscious now.  "My name is holy knight Guila." She introduced herself.
Of course she's a holy knight. She has that douchebag look. I can see her face, I don't need to rely on my instincts for this one!

"How'd you get here?!" Hawk squealed. "By dying." Guila said casually. Hawk looked at Elizabeth for confirmation. "Did she just say she got here by dying?" Hawk asked and I nodded. "Then...doesn't that mean this lady is bad news?!" Hawk squealed again. "Yup. Seriously bad news." Meliodas told him. Guila said nothing but she unsheathed her sword and raised it in the air. A strong gust of wind came their way and Elizabeth and Hawk were blown backwards. I almost got blown backwards, too, but it was ended before I did.

"Hawk," Meliodas said. "Take Elizabeth and get as far away from here as possible." Meliodas ordered Hawk. Hawk nodded.
"Will do! Hop on, Elizabeth!" Hawk gestured to his back.
"O-ok..." Elizabeth nodded. Elizabeth got onto Hawk's back and the two of them ran until they were out of sight.

At least they're safe. Now, then, let's get to work!
Before I could even cast a spell or say anything, I realized I was alone with the holy knight.
"Uh...where the fuck did the other two go...?" I looked around.

"Keep your eyes on your enemy, Badger sin of Vengeance!" Guila yelled and shot an attack at me that sent me flying. I landed on something...or someone.
"At! Are you ok?!" I hear the voice of Diane and I relaxed. I nodded
"Mmhmm. Thanks for breaking my fall, Dia." I smiled at her.
"You're welcome! Now let's go beat that holy knight's ass!" Dia yelled.

"Serpent sin Diane." Guila appeared out of nowhere and she walked towards us. "Possibly the strongest of the sins in terms of physical strength. And as a gaunt, you have a close bond with the earth, and has the magical ability 'creation'. I had been looking forward to seeing it in person." Guila said calmly.

"Oh? And what do you think so far?" Diane glared at her.
"I'm disappointed, frankly. It doesn't live up to the stories I've heard." Guila stated. Diane cracked her knuckles.
"Really? And what do you think of this?" Diane slammed her two fists into the ground. "Sand Whirl!"

I watched as a pool of sand appeared underneath Guila and Guila began falling to the bottom. Kind of like quicksand if you keep struggling.
"Just so you know, we can also turn minerals to sand." Diane said with a casual tone. Guila smiled slightly. "Ahh, I see. Most informative." She said as her head also disappeared under the sand.

There was an explosion and all of us looked up. Guila was there, and she seemed to be the one that caused the explosion. Diane threw an...emerald rock thing at Guila. But Guila simply tapped it with the point of her sword and it exploded into millions of pieces. Those pieces came back to us from the wind and we all got hit by the little rock-like bits.

Meliodas jumped behind Guila and began fighting with her, but he didn't use his sword.
"Meliodas, Dragon sin of Wrath. You're might does indeed seem to be the real thing. But why don't you use your sword, I wonder?" Guila asked. Meliodas kicked her in the stomach and she was knocked backwards. Again, I know I look useless in this situation, but I was getting the rocks out of my nicely braided hair that Elizabeth had braided for me.

"You think your bare hands are enough to defeat me?!" Guila lunged at Meliodas with her sword. The captain smirked and Diane and I shared a look. "Very well, I will show you." Meliodas took his sword out and casted his favourite spell. "Full counter!" He swung his sword at Guila. I couldn't really make out what happened, since smoke filled the air, but I smiled at Dia. "Looks like we won, Ar!" Diane smiled. I looked back at where Meliodas was, but he still had his guard up.
"Not yet, Dia." I told her as I peered through the smoke and managed to catch a glimpse of Guila.

"I see. That's your magical ability, Full Counter. It deflects any magical attack aimed at you with twice the strength. So, the stronger your opponent, the stronger the attack is." Guila explained. I scoffed and the captain rolled his eyes.
"Thanks for explaining my attack to me." Meliodas laughed softly.

"Come on now, you three. Try harder. Badger sin, you haven't even tried yet. Make this worth my time."

~~Time Skip~~

I watched as my shadow clones fought Guila. If surprised me when she made another explosion and they all disappeared. I bit my tongue and watched as Diane and the captain attached together. But they were easily throw backwards with another explosion.

"Come on, you three. You're not living up to the legends." Guila frowned. She raised her sword to aim another attack...but...something happened. I looked over and saw one of the people we had been looking for.

"Ban!" I shouted happily.
"Fox sin of Greed, please let go of my sword."
"I take offence to that, lady! I'm not touching anything!" Ban rolled his eyes and I chuckled.
My cheeky fox came to save us! Wait... But where the hell did he even go?! He had a lot of explaining to do when we deal with this bitch.

"Oh, I see. This is your magical ability: Snatch. Very well, let me give you something more appropriate for a sneak thief!" Guila smirked. Ban looked confused until she shot out another explosion at him and he was sent flying backwards.

"I had heard you were immortal, but even that should keep you out of battle for a while." Guila smiled to herself. While she concentrated on Ban, I tried to do a little sneak attack from behind. "Souls Of The Undead!" I clapped my hands together and chanted my spell. Fifteen dark purple-black ghost things rose from the ground and slammed themselves full force at Guila's back. It sent her back a few feet, but I knew it wasn't enough to defeat her.

The battle raged on like this for a while. And Ban was back into play, too. We would attack her, sometimes together and sometimes alone, and she would just blow us up. It was frustrating.

Mind you, a few minutes later a spear shoved itself through Ban's stomach and sent Guila flying backwards when she charged at Ban. We all looked to see who the spear belonged to.

And the person we saw made me smile. It was the ginger haired boy, he was standing on the spear.

"King!" I smiled and called out. He turned to look at me and smiled back. "Hey there, Everyone."

~~Chapter 8 End~~

Sorry this one was short! I meant to make it longer but...

Total Word Count: 1380