Ban himself appeared before the group, having dealt with the last member of the Weird Fangs.
In Drake's memory, although the Seven Deadly Sins were a team, the relationships between the seven were a mixed bag.
And the one with the best relationship with Meliodas should be Ban.
Only those with a good relationship could greet each other with a playful brawl after a long separation.
It was just that the commotion they caused was a little too big; the force of their arm-wrestling had collapsed the entire Baste Prison.
In any case, the third member of the Seven Deadly Sins, the Fox's Sin of Greed, Ban, had officially rejoined the group, and the Boar Hat's chef had officially started his job.
That night, because his daughter had been rescued, Dana held a banquet to entertain everyone.
Drake leaned against the railing on the roof, with the others behind him already drunk.
The next destination was the Capital of the Dead, where the Grizzly's Sin of Sloth, King, was located.
In fact, Drake was also very interested in that place; a world where only the purest thoughts of the living and the dead could connect it to reality, and a special space that only the dead could enter.
In Drake's view, it was the most suitable place to study the laws of life and death.
Drake hadn't thought of this at first, but after seeing Ban and mentioning the next destination, he remembered the special nature of that place.
While pondering what he could gain in the Capital of the Dead, Drake caught the wine glass that was flying towards him.
Ban, who had stolen a red leather jacket from a thug in town, walked over, saying, "You're Drake, right? I heard from the Captain that you've been a big help along the way; thanks a lot!"
Drake took a sip of his drink, saying, "We're already companions; there's no need to thank me. And your attitude doesn't exactly sound like you're thanking me."
Ban put one hand in his pocket, and walked over to Drake with a wine glass in the other, saying, "To be honest, I don't trust you. I don't know where you came from, and I don't know what your purpose is; it's hard to feel at ease!"
Drake wasn't surprised by Ban's wariness towards him; he was just a little surprised that Ban would say it so directly.
"If I really am a suspicious person, isn't it a problem for you to be so direct?"
Ban smiled, saying, "Since the Captain has chosen to trust you, then I can only keep a close eye on you! If you plan to do anything, I won't hesitate to tear out your heart."
Ban's threat didn't make Drake angry; in fact, it was normal for him to react this way.
Having grown up in the slums, there was no way Ban could trust others so easily; imagining the worst possibilities in others was the instinct that had allowed him to survive.
Drake said with a smile, "I do have my own purpose for following the Captain, but you can rest assured that I won't do anything that will harm them!"
Ban looked unconvinced, bringing the wine glass to his lips, saying, "Who knows! Just saying it doesn't prove anything."
Drake looked at Ban, saying, "That's a fair point; then how should I prove it? How about I help you resurrect that Fairy Saintess?"
Ban's expression immediately changed, and the wine glass he was holding fell to the ground, the liquid spilling onto the ground.
Grabbing Drake by the collar, Ban pulled Drake right in front of him.
Their noses almost touching, Drake could clearly see the violent emotions swirling in Ban's red eyes.
"What did you just say?"
Ban seemed like he wanted to devour Drake, and Drake spread his hands, saying, "You heard me right; although I don't have absolute certainty, I do have the ability to resurrect someone who has already died."
Drake could clearly feel Ban's hands, which were gripping his collar, start to tremble, and in an almost pleading tone, he asked, "Are you telling the truth?"
Drake said, "Am I stupid enough to lie to you with something that can be easily exposed? But I have to tell you that although there are no problems in theory, no one can guarantee that there won't be any accidents in practice."
Ban released his grip on Drake's collar, looking up at the night sky, saying, "That's enough! It would be more suspicious if you said you were 100% certain.
But you wouldn't help me for nothing, right! Tell me, what's the condition? As long as you can resurrect Elaine, I'll do anything… even give my life in exchange!"
Drake looked at Ban, saying, "You wouldn't believe me if I said I had no purpose.
To be honest, I, like you, have someone I want to resurrect no matter what. But as I said, the possibility of success is only theoretical, and hasn't been actually tested."
"So you're planning to use Elaine as a test subject?"
Ban's tone was strange, and his mood was quite complex. No one would be happy about having their beloved used as a test subject.
But Drake's words had dispelled his doubts. At least when Drake said that he also had someone he wanted to resurrect, Ban hadn't sensed that he was lying.
Drake said, "Although it sounds a bit harsh, that's how it is. But I don't think you'll refuse because of that, right?"
Ban smiled bitterly, saying, "Yeah, this is the only hope I can see. So, what do you want me to do?"
Drake said, "The resurrection ritual requires the soul and body of the deceased. You should have preserved the body well; as for the soul, we'll have to go to our next destination to find it.
But I think that the world that can only be reached through longing shouldn't be a problem for you."
"Longing, huh!" Ban murmured, as he had been longing for her every moment for the past hundred years.
Just as the two were speaking, a flash of light streaked across the night sky; it was a meteor dragging an exceptionally bright tail across the sky.
And that was just the beginning; soon, a large group of meteors lined up, creating a starry path in the sky.
Something strange happened; from another direction, another group of meteors streaked across the sky, intersecting with the previous meteor shower, forming a giant cross in the night sky.
This strange sight immediately attracted everyone's attention, and they all stared intently at the bizarre scene.
"When a cross of meteors rends the sky, the greatest threat to Britannia shall descend.
This is a trial of fate, ordained since ancient times.
A sign of the beginning of the Holy War between the Guide of Light and the Black Bloodline."
The king of the Kingdom of Liones possessed the magic power "Clairvoyance," and its ability was to foresee the future.
The reason the Seven Deadly Sins had been formed was that he had foreseen that seven knights bearing great sins would save the kingdom.
And the beginning of the entire Seven Deadly Sins plot also stemmed from this prophecy of the King of Liones: He prophesied that the Holy War of three thousand years ago would begin again.
The kingdom's Great Holy Knight had disagreed on the meaning of the so-called "Guide of Light" and "Black Bloodline," and this disagreement had caused a difference in the strategy for dealing with the Holy War.
This had led to the murder of the former Great Holy Knight, which was then framed on the Seven Deadly Sins, which continued to the present day with the Holy Knights' frantic military buildup and rebellion.
And the first sign of the prophecy about the Holy War, the meteor cross, had now appeared before their eyes.
"The Holy War, huh?"
Drake scoffed; it was nothing more than two races who called themselves gods fighting for supremacy.
However, this war had something that Drake wanted to obtain, and Drake felt that there was a little more that he could do.
I have heatstroke, and I'm completely out of it. I've been sitting in front of the computer for the past two days, and I can't seem to squeeze anything out. I managed to force out a chapter.
I heard that the temperature won't drop until the day after tomorrow; life is impossible!
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