After Chandler left, Drake also set off to meet up with the Seven Deadly Sins and the others. As for Ludociel, who was still lying there like a corpse, neither of them cared about him.
Meliodas was slightly surprised after seeing Drake return unharmed, and then he was relieved.
Meliodas knew Chandler's strength very well, and in his impression, other than the Demon King and the Supreme Deity, only himself in his prime could be said to be able to retreat completely before him.
But as for Drake, he still didn't have any real feeling of just how strong he was. But just that Chandler hadn't been able to do anything to Drake didn't seem that surprising.
However, Meliodas quickly didn't have the mood to think about these other things, because Elizabeth's memories had begun to revive.
Perhaps the scenes on the battlefield had stimulated her, and Elizabeth had suddenly fainted when the group was retreating.
That was because the memories of three thousand years of endless reincarnation had caused a huge burden on her spirit.
This also meant that Meliodas didn't have much time left. But fortunately, the collection of the Commandments was also about to be completed.
Drake's premonition had been correct, it was impossible to forcibly strip away the Commandments while ensuring the host's safety.
The Commandments seemed to have been patched, and were combined very closely with their hosts.
But fortunately, Meliodas had mastered the proper method to take out the Commandments, and with the assistance of Drake and Merlin, Meliodas had successfully taken out the Commandments of Melascula, Grayroad, Monspeet, and Derieri.
Meliodas already had five Commandments in his hand, completing one-half of his goal. And of the remaining five Commandments, Estarossa possessed Love, and Zeldris had Piety.
Gowther's Selflessness had long been recovered by Zeldris, and Gloxinia and Drole had returned their Commandments after leaving the Ten Commandments.
In other words, as long as they dealt with Zeldris and Estarossa, all the Commandments would be gathered.
This was the best news, it was hard to say about Estarossa, but Meliodas was fairly confident that he could persuade Zeldris to help him.
"Now the most difficult problem is you yourself, Captain, with your current state, there's no way you can break free from the Demon King's possession!"
Drake had said this at the final strategy meeting. Meliodas frowned, not answering, but he understood what Drake meant.
After Elizabeth had fainted, Meliodas had told everyone about his and Elizabeth's curse. Knowing the causes and effects, the Seven Deadly Sins had all made up their minds to help the two remove the curse.
Everyone had originally thought that their goal was about to be achieved, but Drake had said these words at this time.
Ban said seriously, "What does this mean?"
Merlin sighed, and then explained, "Meliodas's immortality curse allows him to be resurrected every time he dies, but he will lose a part of his emotions.
In other words, a part of Meliodas's soul has been taken away by the Demon King. His soul now is incomplete.
Facing the Demon King with an incomplete soul, even Meliodas can't possibly win."
Meliodas revealed a wry smile, he hadn't expected that the problem before success would appear on himself.
As Merlin had said, every time he died, a part of his soul would be taken away by the Demon King.
Now, only a small part of his soul remained in his body, and most of his soul was imprisoned in Purgatory.
That was all because Meliodas had been wandering around for these three thousand years, and had constantly been repeating his life-and-death separations with Elizabeth.
Under these circumstances, how could he value his own life, so he had tried all kinds of ways to die.
But whether it was letting others kill him or even committing suicide, he hadn't gotten his wish.
The result was that he still hadn't broken free from this painful chain.
Meliodas himself couldn't remember just how many times he had died in these three thousand years. But it was these deaths that had allowed the Demon King to extract most of his soul.
In the original story, by the later stages, he was only left with the most basic emotions and the obsession to break the curse.
It was still Ban who had found Meliodas's soul in Purgatory that had allowed him to finally break free from the Demon King's control.
Drake had also suddenly remembered this fatal loophole when he was making his final preparations.
Ban looked at Drake, saying, "Since you brought it up, you should have a way to solve it, right?"
Drake nodded, saying, "There's only one way, and that is to go to Purgatory to find Meliodas's soul, and then bring him out."
Merlin immediately said, "Are you serious? Do you know what kind of place Purgatory is?"
Drake smiled, saying, "I do know a thing or two about Purgatory. It's a place with distorted space-time, extreme climates, and even the air is full of miasma.
"So far, there's only one human who has entered Purgatory and been able to return."
Merlin continued, "That's right, it's my father, Beliaruin. But you also need to know that although my father returned from Purgatory alive, he became a useless person.
Just going to Purgatory is already an extremely dangerous thing, let alone finding Meliodas's soul.
Most importantly, the Gate of Purgatory has been lost for a long time, and there's no way to solve the problem of how to enter Purgatory and how to return."
Drake snapped his fingers, saying, "Since I brought it up, of course I have a way to solve it. Although the environment of Purgatory is harsh, I'm confident that I can handle it."
Then Drake opened his space ring, taking out a compass-like magic tool from inside, saying, "As for the matter of finding Meliodas's soul, I can use this magic tool."
Meliodas curiously came closer, just in time to see the pointer on the compass rotate for a moment, and then point straight at himself.
Drake introduced, saying, "This magic tool has recorded Meliodas's soul aura, and can directly point to Meliodas's location."
Merlin sighed, saying, "It seems you've really made all the preparations, then what about the way to enter Purgatory?"
Drake turned his head to look at Hawk on the side, and everyone else followed suit, looking over together.
Hawk was stunned by their gazes, saying, "Why are you looking at me, although this Captain of the Leftovers Knights is strong, I can't help with this kind of thing!"
Drake smiled, saying, "No, only you can help with this matter!" Merlin walked forward, directly grabbing Hawk's face with both hands, looking into his eyes.
"Mr. Hawk, your eyes are actually connected to Purgatory! I see, so this is how we can open the Gate of Purgatory."
With all the preparations complete, Meliodas fell silent. After a long time, he finally raised his head, saying, "Drake, saving Elizabeth and breaking the curse is something that I must do no matter what.
So I won't refuse your help, and all of this can't be offset with just a word of thanks. I...!"
Drake interrupted Meliodas, saying, "You're being too polite, aren't we friends? And I also have my own purpose, Purgatory has quite a few useful materials.
And I also want to see just how strong the god of this world really is!"
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