Meliodas only felt himself sinking into a bottomless pool of water. There was no light here, no air, only bone-chilling cold.
He could vaguely hear some jumbled sounds in his ears, but those sounds seemed to be coming from above the surface of the water, and he couldn't hear them clearly at all from underwater.
With each activation of the curse, more and more of his soul came to Purgatory, even forming a complete form.
Purgatory was a chaotic world, and here, the boundary between soul and body was blurred.
This allowed the soul body to possess the same perception abilities as the main body, but in that case, it would only be more painful in Purgatory.
Meliodas had also thought countless times about escaping the Demon King's control, but he was only a part of the main body's soul, and still represented the most "weak" part, his emotions.
Not to mention that he didn't have the main body's powerful strength, even if the main body was here, it wouldn't be able to match the Demon King's unparalleled power.
After countless failures that even he couldn't count, Meliodas inevitably despaired.
Losing hope in Purgatory meant being eroded by the dark power, and the result was that he also turned into a shadow monster.
But for Meliodas, only his love and promise to Elizabeth were something that he couldn't forget no matter what.
So he still retained his last bit of consciousness, only constantly sleeping in the deepest part of his soul.
The Demon King was relieved to see this scene, and didn't stop Meliodas, who had turned into a monster, from running away.
The Demon King thought that this emotional soul was a part that Meliodas "didn't need," and it didn't matter what happened as long as it didn't return to the main body.
But on this day, the sleeping consciousness seemed to hear some sound. At first, the sound was very weak, intermittent. Meliodas thought that it would disappear quickly like before.
But after a while, not only did the sound not disappear, it had become much louder.
"Captain..., don't... sleep, wake up... quickly...!"
Meliodas couldn't make out who was calling him, he was now fully opening his eyes, looking in the direction the sound was coming from.
But all he could see was absolute darkness, and just as he was struggling, cracks suddenly appeared in the darkness before him, and light shone through the cracks, falling on Meliodas's face.
The light was even a bit dazzling for Meliodas, who was in the darkness, causing him to narrow his eyes. But even so, he didn't retreat, but instead moved closer to the light.
Meliodas didn't know if this was an illusion, but he didn't want to give up any opportunity. Then he confirmed that this light wasn't his illusion.
The cracks rapidly expanded from before him to all directions, and then with a bang, all the darkness shattered.
And Meliodas also saw clearly just what was emitting the light, it was a fist wrapped in raging flames.
It was this fist that had broken the darkness that had trapped him, but wasn't this scene a bit too stimulating for someone who had just woken up!
But the owner of the fist was very skilled, stopping his movements in time, not hurting Meliodas at all.
Drake bent his arm, supporting Meliodas, who had fallen forward.
"You're finally awake! There are so many things waiting for you outside, you should have gotten up long ago," Drake said this.
.....
Night, the three were sitting around a campfire, a huge piece of meat roasting over the flames.
Meliodas took the plate that Drake handed him, saying, "Thank you, Drake and Ban!"
Drake smiled, saying, "Ban made this roast meat, why are you thanking me!"
Meliodas shook his head, saying, "I'm thanking you for coming to Purgatory for me, thanking you for saving me from despair!"
Ban said, "Then there's even less need to thank us, aren't we friends?"
Drake also said, "Instead of being so polite, you might as well study how to leave Purgatory. The Gate of Purgatory is next to the Demon King. It won't be easy to get past that god's watch. Or Captain, you can act cute, maybe the Demon King will let go of his son."
Meliodas said with a wry smile, "Don't say things that are impossible. But so the exit of Purgatory was next to him, no wonder he let me leave."
Drake's joke still had an effect, although Meliodas was still very troubled, he had relaxed.
Drake cut off a small piece of roast meat, saying, "Then there's no way around it, we can only fight the Demon King.
But we don't have to win against him, as long as we all pass through the Gate of Hell, that will be our victory."
Meliodas nodded, saying, "That's right, if it's just escaping, we still have a chance of winning."
Ban patted Meliodas's shoulder, saying, "It's not a matter of having a chance of winning, but we all have to succeed in returning... returning to see the people who are most important to us."
Meliodas smiled, saying, "That's right, we have to go back."
Drake smiled, saying, "Just thinking about fighting that god soon makes me fired up!"
Meliodas quickly said, "Although you're very strong, Drake, don't underestimate my bastard old man.
With that magic power of his, it won't be so easy to defeat him."
Ban took a bite of the roast meat, saying, "Speaking of which, I haven't asked yet, what exactly is the Demon King's magic power?"
Meliodas's expression was very heavy, saying, My old man's magic power is the same as his name, called [Demon King].
I don't know the specific abilities, all I know is that any magic power attack has no effect on him.
Unlike my Full Counter, my old man is simply not harmed by any form of magic power, so that magic power is also known as [The Ruler]!
Drake didn't interrupt, because he knew the truth of the Demon King's ability very well.
The actual ability of the magic power [Demon King] was reversal, it could reverse all the magic power effects that were released with the Demon King as the target.
In other words, whether it was a direct magic power attack or a curse or secret technique, not only would it not harm him, it would also increase his power.
Actually, this magic power wasn't unsolvable, for example, beneficial magic would instead harm him, and physical attacks were still effective.
What was truly troublesome about the Demon King was his unfathomable basic strength.
As the first life to be born in this world, possessing the status and authority of a god, the Demon King himself possessed unparalleled strength.
And in the millions of years in Purgatory, the only thing he had done was constantly devour the power of Purgatory.
Accumulation over millions of years, that was an amount that even Drake couldn't imagine.
So even if physical attacks were effective, very few people could injure the Demon King's incredibly powerful body and armor.
This was the power of the gods, that was the difference in level from mortals.
So although Drake was acting very relaxed, he also felt considerable pressure. At the same time, what appeared was an even stronger fighting spirit.
Fighting a god, that would be enough to be his great achievement for upgrading, right!
And he had something in his hand that he could use to do an experiment that he had long been planning.
Meliodas also tore off a piece of roast meat, saying while blowing on it to cool it down, "But there's still one problem, I can't find the way back. How to find the Demon King is also a problem."
Drake said, "Regarding this, I do know someone who can find the Demon King... a pig."
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