Chapter 554

"Sealed for three thousand years, it seems you've already forgotten your respect for your older brother."

"Jerudris."

Meliodas's lips curved slightly, and a black pattern began to surface on his right forehead.

A pair of black wings suddenly sprouted from his back, and with a single flap he had already reached the sky.

The emotion in his pupils also began to gradually fade away, leaving only that emotionless emptiness.

"You still have the nerve to say that? You traitor."

"For a traitor, the only thing I can do is kill you with my own hands!"

Jerudris's lips curved slightly, the blade at his waist drawn directly, and he charged at Meliodas.

"Captain, catch!"

Meliodas, who had been about to draw the Broken Sword, heard Elaine's voice.

He caught the Sacred Treasure thrown from midair, Lostvayne, and the corners of his mouth had already curved up slightly.

This weapon was the Sacred Treasure, Lostvayne, that had accompanied Meliodas for quite some time.

"Clang!"

The Sacred Treasure was drawn, the cold gleam in the blade flashed, and in an instant afterimages shot out across the entire sky.

Meliodas's figure instantly split into four, and the aura of each of the four clones was extremely similar to the original's strength.

"Lord Meliodas turned into four? Is it some kind of special magic?"

Princess Emerald looked at Meliodas, who had suddenly become four people, and a look of disbelief appeared on her face.

She immediately looked toward Elaine beside her, but Elaine just smiled mysteriously without answering directly.

"That is the Captain's Sacred Treasure. Lostvayne's effect is that it can create solid-image clones. It was given to the Captain by the King of Liones back then."

It was still Diane who stepped forward and explained to Princess Emerald beside her.

The seven of them, each member, had a Sacred Treasure, all given to them by the King of Liones back then.

As the strongest knights back then, their strength was far more than just this.

They all needed Sacred Treasures to draw out their immense magical power; only with the Sacred Treasures could they unleash their full strength.

"How foolish. Do you think that by splitting your strength into four, you can defeat me?"

Jerudris snorted coldly, his figure flashed in an instant, and the sword in his hand had already transformed into countless sword shadows.

He became entangled in combat with Meliodas's four clones.

Cold gleams flashed continuously in midair, yet it was utterly impossible to make out the shadows of these two brothers.

At this moment, not far away, Hendrickson also began to mobilize the Fapingyi Society's forces along with those of the three great kingdoms.

He launched the attack directly. Once the strongest combat power was held up, then their other combat power would not seem so terrifying.

"Everyone, could I trouble you to each go guard the various city gates?"

Watching the enemy forces constantly moving, Princess Emerald's expression began to turn ugly.

She immediately spoke to the six remaining knights behind her.

"Diane, take the East Gate. It happens to have the most enemies there."

"King and Ban, take the West. With the two of you working together, the enemy won't have any opportunity to exploit."

"As for the South, I'll trouble you, Young Lady Elaine. The North Gate will be left to Mr. Escanor."

Princess Emerald simply took a look and immediately decided the course of the ensuing battle.

But Escanor merely snorted coldly and did not move.

"Don't order me around. Even if you are Her Highness the Princess, it's the same."

As the Sin of Pride, Escanor, even when facing someone of extremely noble status, always had this kind of attitude.

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And this attitude caused a hint of anger to appear on Arkadios's face.

As someone with a knight's spirit, the hardest thing for him to accept was others' disrespect toward Her Highness the Princess.

But at this moment Escanor didn't care about any of that, merely snorted coldly, crossed his arms, and just watched Meliodas's battle like that.

"Escanor, go. Help out at the North Gate."

In the end, it was still Elaine who spoke first to help relieve the awkwardness for Princess Emerald beside her.

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And after Escanor heard Elaine's words, his expression also eased considerably, and he even showed a hint of a smile.

"Princess, next time you want this great lord's help,"

"remember to show a little more respect. The gap between you and me cannot be casually dismissed just by calling me 'Princess.'"

Escanor's gentle expression was only slightly better when directed at Princess Emerald.

With anyone else, even Meliodas, Escanor still had that lofty, I-don't-care-about-you look.

"What an arrogant fellow, Your Highness. Let me go teach this guy a lesson."

At this moment, Arkadios's entire gaze was already filled with fury.

He took a great stride forward, wanting to rush up and fight Escanor one-on-one, but Escanor didn't even spare him a glance.

Power surged into his feet, and with a single leap he flew into the high sky, heading toward the North Gate.

The city wall beneath his feet began to continuously collapse and shatter.

If Elaine hadn't stabilized it in time with magic, the city wall would have immediately crumbled apart.

The entire west side would have collapsed outright.