Chapter 609

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"If it were before, I might not have understood why Ran Chen broke the Demon God Clan's seal, but now I might have some grasp of his intentions."

"Perhaps what Ran Chen wants isn't the power of the Ten Commandments at all, but some alliance between Ran Chen and Estarossa."

"After all, the power of the Ten Commandments is extremely strong, and to prevent the strong ones from being picked off one by one, Ran Chen should have had them act together."

"But now Ran Chen has sent the Ten Commandments out individually, which suggests some hidden scheme—likely to let Estarossa absorb their power."

Hearing Fanagaya Tōshirō's words, the people of Ishgall all wore expressions of disbelief; after all, the power of the Ten Commandments was already formidable enough—if Estarossa absorbed all their power, the consequences might be catastrophic.

Thinking of this, Natsu, the hottest-tempered among them, grew tense and spoke to Fanagaya Tōshirō.

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's deal with Ran Chen quickly, or we might lose our homes—this man can't be allowed to escape again!"

"What are you planning? Do you think your current strength can handle Ran Chen and his group? Ran Chen's power is already extremely difficult even for us Shinigami to confront."

"Even if one among us could face Ran Chen, that's only our strongest member—going there now with our current strength would be pure suicide!"

Watching the reckless Natsu, Fanagaya Tōshirō sighed helplessly, gathering a chill on his Zanpakutō that instantly froze Natsu, who was about to go alone in search of Ran Chen.

Seeing Fanagaya Tōshirō act, Macarov, who had been about to intervene, slowly lowered his raised hand.

Clearly, Macarov also knew that finding Ran Chen now would serve no purpose—going after him now would only mean death.

But the only ones who could stop Ran Chen and Estarossa right now were those Shinigami; Ishgall currently had no particularly powerful fighters capable of confronting Ran Chen and Estarossa.

Seeing the expressions of the Ishgall people, Lin Cheng frowned; although he knew it would be difficult for them to defeat Ran Chen, he had to get Ishgall's people present—otherwise, with their current strength, facing Ran Chen now would be certain defeat.

With Escano's departure, the people of Ishgall all exhaled in relief; after all, Escano's presence had weighed heavily upon them.

After all, Escano had killed Carmine—whom they had all combined their strength and failed to defeat—right before their eyes, making him a terrifying presence to Ishgall's people, like the Black Dragon Acnologia.

Perhaps even more terrifying than Acnologia, for Acnologia was still a being that could be defeated.

But to Ishgall's people, Escano was an invincible being—so when facing him, they had all been panicked.

Yet after discovering that Escano was merely arrogant but still reasonable, Ishgall's people grew slightly more at ease.

After seeing Escano finally leave, they finally relaxed, turning to Fanagaya Tōshirō with many questions.

"Tōshirō, what did Escano mean when he said Estarossa wants to obtain all the Commandments' power? Do you know?"

"I've heard rumors that the Demon God Clan wasn't sealed just once, but had been sealed long ago by a race called the Goddess Clan."

"At the time of the first sealing, the Seven Deadly Sins were betrayed solely because of Meliodas."

"Under the Goddess Clan's assault, the Demon God Clan was ultimately sealed again, but the Goddess Clan vanished entirely from this world because of the sealing."

"But only a few centuries later, the Demon God Clan broke through the first seal and returned to this world—by then, Meliodas had already led the Seven Deadly Sins in alliance with our Shinigami."

"At that time, the Ten Commandments appeared as we see them now, but for some reason, Estarossa—who once belonged to the Ten Commandments—began betraying the Demon God Clan and started gathering the Commandments' power."

"Ultimately, with the help of a mysterious race called the Goddess Clan, the Demon God Clan was sealed once more, along with Estarossa, who had been stripped of his power."

"But this time, for reasons unknown, after escaping the seal, Estarossa regained the Commandments' power—and it seems Estarossa himself is one of the traitors of the Goddess Clan."