You know what, my update schedule is gonna be Saturday-Sunday, because clearly this ain't gonna work out.

*Waits for phone to charge at 1:13am.*

Huh... I never thought I'd be here thanking you guys for 1.05k READS and 80 VOTES.

But without further ado, the nineteenth chapter!🙋

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This is a world in which humans and beings have yet to be divided. A tale of ancient times. Before the battle of Liones, the Kingdom of Camelot was soundly beaten and conquered. However, a spark of hope remains in the heroes that soon draw near. Hooray, the sins are here...

...The Eight Deadly Sins are here!

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Chapter XIX
The Escape Plan

Time stood still as the atmosphere took on a dark turn, the usual colour palette of the blue skies and green trees now oddly inverted.

Moving her scythes ahead of her calculatingly, Victoria guessed the current time of the day, noting subconsciously the height of the star above and the angle of the shadows around them, merging with their objects of origin.

Escanor had begun to emanate a slightly prominent aura as his glasses slipped down a mere centimeter, further confirming her current estimation.

Twelve o' two, she guessed, noticing the slight waver of insurmountable hidden power that could barely be picked up on by her goddess eye.

This is bad, Escanor's losing power, she clicked her tongue in dissatisfaction, worried that her plan may not come to fruition.

Fifty seconds left, she realized, capitalizing on the time she had left so that they could incapacitate the goddess.

Moving as a blur, she sliced angrily at the blonde figure, releasing all of her pent up anger on her body, dispersing her inner rage.

Thirty seconds...

Wasting no more time, she ran around the supreme deity, grabbing up the ill-ridden princess and running away at a good speed.

She wasn't a fool to think she could possibly take down the Goddess Queen like this. The only reason why her full-powered incisions had managed to scratch her, was because the leader wasn't even in her original form yet.

The half mortal brunette would stand no chance against the woman.

Left with no other option, she ran, leaving the Lion's sin to take care of her, hopefully, before he got too weak as it neared the end of the day. Escanor could handle himself; all he had to do, was buy them enough time to get somewhere safe, away from their soon to be glorious battle.

Two seconds left.

She kicked it into overdrive, taking off in a flash as she forced herself to fly, barely able to withstand the strain in her recuperating state.

Zero. A loud explosion shook the land as fire burst into the area, sending the duo flying into the forest and tumbling down a hill.

Victoria sighed in relief, panting horribly in exhaustion as her wings retracted, vanishing as she sealed them away. It had been three thousand years since she last used their black feathers.

Three millennia since she had been cursed by both sides, classed as a fallen goddess.

The deity stood slowly, wavering in the small puddle that she had crash-landed in, the muddy water staining her clothes.

Zoning out of it, she noticed that the world was beginning to appear upside down in her head as it throbbed painfully, her ears ringing from the sound of the blast.

Steadying herself, she shook her head firmly, focusing her attention on the delusion-filled goddess lying nearby. She limped over to her, trudging her feet through the former swamp water, splashes soaking through her tights.

Finally, she reached the princess as she picked her up. Struggling, she held her arm around her shoulder, nearly toppling under the weight.

"Elizabeth," she spoke up, trying to get her attention as she concernedly looked at the memory-gaining goddess.

"...we need to help Barzad, Meliodas. He's been attacked," the silverette muttered under her breath in a daze, her eyes looking at something beyond as the orange spread further in her view.

"Elizabeth..." she attempted again, waving her free hand to snap her out of her funk.

"That's right, Meliodas. No matter what happens to me, you must free yourself-"

"Elizabeth!"

"You're the only one who-" she smiled dreamily.

"ELIZABETH!" Victoria yelled, having enough of her daydreams of memory.

The goddess blinked, her vision clearly into focus as she noticed the small mangrove that sat nearby, the huge trees around her.

Temporarily grounded in reality, she turned to face Victoria, almost half of her left eye, now covered with the symbol.

Victoria flinched in shock.

So it is true...

"Ah! Victoria? Where's... where's Lord Meliodas?" she questioned in confusion, glancing around at their surroundings in surprise.

"He's not here... He never was, for that matter," she revealed patronizingly, pitying the poor girl.

"But I was just talking to-"

"-You weren't. You're imagining things," Delizah answered coldly, hefting the girl's weight as they moved slowly along the shadowy grove.

It wasn't good to let the girl dream. It would only make her curiosity grow faster, she noted, trudging along the muddy ground.

Sounds of battle echoed in the distance, two boastful voices vaguely heard within the air.

"Lo... Lord Escanor?" Elizabeth inquired tiredly, not understanding what was currently happening.

"Do you remember what was happening?" Victoria asked for clarification, wanting to know if her current memories would be altered.

"I... I can't really remember much," she stammered, looking at her hands in dismay.

"I see," Delizah glanced away from the conflicted girl, focusing her efforts back on somehow meeting up with the group.

"...but I think I heard something strange while I was healing you."

"That's the extent of your memory, huh?" Victoria glanced at the girl in question.

The princess of Liones gripped her head in pain, forcing herself to join along with her companion's movement.

"... Al... ma."

Victoria whirled around in shock.

"What did you just say?" she demanded, slightly frightening the girl as she shook her head in injury.

"Alma said that there was... going to be a war..."

Did she accidentally remember what the Goddess Queen had erased?

"But you know, we are in a war," Victoria tested the words on her lips, trudging along a narrow path.

The blasts had begun to quiet down; one side seemed to be losing, and the blue-haired brunette wasn't sure who exactly it was.

"No, not this one," she denied determinedly.

"Then what...?"

She knew.

Oh she knew what Elizabeth might have meant.

She had just hoped it wouldn't be true when she found out.

"A war... of eradication."

"E- eradication?" she was surprised by the terminology the princess had used to describe the impending disaster that beckoned out to them.

"At least, that's what she said. I'm still not sure what it means," the white haired girl released her head in thought, her hand dangling uselessly at her side.

"... So it is true, huh?"

I probably will die after this.

"Excuse me?"

Maybe.

"Huh? O- oh it's nothing. I was just thinking aloud," she laughed nervously, the fake sound dying down as they entered the clearing before them.

That's too good to be true, I guess.

She frowned deeply in thought as the girl stared up at her curiously.

Suddenly, killing intent sprung up out of nowhere as she stood protectively over Elizabeth, her scythe in her other hand.

It seemed to come from all sides as she scrutinized the area warily, glancing around to determine the source of the unknown threat.

A small figure swooped down at them from above as an odd-looking sword clashed on her scythe, nearly sending the inside part of the blade down to cut off her head.

Victoria's hand shook unsteadily.

"L- Lord Meliodas!" Elizabeth observed in shock, peeking over at the battle of wills before her.

The blonde's eyes were narrowed ruthlessly as he quickly maneuvered around the large weapon using his size, a small incision made as he scraped the girl's cheek skillfully. Dodging several strikes, Victoria knocked Elizabeth backwards some distance away as she stared coldly into his black eyes, sweeping her head downwards to avoid the overhead swipe.

Getting in under his guard, she pushed him back, stabbing the butt of her scythe into his armored stomach and sending him flying back a few feet in surprise.

Soon he was back on the calculated offensive as his instincts kicked in, speeding quickly towards his surprise opponent.

A pair of outstretched hands stood in the way.

"Lord Meliodas, please stop!" Elizabeth yelled as she stood in front of her two clashing friends, prepared to intercede.

"Eliza... beth?" the captain of The Eight Deadly Sins noted in surprise, recognizing her voice through his haze.

Blood splashed into the air as she was shoved out of the way, Victoria taking the blow instead of the delicate princess.

"Now then, Meliodas," the brunette wiped the blood from her lips as she wavered slightly from the unexpected blow to her side.

"Mind explaining to me what the hell you think you're doing?" she questioned in a slight rage as the short male reverted, his eyes turning green instead.

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Meliodas attacks Victoria and Elizabeth!

When Meliodas loses control of his demon side, what does it mean for the other two?

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~Nia