Original subtitles

[upbeat music playing]

[narrator] To free themselves from Purgatory,

Meliodas, Ban, and Wild

challenged the Demon King repeatedly for decades.

Eventually, Ban uses a new ability.

That combined with Wild making the ultimate sacrifice,

finally allows them to escape.

Upon returning to the present world,

Ban revives Elaine, who used all her strength in battle,

in exchange for his eternal life.

Meanwhile, King and the others, including the newly recruited Mael,

make their way to Camelot Castle.

[tense music playing]

I'm afraid this can't be helped.

Doing so is our duty.

[Chandler and Cusack chanting]

[intense music playing]

The halves of the sinner are reunited.

I am the Original Demon.

No way.

He ousted the field of darkness created by Meliodas and the Commandment.

So what we're seeing is their true form?

[both gasping]

[Escanor grunting]

[Zeldris gasping]

We're done for. There's no way we can win now.

[intense music playing]

[narrator] This is a tale of ancient times,

An era before the human and non-human worlds were forever divided.

[fire blazing]

[narrator] A second Holy War!

In the battle over the fate of Britannia,

not even the gods could determine what was to come.

Even so, the conflict rages on.

There are those who fight to destroy the evil rule

and protect the future of those they hold dear.

These warriors are known as the chosen heroes.

They are the Seven Deadly Sins!

[opening theme music playing]

[music fades]

EPISODE 9 THAT WHICH GATHERS

[ominous music playing]

[Escanor grunting]

[Escanor groaning]

[intense music playing]

[both grunting]

[Original Demon] How disappointing.

Past the peak of noon, this is all the power you can muster?

I thought that a handicap was necessary.

Cruel Sun!

[explosion]

[Merlin] All we can do right now

is hope King and the others join us here as soon as possible.

We must hold out until then.

[chuckling]

You and I are more than enough to take down the likes of him.

Oh, don't put on airs.

The certainty of your deaths is already a settled matter,

and none of your friends will make it in time.

Hmm?

Exterminate Ray.

[Merlin yelling]

[Merlin grunting]

[Escanor roaring]

[Escanor grunting]

[Escanor retching]

The fist Sin is down.

What's that?

Something enormous is flying in fast from a distance.

[Original Demon straining]

Is that King's Chastiefol?

If it is, then where is he?

[Merlin] It's likely an attack that's controlled remotely.

Did he awaken the true power of the Fairy King?

[Zeldris] It's the Seven Deadly Sins.

Their distance is unclear,

but multiple immense magical powers

are heading in this direction from the north.

[tense music playing]

[King] I'm starting to get the hang of this.

With remote-controlling, I can only take one form at a time.

[King straining]

[King] Either way, this consumes too much magical power.

We need to settle this quickly!

[Merlin gasping]

[Escanor gasping]

[intense music playing]

TRUE SPIRIT SPEAR CHASTIEFOL FORM FOUR "SUNFLOWER"

This is bad.

[Original Demon] Hmm?

You're mine.

Such an immense force.

How impertinent.

[gasping] What?

The attack was nullified?

Original Demon,

let me take this one on myself.

You just focus on the others.

Crush Escanor and Merlin!

[Gilthunder] This battle is intense.

[Hendrickson] It's only a matter of time before the conflict reaches us.

Gilthunder, I suggest you escape now.

What? I… I object!

I won't leave Margaret behind.

Especially in this condition.

[sobbing]

Mael was alive this whole time.

I knew he… he wouldn't be killed off so easily,

and certainly not by the impure Demon Clan.

[Ludociel sobbing]

[Gilthunder] Margaret…

[Ludociel sobbing]

[Ludociel] Hendrickson, listen to me.

I want you to take me to where Mael is.

[Hendrickson] Lord Ludociel…

[Ludociel] Please, I…

[Ludociel sobbing]

[Hendrickson gasping]

The shock from this realization is just too great.

I'm unable to fly or walk.

-[Ludociel sobbing] -[Hendrickson gasping]

Pathetic, right? Go ahead. Laugh at me.

But please, I'm begging you.

[Ludociel sobbing]

[Hendrickson] You poor soul.

[suspenseful music playing]

Purge.

[Ludociel sobbing]

[Hendrickson straining, yelling]

[Ludociel grunting]

[music stops]

Margaret?

[Hendrickson panting]

[Gilthunder] Is that a man with wings?

Did you separate him from Margaret's body?

So this is the real form of Ludociel, one of the Four Archangels.

[Hendrickson] Purge isn't simply a technique used to destroy evil.

It can also eliminate impurities from muddy water

and turn it fresh once again.

If his real form hadn't debilitated to this degree,

this wouldn't have been possible.

He would've been too wary of me and stayed away,

if things hadn't gone well, that is.

[Gilthunder] Hendrickson, you devoted yourself to Ludociel from the start.

Was that because you planned to do this all along?

It seems my all-or-nothing bet worked out.

Now, take Princess Margaret and get away from here.

[Gilthunder] And what will you do?

I will stay here.

I've committed far too many sins.

After murdering your father,

I went so far as to imprison Princess Margaret,

causing you further suffering.

Besides, I can't just leave him like this.

[Gilthunder gasping]

[somber music playing]

Before we part,

I have a message for you from your father.

"I'll always watch over you, son."

[Gilthunder's breath shuddering]

[Hendrickson] Now go.

[Gilthunder sobbing]

[Hendrickson chuckling]

[Ludociel groaning]

[Ludociel] Hendrickson!

How dare you deceive me, you traitor.

I've prepared myself.

[Ludociel gasping]

Ludociel, please allow me to serve as your vessel

until my life and soul are exhausted.

I do not have any fear of death.

That's an asset,

one that should allow you to use your full power to your heart's content.

This is goodbye, Dreyfus.

[wind whooshing]

Don't bother with useless resistance!

You have no chance of beating me!

[Zeldris yelling]

[Zeldris gasping, grunting]

[King] You still think this is useless resistance?

They should start to realize any moment now

that they're not the only ones who are heading to this location.

What?

[suspenseful music playing]

Hey, Elizabeth. Do you feel it too?

[Elizabeth] A presence that's advancing far ahead of us.

What could it be?

No way.

What is it, Mael?

Zeldris must have anticipated all of this happening

since the very beginning.

How in the abyss of madness I would…

No. Estarossa would collect everything he could and take it in

until his unavoidable self destruction.

You're saying the powerful presence headed this way

is the four Commandments that left Mael?

[Mael] Commandments increase their power

as they draw closer and gather in one place.

They even have the capacity to form an ego.

They are drawn to one another through a powerful level of attraction.

Meliodas should be taking in five Commandments in Camelot

at this very moment.

Based on these factors,

I cannot think of another place the Commandments could be headed.

[Hawk] Oh. Isn't that crazy bad?

[Gowther] Yep. It's crazy bad.

[Elizabeth] Can we stop it?

[Mael] There's no way.

[Elizabeth] How could that be?

If all the Commandments come together,

Meliodas would really become the Demon King.

[Diane] Then you don't have to worry.

Merlin has Melascula's Commandment. They can't all come together.

[Mael] It's far too late now.

[Merlin grunting]

[high-pitched whirring]

[Merlin] Melascula's test tube is moving on it's own?

No. The Commandment is resonating with something.

[Merlin gasping]

They're finally here.

[dramatic music playing]

[Zeldris] It's almost time, Gelda.

Bear witness to the birth of our new Demon King.

[Zeldris] Hmm.

We were too late.

[Merlin grunting]

It's the worst-case scenario, isn't it?

[grunting] I'm not ready to give up yet.

[chanting spell]

What spell is that?

[Merlin chanting spell]

[dramatic music playing]

It can't be.

No way.

[Original Demon] The forbidden spell. Chrono Coffin!

[Zeldris] Is she trying to suspend the cocoon in time?

I won't let her!

[Original Demon shouting]

-[Escanor straining] -[Original Demon straining]

[Zeldris yelling, grunting]

Escanor, King, I need you.

Help me.

Please just keep me guarded for 12 minutes.

[Ludociel] Everything is over.

Not just yet. Miss Merlin will surely find a way to…

[Ludociel] Interesting.

I'm surprised that woman has the ability to stop time.

[chanting spell]

[Ludociel] It's clear that she'll be killed

before she has time to complete the spell.

[Merlin grunting]

[Ludociel] Due to the lack of sunlight,

Escanor no longer has the strength left to stop the Original Demon.

[blows landing rapidly]

[Ludociel] The practitioner remotely controlling that Spirit Spear

possesses great ability, no doubt,

but stopping the attacks of those two monsters

is a next-to-impossible deed.

And if Meliodas awakens as the Demon King,

our defeat is simply a matter of procedure.

Don't talk like that!

How could you be so faint-hearted, Lord Ludociel?

I was taught the Goddess Clan encouraged and guided Humans 3,000 years ago.

That they showed great perseverance and were beacons of hope.

Yes.

We were admired by Humans and received their faith,

and I let that get to my head.

I, Ludociel,

became too confident and arrogant, thinking of others as nothing but pawns.

However, everything that we did was to win the Holy War.

Nevertheless, there were those like you among the Humans.

Turncoats who would choose to flip sides and leave me behind.

[Hendrickson grunting]

Listen. I'm sorry, but I needed to save those two by any means possible.

The way I see it, this is my atonement.

My penance for toying with their fates.

[scoffing] From such great heights did I fall into self-ruin.

I became as ecstatic as a child who had been given a new toy.

Simply because I found out

there were those who were still devoted to me.

[Hendrickson grunting]

Huh?

[Hendrickson gasping]

[Ludociel sighing]

[Hendrickson grunting, sighing]

[Hendrickson] Count me among them.

I still respect and worship you without hesitation.

That's enough of your lies. I won't be fooled again.

[Hendrickson sighing]

[somber music playing]

For the Druids, myself included, the Goddess Clan is dogma.

You are the divine,

and above all, you try to guide us to victory with utmost effort.

Well, I did get disappointed too, to be honest.

It's true.

The way you treated Gil and Princess Margaret was atrocious,

as you freely admitted yourself.

Nonetheless, that panicked state you were in

after realizing your brother was alive…

[Hendrickson chuckling]

…I admit, I couldn't help but laugh.

Bastard!

Cease this! You're speaking too straightforwardly.

Don't be angry.

Such moments make me like you all the more.

Finding out you're just like us,

a divine yet humanly imperfect being.

[Ludociel scoffing]

Sorry, but I'm not into that kind of thing.

[Hendrickson] Oh, not to worry.

I'm not either.

In any case, I urge you to please hurry and use me as your vessel.

Not simply as a Druid who worships you, but as a dear friend.

Please.

Then brace yourself.

[Hendrickson exhaling]

[Ludociel] Be vigorous.

Huh?

[Ludociel] You…

you are a soft one who keeps putting others needs before your own.

[Hendrickson] I don't understand.

Didn't you just say, "Brace yourself"?

[Ludociel] Don't get carried away.

With a vessel like yours, I couldn't bring myself to use my full power.

That's all.

Once upon a time, I also had a friend.

He was a soft one like you.

A foolish member of the Goddess Clan

who threw away his own life for others the sake of others.

Don't die, Hendrickson.

[Hendrickson gasping]

[intense music playing]

[Escanor grunting]

[chanting spell]

[Escanor groaning]

[breathing heavily]

It's over. Death Drive.

[Escanor grunting]

[Escanor] Mi… Miss Merlin…

Escanor!

Prepare for your death.

[Merlin gasping]

[Merlin gasping]

[Ludociel] Finish your magic and complete the spell, quickly!

I can't guarantee that I'll be able to maintain this state for long

without a vessel.

However,

I'm confident I can guarantee something as small as stalling him.

Ludociel!

[Escanor] I should have seen this coming.

The arrogance of a man like myself

acting like I could protect anyone.

I can't believe how impertinent I was.

This life of mine,

even if it means giving up this power,

I don't care.

Someone…

anyone,

please…

The Captain

and Miss Merlin,

please save them.

[dramatic music playing]

[Mael] Escanor,

who would've thought that this would be the way we'd reunite.

[Escanor groaning]

[groaning]

Could this be the guidance of the Sunshine as well?

[ending theme music playing]

[music fades]