Having sensed that Stella was in danger, Drake arrived at her location almost instantly.
Drake immediately saw Guila, whom he had seen in the Capital of the Dead, and another short-haired female knight.
If Ban was here, he would have recognized her as Jericho, the squire Holy Knight who had originally been stationed at Baste Prison.
However, she had been a squire Holy Knight just a few days ago, but now she possessed the magic power of a Holy Knight.
There was only one possibility that could have caused this; Drake could already sense the same Demon Clan blood on Jericho's body as he had on Guila.
And the two were currently attacking Stella. He didn't know what had happened, but Diane was lying quietly on the ground to the side, and Elizabeth was standing in front of her.
Stella's condition was also off; not only were her attacks weak, but even her magic power was being suppressed.
Not having time to think, Drake directly inserted himself into the battle, raising his hand to block Guila's lance, which was covered in explosive flames, while simultaneously kicking Jericho, who was attacking, away.
Stella breathed a sigh of relief after seeing Drake appear, saying, "Drake, be careful; they have a special poison. That's what made Diane lose consciousness."
Drake put Stella behind him, sniffing, saying, "There is a strange smell; it's not a simple sleeping potion, and it has components that target magic power."
Although Drake hadn't mastered the development ability "Harmonize," he had some knowledge of magic potions.
Based on just the remaining components, he could roughly figure out the general situation of the drug.
It was, after all, an entire kingdom; what they possessed wasn't so simple.
Among the five major races, humans were the weakest in terms of power, but precisely because of this, they had a level of technology that far exceeded that of the other races in some specialized areas.
Perhaps it was because of their lack of power that humans had to develop different "powers" in order to survive, and those powers were called knowledge and wisdom by humans themselves.
Even though the City of Sages, which best represented that power, had been destroyed, humans wouldn't let that spark die out.
Moreover, Drake suspected that the reason why the Demon King and the Supreme Deity had joined forces to destroy the City of Sages wasn't just because Merlin had tricked them.
Perhaps they were also afraid that humans would develop that power to the point where it threatened them.
After all, the Demon King and the Supreme Deity had only joined forces twice since the birth of this world: once to curse Meliodas and Elizabeth, and the other to destroy the City of Sages.
Having experienced so many worlds, Drake had long since learned to put away his arrogance.
However, the Holy Knights hadn't used anything similar in the original story, so Drake had been somewhat careless.
Fortunately, in order to pursue the effect of causing unconsciousness, this drug had sacrificed other aspects, and had almost no harmful effects on the body.
Despite how deeply Diane was sleeping, she would wake up immediately if an attack landed on her.
Their plan was probably to use this opportunity to kidnap Elizabeth, but they hadn't expected Stella to be able to remain conscious.
Drake guessed that the principle of the drug was to take effect from the magic power side, and Stella's magic power was completely different from that of this world. So, the drug only made her weak.
The fact that the unawakened Elizabeth was completely unaffected was also proof of this.
Drake couldn't help but become interested; he had originally thought that after the City of Sages had been destroyed, Merlin was the only one in this world whose knowledge and technology were worth looking at, but it now seemed that the kingdom still had something to offer.
In order to deal with the Seven Deadly Sins, besides the New Generation, who had fused with Demon Clan blood, the Holy Knights might have prepared other things as well.
Drake cracked his knuckles, having already decided that they would all be his spoils.
Guila and Jericho exchanged glances, and moved at the same time.
The two had actually seen Drake, but hadn't seen him in action.
Often, courage was born from ignorance, and besides, the two had had their minds somewhat eroded by the Demon Clan blood, so there was no way they would back down.
Guila was slightly behind Jericho, wanting to use a powerful explosive flame to end the battle under Jericho's cover.
But before she could prepare her attack, she saw Jericho flying out, crashing through an unknown number of large trees before crashing into a distant mountain.
Opening her squinted eyes slightly, Guila's vision was covered by a hand. Before she could have a second thought, a huge force came from her face.
With a bang, Drake directly slammed Guila's head into the ground, and a huge fireball exploded behind Drake.
Drake waved his hand, dispersing the black smoke from the explosion, and Guila also retreated.
Blood flowed from her forehead, and Guila looked at Drake in a very sorry state.
She really hadn't expected that this man, who had always been following the Seven Deadly Sins, would be so terrifying.
The well-prepared plan had been disrupted by Stella's presence, causing their purpose to fail.
Now that Drake had taken action, she no longer dared to think about completing their purpose; what she was thinking about now was how to escape safely.
Jericho descended from the sky, using the short sword in her hand to slash at Drake.
The Demon Clan blood did have some merits; not only could it greatly increase one's power, but it also made these "New Generation" sturdier than ordinary Holy Knights.
The fact that the two hadn't lost much combat power after being hit by those attacks earlier was quite surprising to Drake.
The Dragon Slayer covered his arm, and Drake raised his hand, grabbing Jericho's blade.
The ground beneath Drake's feet sank, and the surrounding trees were shaken out of the ground.
But Drake himself didn't move an inch, only releasing flames from his palm, instantly melting the blade into molten iron.
Before Jericho could react to what had happened, she saw Drake's other fist coming towards her.
With an uppercut, Jericho was sent flying.
And the moment Jericho disappeared from his sight, Drake saw several fireballs flying towards him.
This was Guila's technique, which could freely control explosive fireballs.
With so many explosive flames exploding at the same time, Guila didn't believe that anyone could block them.
But the way Drake dealt with this technique exceeded Guila's imagination.
Drake opened his mouth, sucking all the fireballs that were flying towards him into his mouth.
Wiping the corner of his mouth, Drake said, "The flames mixed with impurities are really disgusting, but power surged out after I ate them!"
"He ate my explosive flames…!"
Guila attributed that to the effects of Drake's magic power, but she also began to feel secretly bitter.
This meant that many of her techniques were now useless.
She was already at a disadvantage, and the other party's magic power was suppressing her; she really didn't know how she was supposed to fight this.
Drake didn't care what she was thinking, and continued to attack Guila. And with this attack, Drake started to get serious.
"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!"
The fist wrapped in flames came over, and the speed wasn't too fast, allowing Guila to raise her lance to block it.
But this was an unstoppable punch; although it wasn't a Sacred Treasure, the lance, which was a high-level piece of equipment, was directly shattered, and then the fist landed directly on Guila's abdomen.
Flames spewed out from Guila's back, destroying a large area of trees behind her. And Guila also fell limply from Drake's fist.
Drake retracted his Sacred Gear, clapping his hands back and forth, as if to shake off the dust on them, saying, "That's settled!"
After saying this, Drake turned his head, looking towards the direction of Vaizel, saying, "It seems like things are getting lively over there too, Captain!"
From the start, the magic power fluctuations in the town had become intense.
It seemed that, just like in the original story, the people that the Holy Knights had sent weren't just Guila and Jericho.
I went to a relative's child's graduation banquet yesterday.
Wasn't it the norm to hold graduation banquets after the acceptance letters came out? Are they doing it as soon as the exams are over now?
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