Drake's perception was correct; Vaizel was now in complete chaos.
Just as Drake had sensed the battle on Stella's side, the Fighting Festival was also reaching its climax.
This time, Diane hadn't shrunk herself down using the Balor's Magical Eye and participated in the Fighting Festival, so Meliodas and Ban had smoothly entered the finals.
Although there were many people participating in the festival, only a handful possessed magic power. After all, in the Kingdom of Liones, anyone with a bit of strength went to become a Holy Knight.
This festival was already quite special, because in addition to Meliodas and Ban, there were also several Holy Knights participating in the festival.
Two of them were the Kingdom of Liones' Howzer and Griamore.
Howzer was the typical hot-blooded idiot; even though he had discovered countless flaws in Meliodas and Ban, he had let them go just because they had used fake names.
And Griamore had come to Vaizel to protect Veronica, the second princess of the Kingdom of Liones.
During the Holy Knights' rebellion, the king and the first princess, Margaret, had been imprisoned, and the third princess, Elizabeth, had fled.
And Veronica had escaped because she hadn't been in the royal capital at the time of the rebellion. When she had returned to the royal capital, all she had heard was that the third princess, Elizabeth, had colluded with the great sinners, the Seven Deadly Sins, in an attempt to overthrow the kingdom.
Veronica naturally didn't believe this nonsense, but the situation in the royal capital was complex, so in order to find out the truth, and also to protect her sister, Veronica had come here with her guard, Griamore.
The Holy Knights were quite complex right now; the division between the two Great Holy Knights had caused a division between the New Generation and the Old Generation.
The New Generation were frantically increasing their own strength, and among the Old Generation, there were those who were ignorant of the truth and were just following orders, and those who were filled with worry about the current situation.
The reason Drake said that the situation in Vaizel was complex was because almost every faction had someone here.
The main enemies of the Seven Deadly Sins were, of course, the New Generation Holy Knights, and besides Guila and Jericho, there were other New Generation members acting together.
The small man who had been acting as the referee for the Fighting Festival had revealed his true face after Meliodas had won; he was the Holy Knight Helbram.
Helbram displayed a level of strength that far exceeded that of the others, and with the cover of another Holy Knight who used gravity magic, he had managed to suppress Ban and Meliodas all by himself.
Even when King had arrived later, he hadn't been able to change the situation.
When Drake arrived, what he saw was King in a sorry state, facing off against a middle-aged man wearing golden armor, while Meliodas and Ban were lying on the side.
The short rod that Drake had made for Meliodas had been broken, and the leather jacket that Ban had just stolen had also been torn to shreds.
Drake looked at Helbram, who had the appearance of a one-eyed uncle, and then looked at King to the side.
Helbram's magic power was indeed very strong, but for King, who had his Sacred Treasure, if he used his full strength, he should have been able to defeat him, or at least not be suppressed to this extent.
The reason was simple; Helbram's current appearance, like the fat man appearance that King had used before, was a disguise.
And Helbram's true identity was that of a fairy, who had been the best friend of the Fairy King Harlequin seven hundred years ago.
Because he had trusted humans, Helbram had watched with his own eyes as humans had stolen the wings of his fellow fairies.
Then, Helbram had begun to take revenge on humans in a frenzy, causing a large number of massacres.
In order to stop his atrocities, King had been forced to kill him with his own hands.
Because the bodies of fairies wouldn't decay, after his death, his body had been traded as a commodity among black market merchants until it had fallen into the hands of the Holy Knights.
The Demon Clan had a secret technique that could use a complete corpse as a medium, using negative emotions to summon the soul of the deceased and complete their resurrection.
But that kind of resurrection was just a fake; as long as the caster died, the secret technique would be dispelled. At the same time, because the secret technique was maintained by negative emotions, the deceased would also be eroded by those negative emotions.
That was how Helbram was; his hatred for humans and the self-blame brought about by the killings had nearly driven him mad.
And he was the second special aura that Drake had sensed, besides Gowther.
A fairy corpse resurrected by a Demon Clan secret technique; no wonder he had such a complex aura.
This was also the reason why King hadn't been able to use his full strength; having already killed his best friend once, how could he bring himself to kill him again?
Drake sighed at King, saying, "Although I understand you, hesitation will only hinder your progress. You have to carry out what you've decided to do."
Saying this, Drake walked past King, coming before Helbram, saying, "No matter what the reason, the crimes you've committed cannot be erased. The only way I can sympathize with you is to set you free."
Helbram's expression changed, saying coldly, "You're really a self-righteous guy! Set me free… this world is already hell!"
Saying this, Helbram instantly appeared before Drake, swinging the wide scimitar at Drake.
This one strike caused the entire ground to crack, and Ban had to carry the unconscious Meliodas far away to avoid the aftershock of the attack.
King also retreated far away, looking at the two fighting with a complicated gaze.
Drake used his armor-covered forearm to block the blade, feeling the power on it constantly increasing.
Helbram's magic power was "Link," which allowed him to borrow the magic power of others using a pre-made magic power nexus.
So, as long as there were enough people lending him their magic power, the magic power he could unleash would be infinite.
And right now, at the Holy Knights' headquarters, a group of Holy Knights were channeling their magic power into the magic power nexus, increasing Helbram's power.
Helbram's face was filled with a cruel smile, and he constantly increased the force on his arm, wanting to crush Drake.
But despite all his efforts, Drake's raised arm didn't move an inch. The smile on Helbram's face disappeared, and then he felt a powerful force land on his abdomen.
Drake kicked Helbram, who was still struggling, away, and then chased after him, launching an attack.
Helbram adjusted his posture in mid-air, swinging the scimitar and clashing with Drake.
Regardless of the world, great basic strength was the foundation.
Magic power, chakra, spiritual pressure, Haki; every top powerhouse in every world had accumulated these basic powers to the limit in order to possess unmatched strength.
Helbram was like that; although he had achieved it by linking his magic power, he did possess unmatched magic power.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
As Helbram flew back for those ten or so meters, the sound of metal clashing rang out continuously; it was the sound of the blade clashing against the gauntlet.
Drake raised his hand, swatting the blade away, and swung another fist at Helbram. Helbram reached out, grabbing Drake's wrist, flipping over and trying to slam Drake into the ground.
Drake flipped his body, wrapping his lower legs in scorching flames, and then used a reverse roundhouse kick, kicking Helbram into the ground.
Helbram crashed into the ground, smashing a large crater into the solid earth.
Drake landed lightly on the ground, looking at Helbram, who was climbing out of the crater.
"You said that this world is hell; then let me send you out of this hell!"
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