On the way to the royal capital, Drake was constantly researching the spoils he had obtained from the Holy Knights.
The most common among them was a tool called the Spell Jewel, which was a convenient tool formed by sealing secret techniques within jade stones.
The technology of perfectly sealing magic or secret techniques was quite interesting. But more than the Spell Jewels, Drake wanted to research the Goat's Sin of Lust, Gowther.
Because Gowther's true body was a doll created by Gowther the Selfless, a former member of the Demon Clan's Ten Commandments.
As a powerful magician whom even the Demon King feared, and was forced to imprison, one could imagine the extent of Gowther the Selfless' abilities.
And the Goat's Sin of Lust, Gowther, was precisely the most outstanding work of Gowther the Selfless. He had even entrusted his magic power to this doll, which had given birth to a soul.
However, Gowther himself lacked the relevant knowledge, and therefore displayed a great lack of common sense, and never considered the situation when speaking.
But that didn't hinder Drake's curiosity about him. In any world, the technology to allow inanimate objects to give birth to a soul was absolutely high-end.
However, Gowther already possessed his own will, so Drake was too embarrassed to take him apart.
But Drake did make some gains in other areas.
Earlier, when Del was recounting Hendrickson's experiments on the Holy Knights, perhaps because her emotions had fluctuated too much, Elizabeth's Goddess Clan power had surfaced for a moment.
Drake had also caught a trace of the power of the curse on her.
Elizabeth's Goddess Clan power had awakened in her childhood, causing the peculiar patterns in one of her eyes.
But the curse on her had only begun to take effect after she had met Meliodas.
The curse would slowly allow her to regain her past memories, and once all of her memories had been restored, what would follow would be an unavoidable death.
It was also because Drake had sensed the anomaly in Elizabeth's power fluctuations that he had discovered the traces of the curse.
However, as expected of a high-level power involving fate, Drake's analysis wasn't going smoothly. But having a clue was already a good start.
Just as Drake was racking his brains about how to take it a step further, Mama Hawk also arrived near the royal capital of Liones, carrying the Boar Hat Tavern.
According to the plan, if the Roar of Dawn had already rescued the king, they would bring him to this area.
Since he didn't see anyone, it was estimated that their operation had failed.
However, the royal capital was, after all, the Holy Knights' base of operations, so it was normal for the rescue to have failed.
Of course, the next operation would still have to rely on the Seven Deadly Sins.
Outside the walls of the royal capital, Diane swung her war hammer, slamming it heavily on the ground.
The magic power "Creation," combined with the Giant Clan's power to control the earth, caused a violent earthquake.
Stone pillars the size of small mountains slammed into the city walls, causing them to shake along with it, and several Holy Knights who hadn't been able to stand properly fell down.
"Holy Knights, I've come to fight you!" Diane shouted.
King had a strange expression on his face; although their mission was to attract the Holy Knights' attention, creating an opportunity for those who were infiltrating the royal capital,
Diane's reason was truly laughable.
Although Diane's performance was a bit indescribable, the effects of that attack earlier were indeed good. King could feel a large amount of magic power converging in this direction.
Diane's group was making good progress, and the others had also successfully infiltrated the royal capital.
Meliodas, Ban, and Gowther headed directly to Hendrickson's magic power research institute.
And they were the second layer of bait, responsible for luring the remaining Holy Knights in the city.
And Drake and Stella were responsible for protecting Elizabeth, meeting up with the Roar of Dawn within the city and rescuing the king.
According to the agreed-upon signal, Drake, Stella, Hawk, and Elizabeth successfully made contact with Slader.
In a small alley, Slader appeared before Drake, saying, As expected, the royal family has been imprisoned, but we only found Princess Margaret in the prison.
Fortunately, we received assistance from Del's daughter, and found out where His Majesty is being held.
But what's imprisoning His Majesty is an unbreakable secret technique; we can't bring him out.
Elizabeth said, "Are Father and Princess Margaret alright?"
Slader said, "Rest assured, both of them are safe, although they're imprisoned. It's just that His Majesty's body seems to be a bit weak."
Stella patted Elizabeth, who had a worried expression, on the shoulder, saying, "Don't worry; we'll help you rescue your father right away!"
Hawk said from the side, "That's right; Sir Hawk, the leader of the Leftover Knights, is also here!"
Just then, a loud crash suddenly came from the distance, and then black smoke, swirling with dust, soared into the sky.
Drake looked at the rising smoke, saying, "It looks like the Captain's side has also started; we need to hurry too. Let's set off now!"
Slader nodded, saying, "Alright; my members are already prepared over there; I'll take you there."
After saying this, Slader led the way, guiding the group to the outside of a small castle.
A black shadow flashed past, and the female knight from the Roar of Dawn appeared before the group.
"You've finally arrived; we were almost starting to get moldy from waiting!"
Slader asked, "Is His Majesty alright?"
The female knight replied, "His Majesty has been inside all along. The strange thing is that the Holy Knights don't seem to have stationed any guards here."
As she spoke, the group had already entered the castle, and indeed didn't find any guards.
They also saw the secret technique that Slader had mentioned, which was imprisoning the king.
It was normal for there to be no guards; most of the Holy Knights were still loyal to the king, so how could they let them guard him?
And with this secret technique in place, there was no way anyone could rescue the king.
Demon World Secret Technique: "Perfect Cube." Unless it was the caster himself, or someone who knew the special method, there was no way to undo it.
Drake looked at the transparent cube, which lit up when touched, and couldn't help but reveal an interested expression.
"Father, are you inside?" Elizabeth pressed her hands against the surface of the cube, calling out loudly.
An aged voice came from behind the curtain inside the cube, "Is that Elizabeth? Are you alright?"
Drake stepped forward, saying, "Elizabeth, step back first; I'll take a look at this thing."
With his palm pressed against the surface of the transparent cube, Drake had already figured out the principle behind the Perfect Cube.
This cube was composed of multiple layers of complex spatial distortions.
External attacks would be sent back by the folded space, so external force was fundamentally unable to destroy this technique.
But what Drake had always believed was that there was no such thing as a perfect technique, and that the common weakness of all techniques was strength.
To put it bluntly, as long as the power of the attack exceeded the limit it could withstand, then there was no technique that couldn't be broken.
The so-called technique that couldn't be broken by brute force was simply because the force wasn't strong enough.
The brute force solution was crude, but it was simple and effective. Drake didn't have extra time to study the flaws in the technique; this method was just right.
Crimson flames appeared on Drake's arm; Ignia's flames were flames that destroyed everything, even space.
The position where the blue, transparent light screen touched Drake's palm turned red, and although it was space, it felt like metal.
And unlike metal, which would only have a hole melted in it if it was melted, space, if burned through, would collapse directly because its structure had been destroyed.
Amidst the astonished gazes of everyone except Stella, Drake retracted his palm, saying, "That's settled!"
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