The hearing of everyone present was very good, and they all heard a sound through the Regeneration Cradle.
It was the sound of a dormant heart beating once again. Drake had to hold Ban back to prevent him from opening the Regeneration Cradle right now to embrace Elaine.
However, Ban quickly calmed down, controlling himself and continuing to wait.
After the first heartbeat, it took a long time for Elaine's heart to beat a second time, and then the intervals became shorter and shorter, until it turned into a normal frequency.
The Regeneration Cradle emitted a lustrous light, causing everyone except Ban to turn their heads away.
After a long time, the light gradually dissipated, and Ban, who had been staring intently at the Regeneration Cradle, hadn't recovered his vision yet, when he heard Drake's voice.
"It's a success!"
And at this time, the whiteness before Ban's eyes also began to recede, and the scenery before him became clear.
And at first glance, he saw the opened outer shell of the Regeneration Cradle, and the girl who was sitting up, supporting herself on the edge.
Elaine, who had just been revived, was also confused for a moment, and then saw Ban not far away, and revealed a smile.
"It's good to see you again, Ban!"
But at this time, Ban didn't seem as eager as he had been earlier, but was rather hesitant. He was afraid that what was before him was just a dream, and that he would shatter it with the slightest movement.
Drake really couldn't bear to watch any longer, and directly pushed him.
Ban staggered for a moment, and then took the opportunity to step forward and walk before Elaine, embracing her without saying a word.
Stella also walked to Drake's side, gently taking Drake's hand, saying, "It's so good that they were able to reunite!"
Drake held Stella's hand even tighter in return, nodding, saying, "Yeah! But how long are they going to hug for!"
Just then, Drake suddenly felt a strange magic power fluctuation. Looking up, a magic power light path had appeared in the sky at some point.
That should be a part of some kind of technique, but the pattern of that technique was too large, and Drake's vision couldn't make out the full picture of the technique.
Immediately afterwards, the Sacred Tree, no, the entire earth began to shake.
Stella said, "What's wrong, is it an earthquake?"
Drake shook his head, saying, "No, this is the signal for the start of the war."
Whether it was the pattern in the sky or the shaking earth, they were all caused by one thing, which was the breaking of the seal of the Coffin of Eternal Darkness.
The broken sword in Meliodas' hand was actually the last fragment of the Coffin of Eternal Darkness, and it had been taken away by a Holy Knight during the chaos in Baste Prison.
And during the turmoil in the royal capital, Dreyfus had attacked Elizabeth, obtaining the last key to opening the seal - the blood of the Goddess Clan.
What had just happened was the reaction after the seal of the Coffin of Eternal Darkness had been broken, and as Drake had said, it was the signal for the Holy War to begin again.
In the original story, Fraudrin had only released nine members of the Demon Clan from the seal because he hadn't obtained enough Goddess Clan blood.
But these nine people were also the most elite legion in the Demon Clan, the Ten Commandments, a personal guard unit that was directly under the Demon King.
And according to Drake's estimation, there shouldn't be any difference this time.
Although they hadn't released all of the Demon Clan, just the Ten Commandments were enough to turn Britannia upside down.
Because the strength of the Ten Commandments was now completely on a different dimension from Britannia.
In the original story, the magic power of the Ten Commandments, who had just been released from the seal, had all disappeared because of the seal.
But even in that state of having zero magic power, Galand of Truth, one of the Ten Commandments, had still single-handedly defeated Meliodas and the others.
And according to the power level analysis of this world, Galand was the lowest of the Ten Commandments, but his power level was still 27,000.
And the Seven Deadly Sins, without the updated version, except for Escanor, the others were all around 3,500.
Even so, the Seven Deadly Sins were the only power that Britannia could bring out.
Those Holy Knights in the Kingdom of Liones, who couldn't understand their own weight, the strongest of them had a power level of only seven or eight hundred, and the highest was just over a thousand. Not even a fraction of the Ten Commandments.
Speaking of which, Drake still didn't know what his own power level was.
But compared to the values observed by magic tools, Drake still preferred to test it with actual combat, and the Ten Commandments were just right to be his whetstone.
But Drake didn't notice that Gerheade's expression on the side was very ugly.
As someone who had personally experienced the Holy War three thousand years ago, she knew even more clearly what had caused the anomalies just now.
Biting her lip, she looked at Ban and Elaine, who were still embracing tightly in front of her.
As if having made up her mind, she extended her staff towards Ban.
Suddenly, a vine emerged from the ground on either side of Ban, directly entangling his arms and pulling him up.
Everyone also reacted, and Elaine said in alarm, "Gerheade, what are you doing?"
Drake pulled Stella back, looking at Gerheade with a cold expression, waiting for her answer.
Gerheade looked at Elaine with an apologetic expression, replying, "Lady Elaine, I have no choice but to do this.
The Demon Clan has been revived, and the Holy War is about to begin. The Fairy Clan needs the protection of the Fairy King.
And only Harlequin-sama, who was chosen by the Sacred Tree, is the true Fairy King.
Although I am very grateful to Ban-sama for saving the Fairy King's Forest, we must still use his life to completely revive the Sacred Tree."
Elaine was furious, but having just been revived, she didn't even have the strength to stand up.
Ban, however, smiled at her, saying, "It's alright, Elaine, trust me!"
Saying this, he tilted his head to look at Gerheade, saying, "I was never interested in being the Fairy King anyway, but you can't have this life!"
Saying this, Ban exerted force with his arms, directly tearing apart the vines that were binding him.
Gerheade waved her staff, and four more vines emerged from the ground behind her, directly stabbing towards Ban's body.
But halfway there, nine fire dragons composed of flames flew out, directly tearing the vines to shreds.
Stella held the Evil Dragon Sword, saying coldly, "I really can't bear to watch any longer, aren't you ashamed of doing this kind of ungrateful thing?"
Faced with the accusation, Gerheade said without changing her expression, "Human, this isn't something you should interfere with!"
Drake pulled back Stella, who was about to charge forward, looking at Gerheade, saying, "Greedy, selfish, the Fairy Clan must have used these words to describe humans a lot, right?
In the end, what you're doing is no different!
Stop putting on that righteous look, what 'for the Fairy Clan.' Surely you know that Ban's strength is enough to flatten the Fairy King's Forest without anyone to protect it, right?
You're just aware that with Elaine-san around, Ban can't possibly attack you.
Heh, the noble Fairy Clan would actually take advantage of human kindness, it's truly an eye-opener!"
Although he had known long ago what Gerheade would do, seeing it actually happen still made him angry, so Drake's venomous tongue's attack power had increased by who knows how much.
Gerheade was indeed broken, gripping her staff tightly, wishing she could grind her teeth to pieces.
But this didn't shake her determination, and new vines grew out from behind her.
"Enough!"
Elaine's voice was no longer soft and gentle, but was instead full of majesty.
As Elaine's voice fell, the vines behind Gerheade twisted, and then actually directly bound Gerheade.
Those vines had originally grown out from the Sacred Tree, and controlling the Sacred Tree in battle was the Fairy Clan's most powerful ability.
But the Fairy Clan had strong and weak members, and the Sacred Tree also had its own will, and these would all affect the strength of the Fairy Clan's ability to control the Sacred Tree.
And Elaine, as the Holy Maiden who protected the Fountain of Youth, was obviously stronger than Gerheade.
Although she was still very weak at this time, she still forcibly seized control from Gerheade.
Elaine looked at Gerheade with some sadness, and then turned to look at Ban, saying, "We promised!"
Ban nodded, revealing a gentle smile, saying, "One day, I'll take you away!"
Saying this, Ban stepped forward and directly picked Elaine up in a princess carry.
Drake also retrieved the Regeneration Cradle, following Ban out.
Since Ban, the person involved, wasn't pursuing the matter, Drake didn't have the position to do anything.
But as expected, he was still a bit unhappy. At this time, Galand should be preparing to find Meliodas for trouble, right? If he hurried over now, he might be able to catch him for a fight.
.....
Galand, who had just broken free from the Coffin of Eternal Darkness, suddenly shivered.
Without magic power, everything was wrong, and his body was showing abnormalities!
Thinking this, Galand was completely unaware of what was waiting for him in the future.