"What exactly did you do to Arthur?"
Drake was continuing his research on this day when Merlin's voice suddenly rang out from behind, really startling Drake.
Drake put down the tools in his hand, turning around, saying, "Although you don't have a body right now, you shouldn't just enter other people's workshops like this!"
Merlin's tone didn't have the meaning of questioning, but instead had a feeling of amazement and admiration, so Drake suppressed the urge to take action.
Merlin's phantom curled its lips, saying, "It's really amazing, Arthur has completely changed in just two days, how did you do it?"
Drake smiled mysteriously, Arthur hadn't disappointed Drake, and had successfully passed the first stage of intensive training.
Arthur was undoubtedly a very outstanding young man, possessing the strength of a top-level Holy Knight at a young age, with a gentle and humble personality, able to gain the trust of others.
But as a king, his personality had some shortcomings, which was that he wasn't domineering enough. To put it bluntly, he lacked the confidence of a strong person.
This was understandable; the first opponent this kid had faced after his debut was Hendrickson, who had been demonized, and then he had faced powerful enemies such as Albion and Galand, whose strength far exceeded his own.
Even those around him were existences like the Seven Deadly Sins; Arthur wasn't the kind of hot-blooded idiot protagonist who would only think about how to surpass the strong when he saw them, and had ultimately fallen into confusion.
Once you began to question your past efforts, question your current strength and future achievements, it was difficult to make yourself stronger.
Drake couldn't correct his weak personality, but Drake believed that the strength of the human heart was enough to create miracles.
The strongest thing in Arthur's heart was his will to protect his people, to protect all those who trusted him.
This was also the resolution that Drake had talked about with Arthur, artificially creating a desperate situation for Arthur, Drake had finally stimulated Arthur to strengthen his resolution.
With that kind of resolution, Arthur had overcome his confusion as a matter of course, and had become stronger than ever before.
Even Merlin, who had returned with Meliodas after he had retrieved his power, had a feeling of being from another world when she saw Arthur again.
Not to mention Merlin, even Drake, who had been watching from the sidelines, was somewhat surprised by Arthur's growth.
After solving the personality problem, Arthur's magic power had become active as if it had been unsealed.
Even without the magic eye that measured power level, Drake could feel Arthur's power level constantly increasing.
However, Drake felt that Merlin didn't care about these things, it was enough for her to see Arthur's growth.
So Drake changed the subject, saying, "Since you're back, then it seems that the Captain was successful this time."
Merlin nodded, saying, "Meliodas has successfully retrieved his power, and we've also met up with Ban, now we can begin our actions against the Ten Commandments."
Drake turned his head to look at the Commandment of Truth on the table, saying, "That's perfect, I'm still lacking research materials!"
Merlin also glanced at the Commandment that had been sealed in the magic tools, saying, "You've also been researching it for a while, have you gained anything?"
Drake was stunned for a moment, and then nodded, saying, "I have gained something, as expected of the Demon King's power, it's really an eye-opener."
After researching the Commandment, all Drake wanted to do was lament that Galand, that reckless man, had completely wasted the power of the Commandment.
The essence of the Commandments was the Demon King's curse, a curse launched at targets that met the conditions through the Ten Commandments as a medium.
But this curse was a part of the Demon King's power after all, and its application methods were definitely not just passively waiting for the Commandment to be activated like Galand had done.
Even among the Ten Commandments, there weren't many people who actively used the power of the Commandments.
It was estimated that the Ten Commandments themselves were also clear that the Commandments weren't just a gift from the Demon King, but also a curse.
But the Commandments were also the power that the Demon King had divided in order to win the Holy War after all, and although it was a double-edged sword, it was still a powerful weapon.
So what Drake was talking about actively using wasn't like Grayroad's method of inducing others to violate the Commandments, but using the essence of the Commandments' power.
For example, the Commandment of Truth, its ability was a curse against falsehood in terms of rules, and it could completely be used to break illusions or clone-type moves.
In the original story, after Estarossa, who had obtained three Commandments, had gone berserk, he had displayed the true power of the Commandments.
He had suppressed two members of the Seven Deadly Sins, one member of the Ten Commandments, and two of the Four Archangels all by himself.
And by researching the Commandments, Drake had also somewhat glimpsed the truth of the Demon King.
But unfortunately, there was only one sample, the Commandment of Truth, and what he had obtained was limited after all.
So Drake was thinking about whether he should get a few more Commandments, when Meliodas and the others returned, and the operation to exterminate the Ten Commandments was about to begin.
After packing up, Drake followed Merlin out of the workshop, arriving at a conference hall.
The members of the Seven Deadly Sins and Arthur had long been sitting at the conference table, just waiting for Drake and Merlin.
Drake sat down in the empty seat left for him, saying, "Sorry to keep you waiting, where has the meeting gotten to?"
Meliodas pushed something that looked like a flyer before him, saying, "We were just starting, take a look at this first!
We picked this up on the way back, it was spread by a Blue Demon. It's estimated that it's not just us, this thing has been spread throughout Britannia."
Drake nodded, unlike the Red Demons and Gray Demons, the Blue Demons had bird heads and human bodies, and also possessed the ability to fly.
Having them distribute it was enough to send anything to the entire Britannia in a short time.
And the Blue Demons were considered middle-level members in the Demon Clan, and only the Ten Commandments could order them to do something like delivering letters.
Drake looked at the flyer in his hand, and as expected, it was what Drake had thought it would be.
Earlier, the Boar Hat had visited the merchant city of Vaizel, and had participated in the fighting festival there.
And the content on the flyer was related to this, it said that Vaizel would be holding a "Grand Fighting Festival," inviting everyone to participate.
And the one who achieved the final victory would obtain the right to have one wish granted.
Drake said, "So the Ten Commandments are holding a martial arts tournament, and the purpose is unknown."
In the original story, the Grand Fighting Festival had been held by Gloxinia and Drole for entertainment.
But this time, it might not be the case. Drake had defeated Galand earlier and taken away his Commandment, but Galand had successfully escaped back.
Drake wasn't sure what kind of reaction the Ten Commandments would have after learning about this, but thinking about it, they wouldn't treat it as if nothing had happened.
Meliodas had also thought of this, saying, "That's right, we didn't find any traces of other Ten Commandments acting along the way, they must be planning something.
This Grand Fighting Festival is likely a trap they've set."
Drake said, "Then how should we respond, should we act as if nothing has happened?"
Meliodas smiled, slapping the flyer, saying, "No! It's rare to have caught their tail, we're going to smash their trap!"
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