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(The ending sequence of the 'Seven Deadly Sins: Cursed by Light' movie is shown.)
Narrator: It has been about three days since Meliodas and Elizabeth had married with the former now becoming King of Liones. It happened after the Seven Deadly Sins, with the help of their allies, defeated the Supreme Deity, who had intended to begin a new Holy War. Before she died, the Supreme Deity warned Meliodas and Zeldris that her death would issue an era of chaos. Meanwhile, while rebuilding his kingdom and after succeeding in slaughtering a faction of Dalhia and Dubs's mind-controlled minions, Arthur was approached by Merlin, who informed him of the Supreme Deity's demise and that the Age of Humans and Chaos could truly begin.
(Then, we now see four silhouettes who are watching the whole thing. Four silhouettes are seen watching an orb that showed the ending. They have been watching every single action and event that takes place in Britannia.)
Narrator: Little did anyone know that since the defeat of the Demon King and the Supreme Deity, the lives of everyone in Britannia were about to change forever.
Male Figure #1: At long last, Britannia is at peace, and Meliodas and Elizabeth are now married.
Female Figure #1: Happy day!
Female Figure #2: But Hawk is with Wild in Purgatory, and Escanor is dead.
Male Figure #2: That really sucks! The Seven Deadly Sins needed him!
Male Figure #1: Indeed they do. In fact, the way I see it, I think they need more adventures together, lots more. Plus, regarding some Commandments that redeemed themselves, which we feel sorry for, I think they shall be resurrected. Agreed?
Other figures: Agreed!
Female Figure #1: And not only that, there are other worlds I think should merge with Britannia.
Male Figure #1: Other worlds like the one the Seven Deadly Sins and their friends live in? Impossible! There's no way there are others like Britannia!
Female Figure #2: Hold on there, friend. I think Aphrodite's got something here.
Male Figure #2: What is it, sister?
Aphrodite: Like I said, there are other worlds that should merge with Britannia.
Female Figure #2: Show us what you have in mind, and explain how and why they could be useful.
(Aphrodite, the first female figure, conjured up a bunch of view screens to reveal scenes from Rising of the Shield Hero.)
Aphrodite: First, there are two parallel worlds that are clashing with each other while fighting inter-dimensional hordes of monsters called the Waves of Catastrophe. Naofumi Iwatani, an easygoing Japanese youth, was summoned into a parallel world along with three other young Japanese men from parallel universes to become the world's Cardinal Heroes and fight the Waves. Each of the heroes was respectively equipped with their own legendary equipment when summoned. Naofumi happened to receive the Legendary Shield, the sole defensive equipment, while the other heroes received respectively a sword, a spear, and a bow, weapons meant for offense. Unlike the other heroes who are fully supported by the kingdom and gained several strong allies each, Naofumi's luck became worse after one companion of his known as Myne Sophia, revealed to be the kingdom's princess Malty of Melromarc, betrayed him by falsely accusing him of sexually assaulting her, and then stole all his belongings and left him with no help and supplies.
Male Figure #1: (growls) Why, those heartless bastards!
Female Figure #2: Continue, Aphrodite.
Aphrodite: After being shunned by his fellow Heroes and peasants everywhere, Naofumi, all alone, forced himself to train to be stronger, until he bought from a slave trader a young tanuki demi-human girl named Raphtalia, and an egg that hatched into a bird-like creature for which he named "Filo", both quickly growing mature and becoming powerful warriors under his care. Naofumi and his group had a hard time dealing with Malty and all who are at her side, including the three other Cardinal Heroes. Fortunately, Malty's younger sister- Princess Melty who was next in line to rule Melromarc- is very supportive of Naofumi and his group. And yet, she, too, was targeted to be killed. Despite all that trouble, Naofumi and his group eventually foiled the conspiring Church of the Three Heroes and killed the evil pope. Afterwards, the corrupt King Aultcray of Melromarc and Princess Malty were placed under arrest by the former's wife and the latter's mother, the good Queen in an attempt to prevent war from breaking out. Malty's true nature is exposed by her mother, and she was placed under a special slave curse that forces her to reveal the rest of her crimes. After disowning them, the two were set to be executed. But Naofumi cleverly suggested publicly that the king's name be legally changed to "Trash", (giggles) and Malty's name legally changed to "Bitch".
(The Four Gods laughed at this.)
Male Figure #2: Oh, that's very funny, sis!
Aphrodite: (giggles) I know. Anyway, Naofumi and his friends recruited a girl named Rishia Ivyred, who was dumped by Itsuki Kawasumi, the Bow Hero. After being redeemed and a great ally, Naofumi and the gang kept on adventuring, to the point where they and heroes from the other parallel world- named Glass, L'Arc Berg Sickle and Therese Alexanderite- had to deal with a villain known as Kyo Ethnina. See, Glass and L'Arc are Vassal Heroes; Fan and Scythe, respectively. Originally, the Vassal Heroes wanted to get rid of the Legendary Cardinal Heroes to save their world, but I believe that's wrong. Anyway, in chasing after Kyo, Naofumi and his group were separated. As Naofumi, Raphtalia and Rishia were trapped in the Infinite Labyrinth, they met Kizuna Kazayama, a Legendary Hero of the parallel world. Luckily, they managed to escape the Labyrinth and worked together to find Filo, who- due to Filolials not existing- was transformed into a species called a Humming Fairy, losing her fighting ability in the process while gaining flight and the power to cast magic through singing.
Female Figure #1: Intriguing. Go on.
Aphrodite: When she was separated from Naofumi's group, Filo was kidnapped and enslaved, forced to entertain folks with her singing while showing off her wings.
Female Figure #2: (shocked) Enslaved and kidnapped?! How dreadful!
Male Figure #1: Did they give justice to that slave-driving bastard?
Aphrodite: Unfortunately, no, but they did rescue Filo. Soon, thanks to another villainous bastard named Kazuki, Raphtalia was kidnapped and imprisoned. To find her, Naofumi had to make up a Shinigami out of a bit of Raphtalia's hair. As a result, Raphy was born, becoming another faithful companion of Naofumi's, created to help lead them to Raphtalia, who fortunately found that Glass, L'Arc and Therese were imprisoned with her. Together, they broke free from their prison and went into hiding. As it happened, they went to a neighboring country where the Vassal Katana was stuck, like the sword in the stone. Just before Kazuki was able to publicly attempt to take the Vassal Katana, it flew out of the stone into Raphtalia's hands, making her the true Vassal Katana Hero. Of course, Kazuki started calling Raphtalia a thief and started chasing her along with Glass, L'Arc, and Therese. During the chase, they met up with Naofumi, Rishia, Filo, Raphy, and Kizuna who were tracking them, and after they all reunited, Kazuki attacked them by using clones of the White Tiger Protective Beast. Of course, the battle was over quickly, and Kazuki- or Trash #2, as Naofumi called him- was sliced up. Despite that, he stood up in defiance, and Raphtalia reluctantly killed him to stop his rampages.
Male Figure #2: Good riddance to Trash #2, I say.
Aphrodite: Yeah. So the reunited heroes headed to find Kyo and stop his evil scheme once and for all. It was a furious fight, but the madman was eventually defeated, and Naofumi's group had to return back to their homeworld where they belong. Since then, they resumed their adventures, and they still have a very long way to go.
Female Figure #1: A very elaborating explanation about this world.
Male Figure #2: Now that you mention it, I remember seeing another world besides those two that could be useful for Britannia.
Male Figure #1: Another world, Apollo? What do you have in mind?
(The silhouetted second male figure, Apollo, changed the scenes on the screens to show scenes from Attack on Titan.)
Apollo: This is a post-apocalyptic world where the remains of humanity live behind walls protecting them from giant humanoid beings known as Titans. Among the people on the island are Eren Jaeger, Mikasa Ackerman and Armin Arlert. A Colossal Titan, bigger than the other Titans, breached the wall of their hometown, Shiganshina, which is a part of Wall Maria, one of the walls protecting the people. The invading Titans destroyed the city and ate some of the unfortunate victims, including Eren's mother.
Aphrodite: (gasps in horror at seeing that bit happen)
Male Figure #1: (shocked and horrified) My God!
Apollo: Since then, Eren joined the elite Survey Corps, a group of soldiers who fight against Titans. Over the years, there have been some losses and some notable fights, until Eren- who discovered his own power capabilities to transform into a Titan himself- turned on the heroes to bring vengeance.
Aphrodite: (worried) Did the heroes have him come to his senses?
Apollo: (sadly) No, Aphrodite. Mikasa had to kill her own adopted brother to save the world. Years later, with her new family, Mikasa started regularly visiting Eren's grave for decades. Eventually, at an old age, Mikasa passed away and is buried with Eren's scarf.
Female Figure #2: But that means... Eren and Mikasa's adventures ended in tragedy!
Aphrodite: That's horrible...
Male Figure #1: (angrily) No! I won't have it! You were so right to bring this up, Apollo. This world shall merge with Britannia!
Aphrodite: (shocked) B-B-But... what about the Titans?!
Male Figure #1: If they're gonna be in this world, too, they shall be enemies of the heroes in Britannia!
Female Figure #2: Brilliant idea! That's three worlds to merge with ours!
Aphrodite: Does that mean you like my idea?
Male Figure #1: Tragedy or no tragedy, these heroes shall have a better life, as teammates to the Seven Deadly Sins and their allies!
Apollo: Awesome! And what about Naofumi and his group?
Male Figure #1: Aphrodite is right to talk about those heroes. They and their friends shall join as well, especially since we shall make Naofumi and his gang even better than how they are in their world.
Female Figure #2: And let's not forget a world where different teams of fighters of all kinds come together in tournaments to prove which team is superior.
Male Figure #1: Ho ho ho! I love the sound of that!
Apollo: Yeah, me too! Imagine the Seven Deadly Sins and their friends meeting those guys!
Aphrodite: What a great idea! That makes FOUR worlds to merge with ours!
Male Figure #1: And there may likely be other worlds out there suitable for collaboration with Britannia! The possibilities are endless!!!
Female Figure #2: It's settled, then. We shall begin...... the Grand Cross!
(The four figures then raised their hands upward, and they all conjured up a sphere of rainbow light, which sent beams of matching colors onto the viewscreens that showed the worlds from Rising of the Shield Hero, the world of Attack on Titan, the world of "That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime", and the world of the King of Fighters, along with several other worlds.)
Male Figure #1: Prepare for the dawn of a new age!
(The song 'RISE' by MADKID starts playing as the title appears.)
'The Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross'
(In a medieval world, Naofumi and his group, along with the rest of the Cardinal Heroes and Princess Melty herself, were fighting off some monsters under a blood-red sky with swirling rainbow portals above them.)
Naofumi: Keep going, guys! Don't let them through!
Raphtalia: (as she slashed another monster) Those monsters are no match for us!
Filo: (in her Filolial form) We're doing our best, Naofumi! (kicks another enemy down)
(Melty killed another enemy with one of her spells before she stopped to look up at a particular portal.)
Melty: Hey, guys! (as she pointed at the portal) Look up there!
(After killing some more evil creatures, Naofumi, Raphtalia and Filo looked where Melty was pointing. Then a rainbow beam of light shot downward and started shining on a particular area.)
Naofumi: (confused) A beam of light?
Filo: That looks pretty.
(Raphy, who was behind a rock, got on Raphtalia's shoulder while she grabs onto Naofumi in the same shock he's in.)
Raphtalia: What's happening?
(At the same time in another world, Kizuna and her group were fighting off monsters under the same sky themselves.)
L'Arc: No monster is a match for us!
Kizuna: (as a crowd of panicking civilians run by her) Go, everyone! Hurry and evacuate to somewhere safe! Don't let those creatures get you!
(Glass used a slashing projectile from her fan on another evil creature before she looked up at a particular portal.)
Glass: What the...
Therese: (as she blasted a few more beasts down) What is it, Glass?
Glass: Kizuna! Therese! L'Arc! Look at that!
L'Arc: (after slashing a demon with his scythe, turning to what Glass was looking at) Huh?
Kizuna: (as she turned towards Glass's direction) What, Glass? Look at wha--
(Her confusion turned to shock as she looked up at the sky in her companion's direction. Her Shinigami companion, Chris, who was behind a rock, hopped onto her shoulder, sharing her shock. Then a beam of rainbow light shone down onto a particular area.)
Kizuna: What's that?!
(After a moment of shining, the beam of light made what looked like an expanding dome of rainbow light with a big boom. And then, for Naofumi's and Kizuna's groups, everything went white.)
'Chapter 1: New World - Episode #1: Forge of the New World'
(In another world- the one where the Titans were defeated, the same expanding dome of rainbow light appeared and everything went white in there, too. In yet another world, a Slime-Human named Rimuru and his companions saw the same light, too.)
Rimuru: What the heck?
Milim: What's with that light?
Benimaru: Is something dangerous approaching?
(Before anyone could answer, the expanding dome of rainbow light exploded and everything went white in there, too. The same happened to several worlds. Soon after, the worlds that went white became a part of Britannia. The four gods watched as their work is complete.)
Male figure #1: It is done. The Grand Cross has been made.
Female figure #2: What will we do now?
Apollo: We wait.
Aphrodite: See what develops.
(Then, we see a commotion in the kingdom of Liones that was caused by what happened. Meliodas and Elizabeth, accompanied by Bartra, the previous king, were constantly trying to calm everyone down.)
Elizabeth: Everybody, calm down!
Meliodas: One at a time, folks! What's all the ruckus?
(One by one, we see the civilians speak up about what they saw recently.)
Male civilian #1: There was a big explosion!
Male civilian #2: I thought it was a... rainbow light of sorts!
Female civilian #1: I saw that, too! And it grew!
Female civilian #2: And before we knew it, all those buildings and other things started appearing out of nowhere because of it!
Meliodas: (grins) Don't be ridiculous! I'm sure you all had terrible nightmares from the horrible times we've been through.
Elizabeth: Now, Meliodas, we can't dismiss this. If what they're saying is true, it could be either Chaos, or something unnatural.
Bartra: She's right, Meliodas. This thing they're talking about does require investigating.
Meliodas: Maybe so, but I think we need proof for this being real.
Male civilian #3: (as some of the crowd started murmuring) Honest! We all saw it!
(It was then Meliodas saw something past the crowd that got his attention.)
Meliodas: (curious) Hey, what's that?
(What Meliodas saw was a village outside the castle, standing a few feet close to it.)
Elizabeth: What's what, Meliodas?
Meliodas: (pointing) Over there.
(Elizabeth glanced at where Meliodas is pointing, and she shared Meliodas's curiosity.)
Elizabeth: Father, look!
Bartra: Hmm?
(He walked over to them and saw the village outside the castle.)
Bartra: (raises an eyebrow) Odd. There wasn't a village over there before.
Meliodas: I guess you were right, Elizabeth. An investigation is in order.
Bartra: You're going to need the rest of the Seven Deadly Sins to investigate this.
(Elizabeth gathers some messenger pigeons as she spoke.)
Elizabeth: Already on it. (to the pigeons) Take these messages to the remaining Sins.
(She sends out the pigeons. A bit later, Meliodas and Elizabeth were with Ban, Elaine, King, Diane and Gowther to investigate the village.)
Gowther: It's a good thing you sent us those messages, Captain.
Diane: Yeah. We were about to tell you about the rainbow light that happened to us as well!
Elizabeth: (surprised) You experienced that rainbow light, too?!
King: Yeah! The population of fairies in the Fairy Forest somehow made a massive increase!
Meliodas: Massive increase? What do you mean?
King: Somehow, in my kingdom, there are more fairies than ever, only that those are none I've ever seen before!
Elaine: The fairy population in me and Ban's kingdom, Benwick, grew big, too!
Ban: Except for some reason, we've been hearing that they call themselves... Humming Fairies or something like that.
Meliodas: Humming Fairies? Hmm... curiouser and curiouser.
Elizabeth: What do they look like, exactly?
Elaine: These Humming Fairies apparently look human, yet the wings on their backs are more like those of the Goddess clan.
Ban: On top of that, they also turn into birds at any time. And I heard from one of them that it's similar to a race of birds with some being of the same nature, known as Filolials.
Elizabeth: Filolials? I thought those species were extinct.
Diane: You heard about them?
Elizabeth: According to my father, those species were among the creatures that became extinct, likely many years before even the first Holy War.
King: What if... they still existed in another world that ended up being integrated into ours?
Meliodas: You might be right about that, King. Let's investigate this village first.
All: Right!
(The group enters the village.)
Ban: Hmmm... I wonder what people inhabit this place?
Meliodas: We'll soon find out.
Diane: Oh, I hope my giant appearance doesn't frighten them.
King: I hope so, too.
Elizabeth: (sees something) Are those inhabitants?
Meliodas: (as he glanced at where his wife was looking) Hmm?
(It turns out that what Elizabeth saw was the people in the village, but these weren't ordinary people. They look human, but one thing about them makes them special. Part of their bodies look like they're from animals.)
Elaine: They must be! But what are they?
(Gowther does some scanning with his eyes.)
Gowther: Curious. According to my mind-reading ability, these folks call themselves demi-humans.
Ban: Huh. That's new. Wonder who's in charge of the place?
(Meanwhile, in a field outside the village, Naofumi's group was looking around their changed surroundings.)
Filo: Is the Wave... over?
Naofumi: It looks and feels like it... but something doesn't feel right.
Raphtalia: Yeah. Somehow, we're in my village, and yet, I don't see the ocean, or the cliff my village is supposed to be standing on.
Melty: Hmmm... If I have to take a guess, I'd say that light somehow merged our world, including the village, into this strange new world we're in.
Naofumi: You might be right, Melty. And this doesn't feel like Glass's world either. If anything, the light must've affected that, as well.
Familiar Female Voice: Wow. Brilliant deduction there, Naofumi.
Naofumi, Raphtalia, Filo and Rishia: Huh?
Melty: Eh?
Motoyasu, Ren and Itsuki: What?
(The group turned to the source of the voice.)
Naofumi: (shocked and surprised) Well, well. I never thought I'd see you guys again.
(The voice came from none other than Kizuna, who had arrived with L'Arc Berg Sickle, Therese Alexanderite, Glass, Chris and Yomogi Emarl.)
Kizuna: Long time, no see, guys!
Naofumi: Kizuna!
Raphtalia: Glass! L'Arc! Therese!
Filo: Yomogi! And Chris, too!
(Raphy flew up to Chris as the two Shikigamis hugged each other happily.)
Motoyasu: (dryly) They better not be here to kill us again...
L'Arc: Don't be ridiculous! We're not gonna kill you at all. Not anymore, in fact!
Therese: It was Kizuna who talked us out of it.
Ren: Is it true?
Kizuna: Yep! Absolutely 100% true.
Raphtalia: What happened to us and what we went through in Glass's world is kind of a long story.
Itsuki: Hmm... we're rather curious about your adventures in Glass's world.
Naofumi: We'll explain later. Right now, we're investigating our surroundings.
Glass: Then it appears we all have the same idea: To check what's going on since we were engulfed by that rainbow light.
Melty: Same thing happened to us.
Filo: I hope nothing bad happened from all this.
Therese: We all feel the same way.
Filo: Hey, where's Mr. Ethnobalt?
Kizuna: He's at Sikul, doing an investigation of his own regarding how it all happened. He said he'll catch up later.
Raphtalia: While we wait, we should check on my friends and everyone else in my village, to see if they're all right.
Naofumi: Good idea, Raphtalia. Let's go.
(Everyone nodded in agreement. The group then went back into the village. At a place there, Gowther asked a familiar Demi-Human about the place.)
Gowther: Excuse me, but do you know what the place is?
Black and white-haired girl: Oh, yes, I do. This is Lurolona Village, home to Demi-Humans like me.
Gowther: (intrigued) Lurolona Village? Hmm. I don't seem to recall a Lurolona Village in Britannia.
Black and white-haired girl: Britannia? Is that what this world is?
(Unknown to the sins, Naofumi's group, with Kizuna's group included, overhears the whole thing.)
Raphtalia: Britannia?
Filo: What's Britannia?
Naofumi: That must be the name of this world we're in.
Rishia: You figure this has something to do with the white light that brought us here?
Kizuna: That might be it.
(The group continued to listen in while watching Meliodas's group questioning the Black and white-haired girl, who introduced herself to them as Keel.)
Meliodas: Okay, Keel, here's a question: What do you know about this white light that brought your village and other places and stuff into this world?
Keel: Well, it was a rainbow light that came from one of the portals in the sky, and when it landed, a dome of white light expanded from it and became so big, it engulfed the whole village.
(Back with Naofumi's group, Raphtalia gasped at this.)
Raphtalia: No wonder my village was somehow in this new world!
Naofumi: Yeah, the light teleported it here like it teleported us!
Glass: Do you suppose all of our country are teleported, too?
L'Arc: Well, since Sikul got that, too, it's a given!
Melty: Same thing for my home in Melromarc and other countries we know!
(Suddenly, Filo accidentially knocks a nearby already-broken vase over to the ground. The breaking sound was heard by Meliodas's group.)
Diane: (gasps in startlement) What was that?!
(Back with Naofumi's group...)
Naofumi: Crap. We've been spotted.
Raphtalia: What'll we do?!
(Before the group can react, Meliodas's group caught up to them.)
Meliodas: Ah-ha! I take it at least a few of you guys are of this town and whatever world it came from, too?
Naofumi: Yeah. What of it?
Elizabeth: Please pardon us. We were investigating what's going on around here, especially this village.
Raphtalia: Well, what a coincidence.
Kizuna: We're investigating about your world and how our worlds got absorbed into it somehow.
Elizabeth: (shocked) You came from different worlds?!
Raphtalia: (drawing her Katana) Of course! What's it to you?
Meliodas: Hey, hey, we're not here to fight. Only to investigate.
Diane: Yeah, we don't wanna hurt you guys!
Melty: (sees Diane, gasps in surprise) A giant!
Diane: (worried) Uh-oh! Now I'M busted!
Melty: No, no, I know lots of giant creatures around before and I've never seen a human-looking giant like you before!
Diane: So... you're not scared of me?
Melty: No, just surprised! That's all!
(Suddenly, a flash of light came by and a town appeared next to Lurolona Village.)
Naofumi: What the--
Meliodas: What now?
Raphtalia: It looks like something appeared next to my village!
Elizabeth: You're right!
Meliodas: Diane, see what's in that town?
Diane: (a hand over her eyes to get glimpse) I think I see... (gasps) orcs!
Filo: Orcs?!
Raphtalia: Oh no! My village must be invaded!
Diane: Wait a minute, wait a minute. The orcs in that town... they seem strange. They're behaving like people.
Naofumi: (curious) Orcs behaving like people?
Filo: Sounds new to even me.
(Kizuna sees a sign for the town.)
Kizuna: Village? More like a city.
Raphtalia: (confused) City?
Kizuna: Yeah. Look at the sign.
Naofumi: (reads sign) "Rimuru City". Hmm...
Diane: And there's slimes, hobgoblins, demons, wolves... (gasps) and a dragon!
Filo: Dragon?! (narrows eyes) I hate dragons!
King: Huh? Why?
Filo: My kind naturally hates dragons.
Meliodas: (confused) Since when do goddesses hate dragons?
Filo: I'm not a goddess, I'm a Filolial!
Elizabeth: (shocked) Did you say Filolial?!
Filo: (smiles) Mmm-hmm!
Elizabeth: Show us!
(Then Filo transformed into her Filolial form.)
Filo: Ta-da!
Elizabeth: (gasps) So big... And you can talk in that form, too?! (squeals) I never realized how adorable and beautiful Filolials are!
Melty: (happily) I know, right?!
Filo: (flapping her wings a lot) All right, let's go into that town! I wanna have a crack at that dragon! Let me at 'em! Let me at 'em!
(Somehow, she flapped her wings so much, that something unexpected has happened, to everyone's surprise.)
Melty: Uh... Filo?
Filo: (looking down) What? (confused) Hey, what're you guys doing down there?
Ban: Down here? What're you doing up there?
Naofumi: Holy crap! Filo, you're flying!
Filo: What??
(The Filolial looks around and at herself, then realized that Naofumi was right.)
Filo: (smiling excitedly) I'm flying! I'm flying!!! (as she starts flying around) I'M FLYING!!!!
King: A Filolial that flies like those Humming Fairies. Imagine that.
(Filo then lands on the ground.)
Melty: (as she hugged Filo happily) Oh, Filo, I'm so happy for you!
Elizabeth: (as she joins in hugging Filo) So am I! Ohh, and your feathers are so soft and fluffy!
Raphtalia: I'm guessing this is one of the benefits to our worlds' merging with this world, huh?
Glass: Looks like it to me.
Naofumi: I should say so. Anyhow, we better check out this Rimuru City.
Meliodas: I agree. You never know what the inhabitants of the city are like.
Diane: Speaking of inhabitants, there are humans living in there, too.
Elizabeth: (surprised) Humans?
Naofumi: (likewise) Living among monsters?
Meliodas: That's very, very strange. Let's go investigate.
(The groups go into Rimuru City. There, the inhabitants are having a commotion over what had just happened. Rimuru is trying to straighten the situation out.)
Rimuru: Calm down, everyone. I-I'm sure there's an important reason behind what just... happened to us. I hope...
(Just then, Naofumi's group and Meliodas's group enter the scene.)
Meliodas: What's going on, folks?
(Rimuru noticed the groups.)
Rimuru: You there! Who are you people?
Elizabeth: Citizens of Rimuru City, we bring you no harm. I am Elizabeth Liones, Queen of Liones. This is my husband, Meliodas, King of Liones.
Meliodas: This may come as a shock to you, but your city, and maybe your world, has been integrated into our world. The world of Britannia.
Rimuru: Britannia? We're in a new world, then?
Elizabeth: That's right.
Naofumi: The same thing happened to us, too.
Rimuru: Hmm... that's strange.
Meliodas: I'm guessing you're Rimuru, the person in charge of the city.
Rimuru: Yeah, that's me. (indicating the rest who haven't introduced themselves when Elizabeth did) And who are they?
Meliodas: These guys are my friends: Ban, King, Diane, and Gowther. Together, we're the Seven Deadly Sins. Next to Ban is Elaine, his wife.
Naofumi: Seven Deadly Sins? But there are only five of you.
Elizabeth: (sadly) Another one of the Sins, named Escanor, died.
Raphtalia: Ohh, we're sorry to hear that.
Meliodas: And the last Sin named Merlin hasn't been seen the last time we saw her.
Rimuru: (confused) Wait, you mean the wizard Merlin is one of you guys? And Merlin is a female? But I always thought Merlin is a male.
Ban: Nope. The Merlin we know of is female. It's possible that she took up the name of her father, a male Merlin, in his honor.
Rimuru: I'll have to take the word for it for the time being. (pointing at Naofumi's group) And who are these guys?
Meliodas: Oh, right! (to Naofumi) We haven't introduced ourselves to each other since we first met.
Ren: We are the Four Cardinal Heroes. I'm the Sword Hero, Ren Amaki.
Itsuki: I'm the Bow Hero, Itsuki Kawasumi.
Motoyasu: I'm the Spear Hero, Motoyasu Kitamura.
Naofumi: And I'm the Shield Hero, Naofumi Iwatani. And these are my party members.
Raphtalia: I'm Raphtalia, the Katana Hero, and one of the Vassal Holders.
Raphy: (as he came up on Naofumi's shoulder) Raph!
Naofumi: And this is Raphy, a Shikigami made from Raphtalia's hair.
Filo: My name's Filo. I'm a Filolial.
Melty: I'm Melty Melromarc, heir to the throne of Melromarc.
Rishia: I'm Rishia Ivyred. I used to be a companion of Itsuki's. Now I'm with Naofumi, who treats me well.
Kizuna: I'm Kizuna Kazayama, one of the Four Legendary Heroes from another world. I'm the Hunting Hero.
Glass: And we are Vassal Holders, too. I'm the Fan Hero, Glass.
L'Arc: I'm the Scythe Hero, L'Arc Berg Sickle.
Therese: I'm L'Arc's companion, Therese Alexanderite. (motions towards Chris) This is Kizuna and Glass's Shikigami, Chris.
(The blue penguin Shikigami waved at Rimuru.)
Yomogi: And I'm Yomogi Emarl, Kizuna's traveling companion.
Rimuru: Nice to meet you guys. Welcome to my city. I'm Rimuru Tempest.
Meliodas: I take it you have companions, too?
Rimuru: I sure do. (pointing at his companions, who come in) This is Milim Nava, Benimaru, Geld, Souei, Shion, Ranga, Shuna, Veldora, Rigurd, Rigur, Gobta, Garm, Dord, Myrd, Dagura, Ryura and Debura.
Diane: (smiles in delight) I thought I saw some giants!
Milim: (grins) Pleased to meet ya, new visitors!
Filo: Now that introductions are done... Where's your dragon?
Veldora: (smirks) Right here.
Filo: (surprised) You're a dragon?! Impossible!
Rimuru: Nope! Nothing's impossible for my bro!
Naofumi: (realizes) Oh, I get it! You can transform into a dragon!
Veldora: (winks) You got it!
Filo: (turns back into her human-angel form) Normally, Filolials like myself don't like dragons much, but in case of friendly ones like you, I'm willing to make an exception.
Veldora: (surprised) A Filolial?! I've never seen or heard of such a creature! Incredible!
Melty: You must not have Filolials in your world.
Rimuru: Yeah. Now I've seen one! Wow!
Elizabeth: Consider it the results of the merger, I guess.
Meliodas: Only one question remains, then... How did your worlds merge into our world in the first place?
Naofumi: Me and my friends were fighting off a wave of monsters when we saw a rainbow light come from a portal in the sky above, and then there was a dome of light afterward that grew so big, it engulfed us.
Kizuna: That rainbow light also happened while me and my companions fought off a wave of monsters in the world we came from.
Rimuru: (surprised) That's a coincidence! My friends and I saw a rainbow light while we were about to go on another adventure!
Raphtalia: Who would arrange the merge in the first place?
Meliodas: Hmm... good question.
Naofumi: In the meantime, I think it's time for a discussion of our adventures.
(Meliodas's group, Naofumi's group, Kizuna's group, and Rimuru's group all explain their respective adventures that occurred before the merger, especially explaining Naofumi's group's adventures in Glass's world at the time to Motoyasu, Ren, and Itsuki.)
Naofumi: And there you guys have it. And that's what happened when we were in Glass's world. Prior to the merging of worlds that happened, that is.
Motoyasu: Now I understand. You guys must've had a hell of an adventure.
Ren: An incredible trek in an alternate world that feels like Feudal Japan.
Itsuki: And with Rishia in your party, too. That Kyo sure had it coming to him.
Motoyasu: When I get my hands on the slave driver who hurt Filo before you saved her, I swear....
Filo: (grabs Motoyasu tightly by the arm) Don't even think about it, Spear guy. If I ever see him again.... (glares icily) He's mine.
Ban: (skeptically) What can a little girl like you do to him?
Filo: I'm no ordinary little girl, I'll have you know. I can put up a fight. I'm stronger than I look, too.
(To prove it, Filo squeezes Motoyasu's arm tightly.)
Motoyasu: OWWW!!!
Ban: (smirks) I stand corrected.
(Filo lets go of Motoyasu's arm.)
Filo: Be grateful that it wasn't your most vulnerable spot that's hurt this time.
Motoyasu: (remembering flashbacks of the times Filo hit him 'down there', sweatdrops) Uh... point taken....
(Everyone laughs at this. Suddenly, a ball of light containing four silhouettes appears outside of the city. The groups noticed.)
Naofumi: What in the world?
Raphtalia: Looks like we're about to find out who caused the merge in the first place.
Elizabeth: Finally.
Meliodas: About time. Let's go.
(Then the groups headed towards the ball of light, which then vanishes to reveal the four figures within it. The first male figure is revealed to be a man with a muscular build and fierce demeanor. His black hair is long and spiked, and his eyes are sharp and intense. He wears a gladiator-like outfit with armor pieces, including gauntlets and greaves. His chest is bare, showcasing his strength and battle scars.
Aphrodite is revealed to be a young-looking girl who has long, flowing blonde hair adorned with small, white wings on her head. Her golden eyes give her a serene, angelic appearance. She wears a beautiful white dress with purple accents and a cosmic pattern at the bottom, symbolizing her divine beauty and cosmic influence. Her large, graceful wings complete her ethereal look.
Apollo is revealed to be a young man with gray eyes, exuding an aura of authority and strength. He wears red and black armor reminiscent of a Shogun, complete with intricate details and a flame symbol on his helmet, chest plate, and belt buckle. His presence is commanding and powerful, embodying the qualities of a warrior and protector.
The last figure is a beautiful dark-skinned woman whose dark hair is tied back in a traditional style. Her piercing blue eyes convey wisdom and strength. She wears a flowing, dark blue and white robe that signifies her connection to nature and fertility. Her attire includes a waist sash and long sleeves, adding to her regal and ancient appearance.)
Rimuru: What the--?!
Motoyasu: No way!
Elaine: Those look like... Gods!
Apollo: People of Britannia, friends, knights, countrymen, fairies, giants, demons, Demi-Humans, orcs, dwarves, intelligent creatures of all types, lend us your ears.
(As he said that, a view screen of the four figures was shown at Melromarc, the people there all looking up at the screen, watching the four figures speak. The same thing is happening at Sikul.)
Male figure #1: We are the Gods of Order, and we have come with an important message.
Female figure #2: Many of you must be wondering how you all got to this new world, after an encounter with an expanding dome of rainbow light before you all whited out.
Aphrodite: The reason you all got here is because of us. We merged your worlds with Britannia, and making it become an even better place to live in.
Naofumi: Is this true? You brought us all to this new world?
Male figure #1: (noticing the groups) Ahh, the Seven Deadly Sins, the Cardinal and Vassal Heroes, the Chaos Creator and the Jura Tempest Federation. What a pleasure.
Apollo: Yes, Shield Hero Naofumi Iwatani, what we are saying is indeed true. We brought you all to Britannia while merging your worlds with it.
Diane: (amazed) Unbelievable!
Female figure #2: Unbelievable, you may say. We have come here because we have foreseen things in some worlds' histories that are intolerable, enough to change to make right, even if it meant changing time to prevent bad events.
Meliodas: Prevent bad events? Like what?
Male figure #1: For instance, your friend- the current king of Camelot, Arthur Pendragon, believed that humans have suffered since ancient times due to the discrimination of the other races and from the massive casualties wrought in the wake of both the ancient and new Holy Wars.
Aphrodite: For this, Meliodas, Arthur rejected yours and the Kingdom of Liones' as a whole, belief that the five races could all live together peacefully and without prejudice. He instead believed that humans would always be lesser beings that the other four races would always see as mere prey, and because of this, had developed a deep-seated hate of the Demon, Goddess, Fairy and Giant clans, desiring to destroy them in order to "save humanity" from them and free Britannia for his race so it would finally become a land with true equality and peace.
(This got the Seven Deadly Sins and their companions shocked and horrified.)
Elizabeth: Arthur would never do such a horrible thing!
Female figure #2: Indeed he wouldn't. That's why we came to stop that Chaos from ever happening and fix the balance.
Naofumi: Fix the balance?
(The female figure nodded in reply.)
Apollo: And it's not just events in Britannia we wish to change. There are events from other worlds we wish to change, like Raphtalia's world and Glass' world.
Raphtalia: (confused) My world? What's there to change?
Male figure #1: It's very simple, dear lady. Do you recall when you and your Filolial friend were unable to change classes after Naofumi cleared his name?
Raphtalia: Unfortunately, yes.
Female figure #2: Well, have you noticed anything different about any of you lately?
Filo: Now that you mention it, when I was in my Filolial form, I was able to fly up high like the birds!
Aphrodite: (giggles) You can thank us for that! We gave you additional abilities, ones based on when you were in Glass's world!
Filo: (gasps in delight) That was you?! Oh, thank you so much!
Apollo: (winks) Ahh, but that's not all. No, sir.
Meliodas: Before you continue explaining, tell us, who are you guys anyway?
Male figure #1: Like we said, we are the Four Gods of Order. I am Ares, the God of War and Courage.
Female figure #2: I am Demeter, Goddess of Health, Birth, Marriage, Harvest, Agriculture, Fertility, and Sacred Law.
Apollo: I'm Apollo, the God of Oracles, Healing, Archery, Music and Arts, Sunlight, Knowledge, Herds and Flocks, and Protection of the Young.
Aphrodite: And I'm the Goddess of Beauty and Love, Aphrodite.
Milim: What wonderful names!
Demeter: (smiles) Why, thank you.
Meliodas: Now that we know who you guys are, go on.
Raphtalia: Yes, please continue.
Demeter: With pleasure, Raphtalia. Another serious change we're doing is that we are reviving those important to their loved ones.
Naofumi: Loved ones?
Aphrodite: For instance, someone important to the Seven Deadly Sins, we believe, should be brought back to life.
Diane: (confused) But we don't know anyone who should be revived.
Apollo: (winks) Sure you do.
Ares: A certain Lion's Sin of Pride?
Meliodas: (excitedly) Of course! Our old friend, Escanor!
Elizabeth: (sharing Meliodas's excitement) You mean you can bring Escanor back from the dead?!
Demeter: Precisely, Your Highness!
King: (gasps, hopefully) Then you can bring back Helbram and Gloxinia?
Diane: (realizes what King's talking about, sharing his hopefulness) And Drole, too?
Aphrodite: Absolutely! Along with Monspeet and Derieri!
Elizabeth: That's great news!
Ban: Hold on a minute. Forgive me for interrupting, but I need to ask something.
Demeter: We know exactly what you were going to ask, Ban. And yes, we can give you immortality as well, even while Elaine is still here.
Ban: (pumps fist) Yes!
Demeter: As a matter of fact, we can make Elaine immortal, too, so that you both can be together forever, along with any child you bear.
Elaine: (hugs Ban joyfully) Oh, Ban! This is gonna be the greatest moment of our lives!
Apollo: Indeed. But first things first. (to someone) You two can come in, now.
(As if on cue, two familiar figures enter the scene: Merlin and Arthur.)
Merlin: The Gods told me about their plan to revive Escanor before coming here. I would not miss it for the world.
Arthur: And after the Gods showed me what I could be like if I let hatred and negative feelings get the best of me, I decided not to go down the path of Chaotic bigotry.
Meliodas: Glad to hear that and see you guys make it.
(Raphtalia does some thinking on the subject of reviving the dead.)
Raphtalia: (gasps in realization) Oh, oh, oh! Can you bring back my family and friends, too?!
Aphrodite: (sadly) Unfortunately, we can't bring back your parents.
(Raphtalia looks sad at hearing this.)
Aphrodite: (smiles) But your friend Rifana, we can do easily.
Raphtalia: (smiles joyfully, on the verge of tears) You can?!
Aphrodite: Sure! You were working so hard to try and free her, we feel that you and Rifana deserve to be back together.
Ares: Well, her revival shall come first, while we wait for Zeldris, Gelda, and two certain other guests to show up for the rest.
Apollo: Nevertheless, we shall demonstrate our powers by bringing back Rifana.
Demeter: Everyone stand back.
(Then as the groups stood back, the Gods held out their hands and the four began glowing. The sky went dark as it happened before a beam of light came from there and landed on the ground in front of the groups, causing a bright flash to occur as almost everyone shielded their eyes. Then as the sky went back to normal, the flash subsided enough for the groups to uncover their eyes, and then they all looked shocked, especially Raphtalia.)
Raphtalia: (shocked) Oh, my...
Naofumi: (likewise) They actually did it.
Filo: (ditto) It's her....
(Standing where the light shone was a dirty blonde-haired woman about Raphtalia's age with weasel ears and yellow eyes. She wore a pink long-sleeved dress over a white shirt and brown shoes.)
Woman: (after opening her eyes, as she looks around a bit) Huh? Wh... Where am I? What... happened to me?
(Raphtalia slowly walks up to the woman, who looks at her.)
Raphtalia: Rifana?
Rifana: (gasps) Raphtalia?
Both: Is that you?
(After a brief moment of silence, Raphtalia hugged Rifana joyfully.)
Raphtalia: (shedding tears of joy) Oh, Rifana!
Rifana: (as she hugs back) Raphtalia!
Raphtalia: I've been trying to rescue you for years, but when I saw your skeleton, I learned you were dead by that abusive slave driver! (as she started crying) I thought I failed you!
(Rifana wipes her tears in comfort.)
Rifana: No, Raphtalia. You never failed me. After all, I remember appearing in your dream, wishing you the best in being with the Shield Hero. Not to mention you avenged me when defeating that abusive nobleman. I'm very proud of you.
(Raphtalia smiles in relief at this.)
Raphtalia: Thanks, Rifana. (as she hugs her) Now I'll never let you out of my sight again!
(Everyone watches on, feeling happy for them.)
Kizuna: It's always nice to see old friends together again.
Naofumi: You said it.
Demeter: Now you see the power of the Four Gods of Order.
Apollo: Our power makes the former Demon King and the Supreme Deity look like a joke.
Ares: If you think there's going to be an age of Chaos, there will not as long as we're around.
Merlin: (shrugs) Oh, well. It was fun while it lasted. To be honest, I'd rather stay with the Seven Deadly Sins anyway.
(Then, some familiar oinking was heard.)
Melty: What's that?
Meliodas: If I have to make a guess, I say that was an old piggy friend of ours.
Elizabeth: (excitedly) Hawk!
(Turns out, Hawk has entered the scene, along with his brother Wild.)
Hawk: (as he ran up to the Seven Deadly Sins) Guys!
Wild: (likewise) We're here!
Rimuru: (shocked) Whoa! A talking pig! Two of 'em!
Wild: Wow, what gave us away?
Diane: How did you guys get here?
King: Weren't you supposed to be in Purgatory?
Hawk: We were, but we saw a rainbow light that shined down on the two of us, and we ended up being teleported here!
Filo: (to the Gods) You guys did this, too?
Apollo: (proudly) As a matter of fact, we did.
Ares: We need to bring the Seven Deadly Sins and their main allies back together.
Demeter: And since Wild is Hawk's older brother, we figured we'd give him what he always wanted: To be out of Purgatory and have all the glorious food scraps he can eat.
Ban: Nice one!
Wild: (in tears of joy) Oh, thank you, Gods! You have no idea how happy you just made me!
Ares: (winks) Oh, but we do.
Ban: Well, welcome back, piggies.
Hawk and Wild: Thanks!
Aphrodite: While we wait for Zeldris and Gelda, let's give the Shield Hero's group new additional benefits while getting ready to revive Escanor.
Apollo, Ares and Demeter: Right!
Ares: First, the Shield Hero.
Naofumi: Sir?
Ares: I would like to help you with your situation.
Naofumi: What kind of situation?
Ares: Well, let's just say that since you and your friends are in Britannia now, you guys are in a whole new game.
Filo: A whole new game?
Naofumi: What do you mean?
Ares: Regarding your Shield. I think it's time you were given a weapon to co-exist with it.
(This shocked Naofumi's group, especially the Four Cardinal Heroes.)
Naofumi: (shocked) You mean I can use other weapons?! That's impossible!
Ares: (chuckles) Nothing's impossible for the Four Gods of Order, especially a God of War named Ares.
Naofumi: What must I do?
Ares: (as a green sword appears from a beam of light, levitating) All you have to do is pick up the sword.
Naofumi: (unsure) Are you sure? Every time I try to pick up a weapon, I get repelled from even touching one.
Ares: Maybe so, but this one won't repel you at all.
(Naofumi looked at the sword in concern.)
Ares: Go on, Shield Hero. Pick it up.
(Hesitantly, Naofumi walked forward, slowly reached towards the sword and... grasped the hilt!)
Raphtalia: (shocked and delighted) Hey! He got it!
(The people of Melromarc watching this onscreen gasped in shock and amazement.)
Naofumi: No way!
Ares: (laughs victoriously) You see?
Naofumi: (swinging his new sword around) Aw, hell yeah! Now I can really fight like the others!
Ares: Yes, you can. This is no ordinary sword. It can use the same functions, abilities and powers as your Shield.
Motoyasu: (shocked) I don't believe it!
Ren: (likewise) It's a miracle!
Itsuki: (ditto) We thought he could only use a shield!
Kizuna: I'm kinda worried on how it'd affect Raphtalia since she usually sees herself as his sword up until now.
Ares: Do not worry, Kizuna. Raphtalia can still be at his side.
Raphtalia: That's right, Kizuna. Anything else you gods can do for me?
Ares: Do you remember this weapon?
(Then a familiar sword appeared in front of Raphtalia.)
Raphtalia: (gasps) My old sword!
Naofumi: What's going on now?
Ares: Raphtalia, I'm giving you a class upgrade, to go with your privilege as the Vassal Katana Hero. You are now a dual wielding swordsman!
Raphtalia: (excitedly) A dual wielder?! All right!
(She then took her old sword before unsheathing her Katana and raised two blades while crossing them together before slashing them at once.)
Merlin: Impressive.
Demeter: Next, we bring back the Lion's Sin of Pride.
Arthur: About time.
Aphrodite: Yes, as we have a friend who would help with that.
(As if on cue, a familiar figure, Mael, appears.)
Mael: Hello, old friends and new friends.
Elizabeth: Mael!
Meliodas: Good to see you, bro!
Mael: Same to you, Meliodas! The Four Gods of Order filled me in on what they did and what they have been doing, and now the entire Goddess Clan is worshipping them and acknowledging them as their new leaders.
Meliodas: That's great!
Mael: Indeed. Now, to bring back another old friend.
(Then the Four Gods did the same procedure as last time: They held out their hands as they began glowing, while Mael followed their lead. However, the sky did not darken this time. Instead, a fireball came from the sun and landed on the same spot Rifana appeared from. But instead of incinerating anyone within, there was a bright flash while the flame took the shape of a person. Afterwards, the flame subsided and revealed a man familiar to the Sins and their allies.)
Rifana: Oh, my goodness. Is that... him?
(Merlin shedded tears of joy as she recognized the man, who was ginger-haired with a mustache and blue eyes, and he wore a green bartender's suit with brown shoes.)
Merlin: Escanor...
Escanor: (smiles warmly) Hello, Merlin.
(Merlin flew up to Escanor and hugged him joyfully as the man hugged back.)
Meliodas: Welcome back, buddy.
Elizabeth: We missed you.
Escanor: Glad to be back, Your Highnesses.
Demeter: (as she holds up her hand) I don't think you'll be wearing that scar anymore, Merlin.
(Then her hand glowed along with the scar on Merlin's chin. A moment afterwards, the scar was gone, completely healed!)
Demeter: By the way, Merlin, I heard you bear the name of the original Merlin, your father, as a means to honor him. Am I correct?
Merlin: Yes, my father was the original Merlin.
Escanor: I heard rumors about him. You must've taken up his name in memory after he disappeared.
Merlin: That's right. My original name was something humans could not understand. Perhaps it's time I have a variant of the name.
Naofumi: Yeah. Guess you technically need a new name... (snaps fingers as he smirks) How about Merlina?
Merlina: Merlina? Hmm... I like it.
Demeter: We like it as well.
Apollo: So, shall it be.
Meliodas: Welcome back to the Seven Deadly Sins, Merlina.
Mael: (with a hopeful look on his face) Gods of Order... if it's not too much trouble, could we resurrect Sariel and Tarmiel as well?
Demeter: Mael, your request is no trouble at all. They shall indeed be revived, for we believe they have potential also.
(Feeling joyful, Mael joined the Four Gods of Order in doing another resurrection procedure. This time, a blinding flash made almost everyone shield their eyes. When the light subsided, two familiar Goddesses appeared in front of everyone.)
Tarmiel: Wha... What happened?
Sariel: (as the two looked at themselves) We're... We're back!
Mael: Sariel! Tarmiel!
Sariel and Tarmiel: (in unison) Mael!
(The three hugged each other joyfully.)
Mael: (shedding tears of joy) I thought I'd never see you two again!
Hawk: Too bad my Mom is not real, on account of her being Chaos in disguise.
Merlina: I take it you gods have an actual solution to this?
Ares: Ah, yes, Hawk Mama. Demeter, Aphrodite, if you please.
(Then the two goddesses raised their hands, which started glowing.)
Aphrodite: With pleasure.
Demeter: This surprise won't be made out of moss.
Aphrodite: Arise, O Great Oshiro!
(Then the ground began rumbling.)
Milim: Whoa!!! It's an earthquake!!!
(Everyone else was murmuring in concern and confusion, but then, they saw something coming up from a big grassy area in Raphtalia's village. Everyone gasped as the Seven Deadly Sins and their allies instantly recognized the giant.)
Hawk: (delightedly) MAMA!!!
Meliodas: Well, would you look at that! A REAL Hawk's Mom!
Hawk Mama: Not just that. I am the Great Oshiro, and I am reborn!
Meliodas: And she talks?! Cool!
Aphrodite: Thank two old friends from the Skylands for this arrangement.
Filo: Old friends from the Skylands?
Familiar voice: She means us, kid!
(They all looked up and saw two angel-winged beings landing near Mael, Sariel, and Tarmiel.)
Meliodas: Solaad!
Elizabeth: Ellatt!
Solaad: Good to see you again, Meliodas!
Ellatt: And you too, Elizabeth!
Rigurd: This gets better and better.
Male Voice: It gets even more better.
(Suddenly, Ethnobalt and Fitoria appear.)
Kizuna: Ethnobalt!
Naofumi: Fitoria!
Fitoria: It has been a while hasn't it?
Naofumi: It sure has.
(Fitoria then looks at Meliodas's group and Rimuru's group.)
Fitoria: And I see you and the others are now among this world's heroes and that of another.
Filo: Yeah, there are more heroes now!
(Meliodas sees two people coming.)
Meliodas: About time they showed up.
(Zeldris and Gelda suddenly appear.)
Zeldris: We've been watching everything, and these new Gods seem to have our interest.
Ares: Ah, you're here. Good.
Demeter: The time has come for the revivals of Helbram, Gloxinia, Drole, Monspeet and Derieri!
Zeldris: (gasps in shock) My fellow Commandments?!
Meliodas: Yeah, your comrades!
Zeldris: (hopefully) Can you bring back Melascula and Galand, too?
Apollo: We're glad you asked. We can bring those two back as well...... but under different circumstances.
Meliodas: What circumstances?
Ares: You'll know soon enough.
(Then as the sky darkened again, the Four Gods began glowing as soon as they put out their hands. Next, a few beams of light came from the sky and landed on the ground in front of the groups, Zeldris and Gelda, causing a bright flash to occur as almost everyone shielded their eyes again. Once the flash subsided as the sky went back to normal, a shock met the uncovered eyes of the Seven Deadly Sins, Zeldris and Gelda.)
Hawk: (shocked) It can't be!
Elizabeth: (delightedly) It's them!
(In front of everyone else were none other than Melascula, Gloxinia, Drole, Monspeet and Derieri, all standing together while looking around. Helbram hovered next to Gloxinia.)
Zeldris: (shocked, as he looked at the revived Commandments) You're back! (smiles with joy) You're alive!!! (as he hugs Melascula and Derieri) We're together again!
(The revived Commandments cheered and laughed with joy as Diane ran up to Drole and hugged him happily.)
Diane: Drole!
King: (flies up to Gloxinia, hugging him like a brother) Gloxinia!
Drole: (as he hugs Diane back) Diane, my friend!
Gloxinia: (hugging King back) Oh, King, old friend!
Helbram: King?
(King turned to see Helbram, smiles with joy and hugs him happily.)
King: Helbram!! Oh, I'm so happy to see you again!
Helbram: (as he hugs back) Oh, King, I'm happy to see you again, too!
(Helbram then bows to the gods.)
Helbram: Thank you, honorable Gods of Order, for bringing me back to my king, who is like a brother to me.
Demeter: It is our pleasure, Helbram.
(Fitoria, Ethnobalt, Mael, Sariel, and Tarmiel then follow in bowing to them.)
Fitoria: I, too, thank you. You opened my eyes and made me see that saving the world doesn't always require the sacrifice of innocent people. And whether the heroes work together or not is their choice and they'll do so when they're fully ready, for one reason or another.
Ethnobalt: It's thanks to you Gods of Order that the two worlds are now one with this world and will no longer conflict with one another.
Mael, Sariel, and Tarmiel: Our loyalty to you will know no boundaries.
Helbram, Fitoria, Ethnobalt, Mael, Sariel, and Tarmiel: This we vow.
Ares: Thank you, our new followers. Your loyalty is most appreciated.
Naofumi: I have a quick question. (holding out his new sword) What's this sword you gave me called, anyway?
Ares: The sword you wield is enough for you to control and overpower the Devil of the Shield, Naofumi. The Deity within the sword will see to it that the Wrath power would not control you. In fact, that's exactly what your newly-given weapon is called: The Deity Sword.
Naofumi: (intrigued) I like the sound of that.
Demeter: (to Raphtalia) I apologize for our not being able to revive your parents.
Raphtalia: I don't mind. They can rest in peace. And besides, as long as Rifana is with me again, I'm happy.
Demeter: Sounds wonderful. Well, we've been watching you and Filo and we agree with your late friend Ost on one thing. You and Filo are like sisters. Is that true?
Raphtalia: You know, you're right. We are like sisters!
Filo: Yeah, and we never realized it until now!
Naofumi: I'm simply more of a caretaker and maybe more than that to them at best. Better that than a father.
Raphtalia: He acts like a father because he cares for us.
Filo: So, what are you implying, Demeter?
Demeter: Simple. I would like to take you two in as my daughters.
(This surprised everyone, especially Naofumi's group.)
Motoyasu: Did I hear her right?
Raphtalia: (shocked) What did you say?
Demeter: You heard me. I want to adopt you and Filo.
(Both gasp in surprise at that.)
Filo: Adopt... us?!
Demeter: Yes. You two need a proper parent's care, and I believe I can give it to you, make you feel even better than ever. Don't worry, you'll be safe with me. I will protect you and everyone you care about.
(The two still look surprised, but after about a moment, Filo's surprised expression slowly turned to joy.)
Filo: (as she ran up to Demeter) MOMMY!!!!
(Demeter then hugged her new daughter, and Raphtalia slowly felt the same as Filo before she ran up to the Goddess and hugged her happily.)
Everyone else: (as Demeter hugged Raphtalia as well) Awww!
Naofumi: (smiles warmly) Well, what do ya know?
Melty: (happily) I'm so glad for you, Filo!
Motoyasu: That settles it, then! I best be off on a new path! (to Filo) Lady Filo! (to the other heroes) Friends! (to Demeter) Mother! Should you ever find yourselves in a predicament, know that I will come running! (runs off somewhere)
Demeter: (feeling uneasy) Okay...
Fitoria: (to Naofumi) Considering his personality issues and his 'unwanted advances' on Filo, I can see why you didn't want to work with him much.
Naofumi: Don't worry. He'll come around and get over his 'crush' on her eventually. We'll see to it if we have to.
Raphtalia: In the meantime, we'll stick to what we got. (to Ren and Itsuki) What about you two? You have paths to take?
Ren: I might. My original party died during the battle of the Spirit Tortoise, so I'm gonna fly solo for a while. But I WILL rejoin you when I can.
Itsuki: As for me, I'm staying. Mald and the others abandoned me and that made me realize that Rishia didn't do anything wrong. They framed her out of spite for her involvement during that one wave battle.
Rishia: (sighs in relief) Thank goodness.
Itsuki: I must say... you guys made the right call making that 'slave pact' with Rishia just to make her stronger. She could use all the help she could get.
Raphtalia: Well, it was my idea, but thanks.
Itsuki: No problem.
Naofumi: You know... We could take you to Beloukas soon and have you form a 'slave pact' with Rishia yourself, if you want. Just like how Motoyasu formed a slave pact with Bitch, who abandoned him during that battle. That is, if you're interested.
Itsuki: Hmm... Sure, why not?
Apollo: There's one more thing. We took the liberty of liberating and retrieving the Legendary and Vassal Weapons that were stolen by an organization that is responsible for the waves while merging the worlds.
Ethnobalt: My Boat is recovered? As if the theft was averted? Oh, thank you, almighty Gods!
Ares: Our pleasure, Ethnobalt.
Demeter: As for who will wield them, those will be revealed in time.
Aphrodite: In the meantime, only this will be known. (to Rishia) Rishia Ivyred, we choose you to be the Projectile Hero, wielder of the Projectile Vassal Weapon.
Rishia: (shocked) The Projectile Hero?
Ares: Indeed.
Demeter: The Projectile Vassal weapon shall be yours... now.
(Then after a brief bright flash, Rishia was now holding the Projectile Vassal Weapon.)
Rishia: Wow!
Apollo: And there's another to reveal. Bow Hero Itsuki Kawasumi, you shall also wield the Musical Instrument Vassal Weapon, the same way Naofumi wields the Mirror Vassal Weapon with his shield and, now, the Deity Sword.
Itsuki: (confused) Musical Instrument? What kind of weapon is a Musical Instrument?
Naofumi: What kind of weapon is a Mirror?
Itsuki: Touché. Now that you mention it, I do have some musical talent.
Apollo: All the more reason for you to wield this.
(After saying that, the Musical Instrument Vassal Weapon appeared in front of Itsuki, who then took it and placed it near his bow, which glowed as they merged together.)
Itsuki: (amazed) My skill set expanded!
Rishia: That's wonderful!
Itsuki: Now I really feel like a true hero!
Ren: Good for you. I'll go on a temporary solo crusade now. See you all around. (goes off somewhere)
Fitoria: (watches) This is for the best. At least until they rejoin.
Ares: Agreed. We're glad you see things our way, Fitoria.
Fitoria: Anything for my Gods.
(Ban notices a building-sized thing, covered by a tarp, on top of Hawk Mama.)
Ban: Say, what's that?
Demeter: Oh, a thousand pardons. In recreating Oshiro, we added something we believe you guys would love.
Meliodas: Really? (gasps) You don't mean...
Ares: (nods with a wink) That's right.
(With a flick of his wrist, the tarp was easily pulled off as if by magic, and it was revealed that standing on top of Hawk Mama is a particular tavern. But it was no ordinary tavern, for it was none other than...)
Diane: (grins) The Boar Hat!!!
King: (likewise) And it's bigger than ever!
Meliodas: All right! We're back in business!
Aphrodite: There are other worlds that we have merged into this one, as well.
Demeter: Those will be revealed over time. I'm sure you'll all understand.
Raphtalia: That we will, Mom. And we'll look forward to seeing what world we'll see added to this one next.
Meliodas: Whichever it is, it'll be worth the wait!
Demeter: Our thoughts exactly.
Apollo: And another thing, Naofumi. You claimed you didn't want everything you lost back. Well, in this world, it's time to start anew. Therefore, everything you lost- your trust, respect, and money- all have been returned to you.
Naofumi: Honestly, since this is a new world, I'm okay with that.
Aphrodite: And if a certain Whore is watching and listening to all this, she should know that unlike what happened back in Raphtalia's world, her acts will not be tolerated here. In fact, we saw her abandon the Spear Hero during the battle of the Spirit Tortoise. Therefore, she is officially declared Public Enemy #1!
(From another location, Malty Melromarc A.K.A. Bitch/Whore, watched everything on the screen while ultimately in fear of what Aphrodite said.)
Malty: No!!
(Back with the groups...)
Ares: As for the former King now known as Trash, we used our magic to make him see the truth once and for all. He'll soon realize the folly of his ways, as well as the truth of the murder of his son, the prince, among other truths.
(From a different location, Aultcray A.K.A. Trash watched everything on the screen.)
Aultcray: (remorsefully) Ohh... What have I done? What have I done?
(Back with the groups...)
Naofumi: Sounds to me like things are starting to look up even more than before.
Raphtalia: That's a relief.
Filo: Yeah.
L'Arc: Say... It'll take me a while for me to get used to addressing you by your name instead of Kiddo, Naofumi, so, how about, in the meantime, I call you 'boss'?
Naofumi: Hmm... sure, why not?
Meliodas: (grins) Well, since the Sins are all together again, and we got a lot of new friends, how about we celebrate with a feast at the Boar Hat?
Filo: (excitedly) A feast?! Oh boy!!!
Elizabeth: But I gotta warn you, guys, Meliodas's cooking is horrible.
Kizuna: Well, my cooking is questionable, too.
Ban: Leave it to me, folks.
Shion: Hey, I got cooking skills, too! I can help!
Naofumi: You're not the only one.
Ban: Great! I wouldn't mind having help in the kitchen.
(Everyone did their celebration. In a montage of frozen shots, we saw the groups and the Four Gods having a wonderful feast at the Boar Hat. Thanks to the new cooks joining Ban, the food was even better than ever, and Hawk and Wild enjoyed the scraps. Then, the next day, after some things were done, the heroes {with the exception of Fitoria, Ethnobalt, Arthur, Mael, Sariel, Tarmiel, and Helbram, who left with the Four Gods, and Zeldris's group, who left for their own reason} prepared to go on their new adventure.)
Meliodas: So, where should we embark on our first quest? Raphtalia, what's on the map your mother gave us?
(Raphtalia takes out a map made for her by Demeter.)
Raphtalia: Mom said we should start here. It's where time has been altered and new allies await us.
(As she said "here", she put her finger on a particular area on the map.)
Kizuna: Why there?
Raphtalia: Apparently, Mom and the other gods changed the time on another world that they merged with ours. (points at a coliseum on the map) We'll stop by there on the way, since I was also told an old friend of my birth parents is there, along with people from yet another world.
Naofumi: That's a good place to start.
Rimuru: Yeah. Let's go.
(An hour later, everyone from all over waved their goodbyes, as the heroes depart to their adventure.)
Elizabeth's voice: (narrating) Thanks to the Four Gods of Order, we gained new friends and reunited with old ones. And thus, a new era has begun. The age of the Grand Cross.
(Meanwhile, at the colosseum that the Heroes were heading to, a blue-and-white-clad woman was preparing for a battle, while in another room there, a wolf-dog-like demihuman woman with large breasts was talking to a young man.)
Wolf-Dog-like demihuman woman: Master, it's time to get ready for the tournament. Master? Can you hear me?
Young Man: Yeah, I hear ya. I hear ya.
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