Nanatsu no Taizai, Chapter 187: All Ye Evildoers Be Smote
It has been kind of foreshadowed that the Goddess Clan isn't quite the Big Good like they're supposed to be from an in-universe perspective, since the only interaction we've had with the Goddess Clan was when one allegedly told Ban to kill Meliodas, basically... though that arguably could be them just wanting to get rid of all demons as part of a moral myopia. Here, the goddess summoned by Denzel, Nerobasta... is a total bitch!
Nerobasta, possessing Denzel's body, introduces herself as a Divine Lance Corporal, before being surprised at all the demons around her/him, including Derriere of Purity. Nerobasta talks a bit about how some fool must've opened the Ten Commandments' seal, and Deathpierce is ready to actually sacrifice his life to ask for Nerobasta's help... so Denzel's life isn't enough? Man, these goddesses are jackasses. And Nerobasta refuses, despite seemingly being super-disgusted with the demons' existence.
Nerobasta-in-Denzel flies off, and obliterates a Red Demon and a Gray Demon with a single attack called Ark that wraps them in a ball of light that disintegrates them. Monspiet notes that this is some kind of elemental advantage thanks to the goddesses controlling the light element. Derriere shows up, and Nerobasta attacks with Ark... but Derriere blows up the attack with a blast of her own shadows, and Nerobasta attempts to slice Derriere's head off... but her (well, Denzel's sword breaks). And then she goes from being a haughty prideful warrior to someone who monologues about what basically amounts to "okay, let's talk like adults and negotiate" despite being all DIE BY THE JUDGMENT OF GOD moments ago. And it is a very, very long and dense monologue from Nerobasta's part...
Which actually reveals that the goddess clan apparently backstabbed the demon clan in the past in an act that involved the execution of a lot of demon children that were imprisoned by the goddesses. Doubtful that the demons were entirely innocent, but fuck, no wonder Derriere's pissed off as all hell. Nerobasta tries to justify this mass child slaughter as noting that it's an order from her superiors...
So Derriere one-shots her with one slice, ripping off Denzel's upper body into nothingness. She lands and Monspiet notes about how she would be in trouble if this was one of the 'Four Great Angels', before mussing about her hair, which is cute.
Yeah, nice to see the Ten Commandments win! They're badassses but they keep getting beaten up by Escanor and Meliodas and it's nice once in a while to be reminded of just how high the power level of the Ten Commandments really are.
We get a bit of a recap for King Barta's sake as Gilthunder and the other knights show up to evacuate the royal family and inform them of Denzel's death... upon which Fraudrin/Dreyfus shows up, ready to fuck everyone again. And that's not to mention Derriere and Monspiet are still hanging out outside the broken castle. Plus wasn't Gray Lord hanging out with the group? I kinda forgot.
Man, humanity's fucked. Escanor better get there fast, or there's no way they're making it out of this alive.
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