Old and new

Keita's appearance was different. This time, his hair grew longer, a horn was coming out of his temple. His magic power has changed aggressively and so had his body. He became taller and his facial bones were altered. He was just like he was before. A Demon.

"Pride, what have you done?" the Demon Lord screamed to Pride who has fallen down after being kicked.

"With all due respect, Demon Lord... After what he did to Wrath six months ago, we can not remain silent. There is no way we can just let him go after all this." Pride explained himself. His nose was broken and he was bleeding, but he was up on his feet with no problem.

"Know your place." Keita said and drew his sword. "Hell's Path: Sloth."

He swung his blade. One, two, three times. After each swing, slender crescent shaped blades of magic power appeared in the same arc as the attack.

"Arm el Aerch!"

The shield made by Sloth protected the Demon Lord from one of the blades. The other two hit their targets head on. Two explosions of magic power followed. The dust became a smoke screen, that allowed Keita a time to breath.

"Take Koba and leave." he said to the party.

He heard no response.

"Did you not hear me? I said run!" He shouted and turned around.

He was met with frightened eyes. Nao and Lia who were sitting next to Koba's lifeless body, seemed to have been crying but their tears have stopped. They were replaced with an unimaginable fear. The same was for Anne and Reika. That fear, was directed right to Keita and no one else. They knew, Keita didn't kill Koba and they knew that the enemies were the Demons, but at this moment, Keita was not an ally.

Keita turned around. He had no desire to explain himself or listen to them. He had already said everything he wanted to say.

"A ranged attack from a warrior. That was a surprise." Keita heard Pride's mocking laughter from inside the smoke.

"Oh my, I thought I was a goner. Well, Pride is right, we can't just leave things like this after he raised his hand against our Lord." the spear user said. She was a dark haired Demon with a human's appearance. She was wearing nothing more than a cloth to conceal her breasts and another one bellow her waist. She was full of muscles but still slender.

"To be able to duel the legendary Pride of the past, it will be an honor." the swordsman said. He looked like a Dragonborn with wings. Like a miniature, humanoid dragon.

"Save me the bravado. All of you come at me. That will be easier." Keita responded.

"Pri- I mean Keita. Please, we don't want..." the Demon Lord pleaded but was interrupted.

"If you don't want to fight, then just wait there. After I am done with your precious new family, I will be coming for you." Keita dashed towards the three new Sins.

***

While Keita was fighting, behind them the Demon Lord couldn't help but let her tears flow.

"Why... why is it always like this..." she said.

"He is not the Pride you know anymore." Wrath responded. "The Pride we knew died 200 years ago. Now that he sided with humans, it is the over. I am sorry to say but you should leave this place my Lord. You shouldn't have to watch this a second time." Wrath put her hand on the Demon Lord's small shoulders to console her.

"No. It is my duty to see his life to the end. It is all my fault it came to this. I at least should do that much for him..."

***

Fighting three people at the same time, was difficult even for Keita. He needed to make some distance and fight each one separately. He used his wings to fly to the sky. The Dragonborn Demon, followed after him while the two others stayed on the ground. Keita wanted to compliment the Demon for following after him alone. They clashed blades in the sky.

"And who are you?" he asked.

"My name is Envy." the Dragonborn responded.

A bottomless rage filled Keita's heart. His power surged as he pushed the new Envy away from him.

"I see. You will be the first then." Keita responded and put his katana back to his sheath.

Envy looked at him with a confused expression but he did not let his guard down.

He flew full speed towards Envy who responded with a thrust. Keita slapped the sword away with his fingertips, sinking his other hand into the Demons heart.

"W-what?"

"You are the one who said you wanted to fight a legend. This is the price." Keita said.

Something was wrong. His heart was pierced but Envy wasn't dead. He felt pain and something else. Like something was gnawing inside his chest.

"What d-did you do?" Envy asked.

"It is Hell's Path: Greed. I will be taking all of your magic power through my finger tips until there is nothing left. After you almost pass out, I will rip out your spine from your skull." Keita responded with a grin. He has done this a lot in the past. Describing his prey's future. The despair in their eyes was always a treat for him.

Before he could do so though, his eyes noticed something he usually wouldn't have. Thanks to Gluttony Skill, he was able to 'see' the magic power around objects. That was how he saw the magic weapon that was flying straight for his hand. He had no choice but to pull away.

"Tch." Keita clicked his tongue and let himself fall.

Before he met the ground, he spread his wings, to break the fall, sending a powerful gust to the two on the ground.

"So which one are you? Gluttony or Greed?" he asked the spear user.

"Greed." she answered simply.

"One of you lost her weapon and the other his magic power. I guess that leaves you, boy. Or are you going to fight with your fists, Greed?" Keita slowly pulled out his sword.

"Don't get ahead of yourself, human!" Pride shouted.

'How many can call me human in this state and really mean it I wonder. I guess, I would have said something similar if I was in his place.' Keita thought.

"Hell's Path: Lust." An invisible snake made out of magic power, wrapped itself around Keita's hand and sword.

Keita and Pride moved forwards. They clashed swords. Keita pulled back, took some distance and did the same thing. Pride was forced to follow his lead. Both of them clashed over 100 times in the span of a few seconds, leaving only afterimages behind until they realized they were even. They both returned to their starting position.

"If speed isn't going to cut it..." Keita said and revealed a grin. He slowly approached Pride with confidence in his stride.

"You are just a relic of the past, you think you can take me on a contest of strength?" Pride's angered swell because of Keita's arrogance. He also started walking towards him.

They both met at the middle. As if they had already agreed to it, at the same time, both of them swung their swords. Pride in his insolence, deactivated Ma-clayar's special ability, making it nothing more than a regular sword. He wanted to prove to Keita how foolish he was, by making it a fair fight. Unfortunately, Keita wasn't so honest.

The swords met and the shock wave of the exchange was like an explosion, pushing Nao and the others back to the forest.

"Arm el Aerch!" Sloth protected the Demon Lord once again and the other four Sins hid behind her.

After the dust settled, Keita was the one still standing.

"W-why?" Pride said, holding his pierced collar bone.

"This guy, loves to bite." Keita said with a grin and revealed the snake around his sword.

After their swords met, the snake that clanged to Keita's arm and blade, thrust on Pride's shoulder, piercing it and making Pride loose his grip. After that, it was easy for Keita to push him to the ground.

"The finishing blow." Keita raised his sword.

Once again, thanks to the Gluttony Skill, he was able to see a barrage of arrows infused with magic power, coming right towards him. He jumped backwards to avoid them but the barrage didn't end. He was forced to keep jumping back.

"That is enough. Do it." the Demon Lord said.

The Seven Sins, moved forwards.