3rd Pov
Elizabeth was in front of Meliodas who was standing still
Elizabeth: Lady Zaneri! I don't understand, why Sir Meliodas acting so strange?
Zaneri: This is the Tower of Trials.
Elizabeth: Tower of Trials? Is this the trial for him to regain his power?
Zaneri: Yes, right now, Meliodas is being tested to see if his soul is worthy of receiving the power taken from him.
Elizabeth: Is it difficult to restore someone's power?
Zaneri: No, the issue is what happens after it's restored.
Then Zaneri took a goblet full of soil and gave it to Elizabeth
Zaneri: Elizabeth... I'm giving you this as your trial.
Elizabeth: A goblet?
Zaneri: That's correct, A diseased flower seed has been planted in it. Neither water nor light can make it bud now. Try to make it bloom.
Elizabeth: Who? Me?
Zaneri: If you have Druid blood, then you definitely have the power to heal. If you can't even do this, you won't be able to keep up in the coming battle.
Meanwhile Meliodas walked quietly with Liz
Meliodas: That Zaneri, what does she think she's doing, showing me something like this?
Liz: Hey, you've been acting weird.
Meliodas: You know, for a hallucination, you look pretty real!
Liz: Huh?
Suddenly Meliodas took off his gauntlets and touched Liz's breast
Meliodas: Feel real too.
Seeing this, Liz hit Meliodas
Liz: Don't do that in public!
Meliodas: That's hurt.
Suddenly Meliodas saw his old companion, wandle
Wandle: You're such a moron!
Meliodas: Wandle!
Liz: Jeez. Stop fooling around, and let's go home.
Meliodas: Right.
Meliodas followed Liz and he had several good times with her
Meliodas: Do they really need to make me see this Illusion? It really feel like i'm back...
Meliodas: Everything that happened in Liones, the revival of the Ten Commandments...
Meliodas: Was everything I saw just an Illusion?
Suddenly Meliodas felt drops of water falling on him
Meliodas: Rain?
He looks ahead and was horrified to see Liz dead in front of him
The kingdom destroyed, Wandle dead, and Liz dead in front of him, unable to bear it Meliodas angrily unleashed his darkness and destroyed everything.
Meliodas: HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!
Suddenly Meliodas found himself on a street in the kingdom and again with Liz
Liz: Hey! A-Are you okay? You look like you seen a ghost.
Meliodas: So this is my trial? Curse you Zaneri!
In the real world Meliodas started screaming and seemed to be in pain
Elizabeth: Sir Meliodas!
Zaneri: Focus on your own test instead of worrying about others.
Elizabeth: R-Right. But Lady Zaneri... I've never seen Sir Meliodas in this kind of pain before. What kind of test is he going through?
Zaneri: A living hell. The tranquil days and cruel parting from the person he was madly in love with. He's repeating it hundreds, if not thousands of time. And each time, Meliodas is consume by wrath, loses control, and destroys everything around him.
Elizabeth: But that's...
Zaneri: This test is mean to erase... no, to kill off his emotions. Because if he's still likely to go berserk with rage after he regains his power it would be pointless.
In his trial, Meliodas continued to spend his days with Liz
Meliodas: Wait for me Liz!
But she died
Liz: Hey Meliodas, let's stay together forever.
Meliodas: Yes.
Again
Liz: Hey Wandle!
Again
Liz: Meliodas...
And again, again again again... and Meliodas could only suffer living the happy memories he had with Liz
Meliodas: HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Suddenly he was brought back to reality by Zaneri
Meliodas: This is... Why did you bring me back!?
Zaneri: It's obvious that you're unable to suppress your wrath, and have been repeating the cycle of mayhem and destruction over and over. If you continue, it won't be your emotions, but your spirit that will die!
Meliodas: Damn it!!!
Meliodas hit the ground in rage, but suddenly Elizabeth comforted him
Elizabeth: It's all right. Nobody's blaming you. You always risked your life to fight for us, Sir Meliodas. Right?
Meliodas: Elizabeth...
Zaneri: Enough of this! Focus on your own test!
Elizabeth: R-Right!
Meliodas: Zaneri, please send me back one more time.
Zaneri: Th-That's insane! Not even you can possibly withstand any more stress!
Meliodas: It's not a problem. I can keep going. I have to become strong. For the sake of those I have to protect
Zaneri: Please dont ask me to do that, one false move, and you could lose your life!
Meliodas: I can never move forward unless I pass this test!
Seeing the determined look of Meliodas, Zaneri could not refuse
Zaneri: All right. But promise me you'll come back safely.
Meliodas: Right. I promise.
Meliodas reunited with Liz again
Meliodas: I already know the answer. To gain full control of my power, I just have to abandon my emotions. Easy, right,
Meliodas?
Meliodas: All I have to do is forget all about Liz. I just have to get used to Liz dying.
Meliodas: Easy, right, Meliodas? It's not a big deal.
Suddenly Meliodas exploded in anger
Meliodas: There's no way i can do that!!!
In reality Zaneri can't stand to see Meliodas screaming in pain anymore
Zaneri: I can't watch any more of this! I'm bringing Meliodas here!
Elizabeth: Please wait, Lady Zaneri!
Zaneri: Get out of my way! At this rate, he'll...
Meliodas keep seeing Liz die and he understood something
Meliodas: There's no way i can do it. Forget about you. Get used to losing you.
Every time i repeat the cycle of meeting and saying goodbye to you, my love gros so strong, I can't contain it.
Meliodas sees Liz die once again
Meliodas: My wrath grows so strong, I can't contain it! For me... it's impossible.
Liz: Once in a while, it crosses my mind. That if I'd never met you, these completely ordinary days would never make me so happy.
Meliodas: I feel exactly the same way. That's why...
Meliodas found himself in front of Liz's dead body
Meliodas: I never want to see this sight again. I can't take it. I don't want to repeat it.
Meliodas: Never again! No watter what!
Meliodas opened his eyes in tears and saw Elizabeth crying in front of him, then he smiled
Meliodas: Yo! I came back, like i promised! Hey Elizabeth, why are you crying?
Elizabeth: This is... when i saw your tears, they just started flowing.
In an instant Meliodas made his tears disappear
Meliodas: What are you talking about?
Zaneri: Meliodas! If you overcame that trial, does that mean you really abandoned your emotions?
Meliodas: What are you talking about Zaneri?*Pointed to his heart Everything that's important to me is right here!
Zaneri: But how did you...
Meliodas: Since i've passed this test, I'm taking back my power.
Zaneri: Alright...
Suddenly Meliodas and Elizabeth were paralyzed by Zaneri's magic
Elizabeth: W-What?
Meliodas: Zaneri what are you doing!?
Zaneri: I'm sorry Meliodas, but Jenna asked me to do that, you passed the trial and you will get your power back. But before that I just wanna check something.
Meliodas: What?
Zaneri: If you are now controlling your anger, is it even for your fear?
Suddenly a light dazzled Meliodas and he felt that he could no longer breathe and that he seemed to be floating
Meliodas: I'm in water?
Meliodas rose to the surface and in an instant he was shocked to see the familiar landscape
He was in the middle of a sea of blood, the air smelled of death and the sky was covered with a terrifying eclipse
Meliodas: No... It can't be...
Meliodas began to shake and breathe heavily, then a shiver ran through his back, he turned and froze.
It was a mountain of corpse that seemed to have risen to the sky, there was almost everything, Human, Giant, Demon and Goddess. Meliodas was terrified but it was nothing compared to what he felt when he saw the person standing on top of that mountain of corpses.
???: Meliodas...
???: It's all your fault...
Meliodas: HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!
In reality, Meliodas collapsed to the ground and began to shake uncontrollably and his breathing was irregular, Zaneri and Elisabeth rushed towards him but only one thought crossed his mind before losing consciousness.
Meliodas: I'm sorry... Please forgive me Zeref...
Meanwile
In the cave where the "Sweet Gluttony" bar is located, Zeref was explaining how magic works to Escanor
Zeref: That's about it, for example the glasses you wear have surely enchanted to contain this force that you told me about which only appears during the day.
Escanor: I see, that was really interesting, thank you Zeref.
Suddenly Escanor yawned and looked tired
Zeref: Night has long since fallen, you should sleep Escanor. I'm going to leave.
Escanor: Waits! It's already late, spend at least the night here, I have another room with a bed.
Zeref: I don't want to take too much advantage of your generosity.
Escanor: Not at all! Our discussions are very interesting and a friend of Merlin is then my friend.
Zeref: Thank you.
Escanor: No problem, after all it's up to the elders to take care of the young.
Despite his mask of false emotions Zeref could not help but let out a small laugh which was heard by Escanor
Escanor: What's the matter?
Zeref: Sorry it's just that "young" ain't a good word to qualify me.
Escanor: Even if you are a Wizard, You look young.
Zeref: Would you believe me if I told you that I lived through several eras of history?
Escanor: Really !?
Zeref: Yes.
Zeref suddenly had a deep look and Escanor noticed
Escanor: Sorry if I brought back bad memories.
Zere: It's just that I'm tired of this world making the same mistakes. Especially by the Human species.
Escanor: Why?
Zeref: Over the course of several era, I've seen many age end, conflict between people, hatred, wicked hearts. I always hope that the new age will purify all of that. How many times has it happened? People repeat themselves. They commit the same mistakes over and over...
Escanor: But still people keep on living.
Zeref: They haven't survived, not in a true sense. The precious race called people has become extinct.
Escanor seemed to think strongly about it then he went to sleep. Zeref lay down on his bed and kept his eyes open, he didn't need to sleep, and also because he was having a lot of a nightmare if he did. Zeref looked at the ceiling and only thought of one thing
Zeref: We will see each other soon, Meliodas.