Chapter 41

Terrifying Cannon (戦慄のカノン Senritsu no Kanon) is the 41st chapter of the manga, Nanatsu no Taizai.

Character(s) in order of appearance

 * Diane
 * King
 * Meliodas
 * Ban
 * Elizabeth Lyonesse
 * Hawk
 * Cain Barzad
 * Taizoo
 * Hauser
 * Geera
 * Jericho
 * Veronica
 * Griamor

Fights and Events

 * Ban vs. Jericho (Byzel Arc)

Short Summary
Geera, Jericho and another Holy Knight arrive at Byzel, interrupting the Fight Festival, and making an entrance with a shower of explosive flares delivered by Geera. The four Sins are shown to have ordered the citizens to leave to not have them be in the way of the Holy Knights' attacks, making themselves the villains as a result. The people thus begin cheering for the Holy Knights, thinking that the three have come to save them, but are intimidated by the Sins into evacuating. A series of explosions continue to be stimulated, and Ban is suddenly injured by a surprise attack from Jericho.

Long Summary
When the people hesitate after his threatening that he will massacre every one if they don't leave Byzel in a minute, Meliodas yells at them again to leave the town. Just then, several gigantic, and explosive flares rain down on the town, causing much destruction due to the equally gigantic explosions that result when the balls come in contact with the ground. One of the flares, coming towards the great boulder of Byzel, on which the Fight Festival's ring is located, is repelled by Meliodas using his Full Counter.

The attackers are shown to to be Geera, Jericho, and another mysterious Holy Knight, who were previously revealed to be heading for Byzel. The citizens, believing that the Holy Knights have come to save them, cheer for them, requesting them to defeat the Deadly Sins; they are, however, soon intimidated and threatened by Ban into fleeing. Elizabeth then understands the Sins' actions: the four had realized that the three Holy Knights were nearing Byzel, and threatened them to leave, so that they would not be involved in the resulting battle. As the three Holy Knights descend from the giant ray-like creatures they were riding on, Meliodas notes that the weapons they are wielding now are on par with the Sins' sacred treasures, and adding that they were now probably incomparably stronger than Geera's strength in the Capital of the Dead, instructs the King, Diane and Ban to separate.

The explosions continue to ravage the town. Hauser directs the townspeople to evacuate, and appears to have believed that the explosions are the Deadly Sins' doing. Meanwhile, Veronica states that the attack was earlier than planned, since it has started before Elizabeth has been found. She then instructs Griamor to find and protect Elizabeth. Somewhere in the town, Ban walks while commenting that the attacks are gaudy, and upon noticing an attack coming towards him, dodges, but is sent crashing into one of the buildings by Jericho's attack. When Jericho states that she has waited a long time for their battle, Ban expresses his enthusiasm to fight. He then questions Jericho whether they have met before, and she, in response, declares that she will carve her name into his heart.