Chapter 42

Demon Reactor (デーモン・リアクター, Dēmon Riakutā) is the 42nd chapter of Nanatsu no Taizai.

Character(s) in order of appearance

 * Hawk's Mother
 * Geera
 * Meliodas
 * King
 * Love Helm
 * Diane
 * Hawk
 * Elizabeth Lyonesse
 * Jericho
 * Ban

Fights and Events

 * Ban vs. Jericho (Byzel Arc)
 * Meliodas vs. Geera (Byzel Arc)
 * King vs. Geera & Jericho

Long Summary
Meliodas and Geera greet each other, and unsheathe their weapons as the latter states that she seeks revenge. Pointing her large lance towards Meliodas, she releases several explosive flares, which, to his surprise, stop midway before reaching him. As he speculating that they will explode if he makes a wrong move, and jumps to destroy them individually, the flare he is moving towards suddenly explodes, which triggers multiple chain explosions, that together result in a gigantic explosion. When Meliodas, heavily injured, falls from their air, Geera thanks him for him cutting her hair while adding make-up on her earlier, stating that the person most important to her complimented it, referring to Zeal. Somewhere else, it is shown that King was instructed to help in the evacuation of civilians, and carries Love Helm on his back while levitating. Diane, acting upon her instruction, reaches the area where Gideon was kept, but finds the weapon to not be there.

Hawk and Elizabeth had been ordered to stay hidden, and as they do so, Hawk declares that he will protect Elizabeth no matter what. He become teary-eyed when she rebukes him, and replies that they both will survive together. Meanwhile, at the site of Ban and Jericho's battle, the former is remembered of the latter after Jericho introduces herself. He, believing that she is male from their previous encounter, questions whether she cross dresses, and as he kicks her away, declares that he is immortal. Much to his surprise, the wound doesn't heal despite his regeneration abilities. Jericho, stating that the Deadly Sins are no match for the "reactors", attacks Ban with a technique named "Godspeed Cross Slash" as he dodges due to his regeneration having apparently stopped. Walking towards the collapsed Ban, she states that she reason she pretended to be a man was that she was weak, and wanted to make herself seem a little more powerful. Adding that she no longer has to do that, since her rage against him let her become powerful, she kicks him on his chest, which spurts a drop of Ban's blood near her lips. Spreading this blood on her lips, as a substitute for lipstick, she states that Ban has made her into a woman.

Though both Ban and Meliodas are very quickly defeated by their respective foes, the Holy Knights state that their battles were only a perk, and that their main enemy still remains. Few moments later, Ban appears from behind, telling Meliodas that he has completed his chore, only to find two of his fellow Sins defeated. Immediately, Geera releases the same technique she used on Meliodas, which results in a gigantic explosion like before. King appears to be worried, but when the attack settles, is shown to remain unscathed, by using the Form Five of Chastiefol as as moving, circular barrier around himself. As he states that he was joking, Jericho, without waiting any moment, immediately breaks through his barrier. Again acting as though he is surprised, King then shifts Chastiefol to its standard spear form and attacks Jericho from the behind, again stating that he was only joking. After some time, as King yawns and states that he has warmed up, Geera and Jericho are shown to be defeated and collapsed.