Chapter 240

is the 240th chapter of the manga, Nanatsu no Taizai.

Long Summary
King was having a flashback of when he first met Meliodas, which was right after he had killed Helbram. Meliodas asked why he didn't just tell everyone that Helbram had done it. King muttered, 'What would a human like you understand?', as he didn't know then that Meliodas was a demon. He then goes on to explain how he had abandoned Elaine and the Forest for 500 years, and left Diane, though he did not name either of the girls. He then said that he was 'the worst excuse for a king', to which Meliodas responded with 'You...you're... the Fairy King, aren't you? ...I thought kings were all just a bunch of scum that just do whatever the hell they want and kill anyone they don't like. Who would have thought that there were kings like you out there, too? A king that would cry over his care for other people. ...you're a splendid king.'

King is then shown in the present, thinking to himself and saying that Meliodas' words had saved him, and wondering if he was a 'splendid king' now. Ban tells him that it's all thanks ti him that they're alive, and Diane agrees, jumping onto him, remarking that it isn't that bad being tiny, and King asks her to put some clothes on, and she asks him to make them. King remarks that she is still tiny, curiously enough, even though Chandler has been beaten, and that it is still night.

A cracking sound is heard, and they all turn to see that Gowther's limbs are breaking of their own accord, and Gowther apologizes, saying that this is as far as he will be going as his neck breaks. Hawk panics as he says that he wiped off the cursed seal. Elizabeth remarks that she cannot heal him, and Ban angrily asks how this could have possibly happened. Then, Hawk sees that the seal was not, in fact, removed as he had thought previously.

Meanwhile, Cusack tells Zeldoris that the Seven Deadly Sins have beaten Chandler, saying that they are quite strong, and that Chandler's strength was depleted, yet he proved to be fatal. He then says that the Sins should let Meliodas go and let themselves be killed. Cusack then gives Zeldoris tea, and after taking a sip, he says 'terrible'. Cusack then asks if he meant the advice or the tea, and Zeldoris says that he meant that they were both terrible. He then says that Chandler is trying to play the part of a good-natured old man who thinks only of his beloved pupil, yet if he realized that he couldn't take back said pupil, his 'true nature' would be revealed, and no one could be capable of touching him, let alone defeating him.

Chandler is then shown, and his hair turns from grey to black. He gets an insane power up, which increases the size of his muscles, closes his wound, and shatters his wristbands. Hawk freaks out, panicking because Chandler is still alive. Elizabeth yells for him to come back over to them, and Chandler grows draconic-looking wings. King then grimaces, saying that it is now hopeless, as Chandler is on 'a completely different level', now. Chandler tells all of them to rejoice, as they have now acquired certain death, and Hawk flips out, yelling for everyone to run. Chandler picks up his cane, which he somehow turns into a, as Ban so eloquently put is, a 'sword cane', which is ridiculously long. King then attempts to use Bumblebee on him, saying that he'll buy some time. Ban yells at him, saying that he'll never be able to do it. King yells back, saying that Ban will only slow him down, and tosses Diane to Elizabeth. Diane then screams that she will fight with him, to which King replies that he is a failure as a king because he couldn't protect Helbram, the Forest, or his brethren, but he will to protect them at the very least, and he wants to spend his final moments 'dying a king's death'. Diane becomes hysterical, crying and yelling 'no' over and over again (as I'm sure everyone was).

King screams that he needs them to go, and Chandler delivers a devastating blow, making it look like King is about to die. A huge scar is left in the earth, but Hawk's Mom is seen floating above on one of Gloxinia's giant flowers.

Gloxinia then says that King is burdening himself far to much, and that he can ask for help. Dolor's hand comes up, reveling everyone to be on it, and he says that they will 'leave the future of Brittania in thine hands', and somehow protect their old friends, Elizabeth and Meliodas.

The chapter ends with Dolor saying, '...we kings of olde... shall gladly become the foundation for the future!', and the following memo; 'When hope is united, it cannot be extinguished!! The Fairy King & Forefather of the Giant Clan take to the fight!!'

Characters in Order of Appearance

 * Diane
 * Elizabeth Liones
 * Gowther
 * Hawk
 * King
 * Meliodas
 * Ban
 * Chandler
 * Cusack
 * Zeldris
 * Hawk Mama
 * Drole
 * Gloxinia