As Meliodas followed Happy and Carla through the Anima, he felt a tremendous force tugging at him, pulling him away from the others. Meliodas ignored the force as he tried to keep up with the two flying cats, keeping them in his line of sight. Eventually, that force became too much as he found himself unable to keep up with them.
'This thing pulling me...no it's also draining my magic?!' Meliodas thought as his vision began to darken. He felt the strap from his sheath become undone. Just as Mel Force separated from him, he quickly grabbed it by the handle. 'I need to put this in my requip inventory. It would be terrible if I lost this in another world.' Meliodas thought as he quickly put Mel Force in his requip inventory while he still had magic remaining.
As Meliodas struggled to keep up, the cats and dragon slayers flew farther and farther away from him until his vision completely blacked out as he was pulled away from the group entirely.
Meliodas was awoken by a strong wind blowing on his face. He opened his eyes slowly but his eyes quickly widened as he saw the ground approaching him. Meliodas put his arms in front of him as he braced himself for impact with the ground.
Meliodas crashed into the rocky terrain, creating a large crater as rocks and dirt kicked up into the sky, creating a brown cloud of dust coming from the crater.
Several minutes passed and the dust began to clear out. Meliodas plucked his head out of the ground and shook his head quickly, getting rid of most of the tiny bits of rocks and dirt that were lodged in his hair.
'Man that really hurt.' Meliodas thought as he rubbed his cheeks. Meliodas got up and looked around, shaking off the bits of dirt still stuck in his hair and dusted off the dirt on his shoulders. His fall had formed a fairly deep crater. He continued to look around at the unfamiliar landscape.
'Is this Edolas?' Meliodas questioned. Nearby, he could see a large city. The city was massive, and appeared even bigger than Crocus from what Meliodas could tell from that distance. The city was built on a circular plane separated into many rising segments. At the center, was a large tower that towered above the rest of the city. Behind the tower, were floating islands.
As Meliodas gazed at the sky, he heard the footsteps of several dozen people approaching. He looked back down at ground level and found himself surrounded by armored men with various weapons. Meliodas looked curiously at them and assumed them to be some sort of military force of this world.
"Yo!" Meliodas greeted amicably to them. The armored men began talking to each other, ignoring his friendly greeting.
"This has to be one of those Fairy Tail mages from Earthland right?" One of them commented.
"He doesn't match the description or pictures that the King described." Another added on.
"You think maybe he's just a skydiver whose parachute failed…?"
"How is he still alive then…"
Meliodas continued observing silently for several moments as the men talked amongst themselves until one of them finally spoke up to him, stepping up closer to Meliodas. Meliodas noticed this man's armor was slightly different from the rest, decorate with golden trimmings and a white feathered helmet. 'So this guy is their leader then?' Melioads thought to himself.
"Kid, are you from Fairy Tail?"
Meliodas kept his composure but was surprised at the question. 'Should I tell these guys? No...something's off. And Carla said we need to disguise ourselves.'
"Nope." Meliodas replied. The soldier looked at Meliodas and sighed.
"Regardless, skydiving above the Royal City is a class three offense. You are under arrest-" The soldier cut off as he noticed the insignia on Meliodas' right arm.
"T-that mark! Y-you! You are from Fairy Tail!" The soldier yelled out. "Men! Capture him!"
Meliodas looked down at his left shoulder and realized his Fairy Tail marking was left exposed by his sleeveless top. 'Oops. I forgot about that.' Meliodas shook his head and sighed as he looked at the oncoming soldiers.
"Well, well, well. Can't I ever go somewhere without a kingdom coming after me?" Meliodas reached towards his back to grab the handle of Mel Force but felt nothing there. At that moment, he remembered he had put Mel Force away before he blacked out.
Meliodas raised his hand out in front of him, attempting to requip Mel Force. To his surprise, the sword would not come out.
'And I can't requip it either. For some reason, I can't use magic in this world.' Meliodas thought, unable to feel magic flowing in his body. The soldiers began to close in on Meliodas. Meliodas cracked his knuckles and looked at them. He eyed the soldiers who were carrying swords.
"Not going to come with us peacefully?" One of the soldiers asked. He raised his spear and pointed it at Meliodas. "You leave us no choice but to-"
Meliodas interrupted the soldier as he leaped forward, slamming his knee straight into the soldier's face. Blood gushed from the soldier's face while the force of the blow sent the soldier back several meters into the other soldiers, knocking a few of them down onto the ground as they tumbled backwards into more soldiers. The other approaching soldiers stopped in their tracks momentarily, surprised at what they just witnessed.
"Press the attack!" One of the other soldiers yelled. Several spearmen charged forward at Meliodas. One of them lunged his spear at Meliodas's face. Meliodas ducked underneath the point of the spear and retaliated with an uppercut, sending the spearman high into the sky. The other two attacked simultaneously from the left and right sides, both jabbing at Meliodas. Meliodas grabbed both of their spears by the handles and jumped up into the air. He leaned back mid air and kicked both of the soldiers in the face, sending them flying into other soldiers behind them as they let go of their spears.
Several more spearmen and a couple more swordsmen began to charge at Meliodas. Meliodas charged straight into the group, running through them as many of the soldiers were sent flying up into the air.
"Who the hell is this kid?! He's a monster!" One of the soldiers commented as he was launched into the air.
"A monster? No this kid's a demon!"
"We need a Captain over here now!"
The soldiers went down one by one as Meliodas knocked each one out, until there none were left standing. 'Huh...these guys are a lot weaker than I thought. Is it because they can't use magic?' Meliodas thought as he looked back at the dozens of unconscious bodies scattered on the ground.
Meliodas began scanning the vicinity and found a sword that one of the swordsmen was using. He picked it up along and inspected the blade for several moments before sheathing it and slinging it on his back. 'It's not Mel Force, but it will have to do.'
Meliodas turned around and looked at the large city looming in front of him. 'I wonder if Natsu, Wendy, Happy, and Carla are there. I'm sure they'll be fine. In the meantime, I need to search for answers.'