Escanor’s 'Pity' Quote Complete Guide: Dub Vs. Sub, True Meaning, and Full Battle Recap
The verbal humiliation was only the prelude to physical devastation. Estarossa realized quickly that normal sword strikes could not penetrate Escanor's skin. With noon rapidly approaching, Escanor’s physical bulk swelled, his passive thermal energy melting the armor of nearby knights and boiling stone under his boots.
Estarossa relied on his signature technique: Full Counter. Unlike Meliodas, who reflected magical attacks with double the force, Estarossa reflected physical strikes. When Escanor drove his Divine Axe Rhitta downward, Estarossa repelled the kinetic energy, dropping the Sin of Pride to his knees and drawing blood. For a brief few seconds, the demonic forces thought the duel had turned.
Escanor stood back up immediately. He brushed the dust off his shoulder and raised an open palm.
A miniature sun formed above his fingertips, the Cruel Sun attack. The ambient heat grew so intense it threatened to vaporize the Holy Knights watching from the ramparts. When Estarossa taunted him, pointing out that firing such magic would obliterate his allies, Escanor swung Rhitta, sweeping Estarossa hundreds of feet away to the shores of Lake Penance.
Estarossa attempted to suppress the blast using Black Out, wrapping Escanor's mini-star in demonic shadows. It was completely useless. As the sun reached its zenith, Escanor grew exponentially stronger. Announcing that his attacks would not be dictated by demonic logic, Escanor launched the Cruel Sun at point-blank range, driving Estarossa across the horizon alongside Zeldris, who was caught in the blast trying to save his brother. Lake Penance evaporated in seconds, leaving an empty, cracked canyon.
