'The Seven Deadly Sins: Signs of Holy War' episode 1 spoilers: Hawk runs away; horn of Cernuros taunts Melodias

The highly anticipated four-episode special of "Seven Deadly Sins" has finally begun airing and it looks like the real war has only just begun.

The final episode of the anime titled, "The Heroes," saw the Sin defeating the villainous Holy Knight, Hendriksen, with their combined forces. But despite their victory in reclaiming control of the royal capital, the signs of the Holy War lingered. And along with the sighting of a mysterious winged creature came an ominous warning that another war was about to descend on the city of Liones. This time, the upcoming battle could possibly take root in the intriguing information that Gilthunder, Hauser and Griamor discovered about Meliodas.

The special series, "The Seven Deadly Sins: Signs of Holy War" picks up when Meliodas himself told Elizabeth that his adventure was far from over. The episode titled, "The Dark Dream Begins," was mostly spent looking for the talking pig, Hawk, who was previously miniaturized after being roasted by Hendriksen. Hawk ran out of the Boar Hat bar in fear after Meliodas realized that in order to cook a decent meal of roast pig, he would have to use a real pig in place of the scraps and vegetables he had used.

He told his crew that whoever grabbed Hawk first would get to request something from him. Everybody took on the challenge, each with their own personal request to ask of their leader. But their powers proved to be no match to Hawk's techniques, despite the talking pig's smaller size.

In the end, Ban succeeded in luring Hawk back to the Boar Hat bar with his divine cooking, except that Meliodas pulled a fast one on him when he grabbed Hawk and declared himself the winner, stressing that he specifically mentioned whoever "grabbed" Hawk first.

There were also a couple of scenes which seemed to build on the mysteries left over from season 1. There's Ban attempting to destroy a demon corpse Merlin kept for an experiment; the promise that Meliodas told Ban he had not forgotten and was now about to fulfill; and that conversation Meliodas had in the last scene with the horn of Cernuros in the catacombs beneath the city, wherein he was taunted that everyone he cared for would leave him once they found out about the "great sin" that he had committed.

A post credits scene showed a shepherd boy running back home to his father after seeing what looked like a winged arm flying in the sky. He was then confronted by a hooded man who asked him to elaborate on what he just saw.

This special anime series airs on Sundays, at 5 p.m. on JST. The second episode titled, "Our Fighting Festival" aired in Japan on Sunday, Sept. 4 and featured Meliodas and Ban engaging in a friendly battle.

Meanwhile, the DVD has been scheduled for a two-volume release on Jan. 11 and Feb. 9, 2017. More details can be found on Fandom Post.