The two had entered the ring, and were talking about who they thought should win. Diane consistently insisted that Meli win, but he was unsure. She seemed determined, and he was always rather indifferent, so it seemed he was going along with it. Well, of course that was the plan.

"Kyaaaaahhhh!" A voice, that I vaguely recognized, called from the opposite side of the audience. I leaned to the side, looking around the two sins in the ring, to find none other than Synthia with two other girls. She had shouted to the ring and was drawing the bottom of her velvet dress up to the point here it was almost explicit. "Meliodazzz! Look over here!!!"

Both of the finalists looked towards the girls, and their eyes widened simultaneously.

"Let's do something naughty~" the second one purred; a thin, flat-chested woman who was drawing her lip down seductively. "Just like last night~"

"Hurry up and beat that muscle woman so you can play with us~" Synthia purred. I noticed Ban sneaking away from the three, winding through the crowd with what looked to be Hawk's pouch, but empty. He quickly rejoined our group, and I doubted anybody but me took notice of this.

"Hey, no fair!" The third woman shouted. She was chunkier than the other two, with larger breast and hips, but was much shorter and had somewhat of a baby face. She shook her body so that her chest shook wildly. "What about me?!"

"WOW, MELIODAZ GETS SOME PRETTY EXOTIC CHEERS! I'M JEALOUS!

Diane's voice was low, and I couldn't hear it, and the captain responded, rather confused. I could imagine how the conversation was going. Diane asked Meli who they were, he responded by saying he didn't know them, and Diane called him a womanizer. I'd bet everything I had that that was exactly what happened.

"LET THE FIGHT BEGIN!!"

"Oh, this climax should be fun~" Ban purred from next to me, smirking. I rolled my eyes, laughing slightly.

"So you did do that, huh?" I asked, smiling as I stared at Diane's death glare. "Y'know Hawk's gonna be pissed, right?"

"Don't care. Totally worth it," he grinned, his eyes flashing momentarily with something other than amusement as he stared at me for a second longer than was comfortable.

"YOU WOMANIZING CHEATER!!" Diane shouted, throwing a full-powered punch straight to Meli's gut. I winced- at this height she isn't at full power, but that had to hurt.

The entire rock below us shook from the force, and it seemed to be falling apart more than it had been. More cracks stemmed outward from the large one from Meli and Ban's fight, causing the Byzel rock to practically crumble. It was a miracle that it was still standing.

"FROM THE GET-GO, MATRONA DEALS A VICIOUS BLOW IN RESPONSE TO MELIODAZ'S POPULARITY (?) WITH WOMEN!" The announcer's voice rang from his place outside the ring, "AND.... AND THE GREAT BOULDER OF BYZEL IS STARTING TO FALL APART?!?! FEEL FREE TO EVACUATE IF YOU WISH, BUT I DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS FIGHT!"

They should definitely evacuate.

Cheers and screams erupted from the audience as about half of the crowd abandoned the stadium. They were the smart ones. I wouldn't be surprised if this arena didn't last until the end of the fight.

"Now that you've got Diane all fired up, you better man up and take this seriously! You'll die otherwise~!" Ban chided from the audience, causing Meli to flash a glare in his direction. He had just realized who was behind the whore-play girls. The blonde began to stand up, stopping when he was on his hands and knees.

"I've had enough...!" Diane huffed, shouting as she reared her fist back, "I'm not letting you off so easy this time!"

Meli barely dodged the punch, eyes wide as he did so. "Hey, Diane, you're misunderstanding the situation..."

I shoved my hands into the pockets of my cloak. They were shaking. I grinned as I watched Diane rear back and prepare a nasty-looking punch, shouting. "I don't want to hear your excuses!"

Meli seemed to realize that he now had to take the fight seriously, because his face became stern and he blocked Diane's punch. They began going back and forth, blocking each other's hits as they continuously attacked one another. The arena cracked further, causing people to scream- if the fight didn't end soon, most of the people here would probably die.

He punched her in the cheek, causing her head to snap to the side slightly. She immediately retaliated, grabbing him and kneeing him in the stomach.

"STUPID CAPTAIN!!!" She shouted, throwing a particularly hard punch at the blonde. He skidded backward, right to the edge of the arena, where we were standing. I poked him in the small of the back to push him forward and keep him within the ring.

"Geez, that was close..." he muttered, and I grinned.

"You better end this quick if you want to win," I laughed.

"Yeah, Diane's kicking your ass," Ban joined, smirking.

"CHEATERS NEED TO PAY!" She screamed, charging forward with amazing speed with a reared fist. Meli retaliated by blocking and counterattacking to send her backward.

"How are you still so powerful after shrinking?!" He asked, panting. He charged forward and jumped, ready to knock her out of the ring. "Sorry, but this need to e-"

Diane shot upward and punched him; I heard a sickening crack from his arm. There was a spike in Diane's power, a slight one, but it was a spike nonetheless. Her body grew and the fabric of Ellie's clothes tore further- that explains her growth in strength. I noticed a few bloody noses in the audience.

"SHUT UP!" She shouted, throwing a punch at him, but he disappeared, appearing again in a hole across the stadium. Diane followed him each time he disappeared and reappeared, growing increasingly frustrated. He was moving through the cracks in the stage to evade her attacks. Clever. Of cou-

They were close. I twitched lightly, and I could see the rest of the Sins do the same. I froze. The crowd began shouting.

"Stop the comedy routine!"

"Start fighting!"

"Yeah!"

"Beat his ass, Matrona!"

"Just knock her out, Meliodaz!"

"Hurry it up!"

"Fine." Meli's voice echoed through the stadium. I raised my hood over my head, then instinctively moved my hand to the leather grip of my whip and squeezed. "We'll stop the comedy routine. Time for the main event. Us taking over the town Byzel."

I moved forward, approaching the stadium. Ban and King did the same, while Diane moved to join Meli in his place in the center of the ring.

"My true identity is the Dragon Sin of the Eight Deadly Sins, Meliodas!"

King changed into his old form, becoming the man pictured on his wanted poster.

"Wow, look!"

"Old Fart is the spitting image of King!"

"Now that I think about it, Ba'an looks a lot like Ban..."

"That girl! She's the new Sin!"

"It's (y/n), the organizer!"

"And Matrona... she looks a lot like Diane... do you think...?"

"It's Diane!!"

"Holy shit!"

"This can't be real, right!"

"It's five of the eight Sins!"

"That symbol on Ba'an's side, he is Ban!"

"And Old Fart has a Grizzly symbol on his ankle!"

I lifted my cloak, revealing the small of my back, where my raven marking was.

"Matrona has a mark on her thigh!"

"She has to be Diane!"

"Ahhhh!"

"That girl- she must be (y/n)!"

"Look at that marking on her back!"

I lowered my cloak, joining my four companions. Meli stood in front, and Diane and Ban were slightly behind him in his left right. King stood slightly behind those two, hovering between them. I stood next to Ban, my arms crossed and my face contorted into a crazed grin.

They're almost here... hurry up and run you dumbasses.

"We've taken a liking to this town, and I'm in a good mood, so we'll give you a chance," Meli's voice boomed over the crowd, who had become dead silent in fear. "Get your sorry asses out of here, or else we, the Eight Deadly Sins, will massacre every one of you weaklings!"

People didn't move, and there was a silence. Goddamnit, run!

"Would you like to taste my fists?" Diane asked, glaring at the people.

"I'll slaughter all of you without a second thought," Ban said, his voice monotone and convincing.

"Do you want to test the one who organized the killing of Grandmaster Zaratras?" I growled, following their lead and looking at the people with a psychotic grin. Hawk and Ellie looked in shock.

"GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE!" Meli shouted, his voice echoing.

People began screaming, but not because of us. They were pointing behind us. We all turned simultaneously, our expressions changing into frowns of annoyance. I groaned, seeing large fireballs surging toward us at extreme speeds. Every one of the Sins seemed to groan as well; King changed Chastiefol into its spear form, Meli pulled out his sword hilt, and I released my whip from its confinement. Thankfully, I didn't forget it this time.

You stupid, stupid people. You should've just ran when the ring started collapsing. Now we have to deal with protecting you and stopping these damned Knights.