The Captain's Second Half (Meliodas)(On Hold)

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"First up is the elimination round! The ref will be yours truly, Love Helm! The rules of this round are extremely simple. Knock your opponent out of this ring! Throwing them out is fine. Pushing too! Or send them flying! As long as it's barehanded. The eight contenders who are still standing will move on to the finals! Now then, let the brawling begin!" Love Helm announces. The festival had officially begun, and everyone engaged in battle. Meanwhile, Celeste stood beside Meliodas, looking around when a man placed his hands on their shoulder. "Huh?" Meliodas hums turning to look at the man. "I think it's time for kids like you to get out of here." He tells them. Celeste frowns, grabbing his hand, and flings him over her shoulder and out the ring. "Don't touch me." She simply says. "This is so boring." Ban yawns, dodging and punching the man who tries attacking him, King runs around avoiding the men, and Hawk sells ale to the watchers.

 "Hey, Ban! Make sure that you pull your punches against these guys!" Meliodas reminds the sin. "Yeah, obviously! This festival wouldn't be much fun if we killed everybody here!" Ban replies, something catches his eye and he eagerly runs over to it."Hey, come on, Captain!" King walks over to Meliodas. "Hmm?" Meliodas hums. "You're totally having fun here." King points out. "Yeah, right. Now, does it really look like I'm enjoying myself?" Meliodas asks. "It does." Celeste replies. "Listen to me, King. If we win this thing, we get Diane's sacred treasure, Gideon. Don't you wanna see the smile on her face when we do?" Meliodas asks. "Huh?" King blushes, picturing Diane's smile. "First place is mine!" He claims, going into his other form. "All right. That's the spirit!" Meliodas cheers. "Way to persuade him." Celeste comments. A girl in a cloak knocks multiple men out of the ring, sending a ball of men tumbling to King. "Talk about moves as fast as lightning! This one girl just knocked ten men out of the ring all at once!" Love Helm announces. 

"She's doing pretty good, huh?" Meliodas asks. "It's kinda scary. I bet she's not getting a lot of dates." Ban comments. "Should I actually start fighting then?" Celeste asks. "Hey, where'd you get that jacket?" Meliodas asks, seeing Ban wearing a new jacket similar to the one he wore before. "Let's take a look at who's left in the ring!" Love Helm shouts. "Four, five, six, seven, eight?" Someone counts. "There's one more who hasn't got knocked out of the ring!" A man points to King who was floating on Chastiefol. "That was close." He mumbles. "Hey, no fair. He can float." A man shouts. "Rule him out!" Another one shouts. "Well... I admit that it's unfair, but he's not using any weapons. I'll allow it! Although, there's an uneven amount now." Love Helm acknowledges. "Oh, aren't you lucky? Play dirty and still won." Ban teases. "Yeah, way to cheat!" Meliodas congratulates him. "My cheating Fairy." Celeste joins in. "Do you really think it's cheating?" King asks. "And now we'll hold the lottery to decide the match-ups! The nine finalists should head to the waiting area!" Love Helm tells the contenders.

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"Come on up and draw your lots. The first round will be contenders who each draw the same letter! Since there's an uneven someone's going to have to wait until the next round." Love Helm announces. "I forfeit." Celeste speaks up before King can say anything. "This sucks. I wish they'd just hurry up and get to the finals already." Ban says as he and the other contenders wait in a line. "Don't talk like that and get knocked out before the end, okay?" Meliodas tells him, moving up on the line. "That is not gonna happen." Ban tells him. "My stomach. This stress is killing me." King says. "Poor thing." Celeste sympathizes with him. "Okay, folks, I'm announcing the fighting cards!" Love Helm shouts, gaining their attention. "First match-up is... Griamore versus Matrona!" "Hey look, it's that girl from earlier." King comments. "I've never heard of her, but it's a big world out there." Meliodas adds.