The fighting festival commences with Love Helm as the referee as eight contestants are left standing after the elimination round. The first quarterfinal match has a female fighter named Matrona knocking Griamore out of the ring. Matrona is exposed as a human-sized Diane wearing Elizabeth's clothing, revealing that the two got themselves shrunk by a giant mushroom called a Chicken-Matango while forging for food. After Howzer defeats the three-time champion Taizoo with one punch, King easily loses to the town drunk Cain Barzad as he is nearly powerless unarmed. The final match is Meliodas versus Ban, with Griamore and Veronica revealing to Howzer the Seven Deadly Sins infiltrated the tournament as they search the village for Elizabeth.