Following Gloxinia and Drole being injured by Escanor's attack, revealing his participation as a ruse, Meliodas seizes his chance to attack them with the mage Gilfrost teleporting the group to Liones castle after Drole sent them underground as his hostages. After healing himself and restoring Drole's arms, Gloxinia reminds Meliodas that they were once allies in fighting the demons together. Though reluctant to fight his former allies, Meliodas expresses that he must because they decided to switch sides. The others watch the fight on the crystal ball, Meliodas having the upper hand by quickly crippling one Commandant to fight the other. The battle attracts the other surviving Commandments, including a still-burnt Melascula and Meliodas's brothers: Estarossa of Love and Zeldris of Piety. As Ban explains to the group that Meliodas is seen by the Commandants as a traitor to the Demon race, Meliodas purposely allows himself to be severely beaten to unleash a Revenge Counter powerful enough to kill them all. But Estarossa stops the attack before crushing Meliodas' chest under his foot to give his older brother a quick death.