Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-30928950-20170910225747/@comment-188.69.192.123-20180721200344

Meliodas wasn't expecting Escanor to be that strong, so he let his guard down. Almost all the time Meliodas was toying with Escanor, he almost killed him at least two times if not Escanor increasing power he would be dead. If Meliodas knew how strong Escanor can get, he could just kill him before The One appeared.