Signs of Holy War Episode 1

is the 1st episode of the Signs of Holy War arc and was first broadcasted on August 28, 2016.

Summary
With the capital retaken and the Liones Kingdom slowly getting back on its feet, Meliodas, Elizabeth and Hawk turn their attention to the Boar Hat.

Plot
Elizabeth Liones opens the window to her room, happy with the beautiful morning. She eats breakfast fast, to her family's confusion. After Elizabeth thanks them for the meal, she goes to the Boar Hat, where all her friends are still asleep following the festival. Seeing this, she decides to let them sleep as she cleans the deck outside. She is then greeted by Hawk, who she doesn't see at first as she is getting uesd to him being so small. She says she would fell better if Hawk didn't leave her side, which the latter automatically agrees to. When they head inside, Meliodas introduces her to a meat pie made with vegetables that looks like Hawk, but it turns out to be unfit for human consumption, as Gilthunder runs outside an vomits, and Howzer faints, much to Elizabeth's shock. Meliodas then gets the idea of using pork as the main ingredient, scaring Hawk to the point of jumping off Elizabeth's head and making haste out of the bar, despite Elizabeth warning him that it's dangerous outside. Meanwhile in the remains Hendrickson's Magical Research Facility, Merlin and Ban are with the corpse of the Gray Demon, which Ban tries to destroy to show the hate he has for the Demon Clan. Merlin stops him however. It has been a while and Hawk still hasn't come back, despite Meliodas leaving scraps in his bowl, while a worried Elizabeth is imagining all the horrible things that might happen to him. Meliodas then comes up with a contest for his friends, in which he will obey any order for a day from whoever catches Hawk first which Diane and King are in on. Gilthunder agrees too, though Elizabeth worried that he isn't feeling well after eating Meliodas' new food item. He says that after purging his stomach he feels fine, after all Elizabeth is joining the search, which she relectantly agrees to. Meanwhile Ban is seen outside the bar planning something. While Meliodas, Elizabeth and Gilthunder look for Hawk, Gilthunder mistakenly calls him "Pork". When Elizabeth corrects him, Gilthunder keeps saying his name incorrectly, to the former's dismay. Meliodas trys looking in a box before reassuring Elizabeth that he will be easy to find due his small size. Gilthunder then says that he will track down Hawk before anyone, and Hawk sneezes and says that someone is talking about him. While Elizabeth talks to Gilthunder about his plans for the future, Meliodas then puts his face between Elizabeth's legs as soon as he spots Hawk behind Gilthunder, who tries to catch him but is outsmarted by his small size. Elizabeth tells Meliodas to put her down. Diane, King and Howzer are somewhere else looking for Hawk. Diane immediately gets annoyed when King and Howzer start arguing, to Howzer's anxiety, who also immidately says Hawk's name wrong. Diane then thanks both boys for protecting her during the battle before saying that she'll catch Hawk and go on a date with Meliodas, much to the boys' disappointment. Diane spots Hawk and tries to catch him, but the latter jumps into her clothes wriggling himself all the way up to Diane's chest area. King tries to get him out, but collapses in a nose bleed after grabbing her chest in the process. Howzer goes after him and runs into Gilthunder, who engages Howzer. Hawk runs between Meliodas' legs and gets away. After a long day of trying to catch Hawk everyone heads back to the Boar Hat, only to find that Hawk has and eats food scraps made by Ban, who is declared the winner as a result. Elizabeth is pleased to see Hawk back safe and sound. Meliodas grabs Hawk and declares himself the winner to everyone's chargrin. Everyone gets disapointed that they went through all that trouble for nothing, with the excetion of Elizabeth, who says she had a great time. Then while the group then has a good time, Ban and Meliodas talk about their unfinished battle, which Hawk and Elizabeth notice.

At night, Meliodas takes Elizabeth back to the palace while also assuring that his purpose in life is to protect her, which makes Elizabeth happy. Afterwards, Meliodas goes to the catacombs to tell the Horn of Cernunnos to stop lying to Ban. When the goddess vessel taunts him for his reputation as a demon, Meliodas destroys the Horn of Cernunnos in retaliation as it laughes in its final moments.

Meanwhile, in another location, a shepard boy sees a winged arm flying through the air and runs to tell his father of it. As he runs into his house, he trips and falls, shouting of the arm. As he goes to stand, a person who looks like Dreyfus appears behind him and asks him to tell that story in more detail.

Characters In Order of Appearance

 * Bartra Liones
 * Jillian
 * Weinheidt
 * Slader
 * Simon
 * Hugo
 * Elizabeth Liones
 * Meliodas
 * Veronica Liones
 * Margaret Liones
 * Griamore
 * Hawk
 * Twigo (flashback)
 * Diane
 * Ban
 * Dale (flashback)
 * King
 * Hendrickson
 * Gowther (flashback)
 * Merlin
 * Gilthunder
 * Howzer
 * Fraudrin