Griamor vs. Matrona is the first battle of the of the first round in the Byzel Fight Festival, and is between the mysterious Matrona and the Holy Knight, Griamor.
Prologue
After the fighters enter the ring, Matrona removes her cloak upon a request from Love Helm, the referee, revealing her resemblance to Elizabeth. Veronica wonders if Matrona is Elizabeth, and tries to stop Griamor from battling. He, stating that the moves his opponent had displayed during the preliminary were impossible for a frail girl like Elizabeth, however, readies himself.[1]
Battle
As the battle begins, Matrona immediately and quickly attacks Griamor with a barrage of punches. Her attacks are, however, stopped by Griamor using his ability, "Wall", to create a spherical defensive barrier, that cannot be affected by ordinary magic or physical attacks, around himself, while saying that he can't be defeated when his pride is wounded. Matrona not being able to stop the barrier's omnidirectional expansion, he states his intentions to push Matrona out of the ring with it without actually touching her.[2]
Matrona is shown to have been pushed up to the edge of the ring, when Griamor reveals that his ability is a physical
Griamor sent flying by Matrona
manifestation of his conviction to protect Veronica at all costs, and states that he will humiliate Meliodas next. Matrona, enraged by that statement, declares that she would not let that happen, and with a single punch, destroys the barrier and punches him in the face, defeating him and sending him flying outside of the ring.[3]
Aftermath
As she is declared the winner, her hat, with which she was hiding her facial appearance, falls off, revealing her facial resemblance to Diane. She skips toward Ban, King and Meliodas, but is only greeted with the Sin of Wrath questioning her as to who she was. His dullness having angered her, Matrona punches him in the stomach and storms off, turning back when King chases after her, and asks her about her body became much smaller, and about where Elizabeth is. In response to the last question, Matrona replies that "she" is right there, with an expression of Elizabeth's.[4]
References
- ↑ Chapter 32 , Page 2-4
- ↑ Chapter 32 , Page 4-8
- ↑ Chapter 32 , Page 12-16
- ↑ Chapter 32 , Page 17-21