...shouldn't half of the demon king be = to the combined strength of the 10 commandments because of this?
No, and the Commandments actually had
different users originally.
Hell, Meliodas had love at a time when his base form alone was on par with the Commandments, and his Demon Mark was stronger than Ludoshel (who's >>> the weaker Archangels, who are >>>> Estarossa).
Derieri, Drole, Monspeet and Gloxinia also lost **** all power when their Commandments were rescinded, and just Galand's (who's by far the weakest official Ten Commandment) and Monspeet's combined/individually provided an enormous boost to the Estarossa, the 2nd strongest Commandment.
But, the 10Cs are equal to 50% DK in and of themselves. That's
why Meliodas absorbed the Commandments into his body (btw, Zeldris later
confirms that his loaned magic was actually miniscule in comparison).
But anyways 10 Commandments (Not the people) = 50% Demon King
Whoever Absorbs all of that should scale imo
DK Meliodas and DK Zeldris weren't immediately equal/superior to 50% DK due to
compatibility (something that was
still an issue in Meliodas' hibernation), hence weakened Zeldris surpassing 100% of DK's power after absorbing a ton of magic and DK Meliodas being comparable to Ban, who got stomped by 50% DK in Purgatory.
Remember, DK
tricked Meliodas into becoming a host for his entire being and was
still connected to the
Commandments. It's not as simple as just body hopping to add the full power of the Commandments + DK.
Yeah. Ban alone is way stronger than Mael, who one-shot OG Demon, and Wild (who wrecked Ban) got stomped by 50% DK with one finger.
