Slada fell silent.
Ares directly slung an arm around his shoulders and said with a hearty laugh, "Then it's happily decided. From now on, you're one of the members of my Division."
"Eh????" Slada looked utterly bewildered.
Before he could react, Ares forcibly dragged him away, half pushing and half pulling him along.
Seeing this, Kaido smiled knowingly, feeling delighted.
With Slada joining, Big Brother Ares's Division had become even stronger.
He was more than happy to see the group grow.
"Hahahaha..." Captain John laughed as well. "Now that I think about it, every fellow who stays with Ares is a monster."
Kaido was six or seven meters tall, a proper little giant with a burly, ferocious build.
He had originally been the monster trainee of the Rocks Pirates—or rather, a trainee crew member.
As for Slada, he was a member of the Sea Demon Tribe who had lived for more than two hundred years. With his Sea Demon features, he looked even more terrifying than Kaido. His appearance alone was enough to scare plenty of people witless.
His strength underwater was even greater, and he was practically without equal.
It was only because he had encountered Ares—a special monster.
Otherwise...
Among their group, they really could not find anyone capable of fighting the Sea Demon Slada underwater.
Slada alone could nearly wipe out their entire group.
Silver Axe followed behind everyone else, walking alongside Ochoku with the two supporting each other.
"Ares is gradually starting to have companions of his own. Though his Sixteenth Division only has the three of them."
"Those three, however, are much stronger than the other Divisions." Ochoku spoke with some emotion.
Ares's Division had few members, but every one of them was an elite, a fierce warrior.
The combined strength of those three formed