"Well, thank you for the treat..." With a translucent, lapis-colored crystal flower between his teeth, his left hand resting on the Moon White blade at his left hip, and his right hand hovering over his broad black top hat, Achill bowed slightly and spoke in an indifferent tone.
With that, he turned, used Flash Step, and vanished.
In the hall on the top floor, Jose's Thought Body stared blankly after Achill, his face filled with disbelief and his eyes brimming with shock.
Thud— Aria of the Great Sky, the strongest member and leader of Phantom Lord's Element 4, dropped heavily to his knees on the solid floor, then collapsed without a sound or a breath.
Only his strange eyes, filled with terror and despair, seemed to silently tell a story...
"Unbelievable. Mr. Aria, the strongest of our Element 4, was killed without being able to fight back at all. And he was killed so easily even after removing his blindfold and unleashing all his magic..." His eyes flickering with horror, Jose's thought projection quietly stared at Aria's gradually cooling corpse and murmured unconsciously, "Who the hell is that guy?!!"
"A god of death! Just like that demon called himself, that guy—" Gajeel climbed to the top floor with heavy steps. Glancing at Aria's corpse, he forced out the words, "He's a god of death in every sense of the word!!!"
"A god of death, huh? I see..." At those words, Jose sank into thought.
"Then what do we do next, Master Jose?" Seeing Jose lost in thought, Gajeel grew impatient and asked, "Aria, one of the Element 4, is dead now. What happens to our plan? Without Aria manning it, our Magic Converging Cannon, Jupiter, won't be able to fire properly."
"Don't worry about that, Mr. Gajeel." Jose's Thought Body