"Well, we meet again, old friends," the Red Earl said with a smile.
There was something unsettling about the arrogance and malice in that smile.
Saint Saturn's expression changed the moment he saw the Red Earl.
His face turned dark as a storm cloud.
Aokiji and Kizaru had not taken part in the plan to attack Hachinosu, so neither of them knew who the Red Earl was.
Even if they had gone, they might not have seen him. The battlefield had been split into three, and the Red Earl had faced Saint Peter directly.
As for why he called Saint Saturn and Saint Mars old friends, he must have crossed paths with the Five Elders plenty of times back in Roger's era.
Saint Saturn snorted. "You really are an irritating bastard."
The Red Earl was simply too powerful, nearly on the level of a Four Emperor. With Swain, that made two such fighters. What a mess!
So he said:
"There's no conflict between us. Help me capture Swain, and I can grant you the status of a Celestial Dragon. What do you say?"
The Red Earl sneered, making no effort to hide his arrogance. "No conflict between us? Hee-hee, hahahahaha!"
"You people really do have short memories!"
"And that Celestial Dragon status of yours? To me, it's a pile of dog shit!"
Saint Mars stared at him coldly, fury blazing in his eyes.
He could not understand when they had come into conflict with the Red Earl. Their interests had never clashed.
That was true.
After the Red Earl had made his name and shaken the Four Seas, their interests had not clashed. Instead, the Red Earl had kept targeting the Celestial Dragons.
But when the Red Earl was young, they had done something he would hate them for all