The member of the Five Elders wore a torn suit that exposed a muscular body utterly unlike an old man's. Despite the fierce battle, his blond hair still lay neatly in place, and even his beard was impeccably groomed. Radiating an aristocratic air, he reached out to stop Rayleigh's killing stroke and spoke in a low voice.
At the words of the man who had stopped him, Rayleigh raised an eyebrow. A smile appeared on his previously grim face as he asked,
"Finished dealing with your business? Planning to return to the battlefield now?"
The aristocratic man slowly shook his head at Rayleigh's question and said,
"No..."
As he spoke, he turned his gaze behind Rayleigh, toward Barn, who sat weakly on the ground in Hancock's arms, and continued,
"Your plan was very successful... Every Celestial Dragon living in Mary Geoise died in the explosion when you detonated the Primordial Stone. I must say, you've caused us a great deal of unnecessary trouble."
Noticing the man's gaze and hearing his words, Barn smiled weakly from Hancock's arms and said,
"Is that so... That's pretty good."
The man frowned and said in a low voice,
"Merely pretty good...? You could be called the greatest victor of this battle. You wiped out almost all the Celestial Dragons and even killed one of the Five Elders..."
The man frowned, but immediately regained his composure, as though the deaths of the Celestial Dragons and his colleague were hardly worth dwelling on. He continued calmly,
"Allow me to introduce our newest member..."
As soon as the man finished speaking, another man appeared before Barn and Rayleigh using Soru of the Six Powers. Like him, he wore a finely tailored black suit, and his hair was graying.
"A new member..."
Barn looked at the figure who