"Next is the successor to the Warrior God of Agriculture."
After finishing with Saint Garling's matter, it was time to address the vacancy left by Saint Peter.
Saint Nusjuro folded his hands on the table, speaking in his usual calm tone, "Saint Shepherd Sommers!"
At the mention of this name, quite a few Celestial Dragons erupted in commotion, looking at Saint Sommers in disbelief.
Even though there had been rumors before, they still could not believe it.
In terms of strength and reputation, Sommers was inferior to Saint Garling.
And in this battle, to put it bluntly, he hadn't taken down a single opponent, he had only muddled around and picked up an assist.
Such a person could become one of the Five Elders?
What's more, the Shepherd family was practically on the verge of becoming public enemy number one this time.
Why was it that Saint Peter, after doing nothing and in the end saving only his own clansmen, still had his family retain a Five Elder seat?
Was it that, like the Figarland family, they too had secretly plotted all along, with the intent to cause the deaths of the others?
Although those who survived would enjoy more benefits, and they could temporarily treat this incident as an accident, no one wanted such a thing to happen again.
One sudden incident, and the Celestial Dragon families were reduced to only nine.
If it happened again, would there be even fewer left?
And would they become the ones to be sacrificed?
"Silence!"
BOOM!
Saint Nusjuro shouted in a deep voice, releasing a wave of overwhelming Conqueror's Haki.
In an instant, all the noisy Celestial Dragons fell silent.
They looked unwillingly at the four figures sitting unmoving at the head, and knew there was no room for negotiation.
Even though Saint Peter had made a huge mistake, and in the end saved only his own family members, his family still did not lose their Five Elder seat, this made the other Celestial Dragons harbor other thoughts.
Saint Nusjuro took in the looks in their eyes, but did not say more.
Now only nine families remained.
Aside from the five families of the Five Elders, the Nerona family had only Vanessa left as its sole heir, and apart from that there were only three other families left. With so few survivors, they couldn't stir up any waves.
In comparison, the Shepherd family, with several dozen survivors, still needed to be given some appeasement.
Of course, even if Saint Sommers became a Five Elder, he would have no real power.
His authority would be exercised on his behalf by Saint Saturn, while the Defense and Science Division authority would be handled by Rosse.
Although this might increase the Jaygarcia family's influence, this was the most stable arrangement.
After all, from start to finish this incident reeked of calculation.
Moreover, the attackers were a little too familiar with the Holy Land.
Even if no Celestial Dragon had been involved, there were spies aiding the enemy.
After careful analysis, Saint Nusjuro first ruled out his own family and the Jaygarcia family as suspects.
The Jaygarcia family had also suffered heavy losses this time. In strict terms, they had only two people left, and Sora, with a granted identity, didn't count.
And in the Holy Land battlefield this time, Rosse had fought with extreme bravery, had he not arrived, Saint Peter, Saintess Vanessa, and Saint Sommers might all have died in that battle.
The Lord among the flowers, even if they had all died, might not have lent a hand.
After excluding these two families, Saint Nusjuro quickly ruled out the Nerona family and the ten destroyed families.
After all, if the family had been completely wiped out, it was impossible to have colluded with the enemy.
Thinking it over, the greatest suspicion still fell on the Shepherd and Figarland families.
Although both had suffered significant losses, they had the most surviving elites.
If they reproduced normally, these two families could dominate in the future.
Of course, Saint Mars was also highly suspicious. Not only had his heir died earlier, but the few remaining main elites of the Marcus family had all survived.
With Saint Mars's personality, it was quite possible he had taken others with him to the grave in order to forcibly return all families to the same starting line.
No matter which was true, the Celestial Dragons had suffered too greatly this time.
In their current state, they could not afford any more turmoil.
For now, preserving their strength and stabilizing the situation came first.
As for later investigations into the Figarland and Shepherd families, that would be a matter for when things had stabilized.
"Since no one has any objections, Saint Sommers, take your seat."
Seeing everyone quiet down, Saint Nusjuro's gaze fell on the leisurely Saint Sommers, who was sitting with legs crossed.
"Alrighty, thanks for everyone's support," Saint Sommers said with a grin, then briskly stood and walked to the Five Elders' seats to sit down.
But in his eyes, just like Saint Garling, there was not the slightest joy.
His position was purely an empty title.
For Saint Peter to commit such acts, their family shouldn't have been able to keep the seat at all.
But purely for stability's sake, and because their family indeed needed the position to answer to their clansmen, Saint Sommers had stepped forward to take it, yet he had no actual power whatsoever.
He had no desire to hold such a scapegoat position.
Peacefully serving as a God's Knights was far more appealing.
"The Five Elders are now all in place," Ignoring Saint Sommers's feelings, Saint Nusjuro turned his gaze to the others below, "With Saint Garling's promotion, the Commander of the God's Knights is vacant, this will be filled by Saintess Nerona Vanessa."
After the Commander appointment was announced, the other Celestial Dragons voiced no objections, merely casting curious looks toward Rosse.
To those without inside information, this position's successor should have been Rosse.
Yet despite such great merits, he got nothing, naturally, they could not help but speculate.
"Understood!", Vanessa had no intention of changing seats, she simply nodded lightly in acknowledgment.
All the God's Knights positions were in one place; moving around made no difference.
Besides, her position as Commander was just an empty title.
Though the God's Knights had quite a few members, they were basically the backbone of various Celestial Dragon families.
With most of the CP organization wiped out, many matters now required these main forces to handle personally. In the Celestial Dragons' current state, she would have almost no actual authority.
Even as Commander, she couldn't mobilize a single God's Knights.
For now, the Five Elders wouldn't let her lead missions. At most, she might be sent alone to carry out some nation-destroying task.
On the contrary, with her family destroyed, though she was now free of burdens, she also had many more things to deal with.
To her, that wasn't exactly good news.
Because of this, a strange situation formed inside the meeting room.
Those who were promoted were either expressionless or openly displeased.
But Rosse, who wasn't promoted, kept smiling as if he were the one who had been promoted.
"Alright, with internal positions settled, let's discuss the new duties and benefits of each family going forward," Saint Nusjuro then spoke the words everyone was most interested in.
Most of them hadn't come here to hear which families had risen in rank.
It was the redistribution of benefits that they valued most.
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