Elliot didn't try to hinder Lancelot. The latter had resolute eyes. He wouldn't back away no matter what, not even if God tried to order him to do so. That was the kind of person Lancelot was in times when he was needed.
He was an honorable and principled man when he wanted to. He was meant to leave the battlefield already. After working so long, it was more than natural for him to retire. Anybody could see on his face that he was getting very tired due to all that work.
'I need to admit... I admire this man. I admire him for being such a determined old man. He is on the verge of severe exhaustion, his body isn't the same anymore, it's safe to assume that he is decades away from his prime. However, he continues to push forward when people need him. That's the kind of man that I want to become in the future.'