Juan realized that his words had touched a sore spot for Barth.

“I used to trust you enough to leave my back to you, Barth. You were my very first comrade and a friend. I had even helped you avenge your race, and you had thrown yourself in the way of danger to save me several times. So, why did you betray me like that?”

Juan lowered his sword and approached Barth.

But Barth took a step back, frowning.

“If you were dissatisfied with me, you should have just directly come at me with a sword instead of getting my son to stab me in the back! Just like now!” Juan shouted angrily.

“You know nothing about me!” Barth shouted as he swung his sword at Juan.

At the same time, Juan quickly turned around and dodged Barth’s attack.

At that moment, Barth’s sword bent at a strange angle—Barth used the fourth stage of the Baltic Sword, Fog Solution and pressed down upon Juan.

A powerful attack that could split Juan in half as soon as it touched him continued to move toward him.

Seeing this, Juan drew his sword and directly faced Barth and dug into his gaps.

Juan’s face became distorted as he slammed Barth’s sword as hard as he could.

Clang!

With a sharp sound of swords meeting in the air, Barth staggered back.

“Barth, what the hell are you doing right now? Are you messing with me?”

Barth remained silent at Juan’s question.

“Why are you using the Baltic Sword? It seems like you are confident enough to think that you can beat me quite easily without even using your own skills.”

These words caused Barth to glare at...