Charlotte watched the battle for a while before realizing that he had spent so much time around Menilman, able to stand as an equal before four Saint Ranks, and had later taken Golden Goat Herolf as his old servant, that he had forgotten Kreil Brittany would not take orders from him.
Kreil Brittany was regarded as the strongest young Knight of Fars's younger generation after Zimmerman. Now that he had advanced to Saint Rank, he was at the height of his arrogance.
There was probably no one in this world who could make him obedient. He might even dare to outwardly obey while secretly defying an order from Julius Axel.
Kreil Brittany had graduated from Hartingen University of Thunder and Storms and cultivated both the Thunder and Storm Breathing Techniques. His thunderstorm swordsmanship had been fused into one, and although he had only just advanced to Saint Rank, he was by no means at the bottom of that rank.
Andreus came from the Black Phoenix Dynasty and cultivated the hereditary Phoenix General Breathing Technique. His swordsmanship was also first-rate, and every strike he made carried a cry like a phoenix's call. Having seen it often enough, Charlotte now knew that it was a soundwave caused by sword qi tearing through the air through a special technique.
The two were evenly matched, darting back and forth through the skies as their battle blazed like a raging fire.
In truth, Andreus, Kreil Brittany, Abner Soumei, Menilman, and Princess Mei all counted as the new generation, young people who had fully matured.
Julian, Ban Lamorak, and Sophia Garland belonged to the "next generation," the younger generation that had yet to grow up.
Charlotte did not really count among them either. He was already over twenty, though still younger than Kreil Brittany and the