Upon hearing Merten's words, Lothur said nothing, only smiling at his opponent, demonstrating his probable guilt about this to everyone in the vicinity.
At this point, pretending to be innocent would no longer make any difference to him. He had already demonstrated enough skills to make the Baier family suspicious of this. Moreover, even though he did not intend to use everything he had, Lothur already had it in mind to leave Merten in a deplorable state.
So the Baier family would not leave him in peace even if he refused such a thing!
But Lothur would also not talk about why he had done this, so he remained silent and waited for the start of the match!
Merten felt anger when he saw the look on his opponent's face, already holding his sword firmly, ready to give his best in this match.
At the same time, Lothur had his ax in his right hand, with each of his daggers hidden in his clothes.
