True Identity, a Heroic Spirit from the Future

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"Whoosh—!"

The mountain wind howled once more as it swept over the stone steps before the gate, slowly blowing away the tension that had hung in the air.

Watching Soichiro Kuzuki, now left completely alone after Caster and Assassin's departure, lean against a pillar of the mountain gate with his eyes closed, looking as though he had utterly lost all signs of life, Noah, Rin Tohsaka, Saber, and Archer did not know whether they should speak. They simply remained where they were, falling silent.

Tonight's battle had exposed the Holy Grail War's truly brutal and hideous side.

The tentative skirmishes from before were gone, replaced by a genuine fight to the death.

Tonight, two Servants had been the first to leave the stage, declaring Noah's group the victors.

Yet faced with a victory achieved through slaughter, almost none of the four present could feel any sense of accomplishment or joy.

Noah and Rin Tohsaka exchanged a glance, then simultaneously looked toward the mountain gate above.

More precisely, they looked at Soichiro Kuzuki, who was leaning against the gate's stone pillar as if he were already dead.

Then Noah spoke.

"I don't have a habit of wiping everyone out."

"Don't make it sound like I love killing people!" Rin Tohsaka, who had just been about to say something, was instantly silenced by Noah's words. After glaring at him, she sighed and looked at Soichiro Kuzuki. "You've already lost, Mr. Kuzuki. If you don't want to be killed by another Master, hurry to the church and seek asylum!"

Under such circumstances, Masters generally could not be left alive.

After all, even if a Servant had left the stage, as long as the Master was not