Don't Die Without Knowing Who Took Your Life

(Heartfelt thanks to 'Voice of Kinship,' 'Wufeng Haotian,' and 'The Obscure Lurking Party' for their donations!)

"Crack—!"

The raging flames continued to spread through the forest, setting tree after tree ablaze. Some had already turned to charred wood and collapsed to the ground with a crisp crack, scattering showers of sparks.

At the heart of the inferno, inside a massive crater, Kirei Kotomine lay motionless, his entire body blackened, his skin rotted away. He could barely even be said to be breathing.

If Noah's sensing ability had not been so exceptional, he truly would not have detected that faint, threadlike trace of life.

Yet faced with a scene resembling a crimson lotus hell, Noah felt not the slightest emotional stir. He slowly walked into the sea of fire, stepped into the crater blasted open by the Magic Cannon, and arrived before Kirei Kotomine, looking down at him from above.

"Every creature is bound by things called rules. Just like the upper and lower ends of the food chain, those at the bottom can only be devoured by those above them. That's why people instinctively rage at those who break the rules. People like that generally don't meet good ends. Kirei Kotomine, this is your end."

Kirei Kotomine seemed to have heard Noah's voice. He struggled to raise his utterly unrecognizable face, whose expression could no longer be seen, and forced out a weak murmur.

"Noah... Dreyar..."

"That's right. That's my name." Noah spoke mockingly.

"Remember it well. Don't die without even knowing who took your life."

Noah raised the decayed dead branch in his hand. It was covered in magical patterns, and after being reinforced with Reinforcement Sorcery, it was no less sharp than an ordinary weapon.

"Goodbye, fake priest..."

With that, the dead branch covered in magical patterns abruptly