Juan’s flames became extremely dim as his consciousness blurred. Juan’s limbs had already turned into ashes, and his limbless body with only his head was faintly burning.

Nigrato had been anxious at Juan’s sudden counterattack, but was certain that he would be able to absorb Juan sooner or later. Furthermore, Juan left an unexpected gift for Nigrato; he had extinguished the flames on Ethan’s sword that was stuck in NIgrato’s chest.

『Thank you for such an unexpected gift, Your Majesty,』 Nigrato said sarcastically upon seeing that Juan had gotten noticeably weaker.

Nigrato picked a spot from Juan's body that was not on fire and carefully lifted Juan’s body using his long fingers. Although Nigrato was cautious and tried to avoid contact with Juan’s flames, his flesh continued to burn. Nigrato had no choice but to constantly use energy for recovering his physical form.

『It's such a relief that I got to fight you in your current incomplete state. I must acknowledge that even the current you were a threat to me. As a show of respect, I will use methods to make sure your body doesn’t decay when I preserve it.』

Nigrato checked Juan’s body, only to find that the flames were still burning and slowly turning Juan to ashes. The fact that the flames had yet to extinguish was a problem for Nigrato.

『I need to get rid of these annoying flames somehow…』

Nigrato sent his massive finger toward Juan’s heart in order to finish him off for good. Nigrato’s sharp...