"...Why are you shirtless again?"
God damn it, I was just wondering it, and then they say it.
Gotta love it when the author can predict the reader's behavior.
holy shit. they just straight up killed him. no shenanigans, no politics, no last-minute magical plot twist. no "you haven't seen the last of me" as he cackles into a mystic portal. Just sword to neck, good night. HARD