An Extra’s POV

"What appears to be the issue? Perhaps I could assist in enlightening you."

Once again, there was a condescending element in the tone of the black-suited man despite how polite his words were.

Claudius could tell that this man saw them as inferior.

It didn't particularly vex him—though Claudius didn't like the anxiety that came with that realization.

"Why can your Undead regenerate? Does it have a Skill to do so? It didn't seem like the type to possess healing-type Skills."

"Hmm…?" The black suited man cocked his head slightly.

'Is he playing dumb? Did he not understand my question?' Claudius thought to himself.

Either way, the more time went by, the better for them. Stalling for the moment Shuri would be done with her Summoning was one strategy he could employ.

Still… he was curious.

"I've merged corpses before, so I know they do not possess such qualities. As long as they do not possess the inherent Skills in that particular field, they can not exhibit such special abilities." Claudius spoke audaciously, taking a step forward.

He had to let this man know that he too was an experienced Necromancer who had spent his whole life exploring the art.

"It's also very unlikely, or impossible, for you to have healed the Corpse on your own. Your Skill Limit is full, and even if it wasn't… I didn't see you activate a Skill."

Claudius had explored all the options, so he desired a response out of the current conundrum.

"So how did you do it?"

For a moment, there was silence.

Tension rose in the air.

All the thousand members of the Mercenary Gang were careful about even their breathing as they watched with palpable anxiety.

Unlike the likes of Claudius and Feyu, they knew full well how powerless they would be against the Compound Corpse.

It was too strong and fast for them.

to show the gap that existed between the Heads of Destruction and regular soldiers—even

that seemed to last for an eternity,

"Kukukukuku…"

widened

"… Kukukuahahahahahahahaaha!"

more, taking in

like metal scraping metal, loud enough to cause all that heard

held his ground despite all of this, furrowing his brow

His eyes were blurry as he looked

'… Is that man?!'

he had the thought, however,

face, but it was the kind that a person had when they saw

was a look of spite… utter disgust, and the amusement

talking about? Special ability? Healing? How much of

know how to respond to

been practicing Necromancy for thirty

encountered, not that there were many

and his incredible dedication to the art, Claudius could argue that there was no man in the entire Alliance who knew more something

… Until now.

the qualities of a Compound Corpse? You mistook it for

found

the

that the Compound Corpse he faced was the same as the merged corpses that he had experimented with

were not

I have been a little underestimated. Why would I utilize such

it crude?' At this point, Claudius was bordering on the edge of absolute

Corpse was a very rigorous technique, but it wasn't particularly low-leveled. Its benefits were worth it,

the amount of people he would need to kill to get the materials

than other

to preserve his physical well-being,

he calls

here, Compound Corpse is a Hollow Technique… one of the high-leveled ones under

about?' Claudius found himself on

had learned a lot about Magic and everything related to Skills or Spells