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.

that existed between the Heads of Destruction and regular

for an eternity,

"Kukukukuku…"

eyes widened a

"… Kukukuahahahahahahahaaha!"

in the sight of

could hear the ugly cackles of the man before them. It sounded like metal scraping metal, loud

despite all of this,

world…' His eyes were blurry as he looked at the

'… Is that man?!'

thought, however, the laughing man

person had when they saw an ant that they lit on fire, or some kind

spite… utter disgust, and

talking about? Special ability? Healing? How much

know how to

been practicing Necromancy

was the best expert he had ever encountered, not that

Exclusive Skill, and his incredible dedication to the art, Claudius could argue that there was no man in

… Until now.

Corpse? You mistook it for a Clustered Corpse, didn't

Claudius found himself looking

the same

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

were not the

I have been a little underestimated.

it crude?' At this point, Claudius was

very rigorous technique, but it wasn't particularly low-leveled. Its

only reason Claudius didn't indulge any further into the craft was because of the amount of

incredibly higher than other techniques—but that only went to show how

order to preserve his physical well-being, Claudius decided to abandon the

calls

is a Hollow Technique… one of the

about?' Claudius found himself on

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