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.

went to show the gap that existed

seemed to last for an eternity, a sound

"Kukukukuku…"

eyes widened

"… Kukukuahahahahahahahaaha!"

even more, taking in

metal scraping metal, loud enough to cause all that heard to nearly fall

held his ground despite all of

it just feels like natural pressure. What in the world…' His eyes

'… Is that man?!'

as he had the thought, however, the laughing

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

utter disgust, and

even talking about? Special ability? Healing?

know how

been practicing Necromancy for thirty years

ever encountered, not that there were many

to the art, Claudius could argue that there

… Until now.

you not know the qualities of a Compound Corpse?

Claudius found

not the

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

they were

little underestimated. Why would I utilize

this point, Claudius was bordering on the

but it wasn't particularly low-leveled. Its

didn't indulge any further into the craft was because of the amount of people he would need to kill to get the materials necessary for a proper

in making such a corpse was incredibly higher than other techniques—but that only went to show how complex and powerful

preserve his physical well-being, Claudius decided to

he calls

a Hollow Technique… one of the high-leveled ones

about?' Claudius found himself on the borders of

learned a lot about