An Extra’s POV

'It changed again!'

Claudius exclaimed internally as he watched the new and more menacing form of the Compound Corpse that eerily stood before everyone.

Did this mean that his suspicion was correct? Was this thing learning?!

"A Compound Corpse evolves upon each death so that it doesn't suffer it again. This adaptability depends on the material used for its creation, though…" The black-suited man looked at the creature before it and sighed.

"As you can see, it is largely incompetent as a result of the inferior flesh that it was formed from. There's nothing I can do to improve trash, it seems."

'Inferior? Incompetent? That thing… is trash?!' Claudius' eyes were widening far more than he thought was possible.

'What am I hearing?!'

Claudius had never heard of an Undead with multiple lives. If such a thing existed, he was certain that he would know of it.

'It's unbelievable…' Yet such a thing was happening right before his eyes.

It was every Necromancer's dream to create a true undying Undead.

This meant they had to either be virtually immortal, which wasn't possible, or they had to be able to grow and learn so they wouldn't die.

'If his Undead keeps evolving at this rate, it'll become unkillable.'

A more terrifying thought entered Claudius' mind.

'What if… he uses even more people as a sacrifice? Just how powerful will the Undead become?!'

It was a question that was too scary to answer.

"Well… I've rambled on for long enough. Why don't we continue from where we left off?"

Claudius instinctively knew his two Knights would not be enough to handle the current enemy.

As a result, he used [Abyss Call] once again, creating three more black circles on the ground.

Proceeding out of them were three Mage-looking Undead—all of them wearing tattered robes with rotting flesh for skin.

To properly handle this situation, it's best I restrain

would use his two Knights as guards while making the

never thought a day would come when my best warriors would be treated as standby disposables…' Claudius made a wry smile

creatures began to chant, their loose jaws making unintelligible words as

Corpse to just stand still and let them cast their

the three

fast!' Claudius'

than he had

However…

~WHUUSH!~

dark barrier, like a semi-sphere surrounded the Mages the moment the Corpse

~ZTTTZ!~

retaliation, burning the fists

go after my Mages. That's why I made

it did, there was no way it

the barrier came from that

'H-huh…?!'

his eyes twitching as he cast his gaze on

dismissed it earlier because it was too

'How did he know?!'

an Enchanted Item, but the skull affixed on top was

powerful barrier that

the barrier to become active, which was why Claudius couldn't use it earlier when the Corpse surprised everyone and nearly

that the barrier—while very

very long cooldown

for a few hours, but

wasn't going to allow such

After all…

'Their Spell is complete!'

~FSHIIING!~

made of fiery energy rushed from the massive Magic Circle that floated in front of the extended

instantly wrapped themselves around the stunned Undead, surrounding its body in searing

paralyzed due to the pain and extreme

didn't scream or groan, but

Corpse was