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.

problem. To properly handle this situation,

two Knights as guards while making the

when my best warriors would be treated as

to chant, their loose jaws

really expect the Corpse to just stand still and let them cast their Spells?"

a split second, the Compound Corpse appeared before the three Mages, its

fast!' Claudius' thoughts

faster than he

However…

~WHUUSH!~

surrounded the Mages the moment

~ZTTTZ!~

black electricity crackled forth in retaliation, burning the fists of the Corpse, causing it to

expected you to go after my Mages. That's why

did, there was

from that weird skill at

'H-huh…?!'

found his eyes twitching as he cast his gaze on the

dismissed it earlier because it was too weak, but…" The man

'How did he know?!'

but the

barrier that couldn't be penetrated

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

was that the barrier—while

very long

for a few hours,

minute, and its cooldown wasn't going to

After all…

'Their Spell is complete!'

~FSHIIING!~

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

its body in searing hot constraints that

thud, completely paralyzed due to the

didn't scream or groan, but the

Compound Corpse