An Extra’s POV

"Let's get the first things out of the way."

The one known as Ater began by raising a finger, pointing the tip upwards.

"Darkness…"

In an instant, a swirling sphere of darkness, sparking with purple crackles of energy, appeared at the top of his pointed finger.

It shot up into the sky, scattering the moment it reached a high enough altitude.

Once the sphere exploded, it created a thin layer of purplish black darkness—like a veil—that covered the sky and shrouded the immediate vicinity.

In a mere moment, all of the Mercenary Gang members were within the massive dome of darkness.

'What did he just do?' Claudius wondered to himself as he stared above him.

They could still see the moon hanging in the sky, as well as pretty much everything else.

The world was just a bit darker, but apart from that, there was no issue at all.

'If his goal was not to take away our vision to restrict our mobility, then what was it?

"Don't look so concerned. This doesn't affect you in any way, so ignore it." Ater smiled, and Claudius felt like those words were directed at him in particular.

It frightened him.

"Now then, it'll be a waste of time to entertain you all any further, and I'm pretty bored, so I think I'll just end this quickly."

Before Claudius could properly process and analyze what he just heard, Ater pointed his finger towards the crowd and muttered words.

"Dark Possession."

In that instant, a powerful pulse radiated from Ater, filling the entire space in an instant.

"G-guh!" Claudius felt something slip into his consciousness, but he quickly shrugged it away.

His body felt cold, but he overcame it all through his sheer willpower.

Blinking rapidly and shrouding himself in energy, he woke up from whatever slumber he must have been experiencing.

However, what he saw next was perplexing.

"UWAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!"

"SAVE ME! SAVE MEEEEEEEEEE!!!"

"I'M DYING! UWAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

"HELP MEEEEEEEE!!!"

"MOMMY! DADDY!"

the air behind him, and Claudius could hardly recognize any of them since

that they all belonged to

meaning that most of them had collapsed—either in

listened closely, itching and gnashing

essence, throes of despair filled the

look behind him to look at

knew only death

before him, Ater, was living proof of that brute

you wanted to end

likely experiencing anguish as a result of some kind of

the quick end

different views regarding time." The response

of a second for me. A day is not even worth a

approached Claudius, he already knew he couldn't

to use it—my Trump

the stationary Heads of Destruction, all of them in an equal

the only one

and he instantly knew

I try to help them, my life will

invalid, so he was completely left on his

my survival… I must

bitter feeling permeated Claudius' heart as he crouched and

thought he would do anything to attain power and live

felt was too

didn't stop him from making the

"[Ultimate Sacrifice]."

~VWUUUUUUMMMM!~

sudden blackness suddenly swept through the area like quicksand, easily filling the ground surrounding him

in the range of my shadow becomes a sacrifice…' Claudius thought bitterly as he spent all of his energy expanding his range to accept as many sacrifices as

he filled

single ally with him fell within his range,

He's a Necromancer,

on his body as he began

bodies of those who were caught in