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!"

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

he knew, however, was that they all belonged to the members of the

of them had collapsed—either in their knees, their

If he listened closely, itching

of despair filled the

look behind him to look at his men and confirm

death awaited if he

him, Ater, was

to end things

comrades were most likely experiencing anguish as a result of

from the quick

time." The response was smooth

of a second for me. A day is

approached Claudius, he already knew he

have to use

of Destruction, all of them in an equal state

was the only one who had

he instantly knew he wouldn't be able

them, my life will

Phobio were also invalid, so he was completely left on his

for my survival… I must

feeling permeated Claudius' heart as he crouched and placed his hand on

to attain power and live comfortably, but

hesitation he felt was too

stop him from

"[Ultimate Sacrifice]."

~VWUUUUUUMMMM!~

the area like quicksand, easily filling the ground surrounding him with

Claudius thought bitterly as he spent all of his energy expanding his range to accept

Until he filled the

within his range, though somehow

a Necromancer,

burden on his body as he

stick to the bodies of