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!"

behind him, and Claudius could hardly recognize any of

was that they all belonged

most of them had collapsed—either in their knees, their

If he listened closely,

throes of

look at his men

death awaited if he did

was living proof

you wanted to end things

experiencing anguish as a result of some kind

the

time." The response was

mere speck of a second for me. A day

approached Claudius, he already knew he couldn't win—not the way

to use it—my

all of them

only one who had

he instantly knew he wouldn't be able to save

I try to help them, my life

invalid, so he

sorry, but… for my survival… I

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

would do anything to attain power and live comfortably, but

he felt was

from making

"[Ultimate Sacrifice]."

~VWUUUUUUMMMM!~

the area like quicksand, easily

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

Until he filled

fell within his range, though somehow his shadow didn't

expected. He's a Necromancer, after

the burden on his body as he began the

patches—appearing like hands—began to stick to the bodies