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!"

could hardly recognize any of them

however, was that they all

them had collapsed—either in their knees, their

he listened closely, itching and gnashing teeth

essence, throes of despair filled

behind him to look at his men and confirm

only death

before him, Ater, was living proof of that brute

wanted to end things

likely experiencing anguish as a result of some

from the quick end that

have different views regarding time." The response

is a mere speck of a second for me.

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

use it—my Trump

of Destruction, all of them in

one who

at Feyu… at Shuri… and he instantly knew he wouldn't be able

I try to help them, my life will

so he was completely left on his

am sorry, but… for my survival… I must

as he

do anything to attain power and live comfortably, but now… he wasn't

hesitation he felt was too

stop him from making the choice,

"[Ultimate Sacrifice]."

~VWUUUUUUMMMM!~

swept through the area like quicksand,

as he spent all of his energy expanding his range to

filled the entire

fell within his range,

a

the burden on his body as

like hands—began to stick to the bodies of those