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!"

and Claudius could hardly recognize any of them

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

of them had collapsed—either in

closely, itching and gnashing teeth

of

him to look at his men and confirm what

knew only death awaited

Ater, was living proof of

to end things

were most likely experiencing anguish as a result of some

far from the quick

time." The response was

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

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

have to use it—my Trump

were the stationary Heads of Destruction, all of them in an equal state of mental

was the only one who had fought

he instantly knew he wouldn't be able to

try to help them,

and Phobio were also invalid, so he was completely

sorry, but… for my survival…

heart as he

would do anything to attain

hesitation he 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 with dark

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

he filled

fell within his range, though somehow

a Necromancer,

his body as he began

stick to the bodies of