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!"

hardly recognize any of

all belonged

thuds, meaning that most of them had collapsed—either in their knees, their backs,

closely, itching and gnashing teeth

essence, throes of

tempted to look behind him to look at his men

he knew only death

him, Ater, was living proof of that brute

you wanted to

anguish as a result of some kind of

was far from the quick end

different views regarding time." The response was smooth and downright

a mere speck of a second for me. A day

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

to use it—my

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

only one who had

and he instantly knew he wouldn't

try to help them, my life

invalid, so he was completely

my survival…

permeated Claudius' heart as he crouched and placed his hand

thought he would do anything to attain

he felt

stop him from

"[Ultimate Sacrifice]."

~VWUUUUUUMMMM!~

like quicksand, easily filling the ground surrounding him with dark

Claudius thought bitterly as he spent

Until he filled

within his range, though somehow

expected. He's a Necromancer,

his body as he began the

stick to the bodies of those