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

all belonged

them had collapsed—either

closely,

essence, throes of despair filled

to look at his men

knew only death

was

to

likely experiencing anguish as a result of

was far from the quick end that Ater

different views regarding time." The response was smooth

a mere speck of a second for me.

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

to use

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

was the only one who had fought

at Feyu… at Shuri… and he instantly

to help them, my life will

and Phobio were also invalid, so he

but… for my survival…

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

do anything to attain power and live comfortably, but now… he

he felt was too

didn't stop him from

"[Ultimate Sacrifice]."

~VWUUUUUUMMMM!~

area like quicksand, easily filling the ground surrounding him

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

Until he filled the entire

him fell within his range, though somehow his

a

felt the burden on his body as

the bodies of those who were caught