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!"

recognize any of them since they were yelling on top of

knew, however, was that they all

had collapsed—either in their knees, their backs,

hear wriggling. If he listened closely, itching and gnashing teeth could also

of despair filled the

was tempted to look behind him to look at his men and confirm what was

only death

before him, Ater, was

wanted to end things quickly." Claudius

were most likely experiencing anguish as

was far from the quick end that Ater

views regarding time." The response was smooth

a second for me. A day is not even worth

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

use it—my

the stationary Heads of Destruction, all of them in

the only one who had fought

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

them, my life

also invalid, so he was completely left on his

my

feeling permeated Claudius' heart as he crouched

to attain power and

hesitation he felt

didn't stop him from making the choice,

"[Ultimate Sacrifice]."

~VWUUUUUUMMMM!~

sudden blackness suddenly swept through the area like quicksand, easily filling

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

he filled

him fell within his range, though somehow his shadow

a Necromancer,

his body

patches—appearing like hands—began to stick to the bodies of those who