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!"

him, and Claudius could hardly recognize any of them since

however, was that they all belonged to

of them had collapsed—either in their knees,

If he listened closely, itching and gnashing

essence, throes of despair

was tempted to look behind him to look at

only death awaited if

before him, Ater, was living proof of that brute

to end things

most likely experiencing anguish as a result

the quick

I have different views regarding time." The response was

mere speck of a second for me. A day is

already knew

use it—my Trump

him were the stationary Heads of Destruction, all of them in an

the only one who had

and he instantly knew he wouldn't be able

try to help them, my

so he was completely left

for my

Claudius' heart as he crouched and

do anything to attain power and live comfortably, but

he felt

him from

"[Ultimate Sacrifice]."

~VWUUUUUUMMMM!~

quicksand, easily filling the

becomes a sacrifice…' Claudius thought bitterly as he spent all of his energy expanding his range to accept as

Until he filled the

his range, though

a

on his body as he

to stick to the bodies of those who were caught in his