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

all belonged to the members of

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

If he listened closely, itching and gnashing teeth

essence, throes of despair

was tempted to look behind him to look at his men

death awaited

before him, Ater, was

you wanted to end things quickly." Claudius

as a result of some kind of

from the

time." The response

a second for me. A day is

Claudius, he already knew he couldn't

have to use it—my

Heads of Destruction, all of them in an equal

only one

Feyu… at Shuri… and he instantly knew he wouldn't

try to help them, my

were also invalid, so

my survival… I

Claudius' heart as he crouched and

to attain power and live comfortably, but now… he wasn't

hesitation he felt was too

stop him from

"[Ultimate Sacrifice]."

~VWUUUUUUMMMM!~

through the area like quicksand, easily filling the

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

Until he filled the entire

within his range,

expected. He's a

burden on his body as he

to the bodies of those who