An Extra’s POV

"Please…" Claudius prayed.

"Please hang on…"

He saw how his Undead fell, one after the other, at the hands of the clearly superior foe.

None of them stood a chance in the slightest

Ater pummeled all of them with ease, using his bare fist to strike them. He instantly ended their false lives with barely any effort involved.

Until finally… there was only one standing.

"Pathetic." In a flash, that one also got destroyed by a single enemy.

All of his most powerful Undead were gone.

"Huu…"

Claudius was not worried or afraid, though.

"… Finally…"

The answer stood right behind him, in the form of an entity that was born from the ultimate sacrifice of over two thousand lives.

The Ultimate Undead—Death Knight!

Of all the Undead that existed, this was known to be of mythical status.

It was coated in obsidian armor, standing at about three meters in height. This entity had a longsword and a sturdy shield, with a cape behind it that had the color of blood.

Its rotting face was hidden beneath its mask, but the crimson eyes that glowed from within it told of its bottomless hunger for battle.

… Its immeasurable hatred for the living.

'The Death Knight is said to grow stronger the longer a battle lasts, and it is immune to Magic attacks.

The march of the Death Knight never stopped until its head and false heart were both destroyed—both of which were covered in incredibly dense armor.

Claudius had never summoned a Death Knight before, so this was the first time he was laying eyes on one.

'It's at the pinnacle of A-Tier for sure!'

It was magnificent!

"Death Knight… heed your Master's call and eliminate my enemy!"

The moment Claudius spoke, the Death Knight cast out a deafening roar.

"URUAAHHHH!!"

The air vibrated as tremors took over the earth.

In a single flash, it blasted off from its position and charged towards Ater with breakneck speed.

~BOOM!~

Claudius shattered merely due to that single dash, causing the

narrowly managing to escape with his frail body, he had a wide smile on

"Yes! End him!"

had sacrificed everything in order to have this single weapon

gave him goosebumps. Delight replaced his anger

to win! Death Knight is

enough…

to keep up with the ferocious blows of the

past the tough defenses of

into so many copies of

them met an end by his

grinned intensely as he laughed like a maniac. Seeing his enemy struggle against

caring about anything Ater did

KILL

he used Elemental Magic, he

it

created bursts of yellowish light,

at Swordsmanship. In the end, the Death Knight emerged the ultimate

Until, there was only Ater

behind his Death Knight as he stared at the wounded Ater that powerlessly

soon to join them

Claudius asked as he looked down at the pathetic one known as

His gaze was cold.

once again… the truth

had

was finally able

But at what cost?

everything because of you. You…

those words, Ater merely smiled with the

hearing those words, Claudius felt

chest tightened in

want

Screaming, he commanded the Death Knight to

instant, the Death Knight's blade was thrust downward, piercing the final body Ater had at his

the

over, huh?" Claudius

eyes as

had no doubt that he did the right—most logical—thing, but Claudius

It felt… wrong.

done with this life. I can't

Death Knight, he would be strong enough to handle Fenrir and other members of the

quit the Mercenary Gang and live out the rest of his

taken his own life, but his will to live was far too

for what he had done… this was the

the monster…

are you going to keep sulking?"

sounded so

Claudius recognized it.