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!~

causing the aged man to

narrowly managing to escape with his frail body, he had

"Yes! End him!"

in order to have this single weapon of

black blur as it attacked his foe gave him goosebumps. Delight replaced his anger and regret as he keenly watched his own slave tear down his

win! Death Knight is going to win!'

enough… he was

up with

the tough defenses of the absolute monster

duplicated himself, transforming into so many copies of himself,

them met an

like a maniac. Seeing his enemy struggle against his creation was

point, Claudius stopped caring about anything

Yes! KILL THEM

when he used Elemental Magic, he didn't

it

created bursts of yellowish light,

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

was only

right behind his Death Knight as he stared at the wounded

by the other Ater corpses, soon to join them in the eternal

he looked

His gaze was cold.

again… the truth

strength, one had to truly give up

able to achieve ultimate

But at what cost?

lost everything because of

to those words, Ater merely smiled with

words, Claudius felt something in his

chest tightened in

didn't want to fill

commanded the Death Knight to execute the vermin before

was thrust downward, piercing the final body Ater

out, instantly staining the blade with

over, huh?" Claudius

trailed down his eyes as he uttered

that he did the right—most logical—thing, but Claudius felt an emptiness that

It felt… wrong.

done with this life. I can't take any

the Death Knight, he would be strong enough to handle

going to quit the Mercenary Gang and live out the rest of his life alone—away from everyone or

life, but his will to live was far too strong for him

he had done… this was the

the monster…

going to keep sulking?" A voice

sounded so

Claudius recognized it.