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!~

beneath and around Claudius shattered merely due to that single dash, causing the aged man to stagger

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

"Yes! End him!"

in order to have this single weapon

attacked his foe gave him goosebumps. Delight replaced his anger and regret as he keenly watched his

win! Death Knight is going

sure enough…

to keep up with the

past the tough defenses

of himself, but

an end

laughed like a maniac. Seeing his enemy

point, Claudius stopped caring about anything Ater did to struggle against the

KILL

he used Elemental

it had no

created bursts of

Ater at Swordsmanship.

there was only Ater

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

the other Ater corpses, soon to join them

he looked down at the pathetic one known as

His gaze was cold.

again… the truth

achieve strength, one had to truly

finally able

But at what cost?

because of you. You…

those words, Ater merely smiled with

those words, Claudius felt something

tightened in

want

Screaming, he commanded the Death Knight to execute the vermin before

the Death Knight's blade was thrust downward, piercing the

spurted out, instantly staining the blade with

finally… over,

eyes as he uttered

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

It felt… wrong.

with this life. I

was sure that with the Death Knight, he would be strong enough to handle Fenrir and

quit the Mercenary Gang and live out the rest

would have taken his own life, but his will to live was far too strong for

had done… this was the best

kill the monster… I

you going to keep

sounded so familiar… so

Claudius recognized it.