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!~

merely due to that single dash, causing the aged man to stagger and nearly fall into the crevice of

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

"Yes! End him!"

order to have this single weapon of

had become a black blur as it attacked his foe gave him goosebumps. Delight replaced his anger and regret as he keenly

Knight is going to win!'

sure enough…

was struggling to keep up with

get past the tough defenses of the absolute

into so many copies of himself, but the Death Knight spared

an end by

maniac.

some point, Claudius stopped caring about anything

KILL THEM

he used Elemental Magic,

it had no

of

and the Death Knight surpassed Ater at Swordsmanship.

there was

his Death Knight as he stared

corpses, soon to join them in the eternal embrace of

he looked down at the pathetic one known as

His gaze was cold.

again… the truth

achieve strength, one had to truly

finally able to achieve

But at what cost?

everything because of you. You…

words, Ater merely smiled with the most scornful

who's talking." Upon hearing those words, Claudius felt something in his heart

tightened in

want to

he commanded the Death Knight to execute the vermin

blade was thrust downward, piercing the final body Ater had at his

out, instantly staining the blade with

finally… over,

down his eyes as he uttered

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

It felt… wrong.

with this life. I

Death Knight, he would be strong enough

out the rest of his life alone—away from everyone or

life, but his will to

had done… this was the best thing he could think

the monster… I

to keep sulking?"

sounded so familiar…

Claudius recognized it.