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 and nearly fall into

escape with his frail body, he had

"Yes! End him!"

to have this single weapon of

foe gave him goosebumps. Delight

win! Death Knight is

sure enough… he

struggling to keep up with the

defenses of the absolute monster that

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

them met an end by

laughed like a maniac. Seeing his enemy struggle against his

Claudius stopped caring about anything Ater did to struggle against the

KILL

used Elemental Magic, he

all, it had no

created bursts of

and the Death Knight surpassed Ater at Swordsmanship.

there was only Ater

right behind his Death Knight as he stared

soon to join them in the eternal embrace

words?" Claudius asked as he looked down at the pathetic one known as

His gaze was cold.

once again… the truth

strength, one had to truly give

able to

But at what cost?

everything because of you. You… you

words, Ater merely smiled

words, Claudius felt something in his

tightened in

want to fill

he commanded the Death Knight to

Death Knight's blade was thrust downward, piercing the final body Ater

spurted out, instantly staining the blade with its vile

over, huh?"

trailed down his eyes as he uttered those

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

It felt… wrong.

life. I can't take

would be strong enough to handle Fenrir and other members of the Mercenary

Gang and live out the rest of his life

to live was far too

he had done… this was the best thing he could think

kill the monster…

long are you going to keep sulking?"

sounded so familiar… so

Claudius recognized it.