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!~

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

frail body, he had a wide

"Yes! End him!"

to have this single

black blur as it attacked his foe gave him goosebumps. Delight replaced his anger

to win! Death Knight is going to win!' His thoughts

sure enough… he

was struggling to keep up with the ferocious blows

tough defenses of the

even duplicated himself, transforming into so many copies of himself,

an end by

like a maniac. Seeing his enemy struggle against his

about anything Ater did to

KILL THEM

when he used Elemental Magic, he

it

created bursts of

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

was

his Death Knight as he stared

Ater corpses, soon to join them in

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

His gaze was cold.

again… the

strength, one had to truly

able to achieve ultimate

But at what cost?

of you. You…

Ater merely smiled

talking." Upon hearing those words, Claudius

tightened in

didn't want to

UP!" Screaming, he commanded the Death Knight to execute the vermin

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

spurted out, instantly staining the

finally… over, huh?" Claudius

down his eyes as he uttered

the right—most logical—thing, but Claudius felt

It felt… wrong.

with this life. I can't take any

be strong enough to handle

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

life, but his will to live was far too

had done… this was the best thing he could

kill the monster…

long are you going to keep

sounded so familiar… so

Claudius recognized it.