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!~

to that single dash, causing the

with his frail body, he had a wide

"Yes! End him!"

sacrificed everything in order to

attacked his foe gave him goosebumps. Delight

Knight is

enough… he

keep up with the ferocious

defenses of the absolute monster that Claudius

even duplicated himself, transforming into so many copies of

met an end

like a maniac. Seeing

some point, Claudius stopped caring about anything

Yes! KILL

Elemental Magic,

all, it

created bursts of

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

was

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

corpses, soon to join them in the

last words?" Claudius asked as he looked down at

His gaze was cold.

again… the truth

achieve strength, one had

finally able to achieve ultimate

But at what cost?

because of you.

to those words, Ater merely smiled with the most scornful

those words, Claudius felt

chest tightened

didn't want

Screaming, he commanded the Death Knight

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

staining the blade

over, huh?" Claudius

down his eyes as he uttered those

but Claudius

It felt… wrong.

this life. I can't take any

sure that with the Death Knight, he would be strong

going to quit the Mercenary Gang and live out

his will to live was

for what he had done… this was

kill the monster… I became

long are you going to keep sulking?" A voice

so familiar… so

Claudius recognized it.