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!~

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

frail body, he had a wide smile on

"Yes! End him!"

sacrificed everything in order to

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

is going to

enough… he

was struggling to keep up with the ferocious

the tough defenses

even duplicated himself, transforming into so many copies of himself, but the Death Knight spared none

of them met an end by

as he laughed like a maniac. Seeing his enemy

some point, Claudius stopped caring about anything Ater did

KILL

used Elemental Magic, he didn't

all, it had no

he created bursts of yellowish light, it didn't

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

Until, there was only

Knight as he stared at the wounded Ater that

soon to join them in the

as he looked down

His gaze was cold.

seems once again…

achieve strength, one had to

was finally able to

But at what cost?

because of you.

to those words, Ater merely smiled

words, Claudius

tightened

didn't want to

Screaming, he commanded the Death Knight to execute the

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

spurted out, instantly staining the blade

finally… over, huh?" Claudius

eyes as he uttered those

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

It felt… wrong.

done with this life. I can't take

Death Knight, he would be strong enough to handle Fenrir and other members of the Mercenary

out the rest of

would have taken his own life, but his will to

he had done… this was

the monster…

are you going to keep sulking?" A

sounded so

Claudius recognized it.