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

managing to escape with his frail body, he had

"Yes! End him!"

had sacrificed everything in order to have this

goosebumps. Delight replaced his anger and regret as he keenly watched his own slave tear down

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

enough… he was

to keep up with the ferocious blows of

past the tough defenses of the absolute monster that

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

them met an end by

intensely as he laughed like a maniac. Seeing his

caring about anything Ater did

Yes! KILL THEM

used Elemental

all, it had

when he created bursts of yellowish light,

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

Until, there was only

Knight as he stared at the wounded Ater that

was surrounded by the other Ater corpses, soon to join them in the eternal embrace of

he looked down at

His gaze was cold.

once again… the truth

achieve strength, one had to truly give

was finally able to achieve

But at what cost?

everything because of you.

those words, Ater merely smiled

Upon hearing those words, Claudius felt something

chest tightened in

want to fill

the Death Knight to

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

instantly staining the blade

over, huh?" Claudius

eyes as he uttered those

no doubt that he did the right—most logical—thing, but Claudius felt an emptiness that his victory could not

It felt… wrong.

done with this life. I can't take

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

to quit the Mercenary Gang and live out the rest of his life alone—away

taken his own life, but his will to live was

done… this

the monster… I became

to keep sulking?" A voice suddenly

so

Claudius recognized it.