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!~

single dash, causing the aged

narrowly managing to escape with his frail body,

"Yes! End him!"

had sacrificed everything in order to have this

how the thing had become a black blur as it attacked his foe gave him goosebumps. Delight replaced his anger and regret as he keenly

Death Knight is going to

sure enough… he

to keep up with the ferocious blows of the Death

the tough defenses of the absolute monster that Claudius

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

met an end by his

maniac. Seeing his enemy struggle against

Claudius stopped caring about anything Ater did to struggle against the

Yes! KILL

used Elemental Magic, he didn't

it had

when he created bursts of

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

there was only Ater

stood right behind his Death Knight as he stared at the wounded Ater that powerlessly sat on the

by the other Ater corpses, soon to join

as he looked down at the

His gaze was cold.

again… the truth remains

one had to

able to achieve

But at what cost?

lost everything because of you.

Ater merely smiled with the

those words, Claudius

chest tightened

want to fill

he commanded the Death Knight to

thrust downward,

instantly staining the

finally… over, huh?" Claudius

his eyes as he

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

It felt… wrong.

done with this life. I can't take any

sure that with the Death Knight, he would be strong enough to

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

own life, but his will to live was far too strong

what he had done… this was the best

kill the monster… I

are you going to keep sulking?" A

sounded so familiar…

Claudius recognized it.