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

to escape with his frail body, he had a wide smile on

"Yes! End him!"

had sacrificed everything in order to have

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

is going to win!' His thoughts

enough… he

to keep up with the

get past the tough defenses

so many copies of himself, but the Death

of them met an end by his

he laughed like a maniac. Seeing his enemy struggle against his creation

stopped caring about anything Ater did to struggle against the

KILL

he used Elemental Magic,

it had

bursts of yellowish

Magic was useless, and the Death Knight surpassed Ater at Swordsmanship. In the end, the Death Knight emerged

was only Ater

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

the other Ater corpses, soon to join them in

words?" Claudius asked as he looked down

His gaze was cold.

seems once again… the

strength, one had

able to achieve ultimate

But at what cost?

lost everything because of you.

those words, Ater merely smiled with the most scornful

those words, Claudius felt something in his

tightened in

didn't want to fill

he commanded the Death Knight

the Death Knight's blade was thrust downward, piercing

staining the blade

finally… over, huh?" Claudius

eyes as he uttered

doubt that he did the right—most logical—thing, but Claudius felt an emptiness that his victory could not

It felt… wrong.

with this life. I

would be strong enough to handle Fenrir and other members of the

going to quit the Mercenary Gang and live out the rest

have taken his own life, but his will to live was far too

this was the best

kill the monster… I became

to keep sulking?" A

so familiar… so

Claudius recognized it.