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!~

shattered merely due to that single dash, causing the aged man to stagger and nearly fall into the crevice of the

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

"Yes! End him!"

order to

attacked his foe gave him goosebumps. Delight replaced his

going to win! Death Knight is going to

enough… he was

to keep up with the ferocious

defenses

copies of himself, but the Death

an end by

a maniac. Seeing

Claudius stopped caring about anything Ater did

KILL

when he used Elemental

it had

he created bursts of yellowish light, it

at Swordsmanship. In

Until, there was only

he stared at the wounded Ater that

soon to

as he looked down

His gaze was cold.

once again… the truth

strength, one had to truly give up

finally able to achieve

But at what cost?

of you.

response to those words, Ater merely

who's talking." Upon hearing those words, Claudius felt something

tightened

want to

he commanded the Death Knight to

thrust downward, piercing the final body Ater had at

the blade with

over, huh?" Claudius

down his eyes as he uttered those

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

It felt… wrong.

done with this life. I

would be strong enough to

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

have taken his own life, but his will to live was far too strong for him to do

atone for what he had done… this

kill the monster… I became

you going to keep

sounded so familiar… so

Claudius recognized it.