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!~

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

with his frail body, he had a wide

"Yes! End him!"

sacrificed everything in order to have this

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

is going to win!' His

enough… he was

to keep up with the ferocious blows

defenses of the

even duplicated himself, transforming into so many copies of himself,

of them met an end by his

like a maniac. Seeing his enemy struggle

point, Claudius stopped caring about anything Ater did to struggle against the

KILL THEM

used Elemental Magic, he

it

of yellowish light,

at Swordsmanship. In the end,

there was only

right behind his Death Knight as he stared at the wounded Ater

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

he looked down at

His gaze was cold.

once again… the truth

one had to

able to achieve ultimate

But at what cost?

because of you.

merely smiled with the most scornful

hearing those words, Claudius felt something in

tightened

didn't want to

the Death Knight to execute the vermin

Death Knight's blade was thrust downward, piercing the

instantly staining the blade with its vile

over, huh?" Claudius

eyes as

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

It felt… wrong.

this life. I can't take any

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

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

but his will to live was far too strong for him to

he had done… this was the best thing he could

kill the monster… I became

are you going to keep sulking?" A voice suddenly

so familiar…

Claudius recognized it.