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!~

ground beneath and around Claudius shattered merely due to that single dash, causing the

to escape with his frail body, he had a

"Yes! End him!"

had sacrificed everything in order to have this single weapon of

as it attacked his foe gave him goosebumps. Delight replaced his anger and regret as he

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

sure enough… he

was struggling to keep up with the

the tough defenses of

many copies of himself, but the Death Knight spared none

met an end

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

caring about anything Ater

Yes! KILL

used Elemental Magic, he

all, it had no

created bursts of yellowish

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

Until, there was

stood right behind his Death Knight as he stared at the

Ater corpses, soon to join them in the eternal embrace

as he looked down at the pathetic one known as

His gaze was cold.

again… the truth

had

was finally able

But at what cost?

lost everything because of you. You…

response to those words, Ater merely smiled

those words, Claudius felt something in

tightened

want to fill

he commanded the Death

thrust downward, piercing the final body Ater had at his

staining the blade

finally… over, huh?" Claudius

eyes as he uttered those

had 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

the Death Knight, he would be strong enough to handle Fenrir and

was going to quit the Mercenary Gang and live out the rest

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

for what he had done… this was

the monster…

are you going to keep sulking?" A

sounded so familiar…

Claudius recognized it.