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!~

and around Claudius shattered merely due to that single dash, causing the aged man

escape with his frail body, he had a wide smile

"Yes! End him!"

everything in order to have this

the thing had become a black blur as it attacked his foe gave him goosebumps. Delight replaced his

is going to

sure enough…

with the ferocious blows of

couldn't get past the tough defenses of the absolute

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

them met an end by his

intensely as he laughed like a maniac. Seeing his enemy

Claudius stopped caring about anything Ater

KILL

used Elemental Magic,

it had no

when he created bursts of yellowish light,

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

Until, there was

Knight as he stared at the wounded Ater that powerlessly sat on the

corpses, soon to join them in the eternal

looked down at the

His gaze was cold.

seems once again… the

strength, one had to truly give up

finally able to achieve ultimate

But at what cost?

because of you. You…

response to those words, Ater merely smiled with the most scornful

talking." Upon hearing those words, Claudius

tightened

didn't want

UP!" Screaming, he commanded the Death Knight to execute the

blade was thrust downward, piercing the final body Ater

the

finally… over,

his eyes as

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

It felt… wrong.

done with this life. I can't take any

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

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

to live was far too strong for him to do

for what he had done… this was the best thing

monster… I

you going to

so familiar…

Claudius recognized it.