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 aged man to

body, he had a wide smile

"Yes! End him!"

to have this

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

Knight is going to win!'

sure enough… he

struggling to keep up with the ferocious

get past the tough defenses of the absolute monster

so many copies of himself, but the Death Knight spared none

them met an end by

maniac. Seeing his enemy struggle against his creation

point, Claudius stopped caring about anything

KILL

Elemental

it had

bursts of yellowish light, it didn't

at Swordsmanship. In the end, the Death Knight emerged

Until, there was only Ater

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

corpses, soon to join them in the eternal embrace of

he looked down at the pathetic one known

His gaze was cold.

seems once again…

one had to

finally able to achieve

But at what cost?

because of you.

response to those words, Ater merely smiled with the most

Upon hearing those words, Claudius felt something in

chest tightened

didn't want to

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

blade was thrust downward, piercing the

the blade with

finally… over, huh?"

his eyes

no doubt that he did the right—most logical—thing, but Claudius felt an emptiness that his

It felt… wrong.

done with this life. I

strong enough to handle Fenrir and other members of

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

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

done… this

kill the monster… I

long are you going to keep sulking?" A voice suddenly

sounded so

Claudius recognized it.