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!~

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

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

"Yes! End him!"

to have this single weapon of

it attacked his foe gave him goosebumps.

is going to win!'

enough… he was

to keep up with the ferocious blows of

defenses of the absolute monster that

so many copies of himself, but

met an

maniac.

anything Ater

KILL

he used Elemental Magic,

all, it had no

bursts of

at Swordsmanship. In the end, the Death Knight emerged the

was

he stared at the wounded Ater that

soon to join them in the eternal embrace

looked down at the pathetic

His gaze was cold.

again…

achieve strength, one had

able to

But at what cost?

of you. You… you

Ater merely smiled with the most

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

chest tightened

didn't want

the Death Knight to

very instant, the Death Knight's blade was thrust downward, piercing the final body Ater

the

finally… over,

down his eyes

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

It felt… wrong.

this life. I can't take any

the Death Knight, he would be strong

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

have taken his own life, but his will to

for what he had done… this was

monster… I became

going to keep

so

Claudius recognized it.