An Extra’s POV

"God is strong. Humans are weak. Angels are somewhere in-between."

As Claudius heard these words, he shuddered in ignorance.

"No matter how powerful a human tries to become, sacrificing all he can to attain strength, it will all fall under the allocated strength he is allowed to possess." Ater's words echoed coldly in the night.

"Ultimately, it will fall under weakness."

"S-so… all my attempts at strength… were in vain…?"

"Maybe it had some worth against fellow humans, but your luck ran out when you faced me. You see, I know I'm not weak… because I'm not human."

'N-not… human?' Claudius' eyes widened as he heard this deep revelation.

"I can take on whatever shape I want, while also possessing the abilities of those whose form I take. In essence…"

A flash of light sparked around Ater, and his form came into light as he crouched so he could somewhat be on the same level as Claudius.

The latter's eyes bulged as he looked at his reflection—the miserable old man he had become.

"… I can become you."

Ater had transformed into Claudius in every sense of the word, and upon seeing this, the old man felt his heart ache.

He truly… had sacrificed everything for nothing.

"I can also use all your abilities. There are a few limitations placed on my power, but that's how it works in simple terms."

Ater rose to his feet, transforming back into the handsome man he once was.

"You're… invincible…" Claudius croaked.

With such a power, Ater was at least in the realm of the Absolute.

There was no doubt about it in Claudius' mind.

"Am I really? Perhaps in some worlds, that would ring true. Even in this world, maybe…" Ater smirked, shaking his head as he circled around the despairing one.

"However, there exist beings who far transcend my current state."

"T-the Dragons…?"

"Yeah. I'll admit that there exist some that I can't beat right now. But all of it is only a matter of time."

"T-then—!"

"However, there is one that I couldn't possibly hope to beat no matter the passage of time."

Claudius could only make a guess at this point, but he muttered a response.

"Your… Master?"

"Precisely!"

see Ater's face, but the way his eyes narrowed and from the sound of his tone,

questions, and so

left to lose,

strong… is your

just say he can do exactly what I can do and so much more." Ater's amused chuckle

made Claudius all the more

into him

"…"

is that one of your

there was silence among the two who

Then—

prevents me from turning into anyone with a higher Class than me, so

was no tone of triumph

the

is higher than my

one

lost, once

the highest realm that existed was the Absolute one—meant for heroes

perhaps it would belong to

sort of

was this Primeval Tier that

I can't access it. Isn't it amazing?!" Ater's melancholy quickly turned into

cackled in delight and drowned in the pleasure of

I can never

definition Ater had

Master… I am

at Ater, he could now understand—at least to an extent—why he had played with everyone so

worth

this man and his Master… the humans of this

Claudius finally admitted as his face fell.

true power wasn't something one

It was a mandate.

you even… a Necromancer?" Claudius asked in

Chaos, so I can use the Chaos Art of Ancient MajiK. The Hollow Technique is simply

"I… I see…"

summon the Undead in my stockpile, but that's about it. I doubt I'll be permitted to use any advanced Ancient MajiK here… not that I

"I… see…"

most entertaining. At the very least, you managed to feed my pleasures for a while. You

know how to react towards being praised as a

could only respond as

"You're welcome."

was a

what will happen to me now?" He asked with a

already knew he wouldn't be spared. Ater didn't seem like the kind of man who would show

back to me as an

as soon

"W-when…?"