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The Necromancer in Shadow by TheOminousRain

Anime » Eminence in Shadow Rated: M, English, Horror & Humor, Cid Kagenou/Shadow, OC, Words: 548k+, Favs: 386, Follows: 387, Published: Oct 27, 2023 Updated: Aug 9

768Chapter 14: Auxiliary Chapter: Don Jon

Auxiliary Chapter: Don Jon

Today is a very surprising day for us, the residents of the Lawless City. An old gentleman wearing white suit and glasses carrying a fancy cane suddenly appeared and challenged us three rulers of the Lawless City, after he single handedly massacred dozens of our subordinates. His perfectly combed white hair remained undisturbed after the massacre. His facial feature suggests that he had been a handsome man in his younger days. His circle beard decorates his confident and gentle smile that seems out of place in this town, especially in such a scene of carnage. His pure white suit remained immaculate even after killing dozens of men. Neither blood stain nor dust can be found on his suit when we arrived at the scene. Such skills. Even I would struggle to maintain my kimono's cleanliness if I had to kill that many people.

As a nine tailed fox, I can feel that he is no ordinary man. The pressure that his magic power gave us made us look like rats in front of a dragon. As soon as I felt that pressure, I knew it is futile to fight him. Though I hope my fellow rulers would be wise enough not to offend him.

"Good evening, rulers of Lawless City. My name is Don Jon and I am here to declare that you shall now serve me." The old man, now identified as Don Jon, declares with arms spread as if waiting for an embrace.

"Huh!? You gone senile old man? You think you can take on all of us all by yourself?" Taunts the meathead Juggernaut.

"Yes." The old man replies with a calm and collected voice despite facing a man twice his size.

"You arrogant…" Juggernaut is angry. But despite that taunt, he hasn't even brandished his blade. I suppose even the meathead has brains.

"Hmph. How absurd. Kill him!" In contrast to the meathead, the vampire Crimson orders his men to attack. I expected that level of stupidity from Juggernaut but him? How baffling.

His vampire minions obey and attack the old man with their claws…. And they are torn apart before they can even reach the old man… even though the old man didn't even move an inch… or so it seemed like to the untrained eye. The old man moved so fast that even I can only see briefly how he unsheathed a blade hidden inside his cane and used it to instantly slice the vampires apart before they could react and sheathed the blade back before returning to his previous relaxed posture.

"What..!? Impossible!" Crimson mutters in disbelief.

"Hmm… I expected more out of vampires." The old man remarks, not once losing his gentle smile.

"You….!" Behaving like what I expect Juggernaut would behave, Crimson attacks the old man and is sliced apart just like they did.

"Wha…!" Crimson can only mutter when his dismembered body hit the ground.

"You won't perish from such wounds, no? Though I wonder how long does it take for you to heal."

"Kuhh…!"

"Now. What say you, rulers of the Lawless City?"

"…." A moment of silence passes as none of us dared to answer just yet, waiting for the others to do so. The silence is unbearable though, and so I, the woman, will do what these men won't.

"If I may ask, Mr. Don Jon." I walk towards him, purposefully adjusting my kimono to expose more of my cleavage to him to see. He stares, no, glares at them intensely… Almost breaking his gentle smile… Does he… hate women or something?

"May we know what purpose you have in our humble city?" I ask him with a seductive smile and sultry voice, hoping to attract him even a little bit.

"I have grand plans for this city. Plans that I will not reveal yet. All that you need to know now is that you must serve me… or be cut apart like them." He answers… no… threatens us with that gentle smile of his while glaring hatefully at my cleavage. I adjust my kimono to cover them back out of fear that he might find them offensive.

"And you think we'll be of use to you?" I reply, trying to maintain my seductive smile and subdue my trembling fingers.

"As long as you serve me, yes. The only law of this city is that Might makes Right, isn't it? Then you should understand." The old man remarks, still with his sickening gentle smile and tone, which didn't match what he said at all.

"Then I, Yukime of the White Tower, hereby submit to your rule, Mr. Don Jon." I declare while bowing, my beastkin subordinates followed suit.

"Heh… My instinct is telling me that no matter what I do, I'll be slaughtered like a common grunt if I were to fight you. Fine. I'll submit as well, old man. But mark my words. The moment you showed any weakness is when I'll take your head." The daredevil Juggernaut declares with surprising amount of wisdom, though he didn't bow down. The old man didn't glare at Juggernaut despite the rudeness that the meathead showed. That somehow makes me feel defeated and I don't know why.

"That leaves you. What say you, Crimson of the Crimson Tower?" The old man asks the last ruler, who is still lying on the ground in pieces.

"If you think the vampires will submit to a human like you…" Oh my. I can't believe the stupidity of this man. And he's supposed to be hundreds of years old.

"If you will not be of use to me then I suppose tonight will mark the extinction of the vampire race."

That finally got to Crimson. His expression changed from anger to fear. Even he cannot deny that this old man before him can fulfill the threat he just gave.

"W-Wait! Very well! I accept! I will serve you! We, the vampires of Crimson Tower swear fealty to you, Lord Don Jon!" Facing the exctinction called Don Jon, he finally relented and submitted while trying to bow his head in his condition. His remaining subordinates who weren't lying on the ground in pieces bowed to the old man as well.

"Good. Good. From this day forth, I, Don Jon, am the supreme ruler of the Lawless City."

And so, the Lawless City was united under a single ruler in a single night.

Author's Note:

Yes, Claude now has other alter egos besides the Necromancer, like Cid. Don Jon VS John Smith? The Mafia Boss VS the Super Elite Agent? We shall see how that goes. Yukime now thinks Don Jon is gay even though he is actually affected by her seduction. Don't want him to have the same reaction as Shadow after all. Plus this opens up possibility for more jokes.

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