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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 35: A Sonata in the Dungeon
Chapter 35: A Sonata in the Dungeon
"Haahhhh…. Hahhh… Hahhh…." I walk and walk while breathing heavily. I continue to walk without rest despite my body screaming for rest. My body grows weaker and weaker from lack of nutrition, blood loss from wounds inflicted on me and the Possession slowly consuming me. And that's not mentioning the despair currently consuming me. How long has it been? I can't tell after spending so much time in darkness.
Did I make the right choice back then? I can't stop myself from attacking Perv after seeing my father's condition and Perv's evil smirk. To think that all the Oriana aristocrats and guards present immediately called me crazy after I did that… And he even threatened to have my father assassinate Midgar aristocrats or even the king of Midgar himself if I don't surrender myself to him. He's insane… That would trigger a war! And… why me…?
"Ughh…" I fall to the floor. While struggling to stand back up, I end up leaning against the wall of the tunnel. Behind me are corpses… not the corpses of my pursuers but corpses of people who are long dead… who are supposed to be long since dead. The undead minions of Necromancer.
If Cid hadn't discovered their weakness back then… I wouldn't be able to defeat that much of them on my own. But I suppose it didn't matter now… I'm almost at my limit already.
"Cid…" I take the burger wrapper out of my pocket… the burger that he gave me… It was delicious. And the words of encouragement he gave me….
"Oh… Cid… Why did I have to fall in love with you now… when I know I no longer have any future…? I'm sorry Cid… At this rate… I won't be able to… reciprocate your love…" I mutter with tears running down my cheeks.
I'm sorry… father… I've failed you and all of Oriana…
*Tap tap tap*
The sound of approaching footsteps…. Who is it…? I ask in a silent whisper as my consciousness fades away.
I made a huge mistake. I should've done more research before allowing them to enter this wicked place. Mr. Claude and the bi—Alexia are competent fighters but Necromancer's undead minions are stronger the deeper we go into the tombs! They will be worn out and I wouldn't be able to assist them without revealing my true identity!
"Hyaaaahh!" Shouted Alexia as she decapitates a skeleton soldier.
"Hm!" Shouts Mr. Claude as he decapitates three zombies with one swing.
"Is there no end of them!?" Shouts Alexia.
"Princess Alexia! Watch your steps!" I shout as she steps into a pressure plate that triggers a trap.
"Oopsie?" She says while scratching the back of her head. And she had the gall to be cute at a time like this! Agh!
A huge boulder appears on the other side of the tunnel, crushing the undead and heading straight to us.
"Ruuuun!" I shout while panicking. All three of us run as fast as we can… well they ran as fast as they can while I have to match my pace with them. Eventually we evaded the boulder by running through a branching path in the hallway. Just as we are able to escape the boulder, the bitch almost fell down a hole with spikes on the bottom. Luckily for her, Mr. Claude was there to save her by dragging her back before she plunged herself down the hole while running.
"Ahhhh! Why are there so many traps too!?" She complains.
"That's why I said this is such a bad idea!" I can't help but complain too.
"We need to keep moving. If we, who are perfectly healthy, are having trouble, Rose would have more trouble considering she probably hasn't eaten in days!" Exclaims Mr. Claude, clearly worried about Rose, especially since he knew she was afflicted with Possession. But his logical reasoning certainly does not favour us.
"Ughh… You're right. Let's keep going." Alexia says as we go back to the path that the boulder passed through in order to proceed further as we cannot proceed down the path we are in since there is nothing but pitfalls in front of us. At least it's not gonna get harder now that the reinforcements are here.
"Who's there!?" Mr. Claude shouts to the dark and 3 cloaked figures emerge.
"Fear not. We are Shadow Garden." One of the Numbers says.
"Shadow Garden. Why are you here?" Alexia asks distrustfully.
"We are here to escort you out. You're not meant to be here."
"I refuse! My friend is still in there somewhere! She needs our help!" Alexia shouts defiantly.
"Fear not. Lord Shadow has made his move."
Lord Shadow!? So he foresaw all this mess and decided to move. As expected of our lord.
"Graaahhhh….!" We hear more growls of the zombies from the direction we came from. A horde of them approaching. This is probably a bit much even for the Numbers.
"Looks like we need to keep moving." Alexia mutters.
"Agreed." Mr. Claude says in agreement. This is such a disaster. But babysitting is work too, Beta.
I regain consciousness to the sound of piano… It's a miracle that I'm still alive. But who… where…?
As I opened my eyes, I see the interior of an old underground Cathedral and… a figure clad in black playing the most beautiful rendition of the Moonlight Sonata I've ever heard on a grand piano at the center of the Cathedral. The Cathedral is illuminated by blue lights coming from the stained glass windows, which makes it resemble moonlight and the addition of white feathers flying around the room creates a beautiful and enchanting atmosphere.
I stand up, ignoring the pain and fatigue to listen to the man… Shadow… as he plays the piano skilfully, perhaps more skilful than Lady Silon did. Ahh… It's so beautiful.
Eventually he finishes the song and bows before the audience, namely me.
I clap in response, fully in awe of his performance.
"That was… the most beautiful rendition of Moonlight Sonata I've ever heard."
"Now… What are you going to do?" He asks and I stop clapping.
"I… I wish to protect everyone… and to achieve happiness. But…"
"Is it over then? Is your fight over?" He asks again.
"No! I don't want it to end! I wanted a better future! But I have no power!"
"If it's power you want…" He raises his hand to eye level and a purple flame ignited on his palm.
"I can give it to you."
I gave Rose-senpai a portion of my magic and cured her Possession symptom while I'm at it. My magic also rejuvenates her body and healed her wounds. Now she can fight the horde of undead on her own so I left her. I hope you can achieve your dreams.
But anyway, that was hella dope! It was worth it to steal that piano and bringing it down here. The undead and traps were annoying. They almost damaged my piano so I had to ward them off with my slimes. But it was worth it. Rose-senpai was from a kingdom of arts so she definitely appreciated my performance. The atmosphere and lighting… my favourite song, Moonlight Sonata… It was perfection.
On my way out I meet Epsilon.
"Lord Shadow!"
"Epsilon."
"What happened? Was I too late?"
"It is done. Don't worry about it."
"I see. I was called by Beta in order to cure Princess Rose's Possession but it seems you beat me to it. As expected of Lord Shadow!" She says with a smile even though I just stole her mission. I'm not apologizing though. I NEED to be the one to do that.
"So what now, my lord?"
"Her battle starts here. Your task now is to explore this labyrinth and find anything valuable." I hope there's anything worthwhile down here. But if I see another Mimic I'm so gonna punch that Necromancer in the face again.
"Very well, my lord!" Epsilon says as she left.
Now then. There seems to be some commotion around this direction.
Well. It's been fun watching the reactions of Alexia, Natsume and the Shadow Garden members to this labyrinth which has become my dungeon. But the true fun starts now. We are approaching the boss room instead of going out thanks to the traps being deliberately designed to force intruders to go deeper, one of which was the boulder trap from earlier. How many will die today? I can't wait.
The Shadow Garden members are more competent than I thought. They looked like they are experienced in fighting my undead minions. I also noticed how much hatred they have for my undead servants. How much emotion they showed when they decapitate every zombie and skeletons. Oh this is so precious.
We eventually enter the boss room, which is a throne room filled with many human skeletonsscattered around and a robed skeletal figure sitting on the throne. A Lich that I created.
"N-Necromancer!?" Alexia exclaims at the figure's appearance.
"No. That's just another one of his undead minions. Though from its attire it looks like it fights the same way as Necromancer." Natsume says and as if to confirm her theory, the Lich stands up and brandishes his staff. He then starts raising the skeletons surrounding the room and sends them to attack us.
"Incoming!" Shouts one of the Shadow Garden members as they brandish their slime swords to fight back against the incoming horde of skeletons.
The fight was going well, until the Lich starts casting lightning bolts towards them.
"Hyaaahhh!" Screams one of them who were hit by the lightning.
"626!" Shouts her comrade.
"I'm okay!" The injured Shadow Garden member says as she stands back up. Hm. She's pretty durable. And… her wounds heal on their own? Impressive. She has long silver hair and is carrying a dagger on her hips. A side weapon perhaps? Also, where have I seen her before? Pretty sure I saw her in one of the dossier of Compatibles and pretty sure she was some guy's daughter.
"Claude! We have to help them!" Alexia exclaims, breaking me out of my thoughts. I'll remember her later.
"Agreed! Hyaaah!" I shout as I charge in together with Alexia to fight the skeletons.
"Willkommen." Welcome. The Lich says.
Author's Note:
The number 626 was taken from Lilo and Stitch, 626 being Stitch's number.
ACogintheSystem: If you ever do Kaiju battles, have Necromancer turn into King Ghidorah and Shadow turn into Godzilla.
Also, an idea for the investigation would be Claude "showing" Alexia and Natsume a tapestry showing the "origins" of Necromancer. According to the lore, he came from the stars and started spreading death and destruction in his wake.
Answer: Perhaps. Funny that I discussed Cid turning to Godzilla some time ago in TEiS discord.
Zero: It be epic that necromancer revive Olivia in her full strength.
Answer: If he can find a corpse that survived that long that is. His necromancy hasn't reached the realm of souls so far and the ones in Sanctuary are just clones.
primenidus: The plot thickens
Answer: THICC
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