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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 34: My Power Level is…
Chapter 34: My Power Level is…
I am once again in a meeting with Alexia's team. Though one member is missing and the reason we gathered is because of her. We are gathered on a private VIP room of a restaurant and on the table is a newspaper with Rose's face printed on the front page.
"I can't believe she's done this." Alexia mutters while clutching her head like she's having a headache.
"Perhaps she didn't want to be betrothed with this Duke… P-Perv Asshat. But still, her reaction is a bit extreme." I give my opinion on the matter, still struggling whenever I have to say that ridiculous name.
"I think extreme is not strong enough word to describe stabbing your fiancé." Alexia says with a frown that she has been wearing probably since the day began.
"She was last seen heading north before they lost track of her. I doubt she has left the capital by now. Oriana's diplomats wanted to settle this as an internal affair and requested Midgar not to interfere, didn't they?" Natsume says. As usual, she is well informed on affairs that she's not supposed to have access to.
"Indeed. That was suspicious." Alexia says while eyeing her, no doubt sharing my opinion of her having suspicious access to hidden information, though she says nothing as this quality of hers is exactly why Alexia invited her to the team.
"Rose is an exchange student, not a diplomat, and thus we should have a right to interfere with what happened in our land in accordance with Midgar's laws but that may worsen Midgar's relation with Oriana." I remark, earning a nod from both of them.
"Well. My father wants to observe the situation first. He's always been a bit passive. But as her friend we can't be as passive. We must find her first so we can question and help her." Alexia declares with determination.
"But she didn't tell us anything before this happened. There's a chance that she didn't want us to interfere out of fear that it may worsen relations between kingdoms." Natsume interjects, trying to be cautious.
"I know. And that's why I'm pissed off right now. Aren't we friends? Why didn't she tell us?" Alexia complains, caring little for tact as she is determined to save Rose no matter what.
"I agree with Natsume. It'll be disastrous if we, especially you, Alexia, are found meddling in foreign affairs." I say in agreement to Natsume, which angers the platinum haired princess.
"Claude! I can't believe someone like you would say something like that! Foreign affairs!? This entire thing happened within our soil!" Alexia exclaims angrily.
"That's why we should be discreet when we search for her. Here." I say as I unveil three black robes from my bag. Of course despite risking international conflict, I would like to see Rose's character development firsthand, whether it is as Claude or as the Necromancer.
"C-Claude. That's…?" Alexia asks in bewilderment as she didn't expect me to do a 180 so quickly.
"The same kind of robes worn by the terrorists who attacked our school. We need to hide our identities when we search for her so we don't have to cause any problems to the kingdom."
"Claude. You're a genius!" Well, that's rare, a compliment from Alexia of all people.
"I get that a lot." I reply smugly.
"Don't get that over your head though, pervert."
"You're never gonna let me live that down, huh?" I say with an uneasy smile.
"Of course. Heh." She replies smugly. Damn she always got me. One of these days I'll pay her back for these constant defeat at verbal fencing. And I would do it when I have little to no handicaps. Heh heh heh.
"Haahh… I'll gather more information so we can get a lead. I'll also investigate the dark rumors surrounding Perv Asshat." Natsume relents as she just lost the democratic vote.
"Please do." I say in reply.
As Mr. Claude and that bitch left the restaurant, an agent of Shadow Garden enters the room with reports.
"Lady Beta. Is it okay to let them investigate?" The member of the Numbers asks with concern.
"Haaah... I cannot stop them. Not when Mr. Claude is so smart that he already countered my attempts to persuade them into leaving this matter be. I can't do more than what I did without arousing more suspicions towards me. I'm sure both of them already suspected me for having access to plenty of confidential information."
"What should we do?"
"Let us leak more information about Perv Asshat. The bad kind. That should distract his faction in order to give Rose some breathing room while they try to cover things up."
"Very well."
"How's Rose?" I ask her with concern over the wayward princess.
"She has entered the underground maze underneath the capital city through the sewers."
"I see. That's an ideal place to hide from Perv's agents after all. Continue to keep watch over her." I order as I open the folder she gave me, which contains the latest report from our agents and read it.
"She was holding her chest as if in pain while she ran…" I recall that Mr. Claude stared at her chest during our first meeting… and not in a perverted manner… I didn't think much about it back then but… could it be…!?
"Summon Nu and have her monitor Mr. Claude!"
"Lady Beta?"
"And send reinforcements to aid Rose in repelling her pursuers but don't contact her yet!"
"Y-Yes! At once!" She says as she's about to leave the room.
"I'm not finished!" I stop her before she could leave as I write an encrypted message on a piece of paper.
"And give this to Epsilon!"
"Yes, Lady Beta!"
Mr. Claude. You continue to surprise us. To think that you noticed that Rose was suffering from Possession before we did.
And if the Cult finds out, perhaps even his life would be in danger. He is already a prime target for the Cult and adding this to the mix could have the possibility of making us lose a valuable ally.
I return to my apartment room that night. My old dorm near the school has been destroyed along with the school during the whole Lutheran incident so I have to rent another apartment. A black robed man with a pale face is waiting for me there.
"Master. You called?" The pale man asks with a sleepy voice.
"Yes. Did you watch how Mundane Mann fights?"
"Yes. He was fast. Very fast. But so far he hasn't shown his true strength."
"Continue to observe him. Learn how he fights. And also, take these." I summon a chest containing weapons and armor.
"Wear these and be ready to confront him at my command."
"Yes, master." He says as he disappears from the room with the chest.
Now then… Mundane Mann. I hope you will put on a good show for me. Heh heh heh.
I defeated some randos in my first rounds of the tournament easily. Occasionally I was also able to watch how Mundane Mann defeats his opponents. He's indeed as fast as my minion claimed. Most people thought he paid his opponents to let him win because they can't see how fast he beat his opponents. He even defeated that bald headed Quinton without breaking a sweat.
Today, I face Goldy Gilded, a smug blonde man wearing a sparkling golden armor. He usually forfeited any fights he cannot win but it seems that he doesn't know me enough that he dared to face me. Well, I did hide my magic output and perhaps he's unaware of my reputation because I didn't participate in tournaments as much as someone like me should. Being an executive of a shady organization ain't easy after all. We now stand face to face in the arena.
"Hmph. I applaud your courage to stand before me, boy. But know that now you face me, Goldy Gilded the Victorious Golden Dragon! It's not a shame to forfeit this match, you know? You, boy, whose Battle Power is merely 50! I suggest you retreat! For my Battle Power is 4330!" Ho? A scouter reference? I have a great idea.
"Is that so?" I say as I unleash some of my magic power, startling him as he feels… see my magic power rising.
"Wh-What…? How…!? Your Battle Power… It's over 9000!?"
Pfft….. Musn't laugh. Not now. I must stay cool and deliver… no, steal a certain galactic emperor's line.
"Since you've told me yours I shall warn you in the interest of fairness. You see, sir. My Power Level is 530000. Rest assured that I have no plan to engage you with my full strength." I say with a sinister smile, channelling my inner Frieza-sama.
"530000!?" He exclaims in surprise, no doubt already thinking of retreating. But it is too late.
"Battle start!" Because the referee has already announced the battle to start.
"Tch! Whatever! HYAAAAA!" Shouts Goldy as he charges forth with his sword raised, ready for an overhead slash. I dodge the flashy and over the top strike effortlessly.
"Wha…!?" He exclaims as he retreated.
"Is that all you've got?" I taunt him, still with the same smile from before.
"Kuh…! I admit! You're strong! And so I shall show you my true power! HAAAAAAA!" He begin shouting once again as his body begins glowing. Golden aura envelops him, making look like...
"Can't be… Is that...?" I mutter with a surprised face.
"Heh. Scared? But it's too late for you to run now! Hyaaaaaaa!" Oh my. He has become a Super Saiyajin. His golden aura even forms a dragon and he starts charging towards me when he's convinced that I'm intimindated when in fact I'm merely impressed by this walking DBZ reference.
I didn't even bother unsheathing my sword and just punch him in the face in response. The golden aura disperses immediately as he is blown away.
"UOOGHH…!"
He crashes to the ground, making a circular dent on it while laying in a perfect Yamcha death pose. Perfect. As perfect as Cell.
"Winner, Claude Normann!"
I walk triumphantly back to my seat while the medics carry him away from the arena with a stretcher. When I sat down, I notice that my stalker from Shadow Garden has returned, once again watching over me. Why is she here again? Ughh… I hope she's stalking me for official Shadow Garden business and not… any yandere stuff. Even I don't wanna deal with that stuff.
Ignoring her, I take a glance at the tournament bracket to see my next opponents and…
"Hm? This name… So she's here…" I mutter quietly, a grin forming on my lips as I know exactly who has some beef with this person.
The next day wanted posters of Rose Oriana were spread across the capital. Someone leaked some nasty rumors about P-Perv's crimes back in Oriana and it made him desperate enough to put 10 Million Zeni price to get her back alive. This move didn't help his rumors and he's been busy trying to cover them up while beheading some Oriana nobles he thought were responsible for spreading rumors about him.
Today I was scheduled to attend the pianist Silon's Moonlight Sonata performance with my sister, who is also in the capital, but the Rose case is more important so I ditched her. I'll just apologize later.
Silon is most likely a reincarnator as well considering she brought many classical songs from Earth to this world. I'll pay her a visit later. She can wait. Rose however, especially in her current condition, cannot.
I, along with Alexia and Natsume, wore the black robes I provided and we sneaked together to the underground passageways in search of Rose, with Alexia leading the way holding the lantern.
"Do you know the way?" I ask Alexia, slightly concerned as she leads us through a dark underground hallway.
"Not really. Won't stop me from trying though."
"The ancient labyrinth's maps have been lost so I hope you know what you're doing or we could get lost."
"I know. We can just retrace our steps to get back." Alexia says as if that's an easy thing to do.
Although, as we pass through the tunnels, I begin to notice some things… familiar things… on the walls… Oh right. I almost forgot I did this.
"What's wrong, Mr. Claude?" Natsume ask when she noticed me staring at the walls.
"Oh… Look at these." I point at the runes and magic circles carved on the walls, some of which are painted with blood.
"Those runes… do you know them, Natsume?" Alexia ask.
"Sadly I'm unfamiliar with them. But…" Natsume reply uneasily. She says she does not know… but I'm sure she does judging from how nervous she is.
"These runes… belong to the Necromancer." I answer what Natsume is unwilling to answer.
"What!? How did you know!?" Alexia questions.
"He used to leave runes like these along with magic circles with pentagrams which were written with blood on the crime scenes back when he was a serial killer." I explain.
"Then… He was here too!? Aghh…! Why is he always involved everywhere!?" Complains Alexia. I dunno, man. Maybe it's because I love leaving things for people to discover?
Anyway, I did visit this underground maze underneath the capital years ago and since it was the perfect place, I turned it into a dungeon. If we delve deeper, I'm sure we'll soon find my undead minions too. How exciting. To think that our search for Rose would turn into a dungeon crawling. Heh heh heh.
"Mr. Claude. Princess Alexia. This is getting to dangerous. I suggest we retreat and-" Natsume was about to suggest we retreat before being cut by Alexia.
"No! This is all the more reason we can't leave Rose alone! Let's go!" Exclaims Alexia as she recklessly charges in deeper and deeper into the maze. Natsume and I can only sigh before chasing after the reckless princess.
Author's Note:
When I think of how to do the Goldy scene, I knew I had to sneak some DBZ reference.
ACogintheSystem: I was hoping Shadow Garden would discuss with Shadow about his "Past Life".
If Necromancer meets Gettan, I want the former to taunt Gettan by "revealing" he has romanced his former fiancee to get him piss off. Then, Necro grabs Gettan when he tries to attack him and slapping him silly and slaming him to the ground before saying, "Know your place, mutt!"
Answer: Yeah but I feel like there are too many Seven Shades meeting scenes already.
I have different plans for Gettan actually.
primenidus: Interesting
Answer: Omoshiroi
Wholesome07: He's getting promoted good for him.
Hehehe, somehow he deserved it, those glasses.
Are u gonna add that Claire is choking his lil bro?
Answer: Yay for promotion.
Now even Alexia thinks he's a pervert
Will only mention it.
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