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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: 388, Published: Oct 27, 2023 Updated: Aug 9

768Chapter 42: Regicide

Chapter 42: Regicide

"So you're Necromancer." Beatrix says as she brandishes her blade after she saw me push Claude away through a wall with a wave of my hand.

"You would do well not to interfere, Goddess of War." I threaten with a generic villainous line.

She of course ignores my words and goes for a high speed lunge… which is blocked by my black cloaked minion.

He is an arrogant elven man named Arrinoth who wants to surpass Beatrix which led him to serve me as one of my Seven Wraiths. He wears a black coat with golden lines and patterns and wields a curved sword with runes carved on its blade. His long white hair is tied in a ponytail.

"You…!?" Beatrix exclaims in surprise.

"Long time no see, Beatrix! This time I'll defeat you!" Arrinoth exclaims while grinning, eager to defeat his nemesis.

"Who are you?" Ow… What a blow.

"What…!? After all those humiliating defeats you gave me…!?" Arrinoth shouts in anger.

"You will take care of her." I order him.

"You don't even need to ask, Necromancer." Arrinoth says in an arrogant tone as he brandished his curved blade.

"It's LORD to you!" I reprimand him while releasing some of my aura, which startles even Beatrix.

"Y-Yes… my lord…!" He replies in fear, once again reminded of why I'm in charge.

I leave him with Beatrix to check on the VIP booth where the stage has been set for me.

"Ughh….!" I try to stand up after being pushed back by the main body. He pushed me through two walls! Agh! My poor bones. I'm just a clone, man. Can't he be a bit gentler? If I die, I will simply disappear and leave no corpse and his scheme will be exposed if someone saw me disappearing!

A female figure wrapped in black cloak approaches. I know who she is.

"Mr. Claude." Nu says as she helps me stand up. She has been stalking the main body since days ago and today she's stalking me, not knowing I'm just a clone.

"Nu…? What are you…? Cough."

"Don't move. I'll get you to safety." She says as she carries me away from the scene.

"My family…" I ask weakly.

"They'll be fine." She replies as we move away while hearing an explosion coming from the direction where Beatrix was.

"What do you… mean?" I ask, making her stop.

"Shadow Garden will ensure that they are protected." She replies. My family? Under the protection of Shadow Garden?

"Why…?" I ask curiously.

"Because you're a valuable ally. You noticed Princess Rose's Possession before any of us did." Huh? I did notice Rose's condition but how did they know?

"Rest assured that we won't allow any harm to befall your family." She replies while staring at me with serious eyes.

"Alright… I'll trust you."

"There you are!" Shouts an assassin who immediately attacks us before being mutilated by Nu.

"UAAAGHH!"

"I will not allow you to harm him." She says with a sinister smile. Oh dear. Are my fears correct? Is she really a yandere?

"YOUR MAJESTY!" Glen and the other knights shout as they unsheathe their blades, only to be stopped by Oriana bodyguards.

"FATHER!" Iris shouts as well, brandishing her own blade.

Several guests in attendance shed their disguise, revealing their black leather armors as they too brandish their blades to attack everyone, bringing absolute chaos in the VIP booth. Several people in attendance are unable to fight due to not carrying weapons and thus all they can do is run, this includes the Normann family.

"King Raphael… Why…?" King Klaus asks the his fellow king weakly with said king's blade piercing his heart.

"Because I want chaos and destruction! That's all! HA HA HA HA HA!" King Oriana laughs maniacally and pushes his fellow monarch to the floor as his daughter and everyone else watch on in complete disbelief.

"Father…?" Rose mutters, not noticing as one of the assassins jumps towards her, intending to knock her out before being sliced by Alexia.

"Alexia…?"

"Snap out of it, Rose!" Alexia shouts as she fights off another assassin, not freezing up despite the chaotic situation they suddenly found themselves in.

"HAAAA!" Iris quickly defeats her opponents and dashes to attack King Oriana, who blocks her slash with a surprising degree of strength. The impact generates a shockwave that shatters the window.

"Wha!?" She exclaims, completely not expecting the old man to be able to block her mighty strike.

"Heh heh heh." The mad king only chuckles at her attempts as their blades are locked together.

"Why… Why are you doing this, King Oriana!?" She shouts angrily.

"As I said, I want chaos and destruction! It is the ultimate form of art that mankind could possibly create in this world! HA HA HA HA!" The mad king laughs again as he pushes Iris back, shocking everyone who are present.

Alexia manages to reach her father and grabs his hand as he lay dying and bleeding on the floor.

"Father! Please! Don't leave us!" She desperately pleads her father with tears falling down her cheeks while praying to the goddess in her heart.

"Alex…ia…. You and your… sister… must protect… the kingdom…" Her father whispers weakly as life left him.

"NOOOOOO!" Alexia screams her lungs out.

An assassin dashes towards her from behind, ready to send her to join her father—

*TAP*

A sound of someone's light step is heard as they behold an armoured man entering the VIP booth through the window and with a brilliant display of skill dispatches multiple assassins at once with one swing, saving Alexia's life.

"That swordsmanship…!?" Rose mutters.

"You… You are…!?" Perv exclaims, finally losing his evil smirk. Mundane Mann stands in front of him as jet black liquid substance begins to envelop him.

"The time of lies has passed and we now enter the climax. My name is Shado-" He declares before being interrupted.

"STYLISH BANDIT SLAYER!" Rose exclaims.

"Eh?"

Eh? Where did she hear that name? It's been so long since I used that name. Kinda cringe now that I think about it, which is why I changed my alter ego's name to Shadow.

Anyway, it's unexpected that Rose-senpai's father is such a bad man that he killed Alexia's father. Oh. Looks like he already escaped along with that pervy guy during the confusion of my appearance. Now what should I do?

"Shadow… what are you doing here!?" Iris brandishes an Artifact blade she took from the statue, pointing it at me while asking the question. Yeah. What am I doing here? What should I do here now that the enemies have escaped? Should I chase them?

Ah, I know! I should save the king and then disappear mysteriously! That should be dope! I take a step forward to approach the king but Iris stops me by stepping into my way.

"Not a step closer!" She shouts with tears falling down her cheeks and the sword trembling in her hands. With a slash, I send the sword flying and continues to approach her father.

"F-Father….!" Alexia is weeping for her father that she barely acknowledged my presence. I put my hand on his chest to attempt healing him. I can resuscitate his heart after it is healed.

"Huh? Shadow…?" Alexia finally notices me.

I was about to pour my magic to the king… before being stopped by my nemesis who suddenly appeared and grabs my healing hand while staring at my face with that shining red eyes of his.

"I can't allow you to save the king, nemesis." He says before launching an unexpected laser beam from his eyes at point blank range, which I was forced to dodge by stepping back.

"Necromancer!" Iris shouts angrily as another unexpected element enters the scene. This is getting exciting.

The Necromancer didn't reply and simply lifts the king's body and summons a runed sword to decapitate the king in front of Iris, Rose and Alexia.

"With this, there is no hope of saving him. Heh heh heh." He says as he throws the king's head on the floor.

Damn. He foiled my plan. Even I can't heal someone who was beheaded!

"YOU BASTARD!" Iris dashes towards him empty handed and tries to punch him in the face. But Iris is too slow and gets pushed away after he simply waved his hand. Damn, I can tell that his magic is now stronger than before. This is interesting.

"Shadow! Apologies for my tardiness!" Alpha says as she and Beta arrive along with a squad of Shadow Garden members who stands in front of Rose protectively. We all stand while facing the Necromancer.

"My lord." A short and masked figure with distorted voice appeared beside him followed by a bunch of robed guys wearing skull masks in response to Shadow Garden appearing. The short figure wears a black robe and a white mask with two circular holes as eye sockets with tear like lines going down the eyes vertically and a horizontal straight line where the mouth is. The robe hides the short one's figure but… I could tell from a single glance who she is.

What a cool standoff we're having here. Yes! This is the right way to end this tournament arc! My beloved rival. You always know how to make things interesting!

"Why… Why are you doing this!?" Rose shouted at him.

"War." He replies with that menacing and distorted voice of his.

"What!? What war!?" Alexia shouts.

"A war which is millennia in the making. A war that has and will continue to be waged. A war that has been waged countless times over countless lifetimes. A war that always signals the end of an age." He replies ominously. Alpha, Beta, Rose and Alexia seem to react to what he said by frowning. I wonder why. Do they find that cool too?

"You mean… your conflict with Shadow…!?" Alexia says. Oh, right. So they know the setting we're going with too. This is getting interesting.

"You… monsters….!" Oh look. Iris returns, carrying that Artifact I threw away.

"If you two want to fight… why involve our kingdom!? Why threaten our peace!?" Iris shouts as she once again brandishes the blade.

"How else can it end an age? Heh heh heh." He says without feeling a single speck of remorse.

"What do you mean by ending an age?" Alpha asks warily.

"You shall see it soon." He replies as he brandishes his staff and flies to the sky, with me following him by flying as well.

I escaped the VIP booth along with my parents. This is crazy! One moment we're watching the tournament, the next moment we're in a warzone! King Midgar was killed by King Oriana and now chaos suddenly break out.

"Claude! Where is he!?" My mother shouts worriedly.

"He should be fine! He was with Lady Beatrix!" My father replies, although he himself is uncertain about brother's fate.

As I ran, I suddenly feel… unwell. In fact, I feel… pain… in my left chest and I fall to the floor. Is this…?

"Charlotte?" My mother calls out.

"I'm fine! Let's go!" I reply as I stand up to continue running while enduring the pain.

On the way we meet 3 people clad in night black robes. From their silhouette, I can tell they're all women.

"Who are you people!?" My father shouts warily.

"Have no fear. We are Shadow Garden and we're here to escort you out." Says one of them who I noticed has white long hair flowing out of her hood and a dagger strapped in her hips.

"What!?"

"This entire place has become a warzone. You must escape."

"Why are you helping us!?" My father exclaims, not immediately trusting them.

"Because your son is a valuable ally to the Shadow Garden and we won't allow his family to be harmed. Let's go."

"Hahhh. Alright. But I demand full explanation about why my son is in contact with criminals like you!" My father exclaims before urging us to follow them.

I follow them while enduring this pain.

Oh brother… The day that I feared… has come...

Author's Note:

If you noticed, Sherry's mask design is the same as Lutheran's mask in his manga design. Also, lookie here. Managed to finish this chapter before the day ends (Still 2nd December 2023 at the time of this writing). Might as well upload it before I got busy.

TheVirtualPug: Then what happens when she finds out MM is Shadow? Will she still believe the brother thing?

Answer: You will see.

Lifedies: Dang how much is claire gonna try to damage cids mob persona gonna suffer cause of this fight

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