Chapter 135: Banishment
OminousRain
I am become Death
Chapter 135: Banishment
Whoa! Dodged that laser beam! That was close… Not!
Ohh! Magic bullets? It didn't track and follow me like the Necromancer's magic projectiles though. Instead this monster just shoots more of them when they fail to hit me.
Also the constant reliance on the ring of light for defence and simple predictable moves when dodging my attacks, which makes it unable to respond properly to feints... Man, this is reminding me of the earlier undead minions I fought… they were like video game enemies, merely move following simple AI and predictable movesets. And the Necromancer said it's more dangero—
Oh? I see the Necromancer facing several skeletal hands coming out of portals trying to capture him. That monster is truly obsessed with him, isn't it? That's why it focuses its full effort on him rather than me. Did he pissed that monster somehow? I'd like to watch but at this rate I won't get much more action than this! I need to help hi—
*BWOOOSH*
Whoa! Whoa! Calm down with the laser beam while I'm thinking, will you?
Luckily I'm already used to its attack pattern so I can dodge that attack without focusing as much as before. That's why this battle has become boring. Time to end this little game.
"NOCTURNAL BIRDCAGE!!" I sent out wires made out of slime to capture the skull head and tighten the grip, causing the skull to crack and eventually gets destroyed, whereupon I proceeded to destroy it completely with an I Am Atomic attack.
"Now let's deal with the res--" My words are cut because I had to dodge a scythe coming out of a portal. I've seen that scythe vaporize the Necromancer's barrier so they are no joke.
Oh? Several portals opened and laser beams came out of them, aiming at me. Reminds me that I didn't get to play with Don Jon's laser traps in his vault because of that bald guy. What was his name again? Not important. What's important right now is that I can finally play with the laser beams!
"Ha ha ha ha! Now that's more like it!" I dodge the streams of laser beams coming from several directions like what they did in those spy films, except I'm midair. I twist and turn my body in order to dodge the barrage of laser beams. With how I trained my body to become as flexible as possible, I could pass through the even the narrowest opening in the laser beams. I could become a contortionist with this body.
Is this the third phase? I wonder how long will it take for me to crack your moveset?
Oh? The Necromancer seems to be doing some kind of magic tug of war with the monster beyond the portal. Are they absorbing each other's magic or something? At first the monster wins by a large margin but now that the Necromancer had his staff assist him, he's now winning.
Looks like my assistance is unnecessary, as expected of my nemesis.
"SCREEEEEEECH!!!!" Ohh… The Nazgul screech again. The monster is angry.
*BOOOOM*
Oh? It feels like the… space around us is… shaking? That's the only way I can describe the chaos and shaking I'm currently feeling.
I'm shaking like I'm in an earthquake even though I'm in midair! How crazy is that?
The quake broke the tug of war between my nemesis and the monster that he gracefully dubbed Thanatos.
So it turns out that the monster wasn't Satan after all. Where is he then?
Is that monster trying to breach the dimension to forcefully enter this world? That's actually dangerous even for me. I'd take chaos and destruction any day but not when it could possibly destroy this world, which is where I keep my money and where I play as the Eminence in Shadow.
"Nemesis! Hold him back, will you?" And my nemesis agreed and I simply grin in response. You don't have to tell me twice! I create a pair of black wings from my slime coat and infused them with I Am Atomic magic and…
"I AM ATOMIC RAIN!!!" I shoot the feathers from the wings, each of which contain Atomic magic, towards the portals and let them explode. Some of the portals even closed after I shoot them. I tried to unleash as much magic as the Necromancer's Apocalypse. If I unleashed them to the ground, it would become… still Grand Canyon? But with deeper holes and craters?
I bet that hurts, eh? I think so, because I can feel the monster's terrifying killing intent on me. Heh heh heh. How thrilling. Bring it on!
While the Necromancer is charging his spell, I faced the monster's wrath head on, dodging not only the laser beams coming out of those portals but also the skeletal hands and gigantic scythes, occasionally sending more feathers to destroy the scythes and skeletal hands to reduce the amount of things I had to dodge.
Hopefully this doesn't take long! The quake in space is making it harder to dodge the barrage of attacks!
"Oof!" I grunted as a laser beam created a hole in my stomach again. Damn space quake. Luckily I am better at healing magic now so I can heal many more holes and even lost limb. Losing my head is another story though. Maybe I need that healing factor/regeneration like those vampires. It'll be cool to let enemies think they've won by decapitating me, only for me to reattach my head. Yes. That's certainly cool... but I must be careful in how I develop the regeneration magic.
As I was contemplating on regeneration magic, another hole is made in my stomach by the laser beams. Oof. Will I have stomach ache after healing it? I hope not. I must not let my thoughts distract me and I must also focus on the task at hand. Now, let me return the favour, beastie. I Am Atomic Rain!!!
I devoured quite a bit of Thanatos' soul and he devoured a bit of mine in return. Both of our souls are damaged as a result but I cannot falter now! I must end this before my soul wound overwhelms me in front of so many enemies! I also cannot heal my soul by digesting the soul I just devoured yet or I'll be overwhelmed by unfiltered memories and would lose focus. His soul is one that I fully intend to integrate into mine and thus I will not filter it, no matter how painful the integration process might be.
As I am preparing a spell to close both the portals opened by Thanatos and the Black Rose in order to prevent Thanatos from breaching the barrier between dimensions and enter this realm with his full body, Shadow aided me in distracting the creature so I won't be interrupted.
My nemesis is truly a reliable partner. If he is an evil villain like me… we could work together, scheme together… mostly against each other, and only joining forces when facing common enemies like this one… so perhaps not much difference from what we're doing right now. Villains rarely get along. The Rounds are prime example of that.
"Shadow!" No. 001 shouts, disagreeing with her master's decision to support me. Unlike her master she is so unreliable and defiant. I have only myself to blame though, heh heh heh.
"Stand down, No. 001. Your master has made his decision to cooperate with me because he simply knows better than you. Be a good dog and obey his will. Surely you wouldn't want to make things worse for all of us again?" She simply glared in response to my words. Seriously, even my Seven Wraiths, minions that I control purely using fear, are far more obedient. And they contain unstable individuals like the late Carmilla! I feel like my minions are winning in some aspects. I need to have them fight the Seven Shades soon. Heh heh heh.
"Fine then. But that doesn't mean I can't do this." She said as she placed the tip of her sword on my back again, once again aiming for my heart. "Once you're done with your spell, I will kill you." She said, most likely with a sadistic grin that I wish I could see.
"Heh heh heh. You're certainly welcome to try, No. 001." I said fearlessly as I continued weaving my spell. Soon enough, the space quake stops and the portals began closing one by one. Thanatos resists with all his might by attempting to breach the dimensions further but I don't allow him. His brute force method is simply no match to my mastery of space magic.
Eventually the portals close and I began facing the Black Rose, which is still shining in the sky and still spawning random monsters who fled the place the moment they spawn.
As I was about to close it though… I sensed that the 4th realm is currently connected to another realm… a realm which is familiar to me… a realm where I came from…
Huh…? Where… did I… come from?
Arrgh… Of course I came from Earth. Looks like Thanatos devoured the memory of Earth when he sucked my soul. Luckily the memories exist in the brain as well, like a backup in case the soul lost it. I've lost almost half of my memories of the old world during my reincarnation and I won't let myself lose more. Even if the memories aren't that precious or significant, it still defines who I am and makes me different from Thanatos, who has lost everything.
*BOOOOM*
Ugh. I feel Thanatos trying to breach the dimensional barriers once again. I must close the Black Rose for now. I have the coordinate of the 4th realm and its orbit for the next few months so I can pay a visit later in order to cross into my old world for a vacation of sorts, and perhaps it will help me regain some of my lost memories.
Closing the Black Rose is easier than closing the portals opened by Thanatos. Looks like I've underestimated my own space magic capabilities. To think that the magic I developed is actually far more advanced than the hundred years of research done by Cult scientists… Ohh, how the Cult have stagnated due to infighting and facing no external threat for centuries. Well… at least those impotent rats provide good stepping stone for me. Heh heh heh.
After the Black Rose is closed, the sky returns to normal again and stars became visible in the cloudless night sky. It is at this moment that I feel No. 001 plunge her blade into my back, piercing my heart.
"Farewell… my worst nightmare." She whispered.
"Heh… So eager to say goodbye, are you, my dear Experiment No. 001?" I said with clear voice, undisturbed by the blade which pierced my heart.
"What!?"
"You think you can kill me with a simple stab in the heart? Did you think I'm a vampire? You underestimate me greatly, No. 001." I said as I snap my fingers, causing her slime suit to form spikes inwards, piercing her body on multiple places similar to what I've done to the Shadow Garden minions I killed before facing them. They may be able to resist this spell before but now that she's at point blank range, there's no way she can wrestle control of her slime suit from my necromancy.
"Aghh…" She moaned painfully as I turn back to watch the face she's making. Ohh how sweet her face is when it is twisted in agony as she drops to the ground.
"Do not worry. I intentionally avoided your vital parts. You are still my precious experimental subject after all. But you've been absent from my lab for long enough. Now it is time to return." I said as I reach out to her slowly and ominously.
"Sha…. dow…" She mumbled her master's name and coughs up blood.
But before I can take her with me, she is whisked away by Shadow himself, who now held her in his arms in a princess carry. Shadow also healed her wounds immediately, prioritizing her life before his own because he clearly ignored his own wounds, including those holes in his stomach.
"Shadow… I'm… sor…"
"Say no more, Alpha. Rest now." He said as he laid her to the ground and turns to face me.
"Now then. Shall we continue, nemesis?" He said with a grin. So eager to face me again, eh? Unfortunately, I am not in the condition to face him so I have to… give him a little surprise.
"Eager, aren't you, nemesis? But neither of us is in any condition to fight seriously. Instead, let's see if you can escape this!" I declared as I opened a portal to the 4th realm behind him. He didn't even resist and merely grinned as he allowed himself to be sucked by the portal and disappear.
Heh heh heh. I know that grin. This is certainly not going to be the last time I'll see him. I wonder if he will escape by mastering space magic or through brute force like what Thanatos did? I look forward to see what he will do.
"What… did you do…?" No. 001 asked with a horrified expression. Yes… that face. Heh heh heh.
"I banished him to another realm. It's up to him whether he could escape or not. But as long as he hasn't… I shall reign supreme."
Author's Note:
I didn't intend to do this at first but all those Jujutsu Kaisen comments (from Fanfiction.net) and the Requiem for Scattered Shadows makes me decide to do this. How will Shadow Garden survive without their master? Find out in the next episode of The Not Shibuya Incident in Shadows.
Whoa! Dodged that laser beam! That was close… Not!
Ohh! Magic bullets? It didn't track and follow me like the Necromancer's magic projectiles though. Instead this monster just shoots more of them when they fail to hit me.
Also the constant reliance on the ring of light for defence and simple predictable moves when dodging my attacks, which makes it unable to respond properly to feints... Man, this is reminding me of the earlier undead minions I fought… they were like video game enemies, merely move following simple AI and predictable movesets. And the Necromancer said it's more dangero—
Oh? I see the Necromancer facing several skeletal hands coming out of portals trying to capture him. That monster is truly obsessed with him, isn't it? That's why it focuses its full effort on him rather than me. Did he pissed that monster somehow? I'd like to watch but at this rate I won't get much more action than this! I need to help hi—
*BWOOOSH*
Whoa! Whoa! Calm down with the laser beam while I'm thinking, will you?
Luckily I'm already used to its attack pattern so I can dodge that attack without focusing as much as before. That's why this battle has become boring. Time to end this little game.
"NOCTURNAL BIRDCAGE!!" I sent out wires made out of slime to capture the skull head and tighten the grip, causing the skull to crack and eventually gets destroyed, whereupon I proceeded to destroy it completely with an I Am Atomic attack.
"Now let's deal with the res--" My words are cut because I had to dodge a scythe coming out of a portal. I've seen that scythe vaporize the Necromancer's barrier so they are no joke.
Oh? Several portals opened and laser beams came out of them, aiming at me. Reminds me that I didn't get to play with Don Jon's laser traps in his vault because of that bald guy. What was his name again? Not important. What's important right now is that I can finally play with the laser beams!
"Ha ha ha ha! Now that's more like it!" I dodge the streams of laser beams coming from several directions like what they did in those spy films, except I'm midair. I twist and turn my body in order to dodge the barrage of laser beams. With how I trained my body to become as flexible as possible, I could pass through the even the narrowest opening in the laser beams. I could become a contortionist with this body.
Is this the third phase? I wonder how long will it take for me to crack your moveset?
Oh? The Necromancer seems to be doing some kind of magic tug of war with the monster beyond the portal. Are they absorbing each other's magic or something? At first the monster wins by a large margin but now that the Necromancer had his staff assist him, he's now winning.
Looks like my assistance is unnecessary, as expected of my nemesis.
"SCREEEEEEECH!!!!" Ohh… The Nazgul screech again. The monster is angry.
*BOOOOM*
Oh? It feels like the… space around us is… shaking? That's the only way I can describe the chaos and shaking I'm currently feeling.
I'm shaking like I'm in an earthquake even though I'm in midair! How crazy is that?
The quake broke the tug of war between my nemesis and the monster that he gracefully dubbed Thanatos.
So it turns out that the monster wasn't Satan after all. Where is he then?
Is that monster trying to breach the dimension to forcefully enter this world? That's actually dangerous even for me. I'd take chaos and destruction any day but not when it could possibly destroy this world, which is where I keep my money and where I play as the Eminence in Shadow.
"Nemesis! Hold him back, will you?" And my nemesis agreed and I simply grin in response. You don't have to tell me twice! I create a pair of black wings from my slime coat and infused them with I Am Atomic magic and…
"I AM ATOMIC RAIN!!!" I shoot the feathers from the wings, each of which contain Atomic magic, towards the portals and let them explode. Some of the portals even closed after I shoot them. I tried to unleash as much magic as the Necromancer's Apocalypse. If I unleashed them to the ground, it would become… still Grand Canyon? But with deeper holes and craters?
I bet that hurts, eh? I think so, because I can feel the monster's terrifying killing intent on me. Heh heh heh. How thrilling. Bring it on!
While the Necromancer is charging his spell, I faced the monster's wrath head on, dodging not only the laser beams coming out of those portals but also the skeletal hands and gigantic scythes, occasionally sending more feathers to destroy the scythes and skeletal hands to reduce the amount of things I had to dodge.
Hopefully this doesn't take long! The quake in space is making it harder to dodge the barrage of attacks!
"Oof!" I grunted as a laser beam created a hole in my stomach again. Damn space quake. Luckily I am better at healing magic now so I can heal many more holes and even lost limb. Losing my head is another story though. Maybe I need that healing factor/regeneration like those vampires. It'll be cool to let enemies think they've won by decapitating me, only for me to reattach my head. Yes. That's certainly cool... but I must be careful in how I develop the regeneration magic.
As I was contemplating on regeneration magic, another hole is made in my stomach by the laser beams. Oof. Will I have stomach ache after healing it? I hope not. I must not let my thoughts distract me and I must also focus on the task at hand. Now, let me return the favour, beastie. I Am Atomic Rain!!!
I devoured quite a bit of Thanatos' soul and he devoured a bit of mine in return. Both of our souls are damaged as a result but I cannot falter now! I must end this before my soul wound overwhelms me in front of so many enemies! I also cannot heal my soul by digesting the soul I just devoured yet or I'll be overwhelmed by unfiltered memories and would lose focus. His soul is one that I fully intend to integrate into mine and thus I will not filter it, no matter how painful the integration process might be.
As I am preparing a spell to close both the portals opened by Thanatos and the Black Rose in order to prevent Thanatos from breaching the barrier between dimensions and enter this realm with his full body, Shadow aided me in distracting the creature so I won't be interrupted.
My nemesis is truly a reliable partner. If he is an evil villain like me… we could work together, scheme together… mostly against each other, and only joining forces when facing common enemies like this one… so perhaps not much difference from what we're doing right now. Villains rarely get along. The Rounds are prime example of that.
"Shadow!" No. 001 shouts, disagreeing with her master's decision to support me. Unlike her master she is so unreliable and defiant. I have only myself to blame though, heh heh heh.
"Stand down, No. 001. Your master has made his decision to cooperate with me because he simply knows better than you. Be a good dog and obey his will. Surely you wouldn't want to make things worse for all of us again?" She simply glared in response to my words. Seriously, even my Seven Wraiths, minions that I control purely using fear, are far more obedient. And they contain unstable individuals like the late Carmilla! I feel like my minions are winning in some aspects. I need to have them fight the Seven Shades soon. Heh heh heh.
"Fine then. But that doesn't mean I can't do this." She said as she placed the tip of her sword on my back again, once again aiming for my heart. "Once you're done with your spell, I will kill you." She said, most likely with a sadistic grin that I wish I could see.
"Heh heh heh. You're certainly welcome to try, No. 001." I said fearlessly as I continued weaving my spell. Soon enough, the space quake stops and the portals began closing one by one. Thanatos resists with all his might by attempting to breach the dimensions further but I don't allow him. His brute force method is simply no match to my mastery of space magic.
Eventually the portals close and I began facing the Black Rose, which is still shining in the sky and still spawning random monsters who fled the place the moment they spawn.
As I was about to close it though… I sensed that the 4th realm is currently connected to another realm… a realm which is familiar to me… a realm where I came from…
Huh…? Where… did I… come from?
Arrgh… Of course I came from Earth. Looks like Thanatos devoured the memory of Earth when he sucked my soul. Luckily the memories exist in the brain as well, like a backup in case the soul lost it. I've lost almost half of my memories of the old world during my reincarnation and I won't let myself lose more. Even if the memories aren't that precious or significant, it still defines who I am and makes me different from Thanatos, who has lost everything.
*BOOOOM*
Ugh. I feel Thanatos trying to breach the dimensional barriers once again. I must close the Black Rose for now. I have the coordinate of the 4th realm and its orbit for the next few months so I can pay a visit later in order to cross into my old world for a vacation of sorts, and perhaps it will help me regain some of my lost memories.
Closing the Black Rose is easier than closing the portals opened by Thanatos. Looks like I've underestimated my own space magic capabilities. To think that the magic I developed is actually far more advanced than the hundred years of research done by Cult scientists… Ohh, how the Cult have stagnated due to infighting and facing no external threat for centuries. Well… at least those impotent rats provide good stepping stone for me. Heh heh heh.
After the Black Rose is closed, the sky returns to normal again and stars became visible in the cloudless night sky. It is at this moment that I feel No. 001 plunge her blade into my back, piercing my heart.
"Farewell… my worst nightmare." She whispered.
"Heh… So eager to say goodbye, are you, my dear Experiment No. 001?" I said with clear voice, undisturbed by the blade which pierced my heart.
"What!?"
"You think you can kill me with a simple stab in the heart? Did you think I'm a vampire? You underestimate me greatly, No. 001." I said as I snap my fingers, causing her slime suit to form spikes inwards, piercing her body on multiple places similar to what I've done to the Shadow Garden minions I killed before facing them. They may be able to resist this spell before but now that she's at point blank range, there's no way she can wrestle control of her slime suit from my necromancy.
"Aghh…" She moaned painfully as I turn back to watch the face she's making. Ohh how sweet her face is when it is twisted in agony as she drops to the ground.
"Do not worry. I intentionally avoided your vital parts. You are still my precious experimental subject after all. But you've been absent from my lab for long enough. Now it is time to return." I said as I reach out to her slowly and ominously.
"Sha…. dow…" She mumbled her master's name and coughs up blood.
But before I can take her with me, she is whisked away by Shadow himself, who now held her in his arms in a princess carry. Shadow also healed her wounds immediately, prioritizing her life before his own because he clearly ignored his own wounds, including those holes in his stomach.
"Shadow… I'm… sor…"
"Say no more, Alpha. Rest now." He said as he laid her to the ground and turns to face me.
"Now then. Shall we continue, nemesis?" He said with a grin. So eager to face me again, eh? Unfortunately, I am not in the condition to face him so I have to… give him a little surprise.
"Eager, aren't you, nemesis? But neither of us is in any condition to fight seriously. Instead, let's see if you can escape this!" I declared as I opened a portal to the 4th realm behind him. He didn't even resist and merely grinned as he allowed himself to be sucked by the portal and disappear.
Heh heh heh. I know that grin. This is certainly not going to be the last time I'll see him. I wonder if he will escape by mastering space magic or through brute force like what Thanatos did? I look forward to see what he will do.
"What… did you do…?" No. 001 asked with a horrified expression. Yes… that face. Heh heh heh.
"I banished him to another realm. It's up to him whether he could escape or not. But as long as he hasn't… I shall reign supreme."
Author's Note:
I didn't intend to do this at first but all those Jujutsu Kaisen comments (from Fanfiction.net) and the Requiem for Scattered Shadows makes me decide to do this. How will Shadow Garden survive without their master? Find out in the next episode of The Not Shibuya Incident in Shadows.
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