Chapter 155: King of Monsters

I stayed in Akihabara while Mari and many other Akihabara warriors left the city on a mission. I've seen them leaving for subjugation missions and this is the first time I've seen them leaving with such huge numbers. Even without Mari telling me anything I can tell that they're going to war. War against Necromancer.

Curse you, Necromancer. Your evil knows no bounds that you would wage war even against a ruined world infested by otherworldly monsters.

I've grown… rather fond of Mari for her kindness in letting me stay here and her sincere smile. I can see in her eyes that something burdens her conscience a lot. She could've asked me for help and I would've helped her but… she chose not to… so all I could do for her was train her in the ways of the shadows, which helped her immensely with her training with that bald monk.

At least, even with the huge number of warriors she took with her, she didn't take more than 50% of Akihabara's forces so that probably means they will be joining other factions in an alliance that I've heard being formed lately. Her two companions didn't even accompany her, which leads me to believe that she wasn't heading towards a final battle of sorts… not yet.

Speaking of her companions, it seems they've come to my room for a visit. How rare it is considering how they're always nervous around me. Oh? It seems that their leader has come too, a man who wears funny animal costume and mysteriously shares his name with one of the Thirteen Night Blades who has already been killed by Shadow. Despite his ridiculous appearance, I didn't underestimate him. He is a man who controls his emotions the way a politician does, as expected of a leader of a faction. As a leading figure myself, I understand his motives.

"Good afternoon, Alpha-dono. I trust you find our accommodations comfortable?" The man in animal suit, Kuzaya, greets politely.

"Yes I am, Kuzaya-san. Thank you. I find the accommodations you provided to be excellent." I reply in fluent Japanese, surprising the two girls in red and green. And I'm not even kidding. The convenience of their products is revolutionary, surpassing even Mitsugoshi's technology. I might need to bring some of them home... if I could go home that is.

"She spoke… fluently…" Says the girl in red, Aki, with her jaw hanging.

"Even though Mari-chan just taught her Japanese for a few weeks…!" Says the girl in green, Shiina, equally surprised as Aki.

"Ahem. It seems that you've learned Japanese quite quickly. That's reassuring. That means you can make friends in Akihabara now. If you're feeling up to it, you may explore the city if you like." Kuzaya says politely, not expressing how much he is surprised. I know that he's hiding something but he at least didn't feel malicious to me.

Though… about exploring the city, I've already done so in secret.

"Thank you. Perhaps I will do that soon. Though… I'm sure that's not the reason you're here, isn't it?" I say while locking eyes with him. He now knows that he cannot distract me with idle chatter in order to obtain information about me, information that I'm still reluctant to share, especially after that incident with that scientist from Messiah.

"Hm. Indeed. I'll be frank with you then, Alpha-dono. In truth, the masked man you faced, The Occult Killer, has declared war against us all. Not just Akihabara but all of mankind. According to Mari-chan, you spoke the same language as him. You seem to know things about him that we do not know… and your power level is… the closest we got to his. Can you tell us… can we defeat him?" He ask a question with worried eyes, no longer hiding his emotions and spoke honestly.

"I know you're expecting me to fight him and rest assured that I plan to… but I'm no match for him. Me and my sisters have tried and… we were completely outmatched." I return his honesty with honesty.

"Then… How can we defeat him!?" Aki says with desperation in her voice.

"I know of a man who can defeat that monster. But he's currently… out of our reach." I say as I look out of the window. The image of a man in black flashes in my mind.

"Who is he!? And why is he out of our reach!?" Aki says with sharp tone.

"Aki-chan! Calm down!" Says Shiina while pulling Aki back.

"He is… my master. The reason he is out of our reach is because… that monster banished him to another realm. Only when he returns that we can hope to turn the tide in our favour."

I stood at the top of the Tokyo Tower with the bloated emperor beneath my feet impaled by the tower's tip. I observe how the poor people have been escorted to the shelters thanks to the efforts of two heroines, Nishino Akane and Mari Blue.

They did well in dealing with the zombie apocalypse I started in the middle of the city by raising one zombie and letting said zombie turn other people into zombies. Turning people into zombies remotely is fun. I've used this kind of magic on my Reaper Squad to prevent them from getting interrogated but this is the first time I've successfully turn it into a proper zombie apocalypse event. I need to start doing this in Midgar when I return.

Either way, my Doomsday Cultists have infiltrated the city while everyone is distracted by the zombies and within a few hours, this entire city is doomed. But in order to ensure that their movements go smoothly, I need to cause another distraction.

"Red Ranger. I order you to start your attack." I commanded the red ranger telepathically, although I know he won't obey. I just want to witness his betrayal and amuse myself with his futile struggles. I predict that he will immediately betray me.

Responding to my command, the three zords moved forward just in time for the monster army I brought to breach the walls of Tokyo, leading the defernders to struggle desperately to defend the city from my army of undead and monsters.

"He won't…. listen… to you…" The foolish bloated emperor, still conscious despite his condition, spoke defiantly. And I wouldn't have it any other way.

"I know. I want to see how far he'll go with his betrayal." And because whether he betrays me or not, he still serves me in the end.

And just as we predicted, the three zords immediately attacks the monster army from the rear, giving the city's defenders some breathing room while they try their best to stop the zombie army from entering the breach.

But… An enormous power is approaching… and its signature is extremely familiar. Could it be? Heh heh heh. This is getting interesting.

"Heh heh heh. Looks like we're about to witness a great show."

*BOOM*

Out of nowhere, a bright purple explosion occurs outside the walls, destroying several monsters and zombies.

"It's here. Heh heh heh."

"What... is… that…?" The emperor mutters in disbelief over what he's seeing. I myself am quite surprised.

"Have you never watched the movies?"

"I have no… time for such… childish…"

"No wonder why your life is so miserable. You should've at least had some fun whilst politicking. Having fun makes being a villain all the more worth it."

"I'm not… like… you…!"

"You're right. You're nowhere near my level. I'm simply… better."

*BOOM*

The explosion occurs several times more, devastating a portion of my forces. The smoke eventually clears, revealing the black form of the creature responsible for those enormous explosions.

"There you are…. King of Monsters." I say as a giant dinosaur with black scales and purple glowing spikes growing out of its spine reveals itself, shooting beams of purple lights from its mouth, causing more and more explosions as the beams hit the ground.

"T-That's… a T-Rex!?" I say as I see the black dinosaur with black scales and purple glowing spikes growing out of its back emerges from the cloud of smoke. Its chest also glows purple and several lines resembling veins spread out from the glowing chest, as if the glow in its chest is a nuclear reactor that serves as its heart. It's almost like…

"No, Akane-chan! Haven't you seen the movies!? That's Godzilla!" Mari-chan corrected me. I was about to say the same thing. The other defenders watching the kaiju annihilate our enemies also nodded in agreement.

"The design is a bit different though. Godzilla was… chubbier while this one looks a bit more like your typical T-Rex." I say as I recall the form of Godzilla from the movies I used to watch.

"True. But Godzilla is Godzilla! Ha ha ha…! Things are getting crazier and crazier every day, isn't it, Akane-chan? I never thought I'd become a real magical girl fighting alongside power rangers, kamen riders, etc… but seeing a Godzilla? Never in my wildest dreams…" Mari-chan says while laughing at the absurdity of things.

"Yeah. Me too."

"Do you think it would sing nanora?"

"Nanora? What's that?"

"Nevermind. What's next I wonder? King Ghidorah? Gundam? Titans?"

"I hope not. Things are crazy enough as it is." I say while facepalming. We had enough kaiju problems as it is. Though humanity's current condition is kinda similar to that one manga and anime with Titans already.

"That glowing thing on its heart…I sense enormous magic power coming from there. Do you think it's an artificial core of some kind, Akane-chan?"

"I think so. Maybe someone put a nuclear reactor there. I wonder who could've done it… though… I had the feeling that…"

"That your Minoru-kun is the one who did it from beyond the grave?"

"Yeah. It's crazy I know… but…"

"Well… I know that feeling. My brother is dead but… I still get the feeling that he's alive somewhere out there." She says as she looks at the sky.

I wonder what kind of person her brother was like. He must've been a great person if someone like Mari-chan loved him so much and still misses him greatly years after his passing. Was he a great person... like Minoru-kun? To her he must've been, just like how great Minoru-kun was to me.

*BOOM*

"Whoah!" An explosion occurs almost too close to the walls but it didn't even damage the walls even though that kaiju can easily aim for the wall.

"It's not shooting us…!" Mari-chan mutters quietly, but her words are heard by other defenders as well.

"Then that means… Godzilla is on our side!? Woo hoo!"

"Yeeaaaah! Go Godzilla!"

"Godzilla is awesome!"

"""Godzilla! Godzilla! Godzilla!"""

The defenders cheers and chants Godzilla's name, their morale at all time high as they convince themselves that the kaiju is on our side even though that's not really confirmed. But in this situation I really hope that is the case.

"Savior-dono!" I heard a familiar voice spoken through a speaker and turned towards the source, the red human shaped robot approaching our side of the walls by flying with jet powered wings.

"I hope you're not trying to convince me and Mari-chan to join you, red ranger!" I reply with distrust in my voice. I know I'm petty but what he has done today cannot easily erase everything he's done up until now... especially considering they've betrayed their closest ally, who has the Ultrama—Ultra Force, from what I've heard.

"I know I do not deserve forgiveness for what I've done. I don't expect your trust or forgiveness. Just know that we are on your side now and we're ready to die as long as we can destroy that monster." He reply with desperation that I didn't expect out of someone like him… though I suppose what he's feeling now is similar to what this… fake Stylish Bandit Slayer is feeling. A single glance at him and I can already see how much he sympathizes with the red ranger.

"Fine. Just fight the monsters with the best of your abilities and I'll vouch for you joining our alliance. At this point in time we'll need all the help we can get. But the moment you show any sign of betrayal, I'll kill you myself!" I gave him my warning while pointing my sword at him and… through his robot's head, he nods before he left to continue fighting, brandishing his magic coated swords to slice through the monsters like hot knife through butter. I admit, that's kinda cool.

The other two robots, colored blue and green, also brandishes their weapons and starts slaughtering the monster while not allowing the monsters to catch up with their jet powered speed. The green one even has a sniper rifle which it uses to snipe the monster while flying in the air.

"Woah! Those are zords! We got giant robots on our side!"

"That's so cool!"

"Awesome!"

"We can win this!"

The defenders' morale is high now that we are joined by unexpected but powerful new allies… At this rate I'm starting to have hope too. With the King of Monsters Godzilla on our side, I believe we can win this!

Minoru-kun! Wherever you are… thank you!

Author's Note:

Sike! Shadow hasn't returned yet. But don't worry, he will return soon, preferably when you least expect it!

Also, Godzilla finally appears in my fanfic (sort of). Can he turn the tide of battle? Find out in the next episode of the Nanora in Shadow!

TheAbyssWatcher: If he truly has returned, the next is going to be a battle between gods (Shad vs Necro), untouchable by mortals and forever left them in awe and dread. And Japan... won't survive the battle. Still waiting for Thanatos to show up and Necro to finally devour him.

Answer: Not yet. Shadow will return soon but that day is not today.

Generalliam0529: Ok, this might be my wishful thinking as a abdi suporter of lord shadow, but Claude's only real powerup recentlh was thanatos, and whild thag is big, he then went on to mess around on earth for a few months inpresume? (I don't know how long it is) shadow, on the other hand, was sent to the home of ragnorock, who was suposedly even stronger the aurora due to the cults claim that Ragnorock had the highest recorded magic in history (before shadow). And if hes on earth now, it means that shadow, in the midst of fighting of the denisens of the 4th relm, managed to figure out inter relm travel on his own (claude, if I remeber correctly, had, at tbe very least, tbe blood moon as a sorce of infofmation). If this is true, maybe the opposet lf what I see others suggesting will happen. Maybe, spurred on by his fight with thanatos and claude, hes gotten far stronger.

Will Shadow Garden finaly get a win? I think so.

that or im going crazy.

Answer: I've always rated Diablos above Ragnarok since Diablos is more hyped up. But anyway, Shadow is indeed having a training arc in the 4th realm and one of the traces of what he's been doing… is this Godzilla.

Guest: "My best fri- ahem. My great nemesis, you have finally returned." - Necromancer, probably

Answer: Not yet. Not yet.

DerTrap: Welcome back Shadow!

I'm already excited for the upcoming rematch between Dhadow and Necromancer. As I do have the feeling that in the beginning Shadow could prove himself to be stronger... until Thanatos spawns in and everything goes downhil on an apocalyptic scale for everyone that is not named Shadow or Necromancer. But the thing I am most excited is how powerful Necromancer becomes after absorbing Thanatos.

Answer: That will come later unfortunately. And how powerful Necromancer will be? You shall see. I have big plans. Big keikaku.

TheVirtualPug: I'd rather not crossover with other series just yet. I think it would be a good omake or AU but it just doesn't seem right with the story's current plot.

Answer: Yeah I haven't done crossover with other series yet… or maybe I already have, it's just that I'm being very subtle about it. :)

vikinggold32: Congratulations on your one year story, I think I like necromancer more than sahadow. I'll keep reading your work :)

Answer: Thanks. And I'm glad you like him so much, but don't forget that even the Necromancer's character is inspired by Shadow's!