Chapter 30: The Necromancer's Trial
How surprising. It seems that you didn't want to miss out on the fun, eh? My nemesis, the Necromancer? Though… Something's off with you. I can't put my finger on it but… I suppose I'll find out once we engage in battle. As for the woman… whom I will affectionately call Violet-san from now on… She looks pretty strong too. From her appearance and demeanor she seems to be a ranged attacker like the Necromancer. This is going to be fun.
Violet-san started attacking first by summoning a bunch of red spears made of blood which emerged from the ground, targeting both me and the Necromancer. I dodged and the Necromancer merely blocked it with his signature barrier.
The Necromancer retaliated by casting his lightning spell, which destroys a bunch of spears by jumping through each one, a Chain Lightning spell. The lightning eventually split into two, targeting us both as they jump from spear to spear. We both dodged the attack as the lighting harmlessly hit the ground we were standing on.
Deciding it was my turn to give the opening attack, I sent shockwaves through my slash to the both of them. As I thought, Violet-san dodged while the Necromancer blocked it with his barrier.
"You're getting sloppy, my nemesis." I said, addressing the Necromancer. He didn't respond. As I thought. This is a fake. His battle conversation skills are extremely lacking compared to our first encounter. Almost disappointing. Almost.
The Necromancer fired a barrage of fireballs at both of us. I dodged while occasionally slicing through some fireballs, causing them to explode midair. Violet-san also summoned her spears to block the fireballs, causing them to explode upon impact. But I know this trick. He used it once against me. Pretty sure it was from a certain famous shonen manga.
The fireballs that we didn't destroy gathered around us. With a snap of his fingers, the fireballs that surrounds us flew at us at high speed. Violet-san was surprised but quickly summoned her spears to intercept them while I effortlessly dodged them. She was unable to block all the fireballs and thus was hurt by some fireballs hitting her while dodging others.
I moved at high speed to attack the Necromancer but he used teleportation magic to switch places with Violet-san who blocked my slash with a red scythe made of blood. Heh heh. I'm glad you're still able to use new tricks despite being a fake. Figuring out the beauty of your trap spells are some of the things I enjoyed most when fighting you.
Violet-san was bewildered at the sudden change in location but she was able to respond accordingly. That's good. She's not just a third wheel between us but a true challenger. I noticed that she's not at full strength but despite that her communication skills is still better than the Necromancer's. I can read the complexities of her movements better than the Necromancer's, whose movements are almost robotic. He didn't even use his favorite staff which I'm sure was made of a metal which is stronger than mythril.
She pushed me away with her scythe and summoned several more scythes that she threw at both of us. The difference between the spears and the scythes is that the scythes behaved like boomerangs and would change directions to chase us when we dodged.
The Necromancer predictably blocked them with his barrier and I took advantage of it by destroying his barrier with a long range slash, forcing him to dodge the rest of the flying scythes and destroying some of them by firing fireballs at them.
The Necromancer then placed his hands on the ground and a bunch of zombie knights and skeletons emerged from the ground. Now that's how a true necromancer fights! The zombies and skeletons jumped to attack us both with more skill and power than the zombies I've encountered in his dungeon and in school. It's good that he has improved them.
Three undead warriors went for overhead slashes from above and I parried all three of them at once with my sword and riposted by unleashing a wide slash which decapitated them. They explode into motes of light when defeated.
Violet-san struggled a bit after finding out that the undead warriors cannot die when she skewered them with her red spears. She got hurt a bit from their attacks but after seeing me defeating the undead by decapitating them, she followed suit by decapitating the undead warriors facing her with her scythe.
We looked up and found that the Necromancer is charging a huge spell, which summons a bunch of cloud in the sky. "Ho ho… so he can even control the weather!" I muttered excitedly. The gathered cloud began raining down lightning which targets us both. We were both forced on the defensive as we deal with his undead minions and dodging his lightning strikes. Violet-san sent more flying scythes after him but he blocked them by creating new barriers.
I sent another long range slash to destroy his barrier once again, causing one of Violet-san's scythes to graze his shoulder, breaking his lightning storm spell as the gathered cloud stopped firing lightning at us. We both took the chance to finish the rest of his undead warriors after that.
"Hmph… It's been fun. But it's a shame that you're not the real one." I muttered as I moved at high speed and instantly appeared behind the Necromancer, stabbing him from behind.
"It… can't be…!" Muttered Nelson as he saw the Necromancer get stabbed by Shadow.
"The way he fights… the way he commands fire and lightning… like that time back in school. But for some reason his spells are less destructive than they were back then. And now he was defeated by Shadow easily." Alexia said.
But as they thought Shadow has won the fight, something happens to the Necromancer.
"What!?" Exclaimed Beta who was certain of her lord's victory and was surprised to see what happened.
Eh? My slime sword melts? Ow! My hand! I retreated immediately and saw that the Necromancer is covered by an ominous black aura which is responsible for melting my sword and harming my hand. Some of the skin in my right hand has been peeled off, exposing the flesh underneath. It must be that rot magic that Zeta described. If I got caught by that for a longer time, both my magic defense and my flesh will be vaporized. How dangerous.
I created another sword and sent another long range slash, which he blocked by creating a shockwave from his palm. Violet-san summoned a large amount of spears which surrounded the entire arena to attack both of us. The Necromancer simply used ice magic to freeze the spears before they could reach him. I dodged the spears, occasionally jumping through some of them, and then I got close enough to slice her through the chest. She smiled as she disappeared into motes of light, the red spears disappearing with her.
"I hope I can face you at your full strength one day."
I faced my final challenge, the Necromancer, who cancelled his rot magic aura and is charging another lightning storm spell but I instantly appeared in front of him and decapitated him. I grabbed his head before it fell to the ground. His skull mask fell off, revealing a real skull underneath.
"Hmph. As I thought." That's why stabbing him in the chest didn't work. This clone works the same way as his undead minions. The real one was flesh and blood just like me. I let his skull fall to the ground and it explodes into motes of light along with his body.
"Until we meet again, my nemesis." I said with a smile before jumping to the sky, leaving the entire crowd in awe.
*Clap Clap Clap*
"Applause to you, my nemesis. You put on such a good show." I clap my hands as I watched Shadow's battle against my clone that I planted into the Sanctuary's ancient clone warriors system through a mirror screen which is linked to my spy camera spells.
"Shadow…." Sherry, who is watching beside me, gritted her teeth as the clone failed to kill him as she expected.
"Don't be mad, Sherry. This is neither a failure nor a setback. The clone was never meant to kill him. It's meant to let us gather more information on his powers and battle strategies. This data will help us face him in the future."
"Yes… Lord Necromancer."
"Now then. Let us go back to your training, shall we?"
"Yes."
"He won!" Exclaimed Alexia.
"Impossible! Both of them defeated!? That was Aurora and Necromancer! How!?" Nelson said in disbelief.
As he was about to utter more words in disbelief, he was interrupted by a rumbling sound.
"What's going on!?" Exclaimed Rose.
The barrier that surrounds the arena to protect the audience cracked and shatters. Then a huge magical gate appeared in the center of the arena. The acting Archbishop ordered the evacuation of the audience immediately.
Alpha watched the gate from afar with Delta and a few Numbers at her side.
"So the Sanctuary has answered to you. Shadow… So you knew…" Alpha said as she glanced at the direction that Shadow flew off to.
"And Necromancer… To think you would appear here too. Even as a poor facsimile."
"Lady Alpha. We're ready." Said a member of the Numbers.
"Let's move in. Delta. Come with me."
"Got it!" Exclaimed Delta excitedly.
Author's Note:
The Necromancer's clone is the one that participated in the battle with Aurora, not the real Necromancer. The real one is busy training Sherry so he cannot personally come to Lindwurm. Hope you enjoyed the battle scene.
BetweenIandGirl: Divergence has awaken, a past, a shadow, and a fate had collided... yeah why am I making this commentary chapter poetic? But hell yeah, Claude think there's more reincarnate but in reality it's all shadow.
Answer: Why is your poetry sounded like it belongs in the next chapter?
Yeah, Cid's S-Rank luck is protecting him from being found out by Claude, who is in some case smarter than him.
Wholesome07: Hol' up! HOLY COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER UNDER SECTION 107 OF THE COPYRIGHT ACT 1976. There's no way in hell he rememeber and memorise them and I'm looking forward to the 1v1v1 battle or should i say their "love traingle." *Inserts Korean Drama music of 2 men fighting for 1 women*
Answer: Maybe he's just fascinated by isekais. ;P
J-More: Those were some very good copyright infringements, you have good taste, also, I love how you work with the comedy on more calmer moments.
Answer: I actually haven't read Re: Zero and Saga of Tanya the Evil, only including them because they were part of Isekai Quartet.
Glad you liked the comedy. I always worry that they weren't funny enough, especially the Otome Villainess chapter.
primenidus: A three way battle royal oooh things are gettin spicy
Answer: Spicy hot. ;P
Professional Reader20: For some reason, my phone is not letting me download this story. Is anyone else having this problem?
Answer: I'm having that problem too, actually. Few weeks ago I can download this story but after I updated it, it was erased from my download and I cannot download it anymore. I dunno why. My other story is not having that problem.