Chapter 160: Magician's Secrets

The time has come. I have finished my little side project and my minions have destroyed every single settlements I could find besides Akihabara and Messiah. I also allowed some survivors to gather somewhere else and of course they chose to gather in Akihabara, which is my next target.

Instead of letting my minions do all the work, I chose to lead the battle personally this time, much to the pleasure and excitement of Yukime and Astaroth. They are excited to see what I would do in this battle, to see what kind of sinister plans I have in store for these poor fools.

"Today Akihabara falls." I mutter as I raise my hand up in the air and using magic to send dust particles to the clouds, filling the sky with it and trapping them there. The dust comes from smoke where I've set fires around the nearby forests beforehand. All I have to do is to hasten the gathering of the dust and smoke to the sky which scatters the blue lights of the sun and leaving only the red lights. The result? Blood red sky that makes the scene appears apocalyptic.

Yukime, Astaroth and the Dommsday Cultists are so impressed by my display of power, even though that was just science I managed to search up in the internet. Yukime was especially impressed because she sensed that I didn't use as much magic as she thought I should to dye the sky red.

Heh heh heh. I could have expended a lot of more magic to cast a huge illusion spell to achieve the same effect but combining it with science makes me feel like a stage magician who uses tricks to do magic. Of course I will never elaborate on my secrets. A magician never reveals his secrets after all.

Anyway, my huge army currently consisted mainly of undead, who are formerly members of the factions that my minions subdued, monsters, both freshly summoned from the 4th Realm and captured from their nests on Earth, and the Doomsday Cultists, whose number increased by recruiting some people from subdued factions as well. They are already scattered to completely encircle the walled settlement like they did back in the battle of Tokyo. They number in the hundreds of thousands. I wonder how the enemy, with merely around 20000 men, will respond.

I can already smell the fear coming from the walled settlement. How delicious.

"How shall we begin, my lord?" Yukime says from beside me.

"Give them a little more time to either fall to despair or find their courage. Either way, we shall show them no mercy."

"You heard that, lads!? Show them no mercy!" Shouts Astaroth to the cultists behind us.

"""OOOOOOHHHH!"""

The day has come at last. After a month and half, the Occult Killer has finally sent his armies against us. Akihabara faction had a lot of time to prepare for this assault… but none of us are prepared for this terrifying atmosphere which greatly exceeds what I've experienced in Tokyo. The blood red sky… the immense power level we currently feel from the enemy army…

Seems like he's more serious now than back then. Perhaps he considers Akihabara a greater threat than Tokyo?

We did gather plenty of allies after all. Although the grand alliance gathered by the tyrannical emperor have collapsed not only due to his death but also due to the greed and selfishness of each major faction leaders, we still secured the assistance of the occultist factions, the power ranger faction, remnants of the imperial forces and Japanese Self Defense Forces, and of course… Alpha-sensei and Godzilla-kun.

All those things combined made us the strongest faction in Japan. The major factions that worked together with Akane-chan's brother who tried to bully us into giving up Alpha-sensei have been destroyed one by one. Many of them pleaded for help but refuse to give anything except money (which is useless in our current state of affairs) in return or at least agree to our conditions of mutual military assistance, insisting on keeping their own forces in their territory while expecting us to spare ours to defend them. Obviously we ignored them. In time we lost contact with them.

Many innocent lives will be lost yes, but Kuzaya-kun taught me that we can't allow them to use their own people, whom THEY are responsible to protect, to pressure us into helping them whilst putting our own people, whom WE are responsible to protect, at risk. What a cruel world we live in.

But looking at the size of the enemy army… I suppose not helping them was a bad idea too… as it has only increased the size of corpses he can collect and reanimate. We have greatly underestimated that ability of his as well. There's probably thousands or even millions of undead out there. But it's too late for regrets for a lose lose scenario like this.

"Steady men." Says Alpha-sensei as she stands alongside me in the walls of Akihabara facing the enemy army. Her presence and words reassured not only me but the other defenders who shivered at the sight of the enemy army. How could she not? She is very well respected among us and has helped us strengthen our defences beyond our imagination.

She is wearing a white and red bodysuit developed by the scientists of Akihabara. She said she prefer it black but due to time constraints, agreed to wear it since it is the best battle suit we've created for her. I must say… she looks very cool in it. She brandished a black sword made out of slime monsters native to her world. Said slime has greater magic conductivity than any materials we've ever encountered. If only it could be replicated and mass produced...

Nonetheless, she shared knowledge of weapon enchanting, which is actually developed by our enemy, allowing us to create stronger weapons. My magic wand has been upgraded to empower my magic casting and can even transform into a naginata when I want to engage the enemy in melee combat. Akane-chan's katana has been enchanted as well and its blade now glows red. These magic enchantments should allow us to kill those unkillable zombies without resorting to magic spells.

But even with these improvements… do we stand a chance against him? Or even against his massive army alone? Alpha-sensei said that and her comrades fought him with superior weapons, technique and magic power and yet they lost miserably. Only her master could stand a chance against him and said master couldn't come and sent Godzilla-kun in his stead. I do hope that Godzilla-kun will make a difference… and survive the battle. The way he wags his tail to Alpha-sensei is cute.

Ah. It looks like Alpha-sensei is giving a speech. Everyone's attention is on her now.

"Today, the monster who caused me great pain in the past, the monster who haunts my dreams ever since, the monster whose evil is undeniable, has come… not to eradicate humanity, not to kill us all… but to toy with our lives. I have seen his evil firsthand and let me tell you... He will not stop even if we surrender. He will not stop when we are dead. He will not stop… because all he wants… is to torment us all… both in life and in death. Thus, we have no choice but to keep fighting!" Alpha-sensei's voice echoes throughout the whole city, amplified by magic. The entire city hears her voice clearly no matter the distance.

"If you surrender, you would surrender more than your lives and the lives of your loved ones! You'd be surrendering your very souls! Look at the undead army he has gathered! That's the fate of those who lost… and gave up! If you want to protect your souls… and the souls of your loved ones, victory, is our only option today! Are you with me!?"

"""OOOOHHHH!"""

"But do not worry! We shall not be fighting alone! For Godzilla is with us!" As if on cue, we hear the familiar roar in the distance seconds after Alpha-sensei mentioned him. Hearing said roar lifts the spirit of every defender in the city.

"Today is not the day of our doom! Today is the day we fight for our very souls! I say to you again! Are you WITH ME!?"

"""OOOOHHHH!""" The entire city's defenders roar in unison in response to her voice. Naturally they include mine and Akane-chan's.

"Ahh... Nothing like a good speech to raise the morale of our troops." Says Goro-sensei as he walks to my side carrying an enchanted nodachi. Instead of wearing his usual hakama, he now wears enchanted samurai armor, making him look like a genuine samurai. The designers of Akihabara once again did an awesome job.

"But will that be enough? I've seen his power firsthand and I could tell that wasn't everything he has." Says Aragaki-sensei as he joins Goro-sensei with his enchanted shakujō staff in hand, now wearing a brand new enchanted Buddhist monk robes.

The sight of both respected elders also raised the spirits of the defenders. I could've sworn their bald heads shines brightly as they stands side by side to defend humanity.

"Goro-sensei! You're joining the fight?" I say as I'm surprised that he decides to join the battle considering his contract with Kuzaya-kun which states he will be employed simply as a martial arts instructor and not as a fighter.

"Of course. Things have changed after all. If I don't fight today, I'll die in vain. Besides, these old bones craves some real combat after spending too much time training youngsters and… having my job as a teacher taken away by that amazing young lady over there." He says as he points towards Alpha-sensei.

"Everything she taught us has been invaluable. If we have several more years… perhaps we could've created a weapon to match that monster. But we have no such-"

"Ah, shut yer trap, Aragaki! You got your ass kicked once and you're already so pessimistic!?" Says Goro-sensei as he smacks Aragaki-sensei in the head.

"That's right, Aragaki-sensei! I've faced him in combat too and I haven't given up! It's too early to give up! Besides, if we're talking about a weapon, we already have one!" I say… and as if on cue again, we hear Godzilla-kun's roar in the distance.

"Ha! Even this young lady has more courage than you, baldie!" Goro-sensei says with a laugh.

"You're bald too, baldie!" Aragaki-sensei retorts, which results in them both laughing afterwards.

"Ahh… you're right. I musn't give up… or I'll end up like Hakuro or worse… become one of that monster's zombies." Aragaki-sensei says. The mention of their deceased old friend's name makes Goro-sensei lose his smile and frown.

"Then we have another reason to fight today, don't we?" Goro-sensei says and Aragaki-sensei nods at him with a solemn expression.

"For Hakuro." Aragaki-sensei says as he produced a cup of sake from his robes.

"For Hakuro." Goro-sensei responds by producing his own cup of sake from his armor. Both of them have a toast before drinking, leaving me in bewilderment.

"Huh? Wait. How did you do that!?" I ask while pointing at the cups as I couldn't understand how Goro-sensei hid that cup of in his armor. Hiding it under a robe is one thing… but that armor!?

"A magician never reveal his secrets." He says with a wink. How… this old man…!

"Hmm… It looks like they didn't fall into despair after all." Yukime remarks after hearing No. 001's speech and the roar of the defenders that follows.

"Heh heh heh. As I expected of my very first experimental subject."

"What about that black dragon, my lord?" Yukime asks, wondering if I will summon my own dragon to the battlefield. But I have a different idea.

"Do not worry about that, Yukime. I have the perfect counter for it."

"Oh, I'm excited to see it." Yukime says with a chuckle.

"What should we do now, my lord?" Astaroth asks behind me, eager to begin the action now that we have confirmed the enemy's response to our presence.

"Begin the attack. As we planned." Astaroth grins in response, excited at the slaughter that we are about to commit.

"You hear that lads!? The slaughter has begun! Mwa ha ha ha!" He shouts and the cultists begun preparing our first move by mounting their respective monster mounts and leading a unit of zombies to advance towards the walled settlement.

"Now then. Let the games begin."

Author's Note:

This chapter is one week late because I suddenly got a writer's block. I may or may not take a break during Christmas.

Either way, now begins the battle of Akihabara. Funny that last year I was writing the Red Moon Arc during Christmas week and now we're having red sky during Christmas season too.

In case I couldn't get the next chapter out during Christmas, I'll say it early. Merry Christmas!

Guest: So Miyazaki-san huh. Isn't that Tetsuya's last name? This might be confirmation that Mari is Tetsuya's sister, unless it's a red herring. Forget the return of Shadow, I want to learn more about Necro's old life.

Answer: I've done a red herring before and overdoing it is not a good idea. I will reveal more later.

Guest: Funny that Necromancer got compared to Oda Nobunaga a few chapters ago, because this whole alliance reminds me of the Sengoku Period. An Anti-Oda Coalition has been formed many times by the different clans to try and take down the Demon King. And almost every time, it has fallen apart simply because the clans are too busy scheming behind each other's backs.

Answer: Cutthroat politics at its finest.

borregodillon9: Excellent chapter As always

Answer: Thank you for always enjoying my chapters.

DerTrap: I wonder if we will get a Christmas Special for the Fanfic, that would be peak. Also fun fact, Gojo vs Sukuna(just like the entire final Arc of Jujutsu Kaisen) happens on the 24th of December.

Well depending on when we get a new Chapter, I wish you TheOminousRain and all my fellow readers a Happy Christmas(or whatever you all may be celebrating) and a happy new year.

Answer: I'm bad at writing holiday themed chapters and when I read this comment, I was thinking of making winter in Japan starts in this chapter but decided not to do it because I want the blood red sky instead.

Anyway, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you too!