Seoul Station’s Necromancer Chapter 83:
Chapter 83 - Guild Expansion
"Mmmm . It's something like a encouragement . It basically mean I'm watching this and he wants me to do well?
"Huh . He says he's dropping out yet it is a word of encouragement?”
“Mmm . It's used like that now . ”
“Why are all the popular phrases so hard to understand these days?”
“Heh heh . People play like that on the internet . ”
Woojin started looking at all the comments after her chapters .
“This guy, Spotted Dog, must be a fan . He kept saying he is dropping out after every chapter . ”
“I . . . I guess so . ”
Jiwon let out an awkward laugh .
“This is quite fun . Should I start writing too?”
“Huh?”
“Haha . I'm joking . It's a joke . I should start studying the popular slangs . ”
Woojin smiled when he thought about Baek-jongdo . When meeting Baek-jongdo in the future, Woojin would be the one teaching him a popular catchphrase .
“Loot at the webtoons . There are a lot of fun stuff here . You'll be very surprised at how creative some of the netizens are . "
“Oh . Really?”
Woojin and Jiwon put their heads together, and they had a fun time looking at the small smart phone .
‘My memories keep popping up in my head . They are still publishing this series . ’
They were still publishing the webtoon, 'Sound of the Body' . It was something he read before he was summoned, and it brought up old memories . When he remembered his old memories, it always gave Woojin a distant thrill .
He remembered how everything used to be . . . He felt a feeling of regret .
After talking and playing for a long time with Jiwon, Woojin went to the office .
It was 5 PM .
When he opened the door to the office to enter, the gazes of several dozen employees fell on Woojin . While everyone hung back, there was a single person who was approaching Woojin with haste .
“President . You are here?”
“Uh . Sunngoo and Haemin isn't back yet?”
“They are organizing the loots . They should be heading back here by now . ”
“All right . ”
“Heh heh . Have you eaten?”
Woo-soonghoon let out smile as he sucked up to Woojin . Woojin felt a bit of sympathy for him . Woo-soonghoon wasn't a bad guy . It wasn't as if his soul was rotten . . .
Woojin's eyes landed on Soong-hoon's name tag .
[Support Division acting Section Chief Woo-soonghoon]
“Are you acting like this, because you want a promotion?”
“Heh heh… . ”
Woo-soonghoon let out an awkward laugh . Even some of the new employees hired much later than him was assigned to other departments based on their abilities and experience . They were given titles of section chief, and department head . As a founding member, Woo-soong was still stuck as an acting section chief .
He slowly read the signs, and Woo-soonghoon felt like he was walking on thin ice every day .
Woojin patted Soonghoon's shoulder .
“Don't worry about it . I have my eyes on you . ”
“Heh heh . Thank you . ”
“You be able to drop off soon, so work hard . ”
“…… . ”
Was Woojin pressuring him into a voluntary retirement?
When Soonghoon's face stiffened, Woojin laughed .
“Why are you freezing up for? It's an encouragement . An encouragement . ”
“Ah, yes… . ”
“Then keep up the good work . ”
“…yes . ”
He didn't know why, but his joke sapped more energy out of Soonghoon . Woojin head towards the president's room .
“I guess I'll take some medicine . ”
Woojin opened his inventory, and he took out several Reinforcement Stones . He took the Reinforcement Stones for the Stats with no absorption wait time . When Sunggo comes back, he'll have to feed Sunggoo the Reinforcement Stones again .
Woojin was able to know his exact absorption time by looking at his Status Window . However, Sunggoo didn't have this advantage . So if he repeatedly took Reinforcement Stones on Stats with wait time then he wouldn't get any benefit from it, and they would just take a loss when the Reinforcement Stones was used up .
Woojin had to pick every Reinforcement Stone taken by Sunggoo .
When he was about to take about several more Reinforcement Stones to eat, he heard a knock at the door .
Ddok ddok .
“Uh . Come in . ”
The person, who pushed her head through the door, was none other than Lieutenant Che-haesol .
“Oh! Lieutenant Che . ”
“I'm in the reserves now . ”
Haesol walked and stood in front of Woojin, then she stood straight in a disciplined manner .
“It seems it'll be awhile before you stop acting like a soldier . When did you get here?”
“I've been coming to work since yesterday . ”
Woojin shook her hand as he smiled .
Guild Alandal's third Roused .
“We'll talk about the details when Minchan is here . Sit . ”
“Yes, sir . ”
Woojin looked hard at Haesol .
<Lv 14 Che-haesol>
Ability - Monster Taming, Stat - … .
He used several skills like Observation, Intuition and Analysis in combination to bring up Haesol's information .
“Ho . You are a Tamer?”
“Huk . How did you know?”
“I can see it . ”
“…… . ”
“I'm sure you had a hard time developing yourself . ”
“Haha . Yes . ”
Were there any monsters left alive on earth?
When the Dungeon Break happened and the monsters poured out, the troops laid down concentrated fire to kill the monsters . It was their first priority .
There weren't that many opportunities to try out Taming .
If she wanted to, she could have endlessly repeated 1 star Dungeons to slowly advance her Taming skill . However, she had become a Roused when she was already enlisted .
If she requested it, she could have been transferred to the Roused units . However, she chose to stay in her old unit where she had been working .
Even if one became Roused, not everyone lived the life of a Roused .
Then she was given a choice without actually having a choice by Woojin . She had to quit her dream of being a soldier, then she joined the Alandal guild .
Woojin pushed forward several Reinforcement Stones .
“Absorb it . ”
“What?”
“You don't know how to do it? You just have to eat this one . This one you just have to inject your magic into it . ”
“Ah . I know all about that, but . . . ”
Why was he giving her the expensive Reinforcement Stones so easily at their first meeting?
“You have to be tuned-up to be of any use . You are of no help to me right now . ”
“…… . ”
She didn't like being called incompetent to her face, but it wasn't a bad thing . The other person wasn't some average strong person . He was a word-class Roused, who was probably the best in this world . A person like that was trying to guide her right now .
“Then I'll take it with thanks . ”
If one calculated the worth of these Reinforcement Stone, it would easily reach several hundred thousand dollars yet it disappeared in seconds . Che-haesol 's heart beat faster every time each Reinforcement Stone disappeared . Woojin grinned as he saw this .
“Your growth will be fundamentally faster . ”
As the mana increased, the Roused of earth was slowly getting stronger . Even though Haesol hadn't trained at all, she was level 14 .
One was a normal human until level 9 . One became a 1st Circle Roused when one reached level 10 .
Her level had risen by 4 naturally, so it seemed Haesol's potential wasn't too bad .
It was actually on the good side .
“Your body is quite receptive to the drugs . Eat this too . ”
There was no wait time after she absorbed the Reinforcement Stones, so Woojin handed her couple more Reinforcement Stones . Haesol felt burdened, but she kept absorbing the Reinforcement Stone in order at Woojin's insistence .
Woojin watched Haesol's Stats increase, and he thought hard about the Magic scrolls that would suit her . If he had it in his inventory then he would just give it to her right now to learn . If he didn't have it, he'll tell his employees to go purchase one .
Woojin took out an appropriate Magic scroll .
“This is Telepathy . ”
“Huk . Is it ok to just give iit to me like this?”
He kept giving out items worth several hundred thousand dollars like candies . Haesol's sense of reality would grow dull if this continued .
“This is important . You keep practising, and you have to keep growing your abilities . ”
Telepathy was important . If one wanted to command one's troop in a chaotic battle, those with Telepathic skill could be used as a great tool for communication .
Right now the communication network was fine, and many people assumed it will stay that way . However, when a simultaneous Dungeon Break happens, the cities would be the first places to be destroyed .
Infrastructures built by civilization like the power lines delivering electricity would be destroyed .
She was ex-military, and she had great potential . He couldn't say she was loyal to him, but she was a trustworthy person . She would be the the right person to be put in command over the newly picked Roused .
The Telepathy Skill was an essential skill . Woojin didn't stop there . He gave her Sword skill, Defensive magic, Wind magic, etc . He gave her all the low rank skills that wasn't restricted by Class .
“I . . . I have to learn all of these?”
“Yes . Why?”
Woojin answered as if the answer was obvious . Haesol had a puzzled expression on her face .
Even though she had developed her own abilities, it wasn't as if she didn't have basic knowledge of the Roused . A Roused had to learn a single discipline, so the Roused's growth would be stable . . .
“…isn't that how it is?”
When Haesol started laying out her reasons, Woojin grinned .
“Do you play any games, Haesol?”
“What?”
“Do you have a game character you are growing?”
“…… . ”
“If you don't want to be left behind, learn all of them . Stop talking as if you have a full stomach . ”
“…Yes . ”
Haesol couldn't even let out a squeak when Woojin spoke in a forceful manner . She had developed a somewhat of a stiffened-back in the military, but she became intimidated at a glimpse of Woojin's personality .
Without complaint, Haesol started learning each Magic scrolls given to her by Woojin .
Someone knocked on the door .
“Come in . ”
When the door opened, Kim-haemin and Hong-sunggoo entered the president's room with a bit of an urgent expression on their faces .
“Hyung-nim . Is it for real?”
“What are you talking about?”
This was the first time he had seen the president after returning from the US after 1 month yet he gave such a greeting . . . Our Sunggoo had grown a lot .
“Ah… Look at this . ”
Sunggoo grabbed the remote on the table then he turned on the TV . After changing several channels, he stopped on a live press conference being broadcasted . There were 3 people seated in the press conference, and one person was a familiar figure .
“Isn't that Minchan? He said was going to go eat some food, so what is he doing over there?”
“…… . ”
Sunggoo became speechless at Woojin's reaction . Woojin pointed his chin to the two people sitting next to Minchan .
“Who are they?”
“They are the Minister of Defense and the Army Chief of Staff . ”
“What's Minchan doing with them?”
“…… . ”
By looking at Woojin's reaction, he didn't understand what was transpiring . Kim-haemin swallowed his saliva once, then he started explaining in a patient manner .
“Alandal guild just entered into an agreement with the government . This agreement gives us support almost like a state-owned company . They are making that announcement right now . ”
“Is that so?”
“You shouldn't be just saying, 'Is that so?'”
The fine details of planning was being all taken care of by Minchan, so Woojin wasn’t worried about it . At Woojin's cool reaction, Kim-haemin had a shocked expression on his face .
“President . This is the first time Korea has done this . ”
“Why are you making such a big deal about this?”
“We are the guild in charge of the national defense . . . Eh . It basically means we will be treated like one of our nation's forces . ”
They'll be a national security group acknowledged by the government, and they would be under the military .
“So what?”
“That is… . ”
Woojin frowned . Haemin was having a hard time speaking, so Sunggoo stepped forward .
“Our military life has been lengthened . ”
This might be a permanent post in the military . . .
“Huh?”
That son of a **** . . . I said go eat dinner at the Cheongwadae yet he did such an unnecessary . . . .
Woojin let out a sigh .
“After Minchan became the vice president, he did somethign this big . ”
“…… . ”
It seemed Woojin wasn't in a good mood, so everyone kept silent .
“When that **** comes back, tell him don't come to work any more . ”
“Where are you going, president?”
“I'm returning to the Dungeon . . ”
“What?”
“Sunggoo and Haesol will be following me . ”
After he finished speaking, Woojin stepped out of the president's room . Haemin quickly followed after him to ready the car .
Sunggoo's eyes turned round as he looked at Che-haesol .
Then his eyes became crescent shaped as he laughed .
Haesol smiled as she faced Sunggoo, then she put her hand out for a handshake .
“I look forward… . ”
Sunggoo refused Haesol's handshake, and he suddenly hugged her .
“Ooh-uhng . Let's suffer together from now on . ”
“Yes… . ”
Haesol, who was the 3rd Roused to join this guild, felt an uneasy feeling when she saw Sunggoo's reaction . Sunggoo gave a fierce hug as he laughed .
He won't be lonely anymore .
He had a comrade now .
“Let's go before we are late . ”
“Yes… So which Dungeon are we going to?”
“I'm not sure . At the very least, it'll be 4 stars . Maybe we'll go to a 5 star today . ”
The Dungeons they could use was limited if they didn't have an appointment and they didn't own many Dungeons . Haemin would have prepared everything . Haesol's face stiffened when she heard she was going to the high rank Dungeons .
“Did I mishear you?”
“What?”
“W . . . we are immediately going to the high rank Dungeons?"
“Probably . ”
“I'm only Rank F, so why would I got the high rank Dungeons . . . Doesn't the lessons usually start from the 1 star Dungeons?”
What kind of a guild instructed a new Roused in a high rank Dungeon? When Sunggoo saw Haesol's quite natural reaction, it was funny, sad and welcoming .
‘Yes . Her response is normal . That's normal . ’
Of course, a normal person should think that way .
Until now, he had grown through an abnormal route . Yes, indeed .
“Haha . You feel like you are dying, but in the end, he doesn't let you die . ”
Huh? Did her ears hear wrong? She thought she heard some strange words from the cheerful director Hong-sunggoo . . .
“Hahaha . Let us both come back alive . ”
“…… . ”
Wasn't he too cheerful for a resolutely determined Roused?
The director of miscellaneous work was too happy at the thought of having a comrade even if it was a confused newcomer .