Seoul Station’s Necromancer Chapter 101:
Chapter 101 - Juliel's Wilderness
“W . . . what's happened?”
“Let's talk a little bit later . ”
Woojin left Sunggoo, and he headed towards Juliel .
“Was it you? Were you the one going around and causing Dungeon Breaks?”
Woojin's heart ran cold . When he returned after attaching 6 Shadows to the terrorists of interest, Holy Maiden Melody informed him of the situation in Korea . Daegoo had an unexpected Dungeon Break .
He was quickly getting ready to head back to Korea when he heard about the broadscale Dungeon Breaks in Seoul . When all the news channels were talking about the situation, Woojin decided to catch a ride on a missile .
With General David's aggressive support, he was allowed to use a ICBM with its warhead removed . He used Dolsae's ability cobble together several fighter jets, and he attached it to the ICBM . He had made a rocket taxi .
He didn't need such things like a landing gear .
The Spirit Armor would protect Woojin .
This was the reason why Woojin was able to step onto the soil of Seoul within couple hours of the Sahdahng Station’s Dungeon Break .
The existing rules of the Dungeon Break had been turned on its head, and one of Trahnet's Commander Juliel was in front of Woojin's eyes .
In Woojin's memory, this guy wasn't that strong . They had frequently clashed with each other, but he hadn't been too much of a threat .
[I don't believe it… . ]
Juliel's body shook .
That **** Rashmode .
Rashmode’s chance for using his summon magic had come, so he had materialized on earth through the summons . However, Rashmode had come back after only a brief time had passed . He hadn't even been able to see the open sky .
Juliel kept asking what had happened to him, but Rashmode refused to say anything . Juliel would have never guessed the reason was the Immortal . . .
[Why the **** are you here?]
“This is my home . ”
[…… . ]
How could such a situation occur?
Juliel had observed this place for a long time . He watched how the humans of earth fought, and he observed how much destructive power the modern weapons held . He also had a good idea of the quality of the Roused on earth .
He had decided to slowly turn this place into his base, yet the Immortal suddenly appeared in front of him .
“How did you cause the Break?”
[What **** are you spouting?]
“It feels weird to be given **** by a dog . ”
Juliel's body shook . Juliel was the leader of the proud Gray Wolf tribe, yet he was being treated like a dog . It was the most insulting words that could have been spoke to him .
Moreover, the Immortal have insulted him countless of times before . He was an **** of the highest order .
“Did you cause the Break?”
[…… . ]
“I guess not . ”
[Oh-ho . You also became Initialized . ]
“…… . ”
He was saying the same thing as Rashmode .
[Koo-hahaha . You really are a human from earth . ]
Juliel was in a good mood as he laughed, and light started gathering around his horn . The Immortal had been Initialized, so he hadn't recovered his full power yet . Wasn't this his opportunity to take his revenge?
[The favor of Trahnet is with me! Koo-hahaha . ]
“What nonsense . ”
Woojin frowned as he saw Juliel prepare his Lightning magic .
“Initialization . That damned word . ”
That word grated on his nerves . Woojin's class had become advanced, but he did experience a level down . He was recovering quickly, but it bothered him that Trahnet's Commanders noticed it .
“I think you are under a delusion . ”
Woojin took out his Warrior's Weapon . His Steel Staff turned into its axe form . Woojin ran towards Juliel . In a blink of an eye, Woojin used 'Sprint' to arrived in front of Juliel .
“If a high schooler became a middle schooler, would that middle schooler lose to an elementary student?”
Woojin swung his axe, and he aimed for Juilel's head .
Kwahng!
Juliel came face to face with him . Juliel thrust his horn out, and they clashed .
Pah-ji-ji-ji-jeek .
[I knew your arrogance would call trouble down on your head . ]
Juilel laughed . The Immortal had been the most insolent being on the continent . He was oblivious to his weakened self, and he was acting out . This time Juliel would get rid of him once and for all .
Kwah-kwahng, pah-jee-jeek!
A dump-truck sized wolf ran forward . It looked foolhardy for a human to fight the wolf . However, the fight was unexpectedly even . As the fight dragged on, Juliel felt himself being steadily pushed back, so he felt a sense of desperation inside .
‘Did the Immortal always fight this good?’
The **** was taunting him since he wasn't using any magic . Now that he thought about it he wasn’t using his Immortal army, which was considered to be his main source of power .
‘So that's how it is . That **** has lost his Immortal Army!’
Why did this **** suddenly disappear from Planet Alphen? What happened afterwards?
The Immortal's territory was Alandal .
It was a place where the Immortal Army lived . After he disappeared, the kingdom didn't have a king and there weren't any Knights to take the reigns . The Immortal Army wasn't an army at all at that point . The Undead monsters just roamed around Alandal now .
The Immortal had lost all of his underlings . . . It wasn't appropriate to call him the King of the Dead any more . . .
[Ooh ooh ohhhhhhhhh!]
The Gray Wolves charged forward at Juliel's roar .
"Koo-roo-roo-roo-roo . "
The Gray Wolves showed their teeth as they growled . Woojin smirked when he saw them . The monsters that had been wandering around were all converging to this location . Woojin intentionally backed away .
[Ooh-ohhhhhh!]
Juilel thought Kahng-woojin was trying to retreat, since he was at a disadvantage . He let out a much louder howl, and he gathered the monsters in the vicinity . There were more than Gray Wolves here .
He was Trahnet’s commander, who possessed 2 Thrones . Various monsters, who had submitted to Juliel's authority, gathered at his call .
They gathered near where Woojin had fallen and created a crater . A tidal wave of monsters crowded around . Woojin turned to confirm the Hammer Guild Headquarter’s lower entrance was closing .
While Juliel was gathering his underlings, Sunggoo had received a telepathic message from Woojin . Park-sahngoh and the Hammer guild Roused had all retreated by then .
[Koo-koo . How does it feel to have the tables turned on you?]
Juliel would have never thought he would have the opportunity to attack the Immortal with numerical superiority . Yet this was really happening . The **** would get exhausted, and he would eventually fall as a cold corpse .
He didn't have to do anything . No, he would use his teeth to rip his throat out at the final moment .
Did the Immortal always feel what he was feeling right now?
“Why's the dog barking?”
[Dog… . I am a member of the proud Gray Wolf race . . . ]
“A wolf is also a dog . I'm right . ”
[…kill him . ]
The monsters reacted to Juliel's ferocious will . The Human-faced Bats, Gray Wolves, and other various monsters that had come out of the Dungeon headed towards Woojin . Woojin laughed when he saw this .
“Thank you for gathering all of them for me . ”
The city was too complex, so it was the worst place to track down and hunt preys . Even if a single monster managed to run away into the sewer systems, it would take additional several days to capture it . So he couldn't help, but feel thankful when all the monsters gathered for him .
“Come out . ”
Pah-paht .
At Woojin's call, the black smoke coalesced . All the Death Knights were summoned at once .
“Take them all down . ”
[It's an order from the King!]
Kiba and the other Death Knights summoned their Phantom Steeds . Then they simultaneously casted their summoning circles . There was a rip in space as a black crack opened, and the Skeleton Soldiers under their command jumped out .
“Kee-kee-keek . ”
The Skeleton Soldiers made bizarre sounds as they appeared, and they swept across the charging monsters . In a flash, the Undead army had swarmed the monsters, and Juliel was taken aback .
[Y . . . you were hiding them!]
“They say dogs are supposed to be smart, yet why are you so dumb?”
[…… . ]
Woojin leisurely walked towards Juliel using a **** path opened by the Death Knights .
It was humiliating . It was too humiliating that he couldn't speak . He wanted to rip the tricky Immortal apart .
“Stop moaning like a little **** and attack me . ”
Woojin approached him as he turned his Weapon into a hammer . Juliel quickly set off his thunderbolts .
Pah-jee-jeek!
The electrical attack spread into the surrounding, but the Spirit Armor blocked it all . Juliel disappeared from Woojin's sight for a brief moment . When his vision cleared, Woojin readied himself to receive another attack .
“What?”
Woojin expected him strike out with consecutive attacks, but Juliel was running away .
[Wait and see, Immortal!]
He let out the tired words of assurance predicting his next victory, then he ran away into the subway station . It was questionable as to how such a large body could fit into the entrance .
“Jeez . ”
Woojin thought about Juliel's nature, since he had countless run-ins with him . He really did bark a lot like a dog . They had fought couple dozens of times, but Woojin could count with his fingers on how many time he managed to kill Juliel . Whenever the **** was a bit at a disadvantage on Planet Alphen, he would turn tail and run .
“Tidy up this place . ”
[I've will uphold your order . ]
The Death Knights renewed their efforts, and the corpses of the monsters kept mounting one by one . He wanted to chase after Juliel immediately, but he had to kill all the monsters first, while they were bunched up .
If they dispersed once again, it would be troublesome to find them again .
“Hyung-nim! I'll help . ”
When Juliel disappeared, Sunggoo and the other Roused ran out once again .
Too-roo-roo-roo-roo .
Five helicopters with machine guns attached to them showed up, and tanks were soon seen on the roads .
The soldiers showed up, and they made a wide perimeter . The tanks shot with their cannons into regions where there were unusually large clusters of monsters .
Kwahnng!
The soldiers and the Roused in the surrounding joined forces, and the eradication of the monsters took a short amount of time .
“We won!”
The happiness felt from the victory only lasted for a brief moment .
“Hoo-hook . Mother . ”
“Ahjin! What will I do without my Ahjin . ”
The civilians, who lost their family or friends, let out a wail . At a glance, most of the monsters in the surrounding had been eradicated . Still, there were still some monsters, who hadn't submitted to Juliel's authority left . These monsters were still causing trouble nearby . It would be awhile before complete eradication could be achieved .
There were a lot of monster corpses on the street, but there were also a lot of human corpses too .
This was the calamity caused by the unannounced Dungeon Breaks .
The people gathered at the Hammer guild's building, which doubled as an evacuation shelter, started to let out an outcry .
“Please let me out . ”
“No . It's still dangerous . Please go back in . ”
“My daughter is lying there! At the very least, shouldn't you let me recover my daughter's corpse?"
The monsters weren't entirely eradicated, so why were these people making such a ruckus? The Hammer guild employees were sweating in agony as they tried to assuage the angry civilians .
When the shadow of death tightened the noose around their necks, they had run away since their lives were precious to them . However, now that they were assured they would live, sadness became infectious amongst the people . It hit them like a violent storm .
However, when Woojin suddenly appeared, the people stopped their outcry as if it had been a lie . When Woojin stepped closer to them, the people started retreating backwards, and a path was automatically formed .
When Minchan discovered Woojin, he pushed by the people to come towards him .
“President!”
“I guess you are still alive . ”
“…… . ”
“What about my family?”
“Your mother and sister are all safe . ”
He had been worried when he heard Sahdahng Station had Broke yet it seemed they were lucky enough to have evacuated . Woojin patted Minchan's shoulder .
“All right . I'll leave everything here to you . ”
“What? You don't want to go meet them?”
There were too many people crowded here, but Woojin's family was amongst the evacuees .
Kahng-woojin shrugged his shoulder .
“You said they are alive . ”
“Yes . But… . ”
“It's all right then . I'll be back after I chase down that **** . ”
“Yes, sir . ”
Woojin quickly left the evacuation shelter, and Minchan stared blankly at Woojin's figure move away . How could his public and private face be so thoroughly guarded?
‘No . ’
This felt different .
His family's life had been on the line, and he was overly calm . . . .
Minchan shook his head to dislodge that thought . He went back into the throng of people to find Woojin's family, and Alandal's guild members .
*
Woojin sent the Death Knights and Skeleton Soldiers to the Summon room, and he went into the Dungeon by himself . Juliel had quickly run away into this Dungeon .
The Dungeon's secret was that it could be used as a Dimensional Door .
How could a Dungeon have an outbreak before the requisite 30 days?
The Break itself was linked to the balance of the Dimensions .
If one could freely move between the Dimensions, Dungeon Breaks would be happening all the time . Millions of the population would die .
Woojin descended the subway station Juliel had run away into .
He decided to chase first, and ask questions later .
When he entered the Dungeon, he heard an announcement that was a bit different from the usual one .
<You've entered into Juliel's Wilderness . >
<It is in an Unassigned State . It is impossible to choose the 'Battle' and 'Intelligence' Mode . >
<You have to choose one of the these modes . ‘Visit’, ‘Infiltration’ and ‘Clear’ . >
“Jeez… . ”
Woojin's brows became furrowed . This Dungeon itself was Juliel's Dimensional Domain . It was a bit different from the usual announcement he heard when going through a gate, but he had experienced this once with Rashmode .
However, at that time he hadn’t been given a choice except the Clear Mode… .
“I guess I have no choice . ”
In a situation like this, that choice was probably the wisest .