Seoul Station’s Necromancer Chapter 146:
Chapter 146 – Doctor Toppler (2)
“My goals align with your goals . ”
“Do you mean the defense of earth?”
Toppler nodded his head as he smiled .
“I’m a proponent of everyone being able to protect their own planet . ”
Jo-ro-ro .
A milky-white tea was infused when the hot water was poured on top of the tea bag . Woojin took the cup in front of him, and he took a sip .
“How long have you been on Earth?”
“If you are asking for my age, I’m 45 years old . ”
“Are you **** with me?”
“I am serious . . ”
Woojin glared at him before he asked another question .
“Why didn’t you tell everyone about the impending Dungeon Shock? Why didn’t you inform everyone?”
“They would have thought I was a raving lunatic . ”
“Hmm . That is true . ”
Woojin nodded his head .
“Then what about the conjectures you released on the tv program?”
He was known as the top researcher regards to anything related to the Dungeons .
Toppler had formed several hypotheses, and he had talked about the reasons behind the Dungeon formation, and its reciprocal relationship with the monsters . Moreover, he denounced the Dungeon businesses for accelerating the Dungeon Reset .
“Those are all facts . ”
It wasn’t hypotheses . He had been telling the truth .
How did Toppler find out about all this?
Was it through personal experience? Did he witness it?
“Why didn’t you incrementally release more information?”
“Nobody would have believed me if I revealed everything I knew . ”
“How about now?”
Dr . Toppler’s research wasn’t only known in England . His research regarding the Dungeons was known worldwide . His words would hold a much different weight than 5 years ago .
“I didn’t have a solution to the problem . If I spoke about it, it would have just caused mass confusion . ”
Toppler was once again correct in his words .
Wooin’s forehead furrowed .
“Then tell me what you held back . ”
“Don’t you already know about it?”
His words implied that Woojin had already witnessed everything on Alphen where the Dungeons had appeared .
Holy Maiden Melody’s complexion darkened .
Woojin drank his tea as he leaned back into his chair .
“Well, all right . By looking at your attitude, you already knew I would be coming back to earth?”
“I was waiting for someone . ”
“So it didn’t have to be me?”
Toppler affirmed with his silence . Woojin asked another question .
“What’s the name of your planet?”
“I’ll tell you later . ”
Woojin shrugged his shoulders .
“Well, all right . It doesn’t really matter to me as to which planet you are from . ”
He had allied himself with the Holy Maiden, who was from Alphen . There was no reason why he should decline working with beings from other Dimensions . Of course, there were other reasons why he was leery about working with Toppler .
“Let us share what each of us needs . ”
Woojin had searched for the past 20 years, but he had never found the answers to his questions . He asked one of those questions to Toppler .
“I don’t want the other Dimensional lords to be able to link to earth in the future . No, I actually want to get rid of all the Dungeons that are linked to earth . Do you know of a method?”
Woojin’s voice was filled with killing intent . If Toppler didn’t have the answer, there was no reason for Woojin to hold hands with some unknown human from a different dimension .
“Of course . ”
Woojin’s eyes shone . He was purposefully maintained his calm in an attempt to hide the sound of his racing heart .
“How would I go about doing it?”
“Do you know the true identity of Trahnet?”
“Vaguely . ”
“I guess it doesn’t matter how it was formed . Trahnet caused a supernatural network to form between the planets . ”
“Dimensional travel . ”
“That’s right . The initial unstable links allowed for living beings to travel to other dimensions . ”
This had been the case for Woojin . He had Dimensional travelled to Alphen .
It was as if Toppler knew his past in detail, and it bothered Woojin .
“Have you been observing me for a long time?”
“No way . I only heard about you from the news . ”
Stories related to Woojin had been translated and spread by various news outlets around the world . It was a reasonable explanation .
“It isn’t as if I was waiting for Kahng-woojin-nim . I was just waiting for someone, who would be able to fix my home planet . ”
“Well, all right . I’m not sure who you are waiting for, but it is true that I went and came back from Alphen . ”
“That’s what I thought . There are a lot of beings that travelled to a different Dimension like you, but it is hard to find those, who survived the experience . ”
There might be others, but Woojin was the only one, who had returned to earth .
“If Trahnet is a supernatural network, then the Dimensional Domains are a connecting node between planets . ”
“Didn’t I ask you for the solution?”
Toppler cleared his throat at Woojin’s words .
It wasn’t wise to talk about the fundamental theories behind a subject with a short-tempered person .
“If you want to stop the link, you have to build a firewall . ”
“How do I do that?”
Toppler glanced at the Holy Maiden . Woojin’s eyes followed Toppler’s gaze, and his gaze also landed on her .
Woojin’s brows furrowed .
“Gods… . ”
“If the firewall is weak, a hole can be made . If it is strong, it’ll repel any attempts . ”
There was no **** on earth .
No, was a **** about to wake up here?
However, the existence of a **** didn’t matter right now since the link had already been formed . They couldn’t use the preventative measure any more .
“The link itself isn’t a bad thing . It lets one ignore the physical distance, and it allows one to travel to different planets . ”
“So how do I sever it?”
“Earth cannot be cut-off any more . ”
“…… . ”
Woojin stood up from his seat .
“This conversation is at an end . ”
Cha-chang .
Woojin took out his spear, but Toppler didn’t show any signs of nervousness .
“You said I didn’t have a soul . ”
“Yes . ”
“I found my hope in you . ”
“What are you talking about?”
“You have the eyes that can gain insight into the truth . You are closest in description with the person I have been searching for . ”
“So what? It seems you aren’t going to be of much help to me . ”
He didn’t care if Toppler had been waiting for a person with a specific set of abilities . The important part was that Toppler’s words were of no help to him .
He didn’t feel the need to continue a fruitless relationship .
Toppler spoke before Woojin could move his spear .
“The real problem isn’t the link . It is the beings that abuse the links . I’m talking about the Dimensional lords . ”
These were beings that maintained the connection nodes, but all of them coveted the planets .
The root of all the tragedies were their greed .
“I keep killing them, yet it is an endless process . How can I stop them?”
“If they are insidious like a virus, you have to become the vaccine . ”
“…… . ”
Woojin’s expression stiffened .
“You probably already know of a way . ”
“…… . ”
Alphen’s greatest scholar .
Jaenis had made himself into a Lich, and he had fought the advance of Trahnet . Woojin remembered a word spoken by his teacher .
‘Thrash’s Executioner . ’
The problem was that he didn’t know if the item actually existed, and he had no way of finding more information about it .
It seemed Toppler wasn’t going to give any answers to his problems .
Paht!
Toppler abruptly stood up from his seat, and he ran towards his bedroom .
“It seems I’ll be killed if I stay here any longer . Let’s end our first meeting here . ”
“Huh!”
Woojin took in a short intake of breath . Woojin had his guard down when he saw Toppler run away . When Toppler passed through the door, his figure disappeared . Woojin had witnessed this anomaly many times before .
“It’s a Dungeon . ”
The barrier formed within 30 seconds after one entered . One would be cut off entirely from the outside by the barrier . Woojin quickly threw his body towards the door .
“Wait here . ”
He left behind the Holy Maiden as he entered the Dungeon . Woojin looked around the bedroom .
Shoo-shoohk .
He frowned when the barrier formed over the doorway .
“That son of a **** . ”
Woojin couldn’t see his soul, so he couldn’t detect Toppler .
Fortunately, this was the smallest Dungeon Woojin had come across .
Kwah-dah-dahng .
Woojin kicked the bed, and it was roughly pushed away .
Kwah-jeek!
He stabbed his spear into the wardrobe, but one could only see several clothes when the door was opened .
The small bedroom had a bed, wardrobe and a desk . That was it .
“Huh… . What is he?”
It was as if the process of making a Dungeon was inconsequential to Toppler . He had artificially made a small Dungeon .
Woojin was aware about the possibility of artificially creating a Dungeon in locations other than the subway stations, so he wasn’t particularly surprised by this move . However, Woojin had entered the Dungeon with him, yet Toppler had disappeared from the Dungeon . This pretty much put the known theories about the Dungeons on its head .
He wanted to make sure Toppler wasn’t using some kind of Cloaking ability, so he filled the room with poison gas . He also attacked the surrounding with his Spirit Spears .
“What the **** am I doing… . ”
The person, who had entered with him, had disappeared . This was the first time he had experienced such a phenomenon .
Woojin’s gaze landed on a Return Stone placed on top of the desk .
There were no monsters here . There wasn’t even a portal heading towards a Dimensional Domain present . It was just a bedroom .
He wouldn’t be able to find Toppler’s location by searching more thoroughly, so he exited the Dungeon with the Return Stone .
“Are you ok?”
“I’m fine . Do you have any theories on what just happened?”
The Holy Maiden’s elegant eyebrows arched . From her perspective, Toppler had been a strange, but she couldn’t pinpoint the reason behind her feeling .
“I didn’t feel anything special . ”
“Hooo . Jaenis . ”
Shwahhhhhk .
The black smoke dissipated as the Lich appeared .
When Jaenis was summoned, he frowned when he looked at the Holy Maiden . He took a step to the side away from her . Woojin asked him a question .
“Do you remember that time?”
[When are you referring to?]
“The day when you chose to become my familiar . ”
[…… . ]
Woojin had a serious expression on his face .
“Why did you do it?”
[You had a special quality, lord . ]
“I didn’t have It at that time . ”
This was something he hadn’t told Toppler .
[The god’s blessing isn’t the special quality I’m talking about . ]
The ability to see the color of souls was something he gained after he came face to face with the gods . However, Jaenis had a different reason for insisting on becoming Woojin’s familiar .
[There are only a handful of people with the potential to reach the pinnacle as a Necromancer . In the end, you reached the pinnacle . I made the right choice in choosing you, lord . ]
“Necromancer… . ”
The property of being a Necromancer .
He had reached the pinnacle, and he had seen everything related to death .
He had even been ready to carry on Thrash’s progress…
“In the end, I have to find the Executioner . ”
[I guess it is better to piece together the puzzle instead of trying to solve a riddle . ]
Thrash’s Set Items .
There was the helm, armor, belt, gloves and boots .
He had to gather the five set items first . The existence of Thrash’s Executioner was still up in the air, so he’ll worry about it after getting the set .
“Let’s return . ”
Woojin opened a portal that connected to the Dimensional Domain of Alandal .
***
The car was heading towards the city state of Alandal . Jung-minchan and Woo-soonghoon was sitting in the back-seats, and they were wordlessly laughing .
They had been successful in finalizing the treaty with the government . It was quite apparent as to which side held the knife, so everything progressed with lightning speed .
“Aigo . Should I call you Minister now? When did you learn so many foreign language? Great job . ”
The corners of Woo-soonghoon’s mouth twitched .
“Uh-whew . Prime minister Jung did the hard work . ”
“Huht-huh-huh! Prime minister Jung!”
He repeated those words, and it still made him laugh .
He had never expect to be promoted this high . He had become a Prime minister…
Moreover, he was a Prime minister of a newly made country that had massive influence over the world .
He was trying hard to stay calm, but he was having a hard time suppressing his ambitions from rising up .
“Huh? It seems president has finished his business in England . ”
“What? He hasn’t contacted me yet . ”
Woojin had taken the KH guild’s private plane . Woo-soonghoon should be the one attending Woojin, but he had work to do . This was why he had sent his underling with them, but the employee hadn’t contacted him yet .
“Look over here . ”
Soonghoon pushed forward his handphone . There was a selfie of Woojin, the Holy Maiden and a British reporter named Jonie uploaded on the SNS .
“Didn’t you know I have a lot of international acquaintances now that I’m the head of the diplomatic department? I met this reporter when I went to the Middle East with the president . She requested to be friends with me . She’s one of my SNS friends . ”
“Huh huh . He should be back here soon if he took care of the colonies in England . ”
“I think so . We’ll have to quickly report to president on what happened today . ”
“Hu hu . We finally did something big . ”
Jung-minchan and Woo-soonghoon had expressions full of pride on their faces .
They had resolved an important business . It felt as if they were main characters that had accomplished something big . Their actions would be recorded in world history . Jung-minchan ignored his car-sickness as he once again went over the report regarding the treaty .
The vehicle carrying the two of them arrived at Alandal’s front gate . However, there was unrest at the gate .
“Ah . I said you can’t come in here . ”
“Oh-ooh . Isn’t this place Alandal? I know the president . ”
“Ah . The president doesn’t know anyone like you . ”
“I promised him I’ll be here . ”
“Ah, jeez . You name isn’t on the appointment list . ”
“Don’t you know who I am? I’m famous in India . ”
“How would I know about someone from India?”
The security guard manning the front gate was arguing with a foreigner . Fortunately, Woo-soonghoon had met him before . Woo-soonghoon rolled down the window, and he yelled out in greeting .
“Blanka!”
“Oh, Soonghoon!”
As promised, Blanka had left the Vishnu guild, and he had come to Korea .