Seoul Station’s Necromancer Chapter 157:
Chapter 157 – Recruitment of Roused (2)
“I would like to take a break . ”
“Whew . Let’s regroup . ”
At Haesol’s signal, Baek-jungdoh let out a long sigh as he wiped away the sweat on his forehead .
After he had developed an ability to become a Roused, he had thought he had walked the hard road as he went around attempting the fairly difficult Dungeons . However, it felt as if he had deluded himself up until now .
He had hunted on Planet Jaku for the past couple days, and he was pushed to his limit daily . Maybe this was why he saw his abilities actually progress compared to before .
The constant suspense gave him a lot of stress, but the change it caused was not bad .
“How are you doing?”
“Oh . Brother Kahng . When did you get here?”
When Kahng-woojin suddenly appeared, Baek-jungdo greeted him warmly .
“I arrived a little while ago . Anyways, how are you doing?”
“This has been a good stimulus for me . ”
“If you want, we can walk the same road . ”
At Woojin’s words, Baek-jungdo shook his head from side to side . He was an outsider, and he shouldn’t continue to impose himself upon Woojin’s hospitality .
“No . I’ve already gained a lot from this expedition . Moreover, I have a lot of work to do after I return to the guild . ”
“Do as you like then . ”
Woojin didn’t go out of his way to keep him .
If he was short on Roused, he could just hire more .
This is what he did with Sunggoo, Haesol and Blanka .
Bake-jungdo couldn’t hide the disappointment in his eyes . However, he couldn’t abandon the KH guild to work under Woojin, so he didn’t say anything more on the subject .
“Where’s Jaemin?”
Haesol had been organizing the battlefield . She approached and answered Woojin’s question .
“He went to a fortress up ahead . ”
He looked towards where Haesol was pointing . He saw a castle perched on top of a small mountain .
“By himself?”
“Yes . ”
“Hmmm . ”
Woojin stroked his chin .
Jaemin had gone through the Ritual of Blood using the Vampire lord’s heart . However, he had never expected him to be able to already attack a Dimensional lord’s colony city by himself .
“He went there to scout, so you don’t have to worry about him . ”
“It doesn’t look like he was scouting . ”
“What?”
“He’s coming back after a fight . ”
When Woojin started to rub his chin, Haesol turned her gaze away . She could see a cloud of bats in the distance . However, there was a group of monsters chasing after the bats .
“It seems he’s on the run . ”
“Nope . ”
“What?”
“Never mind . You can return to what you were doing . ”
“Yes . ”
Woojin headed towards the bats . The cloud of bats coalesced in front of him to form Do-jaemin . He looked calmer than the past, and there was a little bit more presence to him . Woojin met Jaemin’s eyes .
A **** smile formed on Woojin’s face .
“What is that?”
“I thought there would be a limit on what I could do by myself . ”
“Hmmm . ”
Goo-uh-uh-uh .
The underlings were like zombies with red eyes . They looked to be a bit dangerous, and at a conservative estimate, there were 300 of them .
“Kyahhhk . ”
The bats next to Jaemin coalesced, and Cabal revealed his teeth towards Woojin . It was as if he was trying to show his own loyalty towards his master in his own way .
Shwahhhhhhk!
Black smoke coalesced, and a large hammer dropped on top of its head .
Kwah-jeeek!
[A puny mosquito dares to be rude to the king!]
Even though Ramson’s hammer had bludgeoned his head, Cabal was still alive .
“Can you handle them?”
Jaemin didn’t know the reason behind the question, so he stared blankly at Woojin .
“It looks as if you are trying to copy me . I don’t think you are doing a good job . ”
Woojin didn’t deal with any Undeads that exceeded his Control . Once the Undead broke free from his Control, the Undead were basically reduced to being monsters .
The underlings created by Jaemin was similar in nature .
Undeads had a hatred for the living, and it looked as if the Jaemin’s underlings were much worse than the Undead .
It seemed they had an endless thirst for blood .
As their lord, how much control did he have over them?
“I…I can do it . ”
“Really?”
“······ . ”
“Then tell me with more confidence . ”
“I…I have no idea . ”
Woojin fired the souls he had in storage . It was like tracking missiles, which followed the enemies until the target was hit . The Spirit Spears flew in towards the head of the underlings .
Shoo-shoo-shoo-shoohk!
Puh-puhk!
The sound of watermelons exploding was heard as the underlings fell over with their heads missing .
Do-jaemin felt dispirited when he saw his vampire army be dispatched so easily .
Woojin put his arm around Jaemin’s shoulders .
“Jaemin . ”
“Yes, hyung . ”
“Quantity isn’t important . First, try to get good at controlling one . ”
“······ . ”
If one didn’t have complete control over one’s Familiars, it was better to not have them . Cabal had used a large amount of energy to quickly regenerate his head . Cabal looked at Woojin with fear in his eyes .
“This kind of **** won’t do you any good . ”
He was barely hit once yet he was showing so much fear .
A Familiar should be willing to die to protect one’s master . It was better to not have one like him, who had put his tail between his leg from fear .
Hwah-roo-roohk!
“Ggooh-uh-uhk!”
The Spirit Spear shot out by Woojin pierced through Cabal . Cabal immediately exploded as he burned up .
“······ . ”
The subordinates he had made were killed in less that 1 minute . Woojin’s voice pushed into Jaemin’s ears .
“No matter how many you have as support it is all useless if you are weak . ”
He was right . The power of a lord could be stolen by a member of a vampire clan that he had shared his blood with . His position could be stolen .
“Even if you build up your troops, you should be slow and careful in who you choose . Look at what I did . ”
“Hyung has a lot of troops . ”
Woojin smirked .
“The Skeletons and Zombies are disposable troops . Look at my Familiars . ”
He had accumulated them over a 20 years period . If one thought about the amount of time Woojin had lived, 54 Death Knights was a small number .
“I think I get what you are trying to say . ”
“All right . ”
Woojin mussed up Jaemin’s hair .
“Also, you should relax your eyes a little bit . ”
“···yes . ”
Woojin smirked as he patted Jaemin’s back, then he turned to look at the party .
“In 6 days earth time or 24 days here, there will be a general guild assembly . I want you guys to do your best to destroy all the Dungeons and colonies on this planet by then . ”
It was finally D-Day .
Melody’s eyes twinkled as she asked her question .
“Where’s your next destination?”
“You already know, so why ask?”
There were traces of tears in Melody’s eyes . The smile on Woojin’s lips deepened .
“I’m going to Alphen . ”
She was finally going back .
She had voluntarily thrown herself into earth with her homeland in mind . She’ll be returning to her bleak planet with a helper . She was deeply moved .
The most unbelievable part of all of this was the fact that the helper was the Immortal .
**
While Jaemin and the other party members started to clear Dungeons and colonies one by one, Sunggoo was destroying the Dimensional lords, since he wanted to live . When Jaemin’s party cleared one, Sunggoo cleared three .
During all of this, Woojin was like a person gathering grains . He put pressure on the Dimensional lords .
The Dungeons were were in the form of pillars . There were much less Dungeons on this planet compared to earth . However, the Dimensional lords had made a lot of colonies with artificial gates .
There were clear pros and cons to making a colony . The fact that one could construct a Dimensional domain on a planet was a pro and a con .
In a Dungeon, there was a cap of how many challengers there can be . At most, only ten people could enter . However, one couldn’t limit the number of challengers attacking a colony . One had to have a lot of troops and facilities .
However, a colony solved one of the most important problem .
Only the Roused could enter a Dungeon . However, those with almost no abilities could enter the colony .
This was the reason why Woojin was trying to make a colony on earth .
He had snatched around 20 Dimensional Fragments, so it wouldn’t be much of a loss if he used one of them to form a colony .
Woojin had faithfully kept up with his Dimensional battles, and Jaemin had won every single one of them . After twelve days or 3 days in earth time, Woojin exited the Seoul Station’s 1st Exit .
“Aht! My king . ”
An employee had been put on standby . At Woojin’s appearance, the flustered employee called Woo-soonghoon .
“Yes, sir . He’s just arrived . Yes, sir . ”
Woo-soonghoon was back being the chief secretary once again . However, in the past, he had been the chief secretary of a president . Now he was the chief secretary of a king . There was a big difference between these posts, and his current job might be more important than being a minister of a department .
“You didn’t have to call him . I’ll be heading there immediately . ”
“Yes . I’m sorry . ”
“What are you sorry about?”
“······ . ”
Woojin made fun of the overly cautious employee several times before he moved on . Twelve security guards in suits moved with Woojin .
“Why are there so many people here?”
“It is the interview day . ”
“Ah . ”
The people packing the street was all here to apply to Alandal?
Woojin concentrated as he looked at the crowd . Most of them were between level 11 and 30 . They were Rank F and E Roused .
“Isn’t that Kahng-woojin”
“I think it is . He looks exactly like the pictures . ”
Their murmurs reached Wooijn’s ears .
It was obvious that Woojin was someone of importance . He was surrounded by twelve security guards .
When Woojin reached the front gate of Alandal, Prime Minister Jung-minchan, Woo-soonghoon and the employees were gathered there to greet Woojin .
“Today is the interview day?”
“Yes, president . We haven’t let them in yet . ”
People were gathered in front of Alandal’s front gate . It was as if they were examinees waiting to enter the testing ground .
Also, it wasn’t as if there were only Koreans present here .
There were plenty people from around the world, who wanted to join Alandal .
“I’m busy . Let’s pick them right now . ”
“What? We haven’t even separated them into Ranks . ”
It was still early in the morning . If he knew Woojin would arrive so early, he would have sent out an early notice… .
“It’s all right . Ranks aren’t important . ”
Woojin climbed the front wall .
“Quiet!”
His voice hadn’t been loud, but everyone’s attention was drawn towards Woojin . He had put magical energy into his voice, and even the people in the back could hear him clearly .
“The people I choose will become citizens and Roused of Alandal . I’ll start the selection . ”
This wasn’t an interview process . It was a selection process . He was going to pick those with high potential for growth .
Woojin used a combination of basic skills like Observation, Measurement and Analysis to sort out the people .
“You, you and you . Pass . ”
“Me?”
“Uh uh?”
The process had started very abruptly . The people that were chosen were confused, but they passed through the front gate with delight . The support given to the Roused of Alandal was the best in the world .
They would be trained by Kahng-woojin, the best Roused of earth . Moreover, each chosen Roused would be given a support staff much larger than what other guilds gave .
After making the selections, Woojin drew a line .
“All right . Everyone else beyond this point can go home . The people behind the line should step forward now . ”
The 500 people addressed by Woojin started to talk amongst themselves . One of the braver soul spoke up .
“H…how can you do this to us?”
“That right . How can you judge a person from a single glance?”
Woojin smirked .
“If you have a problem, you should become a king . ”
“······ . ”
What an unreasonable…
“Don’t you have to give us a fair opportunity?”
“That’s right . I have confidence I’ll do well if chosen . Please let us take a test . ”
Being noticed by Kahng-woojin was the test . Even if he chose people with high potential, there might be people he might not get along with, and some might not be able to adjust to Woojin .
Everyone good at swordplay didn’t correlate to everyone becoming a great killer . Everyone had different potential and propensity .
The 1st step was to sort them out through potential… .
“All right . I’ll give you all a chance . ”
These people wouldn’t understand him even if he explained it . It would be better to show them .
Shoo-shoo-shoohk!
He summoned the Death Knight Al Assad in front of the gate . Al Assad had just barely reached the AA Rank or the 7th Circle when he was alive . When he was reborn as a Death Knight, he was able to gain the abilities of an S Rank or an 8th Circle .
“I don’t have time to waste . If you last 30 seconds, you pass . However, the price of failure is your life . Anyone want to take up the challenge?”
“······ . ”
The cat got everyone’s tongue .
A challenge with one’s life on the line······ It was basically a choice of dying or lasting for 30 seconds to get into Alandal .
Several people shook their head from side to side, and they left without any regret in their heart . However, most of the people just stood there watching how the situation would develop . They were waiting for Kahng-woojin to give them some other options .
“I’ll attempt it . ”
At that moment, a Roused standing in the backline stepped forward pompously .
Woojin’s eyebrows twitched when he observed him .
“Ho-oh . It’s a 7th Circle . ”
He never expected an AA Rank Roused to show up .
This was the first time Woojin had seen him, but this wasn’t the case with everyone else .
“It’s Kim-kahngchul!”
“That’s right . It’s Kim-kahngchul . ”
He was the number 1 ranked Roused in Korea before Kahng-woojin had appeared .
It was the Free Roused, who wasn’t affiliated with any guild . Kim-kahngchul had appeared .