Seoul Station’s Necromancer Chapter 168:
Chapter 168 – Reconstruction (1)
Go-shoo-shoo’s army was annihilated .
They hadn’t been repelled . They hadn’t had the opportunity retreat either . They were simply annihilated .
The corpses on Go-shoo-shoo’s vanished territory rose up as Undeads, and the Immortal was leading this army .
The people, who were confused, were the refugees that had hidden from Go-shoo-shoo’s offensive campaign .
“I don’t believe it . This is the prelude to a calamity . ”
“That’s right . What reason does the Immortal have for helping us?”
The fear and repulsion towards the Immortal was almost an instinct for these people . Many people here had lost their family members in the war with Alandal . They couldn’t even recover their corpses as they became Undeads .
Melody was barely able to gather the people here, and they were talking in hushed voices . They were nervous .
The heroes, who had been the hope of the coalition, was also confused by the situation .
“What is his endgame?”
“I don’t believe it . You are saying he is doing this as an act of goodwill without any payment expected in return?”
Melody was in the middle of this dispute .
Melody thoroughly understood the confused feeling of her people . She had also been surprised time and time again by the Immortal .
She looked at the 6 heroes gathered here .
Graham, Tauric and Latasha was present . Then there was the young king of the Honshoo kingdom named Kontz, Orc chieftain Krueger and the Dwarf King Raul .
“There is something you should all know . ”
“… . ”
When everyone’s attention was focused on her, she opened her small mouth .
“Immortal is human . He is the same as us . ”
“Nonsense!”
“Your joke is in poor taste, Voice of Aria!”
She calmly raised her voice at the heated responses .
“I followed my goddess’ oracle . I was guided to earth, and I saw the true identity of the Immortal . We were the ones that had misunderstood him . ”
“… . . ”
Dwarf King Raul asked a question amongst the silence .
“How was he over there? Was he less rash, less cruel and less tyrannical?”
“On earth he,…”
Melody thought over the question, and she pursed her lips .
Even on earth, the Immortal had been rash and tyrannical . He had done whatever he wanted to do .
“I knew it . The Immortal is the Immortal . He is calamity personified . We won’t dance from happiness, because he is capricious in nature . We lost too many to do that . ”
His words were correct . However…
“However, it is also true that he is helping us . ”
“…”
That was true . Go-shoo-shoo’s Colony was being dismantled right now . Go-shoo-shoo’s Dungeons were all cleared, and he no longer had foothold in this world . If he wanted to come back to Alphen, Go-shoo-shoo would have to return through another Dungeon . However, this was a long ways off .
Basically, a Dimensional lord that had caused terror in this region was gone . This was also the reason why the people that had escaped in every direction was able to gather here .
There were over a thousand people here, who were sick and tired of being afraid and exhausted .
“He is our hope . This is the word of my goddess . ”
The heroes still wasn’t satisfied even after hearing Melody’s appeal . It didn’t matter if her words were true . They had too much enmity and feelings stacked against the Immortal .
Moreover, they couldn’t hide the fear and worry they had towards the Immortal .
“I wonder if this is like chasing a Wyvern away to bring in a Dragon . ”
“That’s right . Our future will still be very uncertain if we rely on him . ”
Melody’s face darkened a little bit as she spoke .
“The important part is that he is making a sacrifice for our sake . ”
“Huh . What sacrifice is the Immortal making for us?”
“…”
While they continued this hopeless conversation, a Phantom Steed galloped towards them . When the Immortal got closer, the heroes unconsciously grabbed their weapons .
They were tense as their palms became sweaty just from the Immortal appearing .
“Yo . ”
Woojin jumped off Shing Shing, and he stood amongst them .
“What are you all doing?”
“… . ”
Woojin furrowed his brows . They were either looking at each other or they looked at the ground .
“What? What’s with this atmosphere?”
The heroes tensed at Woojin’s playful words . Melody spoke quietly into this tense atmosphere .
“They still feel awkward at receiving help from Immortal-nim… Eventually they will adjust… . ”
“Ah ah . ”
Woojin grinned as he looked at the people that was unable to look him in the eyes .
“We’ve been fighting a life and death battle, yet it looks like I’m suddenly pretending to be friendly with you . Is that how it is?”
“…”
“Alliance . This is an alliance . Who doesn’t have enmity against others? Stop acting like children . ”
Woojin looked over them when his gaze stopped at Latasha .
“Are you going to keep acting up?”
Woojin unfurled **** to point at her eyes . She looked up at him .
“If you continue to glare at me like that, I’ll string up your bones . ”
“… . ”
Her pride didn’t allow her to avoid his gaze, but Latasha’s eyes were unfocused as it shook . The light in the Immortal’s eyes said he was telling her the truth . He wasn’t joking .
“It isn’t as if you guys are the only ones with enmity . I’ll bury my enmity towards you all . So let us refrain ourselves . If you really don’t like me that much, you can attack me . Do you think it’ll make much of a difference if I kill one or two more people?”
“… . ”
He was probably the only one that could speak those words so naturally on this planet . No… Even if one searched through this Dimension, the Immortal was unique .
“If you don’t have a death wish, don’t look at me with that look in your eyes . Ok?”
“…”
“You aren’t going to answer me?”
“…understood . ”
It was as if Latasha had unwillingly squeezed out those words . Woojin smiled when he heard it .
“All right . Give me your opinions about the Colony . ”
“Which Colony are you talking about?”
“I’ll have to set up a base of operations where all the forces of the coalition would gather . ”
The heroes looked at each other, and their face was glowing . They were going to rebuild the scattered coalition forces… .
“Don’t we have to pick a place that is easy to defend?”
Dwarf King Raul started drawing a map on the floor .
“There is a deep ravine here . It’ll be a good enough place to gather the people . ”
Woojin look at the map, and he pointed at a location .
“Where’s this?”
“This is the Sauraus mountain . The surrounding region is quite open around this pointed mountain, so one would be easily found by one’s enemies . ”
“An open space… . ”
“The area is elevated, but it is debateable as to whether one could use that to one’s advantage in defending the place . Moreover, it is an easy place to isolate and cut off the supplies to the mountain . The most important factor is that Juliel has set up his Colony there . ”
“So this place is where the dog house is located at?”
Trahnet’s great lord .
Second Throne Juliel .
Woojin laughed as he picked up a stick to plant it at the location .
“I’ll build my Colony here . ”
“As I said, that place is…”
Raul was about to protest, but he shut his mouth when he caught sight of Woojin’s eyes .
“I’ll do the cleaning . Just get ready to move . ”
“… . . ”
After Woojin finished talking, he called over the two dongsaengs that was approaching them .
Hwah-roo-roohk .
A ball of fire suddenly dropped from the sky accompanied by a small explosion . When the flames died away, a man with a warm expression greeted the others .
“Hello . ”
Chee-ji-ji-jeek .
A swarm of bats coalesced to form a person . This person lowered his head .
“Nice to meet you . ”
The heroes awkwardly nodded their heads when Hong-sunggoo and Do-jaemin arrived .
“Both of you get acquainted with them, since you’ll be travelling together often . ”
“Heh heh . I look forward to working with you all . ”
“Let us all get along . ”
Woojin secretly smiled at their naive greetings . This reminded him of the time when he was first summoned to Alphen during his 3rd year of high school .
I was a hellish period in his life .
“Uh? Where are you going, hyung?”
“I’m cleaning up the place where we’ll be moving in . ”
“What? This place has apartments?”
“…”
It wasn’t even worth his time to respond to those words . Woojin rode Shing Shing as he waved his hand, then he disappeared far into the distance .
“Heh he . Since the atmosphere is a bit awkward, how about we introduce ourselves over some alcohol?”
“… . ”
The people were still being awkward at Sunggoo’s words, so he turned to look at Jaemin .
“Hey, Jaemin . Why don’t you bring out some stuff from that Dimensional storage or whatever . Alcohol and…”
“Yes…”
Woojin had granted authority to Do-jaemin, so he had a partial access to the Domain storage . It was usually used to put in any loots they gathered, but it could also be used to take stuff out .
Jaemin started taking out food and alcohol . Sunggoo diligently filled each cup .
“Shall we drink?”
As the alcohol started being passed around, Suggoo had a bright smile on his face .
It seemed like a distant memory, but his college life hadn’t been all for naught .
What better way was there to break the awkwardness? Alcohol and games were the best way to become friendly with others .
“Well, since we’ve started, let’s go full tilt . Let’s share it with everyone . ”
There were almost 2000 people gathered here .
However, the Dimensional Domain’s storage was massive .
The storage would still be overflowing with food even if they fed everyone here . Do-jaemin didn’t hold back in taking out the food . It had been a long time since the village people were able to satiate their hunger .
Maybe what the people really needed was a solution to hunger and safety rather than revenge .
They had been fighting tooth and nail to live and have some semblance of life…
Maybe they’ll have to live in the shadow of a being that lived in order not to die .
“Drink! Drink! Chug down that alcohol!”
“… . ”
Sunggoo took the lead of the party, and it continued into the dawn .
***
Summit of Sauraus Mountain .
Juliel had a stunned expression as he looked at Necromancer Kahng-woojin, who had brought his Undead army to his doorstep .
“I don’t understand you . ”
“What?”
“What enmity do you have against me? We are Dimensional lords, so why do we have to waste resources to fight each other?”
“You think this is a waste?”
“It is a waste . In the end, there is nothing to be gained from this . Isn’t this a waste of Points?”
“Hmmm . ”
Woojin stroked his chin .
If one excluded death, what did one gain from this? Maybe he’ll be able to find out a little bit about how the Dimensional lords think .
Woojin discreetly threw a bait out .
“So do you have the Code?”
“Are you coveting the throne? If so, why the **** are you doing this?”
Woojin’s eyes shone .
“Weren’t you on the Second Throne?”
“You are very clueless about the Rankings . I stole one Throne . I’m in the Third Throne now . ”
He understood it .
There were 72 great lords of Trahnet .
The Throne were numbered from 1 to 72 .
This was a Ranking they kept, and it depended on how many one posessed .
If one wanted to steal a seat, one had to accumulate points . Once one gets to the 73rd Ranking, one had the qualification to challenge the first Throne .
“There’s the Code I haven’t found yet… . ”
Woojin’s mumbling was well received by Juliel .
“Ah, you are talking about the Code . Ah ah . You came back to Alphen to look for it?”
“Isn’t one Code the same as all the other Codes?”
“What the **** are you talking about? Each Code’s authority… . ”
Juliel’s expression hardened in mid sentence . He suddenly stood up .
“You **** . You don’t know about the Code . ”
Woojin shrugged his shoulders .
“If I knew about it, why would I need to put out my feelers?”
“How dare you! How daaaaaaaare you!”
Juliel became enraged when he realized he had been tricked .
Woojin smirked as he took out his Warrior’s Weapon .
“Our Bibi is the best in taking care of dogs . ”
If Bibi was here, she could have use her illusions . Wouldn’t she have been able to gain more information?
Woojin was disappointed, but he quickly let go of those feelings .
‘Well, Bibi has her own work to do . ’
She was probably having a good time decorating the Colony .
She had the experience of building up the Dimensional Domain, so she would do really well in her current task .
“You bastard! How dare you trick me!”
“You were the one that allowed yourself to be duped . ”
“Koo-ahh-ahk!”
Woojin and Juliel clashed .
***
Bibi was in the control tower as she looked over the large aircraft carrier . The vine tree had grown over the control tower to become the Colony’s symbol, and one could enter the control tower from the root like a house .
“Hmmmm . ”
The deck was large, but most of the living facilities were at the passenger’s quarters .
“What’s troubling you, Bibi?”
“Ah, Sooah . ”
Bibi happily greeted Sooah, who was as tall as her . Did this little child know that she was the cat?
Currently, they both looked like little girls .
“I was thinking about how I should decorate this place . ”
“Ah-ha . ”
“Do you know what an aircraft carrier is, Sooah?”
“Aircraft carrier?”
Sooah tilted her head in confusion . She was barely a kindergartner, so maybe the word was too difficult for her . Sooah had become the Holy Maiden of earth’s unknown goddess, yet this didn’t mean her knowledge had expanded .
“I know what aircraft means . ”
“Aircraft?”
“It is a more difficult word, but it has the same meaning as a plane . ”
“Ah ha . So that is why they call it an aircraft carrier . ”
Bibi looked at the wide deck as she nodded her head .
“No wonder . ”
So that’s what an aircraft carrier was .
Aircraft was a plane .
“So that’s why it is called an aircraft carrier . I wonder what carrier means?”
Bibi tilted her head in puzzlement .
She used her authority over the Colony to search through the Store . She needed an expert that would be able to renovate this rundown Colony city .
<Nosam> – 1,400p
One of the Dwarf Engineers of the Black Mine tribe .
He is adept at creating magical machines .
Design Option – Flying Boat, Mechanical Golem, Tank…
Build Option – Siege type Vulcan Cannon, Offensive Buckshot…
“I found it!”
She found the talent that’ll renovate the aircraft carrier . Bibi didn’t think twice about consuming the Points needed to appoint this talent .