Seoul Station’s Necromancer Chapter 174:
Chapter 174 – Air Strike (3)
– The Dungeon Break at Daejun station was caused by lack of communication between the army and the Roused General Affairs Bureau . The estimated casualties are… .
The calm words of the anchor tickled his ears .
– The king of Alandal Kahng-woojin hasn’t shown up yet, but the aircraft carrier he had purchased appeared from the sky . Dozens of Wyverns and Wyvern Riders were dispatched, and they subjugated the monsters near the Daejun station…
It was as if his neural circuits suddenly connected . His head started to clear, and he started remembering the past events .
“Huhk!”
Minjae let out a moan as he opened his eyes . The thin blanket covering his lower body fell to the floor as he caught sight of his surrounding .
There were numerous beds lined up, and several people were lying within it . Minjae had been one of the people lying in one of the beds .
– The world is suffering from the unannounced Breaks . However, the manpower and materials needed to keep earth safe is being diverted to Alphen . There are negative public reactions regarding… .
When he turned to look at the source of the sound, he found the sound was emanating from a tv mounted on the wall .
It was a news program . In the past, he always watched it for any news regarding the Dungeon Break .
The only thing different this time around was the fact that he had been at the site of the outbreak . Moreover, he had been an inch away from losing his life . He was probably at the hospital right now .
“You are all healed now . ”
“… . ”
When Minjae turned his head around, he saw a little girl . She was tall enough to reach his waist .
“Who…?”
“I’m Sooah . Heh heh . I’ll pray for you . ”
Sooah suddenly grabbed Minjae’s hand as she shut her eyes . He was taken aback at her unexpected gesture .
However, his protestation lasted only a moment . He could feel a large energy transfer to him through their hands, and he could feel his heart calm down . He unconsciously closed his eyes .
“Ha-ah . You are all good . You’ll be able to go home in high spirits . ”
“T…thank you . ”
Minjae awkwardly scratched the back of his head, and he gave his thanks . Currently, he felt confident as if he could do anything he wanted .
‘Was it a Blessing?’
Minjae had just developed his Barrier ability, so he could feel it . The girl had just used an ability called Blessing .
“Uh? Minjae?”
The door opened, and Minjae’s friends ran towards him with happy expressions on their faces . When they saw Sooah next to Minjae, they bowed towards her . They were careful in how they acted as if they had met a teacher in the hallway .
“I’ll see you next time, misters . ”
When Sooah left as she waved her hand, Minjae’s friends all bowed towards her .
“Yes . Please take care . ”
“Who’s the kid?”
“How dare you call her a kid!”
His friends made a big fuss when they heard Minjae’s question .
“She is the princess of Alandal . ”
“Huh?”
“She is Kahng-woojin-nim’s dongsaeng . ”
“…mmm . Uh uh? What?”
“She is Kahng-woojin-nim’s sister . ”
“Huhl . ”
Minaje was dumbfounded . He looked back and forth from his hand and the door where Sooah had exited .
He could still feel the warmth on his hand, and he felt a peaceful feeling that he had never felt before .
He had never expected her to be Kahng-woojin’s dongsaeng… .
It felt as if he had just met a celebrity .
“When you fainted, I thought you were going to die . I was so surprised . ”
“Anyways, where is this place?”
When the confused Minjae asked the question, his friends answered in restless voices .
“You don’t know where this is? If I had brought my handphone, I would have taken a selfie . ”
“Which hospital am I in?”
“This isn’t a hospital . It’s Bibi’s Castle . ”
“What?”
“Bibi’s Castle! It’s Alandal’s aircraft carrier . ”
“… . Huhl . ”
He was having a hard time believing that his current situation was real . It seemed his friends felt the same way . No, it seemed they were restless as if they were excited by all of this .
“Something big has happened to us . ”
They felt like main characters inside a movie .
However, Minjae felt glum as he looked at his friends .
“Yes . We did experience something big today . ”
“… . ”
It took less than 1 second for his excited friends to have glum expressions .
– Doesn’t earth need to be saved more than Alphen? This is the public opinion of the international community, and this question is being asked towards Alandal . Which place really needs the help of Alandal? Is it earth or Alphen?
The anchor’s words dug into his ears .
He had almost died . He hadn’t known the reality of situation when he watched the events through the news . The situation was completely different for him now, since he had experienced it firsthand .
It would be different if the attack hadn’t been at Daejun . They would have continued to feel excited at what was going on around the world .
“A lot of people died… . ”
When the gloomy words exited his friend’s mouth, the worries he had suppressed started to rise up again . A lot of people had been killed, and the thought that it could have been his family hammered Minjae’s heart . .
“Let’s go to our homes first . ”
“All right . How are we supposed to get there?”
“We are at Seoul . We just landed not too long ago . We can ride the bus . ”
While Minjae was unconscious, his friends had already toured the aircraft carrier until they were about to land .
“What about the transportation fee?”
“… . . ”
The three friends looked at each other’s faces at the same time . They realized none of them had any money, so they lowered their heads .
“D…do you think they’ll loan us some money?”
“I think the might . Right?”
They knew they were being shameless . The people of Alandal had saved them, but they wondered if they would be able to get some money to get home . Minjae and his friends exited the room .
***
He was in a PC room at Seogwipo-si of the Jejudo island .
Click, click!
The mouse was moving swiftly, and his fingers danced atop the keyboard .
<5Piktap-nim is going into overdrive . >
“Hell yeah!”
Lee-sahngho lovingly looked at his character . It had just advanced in class .
How great would it be if reality was like a game?
The game was fair compared to the unfairness of reality . In a game, everyone started out the same, and the victor and the loser was determined by one’s effort .
If the world was like a game, he would have been able to easily dispatch that fucker, Kahng-woojin .
“I think I’ve found one, president!”
Lee-sahngho was still in the middle of his game . He spoke without taking his eyes off his screen .
“Who is it?”
“It is a 70 year old man . His impotence was cured through the miracle of **** . ”
“What’s the source?”
“It is a magazine…”
“What kind of magazine?”
“It’s a gossip magazine . ”
“… . ”
Lee-sahngho stopped moving his mouse with his hand . He turned his head to look at his underling .
No wonder his guild and company went under . Lee-sahngho had trusted men like him .
“You want a beating?”
“I’ll go look once more . ”
“Hoo-ooh . ”
Lee-sahngho took out a cigarette, and he lit it . He was about to focus on his game again .
“I found one too, president . ”
“What’s your source?”
“It is an article from the Yonhap news . ”
When Lee-sahngho asked for the source of the information, his employee answered confidently . He looked at the employee . Yes, this one was a little bit more clever than the others .
“Give me a summary . ”
“Didn’t Alandal’s aircraft carrier get deployed when the Daejun station Broke not too long ago? Three high school students got lucky, and they were allowed to board the aircraft carrier . They were healed and sent home . This is their interview . ”
They had kept up their surveillance on Kahng-woojin and Alandal, but this wasn’t the information Lee-sahngho wanted .
He needed to find a **** or someone that could perform god-like miracles . “What about it?”
“If you read the content of the interview… . ”
“Ah . Fuck . ”
Lee-sahngho was annoyed with all of this . He safely left his game character in a safe region, and he turned to look at the computer monitor of his employee .
“Where is it?”
“It is over here . ”
The employee scrolled down the article with the mouse wheel, and he highlighted a section .
– She grabbed my hand, and when she gave prayer, I felt my body heal . It was as if a cherubim was staring down… .
“Mmmmm . ”
There were a lot of Healers and Buffers amongst the Roused .
The healing ability could occur from borrowing power from a **** . On the other hand, a Roused could also accelerate the natural healing process with their ability . There was no Roused from earth that could use the Holy Power .
There was the famous Holy Maiden Melody, who used the Holy Power . However, she was originally from Alphen .
“Isn’t this a little weak?”
Holy Power was used within Alandal, but wasn’t there a plausible explanation? He couldn’t give a report to Iello with just this information .
“Still, I think it is worth pursuing . ”
“Well, you take care of it . ”
“Yes, sir . ”
Lee-sahngho once again sat back in his chair, and he started playing his game again .
Several dozen of his employees were surfing the web trying to find information .
Iello’s loyal retainer Lee-sahngho benefited from the information age . He was able to gather information in comfort .
***
Alandal’s Territory near Seoul Station .
Bibi’s castle was parked in the sky . It was a stark contrast with the view of the city .
Of course, everyone in the city gathered to see Bibi’s castle . It was if they were visiting a museum .
Alandal were in the midst of moving .
At the request of the reporters, Prime Minister Jung-minchan was giving a press conference .
Even if they declined all interviews like a proud peacock, it wasn’t as if any country or media could do anything to Alandal . However, the international opinion of Alandal was declining right now .
Everyone was frightened from the unannounced Dungeon Breaks .
A calamity could appear at any time, but people felt that it could be prevented through preparation . When everyone thought about what this preparation entailed, they thought about Alandal .
To be precise, they thought about Alandal’s Kahng-woojin .
He had shown up at every unexpected event . He had blocked and solved every issue . However, he was gone now, and it caused the world to become nervous . This was especially true for Koreans .
They had always thought, ‘Kahng-woojin is living next to us . He’ll block everything for us . ’
This thought changed to, ‘I’m about to die, so what the **** is he doing?’
If Minchan reported the general sentiment of the public to Kahng-woojin, the answer that would come back was obvious . This was why Minchan had stepped forward to solve this issue . He was smooth with his speech, and he was able to strike the right tone with his words . It was his duty to fix these kinds of problems .
“Can’t he reschedule the expedition to Alphen? Can’t it be at a later date?”
“He must do this . It is for the safety of earth . There is a solution that will allow us to escape the Dungeons . The king is looking for this solution . ”
After he gave a sufficient answer, he moved onto the next reporter . When a reporter raised his hand, Minchan pointed at him .
“Some in the public claim that Alandal is moving to Alphen . ”
“That is ridiculous . ”
“Didn’t Alandal complete Kahng-woojin’s Ark?”
“… . ”
Alandal’s Prime Minister glared at the reporter, who had asked the question .
Kahng-woojinn’s Ark .
The comparison to Noah’s Ark was getting more prevalent . .
People were referring to the Colony City that was placed on the aircraft carrier .
They were talking about Bibi’s Castle .
The people of earth didn’t know when they’ll die, so they might be viewing Bibi’s Castle as a lifeline that’ll allow them to avoid this disaster .
There were countless articles that were written about the elites of the country that were promising Alandal enormous sums of money . They hoped to get on the Bibi’s Castle .
Jung-minchan was very wary when such topics came up . He was most defensive when those accusations came up .
‘If they knew how hard our king is working, they would never say such things… . ’
Kahng-woojin wanted to protect earth more than anyone else . In truth, Jung-minchan wasn’t afraid of their situation deteriorating in the international community . He was afraid that Kahng-woojin might become disappointed in the people of earth .
He was afraid Kahng-woojin would abandon earth from disappointment when he saw the selfishness of the people on earth .
If one ignored the double standard, the king of Alandal didn’t have any reason to save earth .
He was a Dimensional lord . If he wanted to, he could just save his family and the guild members of Alandal .
“This is a tactical fortress . I feel uncomfortable calling it an Ark . Next question . ”
As if he had been waiting for it, a reporter quickly raised his hand .
“You just called it a tactical fortress . Are you planning on roaming around the entire length of Korea to quell the monsters?”
Minchan let out a small smile .
“Of course . We’ll go where the help is needed . We’ll subjugate the monsters . I’m not talking only about Korea . We’ll help the world . ”
“Isn’t that a little bit of dangerous statement to say? We know Alandal’s facilities are being emptied right now . We know that all of Alandal is moving into the Bibi’s Castle . Are you planning on throwing away Korea?”
“We aren’t throwing anyone away . We are trying to protect earth . ”
“Aren’t you all Koreans?”
“We are earthians . ”
“… . ”
As he looked at the reporter, who had asked the question, Minchan spoke in a tone of assurance .
“Korea has to withdraw its mentality of leaning on Alandal . A nation should protect itself . We are just helpers . ”
Weren’t they looking down on their nation’s self-defense capabilities? Or are they throwing a tantrum out of desperation?
‘I might have done something unnecessary . ’
Minchan had been frustrated, so he hadn’t thought over what he was going to say . He regretted his word .
He didn’t know about the international politics, but at the very least, the people of Korea might not look favorably at Alandal .
‘I’m worried about the articles that’ll come out tomorrow . ’
The pens were moving furiously over notebooks and notepads owned the the reporters . It felt as if the sounds of the pens were stabbing at his heart .