Seoul Station’s Necromancer Chapter 201:
Chapter 201 – God of Destruction (1)
Woojin exited the room with a big frown on his face, and the first thing he saw was a crowd of people running up to him .
There was Jung-minchan, and Woo-sooghoon . Then there was Kim-haemin and Blanka, who he hadn’t seen for awhile . Even Bibi was there… .
“Why are you all gathering around me?”
“Are you ok? The sounds from inside the…”
“I want you to heal the **** inside . ”
Blanka possessed a Healing ability, so he discreetly went into the isolation room . The rest of the group followed behind Woojin .
“Why are you guys following me like dogs?”
“Mmmm . . Are you ok, president?”
Jung-minchan bolstered his courage as he asked a question . Woojin frowned as he replied with a question of his own .
“Why wouldn’t I be fine?”
“Your complexion doesn’t look good . ”
Woojin looked around his surrounding .
Everyone looked worried, and there was something common in all their faces . They were all looking at him with worried eyes .
“Are you guys perhaps worried about me?”
“Huh . Jeez . ”
Woojin grinned . He relaxed his stiffened face .
He never expected to receive such gazes from others in this life .
No, there had always been someone, who had looked at him with such worried eyes .
‘This is a first aside from my mother . ’
Maybe, this should have been obvious if he looked back on it .
These people already deserved to be called his family .
He could worry about them independent from what power they possessed .
It was a refreshing feeling . He had decided to protect them all, but he didn’t realize they were worrying about him .
He didn’t hate the feeling .
“Are you all frustrated?”
“Yes? Yes, sir!”
Jung-minchan’s voice was especially overflowing with energy .
Of course, everyone felt frustrated by the situation, but it was the worst for Jung-michan .
Important figures from different countries contacted Minchan so much that these calls just rolled off his back . He shrugged them off, yet kings and government officials kept trying to get Minchan to arrange Kahng-woojin’s support .
It wasn’t just these people . All the people of the world held a similar view . Kahng-woojin was the vanguard spearheading the Dungeon Breaks and the Monster Rush . This was why everyone surmised Kahng-woojin had the most information regarding what was going on .
In truth, Jung-minchan also thought the same . However, even if he did receive answers from Woojin, Minchan wouldn’t never pass on what he learned to others .
His role was to take the requests and criticisms . He stopped the threats and entreaties for cooperation from reaching Kahng-woojin by solving issues beforehand . He made it easier for Kahng-woojin to operate .
However, Minchan was staring at an endless war with the monsters . Of course, he was curious to know if this war would come to an end .
“Gather around . ”
Woojin’s expression softened a bit, and this served to relax the uncomfortable atmosphere .
“Mmm . How should I explain this… . ”
Hadn’t he been angry, because he couldn’t organize this situation within his head?
However, everyone was waiting with bright eyes as they waited for his answer . He did his best to summarize the situation .
The act of trying to explain it to someone else made it easier for him to sort everything out .
“It is year 2529 on the real earth . This world was a world created in virtual reality . ”
“What?”
Everyone became surprised .
Soonghoon’s eyes turned round as he asked a question .
“So what are we?”
“We are people connected to this reality . Maybe some of us are fakes . . ”
Woojin’s words lingered, and everyone kept looking at each other . It seemed they couldn’t comprehend his words, so they kept repeating Woojin’s words inside their heads .
It seemed Woojin wasn’t going to wait for them to comprehend it . He continued to pour out the words he organized .
“There are 72 of these fake worlds . Earth is one of them . Alphen is another . The Planet Jaku was also… . . ”
“T…then what are Dimensional lords? What are Dimensional Domains, and the Dungeons… . ”
“It is the crack between Dimensions . It might be a small planet, and the owners are the Dimensional lords . They are probably connecting to this place from the real earth . They are probably humans barely hanging onto life through a life-support machine . ”
His words were so serious that it felt like a joke . They felt an instinctual need to deny Woojin’s words, but they felt a sinking feeling in their stomach .
“So the Roused are the humans, who are accessing this place? The others are virtual humans… . Are you saying we are NPCs?”
Minchan’s voice was shaking unusually hard as he asked the question . Woojin shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly .
“I have no idea . ”
He wasn’t qualified to determine if it was true or not . However, it wasn’t as if he trusted 100% of Dr . Toppler’s story .
“That’s just what I heard . Well… Do you feel like a fake?”
Minchan blanched as he shook his head from side to side .
“Not at all！”
Woojin grinned .
The people here thought, took actions and lived their lives . How could they be defined by aggregation of 1s and 0s?
He wouldn’t define these people here as fake . He would instead define the program or beings, who created these people, to be gods .
“If you heard it from someone… . Who did you hear it from?”
“Professor Toppler . ”
“You met him?”
“He did as he pleased . He opened a gate to come to me . He said he’s a human from year 2529 . He said he’s from the real earth . ”
Minchan couldn’t help it . He asked a question about the preposterous story .
“……so is it possible to correspond with them?”
“I have no idea . ”
“Huhk . ”
Should he be called irresponsible? Maybe he was just thoughtless?
Woojin had spoken about a story that was hard to accept, yet he was acting unperturbed .
“That is why… . ”
He grinned as he looked at each one of them .
“I’m going to go and confirm it . ”
Minchan wondered if he should try to stop Woojin, but he couldn’t bring himself to speak . He was in a state of confusion .
This world was fake… There was a chance that he wasn’t a human… .
The other countries were asking for support, and Japan had come out against them . However, those events didn’t seem important anymore . Even the monsters from the Dungeon Break felt insignificant compared to this .
Toppler had said everything here was fake… .
He thought maybe the most important task he could do was to check the veracity of this claim .
Woo-soonghoon, who had been still as he listened, suddenly asked a question .
“Do you trust his words, king”
“I don’t know . ”
“Mmm . What if this is some big ruse? I’ve hatched a lot of them before, and this smells a bit fishy . ”
He grinned as he replied to his words .
“If it is a ruse, I’ll just beat him to death . ”
“Ha ha… . ”
Soonghoon had duped Woojin into buying a particular handphone, and he had been beaten like a drum . He put on an awkward smile as remembered the past .
“It is worth checking out . ”
“What if it turns out to be true?”
“Well, what do you think I’ll do?”
When Woojin put on a weird smile, Soonghoon gulped .
Woojin looked at the needlessly nervous people, and he brought up a topic he had been holding back .
“While I’m gone, you guys have to do something for me . ”
“What do you want of us?”
“I want you all to protect Sooah . ”
“Of course, we will . ”
The protection of Kahng-woojin’s family was their first priority . At Jung-minchan’s untroubled answer, Woojin spoke to him in a serious manner .
“You have to protect Sooah even if you lose everything . ”
Woojin’s gaze head towards Bibi .
“Do you understand?”
“Yes, master . ”
If Sooah was a proxy of earth’s god… . There will be an relentless push by the Dimensional lords to gain the Code .
He couldn’t hand them over the Code, and he couldn’t lose Sooah either .
“When everyone gets back, I want you to deliver my words to them . ”
“Yes, sir . ”
Do-jaemin was still continuing his Dimensional Battles, and he was steadily increasing the stockpile of Points .
There was no news regarding Sunggoo, and Haesol had left after leaving behind a letter . She was somewhere on Alphen, and no one knew when she would be returning .
“Where are you going to go, president?”
“Before I go, I have someone I have to meet . ”
The Moon World **** would facilitate his logout? He had been summoned before against his will before . Once was enough . If he had business on the earth from year 2529, he would go there of his own volition .
Woojin summoned his Phantom Steed, and he got on .
“Bibi . ”
“Yes, master . ”
“If I don’t make it back… I leave the Undead army to you . ”
When the Undead familiars were summoned, the magical energy of the Necromancer started to be consumed . This was especially true for Yong Yong . It had an enormous body, and it always received considerable damage during battle . One had to regenerate it, and it siphoned off a significant amount of magical energy .
This was also the reason why the Undead army had a hard time operating far from its king .
Occasionally, he had given command of his Undead army to Lich Jaenis . It was also inevitable that Jaenis had a smaller reservoir of magical energy compared to Woojin, since it couldn’t steal souls .
However, he had already assigned Bibi as the admin in charge of taking care of the Flying Fortress .
It was similar to how Woojin gathered the souls nearby to fuel his magical energy . Bibi would be able to use the Colony’s Points to bolster her magical energy . Of course, this was assuming she was near the Colony .
If Bibi was able to give them support, the Undead army would be able to display its full power .
“It won’t take me too long to check this out . I want you to protect Sooah . ”
“Yes, master . ”
“Please don’t worry . ”
“We’ll protect her at all cost . ”
The Phantom Steed jumped into the air, and everyone waved their hands towards Woojin .
The several people, who was aware of situation surrounding the Holy Maiden of earth, started their defense against the beings gunning for her .
Poo-shoohk .
Toppler, who had been connected through the interface adapter, opened his eyes after his Code was withdrawn .
“Mmm . ”
When he groaned, one of the team member pushed a bottle towards him .
“Thank you . ”
“Were you successful in convincing him?”
“Hmmm . I’m not sure . ”
“What?”
He became surprised at the professor’s wishy washy answer .
“If we don’t have the Code, how are we going to restore the planet?”
“Mmm . ”
They needed two things to reset the virtual servers .
They needed the Restoration Code and the Planet Code .
Woojin possessed the Deletion Code, and he gained the Restoration Code by killing Iello . However, that was all he possessed .
Only the 72 Thrones possessed the Planet Codes .
Dr . Toppler’s job was to convince Kahng-woojin to acquire the Earth’s Code, and it would make him the 1st Throne .
This was the only way he’ll become useful after his logout .
If he didn’t have the Planet Code, it didn’t matter if he had the Deletion Code and the Recovery Code . It was like asking someone to cook with a knife and pan with no ingredients .
“Shouldn’t we halt everything right now? What if our actions instigate the **** of destruction to descend… . ”
They had gone through hardship to hold out for this long, yet it could all disappear in a flash . This was why they hadn’t approached Kahng-woojin, who had the Deletion Code, in the first place . He was too difficult to deal with . Their hopes had been with Iello… .
Toppler let out a bitter laugh when the person in front of him looked at Toppler with distrustful eyes . He couldn’t blame the man . He deserved to be berated, since he had acted without seeking approval from the others . He wanted to put all the blame and consequences squarely on his shoulders, but events had gotten too out of hand to do so .
“I’ll have to give orders to Kim-kahngchul . ”
“I’ll make preparations . ”
They had to prepare for the unexpected . If Kahng-woojin logged out without possessing the Planet Code, it would be the worst possible scenario . They had to prepare for it .
Hweeeee .
It was a desert where only sand was carried by the wind . One could see a dried up tree, and two abandoned buildings . After stopping his Phantom Steed, Woojin jumped off as he looked at his surrounding .
He looked in all directions, and all he could see was sand . There was no sign of life here, yet he was careful .
“Ggaebi . ”
[Koo-koohk . Did you call for me?]
“Check if anyone is nearby . ”
[Do you need a sacrifice? Or maybe you need blood?]
“Stop talking nonsense . Just go and search . ”
[Koo koo . I will carry out your order . ]
Woojin frowned as Ggaebi spoke with great mirth .
Woojin had sought out a location with no people nearby . He wanted to minimize the loss of life .
“Shall I start now?”
Woojin took out the Sealed Stone, Return Marble and the Summon Stone . He had bought them from his Achievement Store .
After surviving in Alphen for the past 20 years, he had been barely able to find this method . It allowed him to return home .
He gathered the three Items in one place, and he smashed them .
Pah-ah-ah-ah .
The Items turned into dust, and it scattered as if it was smoke . Soon, it coalesced in front of Woojin’s eyes as it let out a light .
Hooooohng!
It was a mass made out of light .
The mass of light was wearing armor, and it was able to speak even though it didn’t have a mouth .
“You are a warrior that has reached the pinnacle… . Where do you want to go?”
The tail end of his mouth lifted when he heard the same word from this being .
Seventy Second Throne .
He possessed all the Planet Codes… . He was the closest to being the absolute being .
He spoke towards the Dimensional Admin .