Seoul Station’s Necromancer Chapter 76:
Chapter 76 - Mop Up
Silence .
A pin could drop right now, and the sound would be heard loud and clear . The oppressive silence inside the conference hall stopped others from breathing .
Chal-kahk .
A reporter pressed the shutter of his camera by force of habit, and the sound was unusually loud .
As if they were frogs coming out of hibernation, people started to move when they heard the sound . However, no one dared to open their mouth .
“So our mutual non-aggression treaty is broken?”
“How can that be? It isn't anything like that . If I knew this place was Alandal, I would have never stepped a foot in this place . ”
Woojin grinned .
Woojin was curious about one thing .
This was the reason why he had come to the US himself .
“Why are you here?”
“My goddess gave me a revelation . She wants me to guide the saviour . ”
“Hmmm . This means Aria sent you here?”
Blasphemy .
However, Melody wasn't showing any signs of being angry or disgusted .
He couldn't be compared to someone like her, who was able to hear a goddess' voice .
He was someone who had already met face to face with a **** .
She bowed her head more in front of him . .
“Yes… I'm only a lowly servant . I came here as my goddess decreed . . . . ”
“Ah, it's all right . ”
He already knew what she was going to say . Woojin waved his hand at her then he looked towards Deacon .
“Let's have a little talk . ”
Deacon couldn't understand Woojin's Korean words, so his secretary gave an immediate translation from his side .
“…mmmm . This location is unacceptable . Let's move to a different location . ”
When Deacon started speaking to his secretary, Woojin finally had the chance to look at his surrounding . When he spotted a broadcasting camera, he walked towards it . The cameraman was taken aback, and he was besides himself when Woojin headed towards him . Woojin stood in front of him, and he asked a question .
“Is this being broadcasted live?”
At his unexpectedly sophisticated English, the shocked cameraman shook his head .
“No . ”
“Turn it back into a live broadcast . ”
Woojin's words flustered the cameraman even more .
When he turned to look at the executive from the broadcasting company, he also had a conflicted expression on his face . The content of the meeting was supposed to kept a secret . The network made a deal with a Titan Guild to show only an edited version of the meeting at a later time . The guild had to give consent on what would be shown .
“It'll be like an year-end greeting . A year-end greeting . ”
Woojin's words swayed the heart of the executive from the broadcasting company .
This man was a hero, who had saved US citizens from a terrorist attack . The executive thought he had a duty to deliver his voice to the world .
Americans had a large fear about terrorist attacks .
In response to the attack, Woojin had throw his body in the way to thwart the attack, so the public interest in him was tremendous .
“You can speak now . ”
Woojin looked straight into the camera and he grinned .
"The **** who shot a missile at me, the **** who plotted against me as the middle man, the **** pulling strings from behind . . . . ”
The cameraman didn't know Korean, but Minchan, who had come up from behind, covered his face with his palm .
President . Please speak a little bit more nicely… .
“Soon, I will find and kill all of you . Wait for me . ”
After Woojin ended his speech, he turned to look at the broadcasting executive .
“Thank you . ”
From listening to his tone and inflection, the executive could tell Woojin was giving a speech that was far from an year-end greeting . However, it was being broadcasted live, so the executive couldn't do anything .
The cameraman turned his head, and he whispered to the executive .
“Should I continue to film this?”
The footage of the Holy Maiden kneeling in front to of Woojin had been recorded . As he looked over the disordered conference hall, the executive nodded his head .
“Just record it . ”
It would be unreasonable to send this through a live broadcast .
‘This Asian man is… . ’
In a short amount of time, the Holy Maiden Melody became the center of attention for every American . However, this woman had knelt in front of the Asian man . No matter how anyone saw it she had shown him the utmost respect .
‘This is going to be fun . ’
The world will now focus their attention on the man named Kahng-woojin .
After finishing what he had to say, Woojin walked back towards the stage . In a flash, Minchan approached Woojin from behind, and he called out after Woojin .
“President . ”
“Ah, Minchan . ”
“…… . ”
Minchan looked at Woojin with a complicated gaze . Woojin had put his body in harms way to protect him, and all the people inside the Hotel . Woojin probably didn't know if he would live or not yet he had sacrificed himself .
“Thank you for saving me . ”
Woojin smirked .
“It's fine . Follow me . I have to talk to those people . ”
Titan Guild's guild master Deacon passed the duty of hosting the consortium to someone else . Then he quickly disappeared towards the back with the Holy Maiden Melody . Minchan's face scrunched up when he saw the Holy Knights, who had recently begun to follow Melody .
“Didn't you say you were friend with her?”
“Uh, what? We are friends . ”
“…… . ”
In what way?
No matter how he saw it he couldn't see Melody as Woojin's friend .
“Just follow me . ”
“…… . ”
When Woojin and Minchan followed after Deacon, the conference hall started to come to life .
“Who's that Asian man?”
“Is he Ms . Melody's husband?”
“What kind of Holy Maiden had a husband?”
“You never know, since it's a different planet… . ”
Even amongst the uproar, Baek-dosong's face trembled a little bit .
“Senior vice president Jung . ”
“Yes, president . ”
“I, I… . ”
“Yes . Please speak . ”
“It seems I obtained a really interesting younger bro . ”
Baek-jongdo's eyes were sparkling with curiosity and excitement . Jung-chansung grabbed his head .
How was he interesting? Woojin was obviously a dangerous person .
Jung-chansung let out a deep sigh .
*
The office of Titan Guild's Guild Master .
When Deacon sat down on the seat of honor at the conference table, Melody approached him and she spoke quietly .
“You should concede the seat to Alandal's Monarch . . . ”
“What?
Deacon was momentarily panicked . Woojin, who followed behind them, waved his hand .
“Ah, it's fine . ”
“…… . ”
Woojin sat to the right of Deacon, and Minchan naturally took a seat next to him . Melody continued to stand by Deacon's side, so he turned to look at her .
“You should also sit, Holy Maiden . ”
“I wouldn't dare… . ”
Woojin looked at the Holy Maiden .
[Just sit . . ]
[…Yes . ]
[…… . ]
The two of them spoke in Alphen's language, and it irritated everyone else's ears . Deacon furrowed his brows as he looked over Woojin .
What kind of relationship did these two have?
When a translator, who was more proficient in Korean, arrived, Deacon's curiosity was answered .
“If you don't mind me asking, what kind of relationship do the two of you . . . ”
“Ah, she's a friend . A friend . ”
Deacon's expression indicated he didn't believe Woojin's words at all . Melody's face paled .
‘Oh, my goddess . Why would you send me such a tribulation?’
A friend of the Immortal… .
Her body shook from just thinking about it .
“Mmm . We have something akin to an alliance . ”
“An alliance?”
“We struck down Trahnet's army together . ”
“…… . ”
The Holy Maiden didn't say anything .
He was fudging the truth when he said they had struck down Trahnet's forces together .
Woojin destroyed and killed anything that stepped on to Alandal .
The alliance sent an emissary to promise they won't invade Alandal in the future, so there were little friction between them .
Trahnet still went after Alandal's land, and Woojin had hunted down Trahnet's army .
They fought together since they had a common enemy . However, her side hadn't closely cooperated with Woojin . So it was ambiguous to call it an alliance .
Everyone fought against Trahnet on their own, so to speak .
Woojin's action could be characterized as hunting Trahnet . It was quite generous to say the alliance just held on . Basically, they weren't the ones being hunted .
The translator passed on Deacon's words to Woojin once again .
“I know you are Korean . So how did you form a relationship with those on the Planet Alphen?”
“I was summoned there 5 years ago . I lived on Alphen for 20 years, and I have only recently returned . Are you trying to conduct a hearing?”
Woojin frowned when Deacon continued to ask questions . The nervous Holy Maiden spoke to Deacon .
“Please don't irritate him . You are being rude to the Monarch . ”
“…… . ”
The endlessly haughty and dignified Holy Maiden was a nervous wreck right now .
Deacon couldn't get used to it .
He didn't know Woojin's identity . In his perspective, Woojin looked more like a human, and the Holy Maiden was more like a god-like figure .
Anyways, he was very curious about this human named Kahng-woojin, but Deacon didn't need to get all the answered from Woojin .
It seemed the Holy Maiden was well acquainted with Woojin, so he would get the information from her at a later time .
“Hmmm . Hmmmm . Why did you want to see me?”
When their conversation returned to the main topic, Woojin opened his inventory then he took out an item . He placed it on top of the table .
“Kyahhhk!”
The secretary screamed, and the translator quickly turned his head away . Even Minchan scrunched up his face as he looked away . Deacon's eyes hardened, but worry started to fill his eyes .
‘What is the meaning behind this action?’
As the guild master of a large organization, his worries deepened . Surprisingly, the one, who didn't show any reaction, was the Holy Maiden .
Her expression said everything that needed to be said .
‘Alandal's Monarch brought someone's severed head . ’
That was the extent of her thoughts .
She wasn't surprised at all by his actions .
As Woojin received Deacon's gaze, which was filled with unasked questions, he spoke in a nonchalant manner .
“This is the bastard, who ambushed me yesterday . He led me into a Dungeon to kill me . I would like you to find out the identity of this man . ”
The Holy Maiden's eyes widened in surprise .
Earth chose a different path to destruction instead of Trahnet . . . Someone on earth tried to assassinate the Monarch of Alandal . . .
Isn't that the absolutely the worst way to suicide?
In the past, kingdoms were destroyed for using such similar methods . . . Several kingdoms . . .
“Even if you come here to ask us, we didn't… . ”
“I'm not suspicious of you guys . I want you to find out this bastard's affiliation . There can't be many Rank AA Roused working as an assassin on earth . ”
“Still… . ”
“We'll look into it . ”
Deacon was going to negotiate with him, but the Holy Maiden quickly accepted the request .
'Titan Guild master . Thank you for all your cooperation up until now . If I'm to repay this debt, don't I have to be alive? I have to return to Alphen alive, so I can save countless number of people . Please don't agitate the Immortal any further . '
The Holy Maiden pleaded with her eyes as she looked at Deacon . He swallowed what he was about to say .
“I'm going to go after the helicopter that shot the missile . I'm hoping the helicopter didn't originate from within the US . If it is, conflict is inevitable . ”
Woojin was not trying to foster a hostile relationship with the US government, but in the end, he didn't really care . He was sure there were couple people in the government involved in the attack .
“The government is trying its best to locate the helicopter . ”
“They don't have to search any further . I already know where it is . I'll be leaving soon . ”
“…… . ”
Melody, who had been standing still, suddenly stepped forward .
“I will go with you . ”
“Why do you want to follow me?”
At Woojin's dissatisfactory reply, Jung-minchan stepped forward .
“It would be better if you work with the Titan Guild . ”
He wasn't doing this to perform a meritorious deed . He also wasn't doing this to ferret out all the terrorists . Woojin just wanted to take his revenge .
Minchan wanted to lessen the chance any misunderstanding would happen with the US government . Titan Guild maintained a close relationship with the US government, so there was a lot of advantage in having them along .
The US was much more sensitive to terrorist acts compared to other countries .
Woojin had stopped a terrorist attack from succeeding, so the US public was already treating him like a hero . Of course, it would be great if he was able to round up the terrorist at their base of operation . However, many US citizens would not like someone like Woojin carry out a hostile act inside their country unless he was really some kind of a superhero .
It would be better to carry out this mission with the Titans .
“All right . When are we leaving?”
“Ggoo-hmmm . I'll scrap together a response team . Five hours should be enough . "
He wanted to ask why it would take so long, but he reminded himself that his enemies won't be running away any time soon . Even if they did run away, it wasn't a problem . He had sent both Bibi and Ggaebi to keep surveillance on them .
“Then shall we talk a little bit about your homeland?”
Woojin was curious as to how the situation on Alphen changed after he left .
There was a saying that said if one meets a person from the same country in a foreign land then it would feel like the other person was from your homeland . She thought the saying was spot on . Still, the Holy Maiden couldn't get used to the unusually friendly actions of the Immortal .
“What would you like to know… . ”
“What's Kyle doing these days?”
“Hero struggled with the injury he sustained 3 years ago . About a year ago, he passed away while fighting one of Trahnet's commanders . ”
“Ah, so that fellow died . That friend did have a **** leg . . . ”
Yes . The leg that bothered him was the leg he shattered, while fighting a Necromancer named Immortal . Even when holy water and the god's blessing was applied in bulk, his injury never healed completely .
“How about the wrinkly old man inside the forest?”
“The Gread Elder of the Elves is… . ”
Melody's words faded, and she looked at Woojin with trembling eyes . .
Was he really asking, because he doesn't know?
“Why did you stop speaking?”
“…… . ”
Ha . He really is asking because he doesn't know .
So how should she phrase this?
‘You killed him when you stole the World Branch . . . . ’
No matter how hard she thought about it she couldn't come up with an answer that wouldn't ruin the Immortal's mood .
‘Oh, my goddess . How can you give such an ordeal . . . ’
Tears started to well in the Holy Maiden's eyes .