Seoul Station’s Necromancer Chapter 94:
Chapter 94 - Wrath of the Desert (3)
“The monsters are coming . ”
“Get ready to fire!”
The terrorists were optimized for travel, since they had to be ready to run away from the bombardments . The vehicles were equipped with various weapons including machine guns .
Boo-roo-roo-roong .
Black smog was emitted as the ignitions were started . The vehicles took a sharp turn, and they pointed their vehicles towards the desert outside the base .
“Shoot them!”
Too-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo .
“Kiehhhhk . ”
Several hundred bullets flew through the air, and they struck the Skeleton Soldiers . If one hit the Skeleton's skulls by luck, the Skeleton Soldier was destroyed . However, this happened to only a small fraction of the Skeleton Soldiers .
Moreover, the Death Knights riding on top of the Phantom Steeds didn't receive any damage .
“Bring the rocket launcher . ”
A henchman quickly brought a RPG-7, and he fired it after aiming it at a Phantom Steed .
Pee-shoooooong!
The warhead cut through the air towards a short Death Knight with an imposing presence . His Phantom Steed started running more fiercely .
[Ramson-nim is taking the field!]
He was a great warrior of the dwarf race . Ramson swung his large hammer .
Kwahhng!
The hammer collided with the warhead, and the hammer completely absorbed the entire explosion .
Ramson possessed an innate skill called 'Shock Absorption . ' The skill allowed him to absorb any physical impact . It didn't matter if it was an explosion or a magical attack . The hammer stored it all .
Moreover, the shock that was stored inside the hammer could be expelled, and the force was amplified by several magnitude .
Even as bullets were raining down on him, the Phantom Steed was getting closer to the wall being used as a barricade . Ramson swung his hammer .
Kwahhhng!
The wall exploded, and the debris acted as a deadly weapon . It swept towards the insurgents . The Phantom Steeds breached the location where the wall had exploded .
“S . . . shoot them!”
Too-doo-dooo-doo-dooo-doo .
The machine guns fired towards the Death Knights . However, all the bullets bounced off of them even at such a close distance . Kiba's Phantom Steed reared back, and it crushed the vehicle with the machine gun .
Kwah-jee-jeek .
He looked at the gun men, who died before they could let out a scream . Kiba let out a yell .
[Show them the Immortal's majesty!!]
The Skeleton Soldiers crossed the broken wall, and they started slaughtering the insurgents . When they jumped into the fight, it took only a brief moment before the lives within the base was extinguished .
The hostages looked at Woojin with fear in their eyes . Woojin took out a short sword from his inventory, and he severed the cable tie of the nearest hostage . Then he gave the short sword to him .
“Release the rest of them . ”
The man asked a question when English came out of Woojin's mouth .
“A . . . are you a US soldier? Did you come here to save us?”
“No . ”
Woojin left the man, and he walked towards the base . The man prayed to his **** as he looked at the back of Woojin .
His **** had listened to his prayers .
His **** had taken pity on him, who had been shaking in fear . A savior was sent to him .
After the man cut all the cable ties on the hostages, they headed towards the base where Woojin had walked towards to . No one needed to speak .
No matter what anyone said the safest place right now was next to Woojin .
“Where are the rest of the hostages?"
Woojin looked around the corpses strewn around the devastated base . Then he revived all of them as Skeleton Soldiers .
Pah-paht!
In a flash, the spiritless Skeletons rose up, and they were automatically put under the command of the Death Knights . Once the Skeletons were put on the Death Knight's command, they would stand ready in the Summoning Room unless they were destroyed . They were summoned at the call of Death Knights .
“Where are the rest of the hostages?”
It happened before Woojin could go look for the captured hostages .
“Shit . Don't move!”
Maybe, they couldn't bring themselves to come out after hearing the commotion outside, but two sentries that had been guarding the hostages stepped forward . They dragged forward a hostage with a gun to his head . The man had lost the control of his bladder, so he walked forward awkwardly . It was none other than the weapons dealer, Roman .
“If you attack, I'll kill this hostage . ”
Their eyes were filled with fear .
[Goo-roo-roo-roong . ]
The Death Knight growled like a wild beast . When their eyes met the red glow, the Ogre's Fear swept over them, and their bodies froze .
Woojin stretched out his hand, and he started using the Electric Shock .
Pah-jee-jee-jeek .
The Death Knight 'Rakto' walked towards the fallen two guards, and he stabbed his spear into their hearts .
“Huh-ooh-ook . ”
After Roman was released from the Fear, he let out a cheer . Then he put out his hand after approaching Woojin .
“Hoo-ooh . Thank you for saving me . Are you a US soldier? If you tell me your name, I'll be sure to pay you back . ”
“I don't need it . ”
“Uh-huh . Is it because you are a soldier? I'll send it to you in secret . The amount won't disappoint you . ”
Woojin summoned a Bone Spear and he aimed it at Roman's heart .
“Blah blah blah . Why don't you just shut up now?”
“…… . ”
He knew those who worked in the battle field were rough, but how could he treat an US citizen like this? Roman frowned .
“I won't forget what happened here . ”
He didn’t know if he should be repay him or hold a grudge, but Roman decided the man, who had rescued him, was a Roused soldier .
Wooin smirked when he heard Roman’s words .
He had 53 loyal Death Knights waiting for his command, and over Skeleton Soldiers were under their command .
‘Yes . A person of his disposition would deal in weapons . . ’
Woojin lowered the Bone Spear that had been pointed at his chest . Roman thought his words had gotten through to Woojin, so his face relaxed by a little bit . Unlike him, Woojin grin grew more wide .
“Hey . I’m so sorry about this . What should I do?”
“Haha . You don't have to apologize to me . As a US citizen . . . . ”
“Do I look like an American?”
Woojin spoke as if he was very proud of the fact that he wasn’t an American, and Roman’s words were cut short . No, that wasn’t the only thing that was cut short .
Puh-uhk, too-doohk .
The Bone Spear was swung at an incredible speed, and it severed Roman's head from his body . No, it was more accurate to say his neck bones were broken, and his head was ripped off .
“Does he think I'm some kind of babysitter?”
The Undead instinctively became excited, and the living people fell into a state of shock .
“Heeek!”
The other hostages, who were herded out with Roman, witnessed the brutal sight . They had assumed they had been saved from being shot, but now their faces were filled with fear . No one dared to open their mouth .
“Everyone gather here . ”
At Woojin words, everyone gathered in one place . It didn't matter if they couldn't understand Woojin's words . They looked at their neighbors, and they followed their actions .
“Reporters step forward . ”
“…… . ”
No one stepped forward at Wooijin's words .
“If you don't step forward on the count of 5, I'll beat all of you . One, two… . ”
There was one one finger left when three men stood up at the same time .
“All right . You guys follow me . The rest of you should send a request for help . ”
No one complained when they heard Woojin's irresponsible words . They had seen Roman die in front of their eyes .
He told the hostages to use the communication equipment in the base to call for a rescue . Woojin waved the three reporters forward .
“Are you guys war correspondents?”
“Yes . I'm Tom, and this is Mark . We are Americans, and . . . ”
“I'm Joni . I'm British . ”
Woojin gave an order to the three of them .
“I want you guys to record everything I do as you follow me . ”
“…what are we going to film?”
Rescue unknown people from pain . . . Freeing and rescuing . . . It wasn't action befitting the Immortal . No, he wasn't confident he'll be able to pull it off .
Instead, he'll act as the **** of Destruction's champion . As he embraced the pain, he'll bring destruction and an end to his enemies . He was confident he could do that .
“The killing and the destruction . ”
“…… . ”
Did this person lose his mind?
He seemed to be a psychopath amongst pyschopaths . He disguised himself as a hostage to be captured like some Egyptian Pharaoh in the myths . He used the Undead to kill all the insurgents, and he also killed a hostage he rescued to prove a point . . .
Now he wanted them to film him kill people?
He was a pervert . They were sure of it .
“I'm going to put an end to the terrorist groups”
“……!”
The context of the killing changed the opinions of others .
There was a fine line between being a murderer and a war hero .
They revised their opinions .
He wasn't a pervert . A messiah had appeared .
*
Bagram Air Force Base's Command Room .
“Look over here . Something is a bit off . ”
Rachel tilted her head in puzzlement when she saw the satellite photo sent from her homeland .
It was a picture of a large dust cloud . It was as if a large convoy of vehicles were moving .
“What is this? Did the insurgent have this much fleet of vehicles?”
“They are heading towards the stronghold of the rebels . ”
“Is there an internal conflict?”
“…I have no idea . ”
There were enough people moving for it to be visible on a satellite photo . . . .
David was tapping his forehead when his communications officer reported the missive he was waiting for .
“We received a message from the A team . They safely arrived at the destination . They have collected the 37 hostages . Unfortunately, Roman was found dead . ”
“Hmmm . How fortunate . The casualties for the A team?”
“They are all unharmed . ”
General David thought he had heard wrong, but his thoughts turned to praising the A team . They had taken no casualty even though they had travelled deep within the territory of the rebels .
“They didn't have a single engagement . ”
“…… . ”
At that moment, Rachel quickly put up the data she was receiving up on her tablet, then she showed it to the general .
“These are the photos and videos that is rapidly spreading across the internet . ”
“Mmmm . ”
David scrolled down the tablet to look at various pictures .
It was pictures of the bases of the insurgent being burned to ground . There were people being freed, and there were even some rebels surrendering . . . There was a single video mixed in with the photos, so he clicked on it .
[Kee-kee-keek . ]
[Agrak to Mahsh . ]
Undecipherable words spoken in the Alphen language was heard, and David saw a battle between the living and the dead . A blue ghastly Phantom Steed was breaking apart a tank too easily .
Apparitions wearing armors rode the Phantom Steeds, and several hundred Skeleton Soldiers were following them .
“Is this some kind of a movie trailer?”
“…please look at the footage towards the end . ”
“Hmmmm . ”
When he skipped to the latter part of the footage, he saw Woojin being guarded by a variety of Death Knights . No, he wasn't being guarded . He was leading the horde from the front .
“Kahng-woojin?”
He wasn't shown in the camera, but David could hear the war correspondent talking busily .
[A messiah has appeared . The Korean Roused Kahng-woojin has declared war against the terrorists, and his rage is sweeping across the desert . It seems his army won't stop until he eradicates the terrorist group . ]
Behind the reporter's voice and face, one could see several thousand Skeleton Soldiers . The sight was enough to make one lose one's nerves .
“Should I really believe this is actually happening? Where did this footage originate from?”
“He is a war correspondent from the SNS named Tom . It is being uploaded on the youtube channel of a British war correspondent also from the SNS .
“Huh-uh . ”
The pieces fell into place .
The massive amount of people moving towards the stronghold of the insurgents was captured on the satellite photo .
The explosions, and the massive amount of troops moving was causing dust clouds to form .
The rebels decided to gather their main force in one place . Moreover, Woojin was leading his Undead troops to the location .
These two large groups were on a collision course .
“It says he is a Necromancer . Is it possible for him to work on such a large scale?”
The Roused were supernatural beings, yet how was such a thing possible? A Necromancer that could control several thousand Undeads? Isn't this something only seen in legends?
“He became famous in such a short amount of time, so not a lot is known about his Roused abilities . ”
“So, are you saying this is actually possible?”
How could he become so strong in such a short amount of time? It was as if he was a demi-god that had dropped out of the sky .
It was fruitless to argue if this was possible or not . It was already happening in front of their eyes .
“I've heard Holy Maiden Melody is well acquainted with Kahng-woojin . ”
“Mmm . Bring her here . No, I'll go see her . Where is she?”
“Normally, she stays in the infirmary . ”
David decided to go visit her himself .
An angry Roused disguised himself as a hostage to infiltrate the rebel stronghold, and he was creating an uproar .
He caused serious change in only one day, and the rebel forces were gathering for the final battle .
A mere private citizen was about to finish a job that the US government couldn't accomplish for the past couple years .
David found the Holy Maiden inside the empty infirmary .
Her abilities put the current medical knowledge on its head, and she was able to reduce the patients inside the Bagram Air Force base to 0 . She was praying in front of a small statue of the goddess she had carved out of wood .
“Oh goddess . Please stop his wrath . . . . ”
He had to stop at an appropriate point . His overflowing rage will turn the world against him . It would lead him and the world to their downfall .