Seoul Station’s Necromancer Chapter 163:
Chapter 163 – Bibi’s Castle (2)
KH hotel .
Only the people invited could enter the assembly hall, but the content of what they would be discussing wasn’t a secret .
The main participant hosting this general assembly hadn’t appeared yet .
The assembly hall was decorated like a dinner party, and everyone was having a conversation as they gathered into various groups . No one was paying attention to the food that was being laid out in a buffet style .
Everyone that had been invited were the best Roused that the world could offer . Moreover, the main figures of the guilds were all here .
This was a gathering hosted by Kahng-woojin . Some only needed this fact to move like migrating clouds to attend this meeting . The medium-sized guilds weren’t even able to get a seat in this event .
They were dissatisfied, but they couldn’t do anything about it .
Jung-minchan caught sight of a man with drooping shoulders within the crowd . Minchan smiled as he approached him .
“Aigo . Is that you, president Park?”
Hammer guild’s president Park-sahngoh was about to drink his beverage, and it had gone down the wrong hole . He let out a cough .
“Hmm . Kmmm . Should I call you Prime Minister Jung now?”
“Ha ha ha . Yes, I am Alandal’s Prime Minister . ”
“…… . ”
At one time, he had been the president to this former team leader, who had been in charge of a lower end support team . There was an awkward apprehension that was unfolding between them right now .
“I heard you had a hard time trying to set up this general assembly . ”
“It was ridiculous . Various guilds threatened me for an invite, and there were also terrorists that forewarned me of attacks . Then there was the requests for… . ”
It seemed Park-sahngoh had a difficult time . There were dark circles under his eyes, and his skin looked dull . He looked to have aged significantly .
“I guess we were unnecessarily demanding with our requests . ”
“No . I fully understand why those requests were made . ”
It wasn’t as if Minchan couldn’t sympathize with Park-sahngoh’s troubles .
This wasn’t a birthday party . One couldn’t just book a place, then send out the invitations .
This meeting was being led by Kahng-woojin…
This general assembly was being done to disseminate more information about Alphen and the Dungeons .
Of course, the world’s attention couldn’t help, but be focused on this event . Countless people sent requests or threats to obtain an invitation to this general assembly . Park-sahngoh had to carefully plan out how they would be able to protect everyone . First, he had to do an exhaustive search on finding a building, then the security personnel… .
As time continued to pass, the interest in this event grew proportionally .
There was so much factors to worry about that it had been hard to advance in his work .
Park-sahngoh had suffered under such conditions .
When the KH guild insisted on managing the general assembly, Park-sahngoh immediately shoved the responsibility to the KH guild as if he was attempting to blow away all the stress he was feeling .
The location of the general assembly was decided to be held at the KH hotel, and the new invitations were re-sent . Funnily enough, the new invitation was sent by e-mail .
The effort and preparations paid attention to by Park-sahngoh was all for naught with the change in venue .
The KH guild was relaxed in their preparation .
The complaints and threats reached a fevered pitch, but KH guild and Alandal ignored it all .
“Is this really going to be ok?”
“What do you mean?”
“Some guilds didn’t receive personal invitations, so they took it as Alandal ignoring them… . ”
“Our invitation was extended to every guild in this world . ”
“No . You guys only put up a post regarding that issue on an SNS post… . ”
“That should be enough . ”
“…… . ”
They were dealing with the VIP Roused of this world .
One didn’t need to look too far . Several large guilds in China had their pride hurt when they hadn’t received an official invite, so they weren’t attending this event .
Park-sahngoh thought about his past hardship, and these discontented guilds had caused a lot of friction .
“That’s their choice . ”
“Ah… . ”
Was this really the Jung-minchan he had known?
It was said the office makes the man . When did he develop such large balls?
At that moment, a stocky man approached them .
“Ah-oh . Prime minister Jung . ”
“President Baek . . ”
KH guild’s president Baek-jungdo approached as he massaged his shoulders .
“I roughed it for so long that any amount of sleep won’t recover my body . ”
“Haha . You exaggerate too much . I heard you measured your rank again, and you were determine to be Rank AA . Congratulations . ”
“Huh? Did the news already spread that far?”
“There are article being poured out right now . How could I not know?”
“Ooh-haha . That is true . ”
When Baek-jungdo returned to his guild, he had remeasured his Rank . He wanted to check the result of his training . Unexpectedly, his Rank had turned out to have gone up to Rank AA .
If one didn’t count Kahng-woojin, he would officially be the first Rank AA of Korea .
“Well, Jaemin will probably be measured to be Rank AA . Of course, the Holy Maiden is at least a Rank S . Don’t you think Blanka and Haesol is also Rank AA?”
“We haven’t measured them yet, so it is all speculation at this point . ”
“Koo-kook . Alandal is too humble . We don’t even have to measure brother Sungggoo . I’m sure he is at very least a Rank AA . ”
“…… . ”
Jung-minchan wordlessly smiled . Hong-sunggoo’s growth speed was the best in this world .
“Of course, it is contingent on him coming back alive . Hahaha . . ”
“…… . ”
Jung-minchan couldn’t just laugh at Baek-jungdo’s joke .
Park-sahngoh’s eyes widened in surprise as he listened to their conversation .
“All the Roused of Alandal is at such levels?”
“Huh? I guess president Park doesn’t know much about it . Even the new recruits they just picked up looked pretty good . ”
“Huh… . ”
Was Alandal some kind of factory that churned out monsters?
How are they able to scout all these geniuses?
Park-ahngoh eyed Jung-minchan . When he was with Hammer guild, team leader Jung-minchan had a knack for unearthing talented individuals .
Now he had moved guilds, and he had started out as the vice president . However, he had risen to help found a nation, and he had become the Prime minister of this said nation .
‘Koo . I shouldn’t have let him slip away . ’
He should have held onto him .
He should have listened and given full support to Minchan . However, it was too late to regret it .
“Ah . It seems the president has arrived . ”
The entrance became crowded, and the flashes caused by the cameras could be seen . Jung-minchan headed towards that direction . All the people in the hall focused their attention on the entrance .
Minchan saw Woo-soonghoon hanging around near the entrance, so he asked Soonghoon a question .
“Where did the president go?”
“I directed him to the ready room . He said for you to hurry up, and prepare everything . ”
“Kmmm . Have you prepared the data?”
“We’ve been thorough in our preparation . ”
“All right . Let’s hurry up and go . ”
There was still one hour left until the appointed time, so why did they have to be so urgent… . The two headed towards the ready room . Soon, an announcement was heard informing everyone about the start of the general assembly .
***
The room was reminiscent of a large lecture hall at a college . People were packed into the seats . Even if it was uncomfortable, no one complained .
Some of the guilds here were already aware of the information that was about to be discussed here .
The people, who knew this information, had kept it a secret . However, Kahng-woojin would be revealing everything to the world . There was no way to predict what kind of ripple it would cause .
The cameras were running, and it was being live broadcasted to the world . Jung-minchan ascended the stage .
“My name is Jung-minchan . I am the Prime Minister of Alandal . ”
He had put on a relaxed smile on his face, but he was shaking inside .
His mother could have never expected this . She probably never expected him to rise to a position where the world would pay attention to him .
Jung-minchan had wanted to be successful, but his ambition hadn’t been this large . However, things somehow turned out like this after he had met Kahng-woojin .
“Before the king gets up here, I’ll go over a summary of the information we were able to find out about the Dungeons . ”
Minchan put the power point he readied on the screen .
“Trahnet . This word has entered our sphere of consciousness not too long ago . It was first used by Alandal’s king . It was introduced by Kahng-woojin-nim . ”
The word, “Trahnet” appeared on screen, then planets started to form around it .
“We look at it as a network between planets . Roads are constantly being made . ”
The screen changed .
It was a picture of the monsters that appeared in the last worldwide Break . It especially highlighted the Dragon that seemed to be wrapped around an enormous tree as if it was protecting it .
“The Dimensional lords use these roads to invade . They are also called the Monster Lords . The monsters are their troops . ”
Then the pictures of the subway stations appeared next .
“The Dimensional lords each have their own separate Dimensional Domain . This is what we call the high rank Dungeons . These Dungeons are like gateways . However, they cannot open all the doors to come to earth . ”
Afterwards, the screen changed, and the picture of a green gem appeared .
“If the Dungeon is a gateway, then the Return Stone is comparable to a key . ”
A successful clear created a Mine and a failure created a Break .
“Currently, thirty days are needed for synchronization . If no one is able to take away this key, they are able to open this gateway . This is called the Dungeon Break . If one is able to steal the key, the monsters would haunt the Dungeon until the Energy is all used up . It’ll turn into a Mine . ”
Someone quickly raised their hand high into the air .
“How do you explain the Dungeons that Broke even though the requisite 30 days hadn’t passed?”
“The information regarding that issue will come out right after this . ”
Jung-minchan moved onto the next slide .
“Basically, the owner of the house had opened the door . A person from earth opened the door . Our king deterred the ex-Hwarang guild’s president Lee-sahngho . He was the root cause . ”
The screen changed again . It was footages of when Kahng-woojin had visited the US . It showed the missile terrorist attack and the Iron Golem Dolsae fighting the monsters .
“This place had been a test site . It was the first time a Dungeon was formed outside of a subway station . These experiments had been conducted by the Rivers organization and Professor Riola . As you can see, they had succeeded . ”
This had moved beyond just defending the subway stations now .
What could they do? The sense of crisis pressed down heavily on the assembly hall .
“Now we will hear from Alandal’s king . ”
No one directed it, but everyone got up from their seat when Woojin appeared . It felt as if he was getting up to give a lecture . He didn’t show his pleasure or displeasure regarding this situation .
He had a nonchalant reaction as if he had expected such a reception .
“Everyone should sit . Everyone should know who I am, so I won’t introduce myself again . I’ll just deliver my message . ”
Woojin took out a purple colored gem from his possession . It was letting out a bright light, and massive amount of energy was being emitted by it .
“In the recent fracas, didn’t some countries pick this up? Britain also bought one from me . ”
Currently, research was going on in many quarters of the world . Woojin had put this secret information out in the open . He spoke about topics and Items that was potentially worth billions…no, trillions of dollars .
“If you can gather three of these, you’ll have the qualification to become a Dimensional lord . Moreover, you can gain a Dungeon if you use one of these . ”
Someone got impatient, and this person raised his hand as he spoke .
“Then Kahng-woojin-nim is also a Dimensional lord?”
“Of course . ”
“…… . ”
The assembly hall stirred .
Moreover, the general atmosphere indicated that they had come to an understanding . They assumed Kahng-woojin’s inexplicable amount of personal power wasn’t all his own .
“Aren’t you being very shameless? You sat on something that is so profitable?”
Woojin turned to look at him?
“Profit?”
He grinned .
If seizing power was a form of profit, Woojin was enjoying the benefit of his actions . However, it was also true that he had much more responsibility, because of it .
“Why don’t you go find one for yourself then?”
“…… . ”
It was a bit cheeky to say what Woojin had said, but it made the person sit back down . Jung-minchan couldn’t help, but let out a laugh . It was a very Kahng-woojin-like answer .
“The important part is the fact that the road to earth is open now . The invasion attempts will continue . This isn’t about profit for me . Why would I be telling all of this to everyone if that was my aim?”
There was a hubbub .
Woojin continued to speak as a buzz was building amongst the crowd .
“I want to protect my family . On a smaller note, I want to protect earth . The fact that I protect the earth is secondary . The safety of my family is my primary goal . ”
Ah . Isn’t that supposed to be the other way around?
“Is there a way to do it?”
“There is . ”
Kahng-woojin spoke confidently .
“I bought an aircraft carrier . I’ll put my family on it, and I’ll protect it . ”
At Woojin’s words, someone mumbled, ‘Noah’s Ark’, under their breath .
The atmosphere inside the assembly hall turned a little sharp . The change in the general mood darkened Jung-minchan’s face .
It wasn’t evil for a man in power to be hypocritical . Maybe Kahng-woojin was too honest… .
“Are you saying you’ll only save yourself?”
“No, this is a warning . My enemies aren’t all located in different dimensions . ”
It was a warning .
Kahng-woojin, the greatest Roused of this world, revealed what was most important to him… He said he would put his family above all else . He was telling everyone not to mess with them .
“I don’t want to unnecessarily ramble on after calling all of you here . This is what I what I wanted to tell all of you . ”
Kahng-woojin looked at his stirring audience, and he spoke .
“What can we do when the enemies are gathering here?”
Was there a solution? No . They weren’t all gathered here, because the solution was known .
“We can lessen the number of roads connecting to our place . Then we can all fight against the enemies together . ”
Currently, he was telling them the obvious .
This wasn’t anything ground breaking . It was the stock answer .
Currently, they were doing all they could do decrease the links to the Dungeons . The unavoidable Dungeon Breaks were blocked using a combined force .
The only thing different in this proposal was his plan to unite the world .
“You already have a method that’ll ensure your own survival . Do you want us to act as meat shields for the bullets?”
Someone yelled out in anger . Woojin smirked at those words .
“No way . ”
Woojin boldly let out a shout .
“I’ll be leading the vanguard . ”