Seoul Station’s Necromancer Chapter 88:
Chapter 88 - Heading Towards the End
He had finally reached this point .
He wasn't alone anymore . He had comrades to share the battlefield with .
However, it was too early to let go of his nervousness .
The time for peace and freedom was still far off .
72 Commanders . Moreover, if he defeated Trahnet, who no one had seen before, then will a period of peace arrive?
“Now I'll be able to hunt easily . ”
Each individual Death Knight would have the authority to command .
They had enough Charisma to control the Skeletons, so even if Woojin was far away, the Skeleton Soldiers would come under the jurisdiction of the Death Knights .
When he thought about his future hunts, which would be much easier now, he felt as if level 80 wasn't that far away .
If the Lich Janis was unsealed, he wouldn't even have to worry about leveling up . The Lich was quite proficient in hunting everything at once .
“The Control being used is continuously decreasing . ”
The Control needed to keep Al Assad in line was decreasing rapidly . It seems Kiba and the other Death Knights were properly educating the new recruit .
When he thought about them bickering within the Summoning Room, it made Woojin smirk .
Sunggoo's hunt was almost at an end . Woojin started to take out the cooking utensils from the Inventory, and he started preparing the ingredients he was going to cook . He was in a good mood . He started a fire, and he hung a pot over it .
He dismembered a dead water buffalo . As he was separating and tenderizing the meat, Bibi suddenly showed up next to him .
Her cheeks were puffed out as she complained next to Woojin .
“Uh-whew . The Summoning Room is too noisy-ahong . ”
It was understandable . They were in the midst of deciding the pecking order .
“Just go in after it quiets down a little bit . ”
“Uh whew . Soon, it'll be filled with Skeletons, so I doubt there will be quiet day in the future-ahong . ”
“I guess so… . ”
All of Woojin's familiars had to wait within the Summoning room .
He had to summon new Skeletons every time he wanted to use them . However, if the Skeleton Soldiers were put under the command of the Death Knights, they would also have to wait in the Summoning room until each commander called them out through a summon .
Woojin's job was to reinforce the troops with new soldiers . The command and logistics were all taken care of by the Death Knights . From now on, he will be able to show off his presence as the Immortal King .
As the Death Knights' level rises, the Skeletons assigned under them would increase . The Summoning Room would soon be full of . . . .
“What are you going to do? It's probably going to get more raucous in the future . ”
“Ooh-whew . It's all right . I'll just hunt from now on-ahong . ”
Woojin was delighted by Bibi's reaction, which was a bit brighter today .
“Are you feeling a little bit better now?”
“Hoong . Who care if I'm better or not-ahong? I have to quickly get stronger, so I can use my Nightmare on that bastard-ahong . ”
When she thought about Rahsmode, who made her experience death, her fighting spirit burned brightly . Woojin laughed when he saw Bibi act this way . He could force his familiars to follow his orders, but Woojin didn't treat his familiars that way .
“Let's start in earnest starting from the next Dungeon . ”
“All right-ahong . ”
It seemed Sunggoo had defeated all the monsters, and he was returning with the Return Stone . It was said learning is stealing . Sunggoo had witnessed Woojin constantly solo clear Dungeons, and now he would be able to clear a 6 star Dungeon by himself soon .
‘Well, it’ll still be dangerous for him . If Haesol grew a little bit more to support him, then it would be possible . . ’
The two of them learned all kinds of things under the duress of Woojin . Moreover, Woojin didn’t spare investing Reinforcement Stones on them, so their basic Stats were superior to a Roused of the same Rank .
He had almost half of his Undead army now, but he wanted a different troop .
He needed a troop made out of Alandal’s Roused .
Sunggoo would be the vanguard, and Haesol would be the commander .
He still had a lot of things he had to teach them .
[President . I've excavated all the bloodstones . ]
Haesol's telepathic message rang in his head . Woojin sent back his own telepathic message .
[Already?]
[Yes . It is all finished . ]
[Then come over here for now . ]
With the help of Sunggoo, the speed of the group hunting was very fast now . However, Haesol had to be in charge of gathering all the loot by herself . He expected her to excavate the bloodstones to the best of her ability, and they would have to throw the rest away . However, she said she had excavated all the bloodstones, so he couldn’t help but be puzzled .
“Heh heh . I got them all, hyung-nim . ”
Meanwhile, Sunggoo had approached Woojin, and he was drooling as he looked at the food that was being cooked . Somehow, this guy was getting more simple as time passed .
“Let's eat when haesol get here . ”
“Yes . Heh heh . ”
After a moment, Haesol closed the distance . Behind Haesol, Jackson followed with bags of bloodstones mounted on him, and a murder of 14 crows followed behind her .
“Uh? There are monsters still left?”
Sunggoo was about to defeat the murder of crows, but Woojin stopped him .
“It seems she Tamed them?”
“Uh? You are right . ”
The crows weren't chasing after Haesol . They were just following her .
As the name implied, they were black birds, who attacked their enemies with sharp, knife-like beaks .
“What are those?”
At Woojin's query, Haesol told her story in a boastful manner .
“Haha . I Tamed them . ”
“How?”
Haesol was slowly becoming stronger, but the Knife-beak Crows were all level 32 .
He couldn't believe Haesol was able to Tame the 3 star monsters . The saber-toothed tiger Jackson was protecting her, so she wouldn’t have been harmed . . .
“When I was excavating bloodstones from the field of corpses, these guys appeared . They couldn't approach us, since they were intimidated by Jackson . However, I decided to give them several monster corpses for them to eat . ”
It seemed she didn't capture them through submission . She had succeeded in getting close to them .
“I acted a little bit . ”
“…… . ”
Unexpectedly, the monsters might be weak to acting . . .
“So how did you excavate the bloodstones so quickly?”
“These guys helped me . ”
“Huh?”
Woojin didn't act like himself as he was loss for words . Then his eyes became round .
“That's possible?”
“Yes . I'm able to communicate with them to a certain extent . ”
It seemed she naturally awakened to the Skills like 'Commune' and 'Psychomancy' . These Skills were essential for Tamers .
Woojin stroked his chin .
He thought about the characteristics of the Knife-beak Crows .
The Knife-beak Crow's favorite food is the intestines of other animals . They used their sharp beaks to pierce through skin, and their beaks were perfect for finding and pulling out the intestines . Moreover, the crows had the habit of gathering shiny items .
Now they became friends with a Tamer, so it wasn't unreasonable for them to move under the instruction of the Tamer's will .
“Not bad . ”
Woojin nodded his head . He really thought this was great .
Necromancer could only summon the Undead, who had a deep-seated hate for the living .
The Undead army charged without any fear, so they were well suited for battle . However, they fell quite short when gathering items or excavating bloodstones .
Woojin could order them, but he would have to control them himself . The Undead couldn't do the task by themselves . It was like playing with puppets . If he had to control them, he would rather do it himself . It was easier and faster .
“Show me . ”
“Yes, sir . ”
As if Haesol was concentrating, she closed her eyes for a brief moment .
The crows perched in the surrounding flapped their wings to take flight . They headed towards the corpses of the monster hunted by Sunggoo .
Soon, their sharp beaks were ripping into the corpses . They took out the bloodstones, and they gathered it all in one place . Woojin asked as if he was fascinated .
“They know which ones have the bloodstones?”
“Mmm . I can sense it a little bit . ”
“Huh?”
“To send my Telepathic messages, I tried hard to sense the energies around me . Before I knew it, I could sense it a little bit . . . ”
Monsters, humans and items all emitted a unique energy .
One could call it magic or even life energy .
The dead monsters emits an evil energy, but the corpses with the bloodstones let out a mixture of magical energy and evil energy . Haesol must have understood this at an instinctual level .
No, it wasn't instinct . She must have awakened to a Sensing Type ability .
This was another additional effect of learning Telepathy .
“Ho-oh . ”
Woojin stroked his chin .
He knew Haesol had the potential to advance very quickly, but he never expected such rapid progress . Moreover, she had exceptional talent .
Woojin looked at Sunggoo .
‘Auto-Kiting’
Woojin looked towards Haesol .
‘Auto Farming’
The corner of Woojin's mouth lifted .
He had brought a newly picked Roused to order her around, yet her new abilities opened his eyes to the new possibility .
He had stumbled upon it, but it was complete now .
He achieved the perfect automatic hunting method .
*
Dungeon Entrance .
“Well done, president . ”
Woo-soonghoon, who had been on standby, lifted a warm cup of green tea towards him . Woojin took a sip, and he asked a question .
“Do we still have some time left before the appointment ends?”
“Yes, sir . You cleared it so fast that there's 1 hour 12 minutes left . ”
“That's plenty of time . You should call the Management Bureau, and ask them to send a monster management employee . ”
“Yes, sir . I will do so . ”
The cause must be the large crows that came out behind Che-Haesol . Haesol wasn't the first one to become a Tamer Type Roused . Numerous Tamer Type Roused had existed before her .
The monsters they trained must be registered with the Management Bureau . Moreover, they couldn't travel outside the authorized region .
After drinking another gulp of the warm green tea, Woojin looked towards Sunggoo and Haesol .
“Let's go one more time . ”
“Yes, hung-nim . ”
“Understood, president . ”
One hour .
Even if one used the 4 times more time one had within the high rank Dungeons, 4 hours to clear a 5 star Dungeon was still very short . However, Woojin was confident he could do it if he was with his auto-bots .
*
*Inside the van returning to the office . *
A professional road manager was driving instead of Soonghoon, and Chief secretary Soonghoon sat in the front seat . Kahng-woojin and Hong-sunggoo sat in the passenger seats .
Haesol was following within a container truck with her Tamed monsters .
“Ah, it's too bad . It would have been better if we could have caught several more of them . ”
“Heh heh . Still, we got 20 of them . With them in tow, we really don't have to worry about excavating bloodstones . ”
There was a limit to Haesol's Intimacy Stat . She reached her limit after Taming the saber-toothed tiger Jackson, and the 20 Knife-blade Crows . It was impossible for her to tame or control any more monsters .
“Haesol will now have to worked hard . ”
“Heh heh . Now Haesol will start becoming much stronger . ”
Haesol was already level 31 .
For over 2 years, Woojin had been stuck as a Rank F in the past . When he observed his subordinate rising to Rank D after clearing a Dungeon three times, he couldn't help, but let out a sigh at the speed . Still, it left much to be desired for Woojin .
In the end, her magical energy, Stat, Taming, and abilities were corrected using Reinforcement Stones .
It wasn’t as if her battle experience and Dungeon clearing experience was getting better . Truthfully, Haesol was still a noob .
“Oh yeah . Do you think Minchan is busy?”
“He's probably busy . ”
“Do you know the Titan Guild's phone number?”
“Mmmm . Let me find out . ”
Soonghoon called the office, then he handed his handphone towards Woojin .
“President . It's vice president Jung . "
“Jeez . I guess he's really worried . ”
Woojin took the hand phone .
“Just text me their phone number . ”
[What business do you have with them?]
“Ah . I just have something I want to ask them . ”
[I can ask them myself . I get back to you with their reply . ]
“No . I know you are busy . Just send me their phone number . This isn't anything important . ”
[Are you really sure this isn't anything important?]
“Jeez . ”
Woojin put some strength into his voice, and it immediately caused Minchan to tuck his tails between his legs .
[Understood . I'll text the number to president's phone . ]
“All right . Continue to work hard . I'll be arriving at the office soon, so let's have dinner together . You probably don't have the time to leave the office? I'll have a jajangmyeon . ”
“I also want a jajangmyeon . ”
“I'll have a jjamppong . ”
Woojin grinned when Sungoo, and Soonghoon butted in to make their orders .
“You heard them, right? I want you to order two jajang, and one jjamppong . Call Haesol to find out what she wants . ”
[Yes . Understood . ]
Minchan prayed Woojin wouldn't cause any more trouble . Minchan ended the call without knowing if Woojin received his heartfelt feelings or not .
After ending the call, he handed the phone back to Soonghoon .
Ddi-ring .
Woojin heard the sound alerting him to a text message . He took out his hand phone .
[Direct line to the Titan Guild's secretary office . XXX-XXX-XXXX]
“How do I make an international call?”
“I'll do it for you . ”
Ddoo-roo-roo-roo .
With the help of Soonghoon, the phone started to ring . During all of this, Sunggoo tilted his head in confusion .
“Uh? We don't have a translator . Mr . Soonghoon knows how to speak English?”
“Ah . No . I can't . ”
Soonghoon was so taken aback that he quickly looked towards the road manager, and the driver shook his head with an embarrassed expression on his face . Woojin smirked when he saw them being flustered .
[Hello . ]
[This is Alandal's Kahng-woojin . ]
Eloquent English started to flow out of Woojin's mouth . Sunggoo and Soonghoon's eyes became round .
[I'll immediately connect you to the guild master . ]
The secretary must have received some training on how to respond when the Alandal guild contacted them . The call was immediately directed towards the guild master .
[Alandal master Kahng . What can I do for you?]
[Do you remember the head I showed you before when I was in the US?]
[Do you mean Al Assad?]
[Oh . You know his name, so you finished gathering information on him?]
[Not really . He's a really famous assassin, so . . . . He isn't really affiliated with an organization . He operated like a mercenary for hire . He worked a lot for the rebel forces in Afghanistan . There were some evidence suggesting he had worked in Iraq and Syria on several occasions . We are trying hard to find who was behind the . . . ]
[I know who was behind it . ]
[What? Is that true?]
Woojin smirked . Of course, he knew it .
He had asked Al Assad himself . Woojin found out who had given him the order, and he was able to backtrack to find out who was behind it .
Woojin just wanted a little bit help from the Titan Guild .
[Do you want to go catch the mastermind behind the terrorist attack?]
How dare he send an assassin against him . . .
It was time for revenge .