The Chairman of Pharmaceutical Company is a Poison King - Chapter 159

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Chapter 159: Why Are You Going In?

Alex Caesar had no doubt about his victory.

Even if Drek Karaks was a terrifying necromancer, his essence was still that of a mage.

Before he could complete his spells, all Caesar had to do was get close and slash with a sword, strike with an axe, or beat him mercilessly to split his body apart.

Of course, did Drek Karaks not know his own weakness?

He would never allow such distance to be closed.

Caesar had prepared countermeasures for that as well.

An item created by the genius grand magitech engineer Vincent Moretti.

The Absolute Defense Pendant would ignore magical attacks while allowing rapid charge, and with a duration of 20 seconds, there was plenty of time.

And the Complete Binding Totem.

It could turn that bastard into a scarecrow for 1 minute within a specific range.

So he couldn’t escape with Blink or Fly.

He had already tested it beforehand.

He had watched substitutes wear it to see if it operated smoothly, and had even verified it with his own body.

Ratatatatat!

The elite Awakened Guards of the Imperial Forces charged without hesitation.

Kukukukung!

And following behind with staggered timing came the mechanized units of tanks, helicopters, and armored vehicles.

It was reassuring.

A battle he couldn’t lose even if he wanted to.

Whiiiiing!

The filming drones in the sky would vividly capture this glorious moment of victory.

Himself standing tall as Europe’s savior, the world’s messiah.

Not those damn yellow monkeys.

Emperor Caesar entered Red Square of Moscow.

The downtown area was a complete mess from the bombing.

A horde of undead monsters formed ranks to meet the Imperial Forces.

Their numbers had been greatly reduced by the bombing.

A manageable number.

And in the center of the square, floating in mid-air, was the grotesque-looking necromancer.

“Drek Karaks!!”

“Kekeke, cunning bastard, still pretending to be an Awakened Guard.”

“Shut up! You filthy undead!”

“I’ve been waiting. Come quickly, I’ll help you be reborn as my loyal subordinate.”

Dudududududuk!

Kwang! Kwakwakwang!

The awakened elite Imperial Forces clashed with the elite undead monster units.

Ziing! Ziing!

Scrape, scrape!

Kwaak! Kwajijik!

Chaotic battles erupted everywhere.

Dreck Karax had his own tricks too.

The Emperor of Europe, someone he would have to face eventually.

Downtown Moscow filled with death energy.

The resentment and souls left behind by the humans and monsters who had died.

Using them as sacrifice, he would turn this place into hellish ground.

Hell Marsh of Corruption.

A hellish swamp of corruption and decay.

Deus Lich’s black magic spell that would eventually turn even the living into undead.

‘Come on in.’

The Emperor charged fiercely.

Swinging his sword imbued with a thick mana blade.

Leading from the front himself, supported by the Imperial Forces’ masters behind him, he broke through the elite undead monsters’ formation in a wedge shape.

He was almost within reach.

‘Almost there.’

Swoosh.

Drek Karaks descended to the ground and planted his staff into the earth.

Thunk!

Uuuuuung.

Ssss, ssss, ssss…

The square’s floor turned black, becoming sticky and soft, and the feet standing on it sank deep into the ground with squelching sounds.

Making it difficult to walk.

Even more.

Ssssuuuuk!

Skeletal hands rose from the swamp floor, grabbing the shins of passing Imperial Forces soldiers and dragging them down.

“Aaah!”

“Damn it!”

“Protect His Majesty!”

“Kurrrrr…”

The masters endured, but the weaker experts gradually transformed into undead.

The Emperor also hesitated due to the hell swamp’s interference.

‘Just a little more.’

Couldn’t he have anticipated this level of obstacle?

Soon he would be within range.

He forced his feet to move forward.

The elite undead monsters’ attacks grew even fiercer, along with the sticky swamp and hands grabbing at his ankles.

Uuuuung.

Crack, crack, crack!

Sharp, thorn-like aura shields sprouted all over the Emperor’s body.

He persistently advanced.

The thorn shields shattered the hands emerging from the swamp.

Taking one step forward.

Tsspit!

His mana blade split an approaching elite undead monster in half with a single strike.

Scrrrrrape!

One more step.

Drek Karaks wasn’t standing idle either.

A wide-area black magic curse attack descended upon the entire Imperial Forces.

Tssssss…

“Corrupt! Decay! Rot and crumble!”

A festival of various curses.

The Emperor raised his aura to resist.

Another step, another step, another step…

Only when he reached the point of extreme weakness where he could barely lift his feet.

‘Now.’

Ziing!

Finally, the Absolute Defense Pendant activated.

Pashut!

Thwung!

The curse spells bounced away.

Perfect defensive effect.

As expected, it was a masterpiece created by the genius grand magical engineer Vincent.

Drek Karaks flinched in surprise.

Alex Caesar smiled coldly.

“It’s over.”

Before he could cast Blink.

Spot!

Swoosh!

Getting close, he pressed a silver metal rectangular object from his pocket and threw it forward.

Thud!

Whoooooong!

An enormous flow of mana emanating from the totem.

Whooooosh!

Along with blindingly bright light.

Crackle crackle crackle!

It bound the bodies of everyone present.

The Imperial Forces, the undead monsters, and Drek Karaks too.

But then?

“Urgh!”

What’s happening?

The Emperor couldn’t believe it.

He confirmed the binding was working.

‘Why me too?’

He also couldn’t move his body.

All the mana in his body was being sucked into the totem.

His whole body felt like it was being torn apart piece by piece.

‘Wh-what?’

Wasn’t it an item that only immobilized enemies in front of you, excluding the caster?

Vincent had explained it that way, and he had confirmed it during direct testing.

He had never heard of or experienced such an effect.

Drek Karaks also had a bewildered expression.

Dark magic flowed into the metal totem.

He couldn’t even resist.

Binding?

There’s no way a Deus Lich would be affected by such a trivial spell.

But now he was helplessly caught.

What kind of item was that?

“You, wh-what have you done?”

And then.

Between Alex Caesar and Drek Karaks.

Whiiiiing!

Something like an oval mirror, slightly taller than a person, appeared.

The mirror’s surface was rippling like water.

“…Huh?”

“A, a mirror?”

What’s that?

A large mirror suddenly appeared?

Suddenly!

Swoooosh!

A person’s legs emerged through the mirror’s surface.

“What is that…”

“…”

He came out completely.

It was a person.

A middle-aged man wearing a splendid crown on his head and dressed in magnificent robes.

Alex Caesar could tell immediately upon seeing him.

Because it was himself.

More precisely, the same soul.

The Emperor of the Avalon Empire from another world, Sword Kaiser Trillian Lancer.

“Tr-Trillian?”

“Alex… why are you?”

But then.

Crackle crackle, crack! Crackle crackle!

Chain-like lightning bolts passing between the two.

“What?”

“Ah…”

Swoooosh!

The two bodies began being drawn toward each other.

The distance was too close.

Alex Caesar snapped to attention.

This felt ominous.

If identical souls were brought together?

Could this be?

“Vincent Moretti!! That bastard, I’ll kill him! I’ll kill him!!”

Crackle!

Without a chance to escape, the two bodies, the same souls, merged into one.

* * *

30 minutes before the Red Square battle began.

Kim Tae-ju slowly folded his camping chair and put it into Infinite Space.

Finally, the Imperial Forces’ carpet bombing had stopped.

Moscow became quiet at some point.

Faint cheers could be heard from far away.

‘Ground forces are moving in.’

It was the natural course of action.

A war couldn’t be ended with bombardment alone.

Ground forces were the final step.

‘Should I head in now?’

The avatars of Jecheon Daeseong he’d been playing with had all disappeared too.

‘I should make some simple preparations.’

Kim Tae-ju took out a protective talisman from Infinite Space and attached it to his chest.

Danju Seonin’s talisman treasure that blocked fatal attacks once per day and maintained invincibility for 30 seconds.

With this, he didn’t need to worry even about nuclear weapons.

‘I’ll attach an invisibility talisman too.’

He might be misunderstood if he suddenly appeared in the middle of a battlefield.

It would be strange for anyone to see the chairman of a pharmaceutical company from a distant foreign country showing up at a combat site.

Swoooosh!

Kim Tae-ju’s Manribibeom shot toward Moscow.

He arrived at Red Square in an instant.

‘Oh!’

It just started.

The concentrated bombing seemed to have been effective.

The number of undead monsters was very small.

And he got to see the main players of the war with his own eyes.

Emperor Alex Caesar and the necromancer Drek Karaks.

The fierce battle unfolding between the two.

‘He’s certainly impressive.’

Drek Karaks being a Soul Connector was one thing, but Alex Caesar was just an Awakened…

‘Huh?’

Looking at the Emperor’s face gave him a strange feeling.

Tae-ju in his transparent state moved Manribibeom closer to the plaza.

‘The Emperor is…’

The awakening pattern that appeared on Alex Caesar’s face.

It was clearly fake.

‘He wasn’t an Awakened?’

Yet if he possessed such strong energy…

‘…Alex Caesar was also a Soul Connector.’

He must have been hiding it.

Just how many Soul Connectors were there on Earth?

That’s when it happened.

Whirrr.

Along with a massive flow of mana, a strange mirror appeared between Alex and Drek who were in the midst of battle.

At the same time, one person emerged from within it.

Crackle, crackle!

Lightning chains passing between Alex and the mysterious man.

‘Oh no!’

Lightning chains.

He had experienced this before.

When he first met Danggumak in the Immortal Realm.

Alex and the being that emerged from the mirror had matching appearances and auras.

Then?

“Vincent Moretti!! You bastard…”

Crackkkkkkkk…

The lightning chains pulled each other together.

The two people merged in the blink of an eye.

“Crazy!”

The unification of the same soul.

The merged body swelled up in an instant.

It shone like a light bulb.

“Grrrrrr…”

And then.

BOOM! BOOOOOOOOOM!

A massive explosion occurred.

Terrifying waves swept through Moscow.

Craaaaaash!

The European Imperial Army’s Awakened Guards were caught in the waves and annihilated.

The tanks slowly advancing from behind, helicopters, and armored vehicles too.

All buildings in the city also crumbled to dust.

The undead were the same.

Even Drek Karaks himself.

Nothing could maintain its form.

Would Tae-ju be any different?

The powerful waves rushing toward him.

However.

Whirr! Whirrrrr.

A protective barrier formed around his body as the protective charm activated.

In Moscow, which had been transformed into a complete flatland, Tae-ju was the only survivor.

* * *

European Imperial Mega-Rome.

Imperial Crystal Engineering Research Institute.

Everything that happened in Moscow was being vividly transmitted by filming drones.

Of course, the video transmission was cut off when the drones were destroyed by the explosion.

But they had observed everything up until just before.

Vincent Moretti let out a chuckle.

‘The experiment was successful.’

A gate had been created.

The possibility was confirmed.

Direct connection between dimensions.

The result that appeared when two identical souls merged.

‘Our hypothesis was correct.’

Vincent himself was also a Soul Connector.

He had been curious since experiencing his first connection.

Though indirect, souls could meet with souls.

Then what about actual physical bodies?

Worlds with worlds?

Couldn’t matter meet with matter as well?

For example, the possibility of objects or people from other worlds crossing back and forth.

The thoughts of Jacques Delouan, the grand magical engineer from another world who shared the same soul, were no different.

So whenever their souls connected, they would discuss and research that topic together.

Dimensional connection was also achieved through souls as a medium.

That’s why Trillian Lancer, who shared the same soul as Alex Caesar, had appeared there.

But the side effects when souls merged.

Plus the method to stably maintain dimensional gates.

There were still many challenges to solve.

‘Well, it’s just a matter of time.’

Vincent Moretti gave instructions to Daniel.

“Is everything wrapped up?”

“Yes.”

“Is the plane ready?”

“Yes.”

“Ready for the revelation too?”

“Yes.”

“Spread it as soon as we arrive in Africa and get settled.”

Soon, Soul Connection would no longer be a secret.

Thus, Soul Connectors would naturally reveal themselves here and there without having to search hard for them.

After all, you can’t hide an awl in your pocket.

* * *

Tae-ju stood alone with a dejected expression in Moscow, or rather, what used to be Moscow.

It had simply become flatland.

An entire city had disappeared.

It was a completely unexpected result.

‘It must have been the same soul.’

Because it was exactly the same phenomenon he had experienced in the Immortal Realm.

The difference was that he and Danggumak had been able to avoid the merging phenomenon because the Immortals blocked it, but Emperor Aleks couldn’t.

An explosion and shockwave so massive that the protective charm activated.

It was almost no different from a nuclear explosion.

What if he and Danggumak had merged in the Immortal Realm?

Just thinking about it was terrifying.

Who and with what intention?

It couldn’t have been something Emperor Alex Caesar did himself.

There was a clue though.

The name he had cried out last just before the explosion.

‘Vincent Moretti.’

He needed to investigate.

First, he’d go to Samhan.

Tae-ju was about to take out Manribibeom.

Right at that moment!

Woooooooooo….

The thick aura of dark magic felt at the scene.

Along with it.

Thud, thud thud, thud! Thud! Thud!

Matter clumping together in mid-air.

Looking closely, they were bone fragments.

‘Huh?’

Powder combining into fragments, fragments clumping into bones, bones merging together to….

‘What?’

Look at this?

‘He’s alive?’

Even after this tremendous explosion?

The body of Deus Lich, Drek Karaks, began to reconstruct itself.

The head was completed, then the torso and arms, lower body and legs.

Flesh was also layered over the bones.

An appearance almost identical to before death.

Drek Karaks’s mouth slowly opened.

“…Foolish bastard, not even anticipating such a result!”

He had survived.

Through the immortal authority possessed by the Deus Lich, god of the undead.

Anyway, the war was over.

Though there wasn’t a single bit of dark magic left after reviving with a new body, he could just start again.

Since even the Emperor was dead, he just needed to be careful of Kim Tae-ju….

But then?

Spot!

“Gasp!”

He was startled.

“…You, you’re?”

A single human who had appeared in front of him before he knew it.

“Ki, Kim Tae-ju?”

“Yeah, that’s right.”

Grab!

Tae-ju seized Drek Karaks’s head with one hand.

Wooong!

Immortal energy and poison energy injected through the bastard’s head.

“How did you survive?”

“…Let go! Let me go!”

“That’s strange. If you’re good at it, you could survive even a nuclear explosion?”

However, it seemed all his strength had drained.

Swish! Swish!

Following Tae-ju’s arm movements, the lich’s body swayed helplessly like a piece of paper.

“Don’t worry. I’ll kill you completely.”

“…You will?”

“Yeah, I’ll do it myself.”

“Kekekeke, fine then, try killing me. I’ll revive for you.”

“Got it.”

No need to think about it.

Poison energy emission.

Swooong!

Concentrated composite energy of immortal energy, poison energy, mana and more struck Drek Karaks.

Sizzzzzzzzle!

He melted away completely.

Would he survive even this?

But Tae-ju didn’t let his guard down.

The bastard’s words about reviving were true.

Pangwan’s ring proved it.

Time passed.

It took quite a while compared to before.

After 1 hour passed, 2 hours passed, and over 3 hours went by.

“…Hmm?”

The flow of magic energy was detected.

Looking around.

“…This is maddening.”

He really was alive.

At a place quite far from here, Drek Karaks was already regaining his form, and he was even trying to escape by flying.

Whoooosh!

Tae-ju quickly ran with Lightning Wind Step and grabbed the bastard’s bone neck.

“Kugh!”

Even so, Drek Karaks smiled bitterly.

“Kekeke, yes, you caught me. Try killing me again.”

“Haa, fuck.”

“I abandoned human dignity and obtained immortality. At least on this Earth, there’s no one who can kill me.”

“….”

Truth.

How should he deal with this?

‘This is troublesome.’

If he killed him, he’d come back to life again.

He couldn’t keep hanging around here forever either.

‘Should I take him home and slowly kill him there.’

That was also a problem.

How would he take him?

Having him ride Manribibeom together would be quite troublesome.

‘If only I could put him in the Infinite Space….’

That’s when it happened.

Swoosh!

Drek Karaks disappears.

“Huh?”

He went in.

Why are you going in?

I’m certain.

He was inside the Infinite Space.

That place where living beings can’t enter.

I confirmed it a few days ago too.

If it’s a living, moving animal, even a tiny mosquito won’t work.

‘Is it because he died once?’

Or is it because he’s undead?

‘Then I can also take him out…’

Swoosh!

He appeared again.

“You bastard!! What are you doing to me!!”

What do you mean what? I’m just trying putting you in and taking you out.

Swoosh!

Put him back in.

Swoosh, take him out.

“How, how dare you…”

Swoosh.

This is fun.

What’s certain is that the Infinite Space recognizes this guy as an object.

‘I wonder if he’ll go into the Shared Warehouse too.’

I can just try that directly.

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