I Became The Necromancer In The Post-Apocalyptic Zombie World

Chapter 63

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In the stillness of early morning…

…the city, devoid of civilization and light, still held those who moved under the moonlight.

One group was the cursed zombies, forced to move even in death.

The other was the survivors, moving stealthily towards a target.

They were on the third floor of a quiet cafe, peering through the large windows at a building.

It was the S Department Store, famous as the largest department store in Seoul.

A woman with a muscular physique sat with her arms crossed on a messy chair in the cafe, looking at the person who approached her.

“So? Do you think we can get in?”

“No, it’s swarming with zombies, no matter where I look.”

“What about the outdoor parking lot? We can get in through there.”

“The parking lot is even worse. There are more zombies there than around the department store itself.  Combat seems unavoidable.”

The woman, Heo Seo-jin, clicked her tongue at her subordinate’s report.

She had been tasked by the Priest to search for the missing search team and find a way to obtain supplies from the S Department Store, but…

…she couldn’t find a way inside.

“But…”

Just then, her subordinate, who had been standing beside her for the report, hesitated and then spoke.

“There seem to be people living in the parking lot.”

“What? People?”

“Yes, I’m not sure about the exact number or their condition since it’s around the third floor, but I’m certain.”

People living in the department store’s parking lot.

If it wasn’t a mistake, it meant someone was using the parking lot as a base.

“Then there must be a way inside.”

If someone was living inside, there had to be a way they had gotten in.

And that meant…

“Did the guy in the parking lot gather all those zombies as a defense?”

“Zombies, you say? …Isn’t that too dangerous?  We’d be trapped inside.”

Heo Seo-jin grinned at her questioning subordinate.

“Then that means there must be plenty of food inside.”

If someone was using the parking lot as a base and using zombies as a barrier…

…there were only two possible reasons.

Either they had a secret passage to move around outside, avoiding the zombies…

…or they had enough supplies to last a long time without going out.

‘Either way, the target is confirmed.’

She decided that the department store was worth taking.

If it were just a treasure chest at the bottom of the deep sea, filled with zombies, she would have given up, but…

…if there was a way in, she just had to find it.

“Search thoroughly around the department store tomorrow morning. And the surrounding buildings too, just in case.”

“Yes, ma’am.”

Heo Seo-jin looked at the department store, towering under the dark night sky, with a challenging gaze.

She would find a way in, no matter what.

She would find it and offer everything inside to the Priest.

If she did that…

‘Ah… then surely the Priest will reward me…’

Heo Seo-jin imagined the Priest, with her inhuman beauty, rewarding her.

Lost in the blissful fantasy, she blushed, giggled, and shuddered.

And that strange behavior…

‘What’s wrong with that bitch…?’

…was being observed by Lee Seo-ho, who had spotted them through the window, using his pigeon’s eyes.

‘Is she on drugs or something…?’

Her expression was strange, as if she were intoxicated.

The woman who seemed to be the leader had a large physique, similar to Lee Seon-ji when he first met her.

No, she was even larger than Lee Seon-ji.

A magnificent collection of muscles, reminiscent of a bodybuilder.

Yet, she had feminine breasts and a delicate face, creating a surreal appearance.

‘Too bad. She would have been edible if it weren’t for her size.’

Her short, nape-length hair would have been attractive if she had a more feminine body.

But Lee Seo-ho wasn’t into muscular women like Park Sung-hoon, so…

‘There are… ten… no, fourteen of them.’

Possessing the pigeon, he glided above the building where they were hiding, assessing their numbers and weaponry.

Fourteen people in a search team during a zombie apocalypse.

It was a large number.

‘Well, they must have plenty of manpower.’

Three hundred followers at the hotel.

Lee Seon-ji’s group was certainly large.

However, although this group had a similar number, not all of them were as large as Lee Seon-ji’s search team.

Some were ordinary-sized women.

They were all women, though.

There wasn’t a single man among them.

‘So, men are nothing but slaves.’

According to the information he had gotten from Lee Seon-ji, they treated men strictly as slaves.

‘If it were me, I would send slaves on dangerous searches like this.’

Searching for supplies in a zombie-infested city was always life-threatening.

And since physical ability was paramount in such searches…

…it would be more advantageous to have men, who were physically superior to women, in the search team.

Moreover, if they were slaves, their deaths wouldn’t be a great loss.

Yet, the search team consisted entirely of women.

The rule that men were slaves, no matter what.

Just like how he treated Chae Su-ah like a pet dog.

It showed how much the leader of this cult, the Priest, despised men.

‘I have an interesting idea.’

Lee Seo-ho, observing the uninvited guests and thinking about the Priest, smiled slyly within the pigeon’s mind.

。 。 。

As I released the pigeon and returned to my own body, I made eye contact with Han Mo-ah, who was looking at me worriedly, my head resting on her lap.

“Ah, did you look around? S-So, how was it?”

She asked anxiously, her eyes filled with a mixture of worry and curiosity, as I opened my eyes.

Although I didn’t know how ‘Enemy Detection’ alerted her to danger, she seemed quite startled by the unexpected visitors.

“It’s fine. Nothing to worry about.”

“R-Really?”

“Yeah, no one can get in here without my permission.”

Despite my reassurance, Han Mo-ah, timid and easily frightened, still looked anxious.

I gently stroked her head and said,

“I’ll protect you, no matter what happens. Don’t worry and go to sleep.”

Her anxious frown turned into a blush, and her eyes widened.

It seemed some part of my words had struck a chord with her.

She shyly closed her eyes.

‘Oh?  Is she asking for it?’

Slightly surprised, I looked closely at her, her lips puckered like a hamster, her eyes closed.

‘If I do it now, it’ll be three times today.’

Of course, with my enhanced stamina as a Necromancer, it wasn’t a burden at all, but…

…it was late, and I was about to go to sleep.

‘Oh well.’

Figuring it wouldn’t hurt, I kissed her and laid her down on the sofa where we had been sitting.

Then, I thoroughly enjoyed her small, soft body and filled her tight pussy with my semen.

“Hnggh…!♥”

I enjoyed it more than I expected, finding the act of fucking her like this, covering her mouth to prevent the other women from waking up, quite arousing.

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Later, I woke up to the other women’s scolding, having fallen asleep holding the petite Han Mo-ah in my arms.

They were upset that I hadn’t taken my turn with them and had slept with Han Mo-ah instead.

After a somewhat noisy morning, I went up to the fifth floor.

There, I saw Grace, who had just woken up and was taking care of the children.

“…Oh.”

She flinched like a rabbit when our eyes met, then blushed and looked away.

She seemed to have remembered our passionate night.

“Ah!  It’s Mister!”

“Mister!”

But the children smiled brightly when they saw me and rushed over, clinging to my legs.

They had started to warm up to me after I brought them here yesterday, bathed them, and fed them dinner.

They had initially treated me like a stranger, but…

…now they acted affectionately towards me, like I was a close relative.

‘It’s probably their survival instinct.’

They seemed to have subconsciously realized that I was in charge here and were trying to get on my good side.

“Did you sleep well?”

“Yes! I love this bed!”

“Mister, what’s for breakfast today?”

“I prepared something especially delicious today, so look forward to it.”

“Yay―!””

Having endured a harsh life in a dangerous place, the children seemed even more delighted by the environment of the department store.

“Oh, and…”

Warmed by their joy, I opened the backpack I had brought from the third floor and showed it to them.

Inside were various forms of entertainment I had taken from Lee Ah-rin.

Several game consoles, USB drives filled with movies, dramas, and anime, and…

…dolls and toys that children would like.

“I brought these so you wouldn’t be bored.”

The children’s eyes sparkled like miners who had discovered a gold mine as they saw the various items in the backpack.

“I’ll bring a TV later, so you can play with them then.”

The children, who had been excited about breakfast, were now even more enthusiastic about the toys, cheering loudly.

They grabbed the backpack, ran to a bed, and started unpacking it, chattering excitedly amongst themselves.

“I-I’m sorry.  You even took care of that…”

Grace, who had been too embarrassed to look at me, finally approached.

“It’s okay. They’re at the age where they need to play.”

“…Thank you so much. I was so focused on surviving that I didn’t even think about that.”

Grace looked at the happily playing children with a slightly surprised expression.

It wasn’t strange that she hadn’t thought of it.

Taking care of children’s boredom was a luxury in this zombie-infested world.

I simply had the means to do so.

But Grace seemed to think otherwise, looking at me with a strange expression.

Her cheeks were flushed, and her eyes sparkled as if she were moved.

‘Is it that big of a deal…?’

I had simply thought they might be bored, like Yoon Hyun-seo.

Did it come across as an appealing, fatherly gesture?

‘…Come to think of it, Han Mo-ah was similar yesterday.’

I recalled Han Mo-ah’s face last night, touched by the words I had casually said to reassure her.

We had then spent a passionate night together, as if she had fallen for me again.

I finally realized what had changed about me.

‘Is this the power of Charming Gaze?’

I had acquired the passive skill ‘Charming Gaze’ after sleeping with Grace.

As the skill’s description stated, it made me appear more attractive to the opposite sex.

It seemed I had scored some points with a simple gesture.

‘It’s nice that it’s easier to gain favorability.’

Grace kept glancing at me nervously, fidgeting.

She looked like a middle school girl with a crush.

Considering she had been a virgin until yesterday, I might actually be her first love.

Feeling a bit mischievous, I approached the shy Grace and…

“…Well, don’t feel too burdened.”

“…Yes?”

…whispered in her ear,

“I’ll be collecting my payment in kind, after all.”

Her ears turned bright red, and she looked down, her eyes trembling.

Finding her quite cute, I pulled her into a hug.

She trembled slightly but didn’t pull away.

Did she no longer feel guilty towards God for this?

“Don’t worry too much. You’ll have to postpone repaying your debt for a while.”

“…Is something happening?”

“It seems like we’ll be staying somewhere else for a while.”

I had originally planned to thoroughly enjoy Grace and train her to my liking, but…

…thanks to the unexpected visitors, I would have to postpone that.

I had come to see her this morning to inform her about this.

“Don’t worry about anything.  Stay here, and I’ll have food brought up from downstairs.  If you need anything, contact us downstairs with the radio.”

“I-Is it dangerous?”

“No, not at all, so it’s fine.”

Finally, I leaned in close to her and whispered,

“I’ll have my fill when I get back, so be prepared.”

“…….”

Grace blushed and lowered her head without answering.

。 。 。

Morning arrived.

Heo Seo-jin left the building early, waiting for the team she had sent to investigate the department store.

She paced anxiously in front of the cafe’s large window, looking at the department store.

‘If there’s no way in…’

There was a possibility that the survivors in the parking lot had simply gathered the zombies without intending to leave.

In that case, there might be no way to get inside without encountering the zombies.

That would mean a full-frontal assault.

They would have to deal with the countless zombies guarding the department store and force their way in.

But if that happened…

‘The casualties would be immense.’

Therefore, a full-frontal assault was the last resort.

Even with the Priest’s grace, they weren’t invincible, and they would have to be prepared for heavy losses.

Heo Seo-jin stood there, praying for her subordinates to bring back good news.

After a while…

“…Huh?”

Across the street, through the cafe window…

…she saw her subordinates approaching, having found a path clear of zombies.

They had returned from their search.

But something was strange.

‘Who are they all…?’

A large number of unfamiliar survivors were following behind her subordinates.

As she watched them approach with a puzzled expression…

…their faces became clearer.

Heo Seo-jin’s eyes widened in surprise as she recognized one of the survivors.

Although her appearance had changed considerably since she last saw her…

…it was undoubtedly Lee Seon-ji, who had been missing.

Lee Seon-ji, confidently walking alongside her subordinates.

Her appearance was unexpected.

‘She’s alive.’

Heo Seo-jin smiled, happy to see that Lee Seon-ji, whom she had been quite close with during their time at the hotel, was alive.

At the location Lee Seon-ji had last reported from, they had only found the corpses of the other followers who had gone on the search.

They had all been brutally killed and devoured by zombies.

So, she had assumed Lee Seon-ji was also dead.

‘But why is she here?’

Although she was happy that Lee Seon-ji was alive, Heo Seo-jin tilted her head in confusion.

Lee Seon-ji had suddenly appeared at this department store.

And what was even stranger…

…was the group of terrified men following behind her.

They were dressed in rags, their faces pale and anxious, their appearance pathetic.

Heo Seo-jin guessed who they were.

‘Captured slaves?’

She would have to ask Lee Seon-ji for details, but…

…they were probably new male slaves captured by Lee Seon-ji.

New human resources who would offer their faith and labor to the Priest.

Seemingly aware of their future, they all kept their heads bowed and trembled as they followed Heo Seo-jin’s subordinates.

And among those soon-to-be slaves…

…Lee Seo-ho smiled slyly, looking at the cafe window.

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