Apocalypse Tyrant

King of the Library (2)

[1. Tyrant on a White Horse]
[All your actions induce positive elements more effectively especially towards women. Also, you become able to grasp the underlying psychology that induces positive factors in women.]

[2. Equal Tyranny for All]
[All your actions induce positive elements more effectively for everyone’s obedience.]

“…Fuck.”

After reading the specializations again carefully, a curse automatically bursts out of my mouth.

This isn’t something that can be easily chosen?

Splat—!

“Kheok—! Te-Team Lea— Kuluk— Kuluk— Kuluk—”

At that moment, a dissonant sound breaking the steady beating sounds.

When I turned my gaze in that direction, I saw Park Taeha looking at me and Kim Woojung curling up tightly and flailing his legs below.

Park Taeha quietly looking at me while stepping back as if loading up a kick.

The gaze as if asking ‘Should I hit him harder?’ showed the full story of the dissonance.

It seemed Park Taeha thought I cursed because I was displeased with the intensity of the punishment.

“That’s enough.”
“Yes.”

Park Taeha nodding at my instruction and returning to his original position.

The search team that had been frozen watching the punishment scene hurriedly supported Kim Woojung who was still coughing.

“Gag that bastard’s mouth first.”

At the continued instruction, several rough hands quickly covered Kim Woojung’s mouth.

“……”

Good, now it’s a bit quiet.

After removing all factors that could break my concentration, I focused on the specialization again.

So—

To summarize, it seems number 1 ‘Tyrant on a White Horse’ is a female-specialized specialization, while number 2 ‘Equal Tyranny for All’ applies a lower modifier to everyone rather than specializing…

I scratched my furrowed brow that frowned more the more I continued thinking and slightly bowed my head.

Neither was a particularly superior choice.

Literally a fork in the road where I had to ‘choose’ the skill’s specialization.

Moreover, the pros and cons of each option were too clear.

First, ‘Tyrant on a White Horse’.

Just reading the text, it was a specialization that could give absolute superiority over women I would face in the future.

Absolute superiority over women who make up half the world.

A very attractive specialization, but looking at the reality… it makes me tilt my head a bit.

To put it bluntly, it’s a specialization that doesn’t need to be chosen if you think about it a bit.

Half the world may be women, but in this world now, the existence of women— honestly isn’t very useful except for sex-related issues.

Anyway, the core of killing zombies, searching new places, and maintaining the organization will all be done by men.

Anyway, women are a group that will be managed automatically if you manage the men tightly.

The system seemed to recognize this issue too, as it added another advantage to ‘Tyrant on a White Horse’ besides the female-specific modifier.

‘Underlying psychology that induces positive factors.’

Being able to grasp the underlying psychology in addition to the obedience factors that already uncover humans’ fatal secrets.

Simply put, this was no different from being able to see a person’s ‘answer sheet’.

Women who I could already have absolute superiority over, and I can even peek at their answer sheets?

If I choose this specialization, there won’t be much need for trial and error in managing women in the future.

However, as soon as I saw the second specialization ‘Equal Tyranny for All’, my heart wavered like a reed.

This one didn’t need much more explanation.

The system adding underlying psychology grasping to ‘Tyrant on a White Horse’ to balance things said it all.

Men.

This was the most precious specialization to me in that it applied an obedience modifier to men who aren’t women.

Now and in the future, nine out of ten of the core members forming the organization will be men.

This isn’t a fact I can change even if I want to.

If you think about efficiency, no matter the process, the result will mostly be that way.

Of course, there’s the new variable of ‘women with abilities similar to mine’ but…

Well.

From the start I’m a man, and if you divide those with these abilities into women and men—

The more powerful and efficient ability users will probably be male ability users.

From the start, men are more familiar with the game-like system of ‘growing’ by gathering points from killing zombies.

Tok—! Tok—! Tok—!

The more I think about it, the deeper my worries become.

Tok—! Tok—! Tok—!

I continued pondering very quietly while tapping the surface of the iron pipe I was holding with my fingernail incessantly.

…Tok—!

Ding—!

[You have selected ‘Tyrant on a White Horse’ as the specialization for the Tyrant exclusive skill ‘Deductive Domination’.]

[Deductive Domination Lv.5]
[But whether they like it or not, you are their king.]

[All your actions induce positive elements for obedience.]
[All your actions induce positive elements more effectively especially towards women.]
[You can grasp the underlying psychology that induces positive factors in women.]

[Applied Specialization: Tyrant on a White Horse (Always Hide)]

The status window message notifying the selection was complete.

I firmly suppressed the regret creeping up as soon as I completed the selection.

Regret rising even higher due to the extremely attractive opportunity cost.

But— there’s no taking back my choice.

I just couldn’t give up that underlying psychology grasping.

Being able to see the answer sheet is something I really can’t resist no matter what.

If I was originally an efficiency-obsessed min-maxer, I wouldn’t be here like this now.

I would have made Cha Seolhee an onahole as soon as I entered the library and just smashed zombie heads all day.

Such explosive growth wouldn’t be bad, but it’s a bit awkward to think about what I want to achieve by growing that way.

It was obvious what I’d want to achieve by becoming that strong.

I can grow anytime, I just need to put in a bit more effort to manage the male bastards.

But a lost answer sheet doesn’t come back.

I absolutely couldn’t give up the specialization related to women.

Especially if the opponents I would have absolute superiority over are Cha Seolhee and Cha Hayan.

‘It said this was the first specialization anyway, so there should be a second one.’

If ‘Equal Tyranny for All’ comes out for the second specialization unlock, I can choose that specialization then.

Moreover, the skill level will naturally need to be higher than the first specialization for the second specialization to unlock, so even better specializations should unlock by then.

Thinking that way made me crave points even more desperately.

To the point where I wanted to forcibly withdraw all the money Cha Seolhee had and pour it into the system if there was some refund system.

When I’m this desperate…

My blood boiled as soon as I saw the search team blankly waiting for me.

I really want to hit them just once, just once sincerely.

I firmly grasped my trembling hand and took a small breath.

“…Kim Woojung will fast for one day as I said.”

Kim Woojung’s face froze coldly at the pronouncement echoing in the quiet reading room.

I continued speaking while looking at Kim Woojung who had now stopped coughing and was being supported by the other search team members.

“You know that fasting means you can’t drink water either, right?”
“……”
“…This bastard isn’t even answering now.”
“Ye-Yes—! I know—!”

I slowly scanned the search team members beside Kim Woojung who suddenly looked like he was about to cry in the middle of shouting.

“The moment that bastard eats even a drop of water or crumbs of snacks fallen on the floor, you guys need to be prepared, not Kim Woojung.”
“Yes, we understand—!”

The search team members hurriedly answering in case I might burst out.

I nodded my head in satisfaction at the reaction and opened my mouth again.

“Right, it would make me a son of a bitch if there was nothing after working this hard.”

I had been whipping them all day, so now it was time to give the carrot.

I turned my head to Park Taeha silently waiting beside me.

“When you go down, take the kids and go see the eunuch. He’ll set things up on his own if you just go.”

Hmm—

I deliberately trailed off and looked around at the search team members again.

Among them, a particularly stupid face with many injuries.

“Hey, you.”
“Ye-Yessir—!”

It was the idiot search team member who had been bitten twice today.

I continued speaking while pointing at him several times.

“You choose first.”
“…Ye-Yessir—! I understand—!”

A brief moment of bewilderment and a smile poking out after lightly suppressing that bewilderment.

I confirmed once more due to some inexplicable unease.

“You know what I’m talking about, right?”
“Yessir—! I know—!”
“Fuck, you understand this kind of thing like a ghost. Couldn’t understand killing zombies even after being told a hundred times.”
“…Hic!”

His face turning white as a sheet at the swearing suddenly rising.

I waved my hand as if shooing away a fly at the face that just made me angrier the more I looked at it and indicated the next order with a finger point.

And finally.

“…Kim Woojung.”
“Ye-Yessir—!”

The loudest shout as if planning to make up for his mistake with his answer.

I glared at him while tilting my head sideways.

“Do you think you worked hard?”
“……”

Kim Woojung hesitating and mumbling after opening his mouth at my question.

The bastard who had been watching my reaction for a long time barely opened his mouth.

“…N-No.”
“Right? Even you don’t think you worked hard?”
“…Yes.”
“The bastard at least has a conscience. Kim Woojung sleeps alone until he works hard.”
“……”

I looked at Kim Woojung bowing his head with an even more despairing face than when he was fasting and spoke to Park Taeha again.

“We’ll check Kim Woojung first tomorrow.”
“Yes.”

With those final words, the search team followed me as I left the reading room.

I could hear the footsteps of Park Taeha sticking close right behind me and the search team following us a bit further back, panting.

With clearing the graduate student reading room, the largest area on the 5th floor, the 5th floor had completely fallen into my hands.

In reality, I had personally killed almost all the zombies and the search team just cleaned up the zombies I deliberately left behind—

Well— I had to be satisfied with this much today.

It should get better tomorrow.

I had a strong feeling it wouldn’t, but I had no choice but to believe.

This half-wit search team was the best personnel I could employ right now.

Moreover, I couldn’t do all the education for the increasing search teams in the future, so educating this first search team now was more important than anything.

These bastards would have to be in charge of educating the growing search teams.

“…How is it?”

I casually threw out a question while returning to the 2nd floor.

The only element I liked among the factors giving me a headache quietly raised his head.

A quite comprehensive question.

At the short question of just “How is it?”, Park Taeha turned the answer over in his mouth for a long time.

“…It feels like I slept comfortably for the first time in a while.”

Without thinking.

I smiled faintly while listening to Park Taeha’s quiet follow-up.

“Isn’t it because you pulled out cleanly?”
“……”

Park Taeha’s shoulders shaking slightly as he smiled at my joke.

I calmly looked over the bear cub that had changed remarkably in just one day and continued speaking.

“How’s Ku Yeri?”
“…I don’t know. She’s being as quiet as a mouse without saying anything, as if she’s in shock.”
“Food?”
“She ate breakfast together. Of course, she just nibbled a bit severely.”

Huh.

“She still eats, so it seems she hates dying more than death. That silent protest won’t last long either.”

Park Taeha nodding his head slightly as if agreeing with my prediction.

Thud—!

I hit his shoulder playfully and opened my mouth again.

“Tell me anytime if you get tired of it.”
“……”
“If you keep doing like now, dying crushed under women won’t just be a dream.”

Park Taeha quietly remained silent at my whisper, refraining from speaking.

But I didn’t need to get an answer from him.

The faint smile now settled on Park Taeha’s lips was saying everything.

“Come to think of it, that vice president position wasn’t such a useless hat.”

Thud—!

“Since it’s the student council, you must know a lot of female students, so there must be many girls you’ve thought about fucking.”

His smile becomes blatantly deeper at the continued whispers.

“There’s no way we’re the only survivors in this wide Bansukdae, right?”
“…Yes.”

Continued excited breathing clearly emanates from Park Taeha as I lightly put my arm around his shoulder.

“Just keep doing like now. Then I’ll take care of you.”
“…No.”

An unexpected answer denying my whisper.

However, I let out a small laugh while looking at Park Taeha’s eyes staring at me.

“More, I’ll do even better than now.”
“…I see.”

Thud—!

I kept letting out small laughs while lightly patting his shoulder as if in praise.

A man in his prime with all speed bumps removed.

Is there anyone easier to handle than a man who has become too honest with his own desires?

No—

Perhaps all these actions now were reactions coming out because they received the modifier from ‘Deductive Domination’.

No. They definitely received it.

When even the skill nullifying infection was working, there’s no way the exclusive skill I invested 100 points in wouldn’t work.

I carefully scanned Park Taeha’s face that still hadn’t removed the deep smile.

Clearly a less dramatic effect than the skill nullifying infection.

But because of that, I could rather feel the destructive power of this ‘Deductive Domination’.

A skill that works not on the surface but in a deeper place, involving people’s unconscious.

A skill that slowly erodes them from the inside without them even knowing.

I smiled deeply while looking at the internal stairway door that had now appeared before my eyes.

It was time to confirm the power of the specialization ‘Tyrant on a White Horse’.