I Became The Necromancer In The Post-Apocalyptic Zombie World

Chapter 65

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Lee Seon-ji ascended the hotel stairs with a tense expression after getting off the bus.

“I’m sure the Priest will be happy to see you alive.”

The Priest resided in the VIP room on the top floor of the hotel.

Reaching the top floor on foot in a hotel with no electricity was quite an arduous task.

However, Lee Seon-ji and Manager Heo conversed leisurely, looking comfortable.

The reason was…

“Huff, huff.”

…they were using someone else’s strength, just like Lee Seo-ho had done at Baek Min-ah’s apartment building.

Just as Lee Seo-ho had used zombies to comfortably climb the stairs…

…the high-ranking members of the L Hotel used human elevators to reach the upper floors.

An inhumane system composed of men selected for their strength and stamina.

Four men, breathing heavily and straining their muscles, carried a stretcher-like contraption made of cushioned chairs up the stairs.

Lee Seon-ji and Manager Heo used it as if it were their right.

Before long…

…the human elevator reached the top floor.

The two women got off the chairs without a word of thanks, as if they were dealing with machines, and walked towards a room.

Lee Seon-ji glanced back at the exhausted men, her expression uncomfortable as she thought of Park Sung-hoon, but…

…her current role was to perfectly portray a devout follower of the Priest.

She couldn’t do anything that might expose her, so she quickly turned back, her face expressionless.

They stopped in front of an opulent door.

Several candles illuminated the dark hallway, lighting the way to the door.

Manager Heo knocked.

―*Knock, knock.*

“Priest. It’s Heo Seo-jin. I’ve come to report with a survivor from the previous search team.”

Shortly after she conveyed her message, a voice, as melodious as a fine instrument, came from inside.

[Come in.]

Manager Heo carefully turned the doorknob and opened the door.

The luxurious VIP room, with its vast space, was revealed.

Moonlight streamed in through the large windows, mingling with the light from countless candles.

And at the center of that enchanting glow…

…stood a woman with flowing silver hair, seemingly brighter than the candlelight.

Every movement, every gesture, exuded a mystical aura.

She turned her captivating silver eyes towards the two women who had entered.

“Team Leader Lee, you’re alive. I’m so glad.”

“Thank you for your gracious words…”

The beautiful voice, expressing joy at Lee Seon-ji’s survival, seemed to mesmerize her.  Lee Seon-ji blushed and immediately knelt.

“So, what’s your report?”

The Priest’s welcome for Lee Seon-ji ended there.

She immediately asked for the reason for their visit.

Manager Heo had reported via radio before returning that she had brought gifts.

The Priest had thought…

…if the gift was merely news of Team Leader Lee’s survival, she would punish them.

But contrary to her worries, Manager Heo presented three backpacks with an excited smile.

She opened them, revealing their contents.

“This is…”

“Food. There are even luxury items you can’t find around here.”

The department store carried a variety of imported foods not sold in regular convenience stores.

The gifts Lee Seo-ho had prepared included various kinds of jerky, canned goods, and other foods.

The Priest looked surprised by the sheer quantity.

“Three large backpacks full of this… You couldn’t have gotten all of this from scavenging.”

“No, this was a gift.”

“A gift?”

“A gift from the owner who currently occupies the department store, which you ordered us to investigate, for you, Priest.”

“…Explain in detail.”

“Yes.”

Manager Heo then diligently relayed everything she had heard from Lee Seon-ji to the Priest.

Lee Seon-ji answered any questions the Priest had.

“Hmm… I see.”

After hearing everything, the Priest smiled contentedly and rested her chin on her hand.

It wasn’t bad news.

They had investigated various large supermarkets and department stores using search teams, but…

…most were filled with zombies, or other survivors had already taken the supplies, leaving little to scavenge.

The search of the S Department Store was also about to end in one of those two scenarios, but…

…there happened to be a survivor controlling the place.

And she was using zombies to guard the surroundings.

The backpacks filled with food and other resources proved that the department store was well-stocked.

More importantly, the owner of the department store shared similar ideals with Hwangmaegyo and was friendly.

In other words, they could potentially recruit her.

‘The question is how to bring her under my control.’

The Priest pondered this.

Judging by the gifts sent as a gesture of goodwill, the department store’s owner didn’t seem hostile towards Hwangmaegyo.

But would she submit to the Priest’s authority?

‘If she wants to stand beside me, not below me…’

…then the Priest would have to find an opportunity to crush her.

The leader of Hwangmaegyo could only be her.

One god was enough.

In this environment, where the followers’ faith was her strength, she didn’t need another leader to become a symbol.

“Did you say the owner of the department store can also use grace, like me?”

“Yes… I’m not sure if it’s the same as the Priest’s grace, but she definitely used a special power.”

“She used it to pinpoint my hidden location and sent Team Leader Lee here.”

“…Hmm.”

There was only one thing that bothered her.

The woman who occupied the department store used a mysterious power.

‘There’s no guarantee it’s not the same power as mine.’

The Priest turned her back on the two kneeling women and walked towards a spot in the VIP room…

…where a green crystal floated in mid-air.

She gently caressed the crystal and looked out the window at the dark scenery.

Somewhere beyond that scenery was the S Department Store.

And the owner who controlled it.

‘Hehehe, I wonder what she’s doing and thinking right now.’

The owner of the department store, a mysterious person with special abilities, who had sent these gifts…

…had piqued the Priest’s curiosity.

And…

…the owner of the department store, whom she was so curious about…

“New Slave Number One! Tell me what you think of the Priest!”

“Yes! The Priest is God, the truth, and the owner of everything in this world!”

“Good answer!”

…was diligently playing the role of the Priest’s lowest slave, his eyes shining with fervor.

。 。 。

‘What a load of bullshit.’

The ideological training for new slaves began on the first night.

First, the basics.

Disobey an order, and you get the shit beaten out of you.

After this process, which was designed to instill obedience into their minds and bones, came the ideological indoctrination.

The flawlessly obedient Lee Seo-ho and the bruised and battered soldier slaves stood naked before the tiger-like instructor.

Hong Si-eun.

She tapped a baseball bat against her palm, her large breasts jiggling.

‘It’s impossible to look away.’

As it turned out, her attire was also a trap.

If you were caught looking at her ample breasts during training, you were subjected to harsh punishment.

You were nothing but tools, slaves who had to suppress even sexual desires.

It was part of their training.

‘This is so fucking unfair.’

Her huge breasts, straining against her white tank top.

It was impossible to avoid looking, no matter how much you were beaten.

Lee Seo-ho thought this kind of training was pointless, but…

…it was more effective than he expected.

The soldiers, once they had a bone broken, kept their eyes downcast in fear.

A strong will to never look up, to never look.

‘It actually works.’

Lee Seo-ho watched them with a look of wonder.

The brutal beatings that overcame the temptation of those large breasts.

It seemed anything was possible with enough pain.

‘Oh, no…!’

Unlike the soldiers who kept their eyes down, Lee Seo-ho, who had been inadvertently staring at Hong Si-eun’s voluptuous breasts, made eye contact with her.

He had followed every order perfectly and hadn’t been hit once, but…

…he knew he was about to be punished.

“…That concludes the mental training. Individual interviews will follow.”

Although Hong Si-eun had clearly made eye contact with him, she looked away as if she hadn’t seen anything and turned back to the other slaves.

‘Is she letting me off?’

Maybe she was giving him a pass since he had performed flawlessly so far.

Or…

‘…maybe it’s the effect of Charming Gaze.’

He suspected the latter.

The reason was simple.

The monstrous instructor, Hong Si-eun, would beat the shit out of you for a single mistake, even if you had done everything else perfectly.

She wasn’t the type to go easy on someone just because they had a perfect record.

However…

…if she had a favorable impression of him due to Charming Gaze…

He grinned, pleased that things were going more smoothly than expected.

“Name.”

“Lee Seo-ho.”

“What did you do before this?”

“I was an ordinary college student.”

“Hmm…”

He then entered Hong Si-eun’s tent for the individual interview.

He was last.

Unlike the others, whose interviews ended quickly, his interview took quite a while.

Especially the body check, which he doubted the soldiers had undergone.

―Body Check.

She made him stand naked in a fixed position and walked around him, scrutinizing his body.

“You’re more muscular than you look.”

“Thank you.”

His physical abilities had improved along with his Necromancer abilities, making him quite well-built.

He had been lean during his time at the dormitory, but…

…that was simply due to malnutrition.

Now, well-fed from the abundant food at the department store, his body was toned and firm.

Ryu Da-hee particularly liked his physique.

She often caressed his abs.

“Hmm…”

Hong Si-eun seemed to like his body as well. Standing in front of him, she scrutinized him from head to toe.

Her gaze started from his face, moved down to his shoulders, chest, and abs, then…

…like a licking tongue, it stopped at his groin.

She then smirked slyly.

“How many women have you been with?”

“…Do you mean how many different women, or how many times in total?”

“…That answers my question. You’re a sly one.”

Seemingly pleased with his answer, Hong Si-eun’s eyes gleamed as she approached him and wrapped her arm around his waist.

Her large breasts, straining against her tank top, pressed against his bare skin.

“I bet you’ve always looked down on women, fucking them as you pleased.”

Blushing slightly, she leaned her face against his shoulder, her expression like a predator eyeing its prey, then…

…slid her free hand down and grabbed his cock.

“Playing with the women beneath you, moaning and panting, with this monstrous thing. You must have had quite the enjoyable college life.”

“N-No, I lived a more wholesome life than you think. I wasn’t that popular…”

He was telling the truth.

Ironically, he had only lost his virginity and begun enjoying a wild sex life after the zombie outbreak.

The promiscuous college life she imagined was completely unrelated to him.

He wasn’t lying.

But Hong Si-eun scoffed, not believing him.

“With a face like yours and this thing? Besides, I could tell from the training earlier. You’re also quite clever.”

“You flatter me.”

“Don’t be so modestly arrogant.”

Perhaps due to Charming Gaze…

…she had a high opinion of him.

She seemed to think he was a popular playboy who had slept with numerous women during his college days.

“It seems you’ll need special training.”

Then, she whispered in his ear, her breath hot,

“Come to this tent during bedtime later.  I won’t tolerate tardiness.”

Her sharp nails lightly pricked his hardened cock.

“I’ll teach you, who treated women like playthings, that guys like you are nothing more than convenient dildos.”

The aroused Hong Si-eun kneaded his hard cock a few more times, then chuckled in satisfaction.

He smiled faintly, making sure it wasn’t visible to her as she leaned against him, and replied,

“Yes, please teach me.”

He was glad he had chosen that skill.

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