I Became The Necromancer In The Post-Apocalyptic Zombie World

Chapter 55

—–CROW—– 

After letting her companions fully enjoy the spectacle of being eaten alive by zombies, I took the remaining woman back to the department store.

“Ahjussi… M-Mom…”

While I was helping the tearful Yoon Hyun-seo into the van, she clutched my sleeve and asked in a trembling voice.

She must have witnessed Baek Min-ah being left with the zombies while she was being kidnapped.

“It’s alright. Min-ah is safe.”

My answer brought a bright smile to her anxious face.

She was relieved to hear the answer she had desperately hoped for.

But seeing her relief, I couldn’t feel purely happy.

“Mom━!!”

Arriving back at the department store, I took Hyun-seo down to the third floor.

The third-floor parking lot was full of sights unsuitable for a child, so I purposely entered the building from the fourth floor and then went down to the third.

As we reached the third floor, she was greeted by a bright, comfortable, and fragrant space.

Baek Min-ah sat on a sofa, a blank expression on her face.

Seeing her, Yoon Hyun-seo burst into tears and ran to hug her.

“Mom…! Sob, I’m so glad…!”

“…….”

Baek Min-ah, expressionless, gently hugged Yoon Hyun-seo back.

She then softly stroked the sobbing girl’s hair.

‘She still has her humanity.’

I had been worried that she might have become an empty shell due to the side effects of the zombie virus, but…

…the way Baek Min-ah held Yoon Hyun-seo preciously, although her face lacked emotion, showed the love of a mother for her child.

“…M-Mom?”

But Yoon Hyun-seo, sensing something amiss from Baek Min-ah’s silence and lack of expression, lifted her head and looked at her.

She then placed her hand on Baek Min-ah’s face with a worried expression.

“Mom, are you sick? W-What’s wrong…?”

Baek Min-ah hugged her tightly but remained silent.

Seeing this, I approached Yoon Hyun-seo and held her hand, which was caressing Baek Min-ah’s cheek.

Yoon Hyun-seo, her face tense, looked at me with trembling eyes.

“It’s alright. Min-ah will be like this for a while, but Ahjussi will definitely bring her back to normal.”

Yoon Hyun-seo looked at me with a confused expression for a moment, and then…

…she burst into tears again, burying her face in Baek Min-ah’s embrace.

It wasn’t a simple tantrum, but the genuine sobs of a heartbroken child.

It was a difficult sound to hear.

Her biological mother had left her after a divorce when she was young, and her biological father had died brutally while searching for food during the zombie outbreak.

And now, even Baek Min-ah, her only remaining family, was like this.

It was too much for a child to bear.

It must have been too much for her to handle at such a young age.

Seeing Yoon Hyun-seo sobbing in Baek Min-ah’s embrace, I felt a surge of anger rising within me.

“Now, we have something to talk about, don’t we?”

Holding back my anger, I took the woman responsible for this incident to the second floor of the department store and sat facing her.

She glared at me impassively, and I sneered back.

Chae Su-ah and Lee Ah-rin watched us with anxious expressions.

I had brought Lee Ah-rin here because I needed her trait.

I needed the help of her ‘Wikipedia’ knowledge.

“I-It’s all done, Savior.”

“Yes, good work.  I just have to follow the instructions you wrote down, right?”

“Y-Yes, b-be careful.  You could die if you make a mistake, so please follow the steps slowly and carefully…”

“Don’t worry.”

I wasn’t the one doing it, so I didn’t have to be careful.

After sending Lee Ah-rin back to the third floor, I looked at the woman before me impassively.

“First… What’s your name?”

“…Lee Seon-ji.”

“Oh, a smooth start?  You don’t like pain, after all?”

“Ha, what’s the big deal about a name?”

Electrical cables were attached to Lee Seon-ji’s fingertips and earlobes.

Her earlobes were soaked with water to improve conductivity, and droplets dripped down.

“Now that we’ve exchanged names… shall we get your address? Where are you from?”

“…….”

“Yes, that’s right. Don’t answer.”

I grinned at her silence and looked at Chae Su-ah.

Chae Su-ah, her face filled with fear, nodded and turned on the battery in front of her, reading from the memo in her hand.

Then…

━*Buzz.*

“Kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh━!!!”

Lee Seon-ji’s body convulsed, and she screamed as electricity coursed through her.

After a suitable amount of time, Chae Su-ah’s trembling hand quickly switched off the battery.

“H-H-Huh… Hahaha…!”

As the power cut off, Lee Seon-ji slumped, her body going limp, and started laughing maniacally.

“You think… I’ll talk? You can’t break my loyalty to the Priest with this kind of method.”

She lifted her head, and I saw the manic glint in her eyes, despite the pain she had just endured.

The same manic glint I had seen the previous night.

“Go ahead, electrocute me, pull out my fingernails, drown me. I’ll die before I say anything…”

Her voice was filled with conviction.

Electrocution was one of the most painful forms of torture.

An ordinary person would have wet themselves and spilled everything after just one shock.

‘It’s not working, huh?’

Judging by her attitude, she seemed determined not to answer, even if it meant death.

Her fanaticism was different from the five who died at the shopping district.

Something had captivated her, freeing her from the fear of death and pain.

“This is an unrelated question.”

I asked her something I was curious about, unrelated to the information I wanted to extract.

“Baek Min-ah, who was in the apartment… You didn’t have to do that to her, did you?”

She wouldn’t tell me why they kidnapped Yoon Hyun-seo.

It was probably related to the person Lee Seon-ji called Priest.

So, I asked a purely personal question, unrelated to that.

“Why did you throw her to the zombies? If you were going to take the child, why not just take the child?”

Lee Seon-ji looked at me blankly for a moment, and then…

…she smiled like a crazed lunatic, intoxicated by something.

“I hate women who are loved by men. It’s a disgrace to womanhood.”

“Haha, this bitch is crazy.”

I knew it, but the sheer absurdity of her reason made me laugh.

I hardened my expression and looked at her.

“You did that to a child’s mother for such a stupid reason?”

I glared at her coldly.

But Lee Seon-ji, her eyes filled with manic fervor, simply smirked and replied,

“Hehehe, what about you?  What makes you so special?”

She then shifted her gaze to Chae Su-ah, who was trembling beside me.

“I saw it earlier.  Naked men and women in the parking lot.  And that woman over there… Are you, who treats humans like that, judging me?”

She chuckled and stuck out her tongue, mocking me.

Annoyed by her behavior, I dropped my stern expression and smiled back.

“You’re right. I have no right to judge you based on good and evil.”

I stood up from my seat.

Torture wouldn’t work on her.

I had just realized that physical pain wouldn’t make her pay for her sins.

‘Then I’ll have to use a different method.’

I wanted her to experience utter despair.

Simply extracting information and killing her was too easy, considering what she had done to Baek Min-ah.

‘She must be the one who did that to Yoon Kang-hyun too.’

Yoon Hyun-seo’s father, who had been tortured to death.

This woman had killed Yoon Hyun-seo’s father and tried to feed her adoptive mother, Baek Min-ah, to the zombies.

“Su-ah.”

“W-Woof!”

I called out to Chae Su-ah, who was looking at us with a terrified expression.  The well-trained Chae Su-ah, even in this situation, remembered her role and responded accordingly.

I gently stroked her cheek and whispered in her ear,

“Play with her using the electricity while I’m gone.”

“…Woof.”

“Don’t kill her, okay? Or you’ll be taking her place.”

“Hieek…!”

The reason I left Chae Su-ah in charge of the torture was simple.

I thought I had been too lenient with her lately, and I wanted to give her a wake-up call.

A reminder that she could end up like Lee Seon-ji if she misbehaved.

“Shall we try answering in human words?  You can do it, right?”

“Y-Yes.  I’ll do it.  I-I won’t make any mistakes.”

“Good girl.”

Chae Su-ah looked terrified, on the verge of tears.

Satisfied with her answer, I gave her breast a light squeeze and left.

━*Buzz.*

“Kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh━!!!”

The sound of electricity and Lee Seon-ji’s screams of pain echoed from behind me.

Lee Ah-rin had written down the safe voltage levels in her memo, so as long as Chae Su-ah followed the instructions, Lee Seon-ji wouldn’t die.

I left the second floor and headed towards the third-floor parking lot.

。 。 。

Arriving at the parking lot, I stood before the naked men, who cowered in fear at my appearance.

They trembled, wondering what I was going to do to them this time.

I carefully observed their haggard faces.

“You, there.”

“…M-Me?”

I pointed at one of the men.

Startled, the man pointed at himself with a pale face.

When I simply stared at him impassively, he rushed towards me in terror.

“Please, p-please spare me…!”

He knelt before me and pleaded.

‘He has the best face among them.’

Although his skin was rough and his eyes were dull from living in a tent in the parking lot, his features were the most handsome among them.

I tossed him the blanket I had brought and said,

“Follow me.”

“Y-Yes…”

“What’s your name?”

“My name is Park Sung-hoon…”

He wasn’t one of the original dormitory residents, but one of the survivors who joined later.

Park Sung-hoon, although fearful, answered my questions obediently and followed me into the department store.

He seemed to sense that the situation wasn’t dire since I wasn’t dragging him along with zombies, and he remained compliant.

I took him to the bathroom on the third floor.

“Wow…”

Park Sung-hoon’s jaw dropped as he entered the third floor, taking in the bright lights, the harmonious atmosphere, and the beautiful women.

“Are you crazy?  Don’t look at them.”

“Hieek! S-Sorry!”

I didn’t like him staring at my women, so I made him lower his head.

A few of the women noticed me and approached cheerfully, but I sent them away, as I had important business to attend to.

We entered the bathroom.

I tossed him some toiletries and said,

“Wash yourself thoroughly.  Every nook and cranny.  Make yourself smell nice.”

“……Yes?”

“What do you mean ‘yes?’  Have you never washed yourself before?  Should I wash you?”

“Hieek!  N-No…!”

Startled by my response, he quickly grabbed the toiletries and started washing himself.

As he washed, he seemed overcome with emotion, feeling the warm water on his skin after so long, and began to sob.

Soon, his emotion turned to curiosity, and he looked at me mid-wash.

“U-Um… Why are you doing this for me?”

He seemed puzzled by my kindness, considering I had treated him like livestock until now.

I grinned and answered,

“There’s something I want you to do for me.”

“…Something… you want me to do?”

I answered the apprehensive Park Sung-hoon with a cheerful expression,

“Are you good with women?”

His tense face turned confused again at my unexpected question.

。 。 。

After Park Sung-hoon finished showering, I covered him with the blanket again and then headed to the fourth floor.

The fourth-floor kids’ corner.

This would be their love nest for a while.

I left him there for a moment and went down to the second floor to retrieve Lee Seon-ji, who was being tortured.  I took her to the third floor.

Just like with Park Sung-hoon, I put her in the bathroom and had Chae Su-ah wash her thoroughly.

Afterward, I sent Chae Su-ah back to the second floor and had the zombies drag Lee Seon-ji up to the fourth floor.

And then…

*Thrust, thrust.*

“Ugh…!  Ungh…!  Don’t you…!  You filthy bastard…!! Hngh…!  Pull out, damn it━!!”

“Haa, haa, ugh…!”

I had Lee Seon-ji washed partly out of consideration for Park Sung-hoon, and partly as a way of helping him.

Lee Seon-ji wasn’t ugly, but she wasn’t particularly beautiful either.

Her appearance was barely feminine.

However, her physique was quite imposing, so it would be difficult for an ordinary man to see her as a woman.

My goal was to make her at least clean and smell feminine.

I set up a temporary room on the fourth floor, threw Lee Seon-ji inside, tied her up…

…and then made Park Sung-hoon rape her.

“Ugh, I’m sorry…! Hngh, I’m sorry…!”

“Hngh, ungh…! Hngh…!  W-Wait…!  You bastard…!  Hngh…!”

*Thrust, thrust.*

Fortunately, Park Sung-hoon, who hadn’t been able to even properly masturbate due to the chastity belt, was able to get a hard-on with Lee Seon-ji, who was at least a woman.

As a result, Park Sung-hoon easily thrust his cock into Lee Seon-ji’s pussy.

“Wow, you say you hate it, but you’re already panting like a bitch.”

“Ugh…! Hngh, s-shut up…!!”

I sneered at Lee Seon-ji, who was being ruthlessly fucked by Park Sung-hoon.

Her expression was far more humiliated than when she was being electrocuted.

“Haah…!  Hngh…!”

Her pussy, despite her muscular build, couldn’t hide its inherently soft, feminine texture.

As Park Sung-hoon relentlessly ravaged her with his hard cock, Lee Seon-ji’s face flushed, and her eyes fluttered.

I saw blood on the mat beneath her.

It seemed she was a virgin.

‘Well, if she had been properly loved by a man, she wouldn’t be like this.’

This must have been Park Sung-hoon’s first time with a woman, too.

Perfect.

“Cum inside her three times and then come report to me. I’ll be in the parking lot.”

*Thrust, thrust, thrust.*

“Ugh, y-yes…!”

Park Sung-hoon nodded, frantically thrusting his hips, and then focused on his coupling with Lee Seon-ji, ravaging her pussy.

‘Now, shall I go too?’

Having successfully set the first step in motion, it was time for me to do my part.

I left Lee Seon-ji, who was moaning in humiliation, and headed back to the third-floor parking lot.

This time, I approached the group of naked women and looked at them.

I smiled and said,

“Among you, are there any virgins who haven’t been with a man yet? Raise your hands.”

The women’s terrified faces paled even further at my question.

But no one raised their hand.

Of course, no one would immediately step forward when I, a man whose intentions were unknown, suddenly asked for virgins.

But I needed a virgin right now.

‘I haven’t gotten any information yet, but it’s clear that Lee Seon-ji’s group is large.’

I didn’t know exactly how large, but they clearly possessed enough power to easily fight against hordes of zombies.

Then it was time for me to increase my power as well.

The base abilities I gained through the crystals were sufficient for now, but…

…I needed to further enhance my own Necromancer powers.

And for that, I needed something specific.

“If you’re a virgin and don’t come forward, or if you’re not a virgin and do…

I grinned coldly and spoke to the women with a serious expression, putting all my sincerity into my words,

“…I’ll make you wish you were dead.”

After checking each of the naked women again to make sure my message was clear, I spoke one last time.

“I won’t ask again. …you are a virgin. Raise your hands.”

Finally, a trembling hand was hesitantly raised.

—–CROW—–