Chapter 131: Special Sale
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 131: Special Sale
"Like hell I would."
I have a personal philosophy.
Rip them off and overcharge them if you must, but never give a discount.
Why should I?
If I were the desperate one, I might.
If I couldn't sell this right now, and its value was going to drop by half tomorrow, then selling it cheap today—even at a slight loss—would at least minimize my losses, even if it wasn't profitable.
But is that the case here?
No.
The Jamsil Sports Complex faction came to me to secure the best defense possible, trusting my warning when they have no idea what tomorrow will bring.
I hold all the cards.
They scraped together 50,000 Coins just to build an outer wall. If I don't sell this to them, they'll have to face the Zombie Rush with 50,000 useless Coins sitting in their pockets.
Sure, those 50,000 Coins won't just disappear.
But with no way of knowing how the 2nd Zombie Rush will play out, Coins are completely useless while the rush is active.
It's not like they can buy food or weapons with them then.
During a Zombie Rush, moving around is practically impossible.
They could try to time it during a brief lull, but even then, both parties would have to risk their lives just to meet up and trade.
So, in that sense, there's absolutely no reason for me to knock 10,000 Coins off a 60,000-Coin deal.
"...Then can we do the 50,000-Coin one today?"
"Yeah. Let's go right now."
After all, reinforcing their outer wall is just me helping them survive the Zombie Rush more easily in exchange for Coins.
I don't have to give them everything they want.
Honestly, as long as they have either the main stadium or the sub-stadium, they'll have a fallback space to hold out as a last resort.
Technically, it wasn't even a discount they were asking for.
It was more of a loan concept—paying me back if I gave them time—but I had no reason to set such a precedent.
I grabbed the outer wall I had bought in advance from the Visiting Black Market Merchant and headed to the Jamsil Sports Complex.
It was my first time visiting this place in my entire life, and it was massive.
The main stadium was huge, and it definitely took a significant amount of outer wall materials to cover.
I finished up by wrapping the whole thing and installing automatic doors at the entrances.
"...Is it already finished?"
"Yeah. The structure itself is incredibly sturdy, so it won't breach easily."
It was a dome shape that even blocked out the sky. As long as they stayed inside, they could probably get through the Zombie Rush without much danger.
Of course, just hiding and letting the Zombie Rush pass would make their future quite difficult in its own way.
But it was still better than dying.
And there was no rule saying everyone had to hide.
Since they were a small faction using the massive sports complex as their base, they didn't seem to have any intention of abandoning the rest of it.
That was why they had asked me to reinforce the other two smaller areas.
Those places were probably the non-combatants' quarters or warehouses.
Either way, they would have to fight to defend the sports complex.
They were just investing 50,000 Coins to ensure their non-combatants had a safe place to stay.
And they needed a place to rest between shifts, too.
"Whoa..."
"What do you think? Feels like you got your money's worth, right?"
"I don't know yet. But this is basically bunker-grade, isn't it?"
"Exactly. Unless a horde of Level 4 Zombies comes and pounds on it all day, it's not getting breached. For now, at least. You got it cheap. Honestly, selling this right now is just a special sale to protect the factions connected to me, and you guys just got lucky. Congratulations."
"..."
Well, even as a formality, a word of gratitude like 'thanks for the cheap deal' wasn't going to come out of this guy's mouth.
Honestly, it was surprising they even had 50,000 Coins in the first place, but they must have emptied their entire treasury for this.
In a way, if the Zombie Rush doesn't happen tomorrow, they've completely thrown away their future.
Because you can do almost anything with 50,000 Coins.
For starters, the services they use through the Paradise Membership System might get cut off.
And that amount of Coins could buy an astronomical amount of food.
"You won't regret it."
There was no need for tedious explanations.
They would find out tonight anyway.
When I returned to the base, the cafeteria and the food store were already closed.
Everyone had truly gone back to their homes now.
I went home too.
"It's really starting, right? From tonight."
"Yeah."
Honestly, it wasn't like the people of Paradise could actually feel that the Zombie Rush was starting tomorrow.
This was information I only knew in advance through the quests that appeared exclusively to me, the Host.
So, they weren't preparing because they knew anything; they were just preparing because they trusted me.
Kim Ji-hee was sitting on the sofa, watching a drama.
She snuggled into my chest as I sat down beside her.
"Oppa, do you remember when we first met?"
"The day you sucked my cock?"
"...Not that first day. The day I went to the studio apartment building."
"That wasn't the first time we met, though."
"I guess that's true."
She seemed to be talking about the day she left Seongsu Apartment and came to me.
"I really thought I was going to die that day. When Seongsu Apartment was breached by zombies, everyone panicked and fled to their own places. But I didn't think running away would save me... and I didn't really want to trust my aunt or uncle back then either... That's when I thought of you, Oppa. I figured instead of staying there and getting gang-raped like you said, I'd rather just get fucked by you. That's why I went."
"You got lucky."
"I did. Honestly, I don't even remember how I made it there. Hehe."
She really had been incredibly lucky that day.
It took at least fifteen to twenty minutes to get from Seongsu Apartment to the studio apartment building, and she had made it through alive right in the middle of a Zombie Rush.
Granted, the Zombie Rush was hitting Seongsu Apartment, and I was drawing all the nearby zombies to myself, which might have slightly increased her chances, but she was still undeniably lucky.
"Back then, I didn't even know what a Zombie Rush was, and I couldn't sleep well because I was constantly worried zombies would show up every night. But today, even though a Zombie Rush is coming tomorrow, I feel so at ease knowing I can just relax at home."
"If you said that to the other kids in the Hunting Squad, they'd think you're incredibly smug."
"Heehee."
Loafing around at home was unheard of in a zombie apocalypse.
But in Paradise, Kim Ji-hee was allowed to do just that.
Even when she was resting, she wasn't truly idle.
Warehouse organization. Level 10 Healing.
With just these two things, she was worth more than two people.
"I heard the Hunting Squad is going to bed early today so they can wake up before midnight and hunt during the Zombie Rush."
"They've got to hunt hard. It's fever time."
"Are you going out too, Oppa? You said you were going to Yongsan, right?"
"I've put together a fun little operation for today."
For the non-combatants of Paradise, this might be a vacation.
The combat personnel just had to work a little harder to secure that vacation for them.
"I'm going to wake up at midnight, so could you turn on the broadcast for me?"
"Of course I will. I was planning on waking you up before I left anyway."
"Oh, yeah!"
Kim Ji-hee was excited because she'd get to watch the broadcast, but for this trip to Yongsan, I was going all out to wrap things up quickly.
I planned to go fully prepared, bringing everything I could possibly carry.
I lay down, fondled Kim Ji-hee's tits for a bit while watching a movie, and then took a three-to-four-hour nap.
The sun had set, and darkness was slowly settling over the night.
I woke up Kim Ji-hee, who was still asleep.
"Mmm... Is it midnight already?"
"No. Eleven."
"Kyaah!"
I had to prepare in advance.
Since it would take time to get there.
Pulling down the panties of a half-asleep Kim Ji-hee, I squirted some lubricant and shoved my cock right inside.
Solely for the stats.
Using her pussy like an Onahole for a quick release.
Her well-trained pussy quickly grew wet, and Kim Ji-hee let out a ragged groan.
"Haah... Oppa... It feels so good..."
Even though I had shoved it straight in, the effect of "Sex!" was as potent as ever.
Combined with the Pleasure Pheromone, it drew out the maximum response from Kim Ji-hee. I didn't bother holding back the urge to cum, thrusting my hips faster to finish quickly.
"Phew."
I gained 3★ to all stats, along with a special buff.
[Damage +2]
"Oh."
A decent buff had appeared.
If a shitty option had popped up, I would have quickly gone for another round to refresh the buff, but it looked like I wouldn't need to.
"Heeuung..."
Leaving Kim Ji-hee sprawled out, her thighs completely drenched despite me only quickly taking care of business, I gathered my gear.
I ate the food Lee Mi-sook had prepared and packed some doping potions.
A Level 4 Scalpel. A rifle and ammunition.
I grabbed a Level 3 Dagger as a spare and stepped out of the house.
I could just have Kim Ji-hee sponsor me with the rest as needed.
"It's quiet."
The night was silent.
The sky was clear. Ever since the zombie apocalypse, the air had cleared up, and there were many nights where the stars were clearly visible even in Seoul.
Tonight was one of those nights.
A quiet night.
Streets empty of zombies.
Normally, people would have been bustling about at this hour, but with the cafeteria and food store closed, and the tram safely tucked away inside the commercial district to protect it from being destroyed during the Zombie Rush, it was truly silent.
Only the streetlights hanging along the outer wall slowly chipped away at the dread of the silent night.
11:40 PM.
Even though I had tried to get ready and leave immediately, the sex had taken quite a bit of time.
Even if I tried to cum quickly, Kim Ji-hee was just too delicious.
It would begin soon.
The 2nd Zombie Rush.
Even I didn't know how it would manifest.
But one thing was certain: it would be larger and more powerful than the first.
And I would slip into that powerful wave of zombies to completely lay waste to Yongsan.