Chapter 16
Chapter 16
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Translator: uly
Chapter: 16
Chapter Title: Became a Necromancer in a Zombie World
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“A vehicle’s here?”
“Yes, sir. One just pulled up out of nowhere, and it’s not one of ours.”
Upon hearing the report from Private Yoo Jae-wook, Captain Kang Hae-seok immediately rose from his seat and headed to the second floor.
Chae Soo-ah, who had been with him, followed behind.
‘…Ha, fucking jealous.’
Watching Chae Soo-ah’s retreating figure, Yoo Jae-wook smacked his lips.
Large breasts and hips with a slim waist.
On top of that, Chae Soo-ah was a beauty who ranked in the top 10% of the Republic of Korea Army.
The thick scent wafting from Captain Kang Hae-seok’s room made it obvious what they’d been up to just moments ago.
Not to mention the faint trickle of fluid running down from under Chae Soo-ah’s skirt.
Gulp.
‘Fuck, someday I’ll fuck her too.’
Imagining Chae Soo-ah’s naked body, Private Yoo Jae-wook followed the two.
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“So, who is it?”
“We haven’t identified them yet, sir.”
Arriving at the second-floor lounge, Kang Hae-seok peered down through the large window at the man standing beside the van.
Down there, two soldiers had their guns trained on the man, holding him at bay.
The soldiers and the man faced off across the barricade at the dormitory’s main gate.
Suddenly, the unidentified man looked up toward the window where Kang Hae-seok stood.
Sunglasses and a mask.
Plus a hood and baseball cap pulled low, leaving his face completely obscured.
‘Thorough bastard.’
For whatever reason, not even a patch of his facial skin was visible.
He clearly had no intention of revealing his identity.
—Crackle.
“There’s gotta be some purpose here. Find out what it is.”
Captain Kang Hae-seok issued orders via radio to the men on the first floor.
Thud-thud-thud.
Soon, one soldier waiting in the first-floor hall dashed out of the dormitory building and joined the two others.
The soldier soon relayed words to the man.
The mysterious man pulled an envelope from the van without much conversation and handed it to the soldier.
The soldier checked the contents of the envelope from the man, then flinched in surprise and whipped his head around to look at Kang Hae-seok.
Without even radioing in, he bolted straight up to the second floor.
“What’s got you so worked up?”
“Y-You need to see this for yourself, sir!”
What the hell could it be to cause this much fuss?
Chae Soo-ah, standing nearby, peeked over Kang Hae-seok’s shoulder out of curiosity about the envelope’s contents.
Rustle.
Grabbing the handle of the black envelope and pulling it open revealed what was inside.
‘…Th-this is!’
Kang Hae-seok and Chae Soo-ah froze upon seeing the contents.
It was something utterly unimaginable in their current situation.
Pork belly packed in plastic.
Along with it were fresh ssam vegetables, ssamjang, salt, and other accompaniments.
At the bottom lay a folded sheet of white paper.
‘…A letter?’
Kang Hae-seok quickly closed the flap to hide the contents from the onlookers and pulled out just the letter to read.
“Ha, what a mad bastard.”
“Wh-what is it, sir?”
Corporal Joo Tae-eun, who had only glimpsed the envelope’s contents from downstairs, couldn’t hold back his curiosity and asked Captain Kang Hae-seok.
But Kang Hae-seok ignored the question and gave Corporal Joo Tae-eun an order.
“Send him away for now. Tell him we’ll check the goods and decide when he returns.”
“…Yes, sir!”
At Captain Kang Hae-seok’s stern command, Joo Tae-eun replied with a tense expression and headed back downstairs.
Kang Hae-seok then examined the letter again.
It contained a brief message.
[ Trade proposed.
Offer: One week’s worth of food for your group.
Item wanted: Rental of a female member for one week.
If you agree, I’ll bring the goods in one hour.
P.S. The pork belly is a free sample.
If you accept the deal, I’ll bring extra next time. ]
Reading the letter, Kang Hae-seok let out a disbelieving snort.
‘This lunatic’s selling food just to get laid?’
Even if the world had ended in zombies and rational thinking was a luxury.
In this world, food was a vital resource directly tied to survival.
A week’s worth for the entire dormitory?
That was enough for one person to ration out and survive for months.
It might even be an exaggeration.
So for now, he’d send the guy away and judge based on the amount he brought back.
‘But this pork belly…’
He hadn’t fully unpacked it yet, but the ssam veggies looked undeniably fresh.
And the pork belly in its plastic wrap appeared pristine to the eye.
‘No idea how he got it, but this is a no-loss deal for me.’
At first, he’d suspected it was reconnaissance from some lawless faction.
But the letter made it clear: the guy was just a horny survivor.
Desperate enough to trade food for sex.
Kang Hae-seok, well-versed in male lust, knew what humans did when consumed by desire.
Especially in an all-male army, sex-related incidents were endless.
So he believed the reason—a woman—was genuine, no ulterior motive.
‘I’ll check what he brings first.’
A week’s food for the group in exchange for one woman.
The dormitory had plenty of useless women anyway.
A pure profit for Kang Hae-seok.
‘Torture her for a week, knock her up, whatever. Not my problem.’
To him, women only needed to be like Chae Soo-ah, satisfying the soldiers’ urges.
The rest were dead weight, unfit even for labor.
Killing them off would redirect civilian anger to the van guy while trimming useless mouths.
And shortly after.
Exactly one hour later, the van returned to the dormitory.
Receiving the soldier’s report, Kang Hae-seok stood at the second-floor lounge window again, peering at the man.
His eyes widened at the boxes the man unloaded from the vehicle.
—Crackle.
“Looks like he’s coming up too.”
Smiling, he radioed the order to the soldiers.
Desire gleamed in Kang Hae-seok’s eyes.
‘Looks normal enough on the surface.’
Moments later, guided by the soldier, the mysterious man ascended to the second-floor lounge.
Kang Hae-seok faced him.
Height around late 170s, average build.
But his face was perfectly hidden by the cap, mask, and sunglasses—impossible to identify.
“Hey, we checked the goods?”
“Yes, sir. A bit more generous than promised.”
Private Kim Seok-ho’s response drew an incredulous laugh from Kang Hae-seok.
‘Even threw in extra?’
And there, on the side of the box, a black envelope.
Having inspected the pork belly earlier, Kang Hae-seok knew it was prepared for him.
Confirming the letter’s offer wasn’t bluffing, he eyed the mysterious man.
“Thanks for the deal. But I’ve got a question… Where’d you get all this?”
No matter how you sliced it, it didn’t look scavenged.
This quantity required raiding a major stockpile—otherwise impossible.
Plus fresh pork belly.
Power’s been out forever, yet fresh pork belly?
Unless slaughtered on-site, it didn’t add up.
Despite the barrage of questions to the mysterious man.
“……”
No answer.
“A secret?”
“……”
‘Fair enough, I wouldn’t spill either.’
If they knew the source, a group with this firepower wouldn’t sit idle.
The guy was just a lust-crazed idiot risking his life for a trade.
But he wasn’t fool enough to hand over his ace.
“Then, another question.”
Swoosh.
Kang Hae-seok raised his hand.
Click, click.
Surrounding soldiers aimed at the mysterious man.
“You didn’t think we might just take the goods and say no?”
Of course, a bluff.
Bullets were precious too.
No shooting over this.
Though bashing his skull with a rifle butt was an option—he’d planned for killing and taking.
The key was the guy’s reaction.
‘…A letter?’
Expecting a plea, the man silently handed over a white paper.
Same as the one from an hour ago.
Kang Hae-seok took it wordlessly and unfolded it.
[ I’ll trade again in a week. ]
One line.
Simple as that.
But reading it, Kang Hae-seok grinned with satisfaction.
Packed with meaning.
‘Kill me now, and the rest of the food vanishes.’
At his gesture, soldiers lowered weapons.
He extended a hand to the lust-mad but cunning, bold man.
A handshake sealing the deal.
The silent man gripped it promptly.
Kang Hae-seok shook, then gestured backward.
“Then we’ll gladly take the goods. …Now, your turn. Pick what you want.”
Beyond his gesture.
Women stood waiting, prepped by Kang Hae-seok.
Clueless why they’d been summoned, they stood blankly at his order.
The man gazed at them a moment, then slowly raised a finger to point.
It landed on Oh Na-yeon.
“Her.”
“Sure.”
“Wh-what? Why are you doing this? Hey! W-wait! Ji-ho—! Ji-ho!!”
At Kang Hae-seok’s curt order, two soldiers grabbed Oh Na-yeon’s arms and dragged her forward.
Caught off-guard by the sudden restraint, she panicked and called for her boyfriend.
“Na-Na-yeon—!! You fucking bastards! What the hell—!!”
Han Ji-ho, watching from afar, charged the soldiers in rage.
Thwack.
“Guhk…!”
But another soldier’s rifle butt to the gut dropped him instantly.
“Ji-Ji-ho—!! Hic, Ji-hooo—!!”
“Na-Na-yeon…”
Tears streaming, Oh Na-yeon despaired at her useless boyfriend.
“Oh, they’re a couple. Exciting, right? Even better?”
Kang Hae-seok chuckled, chatting amiably with the trader.
The mysterious man silently gave a thumbs-up.
“This fucker thinks he can bare his teeth?! For who?!”
Thwack, thwack.
“Guhk! Urk! St-stop…! Please, stop…!”
In the end, Han Ji-ho, who’d lunged to save his girlfriend, ended up pinned and beaten by the restraining soldier.
“Nooo—! Help me—! Please, everyone, help—!!”
Oh Na-yeon was dragged behind the mysterious man like a cow to slaughter.
‘Good deal.’
Watching gleefully, Kang Hae-seok signaled a nearby soldier as the man headed downstairs.
“Tail him with two men. Find where he stashes the food.”
“Yes, sir.”
Naturally, knowing there was more food than this haul, Kang Hae-seok had no plans to let him go.
In this fallen world with no country or law to protect them.
Here, you took what you wanted by plunder, not trade.
‘Lucky me.’
His eyes sparkled with greed at the thought of the massive haul ahead.
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‘Knew they’d tail me.’
I glanced in the rearview at the two faintly visible soldiers.
Pursuing not on loud motorcycles, but electric bikes with limiters removed.
‘Always using vehicle batteries to prevent discharge… so they could use ’em now.’
I’d expected Kang Hae-seok to send tails.
If not, I wouldn’t have spotted these two.
But this was all part of the plan.
“Sleep if you want. I’ll spoil you when we get back.”
“Mmph—! Mmph—!”
I leered at Oh Na-yeon, bound mouth and hands in the passenger seat, through my sunglasses.
‘Ha, fuck, this is exciting as hell.’
At first, I agonized over who to pick.
To me, not just the soldiers but the civilians were all shitbags.
How to profit while fucking them over big time.
Then the first woman who caught my eye.
Oh Na-yeon.
‘Han Ji-ho’s girlfriend, right?’
Living as their slave in the group, I knew everyone’s dirt.
Especially Han Ji-ho’s frustrations over his girlfriend not putting out.
‘Can’t wait for Han Ji-ho’s face when I return her well-used.’
I smirked under my mask, dick stiffening.
‘But first, deal with those guys.’
The two soldiers pedaling hard on electric bikes.
Them chasing was no surprise.
No—exactly as planned.
I drove safely to let them catch up, eyes flicking to the quest window in my peripheral.
[ Main Quest – 1
You’ve resolved to draw the blade of vengeance against those who wrong you.
Bring despair to your first victim.
Enemies slain: 0/1 ]
“Now, how should I cook you up.”
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