Chapter 47
Chapter 47
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Translator: uly
Chapter: 47
Chapter Title: The Voting Game
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Right now, I only had one crystal installed.
The one in the department store's B1 food section.
After realizing I could install crystals in other locations too, I'd considered putting one down somewhere besides the food section.
But first, I'd decided to check the skills by reinforcing it.
And for that, I needed...
Living humans.
Ding.
I sat on a sofa on the third floor, receiving a blowjob from Han Mo-ah as I opened the survival quest system window.
[Survival Quest – 4
Your base has completed minimal modifications.
Reinforce the crystal with the following materials to gain more abilities.
Living humans 0/3]
The current quest was number 4.
It required three living humans as reinforcement materials.
'Probably more later on.'
The growth quest had started by demanding just one virgin, but now it wanted five.
After fucking Han Mo-ah and Baek Min-ah, I had three left.
So if I reinforced the crystal with three living humans this time, I could expect five next.
'Probably the same sequence even if I install it somewhere else...'
That would mean I'd need an unimaginable number of living humans.
Especially as I expanded my bases and needed more base skills.
'Well, no worries for now.'
The dorm had more than enough for the current materials.
I planned to pick a few at random for testing.
"Haa, Mo-ah. I'm about to cum soon. You can swallow it all, right?"
"Mm... *slurp, slurp*."
Han Mo-ah nodded slightly at my question and sucked my cock deliciously.
As I warned her I was about to cum, she sucked even harder.
I gently grabbed her head.
Unlike Chae Soo-ah's skillful technique, Han Mo-ah's blowjob was incredibly clumsy, which was a huge turn-on.
Among my women, hers felt the best.
Plus, her clumsy yet enthusiastic effort made it even hotter.
As the urge to cum built up in her small mouth, I immediately pressed my glans against her throat and unleashed everything.
*Spurt, spurt!!*
"Mmmgh...!"
*Gulp, gulp.*
Blushing as semen poured from my cock, Han Mo-ah drank it down like a thirsty traveler, without pause.
She licked my cock clean like she was polishing it, sucked the tip, then popped it out of her small lips with a smack.
"Hehe, did it feel good?"
She checked my expression, smiled cutely, and rubbed her cheek against my cock while acting coquettish.
"Best as always. I'll do more when you get back."
"...Okay."
I gently stroked her head and stood up.
Ryu Da-hee, who had been leaning against my shoulder reading a comic, turned to look at me.
"Where are you going?"
"Got business with the parking lot folks."
"Tch, I was waiting for my turn next."
She grumbled with a disappointed face.
She'd clearly been waiting, already topless with her breasts out.
"Just wait a bit. I'll do you after Mo-ah."
I pulled her shoulder close, squeezed one of those huge tits, and kissed her cheek.
Her sulky expression softened into a blush and a smile.
'Alright, time to get to work.'
To keep my women—my slaves—comfortable and happy, I had to do my part.
Luckily, my job satisfaction was at 200%.
It suited my soul perfectly, so I headed cheerfully to the third-floor parking lot.
. . .
I stepped out into the third-floor parking lot, and the naked men and women all turned to stare at me.
This time, eyes filled with fear of what I might want.
No one was inside the tents.
I'd banned tent use except when I was sleeping.
I savored their terrified gazes as I stood before them and announced loudly.
"We're going to play a fun voting game now."
Murmurs erupted from men and women alike.
"V-Voting...?"
"What's this all of a sudden...?"
"Voting for what...?"
Amid the buzz, one man timidly raised his hand and asked me.
It was Professor Lee Sang-un, who often spoke for the parking lot livestock.
"Voting for... what exactly...?"
His question was so absurd I smirked mockingly before answering.
"You did it all the time. Don't tell me you don't get it?"
"......"
Professor Lee Sang-un's face hardened, and he fell silent.
He'd realized what I meant.
'You'd better.'
Voting was familiar to them.
Even after the zombie outbreak, these people who loved democracy and fairness so much.
And it was none other than Professor Lee Sang-un who they'd voted to send to the slaughterhouse as an example.
So he shouldn't act clueless about voting.
"Just vote one from the women's group and one from the men's. Figure out the method yourselves."
No one asked what would happen to the chosen ones.
Their faces just paled at the fear they might be selected.
Once I finished speaking, they split into men and women for heated discussions.
Mostly about how to vote.
I grabbed a nearby folding chair, sat down, and leisurely watched them spit opinions in anxiety.
'Yeah, feel it deeply, all of you.'
I found the sight highly amusing.
Arguing loudly just to save themselves, no matter who else got picked.
And when the results came out...
Faces of despair from those who'd believed it couldn't be them.
"Th-this can't be!! Why me—!! Do you all have some grudge against me or what?!"
The women's side announced first.
Unanimous vote for one person.
Shin Ju-ha.
The woman who'd sold her body to soldiers for power and food.
The other women clearly resented that.
No one backed her protests.
They all stared coldly, as if it was only natural.
One of them sneered at her.
"Why? Spread your legs for Lee Seo-ho again and survive this time."
"You fucking bitch..."
In the past, soldiers' backing kept anyone from defying her.
But now, she was just another naked livestock.
If anything, her history of spreading for men made her worth less than the others.
When her voice didn't reach the women, she turned to me with a stiff face.
She rushed over, hugged my arm, and forced a smile.
"Seo-ho~. What's this voting thing? It's weird, right? We've known each other since school~."
Realizing her last hope was me, she rubbed her bare breasts against my arm and started seducing.
She brought her lips to my face and whispered in my ear with a sultry voice.
"I-I'm really good at it. I'll make you feel amazing. Right? This vote's bullshit?"
Just like the woman mocking her said, she planned to trade her body like in the dorms to escape.
Offering her pussy if I spared her, putting it cleverly.
She even guided my hand to rub her breast.
'Well, no real grudge against this bitch.'
Shin Ju-ha hadn't done anything directly to me.
If anything, she'd used me as a slave back then, but so had everyone.
She was a whore selling to soldiers; I was the group's lowest slave.
We'd never even properly talked because I had no food to buy her body.
When our eyes met while she unfairly bossed me around, she'd grimaced like I was trash.
'And now this girl who's doing...'
With death closing in, Shin Ju-ha rubbed her breasts—the ones she'd ignored me for—against my arm and let me touch her pussy.
Getting no response from me, she grew desperate and pressed her crotch harder against my hand, seducing more intensely.
But unfortunately for her...
I'd just gotten a pure, cute blowjob from Han Mo-ah.
Her coquettish act didn't turn me on at all.
I leaned into her ear as she forced a smile in her anxiety.
"Have we ever even had a proper conversation, sis?"
"...Huh?"
We hadn't talked properly even in college, let alone the dorms—just knew each other's faces.
Realizing what my words meant, her fake smile vanished into despair.
That expression was far more appealing than her rubbing tits and pussy.
"And sis really is a total slut, aren't you? ...I'm a bit picky too."
"......"
Chae Soo-ah had only spread for someone she'd allowed into her heart.
Intention aside, just one forced time.
But Shin Ju-ha was a true slut used by far too many men.
"Th-that's not..."
*Thud.*
At my cold words, Shin Ju-ha said nothing more and collapsed where she stood.
The watching women mocked her plight.
'Either way, your turn's coming soon.'
I smirked back at them.
Anyone oblivious to that was an idiot.
"S-Seo-ho...!"
"Ah, Professor. You're the one from the men's side?"
The men had finished voting too. Terrified Professor Lee Sang-un approached, while the rest sighed in relief.
Looks like he got picked.
"Seo-ho. Wh-what's this vote...? What are you gonna do with the picked ones...?"
He clutched my collar, clinging to a sliver of hope.
Probably the most desperate moment of his forties.
I just smiled silently at his question.
He'd realize the meaning soon enough.
After sacrificing colleagues countless times in the dorms.
"P-please, Seo-ho. I'll beg like this...! I truly regret everything I did to you from the bottom of my soul...!"
No matter the age, no one wants to die. He trembled and pleaded.
Like Shin Ju-ha, he started touting his value to survive.
"Think about it, Seo-ho! I'm a doctor. Even you need someone like me in emergencies...! You'll regret losing me...!"
His words had merit.
Former medical school professor.
A real expert who'd worked at a university hospital.
Even with necromancer powers enabling unbelievable feats, medicine needed experts.
Without proper knowledge and drugs, humans could die from a simple cold.
'Alright, let's make this fun.'
Of course, he'd meet a gruesome end eventually.
But for now, as he said, it was premature.
"Don't worry too much, Professor."
"...What?"
"I'll put you off till later."
Then I addressed the relieved livestock loudly again.
"Alright, excluding these two, vote again with the rest."
Their relieved smiles froze back into despair.
"What does that mean...!!"
"Vote again...? What about them!"
"You can't do this after the vote's done!"
A few protested in trembling voices.
They were deluded.
Thinking they still lived under democracy's protection.
I mocked the protesters.
"What? Pissed off?"
My low voice cut through their complaints, silencing the lot instantly.
Only zombie growls around the livestock faintly echoed.
"If you're pissed, step up."
But no one stood.
"No guts to protest? Then shut up and vote again. Time's wasting."
The ones smiling in relief moments ago plunged back into despair, whispering cautiously.
Faces on the verge of tears.
'Thrilling.'
Despair hits harder after hope peaks, rather than creeping in steadily.
I'd hated it for ages.
Resented Professor Lee Sang-un for nominating me as sacrifice.
But those smiles of relief when I was picked as slave or sacrifice.
Those smiles pissed me off.
And now, finally able to spit on those smiles satisfyingly.
I felt pure satisfaction.
"You two, too bad—aim for next time."
I patted the slumped shoulders of Shin Ju-ha and Professor Lee Sang-un after having zombies restrain the new picks.
The faces of those staring death in the face.
That was a delicacy too.
They shuddered in terror, realizing this despair would return.
Watching them, I left the parking lot with the two voted sacrifices.
. . .
I entered the department store from the parking lot, dragging three people to the B1 food section.
The two voted plus one ugly woman who'd refused to strip.
They trembled like cattle to the slaughter, dragged by zombies.
I'd threatened to cut out tongues if they made noise, so they stayed quiet.
Down to B1...
"Eek...!"
One shrieked softly at the zombie horde filling the food section.
"Th-there... *sob*, what happens to us now?"
The last woman picked from the women's second vote.
A same-department classmate from college I'd never really talked to.
Didn't know her name. Didn't care.
The one who'd mocked Shin Ju-ha to spread for me and survive, now sniffling as she asked.
She'd been picked second.
Funny, after mocking Shin Ju-ha just before.
To entertain her on her final walk, I groped her breast and asked.
"Hey, how many guys have you slept with so far?"
"...Why ask that?"
"Just be honest, and I won't go hard on you."
Seeing a glimmer of hope, she answered desperately.
"Th-three... no, two...!"
"Why'd one disappear suddenly?"
"...Drunk, went right up to it... b-but didn't."
Did "didn't" mean no penetration?
Maybe his dick was too small.
'Anyway, not a virgin.'
If she were, I'd have fucked her once before sacrificing, but no need now.
"I-I was honest...! Ah...!"
I smiled faintly and teased her nipple. She blushed mid-sentence with a small moan.
"Honest, so you're first."
"...Huh?"
We reached the crystal soon.
They stared fearfully at the mysterious floating crystal.
"Eep!"
I shoved the nameless woman forward.
"Th-there...! S-Seo-ho...! What is this...!"
She knew my name, staring in horror, but I ignored her and hit [Yes] in the message window, offering her as sacrifice.
*Vrrr.*
"Ah, aaah...!"
She let out a small cry, turned to particles, and got sucked into the crystal.
*Sob, m-mommy...!"
"Eek! What the hell...!"
The other two screamed in terror.
They'd seen a person dissolve into particles before their eyes.
Realizing it was their future, utter terror.
So she went relatively peacefully first.
Reward for honesty.
"Next customer, quick?"
I fed the other two—pissing themselves in fear—into the crystal.
Then cleared the completed survival quest.
Ding.
Familiar chime and quest complete message appeared.
Options: [Skill Reinforcement] or [Skill Acquisition].
I chose [Skill Acquisition] naturally.
Ding.
[You selected 'Skill Acquisition'. Choose one of the following skills.]
[Impenetrable]
[Self-Repair]
'No new skills this time.'
Maybe no more new ones, or my level's too low.
Either way, easier choice.
No new dilemmas—just pick the planned one.
I selected [Self-Repair], long premeditated.
Ding.
[You selected a base skill. Selected skill is 'Self-Repair'.]
Base status opened after, with the new skill below.
[- Self-Repair
Damaged base facilities auto-repair.
Makes unusable base equipment usable with materials.
Current repair time needed: 5 days
Currently unusable equipment: Power, Water, Sewage.
'Power' material needed: Lightning Wolf Heart.
'Water' material needed: Undine Spirit Stone
'Sewage' material needed: Nymph's Tear]
'We can get electricity after all...!'
Beyond expectations, I fist-pumped with a small cheer.
As hoped, [Self-Repair] not only fixed the base but enabled electricity.
Like [Recycling]'s insane effects, other skills had high hopes.
This exceeded them, heart racing.
Even water and sewage recovery.
No more struggling with bottled water baths—bathrooms usable too.
'That aside.'
I stared puzzled at the 'materials' in the skill window.
"...Undine, ...Nymph?"
Self-Repair needed materials for lost power and water.
But they were fantasy novel staples: spirit names.
'Where the hell do I get these...'
Grumbling bitterly at the list, chin in hand, pondering.
"...Ah!"
Remembered seeing similar names.
Spoke the source aloud.
"Shop window!"
Ding.
Shop list popped up at my call.
Scanning, I found them.
[Undine Spirit Stone]
[Lightning Wolf Heart]
[Nymph's Tear]
All 100 points each, sold in the system shop.