The Apocalypse Has Been Downloaded – Chapter 67

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: JayM
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As Siegfried disappeared in a flash of light, the women immediately gathered around me.

Ha-young, who should have been at the front entrance, was missing.

“He was like a force of nature, wasn’t he? But he was human, right?”

“Probably… I think?”

I nodded absentmindedly at Eun-ji’s question.

With such a massive presence suddenly gone, I felt a slight sense of emptiness.

“His aura was extraordinary. He was a human capable of rivaling an Archangel.”

I wasn’t sure how strong an Archangel was, but judging by the reaction of Merhere, the strongest fighter in our group, Siegfried’s power must have been immense.

“Unnie, even you couldn’t beat him?”

“Yes… Honestly, even if all of us attacked together… we wouldn’t have lasted even a minute against that monster.”

“Huh… Crazy…”

Ah-reum, who had been listening to our conversation, sighed at Merhere’s words.

As Merhere said, even if we all attacked together, I doubted that we could even scratch him.

“For now… let’s return to the supermarket.”

“Okay.”

I needed to go back to the supermarket, drink the Nagaraja capsule gift set, and talk to Yang Ji-sang’s soul that was trapped in the Ghost Blade.

Perhaps I could use all of Yang Ji-sang’s abilities, and not just a part of them.

“Hey! Jin-seong!”

“Yes! Hyung-nim!”

“These are your new subordinates. Jin-woo too… And Soo-min, you as well.”

“Yes…”

“The three of you manage them.”

“Understood!”

I handed over the non-Awakened and Awakened to Ha Jin-seong and called over Moon Geun-o.

“Hey, Moon Geun-o.”

“Yes, yes! You called?!”

“These three are your superiors now. Understand?”

“Oh, yes! Of course!”

“Introduce yourselves later. Take the slaves and start moving all of the useful items from the church to the supermarket. It’ll be dangerous after sunset, so even if you haven’t moved everything yet, return to the supermarket when the sun sets.”

“Yes, yes!”

Following Moon Geun-o’s lead, Ha Jin-seong and the other two led the slaves towards the church’s food storage. They would work hard to move the supplies before sunset.

The non-Awakened could transport the goods using carts and wagons while the Awakened protected them from zombies. Honestly, Ha Jin-seong and Hwang Soo-min were now capable of easily killing even special zombies.

As long as they didn’t encounter evolved individuals or named monsters, they would be fine. Therefore, I decided that Kang Eun-jeong, who was wearing the ominous choker, would return to the supermarket with me.

“Me too?”

“Yeah. You’re incredibly unlucky, and I don’t want the slaves to get slaughtered because of you.”

“No… But this choker… How long do I have to wear it? Because of this… bad things keep happening…”

“Just bear with it a little longer. Until a special event occurs.”

“But… how am I supposed to know when that is…?”

“What do you want me to do? Just wear it. I’ll stop letting them use you as a cum dumpster, though.”

“R-really…? Okay… But don’t glare at me like that. It’s scary.”

Kang Eun-jeong… or rather, Kang Chan-seok, had become somewhat feminine. It was horrifying to think that beneath that pretty face was actually a bald head.

‘It seems like her mind is being influenced by her body’s transformation… Do all men become more feminine after transforming?’

I wanted to acquire more TS injections. I thought it was a type of drug, so I figured I could obtain some if I kept visiting the Drug Dealer.

“By the way, to wash all of these people… Will one Undine be enough?”

Hee-sun wondered if she should fill all of her remaining spirit slots with Undines.

Well, we had gained quite a few people.

“Noona, one would be a bit difficult, right?”

“Yeah… I can contract two more… I hope I get more Undines.”

We couldn’t leave the slaves unwashed, even if they were slaves. Without a doctor, we would be in trouble if they caught some strange disease.

As we were worrying about water, Ye-won suggested…

“We should bring some water tanks from the empty buildings and put them on the supermarket rooftop. To collect rainwater…”

“It would be nice if it rained. Or snowed.”

“But Oppa, isn’t rainwater dirty?”

“Is it? We can boil it, can’t we?”

We chatted like this as we returned to the supermarket.

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Night fell.

The supermarket was bustling with people again.

[C-contract!! Let’s contract!]

“Wait a moment.”

I talked to Yang Ji-sang.

As I suspected, he had been captured while wandering around in spectral form using his skill.

“So you can use all of your abilities?”

[Not all of them… Just some… But I can use more abilities if I retain my sense of self.]

“Hmm…”

Yang Ji-sang was desperate.

He said he would soon lose his sense of self to the sword, and if that happened, it seemed like he could only use one randomly selected skill.

But if he retained his consciousness, he could use up to three skills.

“Alright. Let’s contract.”

[Th-thank you… I’ll serve you well…]

Thus, I formed a slave contract with Yang Ji-sang. Now I could use three of his abilities.

One was Devil Creation. As the name suggested, it was the ability to turn a killed target into a devil. However, if I used this, I couldn’t offer them as a sacrifice.

The second was Devil Possession. This allowed my created devils to possess objects, zombies, or even people. He said that possessing humans was difficult, and possessing objects was pointless because they lacked self-awareness and would just attack everyone indiscriminately. So possessing zombies was the best option. There was no limit to the number of possessions, but possessing too many would cause headaches.

The third was Eerie Command. This skill allowed me to give simple commands to the zombies I had under my control. Commands like guarding someone or patrolling together.

I could now use a selection of useful skills.

“Oppa! Let’s eat!”

“Wait a moment.”

We had a simple dinner. All frozen food.

Since the weather was cool, we were storing the frozen food outside, but they would all rot once spring arrived, so we were eating a lot of them lately before they spoiled. After all, it was a waste to throw them away.

With the increased number of people, there were more mouths to feed, so we probably wouldn’t have to throw away any spoiled food.

However, the supermarket’s food supply would be depleted faster.

‘Farming… I need to start farming, right?’

Farming was essential in the apocalypse. Once we finished all the canned and preserved food, all that was left was farming.

Moreover, some of the captured non-Awakened from the alumni association were apparently skilled farmers, making the idea of farming more realistic.

‘And we have Hee-sun noona, the Druid…’

Once Hee-sun’s level increased and her farming abilities improved, a bountiful harvest would be guaranteed. Of course, getting to that point would be a struggle.

‘Creating a rooftop garden… Hmm…’

To properly farm, the supermarket needed to be a safer place. But it felt like we were being raided almost every week by stronger zombies… Could we really farm properly under such circumstances?

I imagined my painstakingly cultivated rooftop garden being destroyed every week, with the surroundings littered with zombie corpses, and my motivation started crumbling.

And it would be difficult to acquire fertilizer, soil, and other agricultural supplies from nearby stores that sold seedlings, seeds, and related products.

Perhaps it would be better to leave the urban area of Seoul and head to the countryside.

What if we moved to a quiet village in the countryside, cleared out the zombie grandpas and grandmas, and settled down?

‘We have plenty of food at the supermarket for now… but I should start preparing…’

How much land would we need to grow enough crops to feed fifty people for a year…? I had no idea.

It felt like we needed a mass migration. There was nothing good about staying in Seoul.

The electricity was out, the gas was out, and perhaps because of the dense population, zombies were everywhere…

The infrastructure was destroyed both in the countryside and the city, but the danger level was significantly higher in the city.

I would have to discuss it with the others soon. What if we packed up all of the necessary supplies and headed to Daegwallyeong Sheep Farm or something? We could eat all the lamb we wanted.

‘For now, let’s consume these…’

I decided to drink Nagaraja’s Blood Serum, Tears, and Bone Marrow in order.

No matter how much I liked my women, I had to consume these alone, quietly. I couldn’t share them.

Feeling slightly guilty about monopolizing them, I went to the edge of the rooftop, away from the women’s eyes.

“Now then, let’s enjoy these…”

I opened the capsule containing Nagaraja’s Blood Serum.

Sniff…

A strong, bloody stench wafted up. I pinched my nose and drank it in one gulp.

“Ugh… Ugh… Damn… So fishy…”

The serum tasted as fishy as it smelled.

I quickly covered my mouth to suppress the urge to vomit. I couldn’t waste this precious liquid.

“Hmm…”

I didn’t feel any changes in my body…

“Oh… Oh…”

As soon as the serum was absorbed, my blood felt warmer.

It was like when I ate the red orb… It felt like the blood flowing through my body itself had become hotter.

‘Is this why it makes me resistant to diseases…?’

I felt invigorated. I even felt like I could stay awake for three days straight.

Although my Stamina stat hadn’t changed, I felt significantly healthier in a way that wasn’t visible.

‘Amazing effects…’

Next, I drank Nagaraja’s Tears. There was no fishy smell this time.

“Ugh… Salty…”

But as the name suggested, it was salty. It was so salty that it made my tongue curl.

It felt like I was drinking seawater.

“Ugh… Ugh…”

I forced myself to swallow it all. Then, I felt a change in the magic power flowing through my body.

It felt like it was circulating faster. And it somehow felt… purer? It was a refreshing sensation.

I could even sense people’s movements and the flow of air more acutely.

It really did enhance my magical perception.

“Sniff sniff…”

My other senses, including smell, had also improved.

“Ugh… The stench…”

But while I wasn’t sure about the other senses, the heightened sense of smell didn’t seem like a good thing.

The entire area was filled with zombies and rotting corpses, so with my improved sense of smell, it felt like I was inhaling all the stench from far away.

The smell of rotting corpses, which I had barely gotten used to, felt new again. I wrinkled my nose and covered it.

‘Damn it… I really need to get out of here…’

There were too many corpses in the city. And there was no one to clean them up.

I drank the last remaining liquid, the Nagaraja’s Bone Marrow.

“Ugh… Bitter… So bitter… Bitter… Ugh…”

It was so bitter that I wanted to scrape my tongue.

Nagaraja’s juices… Fishy, salty, and bitter… The taste was truly awful.

A taste I never wanted to experience again. The Black Serpent’s inner core had melted smoothly in my mouth…

“No changes from this one?”

I didn’t feel any changes after drinking the bone marrow…

Crack… Crack. Crunch!!!

“Kuuuuu!!!”

I felt excruciating pain as my bones and muscles twisted. My body was changing from the core.

Overwhelmed by the agonizing pain, I grabbed the rooftop railing while drooling and collapsed.

“Huh? Oppa, you were here… Oppa? Oppa!!! Damn it!!! What did this idiot eat this time?!”

Eun-ji rushed over and helped me up as I trembled on the floor.

“Ugh…!!! E-Eun-ji…!!! I-it hurts so much…!!!”

“No!!! You crazy idiot!!! If you’re going to eat something, don’t do it secretly!!! Seriously!!!”

Eun-ji was genuinely angry, a rare sight.

An anger mixed with worry.

Well… I did have a habit of secretly eating things. And I almost died before because of it…

But I felt guilty about gobbling them all up alone…

“No one’s going to steal it from you! Just tell us before you eat something!!!”

“Ugh… S-sorry… Ah… Ugh!!!”

Seeing me struggling to breathe, she quickly took off my clothes.

My face must have been flushed crimson, bloodshot, and probably covered in sweat.

It really hurt like hell. How could I describe it? It felt like Kashnax’s tentacles were twisting and squeezing my entire body.

“Huh… Huh… Wh-what is this…?! H-his muscles are writhing!!!”

“Unnie? Eun-ji unnie, why?! What’s going on?!”

“Ah, Ah-reum!! Oppa is!! Strange!!!”

Eun-ji, horrified by my appearance, called out to the other women. Ah-reum, who was some distance away, came running first.

“Gasp!!!”

Hee-sun, the first to arrive after hearing Eun-ji’s scream, looked down at my body in shock.

What kind of sight could elicit such a reaction?

I didn’t know. It just hurt like hell.

“Ugh!!! What is this?! Oppa, are you okay?! Eun-ji unnie, move aside for a moment…!”

Ha-young gently pushed Eun-ji aside and placed her hand on my chest.

Then, she closed her eyes and carefully felt my heartbeat.

“What… did he eat…?”

“I don’t know… Uh… this medicine capsule…”

“Isn’t that what that huge man gave him?”

“Huge man? What are you talking about?”

“Ah, Ha-young must not have seen him… It’s…”

I writhed in pain for a while longer while enduring their worried and angry stares.

Fortunately, the pain didn’t last long.

My body gradually returned to normal.

“Gasp… Gasp…”

“Are you feeling better now?”

“Uh… Yeah… I… I’m sorry.”

“Haa… I’m going crazy… Oppa… please… Why do you always eat things secretly…?”

“Ahem… Sorry.”

Embarrassed, I hugged Eun-ji tightly.

“Haa… I was worried.”

“I’m sorry, Mer. I’m sorry for worrying you all.”

Merhere lifted me into a princess carry. It was quite embarrassing, but I was too weak to resist.

Then, Ha-rin took my hand, massaged it gently, and said in a slightly angry voice.

“Master. If you suddenly die… it’ll be really bad… so please be careful…”

Ha-rin had also massaged my hand when I collapsed last time. It felt good.

“That’s right. Last time, you almost died after eating that inner core or something… It was terrifying.”

Eun-ji recounted the time I almost died after eating the Black Serpent’s Twisted Inner Core by myself.

“Yeah. Back then, Ha-young was saying something about poison spreading within you and drawing your blood… It was chaotic.”

Ha-rin laughed while agreeing with Eun-ji, and Hee-sun, looking curious, asked.

“What’s that about? Tell me too.”

Ah-reum and Ah-ram weren’t there at the time, so they were also curious.

Merhere looked down at me and warned me not to eat anything randomly.

“I’m sorry…”

I had nothing to say. I was like a scavenger, eating anything that seemed beneficial… But I couldn’t help it.

I was thirty years old and had eight women to satisfy, so I felt pressured to be physically fit.

‘Of course, I’m already quite fit…’

It felt good to fuck them until they passed out and make them cum.

‘Come to think of it, I bought a rejuvenating face mask or something from the Drug Dealer…’

I should use it with Hee-sun later. The other women were still in their twenties, so they might not need it, but Hee-sun and I were over thirty, so it would be nice to become five years younger.

‘And I have to take that blue pill too…’

I remembered buying a blue pill from the Drug Dealer that supposedly transported you to a dream world for a special encounter. It smelled like a special event.

“We’ll take turns keeping watch, so Master, please get some rest tonight.”

“Thank you, Mer. But before you go, can you get me the blue pill from my bag?”

“A pill…?”

As I asked Merhere for the pill, Eun-ji, who had been eavesdropping, widened her eyes and, faster than Merhere, rummaged through my bag and found the blue pill.

“Hmm… The Escapist’s Blue Pill?”

“Yeah, Eun-ji… That’s…”

“Oppa, what if you… die after taking this…?”

“Well… If I’m going to sleep anyway… it’s more efficient to sleep after taking it…”

“…Oppa… You’re going to take it even if I tell you not to, right?”

“Well… yeah.”

It was something I had to consume eventually. And since I didn’t know what kind of event it would trigger, I had to be the one to take it.

If it was a good event, it would be a jackpot, and if it was a dangerous or bad event, it was better for me to take it as I had the highest Luck stat among us and was protected by the evil gods.

As I resolutely stated that I had to take it, Eun-ji, who looked like she was about to cry, handed me the Escapist’s Blue Pill.

“Tonight… I’ll watch over you all night, Oppa.”

“Wait, Eun-ji unnie. I’ll watch him. Unnie, you go to sleep first. You’re tired.”

“No, it’s okay, Ha-young. I’ll do it.”

A strange rivalry between Eun-ji and Ha-young…

Then, Ah-reum coughed and intervened.

“Why don’t we all watch him together?”

“Should we?”

Ha-rin, who had retreated due to Eun-ji and Ha-young’s auras, quickly nodded in agreement.

“That sounds good.”

“I agree.”

“M-me too!”

Merhere, Hee-sun, and Ye-won also agreed.

Then, Ah-ram, who had been observing the situation, raised her hand slightly.

“Um… I’m really tired…”

She had been working hard since last night, hunting down and killing demon-possessed individuals.

The other women smiled and told her to go to sleep.

They had the same devious smile, as if they had eliminated a competitor.

“Yawn…”

Ah-ram fell asleep as soon as she laid down next to me.

“She just fell asleep right next to him…”

“Move her.”

“Okay.”

Ah-ram was quickly moved to a corner.

Their gazes were intense… Like female lions vying for a male lion…

“Oppa, you have to wake up safely. We’ll be waiting. Kiss.”

“Uh? Oh, okay.”

I received their goodnight kisses and swallowed the pill.

Drowsiness washed over me…

I slowly drifted off to sleep while watching the seven women smiling brightly at me…

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“Oppa? Oppa?”

Lee Eun-ji whispered into Jo-joon’s ear, calling his name repeatedly.

But Jo-joon showed no signs of waking up. She kissed his cheek and giggled.

“Phew… I’m really… worried…”

Kang Ha-young worriedly caressed Jo-joon’s chest as he slept.

“Didn’t Joon-ie get even more handsome after drinking those potions?”

“You’re right… His face and muscles… look even better…”

Ha-rin, who was playing with Jo-joon’s hand, agreed with Hee-sun, who was stroking his muscular thighs.

“So, what’s the order?”

At Ah-reum’s blunt question, Eun-ji slyly unbuckled Jo-joon’s belt and tried to pull down his pants.

“Ahem. Well, I should be first…”

Merhere quickly slapped Eun-ji’s hand and intervened.

“Wait. Shouldn’t we respect our elders?”

“Y-you’re right…!”

Merhere was the oldest here, followed by Kang Hee-sun.

Kang Hee-sun strongly supported Merhere’s opinion. Even if she wasn’t first, she would at least be second.

“W-well… I was his first slave…”

Ha-rin voiced her opinion but was ignored.

Ye-won, the shyest of the harem members, patted Ha-rin’s shoulder.

“I have a vagina too. I should be first.”

As Ha-young slightly lowered her pants and revealed her vagina, Merhere frowned and clenched her fists.

“You’re all quite persistent. This won’t do. Let’s settle this with a duel. We need to establish a hierarchy.”

“W-wait…! Who can beat Merhere unnie in a fight?!”

“Then how about a fair game of rock-paper-scissors?”

“Rock-paper… what? What’s that?”

“Unnie, they don’t even have rock-paper-scissors in heaven?”

“Heaven… only allows proper duels…”

“Last one is a rotten egg! Rock-paper-scissors!”

“Wait! Last one is a rotten egg?! What does that even mean?!”

“Mer unnie is out.”

“This is outrageous!!! A duel it is!!”

While Jo-joon slept, a fierce rivalry unfolded among the women, their feminine auras clashing.

Ah-ram, oblivious to everything, slept soundly while smiling, as if having a pleasant dream.

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T/N – Ah, the author is going for the snake motif, I see. Is the MC about to go the Orochimaru route? I swear, his techniques creep me out, and that’s not even taking to account Pedomaru’s… tastes. Also, I wonder what will happen in his dream? Because with his luck, a special event is basically guaranteed.

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