Apocalypse Tyrant

Thud—! Thud—!

The iron pipe swinging habitually made dull sounds as it hit my thigh.

The view of the College of Education fully bearing traces of that day.

Vehicles still abandoned and colliding with each other added to that desolate atmosphere.

The ‘ㄱ’-shaped college sharing the central road with the library and located at the closest distance.

Ko Janghun’s words saying it was mainly called the old building and new building naturally came to mind.

So the old building on the left in the direction I’m looking now is obviously the ‘old building’, and the quite modern-looking glass building on the right is the ‘new building’.

Thud—! Thud—!

The iron pipe still hitting my thigh even while nodding my head.

Originally it should be a blunt weapon smashing zombie heads right now, but there were already no zombies catching my eye outside the College of Education.

I turned my head back after scanning the College of Education thoroughly.

The double vehicle barricades surrounding the library as if encircling the building and the corpse hill at the smoking facility located a bit to the side.

I naturally nodded at the zombie corpses piled up to the point it couldn’t even be called a small hill anymore.

The College of Education located really close to the library.

Zombies that would have been drawn by aggro would have already rushed at us during the 1st floor securing battle or nearby vehicle searches.

My gaze scanning the library naturally comes down and rushes to the central road connecting the library and College of Education.

And two artificial lines extending long there as if blocking the central road.

The vehicle barricades that surrounded the library were connecting the library and College of Education in two parallel lines.

It was a minimum measure to safely protect camp members who would transport items obtained from the College of Education.

And 6 search team members hurriedly approaching me from inside the two lines of barricades.

Park Taeha and 5 other search team members lined up behind me.

“Director.”

The search team hurriedly bowing their heads to me who had been waiting for them.

I nodded at Park Taeha’s polite greeting and quietly scanned them.

Faces full of preparation making me feel the reason I held a small party for them.

The fear always stuck to their faces had noticeably faded quite a bit.

Plus the new weapons firmly held in their hands.

Baseball bats and golf clubs obtained from car trunks, shovels covered in dirt, and wrenches came into view.

My brows furrowed slightly without realizing when looking at the golf clubs, but well— I can just give them other weapons if they try using them and find them lacking.

“Good.”

A murmur after meeting eyes with each search team member one by one.

“Let’s go.”
“Yes, Director.”

I nodded my head once more and stepped forward again with my stopped footsteps.

Step— step—

I could feel Park Taeha and the search team following me in their own formation matching my footsteps.

Bright daylight with the sun hanging exactly in the center of the sky at noon.

Thanks to activity time clearly reduced due to losing electricity, searching and securing was always better the faster the better.

The eunuch and camp members already quietly waiting for my instructions inside the library.

Pioneering a safe farming route was the top priority for them to quickly move obtained items from the College of Education to the library.

Plus the center of that farming was undoubtedly the franchise convenience store located in the College of Education.

The 1st destination located next to the new building’s main entrance, not the old building.

I increased my speed towards the new building while taking in the major company convenience store logo getting closer.

The vehicle barricades I thought extended quite long ending and a messy graveyard of vehicles welcoming us.

I let out a small snort after discovering the vehicle whose alarm I induced by throwing a coin to enter the library among them.

Dark red bloodstains sticking all over just that vehicle, to the point it would be strange not to recognize it.

Blatant traces of zombies rubbing their bodies due to the loud alarm sound.

Step— step—

I quickly climbed the small raised stairs forming at the same time the long extended parking space ended.

The search team members’ breathing clearly transmitted as they unknowingly caught their breath a bit roughly thanks to the distance now only a few steps away.

The black asphalt road ending and uniform gray tiles stepped on the floor.

And I quickly scanned the huge glass windows fiercely reflecting sunlight in front and the dried black paint stuck to those glass windows.

Incomprehensible hand signals decorating the glass windows like modern art.

Whooosh—

A warm wind somehow making me feel very bad welcoming me from inside the building as soon as I opened the closed glass door.

I habitually breathed through my mouth and opened the door I was opening all the way.

“Kieeeeek—!”

Two zombies ending their long wandering in the main entrance lobby and receiving guests.

Two search team members blocked the zombies rushing towards me while shaking their bodies crazily.

It was bear-like Park Taeha and Kim Woojung looking clumsy even from behind.

Gestures of each taking charge of one zombie rushing towards me in parallel.

First, Park Taeha rather approached the zombie then sharply turned his body sideways.

“Kieeek—!”

The zombie’s fruitless leap lunging its body as if grabbing free rice cakes at an odd time.

Park Taeha familiarly brought down his monkey wrench on the zombie sprawled on the ground.

Splash—!

A message informing of obtaining Tribute of Obedience as blood splattered from his monkey wrench.

“Kieeek—!”

In contrast, Kim Woojung was quietly waiting for something while holding a shield until the zombie rushed in.

A new prey hiding the first discovered target, me.

The zombie lifted both feet at once as if instinct signaled it had approached an appropriate distance.

Boom—!

The impact sound of the zombie’s head baring its teeth fiercely and the crude table shield with rampant tape marks.

Kim Woojung quickly bent down towards the zombie sprawled on the ground after having its leap blocked like that.

Thud—!

However, his small hammer missed thanks to the zombie’s endless frenzy.

An effective feeding opportunity came to the zombie thanks to only hitting the innocent tile.

Crunch—!

The zombie biting Kim Woojung’s right leg like that.

It fully bit his leg along with the fabric of the pants Kim Woojung was wearing.

“Kkeuk—!”

A hot pain impossible to block with thin cloth.

Kim Woojung who immediately opened his mouth to express pain pulled back his missed small hammer again.

“Kieeek—!”

And swung it at the zombie still greedily biting his leg and shaking its head left and right.

Splash—!

The small hammer’s strike impossible to avoid this time thanks to firmly biting the leg.

The zombie biting his leg collapsed with a sreuruk— sound along with something breaking as he originally intended.

“Haak— haak— haak—”

Splash—!

Confirmation kill striking the zombie’s head once more even while hurriedly catching his breath.

I gently gestured to Kim Woojung carefully turning his body while straightening his waist awkwardly.

Kim Woojung hurriedly approaching me at my instruction.

I closely examined his right leg faintly limping from the bite’s aftermath.

Post-infection treatment protocol now ingrained in the search team to the point of being sick of it.

Kim Woojung who quickly approached me opened his mouth stupidly after looking at his own leg.

“…Oh.”

Kim Woojung creaking while bouncing his leg, the infected area, and quietly looking at me.

He carefully lifted his leg towards my hand then stupidly tilted his body, losing balance.

“…Ohhh—”

I told him while letting out an empty laugh at his still idiotic appearance.

“Just stay still.”

Kim Woojung hurriedly stopping his idiotic act and maintaining attention posture at my instruction.

I bent down towards the pants already torn to tatters and the clear teeth marks inside.

“Di-Director—!”

Kim Woojung rather flustering and unable to stay still seeing me bending down to him like that.

I nonchalantly placed my hand on his right leg and moved Royal Authority.

Wooong—

After confirming the golden light brightly illuminating my hand as always had seeped into Kim Woojung’s leg, I gently stood up.

“……”

And Kim Woojung still looking at me like that like a puppy needing to poop.

I chuckled— and roughly tapped Kim Woojung’s cheek at his appearance.

“What did you eat yesterday to keep doing such likable things?”
“……”
“You bastard— you’re the ace now.”

A face stupidly distorting trying to hold back the twitching face with each of my praises continuing.

I tapped— Kim Woojung’s shoulder refreshingly as he stupidly smiled at me and jerked my chin to the side.

“Check the convenience store first for now.”

The search team gathering at the convenience store door attached right next to the lobby at my instruction.

Park Taeha carefully opened the closed glass door while looking at me slowly approaching.

Squeak—!

Terrible silence ringing in the convenience store in contrast to the lobby where two zombies welcomed us from the start.

I looked at the search team quickly searching for zombies inside the convenience store while scanning the very familiar typical convenience store view.

Search team members carefully examining their assigned areas and gathering to me.

I faintly smiled after confirming Park Taeha quietly shaking his head after checking what looked like the employee break room last.

Yeah.

Now it feels like I’m really using a proper search team.

So far it had been a continuation of me luring and killing zombies with the iron pipe, and those chick bastards quietly watching from behind.

An involuntary sigh of relief burst out as it felt like all the anger and irritation I had endured while teaching those bastards was finally paying off.

Now I’ve finally created a search team worth their salt, not troller bastards.

Thud—! Thud—!

The iron pipe moving on its own from satisfaction hitting my thigh.

I nodded and slowly started looking around the convenience store.

The College of Education convenience store left abandoned without human touch, unlike Ko Janghun’s concerns at the library.

A smile naturally leaked out at the relatively clean convenience store unlike the lobby already a mess with blood at a glance.

“First gather all the cigarettes over there.”

I pointed at the cigarettes regularly arranged behind the convenience store counter with my iron pipe.

“Throw out anything that clearly looks expired on sight— Kim Woojung.”
“Yes, Director.”

Kim Woojung hurriedly answering at my call.

“Go to the library and tell the eunuch to come if preparations are done. Tell him to bring camp members since we’ve finished securing the convenience store.”
“Yes!”
“Ah— As discussed yesterday— no, the eunuch will know what to do. Just go quickly and bring the camp members.”
“Yes, Director!”

I started examining the convenience store again after seeing Kim Woojung hurriedly start running back.

The library had been the safest space in the camp members’ deeply rooted perception so far.

The task of crawling out of that safe space to transport obtained items.

If women who weren’t chosen by search team members are put at the forefront of that task, how would other female camp members watching think?

Probably just creating such an atmosphere on its own would allow Cha Seolhee to properly control female camp members excluded from transporting obtained items.

“Transport the toothpaste and toothbrushes here as quickly as possible too, and transport the notebooks and writing utensils over there last.”

Notebooks and writing utensils occupying quite many shelves as if putting on airs as a university convenience store.

My brows naturally furrowed at the completely useless junk in the current situation.

The search team starting to move busily according to my iron pipe’s instructions.

I smiled brightly while thoroughly scanning the convenience store that was truly a paradise of food.

With the convenience store delivery vehicle and the food in this convenience store now, there’s absolutely no way headaches over food issues will occur for the time being.

However, the disappointing things were that medicines like painkillers or digestive aids sold at convenience stores weren’t visible even after thoroughly searching, and—

Above all, they weren’t selling condoms even if they sold cigarettes.

Fuck— They’re college students old enough to do everything, why don’t they sell condoms at a university convenience store.

Thud—!

The iron pipe hitting my thigh again with irritation.

But if there’s a good point about it being a university convenience store—

Step—

I smiled while looking at the long line of drink refrigerators.

It was the fact that they don’t sell alcohol in convenience stores on university grounds.

“…This is even better.”

I nodded with satisfaction while looking at the drinks and bottled water fully displayed in the drink refrigerators.

If we obtain this much drinking water, we can use the groundwater obtained through Grace of Tyranny for more useful purposes.

Thud—! Thud—!

Passing by the long line of drink refrigerators and now past the shelves displaying triangle kimbap or lunch boxes that have become unnecessary.

While slowly turning my back from the shelves displaying milk or yogurt and scanning the opposite shelves—

“…Oh.”

I slightly opened my mouth at the existence of quite unexpected items.

Colorfully packaged sanitary pads covered in thin plastic packaging.

Come to think of it, I was reminded that I had forgotten essential daily necessities for female camp members.

“Taeha.”

The bear-like bulk hurriedly running over at my call while coming out of the employee break room carrying a large box.

“Pack all the sanitary pads here first and send them up to the library.”
“Yes.”
“Not just sanitary pads—”

I slightly hesitated at even more unexpected items while lifting the iron pipe pointing at the sanitary pads.

“…This too.”

I slightly narrowed my eyes at the stockings displayed above the sanitary pads but finished speaking for now.

“Yes, understood.”
“You properly take over the camp members Kim Woojung brings and quickly move everything that can be carried to the library.”
“Yes, understood.”

I tapped— Park Taeha’s shoulder as he just faithfully nodded his head, then left the convenience store where they were busily organizing items to be carried.

The purpose of securing the College of Education wasn’t just for the convenience store from the start.

Furniture and items scattered in department offices and lounges.

I need to obtain items that couldn’t be found in the library while also expanding my territory to increase Royal Authority.

Time was always urgent and lacking.

While camp members sweep up the convenience store items, I needed to hurry and finish clearing the zombies remaining in the new building.