Chapter 23: Forced Reality
With our cooperation we easily killed the zombies, with only melee weapons, bow, crossbow and a airgun. The zombies consists of more than 10 zombies, they came running towards us when they heard the gunshot I did earlier.
Most of them have been killed with the group, It was a good experience for them, what I merely did was to stand and watch out for them, Steff, her Agility and flexibility has made her able to kill those zombies easily.
Amy, with her accuracy and fast reload of her bow, she managed to kill lots of zombies before they could even get near, Nana who has the airgun has hard time dealing as the zombies are moving and she's still not used to it, same goes for Lily who's using the crossbow.
But with their team up, they manage to kill all the zombies that appeared. After killing all the zombies, we went and take a rest, panting as this is the first group fight they encounter
"Let's get out of here before they gather because of the commotion" I said, they first picked up the arrows they used and went inside the pickup truck, Amy and the twins are currently on the back of the pickup truck because Jenny and Andy are on the passenger seat.
As we got away from there, I decided to take the remaining supplied on the gas station while they are it. Filling plastic barrels one after another, we were taking every last one bit of the gasoline, it's our luck that it's not self service making us to be able to fill the barrels with ease.
We found the barrels near the convenience store, it's hidden on the back of it, we noticed that it's clean so we used it to take gasoline. After an hour of filling the gasoline, Amy and the twins came back, since the gasoline station is not that big, they only has two gasoline pump, the three of us, me, Steff and Andy fill the barrels while Amy and the twins decided to explore.
They came back with a working car. Driving it towards us happily, as it was already noon, we decided to head back to the mansion. Steff drove the second car, and silence enveloped the two siblings.
The others are inside the other car while only me and the siblings are in the pickup truck, they decided to go to the other car since the atmosphere here us heavy after what happened earlier.
Arriving at the mansion we didn't say a word, we prepared dinner, but the siblings had lost their appetite after witnessing human organs. That's why I allowed them to sleep early on the guest room, Lily and Andy also sleep on the other guest room in the first floor.
In the room, the three of us talk about what happened earlier. I started the conversation first, "Do you think I did the right thing? I basically manipulated them with my words…" I said feeling guilty to what I did.
Amy sit besides me on the bed giving me comfort as she hold my hand, "We saw what you did, we know it… but for us, you did nothing wrong, those words you use to manipulate them is just for them to behave… isn't it?" Amy said thinking through my thoughts.
"She's right, those words you used and what you did, it's about breaking their own will, thoughts and feelings making them fall low below, and then you'll appear, helping them, making sure that they can only follow you or else they would die" Steff said sitting next to me.
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"Thank you, both of you— it really helps me out not to think too much about it" I said smiling just to find them undressing in front of me and pushing me down on the bed.
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The following morning, after we finished our morning jog, the siblings appeared standing outside the door with his sister. "We'll let you take anything you want from the farm, so please, protect us" Andy begged.
Their attitude changed, the once cocky attitude those siblings have, now is begging in front of us. I tried to hide my smile but am I smiling too much?
Ah shit, I shake my head, then questioned their abilities. "Why? Why should we let you join us?" I asked teasing them a bit
"We can take care of the animals and plant some vegetables, so please, please take us! We'll do anything!!" Jenny said begging desperately to us,
"I don't want to see those things anymore!!" Shouting and crying as she breakdown in front us.
I smiled wickedly, "Ahh, so this is what they called power!!!" I said to my thoughts, "it's fcking fun, I'm enjoying this!!!" With bliss and lust, I began to crave, craving for more—and more power! I want them to beg me! Bow down to me! My thoughts are getting wild and wild
"Souta…?" Amy looks at me, worriedly as she saw my face, my face is in bliss! Lust, happiness, bliss! I look like a crazy man!!!
Without knowing it, Steff is standing in front of me, really really close, "Steff..?" I murmured then she suddenly kissed me on my lips, "wake up, you're our leader, not some maniac" she said smiling.
I broke through the thoughts I had, what am I even thinking about!? This is fun? Making people beg? Do I have that kind of fettish!??? Shit!
"Um.. sorry about that." I said, humbled considering their offer, I agreed to let them join.
"I'll let you two join us, like what I said the other day, I'm a man of my words" I said with a smile. Well I'm already planning to let them join from the very beginning anyways. But to think that I break her this much…
Her brother seems to take it in a good way but she's… literally broken—now I feel bad about it. "Alright, after breakfast, we'll move everything from the farm here," I announced. Taking care of the animals at the farm would be inconvenient, requiring constant trips. It was more efficient to relocate them to the mansion.
The mansion is big enough anyways, and it also have enough space for the animals and crops to grow, I have a future plan if we would ever need space.
"Thank you" they both said…
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After breakfast, we went to the farm, searching for anything useful and preparing the animals for transport. Pigs, chickens, sheeps, goats, and cows were rounded up, and we also brought a compact tractor a pickup truck and a utility vehicle. Additionally, we found a shotgun and a pistol that had belonged to their grandparents. Discovering that the old man they had encountered earlier was their grandfather, we buried his body during our return to the farm.
Over the course of three days, we thoroughly looted the farm, bringing back all useful items and tools such as Tools for Farming—recognizing the need for self-sufficiency, we gathered gardening tools, seeds, and equipment to cultivate crops in our new safe haven. We placed the animals in the front yard, it's much more spacious and since the backyard is much closer to the mansion, it will smells if the animals would put there.
We also replaced the flower garden with vegetables, expanding and connecting it to the vegetables garden. After a week of hard work, we were finally finished. "Thank God we're done," Amy sighed.
Andy, and his sister, Jenny joined the group's training sessions. Andy wielded an axe and a shotgun, Jenny use a bow, a pistol and a hunting rifle, she doesn't really want to fight close combat with those zombies, however we still teach her close combat fighting style.
She's been doing great compared last week, that's a good thing, with seven people in the group now, our food supplies were now decreasing faster than expected. The once half a year food supplies now only good enough for 2 to 3 months with the 7 of us now.
That's why we decided to loot the convenience stores in the town the following day. Steff, Amy, and Nana were chosen for the mission, while Andy and Jenny stayed behind, guarded by Lily in case of emergencies.
We drove towards the town, but before reaching the convenience store, we decided to loot some houses we had missed the other day. Being more skilled now, we quickly ransacked ten houses, finding only food.
Finally, we arive, and approached the nearest convenience store, which had already been looted by others. The broken door greeted us, and over ten zombies in the store. We engaged in a battle, with Amy using her bow to shoot the zombies in the head, Steff stabbing them, and Nana providing support from the pickup truck with her airgun we successfully killed them easily.
Throwing knives at them before they could get near, shooting with bow and crossbow and if they manage to get closs we'll kill them with melee weapons. We got used to killing zombies now, that's why it's been easy for us to handle 10 zombies at once.
Once the zombies were eliminated, we began looting the store. I explored the counter area, discovering medicines that would prove useful in the future. I ignored the money, realizing it held no value in this new world.