Chapter 69 69: After The Tide!

-You have reached level 13 - There are eight attribute points; please use them well O'Ghoul Lord!

- Blood Essence Increased! (2,500 --> 7,800/10,000)

"Is this voice mocking me?" Alex thought, his body now sitting on the stairs of the Chruch entrance, several cute ghouls now covering his body.

Maria was on his lap, with Samantha wrapped around his back; in the distance, the new girls who didn't have much bonding with him looked with envious and strange eyes, their minds filled with regret for almost succumbing to that zombie bastard.

The problem with his vesta was just how infinitely close they were to the element of death.

Thus, any creatures or monsters with control over death or a similar domain were dangerous for his girls unless they were braindead like Maria or level-headed pillars of stone like Mildred.

[Alex Damien Faust]

- Leser Ghoul Stage: 1 | Lord Type (7,800/10,000 Blood Essence)

- Level 13

- Local Rank: 5975 -> 5973

- Bronze Rank: 460,600 -> 457,355

- Occupation: Ghoul Leader

- Title: Succubi's Bane, Succubi's Kiss, Marked by the Queen of Slaughter, Tempter of Fate, Yandere collector (5).

[Attributes]

- Strength: 24 [10]

- Agility: 21[10]

- Endurance: 22 [10]

- Stamina: 21 [10]

- Willpower: 35 [10]

- Apocalypse Coins: 372

[Skills]

Eagle Eyes, Contraception, Novice Sword Talent, Bed Skill (Max), Ghoul Tactics, Unbreaking Will

[Spells]

Blood Lance, Corpse Explosion, Empower Vesta

[Items]

Novice Nodachi "Eien" (Silver)

"Alex~ you were so cool; give me more kisses." Samantha's face rubbed against his cheeks; the moment she recovered and found herself in his arms, the self-hatred and other dark thoughts vanished like dust.

"Mwah!" Her soft lips pressed against his cheek before a sudden burst of wind rushed past her face, tearing her face slightly, a red line slowly appearing as her blood began to drip from her cheek; Samatha looked towards Maria, whose face was carefree, no sense of bloodlust and a gentle smile as she enjoyed Alex rubbing her hair.

But her fist was less than an inch from Samatha's nose, the mere wind force able to cut her cheeks so badly, wouldn't the fist explode her head like a watermelon!?

"Stop playing now, girls; it's time to sort out the loot; there seem to be quite a few black boxes this time, right?" Alex's voice was not for the two lazy cats on his body, but for Laura, who stood a few metres away, wearing glasses for some reason, as she counted the coins, skills and items that dropped, her hands writing a list for him.

She felt guilt towards her feelings; Laura believed that she merely used Alex to overcome her sorrow; becoming a ghoul became an easy step to have her past become dulled, a quick chance to step forward, and her attachment to him wasn't as solid, as the other girls, causing her to overwork herself now, despite levelling her forehead was filled with beads of sweat.

No matter if the other girls offered to help, she waved them away to continue on her own.

The moment she heard his voice, her body trembled as she turned to look at him with a nervous and unconfident look, her hand holding the pen slightly shaking as she tried to look into his eyes only to avoid them, looking to the side, her long elf ears flopping with dull golden eyes, unlike her usual self.

"M-master... There are..." Her voice continued with a slight shake, not a teacher's usual commanding and confident voice but rather like a mere young woman speaking to a superior.

Alex nodded; her reactions and feelings were vaguely clear to him, even more so when he saw that strange room and only her and Mildred were not present; he needed to spend more time with them.

He wanted to soothe her worries and fears but didn't have time, as there was a big problem and so little time to achieve his goals.

His body leaned forward, taking the list on a white sheet of paper from Laura; looking at the list, it wasn't a big haul, but the items dropped were quite similar to the human's skills and talents when they were slain.

[Spoils]

- 1,500 Apocalypse Coins

- Novice Longswords x 7

- Novice Spears x 3

- Novice Longbow Talent x 4

- Novice Shortbow Talent x 7

- Novice Sword Talent x 10

- Fire Bolt Spellx 2

- Ice Wall Spell x 1

- Healing Wave Spell x 2

'Do humans who fall into zombies drop skills similar to the ones that had? Is it something only for people who awakened after the end...' Alex needed time to discover this truth, wondering if he could have Samantha look into this with her future partners.

'Patricia and Megan aren't here!?' His body shuddered, the hair on his arms stuck up as he looked towards the cute Maria on his lap, with his pupils dilated and anger building up in his abdomen.

"Maria, where are Particia and Mega?"

"Hmmm?"

Her cute head tilted as if she didn't even know what he was talking about, as her body hugged tightly onto his chest, her teeth biting at his neck, as her sticky lips brushed along his pale skin, her ruby eyes watching him, unblinking as they seemed absent.

"The two girls were sleeping in that room when I left!" His voice raised a level, causing several of the women who were still sorting through the corpses, the deep and angry voice paired with his wild and scarred face causing them to shudder and work harder.

"Mmmm....???" Once again, tilting her head, causing Alex to almost attack this girl out of anger, he specifically asked her to guard them, like Stella, who was busy helping the wounded girls patch up their wounds. They were special ghouls to him.

The tap of heels on concrete sounded as a beautiful woman with long, slightly wavy blonde hair approached Alex; her feelings were complicated, almost listening to that voice; he offered to fulfil her revenge now and not in the future, but then she remembered the truth.

Alex wouldn't take revenge but let HER get revenge herself like those girls in the gym; that's what he was trying to tell her with those actions; without that, she might have begun to shoot at her vesta and betrayed him.

'I'm useless... He never asked me for anything, neither forcing me to service him... or placing orders I cannot resist...'

"Alex, I have moved them to somewhere safe; they are being watched by four vestas who were left to guard our base; forgive me, but we needed Maria and were worried you might be in trouble after that voice sounded, don't blame Maria!"

A small distance away, Claire was standing in the darkness; the moment Alex appeared, her heart became crazy; she wanted to rush over, kiss him all over, hold him tightly and then scold him for vanishing and not coming to find her after the zombie horde attacked.

But then she saw him, the changed visage, his very presence causing her lower body to throb with deep, pleasant pain as she breathed deeply, wanting to rush into his embrace, the girl with white hair a little familiar, causing her to become jealous.

The five remaining girls around her were the same, their blood-red eyes watching Alex's every move, ignoring the returning Chu Feng, who snuck back and snatched a few boxes from the vesta before they reached the main human area.

His face was worn out, and his clothes were ruined with a messy face filled with several bruises from the fleeing humans, and one of his women was bitten and stood behind him with a slight limp.

'Fuck! Who is this show-off... Well, whatever, we managed to live thanks to this idiot, but look at all those sexy women... I wonder how I should introduce myself.'

"Maria!?" Claire heard the blonde woman with huge tits saying that name loudly, Alex too.

Suddenly, the image of her best friend surfaced on her face, and a sense of dread overcame her lust and desire to reunite with Alex; she no longer felt she deserved to be happy, knowing the truth after capturing one of the bastards from that night...

'They did such horrible things, then left her to die in silence.... alone... Why did I just leave, thinking she died on patrol, especially after they tried to molest us!'

Swallowing deeply, she decided to move closer, the small hope that Maria was not dead, that it could be the same Maria; despite how small a chance it could be, her steps towards Alex were slow as they continued to discuss what to do the things needed.

"Mildred, good work... I don't blame you and think you did your best." Alex didn't want to chastise her; since he became a Ghoul Lord, he lost the ability to see the numerical values of their loyalty and affection, something that caused him to feel helpless at first until he saw both Samatha and Maria, who were both above 100 in both values now.

"Alex... I..."

"Don't worry about it; how can we trust each other completely without these things happening? We're only mortals... I don't blame you; he was a Stage 5, and we are only stage 1... of course, he could affect your mind. It was because I always leave your side; forgive me, Mildred."

'What is this? Who is this!?' Mildred's body shook; the moment he acted so kind, so gentle and affectionate, she felt a strange feeling like something grasped her heart; Alex was nothing like this before; why did he change so much? Her words were trapped, unable to come out as those warm eyes watched her, alternating between blood-red, like shimmering rubies and vibrant green, luscious and calming emeralds.

Mildred felt a lot of weight off her shoulders; there was no punishment; rather, she was right. He praised her.

The feeling of dread became euphoric in a moment, filling her with the feeling of wanting to jump and shout before a sudden voice came from the girl she met during the battle.

"Maria?"

Claire's voice was shaky, unsure as she spoke to the girl on Alex's lap; for some reason, the way she looked, the tilting of her head when she listened to Alex and Mildred speaking reminded her of her dear friend, she would tilt her head when they would speak about hot guys, who they thought had the biggest cock in the school, then which boys would suit each other in a BL relationship.

"Mmm?"

Maria turned around, with her head tilting as she looked at Claire for a few moments; the ruby eyes were dull at first, as if looking at a stone sculpture, not a person, then suddenly, as if magic covered her body, light returned to her eyes, a vibrant shine as her mouth opened, the wounded throat just as Claire heard, another reason she thought it might be her.

"C...Claire?... W...why... Big... Tits!?"

The moment those words and questions were asked, despite being a ghoul, her heart almost stone, and warm tears began to ooze from the ghoul's eyes.

She remembered her breasts before transforming were barely a C-cup, now a large and plump D-cup... They would always write lists of the damn big-breasted witches in university and complain to each other.

'Ah.... she's not dead... I haven't lost her....'

Claire's body took a step forward, slowly at first, while Mildred stepped back, whispering who was protecting the girls in Alex's ear before she arranged to take half of the girls back to keep their current base from being invaded or taken by others.

Alex pulled her hand as she turned away, pulling her gently as her lips pressed against his, the soft and fruity taste filling her mouth.

Was it the first time? Mildred couldn't remember, but the surging feelings in her body began to explode; the terror she felt towards males because of those people didn't happen, her eyes closing as she enjoyed his kiss.

Alex's hands were on her back, fingers sliding down her spine, then up again; he pulled her closer, kissing her harder, his tongue pushing into her mouth, tasting her sweet juices. He wanted so much more, but he knew that would have to wait until later; for now, he had a mission to complete.

"I want you," Alex said softly, "but I can't right now."

Mildred nodded, not wanting him to stop kissing her, even though she knew what he meant. It wasn't scary, and her heart began to throb as she rubbed her nose against his before reluctantly parting from him, her mind in chaos at her strange actions, then seeing that red-haired girl snort at her with a knowing smile if to tease her. She could feel herself getting used to his touch, scent and taste...

'Don't mock me... I'll make sure I become his number one... Eh? When did that become my desire....' Mildred thought as her heels clacked on the ground, her hips swaying with more enthusiasm and delight than before.

Meanwhile, Maria took a few chunks of meat from her dress pocket, the slimy meat staining the material as the dark red zombie flesh oozed sticky blood while Maria looked at it with drool in her mouth.

Maria offered her best friend some of the best quality meat she had only offered Alex before, as if she felt no blame towards Claire, her eyes gentle and serene.

"Want some? It's good....?"