Chapter 86 Major Developments!

A new notification flashed before Leon's eyes. He looked around, and no one else seemed to react, letting him know it was only for him.

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New Special Event Opportunity!

Special Event: Tag

Type: Voluntary for All Participants

Conditions: God Candidate Leon Traxler accepts the special event opportunity before midnight.

Preparation Time before the event start: 1 Day.

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Details: Voluntary candidates worldwide are teleported 1000 miles from Harem City in one location and must travel down a predefined path.

Female candidates are given a 24-hour headstart to move towards Harem City. Male candidates are released 24 hours later to tag them.

Harem City candidates, the goal candidates, cannot interfere for the first 24 hours.

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Female Goal: Make it to Harem City without being tagged.

Male Goal: Kill or capture female candidates.

Goal Team: Transport the most female candidates to the goal.

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Goal Team Participation Rewards

1. Video montage of Leon Traxler's phobia showcased as God Announcement. The montage includes but is not limited to Caitlyn Mira's treatment while unconscious, trying to break Lindy's bond out of fear, showcasing your relationship with Minx Lasco, passing out outside the barrier, and dozens of other examples.

2. Resources to support all haremites of Harem City for 30 days after the trial ends.

3. (50) new non-combat survivor mages, including (1) Level 50 agriculture mage.

Note: these rewards are payable upon participation and are in addition to rewards from the event.

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Accept offer? [Yes/No/Later]

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Leon chose [Later] immediately with a strange expression.

"Listen up, everyone!" He yelled with a booming voice.

The fifty haremites in the area turned to him in anticipation of his words. Caitlyn, Lindy, Reina, and Tricksie looked at Leon in surprise. He sounded determined and normal as usual.

"Go out and get every haremite in the city and assemble in the park in thirty minutes. There have been major developments!" He ordered, "As it pertains to food, it focuses on the continued long-term survival of all haremites."

Ding! [Survival Charm is activated.]

Every lifeless beast woman zombie pushed themselves up with shaky ears, hypnotized by his words. They weren't scared but far more trusting and willing to follow his words.

Leon grinned satisfactorily, knowing he could make arguments for his powers to work.

His partners tried pressing him for information, but he hugged them and told them it wasn't important enough to explain twice.

Thirty minutes later, over 500 haremites assembled in the food court area.

Leon stepped onto a table to reach the maximum number of people with his words. He tried God's Voice, but Manny was still in the city, awaiting his execution, making it interpretable as an attack.

"Major developments! We need volunteer retrieval team members for a mission!" He announced in a booming voice.

"Two days from tomorrow, females from around the world have the opportunity to travel to Harem City in a voluntary special event I will be accepting.

The event will give us food for a month after the event, buying us time for our crops to grow and build our city."

Everyone's ears perked up when they were reminded of survival. Harem City was a party and didn't feel like the apocalypse, so they had subconsciously forgotten.

"Additionally, we will get 50 new mages that will help bring us showers, electricity, and other benefits. One is a mid-teir agriculture mage that will ensure our survival."

Light cheers rang out, and soon countless haremites clapped at various enthusiasm levels.

"While everyone will assist in the preparations and logistics of the event, no one is being forced to participate unless they're part of the retrieval teams, future military, or task forces." He continued, "So your safety is confirmed!"

After hearing the awards mixed with the word [safety], the cheers became ecstatic.

"Lastly, while it may not seem important to you all, the gods will play a video of my phobia." Leon said.

Everyone hushed down at his words in confusion. That was his weakness!

"While I don't like my weakness displayed to the world, my weakness is a glaring problem." He continued.

"Anyone can accuse me of harming women in Harem City, and thousands will avoid us after. It can also sow discord in the government and lead to a breakdown."

A wave of understanding and anxiety washed over the crowd.

"Therefore, by showcasing my phobia, we'll build trust with others and make my weakness our greatest strength!" Leon yelled, "That will increase our numbers, bring us safety, and make our civilization thrive!"

After a stunned silence, haremites burst into vigorous applause.

"So I'm asking you women to volunteer!" Leon yelled, "Thousands of women will run to Harem City, and countless more males will chase after them, gaining points by slaughtering them."

The audience fell silent in disbelief.

"It's a voluntary event." Leon said with a serious expression, "So anyone participating is risking their lives in a deadly game to be here. Ask yourself, will you blindly stand around while women like you risk imminent death to come here? Or will you help them!?"

"People would have to be stupid not to." Kern laughed, "Do you know how many rewards you'll get for killing assholes? It's a rich woman's wet dream."

Everyone looked at her in confusion, but many people let out battle cries, and the area developed into laughter and cheers.

"I crush shit. If there are men to crush, I'm crushin' them." Manka laughed.

"It's a paycheck." Kazz said dryly.

"It's my duty." Mirth said.

"I'm hearing a lot of retrieval team members." Leon laughed, "I want to hear from haremites that don't have to show up at 7 am to risk their lives."

People burst into giggles and laughter.

"I'll do it!"

"I want the rewards."

"I fucking hate men; let's go."

"I'm jealous of the last event, to be honest."

"I'll go in if you pet my ears again."

"I'll do it for pets, as well!"

"Pet, and I'll be there!"

The haremites calmed down to listen to the woozy beast women in the area. The beast women that weren't present all looked at him in shock.

"Yes, I'll pet everyone's ears again if you join!" Leon announced.

The beast women erupted into surreal battle cries and cheers, bewildering the other women in the area. Despite looking drunk, the beast women were so pumped up that they wanted to join in!

"I have no idea what's going on, but I want in!"

"Me too!"

"Can you pet Kalork ears? Is that a thing?"

"Are humans permissible? I'm confused."

Leon laughed in bewilderment. "My skill only works on beast women, but I'm certain I can develop other skills for women that want non-sexual by highly sensual experiences."

The haremites perked up in interest.

"But for now, I'm asking anyone to volunteer for any reason." He said, "Because there are women that seek to join this civilization, and I plan to greet them with open arms!"

After a ripple of whispers washed over the haremites, dozens of women came forward, increasing their retrieval forces to 178 volunteers.

"Good! Now step one." Leon said with a devious smirk.

Everyone calmed down to listen to his words in anticipation.

"We need to show women what it means to live in Harem City." He announced, "To do that, we need to do one thing...."

Excited whispers rippled through the crowd as he panned their faces with a dramatic pause.

"We need to hold the most epic slumber party in existence!" Leon roared.

Explosive cheers rocked the sound waves.

"That means showers! Beauty time! Good food! Godly pajamas and comfortable beds!" He yelled, "Let's show women that living in Harem City is worth dying for!"

The haremites got more excited, holding onto his every word. It was unjustifiably chaotic, and he grinned because of it.

"So listen up! Architects, you'll be focusing exclusively on the showers today and tomorrow. We'll have haremites providing hot water, so you just need to finish the building and piping."

Cheers burst forth like a floodgate when they heard they'd have showers.

"Electricians, you'll be lighting up this park with a dazzling display that would make Christmas enthusiasts blush!"

More excitement flooded through the area.

"Cooks! You're going to prepare the most incredible breakfast and early dinner before the god-gifted sushi arrives on the scene. We also need all the snacks; snacks for days!"

Thunderous applause caused small candidate birds in the area to fly away in fear.

"Farmers! You're on flower duty! Planners, you're on game development! General haremites, you're on set up!" Leon roared.

"Every haremite in this city will be planning the most decadent celebration in history tonight and tomorrow. But first, before anyone goes to work tomorrow, there's something very important you must do."

Leon panned their faces with a cheeky smirk.

"We're going shopping, ladies!" He yelled aggressively.

Confusion washed over the crowd, unsure of his words.

"We have an entire damn city filled with high-class clothes that people abandoned because they weren't vital in the apocalypse!" Leon yelled.

"You're going to shop everywhere you dreamed of, getting the clothing you deserve!"

Bewildered giggles and cheers began popping up.

"You're going to enjoy clothing during your downtime that will make you all the most stylish women ever! We'll have the tailors helping women out, so people can develop their style!"

Giggles turned to cheers, and cheers turned into delirious applause and yelling.

"In Harem City, our women enjoy the best in life!" Leon roared, "They live like queens, and we're going to show that to the world!"

He watched them devolve into a frenzy, satisfied that he could make something so inconsequential work.

Caitlyn watched him with a prideful grin, and Lindy rubbed her legs together, desperate to jump on the man.

"Who's with me!" Leon yelled.

A festive atmosphere pulsed through the broken city streets of old Lemmox, announcing to the world that enjoyment had officially returned post-apocalypse.

Leon looked at Lindy, avoiding her gaze, rubbing her legs together in pain. He decided to [body swap] with her to understand what she was experiencing.

"Caitlyn, Lindy." He said with a deep breath, "Let's go back to our tent. I have rewards to give you both that will leave you both satisfied for days."

Lindy looked at him in pathetic desperation, making him wince. He averted his gaze at her pleading expression, knowing he'd have to tell them about personality and hormone modification.

However, her face haunted him, so he put on a charming smile, told Tricksie, Reina, and Minx not to follow him, and led the two back to his tent.

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[A/N: Major developments! [Nightmare] has been contracted! It's the reason I'm behind; thank you for your patience. I already have 80+ full drafts; therefore, it won't affect release rates.

I'm giving everyone one week of free reading before premium; that's 160 chapters worth. It's a satire on web novels and too slow and serious for many people's tastes here. However, it has a harem, and it's free. :)

Second, I'll start releasing another apocalypse novel [simultanously] next Thursday. It's a high-quality dual cultivation novel with a serious apocalypse backdrop. It also has plenty of full drafts.

You can start your days with four chapters of comedy apocalypse goodness. They're yin and yang on the seriousness spectrum, and the latter is [free] for dozens of chapters. So why not?

Thanks for reading, everyone! I appreciate you all, and I hope you're loving this arc.]