Possessed a Healing Game, but It’s a Zombie Apocalypse - Chapter 13

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Episode 13

“Then the reason those undead are staying still is also related to your god?”

“That’s right. My god gave me the ability to make all land my own land, and he said that when zombies enter my land, they absolutely obey my words and cannot kill anyone.”

“Then this place has become the employer’s land. That’s why it became so fertile.”

Ishanka raised his head and looked beyond the wall.

The land that had been blackened and dried to death just moments ago had now transformed into living, breathing brown soil.

As if someone had brushed it with paint.

At this point, even someone who had never directly conversed with a god would have no choice but to believe Nana’s words.

He marveled inwardly.

‘Even my god didn’t give me such an ability. What kind of being is that woman’s god?’

But at the same time, he felt concern. If this ability became known to the kingdom, greedy people might try to steal her away.

A farmowner who commands the dead and converses with gods.

Who would dare not covet such an existence?

When he imagined her surrounded by nobles, living in a prison rather than a farm, Ishanka unconsciously frowned.

An inexplicable unpleasantness crept up from deep in his chest. It was an unidentifiable emotion that was neither anger nor jealousy.

Ishanka found himself strange.

He had never devoted his heart to anyone like this before.

Taking care of the minority ethnic groups’ lives was merely fulfilling his duty as a divine incarnation, as a king.

But Ishanka decided not to think much of this. Perhaps he had just grown a bit fond of her.

“Anyway, let’s keep this fact between just the employer and me for now. It would be better not to tell anyone about this if possible.”

“Where would I find anyone around here worth telling such a story to? No, wait, do you really believe this?”

“You’ve shown me your ability directly, so why wouldn’t I believe it? Or are you saying all of this is a lie?”

“O-of course not. Ahahahahaha.”

It wasn’t a lie, but it wasn’t completely true either. Just as Nana was feeling guilty and trying to brush it off with laughter.

Grrrr.

Just then, a zombie that had completed Nana’s orders returned and slowly entered the blacksmith.

The zombie passed by Ishanka, who instinctively guarded against it, approached Nana, and extended its hand. In its hand was an ordinary stone that could be found anywhere on the roadside.

‘I told it to bring anything, so it picked up a stone from around there!’

This proved that zombies absolutely followed Nana’s commands within Nana’s land. Indeed, there was a farmowner above the creator. The farmowner was supreme.

“Let’s go out now. There’s nothing more to see here… Oh, wait a moment!”

Nana approached the quietly standing zombies and took something out of her inventory to give them. It was the hoe and watering can she had just taken from the blacksmith, along with the beginner’s flower seed set from the meteorite gacha.

“Turn all the land except the buildings into flower gardens!”

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Q. Zombies have entered the farmland. They don’t attack people and absolutely obey the farmowner’s words. So what should I do with this surplus workforce?

What do you mean what to do? Of course I should recruit them as workers.

But Nana’s plan went awry from the start. First, around the farm and in the village, no zombies could be seen anywhere except for the two zombies they met at the blacksmith.

Even when she visited the village once more to get lumber to repair the livestock barn, there were no traces of zombies.

The existing farmland she owned wasn’t small, but thanks to acquiring additional farmland here and there, it had become an even larger farm.

However, the only place Nana actually cultivated was the field she had worked around the house, and the rest was empty land.

It wasn’t because Nana didn’t want to expand the fields. Though it was called a farm, practically only Ishanka and Nana could do the labor.

No matter how sturdy and capable a worker Ishanka was, two people alone couldn’t work the fields. Labor shortage was a chronic problem wherever you went in the world.

So Nana tried to go anywhere with Ishanka to catch zombies. If they weren’t in the village, they could go outside the village.

But reality didn’t go according to her plan.

“I’m sorry, but that seems difficult.”

“Ah… I see.”

Ishanka’s refusal was firm. Nana couldn’t insist further and closed her mouth.

It wasn’t simply because she was rejected. It was because of the expression that flashed across Ishanka’s face for a very brief moment just before he uttered his refusal.

Cold anger, and deeply sunken sadness. It wasn’t simply an emotion of dislike. It was deep-rooted wounds and murderous intent toward someone or something.

‘There’s a story behind this.’

Nana intuited.

Let’s not ask any more. If I pry unnecessarily, it seems like a story rivaling morning dramas will unfold.

Besides, Nana wasn’t so tactless as to force someone with such a pained expression to come along.

“Then it can’t be helped. I’ll just go take a walk. Isha, you rest!”

Nana left with a bright smile, pretending nothing was wrong. Pretending she hadn’t noticed anything, she showed consideration, but as a result, recruiting new workers had to be solved by Nana alone.

But where are those new workers!

Just when no answer seemed to come no matter how she thought about it, suddenly a message window appeared before her eyes with a ding sound.

【Special Quest: ‘Recruit New Employees’ has occurred. The talent you desire is currently distributed in the Eastern Forest. Go to the Eastern Forest and scout workers. There are no limits on time or number of people. Good luck!</p】

Each time a new worker is added to the farm, you’ll receive some experience points and the farm’s range will also expand slightly.

There’s no penalty for failure. But be careful not to die.>

Nana’s eyes sparkled after reading the entire quest content. So that’s where all the zombies that could turn a village into ruins in an instant had disappeared to – they were in the Eastern Forest.

Since there was nothing to eat in the village, there was no reason to stay, so they seemed to be wandering in the Eastern Forest. But why did they specifically enter the forest? It’s not like zombies went in for forest bathing.

Anyway, all the workers are in the Eastern Forest, right? Great. Shall I go recruit farm slaves… no, workers?

Grumble.

Ah, let me eat first and start tomorrow.

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The Eastern Forest was located not far from the farm. Until the world ended, it had been lush with green trees, but now those trees had died black, leaving only bare branches.

Nana tried the ‘Land Grabbing’ skill several times to make the Eastern Forest her own land too. Since zombies were in the Eastern Forest, if she made the Eastern Forest her land, wouldn’t that automatically secure labor? But the response was always the same.

【If you use the skill on the Eastern Forest, a special quest will occur. Only one quest can be in progress.】

You can’t perform two quests simultaneously? What kind of nonsense is this, System!

Before the world ended, she could do three at once – daily quests, main quests, and linked quests – but did the quest system break along with the world?

“Even so, that’s too much. Hey, you damn buggy game! Let me do at least two quests!”

She shouted in frustration, but since all the trees had withered, not even an echo could be heard. Nana sighed and racked her brain to find another method.

Let’s see. Where I’m standing now is exactly the boundary between the farm and the Eastern Forest. This is the place where I can best see the situation in the Eastern Forest… Ah! There’s a zombie over there!

The ideal candidate that the farmowner who wanted new workers had been longing for appeared before her eyes. The grayish dead skin color, empty eye sockets, and growling voice – everything was perfect.

If there was one problem though.

‘The distance is too far. How do I lure it here?’

She thought about shouting to lure it, but it was too far for that. Zombies have dull hearing, so they wouldn’t react to ordinary sounds.

After thinking about something for a moment, Nana looked around with a determined expression, then crossed the boundary between the farm and forest and entered the Eastern Forest.

She walked stealthily and carefully toward where the zombie was. Even though zombies had dull hearing, there was no point in making unnecessary noise.

Now the distance to the zombie had narrowed considerably. Not extremely close, but not extremely far either – just the right distance.

Nana glanced back once, then picked up a stone from the ground and threw it with all her might toward the zombie. But the stone couldn’t even get near the zombie and rolled away somewhere else.

To think I can only throw this far. If I’d known this would happen, I should have learned baseball when I was young!

At this distance, throwing stones seemed useless. Nana gradually moved toward the zombie and threw stones.

How many minutes had passed like this? Nana’s efforts finally bore fruit.

Thwack!

The head of the zombie, hit squarely by the stone, slowly turned toward her.

Grrrrowl—.

‘Hehe, don’t tell me I’m going to get bitten first while trying to lure it?’

The problem was that she had achieved great results with her body’s perfectly filled stone-like directness.

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