I Reincarnated into a Game Filled with Mods – Chapter 28

Chapter 28

‘He really has become a complete mess.’

That was the thought that came to mind as soon as I saw the lord, who was halfway through his demonification. The half-human, half-horse, who until just now had been the lord of this city, was sprawled on the floor, writhing pathetically.

The reason I deliberately hunted down the undead and collected their flesh to restore the demon’s power was precisely for this. Only when he ate exactly two pieces of flesh could I end the situation without a fight.

If I didn’t restore any of the demon’s power, or if I only gave him back one piece of flesh, I would have to fight a boss battle against the lord, who would have become a complete half-human, half-horse by dominating the weakened demon.

Conversely, if I gave him back three or more pieces of flesh, the lord would be unable to withstand the demon’s power and die, leading to a boss battle against the demon that had descended upon the earth.

The demon boss’s stats varied depending on how much flesh the player restored, ultimately reaching its full potential when it consumed all 100 pieces.

There was an achievement for fully awakening the demon and defeating it, but the condition for even carrying the 100-piece flesh book was having a Divine Power stat of 99, so even getting the necessary stats was a pain.

‘Anyway, he’s really ugly.’

I carefully observed the something that was once the lord, wriggling diligently on the floor.

In the game, it just felt like a human and a demon were crudely mashed together, but here, the feeling that a human and a demon had truly fused was much stronger.

The body’s shape remained the same, with little difference between its width and height, but countless scales had sprouted on its bare skin. Its mouth was split open to its ears, revealing sharp fangs.

Its eyes had vertical pupils like a goat’s, a half-formed horn grew from its head, and its limbs were all reverse-jointed. The claws on its hands and feet were extremely sharp.

The half-formed wings were a bonus.

“Y-youuu, ba-bastard, y-youuu, baaaastard!!!!”

The lord coughed up black blood and glared at me. It seemed like it was desperately trying to crawl towards me, but before long, it plunged its head into a pool of blood.

“Why are you acting so pathetic? You already had a shitty face, but now you’ve become something I can hardly call human.”

I chuckled and waved my hand. The lord, looking at me, muttered incomprehensible words and then coughed up more blood with a “Ku-ugh” sound.

A gurgling sound, like blood boiling, came from its throat. It seemed like it wanted to say something, but its throat was filled with blood, making it difficult to speak properly.

“You look like you have no idea why you’ve become like this. Hey, if you have a brain, use it to think. How can a human handle a demon?”

I picked up the book that was still emitting a black aura beside the lord. Unlike him, whose mind was immediately consumed by desire upon wanting this book, it was just an ordinary book that had no effect on me.

Firstly, I didn’t particularly desire it, and more importantly, I had raised my Divine Power to 5 before coming to the mansion. A demon that had only consumed two pieces of flesh couldn’t interfere with my mind.

“Don’t you find it strange now that you think about it? Your head must have been filled with the thought that you absolutely had to summon a demon, no matter what. Even though you know better than anyone that any involvement with demons is punishable by death under imperial law, and that even the imperial family is no exception.”

I closed the open book with a snap. The flowing black aura stopped abruptly. The lord’s writhing subsided slightly.

“I wonder why you did that? I’ll give you time to think.”

I deliberately paused after saying that and then opened my mouth in the most annoying voice possible.

“Ah, you can’t think because there’s nothing to eat here? My bad. I’ll just tell you the answer since I made a mistake. The answer is, ‘Because I lied to you from the beginning’.”

“…!!!!!!”

The lord glared at me with its eyes half-consumed by the demon. So what if you glare? I continued speaking in my annoying voice.

“That’s how demons are. Once they’re captivated by desire, only a handful of humans can overcome it. And, there’s no such thing as a Demon of Lust. What? Giving men unlimited stamina and making women climax with just the brush of a man’s clothes? Why would you believe such a thing? You should use your brain for more than just eating and try thinking for once.”

I smacked the lord’s head with the book, *퍽*, *퍽*. The lord let out a “Gu-waek” sound and vomited another mouthful of blood. Perhaps because the black aura being absorbed into its body had stopped, the blood was a little closer to red than before.

“Hey, you said that to him? And that idiot actually believed it?”

“Yes. He believed it wholeheartedly.”

They say demons are beings that evoke desire, but their power has its limits. They can make you consumed by desire, but they can’t create desire that wasn’t there in the first place.

That’s why I said it would be clear if I could just make the lord want the book. Once I planted even a small seed of that desire, the demon residing in the book would take care of the rest.

“I thought that pig was setting quite a high price for me, but I found it a bit strange that he traded me for just a demon-possessed book. Was that why I was sold to you as a sex slave?”

“Well, wouldn’t it be nice if you could phrase things a little more politely?”

“Forget it, can I just kick that thing once?”

“You can kick it not just once, but a hundred times. It can’t even move anyway.”

Now that she had permission to do so safely, Aurora approached the lord, who was writhing on the floor, without hesitation. She lifted the hem of her dress slightly and stomped on its head with the heel of her high heel.

“You stupid idiot. You wanted to f*ck women that badly? Huh? Well, if that’s the case, you should have just died and been reborn. Do you know what all the women you summoned were whispering behind your back? They said you have a f*cking micropenis, you idiot. They whispered among themselves that no matter how much you thrashed around, they couldn’t feel anything entering their pussies, only the sensation of your belly fat jiggling against them. Did you know that? Huh? Did you?”

‘Oh my god.’

For a moment, I thought my ears were playing tricks on me.

I never imagined that Aurora would use such vulgar language so casually. It seemed that the lord’s personality had become even more messed up than in the game, and she hadn’t been entirely unaffected by it.

But considering that she practically grew up alone under such a guy, it’s fortunate that she has a personality that can be considered relatively normal.

After that, Aurora continued to trample on the lord’s head with her high heels, showering it with insults, abuse, and mockery for a long time. After a considerable amount of time had passed, she finally took a deep breath as if relieved and smiled brightly.

“Ah, that feels so good. I’ll be able to sleep soundly from now on. Wait. What’s with that look? Why are you looking at me like that?”

“It’s nothing, really. I just find you amazing in many ways.”

“Ha, I know what you’re thinking, but you try living under a guy like that. It’ll only take you a year to become like me. And honestly, I held back a lot. It would have been worse if it weren’t for you. Want me to give you an example of what I was going to say?”

“I don’t need that kind of example, so please maintain some dignity. Why are you using such vulgar language when you’re about to become the head of the family?”

“Well, as you said, I’m the head of the family now, so I can use it if I want to.”

The lord, whose head had been trampled and was buried in the ground, raised its head at the mention of the head of the family. As soon as Aurora saw that, her eyes lit up again.

“Ah, was that your sore spot? But what am I going to do? It’s all true. You’re going to die here, and I’m going to take all your possessions. I’ll thank you for managing your assets well so far. Did you desperately amass your wealth like that because you wanted to give me more? Did you want to die with all the disgrace while I take all the money and honor? That’s a little touching, you know?”

“…!!!!!!”

The lord was on the verge of going berserk after hearing the taunt. It desperately struggled with its half-reverse-jointed limbs, but there was nothing it could do.

After finishing her words, Aurora looked at me with a refreshing smile.

“Now that I’ve had my fun teasing him, let’s kill him and be done with it. There’s no need to keep looking at such a disgusting thing, right?”

Her expression and tone didn’t match at all, but regardless, since she was a stunning beauty to begin with, there was no sense of dissonance.

“Sure, why not. What are you going to do next, Aurora-nim? Do you want to watch me kill him, or would you like to step outside for a moment?”

“Of course I have to watch from beginning to end. I need to see this pig die with my own two eyes.”

The refreshing smile she had shown just a moment ago vanished, and a burning hatred ignited in her golden eyes.

I told her to do as she pleased and then pulled out a dagger from my pocket. It was the dagger I had taken from the skeletal priest. Aurora tilted her head as she saw the dagger in my hand.

“What, your weapon is a dagger? You don’t look like the type to use one.”

“What do you mean I don’t look like the type to use a dagger? And this isn’t my usual weapon. I brought it to kill that demon.”

“You brought it to kill that?”

“Yes. Demons can’t be killed unless you use a weapon imbued with Divine Power.”

In Brightest Darkness 4, only weapons or divine spells that dealt holy damage, specifically those with the prefix “Blessed,” could inflict damage on demons.

To be precise, even if you hit them with ordinary weapons, their health does decrease. It’s just that they completely regenerate it without any issue.

Only the damage dealt by blessed weapons or divine spells remains without being regenerated. And the stat requirement to use this dagger was Divine Power 5.

I drew the dagger and approached the lord, who was struggling in its hideous form on the floor.

“It’s going to hurt like h*ll, but you can endure it, right?”

*푹*, Without waiting for a reply, I plunged the dagger into its body.