I Reincarnated into a Game Filled with Mods – Chapter 56

Chapter 56

“My prey came to me on its own two feet. How grateful I am! I don’t have anything to repay you with.”

Arachnainera supported her chest with her right arm, rested her left elbow on her right hand, and looked down at us with her chin resting on her hand.

Because of her posture, her large, naked breasts were even more emphasized. I didn’t want to think about the pink bumps visible between her green hair.

‘…Was there an update?’

I was stunned and lost in thought. When I installed the NPC retouching mod before, the bosses’ appearances weren’t touched.

After completing my first playthrough, I deleted it because I couldn’t stand the dissonance between the voices and appearances.

From then on, the Darkest Light mod came out, and I was so engrossed in it that I had no time to care about anything else. So, what I remember is only up to the first release.

It seems that the NPC retouching mod has also undergone quite a few updates while I was busy with the Darkest Light mod.

‘Well, it would be strange if it didn’t.’

The Darkest Light mod also released all sorts of patches, including minor bug fixes, until the last update was announced. So, it’s not surprising that the appearance modification mod was also updated.

“Delta.”

I hurriedly stopped thinking and came to my senses at the sound of Rize’s icy voice right next to me.

When I turned my head, I saw Rize staring at me blankly, literally emitting ice and coldness around her armor.

I couldn’t see her expression because of her helmet, but it was even more terrifying because I couldn’t see it.

“Where are you looking?”

The moment I heard her ask where I was looking, I realized why Rize was reacting this way.

As soon as I looked at her human-shaped upper body, I froze and became lost in thought. So, she must have thought I was distracted by her bare chest.

In reality, I was surprised because she wasn’t covered in armor like in my memory, but was completely naked. But anyway, from the outside, it was a situation that could easily be misunderstood.

“…”

I had to clear up the misunderstanding, but I didn’t know where to start, so I was speechless. Should I start by explaining why I froze while looking at her chest?

‘If I keep my mouth shut like this, the misunderstanding will only deepen, so I have to say somethingㅡ’

“Delta.”

Rize called me again. I gave up on making excuses and waited quietly for her next words. I couldn’t think of an answer right now.

“If you want to see bare breasts that much, I’ll show you later. So, turn your eyes away. Got it?”

However, what came out of Rize’s mouth was something completely unexpected.

Erika and I were both startled and looked up at the same time. Claudia was looking at us with an expression that seemed to say she knew what was going on inside her helmet.

This time, I couldn’t help but freeze in a different sense. I really thought I had misheard. Show me what?

“Uh, Unni. What did you just say…”

“Quiet, Erika. We need to focus.”

Erika tried to ask again in a trembling voice, but Rize cut her off sharply.

If it had been her usual playful tone, I would have just let it go, but since it was a very serious voice, it seemed like I couldn’t just brush it off.

‘I think the first thing I need to do after we defeat this thing is clear up the misunderstanding with Rize.’

If I’m not careful, I might wake up in the same bed with her tomorrow morning.

Both of us naked.

“Aha, I think I get it.”

The Spider Queen giggled, deliberately emphasizing her breasts, as if she had heard our conversation. The lumps of fat, about the size of her head, changed shape with the movement of her fingers.

I quickly turned my eyes away this time. One misunderstanding was enough.

“That man in the middle seems to be very important to you, doesn’t he? Alright. I’ll suck him dry first. Very slowly. While listening to the screams he’ll make until he dies.”

A green tongue popped out from between her green lips and licked her mouth before disappearing back inside.

“That won’t happen.”

Claudia slammed her greatsword into the ground with a loud bang. Yellow lightning crackled around her. Not only her greatsword, but also Claudia’s entire body was wrapped in lightning.

A rumbling thunder echoed, and the entire greatsword was covered in lightning, constantly emitting sparks.

“You won’t lay a finger on our precious new recruit. Did you think I’d let you?”

My skin tingled just by standing near her. I felt all the hairs on my body stand on end.

Rize and Erika also stepped forward. Coldness and flames encroached on the surrounding space, creating a freezing frost mist and scorching heat haze.

“That reaction makes me even more curious. I wonder what kind of beautiful expressions you’ll make when you have to listen to that man screaming while being helplessly captured.”

Arachnainera winked at me. I accepted her smile indifferently and stepped back a little. Not too close, but not too far away either.

It was according to the plan we had made in advance.

We had confirmed through the Rock Centipede that the boss’s aggro would shift to the target being attacked, so I could leave the first attack to the Knight Commanders and stay away.

And when she summoned the Spiderlings, I would step forward and fight Arachnainera, while the Knight Commanders would focus on dealing with the Spiderlings.

It was a strategy that would have been unimaginable in the completely single-player game Brightest Darkness 4, but it was entirely possible for us now.

“Now, as a reward for coming all the way here, I’ll suck you dry without leaving a single drop of blood. Come here, my darlings.”

The Spider Queen spread her arms wide as she delivered the last line of the boss room entrance cutscene, and the three Knight Commanders charged at her simultaneously, taking that as their cue.

As expected, Rize was the first to attack. Rize instantly approached the Spider Queen’s side and swung her twin daggers towards her right hindquarters.

The ice-covered daggers grazed her body several times. Then, she dodged the hind legs that were stomping down and tried to dash in again, but she stopped abruptly.

Gray cobwebs were spread on the ground beneath her feet.

“You’re on the cobwebs. It’ll be hard to move, won’t it?”

Arachnainera chuckled and raised her hind legs. Just as Rize bent down, sharp claws grazed her shoulder armor.

Green liquid dripped onto the silver armor.

Claudia seized the opportunity and charged in. She grabbed her lightning-covered greatsword with both hands, spun her body counterclockwise, twisted her arms greatly, and swung it down from above as if to chop it down.

A deafening crash echoed through the entire valley. Lightning spread in a circle around the spot where the greatsword had landed. Yellow flashes filled the boss room.

The attack didn’t stop there. Claudia paused for a moment, then lifted her greatsword up again.

This time, the greatsword, swung from below, pointed its tip towards the ceiling and then fell backwards. Perhaps to prevent her posture from collapsing, she released her left hand from the hilt and supported it with only her right hand.

Claudia took advantage of that brief moment to turn her body around, switching her front and back. Another crash echoed. The lightning that struck a moment later hit Arachnainera directly.

“꺄아아아아악!”

A bright yellow flash erupted, and a sharp scream burst from her mouth.

‘I think I know what that skill is.’

Like the other Knight Commanders, Claudia was using the same skills she used in the boss fights. The attack just now was also one of her boss fight patterns.

Because of the size of the greatsword, the force of her swing, and the lightning enchantment, Claudia was a boss whose single-hit destructive power was unmatched.

On the other hand, she had a lot of openings, so if you could just dodge her attacks, each one of them would become a damage window. But there was no way that huge spider could move that quickly.

“You damned creature!”

Arachnainera, who had taken a direct hit from Claudia’s attack, staggered back. Of course, even after taking a direct hit, all she had to show for it was a faint cut.

Now it was Erika’s turn. She raised her right foot halfway up, held her sword-wielding right hand against her left side, then stomped her foot forward and swung it horizontally.

The blade cut through the Spider Queen’s body.

A wave of flames surged along the trajectory of the sword swing. Like a tsunami crashing onto land, the wave of flames swept through the entire fan-shaped area in front of her.

“꺄아아아아악!”

An even more agonizing scream erupted. Flames rose from Arachnainera’s body, which had been completely engulfed in the flames.

It meant that she had been inflicted with the Burn status ailment.

When inflicted with Burn, the target takes continuous damage proportional to the caster’s attack power for 15 seconds, and cannot recover battle fatigue while the Burn persists.

Since the Spider Queen wasn’t a humanoid boss, the option of not being able to recover battle fatigue didn’t mean much, but the continuous damage proportional to the caster’s attack power would probably hurt quite a bit.

Because the caster was Erika.

“Eeeek!”

Arachnainera hissed and flipped onto her back, spraying green bodily fluids nearby. The Knight Commanders, who had been informed in advance that it was poison, quickly retreated.

The relaxed expression she had when Rize first charged at her was nowhere to be found. Her face was distorted like a demon’s.

“You should have just quietly become nutrients for my children!”

‘Huh? That pattern is already appearing?’

What Arachnainera had just said was the line she uttered right before summoning the Spiderlings. In other words, it meant that her health had already been reduced by 40%.

The attacks she had taken were Rize’s combo, the fully charged lightning-enchanted greatsword attack, and a full hit from the flame waveㅡ

‘It makes sense that it would appear now.’

Except for Rize’s combo, the other two attacks were guaranteed to kill even in the vanilla version if they landed a direct hit. Considering the difference in specs between the two bosses, it was understandable.

Moreover, the Spider Queen was a biological enemy, so she took extra damage from fire and lightning. The elemental advantage was overwhelmingly in our favor, so there was nothing more to see.

The situation was going much easier than expected.

“My children! Awaken!”

Arachnainera shouted at the top of her lungs. As if in response to her call, the sound of eggshells cracking could be heard from all directions. The Knight Commanders moved to my side.

“This is where it begins, Delta?”

“Yes. Please do as I said. I’ll take care of that huge one.”

I drew the Bloodstained Sword and stabbed it into my stomach, sucking out blood. After confirming that the blade had turned completely red, I pulled the sword out. An ominous red light emanated from the blade.

Soon, Spiderlings, born from the eggs, began to pour down.