I Reincarnated into a Game Filled with Mods – Chapter 57

Chapter 57

‘This is no joke when you see it in person.’

Seeing the spiders, each reaching up to my knees, swarming from all directions, I felt an itchy sensation as if bugs were crawling all over my body.

The Knight Commanders seemed to feel the same way, as the range of electricity, ice, and flames emanating from their bodies widened.

“We’ll take care of these, so don’t worry and run, Delta.”

Rize lightly pushed me. Taking that as a cue, the spiderlings rushed towards me as I approached the Spider Queen, like a flock of sheep near a shepherd.

“How dare you!”

Of course, they couldn’t even touch a single fingertip and were all swept away by the ice and flames.

It was an incredibly delicate control of power, sweeping away a wide enough area to secure enough space for me to run, yet not engulfing me in the process.

Since each of the Knight Commanders had at least one area-of-effect attack method, their handling of the situation was certain.

Claudia’s greatsword swung with a whoosh, causing the spiderlings to burst, and because the blade was entwined with lightning, the actual attack range was much larger.

Similarly, for Rize, the spiderlings were often slowed down and frozen before they could even approach, due to the frost fog and ice patches densely spread around her.

Not to mention Erika. Just by surrounding her entire body with flames and swinging her weapon around, the flames spread on their own, burning all the spiderlings.

“Have you come to be eaten by me?”

Arachnainera, who had summoned the spiderlings and retreated to the wall for a moment, composed her expression as I approached and gave a seductive smile with a captivating voice.

“No, I’ve come to kill you.”

“Kill? You? Me?”

A cackling laugh returned. I calmly took my stance. I had enough time anyway. The Knight Commanders would finish off the spiderlings and join me before my buffs wore off.

“Can you even do that?”

“Why do you think I can’t?”

“Here’s the reason.”

Squish, her slender, long fingers grasped her breasts and gently kneaded them. Then, she lightly stimulated the pink tips of her breasts with her fingers.

A charming moan and flirtatious gestures were added. Her movements were so natural that it seemed like she had done this quite a lot.

No, it’s not that it seemed like she had done it a lot, but she must have actually done it a lot. Arachnainera was a boss who seduced humans and used them as nutrients.

“You’re making a huge mistake. My initial reaction wasn’t because I was stunned by your breasts.”

“Really? Then why don’t you ask my body directly?”

Perhaps having regained some composure while talking to me, the Spider Queen’s face, with her hands removed from her breasts, held a much more alluring smile than before.

Although she was a monster who seduced and devoured humans according to the game’s setting, this was the first time I had experienced being seduced by a boss like this.

It’s impossible to have a conversation with a boss during a boss fight, isn’t it? Unless the other side is unilaterally chattering.

“If you can, try it.”

I was the first to move. I rushed towards Arachnainera, glancing at the floor to avoid areas covered in dark gray, while keeping an eye on the movements of her arms and legs.

The left front leg of her spider part was raised. It was a poison-coated attack.

Just as frost accumulated even when deflecting Rize’s attacks, Arachnainera’s leg attacks also accumulated poison, regardless of whether they were deflected or blocked. So, it was right to dodge by rolling.

I rolled to avoid the descending front leg, dug into her side, and swung my sword. A faint cut appeared where the red blade grazed.

“Kyaah!”

A strangely seductive moan escaped her lips. If her reaction to the Knight Commanders’ attacks earlier was clearly one of pain, now it felt more like she was doing it out of courtesy since I had landed a hit.

Or maybe she was still trying to seduce me.

“Really, that hurts.”

Arachnainera wriggled her body with a seductive voice and brought her finger close to her mouth. Then, she stuck out her tongue and dropped saliva onto her finger with a ‘beh’ sound, and rubbed the spot where the scratch was.

It was a very relaxed action.

Compared to the Knight Commanders who had blown away over 40% of her HP with just three attacks, my attack must have felt like something she could easily withstand.

‘Let’s see how long that thought lasts.’

I closed the distance again. The Spider Queen stretched her arm towards me. A grab attack. I quickly rolled back twice.

Arachnainera’s arm cut through the air, and I took the opportunity to swing my sword. This time, a red line was carved into her white, smooth skin.

The Spider Queen, who had been briefly touching the cut on her arm, looked at me with her eyes twitching, as if trying to suppress her expression from contorting.

“You shouldn’t resist. If you keep doing that, I’ll punish you.”

“I told you, try it if you can. What are you doing with all that talk?”

Perhaps those words were the final straw, as Arachnainera’s expression finally turned as vicious as when she was facing the Knight Commanders. It seemed she was giving up on wearing the mask.

The exchange of attacks continued, but it was more like me unilaterally toying with her than an actual back-and-forth. The number of red lines on the Spider Queen’s upper body gradually increased.

“I will never let you die peacefullyㅡ Kuhuk!”

Arachnainera, who was glaring at me with a furious face, was struck directly by a blue dagger that flew into her side and made a choking sound.

“Joining you, Delta! You held on well!”

The dagger returned to Rize’s hand in a trajectory that seemed to defy the laws of physics. The spiderlings that had been rushing at the Knight Commanders were all dealt with.

The corpses of spiderlings, electrocuted, frozen, and turned to ashes by flames, were scattered on the floor.

“Aaaargh! My cute little ones!”

Seeing that, Arachnainera screamed almost like she was wailing. There was no trace of composure left in her.

“You call them your cute little ones and send them to battle?”

“I guess she was trying to raise them strong. But they couldn’t handle it and died because the opponent was too strong.”

“…Come to think of it, Erika, you seem quiet, but you’re the type to say what you want to say, aren’t you?”

“If you’re trying to say I’m like my sister, I won’t let you get away with it, Claudia.”

Erika and Claudia exchanged a strange conversation and followed behind Rize. Like sisters, Erika also had a side that didn’t hold back her words.

Confirming that Arachnainera had turned her head towards Rize, I quickly retreated. I didn’t want to attract unnecessary aggro and make things difficult for myself.

Although there was still quite a bit of time left on the Bloodstained Sword’s buff, even if it wore off, I could replenish my health with potions and use it again.

Fortunately, in the Silver Dawn Knights route, I could acquire a decent amount of low-grade potions through Iris.

For reference, there were also potions that restored a small amount of health but had infinite uses if you rested, even if the recovery amount was small. I just didn’t get them because they were useless in Darkest Light mode, where you get one-shotted by anything.

“Kuuuuugh!”

A scream of agony echoed through the boss room. While I was lost in thought, the Knight Commanders were pushing Arachnainera back unilaterally. The number of wounds on her entire body had noticeably increased.

“How dare you, how dare you, how dare you, how dare you, how dare you!”

Arachnainera staggered backward.

That dialogue meant her health had dropped below 30%. I pulled out two potions from the bag on my waist and gulped them down.

They were low-grade, so they wouldn’t fully restore my health, but it was better than nothing. I plunged the sword into my stomach, absorbing the blood, and pulled it out again.

‘Come to think of it, why don’t I feel any pain?’

Since it was a rather drastic action, I hesitated for a long time before stabbing myself when I first tested this special ability, but strangely, I didn’t feel any pain. The wound even healed automatically.

That’s why I could use it so casually now, as if I was just inputting a command. Honestly, if I had to endure real pain while stabbing my stomach, I would have thought about it a lot more.

It was unclear whether it was an exception for the Bloodstained Sword, or if other self-harm type buffs were the same.

“Delta! It’s your turn nowㅡ Kugh?!”

Erika, who was about to shout at me, couldn’t finish her sentence and was suddenly pulled away. Arachnainera had snatched her. Her body soared high into the air.

‘Was there still a trap active?!’

I hurriedly checked the Spider Queen’s lower body. The flames that had been surging on the floor were just then disappearing from view.

Calculating backward from the duration of the flame trap, it was clear that Erika had attacked right after the Spider Queen’s health dropped below 30%.

Due to the massive damage, the pattern was canceled, and the summoning was delayed by a beat, and as bad luck would have it, Arachnainera used a grab pattern.

‘I thought it was unlikely that the timing would be so messed up!’

To recreate this situation, an attack had to land right after Arachnainera’s health was reduced below 30%, the attack had to deal enough damage to cancel the pattern, the attack’s hitbox had to remain active for a while after the damage was dealt, and Arachnainera, whose summoning pattern was canceled, had to use a grab attack.

With four conditions attached, it was a situation that was difficult to even attempt intentionally. The damage-related conditions were manageable because they were the Knight Commanders, but the attack timing was truly difficult to get right.

So I thought it was unlikely, but I never imagined that the unlikely would actually happen.

“Come out, all of you! My children!”

Arachnainera’s voice boomed, and soon countless sounds of spiderlings tearing out of their eggshells filled the air.

Rize and Claudia, who had been rushing to rescue Erika, stopped their movements as if they were overloaded. Their gazes alternated between me and Erika.

“You annoying thing!”

Arachnainera tore off her iron helmet as if it were cardboard and snatched the katana from Erika’s hand, throwing it away roughly.

Erika struggled desperately, but even a Knight Commander couldn’t overpower a boss monster with brute force. Her armor crumpled like paper.

“Delta! Get next to me! Quickly!”

Rize pulled me towards her and unleashed a Frost Storm. The spiderlings approaching me were swept away at once. However, Rize’s gaze was constantly fixed on Erika.

“This is a bit… dangerous!”

Lightning bolts struck around Claudia. More than ten spiderlings were killed by a single bolt of lightning, but their places were filled by more than twenty more.

The green liquid staining her silver armor gradually increased. I wanted to believe that it wouldn’t melt Claudia and Rize’s armor.

“I’ll suck you dry without leaving a single drop of blood!”

Arachnainera, with her fangs sharpened, pushed her face towards Erika.