I Reincarnated into a Game Filled with Mods – Chapter 92

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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‘The sacred power of the Sun and Moon?’

For a moment, I wondered what that meant.

Originally, sacred power was classified into two types – Sun or Moon – depending on the type of spell.

If you used a Sun holy spell, it was Sun sacred power, and if you used a Moon holy spell, it was Moon sacred power.

Of course, even though there were different types, they didn’t show any special differences, nor were there mobs that were only weak to Sun-type sacred power or only weak to Moon-type sacred power.

It was just a matter of classification.

‘I understand the Sun, but what about the Moon?’

It was obvious what the Sun sacred power meant.

The Solar Eclipse was enchanted on the blood-stained sword.

Since this was the highest-tier Sun-type holy spell, of course it would feel like the Sun.

But I was unsure what it meant by the Moon.

I hadn’t used any holy spells other than Solar Eclipse, nor had I done anything that would make Moon sacred power noticeable.

The fact that it specifically mentioned that too suggested there was something to it.

‘Ah, could it be because of the catalyst?’

Suddenly, I remembered the sacred catalyst tied to my waist.

Since it originally belonged to Selene, it wouldn’t be strange if it sensed the residual sacred power and mentioned it.

After all, the Inquisitor of the Sun and the Inquisitor of the Moon were the top military powers of the Holy Kingdom of Raphaella, acting in place of the Popes who rarely showed themselves.

If that was the case, there was only one conclusion.

“That’s not my power, you know?”

Seeing its inability to discern this, it seemed the creature had truly lost its mind.

“Why can’t you believe what I’m saying? It’s true. This isn’t my power.”

Taking advantage of the creature’s pause as it spewed unnecessary words, I quickly used Solar Eclipse after confirming no magic was coming.

Sunlight brightly illuminated the surroundings.

It seemed to have gone properly mad, perhaps from being asleep here for so long.

To mistake the Moon sacred power remaining in the sacred catalyst for my own power and claim it so confidently.

The creature continued to rant about where I had obtained such power, but I ignored everything it said and prepared to charge in.

There was nothing to gain from prolonged conversation with it.

‘I need to defeat it as quickly as possible and get out of here. What’s the point of wasting time here?’

When there was no response, it seemed to give up and raised its sacred catalyst.

A dense black light rose from the catalyst again.

As soon as I saw that motion, I started running counterclockwise.

The black sun had floated in the air at the start of Phase 2.

The creature intended to shoot that magic directly at me.

I deliberately moved as far away as possible to increase the distance the magic had to travel, and as soon as the black sun was fired, I abruptly changed direction and charged towards the Creature Abandoned by God.

The black sun, which would have burned the air and corroded the soil if it were on the ground, landed far away and caused a magnificent explosion.

Black flames splattered everywhere.

The distance was just slightly too far to attack immediately.

It seemed I needed to observe one more pattern.

I saw the creature raise its right foot, and as it stomped down, I rolled inward.

Then, I swung my sword towards the calf covered in abyss and shadows.

Where the blood-stained sword had sliced through, white smoke rose as a chunk melted away.

The creature stopped its action and grabbed its melting left calf, screaming in pain.

I also stopped what I was doing.

While instinctively widening the distance to analyze the pattern, I couldn’t hide my dazed expression.

What on earth had just happened?

‘…What was that just now?’

I looked down at the blood-stained sword in my right hand.

The blessing enchantment emitted a white light mixed with gold, no different from before.

At least, that was how it looked to my eyes, but the result it produced was entirely different.

I turned my gaze to the monster writhing and still screaming in pain while clutching its smoking calf.

The chunk of melted flesh and the white smoke that continued to rise from the melted area.

The monster groaning in pain and going berserk.

I had been surprised when I first realized that Faith wasn’t decreasing, but this was far more shocking than that.

I couldn’t even begin to guess why this situation had occurred.

‘It can’t be… a bug, right?’

Just in case, I had tried a few bugs that couldn’t be fixed due to the limitations of the physics engine used in Brightest Darkness 4.

Of course, none of them had worked.

This was a world similar to the game, not exactly the same as the game.

There were no instances of weapons bouncing off carpets or objects as thick as human forearms easily blocking large hammers.

If that was the case, whatever this was, it ultimately meant that I had caused this situation.

“…”

I didn’t know.

I truly couldn’t think of anything.

Even though I had felt something was off since Faith stopped decreasing and I could use Solar Eclipse infinitely, this was beyond my expectations.

Melting the body of the Creature Abandoned by God with a single sword strike?

If such a thing had been possible, I wouldn’t have come in here prepared for an extremely long battle.

No, before that, I would have switched my build to cleric long ago.

If the power of enchantment-type holy spells was this great, using attack-type holy spells would be even more tremendous.

The creature’s scream snapped me back to reality.

There was no time to be dumbfounded.

It was possible that only this use of Solar Eclipse had been strengthened.

If so, I absolutely couldn’t miss this opportunity.

I closed the distance I had widened.

Dodging all the black spikes rising from the floor, I raised my sword again towards the creature’s left leg.

The creature, seemingly not wanting to feel such pain again, tried to pull its leg back in surprise, but its movement was too slow.

By the time its leg was half-raised, the bright sunlight sliced through it.

With an even sharper scream, the creature’s leg melted in chunks again.

Earlier I had backed away in surprise, but not this time.

Gritting my teeth, I continued to swing my sword while dodging attacks.

Unlike before when there were only dull thuds as if hitting wood with a wooden sword regardless of whether Solar Eclipse was applied or not, this time flesh and skin were sliced away with every swing of the sword.

After swinging the sword for a while, the leg that had been gouged, torn, and melted finally snapped sideways with a crack.

The monster’s body tilted and collapsed to the side.

Although this was a situation I had never experienced in the game, that didn’t mean I couldn’t react to it.

I lightly stepped back a few paces to avoid the falling body.

Thud!

That massive body fell awkwardly.

Its tail was in the way when trying to fall on its back, and its arms were in the way when trying to fall to the side.

The creature seemed to try to stand up again by propping itself up with its arms, but I had no intention of letting it get up.

I immediately approached its shoulder area and concentrated my attacks on its arms and shoulders.

Occasionally it would use spells or create weapons to swing as if in desperation, but to me, who could dodge all attacks even when they were unleashed in peak condition, these flailing attacks might as well not have existed.

‘Just in case, I should completely destroy at least one arm.’

The blade covered in white light blew away chunks of flesh, and the skin evaporated with white smoke.

Regardless of technique or anything else, it was at a level where just grazing it made that area completely disappear.

I slashed at the monster’s right upper body until just before Solar Eclipse wore off, then slowly backed away only after the buff had completely faded.

The creature’s appearance was miserable.

Its left calf, which had been attacked first, was bent at a strange angle and was dripping black liquid.

Even the remaining parts looked like they might tear at any moment.

The right shoulder I had concentrated my attacks on was barely recognizable.

Its face was almost parallel to the ground.

If the shoulder was like that, its arm couldn’t be unscathed.

The arm that had been swinging huge weapons as if to show off its strength was now pathetically compressed under its own body weight.

The monster, as if exhausted from screaming, now only repeated painful breathing sounds.

“Who knows? I don’t know either. If I had known, I would have used it earlier, instead of chipping away at you bit by bit.”

“What, you think you could have won without it?”

I smirked.

While it was true that I had defeated it very easily because of this unknown situation, even if nothing had happened and everything had remained the same, the result wouldn’t have been much different, it would have just taken a bit longer.

It hadn’t been able to land a single hit until entering Phase 2, yet it claimed it lost because of some unknown power – it was incapable of proper self-awareness.

Was it revealing its true nature as it approached death?

In the game too, when dying, it had shown its true personality without restraint, claiming it was meant to rule the world.

“Winning without landing a single hit? As if. If you’re going to die, just die gracefully. Why are you trying to rationalize your defeat?”

I took out the sacred catalyst and brought it to the blood-stained sword.

A bright sun rose.

The creature twisted its body, trying somehow to stand up, but its efforts were futile due to the severe injuries to its right upper body.

Abyss and shadows flowed from wounds all over its body.

‘Couldn’t withstand it?’

The meaning of those words wasn’t hard to infer.

Whether the power I had just shown was temporary or permanent, it meant it was at a level that an ordinary person could never withstand.

But for some unknown reason, I had withstood it, and not only that, I had even used it freely.

I could fully understand why it said it shouldn’t have been possible to withstand.

After all, it was a power strong enough to slash to pieces a being from the abyss that even the current Popes couldn’t handle, with just a few swings of a sword.

It must be difficult to handle such output without being quite extraordinary.

‘Well, there’s no need to think about why right now. I can ask the Popes later anyway.’

I gripped the blood-stained sword with both hands and slowly approached the creature.

Rather than letting it ramble on and giving it time to recover, the right choice was to attack and kill it.

Moreover, if it was related to sacred power, the Popes would know much better than this creature.

It was a waste of time to keep listening to it babble on here.

“Alright, I get it. Now shut up and go to hell, you can talk all you want there. There’ll be plenty of people to listen to you. I’m tired of hearing you.”

I approached near its head.

I didn’t forget to be ready to roll away at any moment, just in case.

I couldn’t afford to die carelessly after coming this far.

As if it had given up on life, the monster showed no movement.

While I couldn’t shake the feeling that this was a rather anticlimactic end for the final boss of the Awakening of Evil DLC, I quickly changed my mind.

In fact, the more anticlimactic a boss fight, the better.

It was proof that I cleared it safely, without incident, and without threat to my life.

After carefully aiming at its head, I thrust the sword into it.

I wasn’t sure how much health it had left, but thinking about later, I should probably hit it moderately and then—

—BOOM!

Before I could finish my thought, the creature’s body exploded with a thunderous roar.

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