i am reincarnated in modded game World

"… … A woman, you say?"

"Yeah, girl."

I was a little embarrassed inside, but I didn't show it.

The lord was secretly proposing a deal to the player, but the details of the deal were different from what I remembered. In the game, he asked if I was interested in money or power.

"I don't know what you're talking about."

"There's no need to act hypocritical. We're all equal. Since you're a human who committed a sin and was imprisoned there, don't you think you know what I'm trying to say?"

I noticed that the lord's speech had changed a little in that brief moment. It may have been because he was proposing a collaboration with me, but his speech was a little more formal than before.

"...."

When I didn't answer hastily and remained silent, the lord smiled meaningfully, wondering what I meant by that.

"Anyway, just know that I have one suggestion for you. Neither of us will be harmed. I guarantee it."

"I'll listen to it first and then decide."

"No, the moment you hear this, you must join me. And remember, I have the power to cut you out of the Order with a single word. And I also have the authority to banish you from this city, never to return, or even to throw you in prison. In that case, wouldn't it be better to join me?"

"Is this a threat?"

"No way. It's just a suggestion."

"Then I will follow. There is no need to think further about which side to take here."

I answered without any hesitation. This guy had a personality that was both strong and weak, so he liked people who had the same mean personality as him.

"Okay, okay. You thought very well. As expected, people need to be quick-witted to feel comfortable. This is especially true for people like you."

At my cool answer, the lord smiled slyly. Without a word, his eyes, nose, and mouth were completely buried in his cheeks and he was completely wrinkled.

It was a laugh that made me want to hit him.

"Okay, then let's get to the real story."

After finishing the meeting with the lord, I shook his hand as a sign of my gratitude and left the reception room. My palms were dirty and clammy, and I felt really bad, but I somehow managed to endure it.

I wiped my palms against the wall and left the mansion, mulling over the lord's offer.

'I kind of expected it when you asked me if I liked girls.'

It seemed as though he ultimately wanted to completely end the Knights of the Silver Dawn, but the details were quite the opposite.

In the game, the lord is a man and the knight commanders of the Knights of the Silver Dawn are also men, so he says that he wants to poison their food to greatly weaken their physical abilities and then swing his sword himself to kill them.

The price was a knighthood in the manor house.

But here it was different. The poisoning of the Silver Dawn Knights' food was consistent with the game, but the purpose was not to kill them directly, but to possess the Knight Commanders as sex slaves.

Since I knew they would be suspicious of the food he gave me, he told me to become friendly with the knight commanders and come to the mansion, and he would give me the poison I needed for the plan. I have to take care of making it myself.

He even said that if the plan was successful, he would give me a chance to 'taste' the Knights of the Silver Dawn.

'What an arrogant guy.'

It was incredibly arrogant of him to make me do such things without any restrictions, and to assume that I would naturally follow his words faithfully because I couldn't control my desires.

Even in the game, there was a choice to immediately tell the Knight Commander this offer, so this character with no answer could be considered a company formula.

'Well, I don't think that will happen.'

However, in order to kill the lord, it had to be kept a secret from everyone right now. If the plan was revealed, the bastard would simply be driven out to another region and that would be the end of it.

Moreover, after being kicked out like that, he held a grudge against the protagonist and persistently interfered with every quest related to the story.

You have to experience it yourself to know how dirty it feels when you experience it. It's a really indescribable feeling of shit that just comes rushing in.

"Are you okay?!"

As I left the mansion, Iris, who had been leaning against the wall and waiting for me with an anxious expression, came running straight to me. Judging from the look of urgency on her face, she seemed to be quite worried about me.

"As you can see, I'm fine."

"Really, are you sure?"

"Of course. He asked questions as if he was trying to pry something out of me, but I just told him to ask me. After repeating that a few times, he gave up."

"Well done. Yes, you did really well. Were you ever threatened to leave the Order?"

"If that were the case, I wouldn't be standing there so calmly."

"Thank goodness… … Thank goodness."

Iris let out a sigh of relief. It seemed like she had really suffered a lot from that lord.

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"Let's go back to the Knights Templar first."

"Okay, I got it."

Iris was constantly worried about me even as she rode back to her quarters. Her expression showed all the hardships she had endured from that guy.

Now, in just two weeks, you won't have to worry about this anymore.

'Is this a power verification bead?'

The day after meeting the lord, I followed Iris and stood in front of the ability confirmation bead. Next to me, Lize and Erika were looking excited.

Just like in the game, it was a sky blue orb the size of a human head placed on a red cushion. It was set up as a magical tool that would convert the subject's physical abilities into objective numbers when placed on its surface.

There was no explanation in the game as to who created this. It was simply said that it was created by a famous archmage from the past, and that all the ones circulating now are exact copies of it.

Since I already knew how to use the bead, I placed my hand on its surface without hesitation. The bead blinked and a blue light source swept over my body. Soon, numbers were drawn on the bead.

[Level] 4(+3)

[Stamina] 1

[Mana] 1

[Faith] 1

[Endurance] 1

[Skill] 1

[Strength] 1

[Magic Power] 1

[Divine Power] 1

[Endurance] 1

"...."

I had expected it to some extent, but my heart was complicated when I saw with my own eyes the flashy stats that were all only 1 level, except for the 3 level increase from the experience gained from killing human butchers.

If it were any other past actions, I would have started from level 10 at the very least.

The other three had similar reactions. Not only Lize, who was naturally outgoing, but even Erica and Iris were staring at the marbles with their eyes wide open.

"Newbie, you… … how did you withstand my attacks?"

The first one to recover from the shock was Lize.

"It's even more shocking when you see that all your abilities are 1. If the gap in abilities was this big, you should have just lost no matter how good your skills were. When our swords first clashed, you should have been unilaterally repelled."

"yes."

"What's wrong with that? You didn't do that. How on earth did you do it?"

If you ask me how I did it, I don't know. It was possible in the game, so it's possible here too. How on earth can I explain something like that?

It works in the game, right? That's the perfect thing to hear from someone who's crazy.

In Blizzard 4, no matter how big the stat difference is, as long as you don't make a mistake in deflecting, the battle fatigue gauge will never explode. And I just never made a mistake in deflecting.

Of course, it would have been possible to attack and defend with Reize regardless of the difference in stats.

'I don't know. Maybe I can teach those three how to bounce?'

To begin with, NPCs do not have the concept of perfectly timed deflections. That was the exclusive domain of players. Even I could not explain it in theory.

Of course, if there is a situation where I can teach, I would like to teach, but being able to use something and being able to teach it are completely separate things.

'Come to think of it, I need to get some stats.'

As I was looking at the splendid feast of 1s, I suddenly came to my senses. There was a number next to my level that said +3. That was the number of stats I could raise.

But I couldn't really put down my stats because I was worried about what other people thought. If it was discovered that my abilities had increased just by waving my fingers a few times, this place would be turned upside down.

In the game, you could always press Esc to check your character's stats and skills, and level them up, but not now. Just in case, I tried to call out the status screen secretly, but nothing came up.

In other words, this ability confirmation bead was absolutely necessary to increase stats. It felt like I was experiencing the emotions of Blizzard 1 again.

It was a rejection to feel that uncomfortable feeling again.

"...!"

At that moment, Iris flinched as if she sensed something and turned her head away.

"Claudia is back."

"Huh? Really?"

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"Yeah. We're almost at the castle gate now. I guess I should go out."

Before I could even ask how she had noticed Claudia was back, Iris hurried out, followed by Erica.

Lize tried to grab my hand and drag me out as if she wanted to stick by my side until the end, but I forcibly sent her ahead, saying I would follow her soon.

And after confirming that there was no one around, I focused my stats on 'Divine Power' and quickly chased after the three.