How to survive in a soul-based game with full female mods

He spent the entire night thinking about this, organizing his thoughts, and finally came to the conclusion that if he could make good use of this matter, he could completely skip the middle plot of the DLC and get straight to his goal.

Because the Sun Pope would never allow his sister to die. He had no doubt about that.

'After all, the background setting hasn't changed much.'

The reason why the Moon Pope mentioned sacrifice is deeply related to the final boss of the DLC, "The Creation Forsaken by God."

In order to defeat it, one of the popes must be sacrificed, which is a revelation from God.

And here, it is the Moon Pope who regards himself as the scapegoat.

Of course, from the original plot, it can be seen that if the player does not intervene, the Holy Kingdom will be destroyed. Therefore, the plan of the Sun Pope will still fail in the end, and even the only remaining Pope will die in the battle.

"In the game, both popes tacitly accepted the sacrifice chosen by fate, which led to that ending."

Here, the Sun Pope, who was supposed to take over power, rejected this future and tried to find a new way out. This is completely different from the plot in the game where the two popes calmly accepted their fate and sacrifice.

This is also why he thinks he can skip the middle plot.

Because if you want to reject fate, at least one party must be brave enough to take the initiative to try.

“Why did you say that—?!”

At that moment, Selene threw Lin Yinxi out with all her might. He flew to the back of the church hall, his body tumbling several times on the silver carpeted floor.

"Well...?!"

"Perhaps you have other explanations, but I'll just listen to this. What I've heard so far is enough for me to make a decision."

Selene's icy voice came from behind.

Lin Yinxi quickly corrected his posture and looked back. Selene looked very unusual at this moment. She walked towards Lin Yinxi with an expressionless face.

At this moment, she held the Holy Catalyst in her left hand and the rapier in her right. The rapier emitted a faint moonlight. Immediately afterwards, the Holy Catalyst also erupted with silver-white holy power.

"At first, I thought you weren't someone who would speak freely. After all, if the rumor got out, I would be in a difficult position. So, I'd like to ask you to keep the cathedral secret."

The clacking sound of high heels echoed again and again on the marble walls and floor.

"But my gut told me I shouldn't do this."

Lin Yinxi hurriedly drew his blood sword. As soon as he raised the weapon, a flash of silver light appeared. He reflexively moved the blood sword across the path of the flash.

——Ping!

A sharp sound like shattering glass echoed through his arm, followed by a powerful impact. That silver flash was one of the moves used in the Inquisitor boss battle.

This was no different from a signal that war was about to begin, but he felt relieved.

"Not killing me outright is half the battle."

When executing this plan, when Selene successfully listened to his speech, the thing that worried him most was that she would kill him directly.

But now she has shown mercy, so all that remains to be done is to convince her step by step.

"Why did you say those things to me?"

However, even so, the current situation seems unable to be resolved without armed conflict.

As Selene walked towards Lin Yinxi, a bright moon rose behind her, casting a shadow in front of her. The full moon appeared from the gap in the darkness.

"Perhaps you could have kept silent. But why, why did you create a situation where we were alone and then tell me what you knew?"

Another bright moon rose. To the left, to the right, and even above our heads.

"What is your purpose for doing such an act?"

In the church, four full moons rose slowly, emitting quiet moonlight.

"What you know is a secret that must never be revealed. But you seem far from a discreet person. So, even if you swear to silence, I will never believe you."

The tip of the rapier, shining with silver light, pointed at Lin Yinxi.

This was to be expected. After all, he was an Inquisitor, and even if it meant killing the Pope's distinguished guest, he would prevent the secret of the Pope's sacrifice from being leaked.

Once word spread that one of the popes was going to make a sacrifice, people would inevitably ask "Why?" Rumors and hearsay would snowball, causing an uproar and eventually becoming unpredictable and uncontrollable.

Even if people were told that a monster slumbered underground, problems would still arise. Even if they weren't told, problems would still arise. Either way, it would be a complete denial of faith.

"I know that His Majesty the Emperor of that empire is very interested in you. Considering this, I would not hesitate even if it means handing my life over to that enraged Emperor."

Selene, holding her rapier, faced Lin Yinxi. Immediately, from the four rising full moons, a sword shadow, identical to the rapier in her hand, gleamed with silver light.

"You must go with me to the Inquisition."

Lin Yinxi raised his sword lightly and took a stance. Although persuasion didn't work immediately, he had made another plan to deal with this situation.

He had never intended to have a boss battle with Selene here.

It seems that we can only skip all the unnecessary explanations and get straight to the point.

Selene's sword light drew a silver trail and stabbed towards Lin Yinxi.

Just once! Just one hit!

At that moment, Lin Yinxi crossed the attack trajectory with his sword and shouted loudly.

"I have a way that doesn't require any sacrifices--!!"

——Ping!

The blood-stained sword clashed with the gleaming silver rapier, creating a sharp clash. The blade stopped right in front of Lin Yinxi, and the sword shadow attacking him from the moonlight vanished in the blink of an eye as he finished speaking.

The full moon rose and set. The church was once again shrouded in a hazy silver-white. The divine power that enveloped and flowed through the rapier and sacred catalyst vanished.

Lin Yinxi lowered his raised voice and spoke again in a calm voice.

"What would you do if I told you I had a way to defeat that monster without sacrificing His Holiness the Pope?"

Selene's eyes trembled slightly.

"You said...what?"

105. I’m willing to do anything! (More to come~)

"What does this mean..."

"It's exactly what it says. I have a way to defeat that monster without sacrificing anything for His Holiness the Pope, so I said that.

Miss Inquisitor, you don't want His Holiness the Pope to die, do you?

Under Lin Yinxi's persuasion, the rapier in Selene's hand that was facing the blood sword quickly lost its power.

Looking at the rapier that was no longer sharp, Lin Yinxi grabbed the blade and carefully moved it away from him.

Selene did not resist and followed his movements obediently.

Her purple pupils trembled even more violently than before. It was as if she had heard something unbelievable and couldn't focus. Her pupils kept shaking.

The end of the rapier drooped to the ground. Meanwhile, Lin Yinxi sheathed his blood sword and put it away. There was no point in continuing the confrontation for no reason.

Selene lowered her head.

With a snap, the sacred catalyst in her left hand fell to the silver carpet. The rapier in her right hand also trembled precariously, as if it would fall at any moment.

Seeing her reaction like this, I feel that the persuasion is half successful, but I still can't be careless and let my guard down.

Lin Yinxi cautiously took a few steps back, leaving enough space and preparing to block the attack at any time.

Selene lowered her head, a bewildered expression on her face, and stood there blankly for a long time. Lin Yinxi waited quietly for her to recover not far away.

Suddenly, she opened her mouth.

"...Liar."

Selene raised her head and met Lin Yinxi's gaze. The eyes that had been filled with confusion just now had now disappeared without a trace.

"You're talking nonsense!"

Selene raised her sword and rushed towards Lin Yinxi, and the atmosphere suddenly changed. Lin Yinxi hurriedly deflected the rapier with his blood sword.

Fortunately, she calmed down and did not use any divine power in the sword thrust, but simply used swordsmanship to attack randomly.

"You mean we can do this without sacrifice? The Pope never said there's no need for sacrifice! You don't even know why the Pope made such a decision! How dare you even utter the word sacrifice!"

Selene desperately tried to close the distance and stab him, and he was forced to step back and deflect the attack.

If the situation develops into a close combat where even parrying is difficult, it will be even more disadvantageous to him.

Snap! The rapier pierced the spot where Lin Yinxi turned his head to the left and dodged. The tip of the sword penetrated the wall without resistance, and the blade sank into it.

After the rapier had penetrated, it wasn't immediately withdrawn. Instead, the blade rested on the marble wall, and aside from the small hole left by the rapier, there weren't any cracks or scratches on the wall.

This is a terrifyingly sharp sword.

Lin Yinxi slowly turned his neck, looking at the rapier so close to him with his peripheral vision, and a drop of cold sweat flowed down his forehead.

On Selene's side, her impulsiveness seemed to have subsided, but the feeling of distrust remained.

Selene said in a cold voice after straightening herself up.

"How did you know about the existence of that monster?"

"...Tsk."

As soon as he heard Selene's question, he immediately realized his mistake.

Although it is possible to conclude from what happened in the Cathedral of the Sun that a certain Pope was sacrificed, it is absolutely impossible to know whether the reason for the sacrifice was the monster under the Holy Kingdom.

Because both of them only used vague expressions such as useless actions or unnecessary hopes, and did not mention monsters at all.

"Is this also a lie? What happened in the cathedral that I noticed? Is this also a lie? Was everything you just told me just to pull the wool over my eyes?"

He had just said so confidently that he had a way to defeat that monster. It wasn't surprising that someone of Selene's caliber would immediately notice the contradiction in his words and question him.

"That's what I want to ask now!"

Just like right now.

"Answer me! Now!"

Selene's expression was almost furious.

The reason why she didn't put down her weapon and kept stabbing was obviously because she found that the premise of Lin Yinxi's words was wrong in itself.

In fact, if one really wanted to verify the truth, it was clear that he had lied. If she continued to pursue this point, there was no way to answer it.

He didn't want to deny it.

It would be inappropriate to loudly refute in this regard, so Lin Yinxi tried to remain calm and tried to divert the conversation and change the topic.

"That's not what's important now. What's important is that I have a solution."

"You say there's a way? Even the Moon Pope couldn't find a solution without sacrifice. This isn't funny at all. Why should I believe the words of someone who's been lying from the start?"

The tip of the rapier was pulled out from the marble and pointed at Lin Yinxi again. He dodged and the rapier pierced through the marble bench with a loud bang.

Selene roughly pulled out the sword, biting her lower lip and shouting through gritted teeth.

"Do you think we didn't try anything? Do you think we would just succumb to our impending fate and burn ourselves and our lives in peace?! Do you really think so?!!"

"Of course not. I know you've tried many times."

"What do you know!? Just because——"

"At first, the Sun Pope tried to defeat the monster alone."

Hearing this, Selene's movements suddenly stopped. Lin Yinxi continued to speak without stopping.

"Next, the Popes will try to encircle and defeat the monster together, and then you will all work together to fight. From time to time, nuns will sacrifice their lives and give them the final divine power in an attempt to defeat the monster."

Not far away, the tip of Selene's rapier was still pointing straight at Lin Yinxi's Adam's apple, but the sword was trembling clearly.

"I know, I know everything."

All the "attempts" Lin Yinxi mentioned were spoken of by the Pope himself in the game, so it was obvious that the same was true here.

"Besides that, you've tried many other ways to change your fate, but all have failed. So the Moon Pope believes that fate is absolutely unchangeable and is willing to make sacrifices according to the revelation. Isn't that right?"