Lucifer sat huddled in his base, closing his eyes tightly , silently reassuring himself that things would turn out well, so there was nothing to worry about.
But it seemed that those reassuring words were useless as the only effect they had was to make Lucifer tremble even more than before.
Half Horse Half Wolf slowly approached Lucifer's tree, it studied the white-haired boy sitting on the tree for a moment before opening its filthy, bloody mouth.
This monster was much larger than the average Half Horse Half Wolf, and it could even think, maybe it was even smarter than Lucifer. What could be worse than this?
Dozens of bony, bloody arms slowly reached out to where Lucifer was sitting without him noticing. The arms were slow and sluggish, but extremely menacing.
'Is that monster gone yet?' Lucifer thought.
But then, those arms immediately grabbed Lucifer tightly and pulled him down to the ground. The grip of those arms was so strong that a few fingers had pierced through Lucifer's skin, reaching the flesh inside.
"Fuck!"
Lucifer couldn't hold back anymore, he screamed loudly and opened his eyes wide, ignoring the raindrops that kept falling into his eyes.
Lucifer struggled to get out but eventually succumbed to the monster's incredible grip. He was getting closer and closer to the monster's disgusting mouth.
Was this the price Lucifer had to pay for killing the other Half Horse Half Wolf? Was Lucifer about to die?
"I'm not going to die for shit! I'll definitely survive no matter what!" The flames of anger flared up in Lucifer's words and eyes, he couldn't die in such a foolish way like this.
Lucifer used all his strength and stamina left to wriggle, trying to escape from the monster's bony arms.
In the process, Lucifer's skin was scratched a lot and his flesh was also damaged a little. This experience could be considered hell, and Lucifer would definitely escape from that hell no matter what.
Lucifer's efforts were not in vain because he had successfully escaped from those arms, there was no time to rest, Lucifer immediately took many steps back and pulled out Dagger Of The Night, prepared to face the monster since he had nowhere to run left.
Lucifer would fight to the death with this monster. Only 1 person could survive, and that person would be Lucifer.
Both of them were frozen in a deadly moment, just waiting for an opening to rush in and finish each other off. The pouring rain became louder and heavier, obstructing both of their vision. The wind whistled through the trees, and then - Half Horse Half Wolf charged towards Lucifer at a terrifying speed.
Its sturdy legs made the monster's speed faster than ever, it overcame the strong winds that tried to push it back, its target was Lucifer and only Lucifer.
Pushing his strength and reflexes to the maximum, maybe even exceeding its limit, Lucifer successfully dodged to the side, not only that, he had successfully stabbed the monster's horse-like body.
Lucifer was delighted at his unexpected success, but then his face darkened as the monster instantly turned towards him with a wide open mouth.
Its speed was even more terrifying than Lucifer had thought. Lucifer's vision gradually darkened.
[Unknown Ring activated: 218/1000]
Lucifer was dead.
***
Lucifer opened his eyes and steadily regained his vision, realizing that he was standing on the ground instead of sitting high up, his body was soaked from the pouring rain, his vision was also a bit blurry.
Even though he didn't understand what was happening, Lucifer still had to immediately pull out Dagger Of The Night because before his eyes was a monster, but the unusual thing was that this monster had a wound on its body.
Lucifer unconsciously retreated because of the monster's fear and bloodlust. He was afraid, but Lucifer still had to fight that monster if he wanted to live longer.
The monster stared blankly at Lucifer, as if it was seeing a ghost.
Even though it didn't understand why Lucifer was still alive, the monster once again charged towards him at the speed of a bullet being shot. The bony arms growing from its mouth continuously swung around, tearing up the ground and toppling the trees that the arms hit.
Lucifer looked at the monster helplessly. No matter how he looked at it, he would never have a chance to defeat it. Would Lucifer die?
Of course not.
Nothing immediately jumped up from Lucifer's shadow, he gripped the wooden spear tightly and stabbed it deeply into the monster's body.
The spear pierced through the monster's tough skin and penetrated deep into the flesh inside, touching some of the monster's important organs but couldn't damage those organs.
The monster immediately stopped because of the sudden pain, not wasting that opportunity, Lucifer immediately dashed towards the monster and stabbed it once into the body.
But one stab was not enough, the dagger blade still embedded in the monster's body immediately burst into flames upon contact with its blood, the hellish flames scorching the monster's flesh.
Half Horse Half Wolf roared, and with an extremely fast movement, even faster than the speed the naked eye could follow, it killed Lucifer.
Lucifer couldn't even see the attack, the attack was too fast. Lucifer didn't know what the monster just did, but he could guarantee that his neck had been twisted 180 degrees.
[Unknown Ring activated : 219/1000]
Lucifer was dead, but at least he had inflicted 2 wounds on the monster.
***
The events that followed were nothing short of a massacre.
Lucifer kept resurrecting only to be killed by that damned monster.
But his deaths were not entirely in vain. Every time he died and came back to life, Lucifer could inflict 1 to 2 wounds on the monster before dying again and again.
Thanks to that, the monster's strength was greatly reduced, it was no longer as strong as before.
The battle had lasted for about 1 hour and it seemed like it was gradually coming to an end.
[Unknown Ring activated: 400/1000]
Lucifer died again, and perhaps this was also Lucifer's final death, he would not die again, Lucifer had already dealt enough damage to kill the monster.
He would win.
***
It was raining, but the rain was gradually stopping. Like people often said: "After the rain, the sun will shine again."
Lucifer was standing in the middle of that rain, enduring the last drops of rain before the sun reappeared in the sky. In front of him was a monster, but it was not scary at all, the monster looked very miserable, about to die.
Lucifer silently looked at the dying monster, his mind filled with questions that Lucifer needed to be answered immediately.
But first, Lucifer still had to finish the monster off.
He walked towards the monster that was trembling on the ground, it tried to growl but couldn't because its vocal cords were destroyed. Lucifer's steps were sure, determined, and filled with death.
Lucifer stopped when he was only a few steps away from Half Horse Half Wolf, without delay, he stabbed Dagger Of The Night into the monster's body, letting the hellfire from his dagger take care of the rest.
Right now, Lucifer needed to answer his questions first.
[You have received 4 Experiences from killing a special monster of the Giant level.]