After about a minute, Lucifer and Nothing finally let go of the Centaur's miserable corpse, they no longer cursed or mocked it.
Instead, Lucifer was currently examining the pile of items that Manuel dropped after being defeated while Nothing was playing with Volcanic Slime like a child.
He really liked cute things, huh?
Trying not to pay attention to what Nothing was doing, Lucifer used all his remaining strength to push the Centaur's muscular corpse away. Lucifer wasn't too looking forward to examining the items that Manuel would drop after being killed since all he would probably find was a monster core.
It wasn't that Lucifer didn't like monster cores, but he hoped that he would at least receive an Artifact as a reward for defeating a monster that was many times stronger than him.
And it seemed that the system had indeed listened to Lucifer's wish.
Lucifer was speechless, not knowing what to say after seeing the pile of items he had received after killing Manuel. In addition to the monster core, there were two Artifacts, and one of them was a very powerful and amazing looking weapon.
Lucifer carefully picked up the weapon and checked it to see if there was anything special about it.
[Congratulations! You have received Whisper From The Highers.]
[This is a gift bestowed by the powerful ones, the ones who stand above all. Although for them, this was just a defective product, for humans, this was an extremely valuable thing.]
[Whisper From The Highers: The more damage you inflict on your opponent, the higher the damage you deal, the lighter the weapon, and the faster your attack will be.]
At first glance, this weapon seemed to be a Wakizashi because it looked quite similar to a katana but was much shorter. It was only about 50 centimeters long.
Because Owen had forced him to learn different types of weapons, Lucifer had some knowledge about swords, especially Japanese swords.
The blade was sharp and shiny, proving that this Wakizashi was very strong, relatively suitable for Lucifer to use at this time.
"Hey Nothing." Lucifer called out to the person who was still playing with Volcanic Slime.
"What's wrong?"
"Have this." Lucifer threw the Dagger Of The Night to Nothing.
Nothing stared at the dagger for a moment before finally realizing what Lucifer had just done. He gaped, looking skeptical and incredulous.
"Hey Lucifer, you want to bribe me? Why are you giving me this weapon? I thought this is your strongest weapon?"
Nothing's reaction was understandable since Lucifer had never given Nothing anything. Yet now Lucifer was giving Nothing the Dagger Of The Night - his strongest and most valuable weapon.
"I just found a stronger weapon, so you can keep the Dagger Of The Night for yourself. You only have a stupid wooden spear anyway, right?" Lucifer replied nonchalantly.
He then turned back to check what the remaining Artifact was. Since he had received an extremely good weapon, Lucifer was also looking forward to the other Artifact.
At first glance, this Artifact looked like a bag of chocolate-flavored candy, which was also Lucifer's favorite flavor.
[Congratulations! You have obtained Recovery Candy.]
[A tasty sweets created by a god who always cared about others, this god also had a sweet tooth more than anyone else. She only wished for the best for all humans.]
[Recovery Candy: This bag of candy contains 10 chocolate-flavored candies. Each time you eat one, you will recover a little.]
Lucifer's mouth dropped open. This was the second time today that he felt surprised and happy like this. This Artifact was even better than Lucifer had imagined.
Even better than his Wakizashi.
Lucifer immediately took out 2 chocolate candies, threw one to Nothing, and ate one.
As expected from Recovery Candy, the bruises and pains on Lucifer's body had decreased quite a bit, and he was much better than before.
"Holy shit Lucifer! This candy tastes so good, it's delicious too!" Nothing over there was having the same mood as Lucifer.
***
While Lucifer was joyfully admiring the items he had received after killing the Centaur, he was pulled back to reality by a voice coming from below. It was the voice of a Centaur:
"Hey Manuel, have you finished dealing with those guys?"
Lucifer had forgotten one thing, which was that besides Manuel, there were many other Centaurs gathering below, and the sun would not appear again for a few hours.
Lucifer needed to think of a way to deal with the monsters gathering below the statue as soon as possible.
Suddenly, A genius idea popped up into his head.
'I'm really smart these days!'
A moment later, a series of screams, the sound of weapons clashing, and other loud noises continued to rang out on top of the statue, attracting the attention of all the Centaurs below.
Up above, Lucifer and Nothing were continuously making loud noises to pretend that the battle was still raging and it was getting even more intense.
Thanks to that, no Centaurs would dare to go up to the top of the statue, and the two of them could wait until dawn without having to fight any more monsters.
This was a genius idea created by a genius named Lucifer. However, making noises like this would cost a lot of energy. But it was better to waste energy than to have to fight to the death with those Centaurs down there.
***
Lucifer's plan went smoothly, he was able to fool all the Centaurs below but only for a maximum of 3 hours.
After 3 hours, a Centaur sensed something was wrong and went to the top of the statue to check if the fight was actually happening or not, and that was when their plan failed. But at least Lucifer and Nothing had 3 hours to rest.
During the next period until the sun rose again, Lucifer and Nothing had to use the old plan to kill those Centaurs.
And the fortunate thing was that they didn't have to face a monster as strong as Manuel. It could be said that Manuel was the strongest among the Centaurs.
Just like that, they had successfully killed 10 more Centaurs before the sun reappeared, lighting up the entire island with its warm and pleasant sunlight.
When Lucifer and Nothing finished killing the 10th Centaur, the sun was already slowly rising in the East.
Although it was a pity that Lucifer couldn't gain more experience from killing the Centaurs, it was time for Lucifer to carry out his real plan.
The plan that would allow him and Nothing to escape from this statue and return to their base safely.