In this world, the weak often became the prey for the strong. The more strength a person had, the more power and position they would have in this society. In other words, the stronger the better.
But strength was not everything. Although strong people could defeat weaker people easily, it was a whole different story if the weaker people had intelligence.
It could be said that intelligent people were the best way to counter people with great strength.
In many cases, a person with outstanding intelligence could even defeat a person with powerful power. But if that person had overwhelming power, no matter how intelligent the other person was, he would have no chance of winning, but in the current situation, it was dissimilar.
It was true that Half Horse Half Wolf was much stronger than Lucifer and Nothing, but that monster was not so strong that they could not defeat it.
By using his intelligence, Lucifer was able to successfully lure the monster into his trap. Fortunately, the monster could not think, otherwise his trap would have failed long ago.
Now, Lucifer was watching the monster being pierced through the body by a lot of wooden stakes. He and Nothing had successfully lured the monster into the trap.
The monster's body was pierced through by many stakes, creating many holes on the body of that terrifying creature. Blood was pouring out a lot from those holes.
But the monster hadn't give up yet, it tried its best to escape from the stakes in vain, knowing that it could no longer escape, but it still tried.
'What a strong will to survive.' Lucifer thought.
The monster's eyes were fading, its breathing was also becoming heavier than before, but it was still alive. As expected of a monster of Giant level or higher.
Lucifer looked at the monster with cold, emotionless eyes. He had no intention of showing any sympathy for a monster and did not want to.
Lucifer gently picked up Dagger Of The Night hanging at his waist, Lucifer would finish this monster off.
In the Trial, fire was extremely essential because it helped people stay warm and help them cook, that's why most Trial participants often carried an Artifact that could create fire when they entered the Trial.
But everything Lucifer brought with him was 2 rings and Dagger Of The Night. That's right, the dagger that Owen gave him had the ability to create fire on its blade, of course Lucifer had tried using this dagger before so he knew how to create the fire.
According to the description of Dagger Of The Night, in order to create the fire, this dagger needed to come into contact with blood, it didn't matter how much or whose blood, just contacted with blood was enough.
Lucifer carefully used the tip of the dagger to poke his finger, trying not to cause any danger or hinder Lucifer's movement in the future.
As soon as the tip of the dagger came into contact with the blood, it glowed, a gentle light, not attracting too much attention nor being too dazzling.
After that, the dagger stopped glowing and the dagger's blade slowly emitted a pale orange flame that was really comfy to the user but extremely hot when in contacted with the enemy.
The dagger's blade was completely covered in crackling flames, looking pleasant but no less deadly. The monster's eyes were also directed towards the flames on Dagger Of The Night.
Its eyes begged for forgiveness from Lucifer, or at least that's what Lucifer thought. What kind of monster would beg for forgiveness? Monsters didn't even know how to think.
Lucifer picked up a stick and let it burn through bringing it close to Dagger Of The Night's flame.
Without hesitation, Lucifer threw the burning stick into the hole, which was also the monster's grave.
Earlier, Lucifer had also intentionally thrown a lot of leaves into the hole, with the intention of making the fire spread faster and stronger, so that he could kill the monster more quickly and more efficiently.
The dry leaves and wooden stakes easily caught fire, thanks to which the fire spread and became much hotter, emitting a strong burning smell.
The monster struggled to escape the fire but couldn't. Even if it succeeded, it wouldn't have any stamina left to climb out anymore and would definitely die from the fire.
The smoke was getting thicker and thicker, and now, Lucifer could no longer see the monster below because it was completely covered by the smoke. Lucifer could only hope that the Half Horse Half Wolf's meat wasn't burned too much since that was their dinner for tonight.
'No, even if it was burned, I can still hunt a few more monsters, right?'
***
A few dozen minutes had passed and the fire had begun to weaken, which meant that the smoke was also clearing up by the second.
[You have received 2 Experiences from killing a Giant-level monster.]
Lucifer and Nothing eagerly observed the monster's corpse at the bottom of the hole, or rather, their dinner. Just as Lucifer had predicted, the corpse was charred black on the outside.
But that didn't mean the meat inside was also burned. Who knew, maybe it could still be eaten?
Nothing eagerly used his wooden spear to carry the corpse out of the hole. Nothing then started to dissect the charred parts to check the inside. His face showed clear hunger and eagerness.
Lucifer also somewhat understood Nothing's feelings because it had been a while since he had eaten meat, or to be more exact, about 2 days.
According to Owen, it seemed that monster meat was even more delicious than the normal meat sold in supermarkets, it was not an exaggeration to say that monster meat was even more delicious than Wagyu beef or Kobe beef.
Lucifer couldn't help but feel excited like Nothing. He might not be good at other things, but when it came to eating, Lucifer was better than everyone else.
While Nothing was humming a tune from a certain song while dissecting the monster's corpse, Lucifer had other things to do.
He quickly jumped into the hole and started rummaging through the smooth, gray ashes to find the monster core that Half Horse Half Dog had dropped. Lucifer had learned a lesson from his previous experience, this time he would try to preserve the monster core well so that when he returned outside, he could sell it and make a lot of money.
'Maybe I'll have a big meal at a high-class restaurant after selling the monster core?'
It didn't take Lucifer long to find an object that resembled a marble but had many delicate details and emitted a faint light. It was the monster core that had dropped from Half Horse Half Wolf.
'Awesome!'
Learning from his previous experience, Lucifer immediately put the monster core into his Inventory Ring.
When Lucifer climbed out of the hole, Nothing had already finished cutting off the monster's juicy flesh. Each piece looked shiny and delicious, but it was a pity that it was still alive, not fully cooked yet.
Perhaps the fire just now wasn't strong enough to roast all the meat underneath the monster's skin?
'Never mind, I can roast it again using Dagger Of The Night.'