Chapter 34: Chapter 34: Benefit without effort
Even though he had covered his body with water, the heat from the fire still caused Lucifer to suffer a slight burn. Now, Lucifer was relaxing on a hill about a kilometer away from the burned area.
From here, Lucifer could clearly see the entire burned area below and beyond. The fire seemed to show no signs of stopping. If the forest continued to burn like this, the heroes would definitely come here to put it out.
Lucifer couldn't take his eyes off the burning forest. He was attracted to it even though Lucifer didn't understand why.
Just now in the car, Lucifer had also found a gun with 6 bullets inside. It was probably Levy's gun. Luckily Levy didn't have this gun or Lucifer would have died long ago.
Lucifer threw away his old gun because it was completely useless.
He planned to wait until morning before going to the town that Aria had told him about. From there, Lucifer could head to Toronto, Canada.
'I am so sleepy...'
Since Lucifer had used up a lot of energy tonight, it was understandable that he would be sleepy.
Suddenly, the entire ground began to shake violently. It seemed like an earthquake was occurring in the forest. Because of this, Lucifer was completely awake.
He quickly pulled out his gun and dagger and started to be on guard. If the vibration was really just an earthquake, then it would be fine. But if it was from a monster, then at least that monster would have to be extremely large or at Giga level or even higher to be able to shake the entire forest.
Lucifer gulped while still looking around warily.
Suddenly, something was emerging from the lake near Levy's cabin. Those were giant tentacles. And Lucifer could see at least 10 tentacles on the surface of the water.
Then, a monster that looked like a giant octopus rose from under the lake.
'Is it the Kraken?'
Then, the monster roared, shaking the entire forest. The roar was so loud that even Lucifer, who was far away, had to cover his ears.
Not stopping there, the monster started using its tentacles to smash around. It looked like it was in dread.
'Wait a minute!'
It seemed like this monster was in a panic. It was probably because of the fire that was burning around the lake. It seemed like the monster was weakening over time.
If that octopus monster had been under the lake for a long time, then it seemed like it had been living in a lake polluted by decomposing human corpses and the various toxins that Levy created.
Over the years, the monster had become weaker. And today it was facing a terrible fire. If Lucifer's speculations were correct, then perhaps today was the last day of this monster.
Without hesitation, Lucifer fired a bullet towards the monster.
As the author, he knew that as long as he caused damage to a monster, no matter how much or how little. Then when the monster was defeated, that person would still be rewarded with Experience as usual.
Perhaps many people would call this cheating, but for Lucifer, this was called a feature.
After that, he put away the gun and sat witnessing the monster die slowly from the heat from the fire.
***
About an hour later, the monster finally collapsed. It was completely dead.
'It's been holding out for a long time.'
Suddenly, a system notification popped up in front of Lucifer:
[Congratulations, you've earned 1000 Experiences from killing a Giga-level monster.]
'Awesome!'
[In addition, you've earned a new Ancient name.]
[Your new Ancient name is: The Moocher]
[The Moocher Description: Increases reaction speed by 10%. Perfect for those who like to play dirty like you.]
[Do you want to change your Ancient name?]
'Damn it! I told you it was a feature!'
Now, Lucifer was forced to choose between The Poisoned Soul and The Moocher. Both Ancient names had their own advantages, and once Lucifer chose one, he couldn't choose the other one again.
Lucifer needed to decide carefully which one would be more beneficial for his future.
'The Poisoned Soul increases poison resistance by 50%, while The Moocher increases reaction speed by 10%.'
In the end, Lucifer decided to choose The Moocher because he believed that his current reaction speed was more important than poison resistance.
***
Name: Lucifer
Destiny: Villain (Unpredictable)
Destiny Rank: Nothing
Ability: [Shadow Movement]
Experience: [1293/3000]
Ancient name: [The Moocher]
Potential: Uncountable
Curse: [Error-level monster transformation: 2 years]
After checking Lucifer's system board again, he realized that his Ancient name had been completely changed. From now on, Lucifer would never be able to choose The Poisoned Soul again.
Lucifer was a little disappointed, but he still believed that his choice was the right one.
Suddenly a strong wind blew by, causing Lucifer's body to shiver from the cold. The drowsiness came again.
Lucifer yawned and went into the car, closed the door tightly and slept soundly until morning.
***
After waking up, Lucifer ordered the car to go to the nearest town. He was surprised when seeing that the car could actually move automatically without him having to do anything.
Thanks to that, Lucifer could spend more time resting while the car automatically went to the nearest town that Aria had told him about.
After about 2 hours, the car finally stopped at a town called Goderich.
'We're here already?'
Lucifer put down the newspaper he had just found in the trunk and went out to enjoy the scenery. This was the first time Lucifer had seen a normal town with normal people since he came to this world.
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This place was too peaceful compared to Hell and Levy's house. The people here were all cheerful and seemed to be enjoying life.
This was also the first time Lucifer didn't have to be on guard since coming to this world. But now wasn't the time for him to rest. Lucifer needed to find the train that would take him to Toronto like Aria said.
Lucifer looked around but was disappointed. He couldn't see anything that looked like a train station, the only things he saw were normal houses and pedestrians walking on the sidewalk.
'I guess I'll have to ask a passerby.'
Then, Lucifer approached an old woman who was feeding birds. This was the first time Lucifer had talked to someone normal so he was a little nervous.
"Hello! Could you tell me where the train station is?"
The woman stopped feeding the birds and looked at Lucifer:
"I'm also planning to go there, would you like to come along?"
"Then I'll excuse myself! My car just ran out of battery, so I can't use it anymore!"
Then, Lucifer hitched a ride with the old woman to the train station.
***
As soon as he got out of the car, the first thing Lucifer saw was a huge electronic board with the world "Station" written on it. The next thing he witnessed were robots going around the train station to clean up.
"So this is the future!"
However, Lucifer now had a problem, which was that he didn't have any money to buy a ticket.
'I guess I'll have to use Shadow Movement to get into someone's shade to get on the train.'
Therefore, Lucifer could only stand outside and ask each person who got into the train station where their destination was. After asking 5 people, he finally found an old man wearing a suit, carrying a suitcase, heading to Toronto.
Then, Lucifer used Shadow Movement to get into the man's shadow. That's how he got on the train.