Chapter 37: Chapter 37: One against the horde
"So how much do you think the ransom should be?"
"She's the mayor's daughter, so I think it should be a lot. I heard that the mayor loves his daughter very much."
"Then how about 100,000 dollars?"
"Are you stupid? It should be at least 500,000 dollars! She's the mayor's only daughter!"
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The eight people inside seemed to be discussing how much the ransom should be. That was good, because they wouldn't pay attention to Lucifer, who was hiding under the window.
While they were still talking about the ransom, Lucifer had already prepared his gun. Then, he immediately stood up, and Lucifer fired a bullet from the window towards the circuit breaker, causing the room to instantly become dark.
The guys inside seemed strong, but if it was in the dark, they would never be able to fight against Lucifer. He had spent 2 years in the forest practicing Shadow Movement every day.
As soon as the lights in the room went out, Lucifer immediately used Shadow Movement to approach them. Lucifer instantly jumped up from behind a sword-wielding man and stabbed him in the heart.
The sword-wielding man died instantly, and Lucifer also used Shadow Movement again because his 10-minute time limit had not yet ended.
After hearing the sound of a comrade falling to the floor, the remaining men began to fight more seriously. They carefully groped around in the dark room to find where the intruder was.
They certainly wouldn't have imagined that Lucifer was in the shadow thanks to Shadow Movement.
Lucifer once again approached a sword-wielding man, just like last time, Lucifer suddenly appeared from behind that man, but this time instead of stabbing him in the heart, he cut the tendons in the man's legs first.
The sword-wielding man collapsed to the ground, and Lucifer took the opportunity to stab him in the heart.
'Looks like cutting the tendons is more accurate than a surprise attack.'
Then, Lucifer once again disappeared into the darkness. The others were confused, not understanding what was happening.
'Hey Greg, what should we do?'
'Let me use my Ability!'
'Ability?'
Then, the eyes of someone - it seemed to be Greg - began to glow. When Lucifer realized that, he immediately thought that Greg's Ability could give him the ability to see in the dark.
No matter what that Ability was, Greg had become Lucifer's top target. He quickly approached Greg, then, he suddenly jumped up from behind him like what he did to his first victim.
But then Greg immediately turned towards him. Then, he slashed at Lucifer. Fortunately, Lucifer had increased his reflexes, so he was able to merge with the darkness right in time.
'This is dangerous!'
But then, something unexpected happened. Greg started killing the remaining people in the room.
'What's going on?'
While killing his comrades, Greg didn't show any emotion. He didn't feel pain or joy, he didn't react at all. He was like a killing machine.
'Wait, does his Ability give him power but instead he loses his consciousness?'
Greg had become a much tougher opponent. Even when he was unconscious, meaning he couldn't think, he was still many times stronger than Lucifer. Lucifer couldn't defeat him.
'I guess I'll have to run!'
Just as Lucifer was about to leave the room, Greg suddenly stopped. Everyone in this room was already dead. Now it was just Greg and Lucifer.
Lucifer gulped and glared at Greg, but Greg still didn't react. It seemed like he was completely immobile.
'Should I take a risk?'
If Greg was really completely immobile like Lucifer thought, then he could easily finish him off. But what if Greg was just pretending to lure Lucifer?
'Let's take a risk! I can still use Shadow Movement anyway!'
Lucifer immediately canceled Shadow Movement. Now, he and Greg were only 5 meters apart. But it seemed like Greg was completely immobile because he didn't rush towards Lucifer.
However, Lucifer still couldn't be careless. Instead of using a dagger to stab him, Lucifer chose to use a gun to shoot him from a distance.
The bullet rang out and Greg was dead.
But Lucifer still couldn't rest yet. After finishing Greg off, he heard many footsteps and voices from outside. It seemed like the battle had attracted the remaining people in this port.
Lucifer sighed, he once again used Shadow Movement, his remaining time was 5 minutes.
***
"Hello, this is the hero."
"Hello hero, can you come to the port in Toronto? I found some bad guys here."
"Really?"
"Yes!"
Then, Lucifer stabbed a survivor in the leg. He screamed loudly, loud enough for the hero on the other end of the line to hear.
"What's going on?" The hero asked in panic.
"Come here quickly! We're about to be killed!"
Then, Lucifer hung up immediately. Except for one person, Lucifer had killed all the others. But in return, he was also injured quite a bit.
Lucifer stood up tiredly and looked at the ring he had just taken from Greg's corpse.
[You have obtained 1 Item: The Deceiver's Ring]
[Item Description: The Deceiver's Ring can completely conceal the wearer's Curse. No Item or Ability can detect the Curse of the user of The Deceiver's Ring]
Those were the system notifications after Lucifer put the ring on his middle finger. It seemed that The Deceiver's Ring was a very suitable Item for Lucifer at the present time because he could conceal his own Curse.
'Awesome!'
***
Name: Lucifer
Destiny: Villain (Unpredictable)
Destiny Rank: Nothing
Ability: [Shadow Movement]
Experience: [1293/3000]
Ancient name: [The Moocher]
Potential: Uncountable
Item: [The Deceiver's Ring]
Curse: [Error-level monster transformation: 2 years]
The door of the container slowly opened, which made the people inside and Sierra a little nervous. Fortunately, the person standing there was Lucifer, and he was holding some kind of sack.
"What is it?" Sierra asked.
"Money. A lot of money. But that's not all."
"So that's why you came back here late?" Sierra grumbled.
"Don't be angry. I got the key, let's go!"
Sierra sighed, then, Lucifer and the girl moved to the front seat, leaving the rest of the people in the container.
"So where are we going now?"
"Let's go to my house, my dad will help solve this problem."