Lucifer quickly pulled the Dagger Of The Night out of the Centaurs' nape, this time, the dagger's blade didn't burn like usual, not because it was broken but because Lucifer didn't want it to, so the Dagger Of The Night didn't emit the beautiful orange flame like usual.
How convenient, right? A weapon that could burn according to the user's intention.
Lucifer couldn't have wished for a better weapon than this.
Without much time, Lucifer used all his strength to push the Centaurs' muscular body towards the entrance, the purpose was to prevent any more Centaurs from going up.
However, this was quite useless, not much use. But it was better than nothing.
Then, he turned towards Nothing, finding him kneeling on the ground with both knees and staring at his bloody hands with a panicked look but not saying anything.
He only made some strange noises from his mouth.
Curious, Lucifer walked towards Nothing and asked if he was okay:
"Hey Nothing, are you okay? You look weird."
Nothing muttered something, but since Lucifer couldn't hear clearly, he had to put his ear close to Nothing's mouth.
"This is…this is the first time I've killed someone…This isn't as easy…as I thought."
Lucifer froze for a few seconds, completely unable to comprehend what he had just heard.
He never expected Nothing to feel regret and fear when killing someone. But it was understandable because Lucifer had always thought Nothing was some kind of emotionless entity.
But the Nothing in front of him was not like the Nothing that Lucifer had imagined. It was as if this was a completely different person, as if the person in front of Lucifer was a real person.
Maybe Lucifer should start treating Nothing like a real person from now on?
"First time? I thought you had killed a lot of monsters?" Lucifer tried to reassure Nothing, but he was really bad at this.
"Are you crazy, you son of a bitch? That Centaur just now had a body that was exactly like a human's, didn't he? That Centaur just now and the Centaurs down there are no different from humans!"
Lucifer scratched his head in confusion. He was really bad at reassuring others.
Sighing in frustration, Lucifer went somewhere else so Nothing could calm down without his help. Oh no, it seemed like Volcanic Slime was trying its best to make Nothing feel better.
Lucifer wanted to give Nothing more time to return to normal, but the current situation did not allow them to do so.
Lucifer needed Nothing to return to normal as soon as possible.
The remaining Centaurs could come here at any moment, and so both of them had to be mentally prepared to fight back against those Centaurs.
***
An hour had passed since Lucifer killed the first Centaur. Not much had changed in this seemingly long period of time.
Lucifer was currently carefully observing the Centaurs cleaning up the statue down there, all of them looking completely fine, as if they had not noticed that one of their friends had been killed.
Luckily, no Centaurs had come up here in that hour. But it seemed like they were about to realize that something was wrong.
Meanwhile, Nothing had gotten a lot better thanks to Volcanic Slime's positivity and dynamism. Now, he was sitting there talking to Volcanic Slime like a narcissist.
'How pitiful.'
But in general, they were prepared to stay on this statue until morning.
Lucifer couldn't think of a plan to get down from this statue safely, but that was only when it was nighttime. If it was daytime, he probably had a plan.
So all Lucifer and Nothing had to do now was wait until morning without getting killed. But that was easier said than done.
"Hey William! Have you finished cleaning up there? It's been a long time!" A centaur suddenly said loudly.
Lucifer and Nothing were startled when they heard that voice. Although they didn't know who William was, based on the current situation, William was probably the Centaur they had just killed.
The situation was getting worse and the sun was still far from rising.
"What should we do?" Nothing asked as quietly as possible.
"First, we need to pretend that William is still alive. Try imitating William's voice."
"Are you crazy? Why are you so stupid? I've never heard that Centaur's voice before and now you're telling me to imitate it?"
"Shut the fuck up, we're going to die anyway. If you don't do it, then I will."
"Damn it." Nothing clicked his tongue.
Although he had just cursed and looked very displeased, Nothing obediently followed Lucifer's orders.
"I'm fine, cleaning up here is a bit difficult for me! There are so many places to clean!" Nothing said loudly so that the Centaurs below could hear clearly.
But for some reason, all the Centaurs below immediately stayed silent. No one said a word to each other. It was a silence that was both frightening and deadly.
Something was definitely wrong. Maybe they had already discovered that Nothing was lying.
The Centaur's next words immediately answered Lucifer's question:
"Who are you? You're not William, right? We know you're not William! Where's William?"
Lucifer and Nothing's obvious lies were quickly discovered. However, Nothing still didn't give up, he continued to pretend to be William:
"What are you talking about? I'm William! I'm your friend!"
"Stop lying, you bastard! William would never say that cleaning was hard for him! Because he loves cleaning the most among us!"
Lucifer and Nothing were shocked. It turned out that the reason they were discovered was not because of Nothing's voice, but because of some stupid reason. Damn it! If they had been more careful, they could have actually fooled the Centaurs down there.
But what had been done could not be taken back.
As soon as their lie was discovered, another Centaur instantly rushed inside the statue to get to Lucifer and Nothing's place.
Lucifer looked up at the night sky, or more specifically, at the current position of the moon.
'Fuck…'
The situation was getting worse and worse, and the sun would not rise again for several hours. Lucifer and Nothing were going to have an "intense" time.