Chapter 22: Chapter 22: The deadly lake
Two days had passed. During those two days, Lucifer's entire body had completely recovered from the injuries. Now, he could function normally, even slightly better than before.
Lucifer could feel that, thanks to constantly facing death, his strength, stamina, and speed had also improved a little. Now, Lucifer's strength was closer to that of a normal person.
It's just that his body was still a little skinny.
Today was the day Lucifer would have to work. In the previous world, Lucifer wasn't a person who liked to work, if possible, he wanted to rest and do what he liked.
But in this world, Lucifer would rather work than go out there and continue to face death.
After getting ready, Lucifer walked out to meet Levy. The old man was staring at the lake without paying any attention to Lucifer. It was only when Lucifer touched his back that Levy turned around.
"Are you ready?"
"Yes!"
Then, Levy led Lucifer to a boat made of wood, on which were many sacks of the same size. Lucifer felt a chill down his spine when he saw the boat and the sacks.
'Could it be?'
There was a high possibility that those sacks contained human corpses, and the job the old man mentioned last time was to hide those corpses by throwing them into the lake.
Although Lucifer really wanted to ask the old man what was inside, he didn't dare. He didn't have the courage to ask Levy that question. Lucifer was afraid that he would be the one lying inside that sack after finding out what was inside the sack.
Lucifer tried to stay cool and stood up on the wooden boat.
"What should I do now?"
"Take it." Levy handed Lucifer an oar.
"Your mission is to go to the middle of the lake and throw these sacks into the water. Also, I advise you not to check what's inside if you don't want to have nightmares tonight." Levy continued.
It was obvious. There were definitely corpses inside these sacks. Lucifer gulped and received the oar from Levy.
Then, he used all his strength to row the boat to the middle of the lake.
When he looked back, Levy was no longer there. Perhaps he had other work to do.
Lucifer picked up each sack and threw them into the freezing water. All of the sacks sank as soon as they came into contact with the water surface.
Suddenly, Lucifer stopped after throwing five sacks into the lake. The reason was because he was very curious, he was curious to confirm his guess. He wanted to try to see what was inside.
'Just a small peek!'
With those thoughts, Lucifer stopped what he was doing and hurriedly opened the sack.
As Lucifer had guessed, inside were human corpses and a few stones to make the sacks sink.
Even though Lucifer had killed many people with his own hands, he still couldn't help but feel nauseous when he witnessed what was inside. Inside the sack were dismembered body parts. There were 2 arms, 2 legs, 1 head, and a torso, and they were all separated.
Lucifer tried to hold back his nausea when he witnessed that scene. But then he noticed that some of the flesh on the torso, arms, and legs had disappeared. As if someone had intentionally cut them out of the corpse.
After confirming his guess, Lucifer hurriedly closed the sack and returned to work.
***
A few dozen minutes later, Lucifer got back to the cabin after he had finished throwing all the sack into the lake. There, Levy was waiting for him, holding a glass with an orange liquid inside.
After Lucifer's boat arrived, the old man quickly walked over to him and handed Lucifer the glass he was holding just now.
Lucifer took the glass without asking anything about it.
"Thank you!"
"You're welcome!"
After finishing that liquid, which was orange juice, Lucifer's next task was to chop wood. Although it was a hard job and required a lot of muscle, it was still better than throwing corpses into the lake.
Lucifer went behind the house, grabbed an axe, and split each log in half.
***
It was now afternoon, Lucifer had finished all his work since midday. Now, Lucifer was working out in his room.
After going through many dangerous situations, Lucifer came to the conclusion that he had to exercise his skinny body and gain some muscles if he wanted to increase his chances of survival.
Since there was no gym or weights around here, Lucifer could only do sit-ups, push-ups, pull-ups, etc. In short, he must work out without any equipment.
'That is enough for today…'
Lucifer had just finished 50 push-ups with a break, and now his whole body felt like it was about to fall apart. He was sticky and covered in sweat.
"It's dinner time!" Levy's voice came from outside.
Lucifer glanced at the window, realizing that the sky was no longer bright. He quickly stood up and went to the kitchen.
Since arriving here, Lucifer had only eaten eggs, vegetable soup, and a few slices of bread. Although they were delicious and Lucifer enjoyed those dishes a lot, he had indeed started to crave other foods. These dishes had started to make him feel a bit bored.
Lucifer quickly ran to the kitchen, there, Levy was reading a newspaper while waiting for Lucifer.
On the table were many delicious and eye-catching foods. Lucifer could see grilled meat, salad, rice, stew, fried meat. Since Lucifer hadn't eaten meat for a long time, he was looking forward to enjoying the juicy pieces of meat on the table right away.
Without saying much, Lucifer sat down and started putting rice in his bowl. Then, he took a piece of fried meat and dipped it in some unique sauce to enhance the flavor. Just as Lucifer was about to put the meat in his mouth, his face suddenly turned pale as a sheet.
For some reason, Lucifer suddenly recalled the image of some pieces of meat on the corpses that had been cut up that he had seen in the morning. He slowly lowered the fried meat and stared at the other meat on the dining table.
'Could it be...'
Indeed, Lucifer had never seen such a special-shaped meat like this in his life. A terrifying thought popped up in his mind. He didn't want to believe it but he had to when he looked closely at the shape of the meat.
Meanwhile, Levy was stuffing a lot of meat into his mouth and chewing it. It looked delicious to him, but Lucifer was no longer in the mood to eat.
"Is something wrong?" Levy asked in a worried voice.
Realizing that he was making a horrified face, Lucifer immediately adjusted his mood to avoid suspicion.
"Nothing!" Lucifer shook his head vigorously and carefully put the fried meat back in its place.
That dinner, Lucifer didn't touch a single piece of meat and only ate salad and rice. Luckily, the old man didn't notice his strange behavior.