This Backstab Felt So Damn Good!

As Byron laid his cards on the table, Evan watched his usual air of cool intellect twist into madness.

Blood seeped from the corners of Byron's bulging eyes. His mouth stretched wide, revealing vicious fangs, while his contorted flesh wrinkled his face...

Then he roared, his voice cracking.

"Arkham! Because you're about to become part of me!"

Evan's eyes filled with stunned disbelief.

Just as he struggled to wield the power of a Master...

Byron waved a hand, and a massive Black Sun symbol over two meters across appeared in midair.

The moment Evan saw it, his eyes went blank.

Once Evan was under his control, Byron's body turned into a fluid mass of flesh and fangs.

It surged in front of Evan and took Byron's shape again.

Seeing Evan stand there in a daze, and sensing the deep, alluring power radiating from within him...

Byron's hands trembled as he touched Evan's face and chest. His breathing quickened.

"Finally! Finally!"

Byron intended to devour Evan then and there.

Though he and Greenfire were partners and longtime friends, he had never told him everything.

Byron's Master-level Characteristic was Devouring and Splitting.

After devouring someone, he could fuse them with his own flesh and turn them into an avatar.

He controlled that avatar completely, and it possessed every talent and ability its original had held in life.

When performing sacrifices or taking Magic Potions, he could have the avatar bear the consequences instead!

But at his current Master Status, he could have only two such avatars.

He had obtained the first years ago. Now Evan would become the second!

As for Black Sun's Wings, Byron planned to devour Evan, then personally awaken that legendary Beyonder Characteristic!

"Arkham! Arkham..."

Byron circled that perfect body like a deranged obsessive.

"At last! I'm finally going