But that surge of energy still needed one final push to fully erupt.
"How about one more?" Ethan said casually.
"Sure thing…" Ricky replied obediently, then turned to look at the last remaining girl.
"N-No… please! Don't! Somebody help me!" she screamed, shaking her head in terror, her whole body trembling. She was completely broken—paralyzed by fear.
To her, these two weren't human.
They were monsters.
Ricky didn't hesitate. He swung the katana in a clean arc, cutting her down where she stood. She hit the floor with a dull thud—dead before she could even scream again.
But just before her life slipped away, a wisp of black resentment rose from her body, like smoke, and drifted into Ricky's chest—absorbed straight into the dark mark between his brows.
His aura shifted again, growing darker, heavier.
"Not bad…" Ethan murmured, eyes narrowing as he finally understood.
Ricky's ability was to absorb resentment—grudges, hatred, pain—and convert it into power.
Grudge Eater.
