A massive surge of bloodlust erupted from Lloyd's body, thick and suffocating. The air itself seemed to vibrate, filled with a dark, ominous energy.
Serena staggered back. "What… what is this!?"
Asher's grip on his scythe tightened.
"You bastard," Asher growled as Lloyd chuckled.
"Keh… keh… I guess you know what I am now," Lloyd said, grinning as his teeth, stained with blood, gleamed under the dim light.
"You don't just kill them… you eat your victims," Asher said, his eyes turning red with fury.
"Hahaha! So what?" Lloyd laughed. "They exist to make me stronger. I taste their fear, their souls, their very essence—and it's worth it."
A baleful red energy crackled around him, merging with the thick aura of Fiendish Energy.