As the black cloak crumpled to the ground and the final embers of twisted time energy faded into the night, Damien stood alone.
The wind returned. The light resumed. The world remembered itself.
But Damien didn't move.
Not yet.
The system pulsed in his mind. Calm, clinical, eternal.
[Devour Confirmed.]
A rush of energy surged up through the ground beneath him, curling around his boots like roots dragging a body into the grave. The death energy around him flared, then condensed inward. It pulled the mage's essence from the empty shell and ripping it free from the remains like smoke being drawn into a silent flame.
The Temporal Archmage's incredibly rare Time Energy flowed into Damien's body at that moment.
[Time Energy Essence absorbed]
[Enhancing Necromantic Core with Time Energy]
[Congratulations, Damien Bloodbane]
[You have gained access to Time Energy]
[Please devour higher ranked Time Energy wielders to enhance Time Energy purity]
