Chapter 306

Chapter 276: Appetite

‘Adele found me and knew I was here, so she controlled my appetite with this dance. To avoid my noticing her approach, she disguised herself as an ordinary dancer in the audience, leaving the stage to enter the seating area, getting closer to me… She made me watch her dance unknowingly and brought herself closer to me… making the influence of her ability even greater…’

At this moment, Byron understood everything; he understood the reason for his abnormality. Logically, he should have stopped and run away immediately, but he couldn’t.

“Now… should… run… but… but I’m so hungry! So hungry! I want to keep eating!!” Byron’s face was distorted, his expression twisted as he gritted his teeth, his eyes wide open, filled with bloodshot veins. Saliva poured profusely from between his clenched teeth, dripping madly onto the ground.

Byron was now completely dominated by the desire known as appetite. The frenzied desire had flooded his brain. Although his rationality told him he was in danger and needed to run immediately, at this moment, rationality no longer had control over Byron’s mind.

The extreme expansion of desire had shattered rationality. At this moment, the only thought in Byron’s heart was to eat.

Byron completely transformed into a beast, voraciously devouring the food before him. During the process of eating, he could no longer control the violent surge of “Cup” within him. He activated his ability and began transforming. As he continued to eat ravenously, his body started to swell. Black hair grew all over his body, his mouth began to elongate slightly, his hands turned into clawed paws, and fangs sprouted from his mouth.

In a short while, under the guidance of appetite, Byron unconsciously completed the beast transformation, becoming a pitch-black beast. The black beast quickly devoured all the remaining food in front of it in one swift motion.

After finishing all the food in the box, Byron’s insatiable appetite remained unsatisfied. After swallowing what was in his mouth, he fixed his gaze on the audience, seeing them as fresh, delicious flesh in his eyes.

Just as the beast-transformed Byron, driven by primal appetite, wanted to pounce toward the audience, Adele, who was dancing in the audience, looked towards Byron’s box number seven, gave a signal to the beast-transformed Byron inside, and then looked towards the servant who was just regaining consciousness in the same box.

In an instant, the beast Byron’s target of desire shifted. Under the pull of some unknown force, he looked at his servant, an Apprentice-tier Thirster, who had just stood up.

At this moment, in the beast Byron’s eyes, the servant exuded an irresistible fragrance. Unable to control himself, he lunged forward. Before the servant could react, Byron bit through his neck at incredible speed, killing him instantly.

The servant, with his neck bitten through, fell down, eyes wide open, unable to scream. Then, the beast Byron tore open his body with sharp claws. Byron leaned down, opened his mouth, and began tearing and devouring the servant’s flesh, greedily gulping down his organs. bl**d splattered everywhere in the luxurious box.

On the main stage, music, cheers, and applause were intense. Dancers were frenziedly moving, the orchestra was playing passionately, and the audience was cheering… Meanwhile, in the unnoticed corner of the box, a bloody feast was unfolding.

In the box, the beast Byron quickly finished eating the main edible parts of the servant’s body, but his appetite was still unsatisfied. Just as he raised his head to look around, eager to find the next outlet for his appetite, the door of the box suddenly opened. The beast Byron immediately turned his gaze towards it and saw a piece of fresh meat being thrown in.

Without hesitation, already completely dominated by appetite, Byron rushed forward and devoured the fresh meat. After finishing it, another piece of fresh meat was thrown in, which Byron ate, then looked towards the door where another piece of meat was thrown in, and he lunged again.

Outside box number seven, in a corridor of the theater, several theater servants in uniform gathered there. Beside them was a small cart loaded with a large basin of fresh meat, all transported from the theater kitchen, usually used for cooking dishes for the box’s guests.

Besides the fresh meat, there was also a pile of glass bottles on the cart, containing various colored potions, many of which were clearly labeled with skull symbols.

These loyal theater servants to Adele took out fresh meat from the basin and then used syringes to draw some liquid from these glass bottles labeled with skulls, injecting them into the fresh meat, and then throwing them into the box. They worked together, continuously throwing in pieces of meat injected with various toxins. If carefully examined, these toxins were powerful enough to k*ll even large cattle or horses.

Standing beside the cart, Ed silently watched the scene. Following Ed’s sight, Dorothy also witnessed this.

‘Wow, so this is how you leave someone intact, Adele? I didn’t expect it to be possible to poison them.’

Dorothy thought to herself as she watched the scene. Initially, she was guessing what method Adele would use to leave the killer’s body intact. In her memory, “Cup” always employed very violent methods during battles. With the support of the strongest physical strength, battles involving “Cup” often resulted in severe injuries, ranging from severed heads and broken bones to being torn apart, all of which were rated R in movies.

‘Desire manipulation… increasing a person’s desire until it breaks through rationality, turning them into a pure beast driven by desire… and even controlling the target of desire… if it weren’t for leaving the body intact, there are more efficient ways than poisoning…

‘Appetite and lust are natural desires… “Cup”‘s spiritual expressions are all derived from various biological instincts. Compared to the wild beast path that focuses on enhancing physical strength, Adele’s path seems to place more emphasis on developing “Cup”‘s spiritual expressions. Just by using dance, she can manipulate a beast-transformed individual effortlessly. What a terrifying woman, this ability level goes beyond just the Black Tier…’

Dorothy thought, gaining a deeper understanding of “Cup” at this moment. “Cup” extraordinary beings were not just a group of muscle-bound brutes.

Thinking this way, Dorothy redirected Ed’s attention to the glass bottles on the cart, filled with various toxic drugs, and questions arose in her heart.

‘The theater provides catering services, so having meat is normal, but why are there so many toxic chemicals here? The theater wouldn’t have such things, and the quantity is so large. What is the theater planning to do with so much of this stuff?’

Looking at the scene, Dorothy wondered in her heart and decided to ask Adele about it later.

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Yes, as previously mentioned, I am severely stuck in writing recently, and my schedule is chaotic. So, I will take a two-day leave during the National Day holiday to adjust my schedule and go out for a bit of relaxation. Therefore, there will be no updates tomorrow and the day after.

Wishing everyone a happy National Day.