Egg [2]

The methodology was simple, really.

There was one advantage Damien always had over his peers, his Void Physique. The only "skill" that formed from the Void Physique's abilities was Devour.

The Devour ability essentially took over the system's function. It converted the fallen enemy's corpse into experience and used that essence to modify Damien's body until it slowly became closer and closer to perfection.

From this, Damien was also able to understand what kind of concept experience was. But, that wasn't his main concern.

What he realized was that his Devour ability was able to directly motivate his growth because it took over the system's task.

Whenever the average person killed another, the experience from the corpse would be converted by the system and added to the experience bar. Damien could completely subvert this process.

It was why he didn't level up when he devoured. Only his stats would increase or sometimes he'd gain a trait.