Necromancer Of The Shadows

"What is your name brother?" Evan asked with a friendly smile on his face.

"Malark," A middle aged man said with drool trickling down from his mouth. "What can I do for you bother?" He asked while keeping his eyes fixed on one of the untouched sandwiches on the table.

"It's nothing brother Malark. I was just bored and you seemed an interesting person so I called you here to have a nice chat." Evan said and pushed the untouched Inferno Harpy Sandwich toward Malark. "Let's talk while eating."

The eyes of the people who were paying attention to Evan turned red from jealousy when they saw Evan giving the sandwich to Malark.

Malark's body also froze because of shock and he looked at Evan with his eyes wide open.

"Y...you are giving this to me?" He asked in a trembling voice.

"What's wrong brother? Could it be that this sandwich is not to your liking?" Evan asked while raising an eyebrow.

"No, no, no, I love this sandwich." Hearing what Evan said, Malark immediately said and held the sandwich as if he was afraid that Evan would take it back.

"That's a relief then," Evan sighed in relief when he heard Malark and showed him a friendly smile once again. "Go on brother, you can eat first before we talk."

Hearing Evan's words, Malark swallowed his saliva and slowly ate a large piece of the sandwich.

"Fu*k my cursed life."

"Why did he choose this middle-aged man? If he had chosen me, I would have even warmed his bed tonight."

"Brother, I didn't know you had this kind of fetish."

"Fuck the fetish, as long as you can become strong who cares about such trivial things."

Evan's mouth couldn't help but twitch when he heard what people were talking about. He shook his head inwardly and focused back on Malark who closed his eyes after eating the sandwich.

It took Malark one whole hour to finish the sandwich and get some knowledge about the fire element.

After finishing everything, Malark showed an excited expression and looked at Evan.

"Thank you for the treat brother. Forgive me, but can you tell me your name? I forgot to ask you earlier."

"Don't worry about it, brother," Evan said and created a barrier around them to isolate their voices. "Now that you've eaten, let's talk?"

Malark was surprised when he saw the barrier around them but he didn't care too much about it and said with a smile on his face. "You can ask me anything you want brother?"

Evan nodded his head hearing Malark and opened his mouth.

"What is this place?"

"Huh?" Malark looked at Evan in confusion after hearing his question, but not even a second later, something clicked in his mind and the smile on his face disappeared. He took a few deep breaths and asked in a trembling voice.

"Brother, by any chance did you just arrive here from your world because you wanted to use the Tower Of Ascension?"

Evan didn't say anything hearing Malark and just showed him a smile.

"Brother, you are joking with me, right? Tell me you have enough essence stones to pay for the sandwiches you had ordered."

Evan once again didn't say anything and continued to maintain the same smile on his face.

Seeing the smile on Evan's face, it was the moment when Malark realised he was fu*ked up.

"Damn You bastard, if you are new here and don't have the Essence Stones then why did you order those sandwiches and most importantly, why did you involve me in your mess." Malark slammed the table and shouted in an enraged voice.

Although people could see Malark was angry, they couldn't hear him because of the barrier Evan created around them.

Evan stayed calm even in front of Malark's enraged self and said in a calm voice.

"I order those sandwiches because I am planning to dine and dash and as for why I gave that sandwich to you..." He looked at Malark and smiled slightly. "... It was because you were looking at my sandwiches with wolf like eyes and I was afraid that I would get a stomach ache if I didn't share them with you."

Malark's face turned red from anger and his breathing quickened when he heard Evan. He looked at Evan like he wanted to rip him apart, but after a few seconds, he slumped down on the chair and covered his face.

"I am dead. I survived here for two years and ten months and just when I was about to leave this damn place...." Malark muttered with a dead look on his face.

Evan narrowed his eyes when he heard Malark. "Hey brother, what do you mean by you were about to leave from here?"

"You fu*ker, you still have the audacity to call me brother when you just framed me," Malark shouted with a red face and nearly punched Evan.

"Now now, you don't have to act like this," Evan said and tried to calm down Malark. "Actually, you don't have to worry too much because I have a way to bring you out of here."

Malark sneered when he heard Evan. "You are just an S ranker like me. What can you do here? You are new here so you don't know but this cafe belongs to the Frostfall Alliance which is one of the four great clans and the person in charge of this cafe is a Rank One Evolver. A whole level above S rank and he can kill the likes of us with just a snap of his finger."

"Do you think you can escape from here under his supervision?"

'So there are really Core Evolvers in this place' Evan thought inwardly and fell into deep in thoughts.

"Wait.." Malark suddenly stood up and looked at Evan with a serious face. "When did you enter the city?"

Evan was confused when he saw Malark's serious face but he replied honestly.

"Around two and a half hours ago."

"Damn it, did you wander around the city after entering?" Malark once again asked and Evan nodded his head in an obvious manner.

"You need to get_" Before Malark could finish speaking, the chime of the bell rang and the door of the cafe opened. Malark looked in the direction of the door and sighed loudly. "They are already here."

Evan followed Malark's gaze and saw three orcs coming in their direction.

Among three, two orcs were S rankers and the orc who was in the lead was a Rank One Core Evolver.

'Although he is a Core Evolver he is far weaker than Asher' Evan thought when he felt the aura around the orc who was coming towards him.

'Listen to me, they are from the Warlord Gang which is one of the four great clans similar to the Frostfall Alliance. If you don't want to become a working slave make sure you stay away from them' Suddenly Evan received a telepathic message from Malark and noticed his face was a bit pale.

The three orcs stopped just in front of Evan's table and looked at him like they were looking at a meat on sale.

When the Rank One orc noticed the half eaten Inferno Harpy Sandwich in front of Evan, he smirked and picked it up without saying anything.

'Don't do anything' Evan was about to stop the orc but he received another telepathic message from Malark.

After picking up the sandwich, the orc ate it in one go and nodded his head in satisfaction.

"You, come with us" After eating the sandwich, the orc looked at Evan and said in an ordering voice.

'Hey Malark, let me ask you one thing' Evan took a deep breath and asked Malark using the telepathy skill. 'What is the highest level a person can reach in this place?'

Malark was stunned when he heard Evan's voice and he looked at him in confusion.

'Why are y_'

'Just answer my question.'

'Peak of Rank One. The best you can reach in this place is the peak of Rank One Core Evolver.'

"So this place is really different from Utopia," Evan muttered in a low voice and stood up. "Since there are only Rank One Core Evolvers in this place I don't need to worry too much about them."

After standing up he looked at the Rank One orc and sighed internally.

'Although I can kill him here without much effort it will definitely attract too much attention and I will be in big trouble if the Warlord Gang behind him sends more Rank One Core Evolvers to hunt me down,' Evan thought and looked around him to see if he could get out of the situation without getting involved in a fight.

Suddenly, Evan noticed the waiter who had served him the sandwiches and an idea came into his mind.

'Since this place is under the control of the Frostfall Alliance...' Evan muttered inwardly and his lips curved upwards slightly.