Necromancer Of The Shadows

A sliver of light flashed, and along with Anastasia, Evan disappeared from the living room.

When he regained his senses the next second, he found himself floating high in the sky. He looked down and saw a beautiful mountain range, with a clear blue flowing river and some animals walking around it.

The sky was completely black, adorned with shining stars and a half-moon hanging between them.

Evan was completely stunned when he saw the scene around him and felt the atmosphere because it was just like the outside world. Even the world essence that filled the environment was identical and he could easily absorb it.

"It doesn't look any different from the outside world," He said after a long silence because he had expected this world to be a lot different from the outside world.

Anastasia shook her head when she heard Evan and said after teleporting them to the top of a mountain.

"From a general point of view, it might look like this world is not different from Utopia, but there are actually a lot of differences between the two."

As Anastasia spoke, she pointed towards the sky and the stars shining up there became a lot brighter, illuminating the mountaintop they were standing on with silver moonlight.

Evan was slightly taken aback when he saw this, but he didn't speak and continued to listen to Anastasia.

"One of the most notable differences is that there is no day-night cycle here. It remains dark here 24/7."

Evan looked at the shining stars in the sky and asked after a moment, "Is there a special reason there is no daylight here?"

Anastasia shook her head and said in a calm voice, "There is no particular reason, I just prefer nighttime instead of a shining globe of fire hanging above my head all the time."

"Hmmm..." Evan looked at the shadow dragon beside him with a thoughtful look and after a while, he spoke in a plain voice.

"I heard most dragons are lazy, so don't tell me this world is dark 24/7 so that you can sleep whenever you want. I mean, no one wants to sleep under a bright sky, right?"

Anastasia looked away when she heard Evan and started to wave her hand, adjusting the light coming from the stars, completely treating them like a light bulb.

When Evan saw Anastasia looking away, he nodded his head and felt the books he read when he was on Earth didn't lie to him. Dragons really are lazy creatures.

*Cough*

Anastasia coughed after adjusting the starlight that was coming from the top of the mountain they were standing on and changed the subject.

"Another thing different about this world is that, unlike the outside world, this world is completely under my control."

As she spoke, the mountain they were standing on changed at a rapid speed. The flat rocky ground they were standing on was covered in green grass in an instant, and a table made of fine wood and two chairs rose from the ground.

Evan just nodded his head when he saw this because after seeing Anastasia treat the stars as light bulbs, he had already guessed that this world was completely under her control.

"How big is this world?" He asked in a curious voice because even though he could easily see a few thousand kilometres away using his skills, he couldn't see the end of the world.

"The size of this world is slightly less than Utopia," Anastasia answered truthfully.

'Slightly less than Utopia, huh...' Evan said inwardly and looked around once again.

As he was looking around the mountain range, he suddenly noticed a mountain covered in snow a few hundred kilometres away from their current location.

Among all the mountains that he could see, this was the only one covered in snow and looked different from the others.

Evan didn't know why, but he felt that mountain looked very familiar. It was as if that place was very important to him.

When Anastasia saw Evan wasn't speaking, she looked at him and, when she noticed where he was looking, her expression changed slightly before the snowy mountain completely disappeared.

Evan was taken aback when the snowy mountain suddenly disappeared, but before he could ask anything, Anastasia clapped her hands and a pot filled with stew appeared on the table she had created earlier. Evan looked at the pot and saw it was covered in a hazy white light.

"That's... time element," Evan said with a surprised look on his face because although the time energy released by the hazy white light was a little weaker than the Time Liquid he had collected in the Tomb, he could feel it.

"Can you control all kinds of elements while inside this world?" Evan asked in a curious voice.

"Well, not elements, to be precise, I can control the laws of this world," Anastasia said and motioned for Evan to take a seat.

Evan nodded with a thoughtful look on his face and sat down on one of the chairs. Anastasia pulled her chair right beside him, and two plates and spoons appeared on the table out of nowhere.

Evan didn't care where the plates came from, as his eyes were focused on the stew pot.

Anastasia snapped her fingers, and the hazy white light that covered the pot disappeared.

The moment the hazy white light disappeared, a rich and intoxicating scent filled the air. The aroma was a symphony of savoury meat, fresh herbs, and a hint of sweet vegetables, weaving its way through the mountaintop and assaulting Evan's nostrils.

Evan was stunned when he smelled the stew, and his stomach growled a bit as he hadn't eaten anything for more than a day.

Anastasia smiled when she saw Evan's surprised look and served the stew onto his plate.

"I used the meat of a beginner-level Rank Four Earth Titan Boar to make this stew. Not only is it tasty, but it can also help you increase the rank of your core slightly."

"Rank Four..." Evan was stunned when he heard the rank of the monster she mentioned and wondered if he would explode after eating it.

'I should be fine; after all, my body did become quite strong after I absorbed the energy Azroth left behind,' He thought and finally ate the stew using the spoon.

As the first bite touched his tongue, Evan was completely stunned. The flavours exploded in his mouth, an intricate dance of warmth, spice, and umami that left him momentarily speechless. He wasn't a culinary expert, so he didn't know much about food, but after tasting the stew, he was sure it was one of the best stews he had ever had.

"How is it?" Anastasia asked in a slightly nervous voice.

"It's delicious... I think one of the best stews I've ever had," Evan said truthfully and took another bite.

Hearing Evan, Anastasia sighed in relief and also took a bite.

Seeing Anastasia sighing in relief, Evan smiled and said in a joking voice as he remembered one of the things he saw a long time ago in his memory.

"You learned cooking for five hundred years, so it's not surprising that you can cook so well."

Anastasia, who had just taken a bite of the stew, nearly choked on it and looked at Evan with a slightly twitching mouth. "You already unlocked that memory."

Evan just shrugged when he heard Anastasia and continued to eat.

Anastasia shook her head when Evan didn't speak anymore and she also focused on her food. Although she didn't say anything, she was actually happy that he at least had some of the memories about her.

The stew was made from a Rank Four monster, so it didn't take long for Evan to reach his limit after eating the second serving.

Anastasia also stopped eating once Evan did, and with a snap of her fingers, the stew pot and cutlery disappeared.

"Thanks for the food, it was really delicious," Evan said after dinner, feeling he needed to refine a lot of world essence that he had just absorbed after eating the stew.

Anastasia nodded with a smile on her face, hearing Evan, and stood up from her chair.

"I know you must have a lot of questions..." She said after standing up. "You can ask whatever you want and I will try to answer them to the best of my abilities."