NECROMANCER OF THE SHADOWS

Inside Anastasia’s Core World, Evan opened his eyes after one month of sleep and felt completely refreshed, with no sign of previous soul exhaustion.

He stretched his slightly stiff body and looked at Anastasia—who was still sleeping due to the overuse of her Soul Resonance skill.

“The time flow here has returned to normal, huh,” He muttered, looking around the mountain top and noticing that the hazy silver glow, which had previously covered the surroundings had disappeared.

He extended his spiritual senses toward Anastasia and found that her soul was in the process of recovering due to the effects of Soul Resonance. According to his observations, it would take her a few more days before she wakes up.

Not wanting to disturb her, he silently left the bed. As he looked at the mess they had caused on the mountain, his mouth twitched slightly.

In an instant, his image blurred as he moved all over the mountain at rapid speed, cleaning up everything with swift and precise movements.

After finishing the cleanup, he headed to the nearby waterfall and, without hesitation, leaped from its edge.

As he submerged himself in the cold water, he sighed in satisfaction before turning his attention to a few notifications that he had received years ago but had yet to thoroughly review.

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(The syncretization rate between your race, Eltharon, and the Origin Universe has increased by 3%.)

—) Current Syncretization Rate Between Your Race, Eltharon, and the Origin Universe: 81%

(Your Unique Skill—Dragon Force has evolved into Authority—Dragon’s Call.)

—) Dragon’s Call (Authority): Upon activation, you can transform into a semi-dragon state for two minutes. During this period, your strength and endurance will be increased by 100%. This effect of authority can be used once a day. You can also use the previous effect of the skill and the cost of using the skill would be reduced from twenty percent per second to ten percent per second.

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“Well… I can understand why Dragon Force evolved—it must have been because of Anastasia. But why did the syncretization rate also increase?” Evan raised an eyebrow in confusion as he carefully examined his status window.

However, he was not very clear about how the syncretization rate progressed and evolved. Even though he thought about it for quite some time, he couldn’t reach a definite conclusion.

On the other hand, the evolution of Dragon’s Call was something he could easily understand.

Previously, in order to activate Dragon Force, he needed to burn twenty percent of his World Essence every second, which made it an extremely costly skill to use.

But now, not only had the cost of the skill been reduced to half, but it had also gained an additional effect—allowing him to transform into a semi-dragon state for two minutes, increasing both his strength and endurance by one hundred percent.

On the surface, this improvement didn’t look too significant, but Evan knew well that authorities could be stacked for even greater effects.

If he first used Dragon’s Call to increase his strength and endurance by one hundred percent, and then activated his Death Guardian skill, which further increased those stats by five times… Just thinking about it made Evan feel goosebumps.

His Endurance was already doubled due to the effects of Ruler’s Authority, and with the right combination of authorities, he could push it to an even higher level.

“I am on my way to becoming an absolute tank,” He couldn’t help but comment before finally closing his status window.

Stretching out his hand, he took out a golden-colored fruit from his shadow storage. The fruit shot out from his shadow and landed easily in his grasp.

He examined it curiously. The fruit had been given to him by Anastasia, who had told him that one of her close friends had gifted it to her.

According to Anastasia, she had originally tried to refuse the gift, as it was far too precious. However, her friend had threatened to end their friendship if she did not accept it.

“What a good friend… I wish I also had a friend like her,” Evan muttered with a sigh before looking at the fruit’s details.

Meanwhile, in Elvenshine, under the Tree of Life, a certain elf woman suddenly sneezed and absentmindedly scratched the back of her head, momentarily thinking—perhaps delusionally—that someone out there was praising her.

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—) Fruit of Life: Upon consumption, heals all injuries, including both spiritual and physical, and permanently increases your stamina by 20,000 points (increase in stat points only applicable upon first consumption). Once fully absorbed, it also increases your understanding of the Conceptual Energy of Life by 2%.

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Evan wasn’t surprised when he saw the details of the fruit, as Anastasia had already explained its effects to him beforehand.

The increase of twenty thousand stamina points was certainly tempting, but what truly attracted him was its ability to increase his understanding of the Conceptual Energy of Life.

Previously, he had tried to increase his comprehension of the Conceptual Energies of Death, Life, and Soul by using the Rune of Absorption—just as he had done with Void Energy.

However, the Rune of Absorption had failed to transform the energy into something that could increase his understanding of them.

At the time, Anastasia had explained to him that he might first need to use an item that naturally increased his comprehension of these three energies. That way, he could experience their nature firsthand before attempting to use the Rune of Absorption to transform external energy sources into the same type.

Anastasia had already instructed Leopold to search for such items, but so far, there had been no news from him.

Now, by consuming the Fruit of Life, Evan could finally experience the energy that increased his understanding of the Conceptual Energy of Life.

Afterward, he could use the Rune of Absorption to replicate the process, further accelerating his growth in comprehending conceptual energy of Life.

“Although only a few days have passed in the outside world, I should still head out and begin the next phase of my plan. Defeating Winterclaw won’t be an easy task after all,” Evan murmured as he stored away the Fruit of Life and stood up.

He made his way back to the top of the mountain once more. Seeing that Anastasia was still peacefully sleeping, he turned toward a small portal that floated at the mountain’s edge.

Stepping forward, he reached out and placed his hand on the portal. The moment his fingers made contact, his vision blurred, and in the blink of an eye, he found himself lying on a bed in a dark, enclosed room.

“Hmm?”

He had just exited Anastasia’s Core World when, all of a sudden, he heard the sounds of fighting coming from outside and his expression changed.

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