Necromancer Of The Shadows

Feeling the change in the atmosphere, Evan looked ahead and noticed four people with red eyes and pale skin entering the inn.

The person in front of the group was a tall, handsome-looking man with shoulder-length silver-white hair. The man was a mid-level Rank Two Core Evolver, and a bloody aura surrounded him.

When people present in the inn saw the man, all of their expressions changed.

"He is..." The bulky man who was talking about the Enlightenment Stone stiffened when he saw the man and his eyes opened wide in shock.

The companions of the bulky man were also stunned and the atmosphere in the inn suddenly turned silent.

Evan and Cedar looked around them with narrowed eyes and quickly understood that the identity of the silver-haired vampire who just entered the inn was not simple.

'Do you know who they are?' Evan asked Cedar using telepathy skills after seeing the reaction of the people.

Cedar shook his head upon hearing Evan, as he also didn't know the identity of the people who just entered. Although he knew many things about Utopia, it was still the first time he came out of the closed World of Drayds, so it was not surprising that he didn't know anything about them.

'Since they are vampires, I think they must be related to that Ember Nightfall.' Cedar said after a moment and Evan nodded his head in agreement as he also thought the same.

The four vampires didn't care about the reaction of the others and simply sat down at one of the empty tables. Once seated, a waiter promptly approached them and took their order.

Evan watched everything with a strange expression on his face and vowed that he would never believe the things he had read in novels.

'I really want to meet the people who said vampires only drink blood and can't go out in the sun," Evan muttered inwardly as he watched the vampires ordering a normal breakfast like everyone else.

According to what Cedar told him, vampires need blood from time to time, but it's not as if they only drink blood and don't eat anything else.

Moreover, the sun has little to no effect on them. Vampires are weak against the fire element, but it's not surprising, as all races have their own weaknesses.

For example, Demons are weak against the light element and Mechadroids are weak against the lightning element.

"That guy... He is Thomas Bloodworth, right? The son of the Duke Anderson Bloodworth."

While Evan and Cedar were wondering about the identities of the vampires, they suddenly heard the voice of the tall middle aged man who was sitting with the bulky man.

Upon hearing the middle-aged man, the bulky man nodded his head and looked at Thomas with fearful eyes.

Alistair Nightfall rules over the Bloodmoon Empire. There are a total of four Dukes under Alistair Nightfall, and all four of them are World Level Experts.

Duke Anderson Bloodworth is a beginner level world expert and is highly valued by Alistair Nightfall because of his talent.

When Evan and Cedar heard the bulky man, a look of realization flashed on their faces, and they finally understood why people were looking at the Rank Two Core Evolver with such expressions.

'So he is the son of one of the Dukes huh,' Evan's eyes flashed as he looked at Thomas.

Cedar also looked at Thomas with curiosity, as similar to him, Thomas was also a mid-level Rank Two Core Evolver, and he wanted to know if he could win against him.

After looking at Thomas for a moment, Evan glanced at the other three vampires who accompanied him and noticed that all of them were Rank One Core Evolvers.

As Evan looked at them, his eyes flashed with confusion, and he felt as if he had seen them somewhere before.

'We should leave from here. The vampires who came with Thomas are the ones who were camping outside of the Dark Forest...' Suddenly, Cedar's voice rang in Evan's head, and he finally realized why the vampires who came with Thomas looked familiar.

'Although you have changed your appearance, my appearance is still the same, so they might recognize us.'

Evan nodded his head hearing Cedar, and both of them stood up to leave.

'This Thomas must have been training with Ember Nightfall in the depth of the Dark Forest when we left, which is why we didn't see him at that time,' Evan thought to himself as Cedar and he walked towards the exit of the inn after paying the bill.

As Cedar and Evan walked towards the exit, one of the Rank One vampires who came with Thomas looked at them, and his eyes narrowed upon seeing Cedar.

"Isn't he the elf whom we saw outside of the Dark Forest?" he asked, looking at the departing figures of Evan and Cedar.

Hearing him, the other two vampires who were camping outside of the Dark Forest with him looked at Evan and Cedar and nodded their heads.

Thomas also glanced at Evan and Cedar without much interest, but upon looking at them, his eyes trembled and his Authority, Guardian Of Blood, activated on its own.

The Guardian of Blood Authority had two effects: one passive and one active.

The name of the passive effect of this authority was 'Instincts,' and it warned Thomas about the immense danger that one of the elves, who was leaving posed to him.

'That elf is just a Beigginer Level Rank One Core Evolver then why is my life-saving authority warning me...' Thomas narrowed his eyes as he watched Evan and Cedar leaving the inn.

Seeing them leaving, Thomas contemplated for a moment, and before Evan disappeared from his view, he used the active effect of his Guardian Of Blood Authority, 'Foresight' that he can use only once a week.

Using the Foresight effect of his authority, Thomas tried to deduce why the passive effect of his authority warned him about the Rank One elf.

The moment Thomas used the Foresight effect, his red eyes flashed with golden light, and he found himself standing in the middle of a barren land devoid of any kind of life form.

"What is this place?" Thomas frowned, surveying the desolate landscape around him. Suddenly, he felt something and looked towards the sky, which was a light brown colour.

Upon looking toward the sky, Thomas saw a drop of blood coming down towards him.

The moment Thomas saw the drop of blood, all of his natural instincts started to scream. Thomas was shocked to feel such immense danger from a mere drop of blood.

All Vampires are born with the Racial Skill, Blood Feed.

Because of this skill, vampires can drink all kinds of blood, and they can even increase their potential by drinking the blood of people whose potential is higher than theirs.

For example, if a vampire's potential is Rank One at best, they can increase their potential by drinking the blood of Rank Two Core Evolvers. Because of the Blood Feed skill, the blood of all kinds of species is like an elixir to vampires.

Since Thomas is the son of one of the dukes of the Bloodmoon Empire, he has drunk the blood of all kinds of species, including Dragons, Demons, and others. But it was the first time he was feeling danger from a drop of blood.

Just when Thomas was feeling shocked by the dangerous aura coming from the drop of blood, the drop of blood started to shake, and an immense Bloodlust engulfed the barren land.

The ground started to crack, and the sky rumbled under the effect of the Bloodlust coming from the drop of blood. Thomas's face instantly turned pale, and his body froze due to the overwhelming Bloodlust.

Just when Thomas felt he was going to die, the active effect of his authority, 'Foresight' ended and he found himself back in the inn, sitting with the other three vampires.

Thomas's body was drenched in cold sweat, and his already pale face became completely white.

The other three vampires were stunned when they saw Thomas's condition and asked him if he was okay.

Thomas did not care about the concerned looks of the three vampires and instead looked in the direction where Evan had left with trembling eyes.

'His blood... The blood of that elf is dangerous.'