Borrowing One Thing

Rex, who had the worst temper, couldn't help but say, "What are you waiting for? Let's get started."

It's getting dark, and the mountains aren't safe lately. We need to get down the mountain quickly after dealing with this guy.

Eric nodded nonchalantly, "But let's make this clear first: if you want to use his corpse to make Cursed Golems, you'll have to take less of the benefits from him."

At this moment, Kevin spoke up with dissatisfaction, "Why should I? Don't forget that I'll have to use necromancy to make that guy's corpse reveal its secrets later!"

Besides, I only need the complete skeleton; I can give you the other organs.

These people brazenly argued about the distribution of the spoils right in front of Matthew, completely disregarding him. The atmosphere was like a debate over which piece of meat on a chopping board was the most succulent.

While Jack was still looking around, he suddenly noticed what appeared to be a pool of blood on the ground.

Because the cave was dimly lit, he didn't notice it immediately when he entered.

He followed the trail of blood and found a monster lying behind several stone pillars, with only its head showing.

Jack was startled; it seemed to be a snow beast.

At this moment, a large crater had formed in its head, indicating that it was definitely dead.

He recognized this monster; it possessed high intelligence, and most importantly, its power completely overwhelmed him.

He was somewhat incredulous. "Could Matthew have killed this snow beast?"

He recalled Matthew's expression, which remained calm and composed.

Jack had a bad feeling and was already having second thoughts.

However, Matthew made his move at that moment.

During the argument, he checked everyone's information one by one using the system's prompts.

The two with the highest physical attributes here are Jack and Rex, both with a score of four.

Given Matthew's current strength, he has no reason to worry about the opponent's physique.

Of course, a wizard's battles are not just about physical strength; magic is the key.

However, these individuals had exploited other novice apprentices, so their information was already widely known.

Apart from Ollie and Eric, who are skilled in archery and bone fire respectively, the others only know some everyday witchcraft.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have stuck together like this.

So Matthew didn't hesitate at all and chose Eric as his first target.

Matthew appeared in front of Eric in an instant and punched him in the face.

Poor Eric, before he could even react, his neck had already spun around, and blood mixed with teeth flew out of his mouth.

Jack, who was standing to the side, felt a gust of wind blow by, and then felt warmth on his face, as if some liquid had wet his face.

Eric, who was still arguing beside him, suddenly stopped, and there was a "thump" as if something had hit the ground hard.

Kevin, with the highest mental strength among them, was the first to react. He chanted an incantation and mobilized his magic power, causing runes to quickly appear and form a pale flame in front of him.

However, he was not as fast as Matthew at casting spells.

After killing Eric, Matthew's second target was Kevin.

Just as the flames of the skeleton appeared in front of Kevin, Matthew was already in front of him.

He threw another punch, the flames vanished instantly, and Kevin was thrown out like a broken puppet, crashing heavily into a stone pillar, lifeless.

"Kevin!" Rex's voice trembled.

Even though he usually has a terrible temper, he realized at this moment that he had really messed up.

But with his younger brother dying right before his eyes, the anger in his heart completely overwhelmed his reason.

Rex lunged at Matthew without a second thought, yelling, "I'm going to kill you!"

Matthew didn't dodge; instead, he delivered a front kick to his opponent's face.

Rex felt as if he had crashed into a hard boulder; his bones shattered, and he collapsed to the ground.

By this time, Jack and Ollie had already realized what was happening and had run quite a distance.

Matthew quickly constructed the spell runes behind the two of them and slapped his hands on the ground.

The vines grew wildly underground, bursting out of the soil in an instant and binding Ollie's neck.

"Jack, help..."

Before Ollie could finish speaking, his body was pulled into the air, and his head slumped down heavily.

In no time, of the five people who had come together, only one remained.

Looking at Ollie hanging in mid-air beside him, Jack felt an overwhelming sense of regret.

He has survived to this day in the Realm of Winter entirely thanks to his alertness.

He had thought he was cautious enough, but Matthew's change was far beyond his expectations.

No one expected that just a month ago he was a bookworm who only stayed in his small room doing experiments, and now he's a completely different person.

Jack stopped in his tracks, his body tensed, and he slowly turned around.

"Matthew!"

He tried to put on that honest and simple look again, but his hesitation and nervousness caused him to fail to control his facial expressions.

At that moment, a smile that looked more like a grimace appeared on his face.

"I think there's been some misunderstanding between us!"

"Actually, I tried to dissuade them, but they wouldn't listen."

I came along because I was worried you were in danger…

Matthew found Jack's excuse somewhat amusing.

"So, you're saying you want to help me?"

"Of course, I love helping people the most."

"Since you like helping people so much, then do me a favor."

Jack swallowed hard. "What help?"

"I want to borrow something from you."

Matthew unleashed a powerful punch, slamming it into Jack's face.

Suddenly, a section of Jack's head bulged out from the back.

Jack fell to the ground, raising a cloud of dust, and at the same time, his arm was revealed from under his sleeve.

In the dim light, Matthew noticed that he was wearing a bracelet with a strange pattern on his right hand.

"Space props".

Matthew stepped forward to examine the contents of the bracelet.

He found several bottles of familiar medicine.

【Name: Healing Agent】

[Unrefinable; the item's purity has reached its limit.]

"I never expected that the potion I concocted would actually return to my hands."

Aside from the healing potion, the bracelet contained only about thirty magic stone fragments of value.

Matthew then searched the others and found that only Kevin had a spatial artifact.

Inside, besides a dozen or so magic stone fragments, there was also a "Cursed Erosion Puppet Cultivation Manual".

【Title: Cursed Erosion Puppet Cultivation Manual】

[Note: This book records a method for cultivating corpses into puppets.]

[Extractable: Methods for Cultivating Cursed Puppets (from the book)]

"System, extract the content."

Suddenly, a flood of information about how to preserve a corpse, clear away resentment, and cultivate a corpse into a puppet rushed into Matthew's mind.

After searching through the bodies, Matthew decided to burn them completely.

Even though this place is remote and desolate, we still need to be cautious.

Matthew glanced at the snow beast's corpse not far away; the broken totems on its body still gave him an eerie and sinister feeling.

The main value of this magical beast lies in its tamability, while its body material is not very valuable.

So Matthew didn't intend to leave it behind and threw the body into the fire along with it.

After doing all this, Matthew left the cave.