Todd?

Two figures emerged from the shadows: one was so burly he was about to burst the buttons of his wizard's robes, and the other was an old man with white hair.

However, these two figures were not physical entities, but rather existed in a phantom, spiritual state.

Angela, standing to the side, couldn't help but smile slightly, her red lips parting gently.

"It seems you have quite a few enemies."

"Matthew, two of your old friends want to catch up with you," Dolan said, his eyes narrowing.

"I've heard everything. What you did to them was so terrible that their souls remain resentful even after they died."

"You'll have to apologize to them properly later!"

After Matthew saw the two figures emerging from the thick fog, he realized they were Mold and Eamon.

At that moment, Mold looked at the person in front of him with the eyes of someone looking at a dead man, and said with a cold, mocking tone.

"It seems you are not aware of your current situation."

"Your death is nigh!"

Matthew's expression remained unchanged, revealing no emotion whatsoever.

"Dead men shouldn't talk."

"You!" Mold roared, and together with Eamon, they lunged at Matthew.

Seeing this, Dolan and Angela also activated their magic and began to cast spells.

The elements flowing in the air trembled violently and rapidly converged in front of the two people.

Two spell models materialized instantly, one in front of the other, as Matthew stood one behind the other.

The multitude of mummified mushrooms under the tree trembled slightly, their caps swaying as if they were whispering secrets.

"They're fighting! They're fighting..."

"Pfft, hahaha, that pretty boy in the middle is doomed..."

Matthew was not alarmed by the sight; instead, he shook his head and chuckled.

"This is getting more and more outrageous..."

The scene before him was incredibly realistic; Matthew could feel their tangible presence.

But an illusion is still an illusion; it may deceive Matthew's senses, but it cannot deceive the system.

Through system scanning, Matthew saw that these people did not have any physical data.

He ignored the impending onslaught of witchcraft, and as his thoughts raced, a bottle of sobering potion flew out from his spatial bracelet.

Matthew popped the cork off the bottle and tilted his head back to drink the medicine.

The moment the cool liquid entered his mouth, Matthew suddenly felt refreshed and his senses cleared.

All the figures in front of them shattered instantly, and the incoming magic also disappeared.

Matthew looked around and found that everything had returned to normal, with a thick fog covering the forest.

Apart from the occasional breeze that rustled the branches, there was no sound, as if it were dead silent.

Matthew looked at the babbling mushrooms again and found that their eyes, ears, mouths, and noses were all gone, and they were standing peacefully under the big tree.

"I never imagined that the illusion created by these mushrooms would be so realistic."

"If we could convert all their hallucinogenic substances into soul power."

"Then it will be refined through the system..."

At this moment, Ma Xiuzheng was full of confidence in the effects of the hallucinogenic mushrooms.

Suppressing his joy, he quickly walked towards the big tree, picked the few babbling mushrooms, and put them into his storage bracelet.

"This amount is not enough; I need to pick more Whispering Mushrooms."

Without giving it much thought, Matthew continued walking through the forest, heading towards the heart of the snow-capped mountains.

……

Time flies, and three days have passed in the blink of an eye.

Matthew collected quite a few Whispering Mushrooms over the past three days.

He planned to collect the materials for one more night and then return to the wizarding world the next day.

It was already late at night. Matthew crossed a hill and came to a place where several huge rocks stood.

Just as he was about to rest for a moment under the boulder, he suddenly sensed a faint movement coming from near several boulders.

Matthew was suddenly startled, because he felt a chilling sense of unease.

This eerie feeling is exactly the same as that eye rune.

"What happened?"

Why is there such an eerie feeling here?

Before he could think any further, a dark figure darted out from among several boulders and pounced on him.

However, Matthew reacted very quickly, pressing his body down and using his legs to leap backward several meters.

The dark figure missed its target, and a tremendous force slammed into the spot where Matthew had been standing.

"Bang!!!" The snow was smashed to pieces by the huge impact, and countless snowflakes flew everywhere.

Without any hesitation, Matthew immediately activated the full power of his internal magic.

The elements flowing in the air rapidly gathered in front of him, and a scalding hot sorcery model instantly solidified.

A claw formed of flames quickly appeared, the intense heat dispelling the darkness and illuminating the surroundings.

While casting his spell, he activated the system and scanned the body information of the dark figure before him.

When Matthew finally saw the shadowy figure, he froze in shock.

He abruptly withdrew all the magic he had used, forcefully disintegrating the spell model of [Burning Claws].

Because Matthew saw a familiar face; it was a friend he hadn't seen in a long time.

Name: Todd Holder

【Mental Power: 11】

[Physical Fitness: 6]

[Unrefinable; the item possesses its own consciousness.]

Matthew couldn't help but exclaim, "Sweeney Todd!"

Upon hearing the call, the shadowy figure trembled violently, and some light returned to its dazed face.

He looked up in the direction the sound came from, and his pupils suddenly contracted.

"Matthew!"

Todd could hardly believe his eyes. He raised his hand and slapped himself hard across the face.

It wasn't until a burning pain struck that he realized this wasn't a hallucination.

"Matthew! Is that really you?"

Matthew had already arrived in front of Todd.

He glanced at the other person and saw that the other person's physical condition was very poor, and that the other person was only holding on by relying on his physical strength.

Todd had disheveled hair, a stubble beard, and a sickly pale complexion. His body was covered in wounds and blood.

The most serious injury was that he had lost an arm, and the wound was only wrapped with strips of cloth that had been torn off, with fresh blood still seeping out from time to time.

Matthew immediately took out a bottle of healing potion from his spatial bracelet and handed it to the other party.

"Quickly, drink the medicine!"

Without hesitation, Todd took the healing potion, bit off the stopper with his teeth, and tilted his head back to pour the potion into his mouth.

The moment the medicine entered his mouth, Todd felt a warm current flow through his body, and most of his wounds healed.

Even the blood from the severed arm stopped seeping out.

At this moment, Matthew took out some dry food from his spatial bracelet and handed it to the other person.

Todd snatched it and wolfed it down, muttering to himself as he ate.

Is there anything else?

"How long has it been since you last ate anything?"

After saying that, Matthew took out a pile of dry food from his storage bracelet.

Before Todd could even say thank you, he stuffed all the food into his mouth.

A moment later...

Seeing that the other person had recovered considerably, Matthew asked:

"Todd, where have you been all this time?"

"Why did you make it look like this?"