Chapter 101: Illusion Doppelganger

  Matthew carefully browsed through the attribute panel, his gaze settling on Illusion Spell LV4.

  "Illusion Spell LV4: Creates a realistic illusion with 0 defense and 10 HP."

  "The illusion ot attad possesses all of the target's habits, ition, and appearance."

  "The illusion sts for 6 hours and be trolled through scious proje."

  "ing 5 skill points upgrade it to LV5."

  But would upgrading to LV5 satisfy all of Matthew's ideas?

  It seemed that the system had detected Matthew's thoughts, as it soon dispyed deeper information.

  "Do you want to e 5 skill points + 500 Fate s + 5000 experience points to enhand upgrade this skill?"

  Was the system this intelligent?

  Matthew didn't think too much about it. He first signaled for Steward Ralph to leave, then slowly closed his eyes.

  Yes!

  A brilliant blue light tinuously flickered in the depths of his soul.

  Fihreads gradually traced out a more plex pattern on the surface of "Little Matthew."

  "The stru of a spell model?"

  The thought had just crossed Matthew's mind when the scattered model slowly settled into his "body," solidifying the somewhat ethereal "Little Matthew."

  As the process gradually came to an end, Matthew could clearly feel that "Little Matthew" had gained a sense of solidity, closer to reality.

  "Could it be that as one's prows, the soul gradually bees closer to the physical realm?"

  "This might expin how demons turn souls into soul crystals and how gods create petitioners..."

  "Moreover, the stronger a spellcaster, the higher their success rate of transf into a lich—this could be the reason."

  The refle in his body maed as eveer trol over his mana.

  Feeling the ges in his body, Matthew exhaled slightly and looked back at the system dispy.

  "Illusion Doppelganger LV5: es 100 mana points to create a realistic doppelganger with 0 defense and 50 HP."

  "This doppelganger has ohird of the main body's abilities, possesses all of the target's habits, ition, and appearance, and has anti-dete capabilities. It be trolled through scious proje."

  "The doppelganger only disappears when its HP reaches 0 or the spell is celed."

  Matthew involuntarily sucked in a breath of cold air. Even though he had already anticipated the power of the Fate modification, he hadn't expected it to be this strong.

  The illusion doppelganger would persist indefinitely!

  This meant that whenever Matthew used it, he would have a perma doppelganger!

  He could use this doppelgao explore, eveure into dangerous areas, without w about his own safety!

  As a top-tier pyer who had witnessed many unventional strategies, Matthew had already thought of hundreds of ways to use this illusion doppelganger!

  He even greedily wondered why the illusion doppelganger wasn't treated as a new LV1 skill.

  He would have gdly spent more skill points tthen it further!

  After putting aside these small fantasies, Matthew decisively cast the skill on himself.

  A peculiar sensation washed over his body.

  Matthew felt the skill sending a request to his mind.

  He could selectively i certain memories and abilities into it.

  This would prevent the doppelganger from revealing any of his secrets if it were ever trolled.

  Matthew sent in basic habits and corresponding spellcasting abilities.

  As 100 mana points were ed, a figure identical to Mattheeared.

  Matthew smiled slightly at it.

  The doppelganger smiled back!

  Steward Ralph walked in and immediately saw two Matthews standing side by side, freezing in pce for a moment.

  Matthew waved at him, and the doppelganger made the same gesture, saying:

  " you tell the difference?"

  Speaking in perfeison, the sight left Ralph a bit dazed.

  The illusion doppelganger remained motionless as Ralph approached and examihem closely, but he couldn't find any fws.

  He quickly came to his senses, looking at the refle of his fa the illusion doppelganger's eyes, clig his tongue in amazement:

  "gratutions, my lord, for making further progress on the are path."

  "I couldn't tell them apart at all… it's incredible!"

  Matthew khis wasn't fttery from Ralph. He nodded in satisfa and turo ehe secret room, sitting cross-legged and closing his eyes.

  scious proje!

  Matthew felt a moment of darkness before light returned. He savored the feeling of the much weaker body and carefully he flow of mana within it. It reminded him of pying a game.

  However, he quickly dismissed that thought.

  He g Ralph, who was still in aut on a spare dimensional belt, donned a bck robe, and took out an ebony staff.

  Ralph noticed Matthew's outfit, reizing the Ser Family crest on the cloak, and nodded in uanding, askiedly:

  "My lord, your illusion spell has improved further, even I couldn't tell the differehis ensures your safety."

  Without eborating, Matthew simply nodded, sitting down and feeling the subtle differences between the doppelganger and his main body.

  At the same time, Matthew remained aware of the situation around his main body, ensuring that fog on scious proje wouldn't leave him vulnerable to danger.

  Furthermore, Matthew could pause the scious proje at any time, return to his main body, and then resume proje ter.

  It was incredibly ve!

  Refleg on his earlier versation with Adamsmith, Ralph hesitantly asked:

  "My lord, are you pnning to go personally?"

  Rubbing his fingers lightly, Matthew g the list and expined:

  "Not yet, we won't make a mht now."

  "Until we are strong enough, any move that fails to deter others will only expose our weaknesses."

  "Send two teams of s to Adamsmith, marked with the Ser Family insignia, and have him purchase a small teleportation array."

  Feeling the very real sensation of his fiips, Matthew couldn't help but smile faintly and said:

  "If necessary, we teleport a small force to support Adamsmith."

  Ralph nodded, noting everything down while also realizing that Matthew seemed quite satisfied with Adamsmith.

  However, Ralph couldn't help but feel a strange sense of anticipation whehought about the adventurers soon expl Troll Valley. He asked:

  "Shall we tinue capturing trolls? If we delve deeper into Troll Valley, it might lead to some adventurer deaths…"

  Knowing he the market for potion produ would be, Matthew naturally nodded:

  "To earn more, sacrifices are iable!"

  "In a few days, I will personally lead the team!"

  FAL