"Huh?" Lin Lei turned his head back, furrowing his brow.

  Kaladin rushed over, grateful: "I'm Kaladin, thank you so much for your help. If it wasn't for you, Alice would probably be dead by now."

  At this time, a girl named Alice also ran over. She was still visibly shaken and her chest heaved with each breath. Her eyes, however, were fixed curiously on Lin Lei: "Thank you for saving my life, I'm Alice Davith, also an earth magic user."

  Lin Lei's gaze lingered on Alice for a moment.

  Can't help but say, Alice is a very stylish girl, that kind of lovable temperament is innate, and doesn't need voice, makeup, etc. to create.

  "Lin Lei, in the Monster Mountain Range, when others encounter danger, you usually don't lend a hand to save them, what's going on today?" Delin Kuo Wate's teasing voice echoed in Lin Lei's mind. "Ah, I get it, you must have taken a liking to that girl named Ailis."

  Lin Lei furrowed his brow.

  "Grandpa Deling, it wasn't that I didn't want to save you, but inside the Magic Beast Mountain Range, others would encounter at least several sixth-level magic beasts or seventh-level magic beasts. I was no match for them. Killing a single fifth-level magic beast isn't difficult, so I just happened to rescue you." Lin Lei immediately explained to Deling Kowert.

  Dellin Kwaltz smiled and said no more.

  "My name is Tony, but I don't know what the magician's name is?" Another boy also spoke up.

  Lin Lei indifferently looked at this group of people: "How long have you been in the Magic Beast Mountains?"

  "On the first day." Kalan said helplessly, "We didn't expect to encounter a level 5 demon beast on the first day of entering the Demon Beast Mountain Range. It's really too unlucky. According to the book, the outer area should be level 3 and 4 demon beasts. The four of us coming here shouldn't have been in great danger."

  "Foolish." Lin Lei shook his head and said.

  "Hey, what's with the attitude, kid? Just because you saved Alice doesn't mean you can yell at us!" Nia, the female archer, flared up immediately.

  "Nia," Kalan growled.

  Lin Lei said directly, "I really admire your courage, daring to enter the Magic Beast Mountain Range. At the same time, I have to say that you are very lucky, not encountering any bandits on the way into the Magic Beast Mountain Range."

  "Robbers?" Karl and his companions exchanged a glance; they had indeed encountered no robbers.

  The Demon Beast Mountain Range stretches for tens of thousands of miles, and can be entered from all directions. It's normal to not encounter any bandits.

  "I'm telling you, if you don't want to die, leave the Magic Beast Mountain Range immediately right now." Lin Lei said directly.

  "Why? Are there many level 5 magical beasts outside the periphery of the Magic Beast Mountain Range?" Tony, a young boy, asked in puzzlement.

  Lin Lei said calmly, "In the Beast Mountain Range, especially in the outer parts of the Beast Mountain Range, the most dangerous thing is not the beasts, but humans. The four of you, your strength is not only weak, but also have no experience at all. I believe that any greedy person will not let you go. I estimate that you are just on the first day of entering the Beast Mountain Range and haven't been discovered by others, otherwise, you would have been killed long ago."

  "Is humanity the most dangerous?" The one called Kalan furrowed his brow, but his expression changed drastically in an instant.

  "Magician, we just entered the Magic Beast Mountain Range today and only know a little about it. This time, we also decided to come here privately. I hope Magician can help us leave the Magic Beast Mountain Range together."

  Lin Lei's eyebrows furrowed involuntarily.

  He didn't like trouble, but on the way back for these five people, if they encountered robbers, it was really very dangerous.

  "Master magician, please help us." Alice also begged.

  Lin Lei glanced at Alice, seeing the pleading look in her eyes. He thought of the scene where Alice was killed by bandits and his heart softened. He nodded and agreed: "Alright, I'm also heading out anyway, so I'll take you with me for a while. However, if we encounter bandits on the way back, I can only promise to try my best to help. If any of you get killed, there's nothing I can do."

  "Magician-sama is able to help us, we are very grateful."

  Lin Lei nodded and continued forward, with his back to the four of them, saying: "Follow me." The four immediately followed Lin Lei, under his protection they left the Magic Beast Mountain Range and headed towards the city.

  *****

  On the way back, Carla and the other three also learned Lin Lei's name. Ais, a fellow earth system magician who was also fifteen years old this year, admired Lin Lei even more. She was one of the top students at Willin Magic Academy on her first day.

  Even so, Alice was only a 4th-grade magician this year. This achievement can only be considered average at Ernst Academy.

  The journey stopped, Lin Lei and others including Carla and Alice started having a meal, Lin Lei and Alice were sitting together.

  "Lin Lei big brother, you're really too amazing! You reached level 5 magician at the age of 14, I estimate it'll take me until I'm 20." Alice looked up to Lin Lei with admiration.

  "I'm nothing, our college's first-year Dixie is a fourth-level magician at the age of nine and became a fifth-level magician at twelve." Lin Lei said casually, Lin Lei didn't mention... he was still a fourth-level magician at thirteen, but became a fifth-level magician at fourteen.

  Just over a year later, he caught up with Dixie in three years.

  "A nine-year-old fourth-level magician? I'm already fifteen and just became a fourth-level magician. And I'm the top talent in our academy too. Our Willin Magic Academy is far inferior to your Ernst Academy." Alice sighed.

  "Lin Lei, I feel that your earth attribute magic is exceptionally powerful, even more so than some of our fifth-year students in the academy. Why is that?" Alice, also an earth attribute magician, naturally noticed Lin Lei's uniqueness.

  Lin Lei smiled calmly, but it was not just his power that was impressive, the speed at which he burst out of the earth with his spear was also extremely fast.

  "Earth-based magic, originally derived from the earth's origin..." Lin Lei began to explain to Eris. In fact, in the cognition of earth-based magic practitioners, Lin Lei was even more profound than the teachers at Enster College, because he had a saint-level teacher.

  Alice looked up at Lin Lei and listened intently.

  One person speaks, one person listens, and the distance between the two is also getting closer and closer. Lin Lei was completely immersed in the storytelling, and when he finished a part and took a break, he found that their faces were only a fist's distance apart.

  Lin Lei was taken aback, this being his first time so close to a girl, especially gazing at Alice's hazy eyes from such a short distance, her small nose, and he could even feel her breath, smell the fragrance on her body.

  "Lin Lei, why did you stop?" Alice asked in confusion, but just a moment later she reacted and immediately distanced herself from Lin Lei, her face suddenly turning red, as red as an apple.

  Lin Lei also made an effort to calm down, then stood up and said to the few people, pretending to be nonchalant: "Alright, everyone's had their fill, now let's continue on our journey and try to arrive at the city early."