"Lin Lei, it's really you, that's great." A joyful voice was heard, and a lean young man quickly ran over. This young man was someone Lin Lei had met on the way to the Magic Beast Mountain Range. The other two people from back then, his own classmate 'De Sha Te' and the big fellow 'Ka Wa', were both dead.

  At that time, facing the wind system archer, when Lin Lei displayed the earth system magic 'Earth Spear Array', the agile 5th-level warrior 'Mate' took advantage of the opportunity to escape. However, Lin Lei didn't mind that he escaped first. After all, Mate and himself didn't have much of a relationship.

  To be honest, among the three people, Lin Lei only had some trust in his classmate 'Desart', and that big guy 'Kava' also left a good impression on him. Only this 'Mate' had a general impression in Lin Lei's heart.

  "It turned out to be Mate, I didn't expect that after being apart for a month, we could meet again in the Magic Beast Mountains." Lin Lei remained calm.

  Matt was extremely excited: "It's really great, this month in the Magic Beast Mountain Range I almost became a magic beast's snack several times, luckily I'm lucky, huh? Bloodthirsty War Boar? Lin Lei you killed the Bloodthirsty War Boar? That's amazing!"

  Lin Lei smiled slightly.

  "I'm starving, I've heard that the meat of the Bloodthirsty War Boar and the Bloodthirsty Iron Bull are extremely delicious and chewy. I haven't had lunch yet, would you mind sharing some of the Bloodthirsty War Boar meat with me?" Mart said jokingly.

  The bloodthirsty war boar is so big that its body must weigh several hundred pounds, enough for ten people to eat.

  "Of course not." Lin Lei flipped his hand and took out a short blade, ready to dismember the bloodthirsty battle boar.

  "Lin Lei, no need for you to do this, this Bloodthirsty War Boar is your spoils of war, how can it still make you busy? I'll do it, my barbecue skills are quite formidable." As he spoke, Mate walked towards the Bloodthirsty War Boar and drew out the short knife from his waist.

  Matt wielded the short knife, effortlessly starting to dissect the bloodthirsty war boar. He separated its limbs, tongue and tail, then washed them clean in a nearby stream.

  "Boss, his technique is quite skilled, seems no worse than yours." Little Shadow Mouse 'Bibi' jumped onto Lin Lei's shoulder and said via soul transmission.

  Lin Lei turned his head to glance at the adorable little Shadow Mouse 'Bibi' on his shoulder, but in his heart he couldn't help but feel a sense of melancholy. To outsiders, this little black Shadow Mouse probably seemed like just an ordinary little black mouse, not posing much of a threat. But in reality...

  Lin Lei still remembered the terrifying scene where Xiao Ying Mouse 'Bebi' killed the black shadow assassin and the hypocritical little girl in a fit of rage.

  "One can't judge a person by appearance, and neither can one judge this demon beast by its appearance." Lin Lei sighed in his heart.

  "Lin Lei, this bloodthirsty war pig's thigh meat is absolutely delicious, and the tongue is tender and fragrant. The tail of the pig also has a great flavor."

  While talking, Mate had already skillfully cut the warthog's tongue and tail into several portions. Watching Mate ignite the wood with a flint, even though Lin Lei knew fire magic, he didn't intervene, watching as Mate quickly continued to roast them.

  After a long time.

  "Almost done, have a taste." Matt enthusiastically handed Lin Lei a leg of pork.

  Lin Lei, however, handed the pig leg to Beibei beside him. Beibei immediately took it with a happy expression and started eating it in big mouthfuls. The pig leg was as big as three or four of Beibei's fists, but Beibei managed to finish it off completely in just a short while.

  This scene also left Matt stunned.

  "It's no wonder it's a demon beast, even the black shadow mouse can eat so much." Mate sighed and handed Lin Lei a roasted war pig tongue, "Lin Lei, come taste my craftsmanship."

  Lin Lei smiled and declined, "No need, I'm not used to eating it, the leg meat is enough." Lin Lei grabbed a pig's leg and started devouring it without restraint. Next to him, Ma Te also laughed and said, "Then I won't force you either, you don't eat, I'll eat it, haha."

  Matt enjoys eating pig's tongue and pig's tail slowly.

  When Lin Lei had eaten up a whole leg of the warthog, the roasted leg of the warthog beside Mate hadn't been touched.

  "Have you finished eating? Haha, good, now I'm half full too. This leg of pork can be eaten later when we're hungry again." Matt took out a piece of oilcloth from his bundle and wrapped the leg of pork in it, putting it back into the bundle.

  Lin Lei gave Ma Te a glance.

  It seems that this horse wants to set off with me together.

  "Ma Te, it's enough for me to be tested in the Demon Beast Mountain Range alone, let's part ways here." Lin Lei said directly.

  Matt immediately frowned and said, "Lin Lei, this Magic Beast Mountain Range is very dangerous. With the two of us together, we'll be much safer. To be honest, for the past month, I've been on edge, even at night when I'm sleeping, I don't feel secure."

  "Suit yourself."

  Lin Lei stopped talking nonsense and rushed into the deep mountain forest alone at high speed. Mate's face showed a smile and immediately caught up from behind, but his eyes occasionally swept over the leather package on Lin Lei's back, and a hint of strange light flashed in his eyes.

  "This package is different from the one Lin Lei carried a month ago, and it's also much bulgier." Matt sneered in his heart, but his face smiled even more warmly. Matt was not Lin Lei, he had been tempered many times in other places before entering the Magic Beast Mountain Range.

  Matt quickly caught up, laughing and saying: "Lin Lei, you're really great, following you makes me feel more at ease, two people are definitely stronger than one person, at night we can take turns sleeping, no need to be on high alert all night."

  Lin Lei remained silent, his eyes occasionally glancing around, carefully paying attention to the demons in the Demon Beast Mountains.

  ……

  Proceeding northward in the Beast Mountain Range, Lin Lei didn't dare to continue eastward. If he proceeded further east, he would likely enter the dangerous area of the Beast Mountain Range. Currently, the region where Lin Lei was located generally had fifth and sixth level magical beasts.

  And on the way, Matei was also following beside him, looking very happy.

  Two days later.

  In the late afternoon, a dim light, Lin Lei and Ma Te continued to move forward one after another.

  "Lin Lei, don't you think it's time for us to head back? To be honest, we've been in the Magic Beast Mountain Range for quite a while now." Mate suggested quietly to Lin Lei along the way.

  Lin Lei just shook his head slightly, but didn't make a sound.

  Matt also had some resentment in his heart: "This Lin Lei is very vigilant every night, and there is no chance at all." Matt was not confident that he could kill Lin Lei, after all, being able to stay in the Magic Beast Mountains for so long was a testament to one's strength.

  "Huh?" Lin Lei suddenly turned his head, as if he had sensed something, and looked towards the thorny bushes in the distance. There was a vague black shadow hiding among them.

  As Matt walked beside Lin Lei, he saw Lin Lei turn his head and back away from him, revealing a glimmer of greed in his eyes, as well as a hint of excitement. The short knife in Matt's hand moved with extreme familiarity and speed, stabbing towards Lin Lei's back without hesitation.

  Lin Lei suddenly turned around, one hand grasped Matt's right wrist that had stabbed out a short knife, and coldly stared at Matt. His eyes were even colder, and he said in a chilly voice: "What do you want to do?"

  "You—" Mate was shocked, unable to believe that he had attacked from behind, yet the opponent seemed to have sensed it and blocked him.

  Matt sneered at Lin Lei, "What am I going to do? Great magical genius, I'll tell you, I'm going to kill you." Matt was full of confidence. In a close combat situation like this, could a level 5 warrior not kill a level 5 magician?

  Matt's right arm suddenly exerted force, with a fierce aura surrounding it, and with a sudden jolt, he shook off Lin Lei's hand.

  "Die!" Mate glared at Lin Lei, his short knife swiftly slashing towards him.

  "Roar~~~~"

  A terrifying voice, "What?" Matt heard the voice and his heart skipped a beat. Then he saw a small black shadow suddenly appear in front of him.

  "What, what is this?" Just as Matt got a clear look at the black shadow, it was the little Shadow Mouse 'Bibi' that had been playing with Lin Lei all day. But then the Shadow Mouse opened its mouth full of dense, intersecting sharp teeth and bit towards Matt's face.

  "No"

  Matt immediately retreated rapidly, his head also dodging sideways.

  "Hmph!"

  Xiao Ying's speed far exceeded Mate's imagination, and it was not something that Mate could dodge. Xiao Ying's right front paw swung fiercely, like a sharp sickle, directly cutting off half of Mate's neck, with fresh blood spraying out continuously.

  "Uh, ah~~~" He covered his throat, his eyes wide with terror as he stared at Xiao Ying Mouse, his mind filled with shock: "Black Shadow Mouse, is it really Black Shadow Mouse?"

  At the moment of death, as consciousness dissipated, Matt's heart was filled with inexplicable confusion and terror. He had been preparing for this move for a long time, but he had never cared about that black shadow mouse.

  Black Shadow Mouse, the weakest level of Shadow Mice.

  But at the moment of death, Matt only knew that this seemingly cute little shadow mouse was actually the most terrifying monster.

  "Boom!"

  Matt's hands covering his throat finally fell down weakly, and he himself also fell down weakly. Fresh blood stained the collar of his clothes and dyed the ground red.

  Sorry, today is the starting point for writers' annual meeting, tomatoes spent nearly seven hours in the car, but also saw many writers, haha~~~