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Book 8, The Ten Thousand Kilometer Journey – Chapter 4, The Black Shadow

The first snow of that winter was a ical Beasts were covered with snoell Various tracks could be seen clearly, soical beasts of various sizes

“What a large blizzard”

Linley still wore only those ragged heh the te water would freeze, Linley didn’t fear it in the slightest

Barefooted, Linley continued to stride forward

“Boss, it should aluessed

After having been in the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts for so long, Linley didn’t even have a rough idea of what day it was Although Linley did have a pocket watch, the watch was only capable of keeping simple time, and didn’t track dates

“Should be around that tie of Magical Beasts for around two years, Linley’s prowess as a warrior had increased at a fairly rapid rate He was at the peak-stage of the seventh rank now But in ter his adainally In particular, after becohth rank, when he used his ic and his warrior skills sih level

“Hrm?” Bebe and Linley both turned to look back

Not too far away, two sturdy warriors dressed in leather arly panic-stricken Seeing that it was other huical Beasts had a large nu within it, and in these past two years, Linley had encountered quite a few huical Beasts, Linley had a simple principle – Don’t irritate others

After all, plenty of people were here with the intention of taking the s for the, he didn’t have to carry his bag with him Thus, there were very few people who had the desire to act against Linley

“Wait, wait!” A frantic shout from behind

But Linley didn’t pay the to walk forward Those two people ran quite fast, and they quickly overtook Linley When they drew near, Linley immediately halted and turned around

“What do you want?” Linley stared coldly at those two men

Linley could tell that these tere not weak However, a hulance Linley was fairly cautious in dealing with these two

“Us?” The two sturdily built lances, and then forced out aard smiles towards Linley One of theetically, “We don’t have any bad intentions Only, the core regions of the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts are too dangerous We two brothers…would like to travel with you, friend That e can help each other out Wouldn’t that be safer?”

The other bald ht The core region is very dangerous If we travel together, we can help each other out How about this? Once we all leave the core regions and leave the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts, we’ll go our oays”

“Not interested”

Linley frowned Turning back, he continued on his journey forward

Linley wasn’t that easily fooled youngster of the past He could tell that these tere clearly lying Helping each other out in the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts? What a joke These two people definitely didn’t have any good intentions in wanting to travel with him Linley didn’t want to cause any trouble, and couldn’t be bothered to kill these two either Naturally, he wouldn’t want the how bluntly Linley refused and continued on his journey, these two bald htly, they iain

“Wait, friend, please wait” The two bald ain

Linley couldn’t help but frown as he turned his head to stare coldly at these two

The two etically, “I’side you Don’t worry, once we leave this place, we’ll definitely show gratitude to you”

Linley glanced at each man

“If you want to follow, then follow” Linley said calical Beasts for so long, Linley was quite experienced now If these two insisted on travelling with him, then let them Linley was confident in his own ability to deal with them After all, Linley had Bebe with him as well, on his shoulders

“Thank you, thank you” Those two bald ether to walk alongside Linley At the same time, they constantly scanned the area around them, a hint of dread in their eyes

“Friend, we hail from the O’Brien Empire’s southwest district administrative province Where are you from?” The one-eyed bald man seemed to want to have more friendly relations with Linley

Linley’s eyebroitched

The O’Brien Empire?

Linley knew very well that if he were to cut directly through the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts, he would be able to arrive in the territory of the O’Brien Elanced at the man “If you want to follow, then follow Don’t ht” The one-eyed bald man nodded repeatedly

They could tell that Linley definitely was no ordinary person It wasn’t too strange for hi he was that a huical Beasts could be so calion was nothingbrother” The bald man pulled at the arm of the other, one-eyed baldbrother, do you think we’ll be able to preserve our lives?”

The one-eyed bald s in fear, then said in a low voice, “Don’t over-think things For now, let’s follow this ht have a chance”

“Right” The first bald man nodded But in his heart, he still felt fearful

Up ahead in front of the very naturally Linley noticed that the twothat these two ainst him

After a while, Linley took a rest

Each day, Linley would only travel ten kilo The two men behind him became truly frantic when Linley rested so soon