"You killed Bearten!"

  "You get stat points for killing"

  "You get more for surviving in an unequal fight"

  "You got a huge amount of experience and were able to increase your Prestige"

  -At least somehow this bear helped me... damn, I have no mana at all. I need to save his carcass for the future. I need to wait until my mana replenishes. Now I need to take the demon to the cave or he will freeze completely.

  The spruce grove parted a little and a small cave decorated with glowing moss appeared. Around the cave, a small number of fallen trees were also visible, most likely felled during the battle in the past. Entering the cave, metals of various types were visible, most of them were infused with cold. These metals were formed by the fox's mana, they acquired the ability to store and release ice magic. For the fox, it was just like a nice refrigerator, but for ordinary people, such metal was very valuable and pure magic metal was worth its weight in gold. Further into the cave, the metal became more red and dimmer and dimmer it was. In the past, a Tiger named Tigermont lived in this cave, his magic was based on fire. Luckily for the fox, he was weaker than her in speed and mana. Like the ice metal, these red metals radiated heat. The fox didn't like this damn heat at all, but she couldn't handle it, she was too weak for that. The fox stopped in the very center of the fire metals and placed the demon next to the metal to warm him up. The fox didn't dare go further because in the depths of the cave was a huge area with an underground river, and many underground monsters with high cold resistance. Now that the demon was safe. She needed to get food for the demon.

  -Once when I was a child, my mother brought me to show the demon for a blessing. And then I saw that demons eat a lot of meat... maybe bring the carcass of that bear here and leave it in my refrigerator? Sounds good! I'll do that! What do you want? What are you doing? I don't understand you. Did I really advance to the next level of magic affinity for killing a bear!? Isn't that true? Poke me once if you understand! Ouch Ouch Ouch stop it! Ouch! What did I do to you?? What are you? What are you doing? More riddles... Well, in any case, I need to get the bear. My wounds are slowly healing, so I should have enough strength to carry him.

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  - Three of aces! I'll win! Tonight at about 1 paw on the Rabbit Clock, a battle took place between these two beasts. And I am ready to announce the results!

  The conversations became louder and everyone present began to worry. Everyone hoped that the one they bet on had won, because some of them had bet on debt, and if they won the bet, they would not only pay off the debt, but would also be able to live much better. The bets were distributed absolutely unevenly - 80% of all bets were bet on the victory of the bear Bearten, there were two who bet a huge amount on their draw, or rather, the dark rabbit at the table with Erikvan and old Nemoguch. And only one rabbit bet on the victory of the Fox Martiza. This rabbit was none other than Erikvan. Although he was one of the youngest in the generation of Elder Rabbits, he already possessed incredible strength and could become the new Head of the Eastern Forest in the future

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  After a short break, a beautiful rabbit girl came out to the stage with envelopes in her hands. She was light white in color, had red eyes, and her ears were the higher they were, the darker they became, which gave her a huge charm in front of the other rabbits. When she came out on stage, compliments and enthusiastic cries of "WOW" were heard throughout the hall. She was the daughter of Rabbit Quack, that is, the current Head of the Elder Rabbits. The envelope was also made by a man, which indicated the huge raids of animals on the nearest human city near the eastern forest. Before the city, there were also various small villages, but for the Elder Rabbits, they were of no value. Having given the envelope to Quack, the young rabbit left the stage.

  -Well.... An unconditional victory in the fight... Won... FOX MARTIZA! Let's applaud our only winner... RABBIT ERIKVAN! Go to the VIP room and collect your reward after tonight! Well, my work is now done. Relax, have fun, and most importantly, win!

  -Well then... It seems that real luck is on my side, Marcel. Don't worry, you'll definitely win next time.

  -What! What the hell! How could you even believe that this old fox would win anything! Her peak of power has long passed! Even her Blessing has turned away from her! HOW?! [Iron ...] UUhhh....

  -No fighting in my presence! The rules clearly state that if you lose a bet, this does not mean that you can vent your anger on the winner, so please refrain from rash actions. Otherwise, you will be suspended from our society. Well, Sir Erikwan, I think you don’t want to stay here any longer anyway... So let me take you to the VIP room and there I will give you a reward for the bet.

  Having exited the door, which was decorated with a golden pattern, they found themselves in a long corridor. On the sides there were many doors, which most likely belonged to people from society. Most of them were apartments for living, only a small part was built for shops or for places for gambling. They came to the exit of this building. The door was iron, emitting a hard iron smell, most likely it was made of a magical metal. On both sides there were two guards, by their aura it was possible to understand that they were slightly weaker than Erikvan. One of them was an old Rabbit with brown fur, and the second was a relatively small wolf with a scar on his eye. They did not pay attention to Erikvan and Quack.

  To the right of them was a cash register and a door. Behind the cash register sat a rabbit with dark fur and blue eyes. She looked at Quack and said

  -Good night, Honorable Quack and Sir Erikvan, you can go through the door.

  Quack did not answer the lady at the checkout and simply walked through the door. Erikvan did not think for long and followed him. The door was also made of magical metal with an element unknown to Erikvan. Entering the room, he saw great luxury. Real lanterns from the human world hanging on the walls, working not on light magic but on the magic of ele... elec... in general, on the branch from lightning magic, the name of this element he could not pronounce, a huge red sofa standing on legs decorated with gold stood in the middle. On the floor of the room there was a beautiful red carpet with truly impressive embroidery. On the table, made of strange wood, presumably acacia from the southern forest, lay a small richly decorated chest, its edges were decorated with magical metal with an element of gold, which made it exude luxury. On the sides of the tables were huge paintings, all of them were stolen from rich nobles or lords, if Erikvan did not know about the paintings, he would have clearly thought that this was illusion magic or just a window into another reality. Quack sat down on the sofa far from the entrance and invited Erikvan to sit opposite him. Erikvan obediently sat down.

  -Well, Sir Erikvan, you really hit the jackpot and even taking into account our 20% commission you won... 1 platinum 10 gold and 5 silver coins straight from the kingdom of Karinol!