The wolf immediately opened his mouth, horrible crooked teeth were arranged in a different order in his mouth. They were surprisingly white... Well, almost white, some of them had red spots on them. Most likely the blood of some recent game. The wolf took half a step and froze in place. His gaze became unfocused, his mouth closed and the huge desire to feast on the prey had just disappeared. Drops were dripping. Red. His blood was flowing down both sides of his body. He fell lifelessly on his side, his tongue was hanging out and he himself was not breathing. Huge holes were made in the wolf. Ice growths were visible around the circumference of these holes. Kali instantly turned to the fox and saw that her daggers were covered in blood. Although the fox herself had not woken up, she was still protecting the little girl. Kali, sitting in complete shock, almost worshiped her savior. Her recently desperate face instantly became cheerful and prosperous, and then her face became more serious, absolutely unusual for such a small child. Her red eye looked at the wolf. In it, she now saw the absence of life. She did not want to become the same, for her to die after sitting in Eternity for a huge amount of time, well, or so it seemed to her, would be a shame. And so she wanted to become stronger. To become such that even the most terrible wolves and scary girls with swords could not oppose her. With such intentions, she began to come up with different ways to become stronger. Become smarter? Or maybe become physically stronger? Or be someone who makes cool explosions and all sorts of cool things? Like a fox for example? She turned her body to see with her eye.

  -It would be interesting to learn how to do such a thing! But it is probably very difficult ...

  Still, this thought process ended rather quickly because although she thought now as an adult, her body was still at the level of a two-three year old child. She quickly drifted into sleep.

  At first she saw a lot of blood and death. Many dead people and non-humans were scattered everywhere. Kali carefully walked along the path made around all this mess. Trying not to step on anyone, she eventually came to the end. Literally. There were a huge number of corpses behind her, and now a huge abyss below and endless emptiness. She did not dare to go anywhere and stood at the abyss. She looked into the abyss a couple of times and saw someone's silhouette there. It was almost impossible to make it out. She could only make out a sword and a large amount of hair. Oh, and she looked like the person who wanted to kill her. As if seeing what Kali saw, her silhouette disappeared. Kali was now simply looking into the void. This silhouette calmed her down a little and for a moment she even forgot that she was in some kind of cemetery. Kali took a deep breath and exhaled. Having looked a little more into the abyss, the girl turned around. There she saw .... All the corpses stood in front of her in a row and stared at her. Almost all of them had multiple cutting wounds, as well as a gaping hole in the heart area. They stared at her. Even though her eyes were closed, she felt their gaze on her. Her heart began to pound harder again. They opened their mouths and said all at once.

  -Why? For what?

  -What? What, why? I didn't do anything!

  -It's all you! If it weren't for you, we would have had another chance...!

  -But I'm only alive...

  -SHUT UP!

  -If only the whole world were peaceful!

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  Waking up, she saw a wolf's corpse in her right eye. Looking to the left and turning her head a little to the left, she saw a still sleeping fox. It seemed to the girl that now, next to this fox, no one was threatening her. The fox's daggers were covered in frozen blood, making them quite frightening. Kali had nothing to do, so she just waited for her savior to wake up. She wrapped herself in a blanket, got up and went to the fox. Fortunately, the "training" in her sleep bore fruit and Kali stood up and walked the second time. The girl saw how the fox's huge wound healed quite quickly. For her, this was quite surprising. Although she had never seen how quickly wounds healed in her life, such a quick recovery of the fox seemed abnormal to her.

  She stood and looked at her. Her hand instinctively reached for the fur. Touching fox, she felt both cold and warm at the same time. A very strange sensation. Removing her hand, she looked around with her right eye.

  -Where are we going next?

  Kali did nothing for the next two days except drink milk. And then the fox stirred. She stood up, stretched and looked around the area. She felt an enormous hunger, as if she had not eaten for a whole year. While she was looking around, Kali came into her field of vision. For the fox, she was like easy prey. The mouth opened slightly, the look became like a predator's, and the daggers became alert. The fox looked at Kali for a while... She really wanted to tear her apart and eat her, but something caught her attention. Or rather, a dead wolf and a message about the murder.

  "You killed the Forest Wolf"

  "You get prestige for killing"

  "For killing in a team, you get less experience for prestige"

  The fox did not remember how she killed anyone or how anyone helped her. The only one who was next to her was this demon. She looked at Kali now not with a hungry look, but with a very interested one.

  -Ooooh, intriguing. She also got experience for her prestige! I'm sure the demons from the Tsukada O Wan Empire will definitely praise me. Okay, now we need to go... Let's find a normal place. To hide from the threats of this forest. [Zero Touch]

  She didn't have to walk long and here she was standing in front of Yale. An animal similar to a goat, with large black horns. Yale was an animal that skillfully wielded its horns, but the problem was that against Martiza, who used long-range attacks, Yale's horns were useless. And after a small skirmish, Fox emerged victorious without receiving a single wound. Having feasted on Yale, she went to the girl.

  Arriving at the place, she saw Kali and a "sleigh", or rather a small puddle of water. Fox did not think that the magical metal of fire could so easily melt her ice.

  -[Zero Touch]
  They didn't walk through the fields for long and soon reached the forest. An ordinary birch grove. But even such an ordinary grove caused great difficulties for Martiza.

  -These! Damn trees are in the way! [Zero Touch]

  The fox walked for quite a long time. They walked like this for a couple of days, after all, it was necessary to rest, eat, and restore mana to maintain the ice rails. To her surprise, Kali never cried or showed discontent. Apparently, she had grown up since that age. The fox thought. Stopping in a clearing, she lay and looked at the peacefully sleeping demon. Smiling a little, she also decided to fall into the world of dreams.

  POV ???

  -Apparently, you people do not understand whose territory you are on? Even though I gave you the right to stay there, it doesn't mean you should run amok here. Including setting fires!

  -But, Honorable Mikua...

  -No Buts! You must answer for your misdeeds. [Forest Spirit Technique: Link] You must compensate for the damage you caused. So I am waiting for compensation. Hmmm... I think a couple of books would be enough for me..

  Even though the men did not show it, they were smiling inside. They knew that this monster would ask them to bring him books again. The very first time he came to them, they wanted to kill them for coming to his territory, but they managed to trick this creature into believing that the books of the human world are priceless and each of them is special and unique.

  And now, every time he comes to them, they suffer a little pain and pay off with a little blood, or to be more precise, with paper.

  -Okay! Of course we will bring them to you! Honorable...

  -Of course you would bring them to me. Your deadline is 48 hours. I think you understand what will happen if I don't see them.

  -So now... Why... The fox Martiza is walking through my territory. [Forest Spirit Technique: Brotherhood] Hmmmm, that same fox... I wonder... Would she be able to counter me with anything?