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Then they cleaned up just as quickly and drove on. Dwarves are a jolly lot. They sang songs. We distributed dark kvass to everyone. After a couple of mugs, I started singing along, even though I didn’t understand the words.

We passed the border calmly. The dwarves clawed at the grimy guard and rode on. So we ended up in a no-man’s-land between states.

Several hours passed. The dwarves in my cart started shouting loudly. I realized this was not good. I took a closer look. Oh, the horror. A crowd of magical beasts is coming at us. My companion didn’t know what to do either, so she just snuggled up to me. He looks at me with cute eyes. How not to protect it. He began to recite spells.

«What are you thinking?» That’s what we came here for. Mateo said proudly. I looked at the other dwarves. They weren’t afraid, on the contrary, they were exultant. – We’re animal hunters, lad. Sit still in the cart and we’ll do it ourselves.

The dwarves pulled the wagons to the side of the road. We got up with nets along the road. The crowd of beasts was rushing towards them. Here the first of them began to approach. They caught them with nets. And stunned with crossbow bolts. Although they were small and no more than five feet tall, they were agile. By the time the herd of magical beasts left, they had captured fifty magical beasts. Mostly big birds. But there were five magus wolves and a behemoth among them.