The Black Forest of the Black Spirit Continent—the most terrifying forbidden realm among all the world's jungles—the lair of the continent's dark elves and dark fairies, the stronghold of Magic Beasts, territory ruled by demons. The Green-Striped Golden-Eyed Python was, above all, the most infamous hunter in the Black Forest.
The Green-Striped Golden-Eyed Python was not the strongest Magic Beast in the Black Forest, but it was certainly the most renowned. Its enormous size, savage form, mankind's instinctive fear of cold-blooded reptiles, its cruel hunting methods, and its horrifying means of feeding—all of it had forged the Green-Striped Golden-Eyed Python's fearsome reputation.
The Ice-Armored White Bear of the Odin Icefield was another Magic Beast of immense renown. During the century-long Continental Island War, these hulking creatures—three to five times the size of ordinary black bears—had been the favored battle companions of the orcs and berserkers of the Five Great Linked Islands. A mature Ice-Armored White Bear possessed strength at least equal to a peak Earthly Knight. Once a frenzied bear charged into an infantry formation, it became like a meat grinder, bound to stir up a storm of blood and flesh.
Even more exasperating was that, true to their name, Ice-Armored White Bears were born able to use the secret art of "Ice Armor," summoning thick frost to cover their bodies in a layer of icy armor half a foot thick. This armor possessed astonishing defensive power. Unless one had specially made heavy weapons or enchanted weapons, there was no effective way to deal with them.
The Golden Rose Lounge truly deserved its reputation as Dunkirk's greatest money pit. For Jin to procure two such Magic Beasts for a beast-fighting wager was an undeniably grand gesture.
The so-called minimum bet of five hundred gold coins was merely the floor. Each