Aida Plakhovna Mamzelkina, a hardworking old woman with a scythe in her hands, committed a serious official offense in order to help Mefody and his friends escape the wrath of the head of the Chancellery of Darkness, the dwarf Ligul. The world of the burdock-heads is vast, but there is nowhere to hide in it. Eden and Tartarus are out too: the disciples of darkness have not earned Eden, and there is no need to hurry to Tartarus! There remains only one place where no one would think at once to look for Mefody and his company… Bald Mountain. Mamzelkina also advised the youngsters to learn Ligul’s secret. They say that in his youth the hunchbacked dwarf spent several years on Bald Mountain and grew to hate this extreme place very much. Meanwhile, Ligul is searching for the Stone of the Way, which will give him persistence, strength, and the will to victory in achieving his main goal—to become the lord of darkness…